TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between May 2023 and May 2024,
         and test of significance, not seasonally adjusted

                                                               Rates                          Levels (in thousands)
                                                               =====                          =====================

                                                Estimated     Minimum   Pass test of   Estimated     Minimum   Pass test of
                                              over-the-year significant significance over-the-year significant significance
     Industry and region                         change       change*                   change       change*

Total nonfarm                                     -0.4          0.2         YES          -399          321         YES

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.4          0.3         YES          -366          318         YES
    Mining and logging                            -1.3          1.1         YES            -9            6         YES
    Construction                                   0.0          1.0                        12           75
    Manufacturing                                 -0.6          0.5         YES           -79           60         YES
      Durable goods                               -0.2          0.5                       -15           41
      Nondurable goods                            -1.3          0.8         YES           -63           40         YES
    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.8          0.5         YES          -237          149         YES
      Wholesale trade                             -0.4          0.7                       -19           41
      Retail trade                                -1.2          0.8         YES          -182          124         YES
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.5          0.8                       -36           52
    Information                                    0.3          1.1                         8           30
    Financial activities                           0.3          0.6                        32           49
      Finance and insurance                        0.0          0.7                        -2           43
      Real estate and rental and leasing           1.3          1.1         YES            33           25         YES
    Professional and business services             0.2          0.8                        61          166
    Private Education and Health Services         -0.4          0.4                       -50           84
      Private Educational Services                 0.0          0.7                         1           26
      Health care and social assistance           -0.5          0.4         YES           -51           76
    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.9          0.8         YES          -121          112         YES
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.3          1.7                         8           34
      Accommodation and food services             -1.0          0.9         YES          -129          104         YES
    Other services                                 0.1          1.1                        14           65
  Government                                      -0.2          0.2                       -33           39
    Federal                                       -0.6          0.3         YES           -19            7         YES
    State and local                               -0.1          0.2                       -15           39
      State and local education                    0.0          0.2                        -4           24
      State and local, excluding education        -0.2          0.2                       -12           22

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -0.4          0.4                       -99          109
    South                                         -0.4          0.4                      -196          213
    Midwest                                       -0.2          0.4                       -46          126
    West                                          -0.2          0.5                       -58          160

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, July 2, 2024.
  *NOTE:  Significant over-the-year changes are calculated at a 90-percent confidence level.  The median standard error
is used in testing the over-the-year change.