TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between May 2024 and May 2025,
         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                                     -0.1          0.2                       -56          352

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                    0.0          0.3                       -32          348
    Mining and logging                             0.1          1.0                         1            6
    Construction                                  -0.3          1.0                       -18           75
    Manufacturing                                 -0.7          0.5         YES           -89           65         YES
      Durable goods                               -0.7          0.6         YES           -57           49         YES
      Nondurable goods                            -0.7          0.9                       -33           40
    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.3          0.6                       -80          155
      Wholesale trade                             -0.3          0.7                       -18           44
      Retail trade                                -0.4          0.8                       -64          128
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.0          0.8                         2           55
    Information                                   -0.2          1.2                        -6           34
    Financial activities                           0.2          0.6                        21           55
      Finance and insurance                        0.3          0.7                        16           48
      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.1          1.1                         4           26
    Professional and business services             0.3          0.8                        59          172
    Private Education and Health Services         -0.5          0.4         YES          -100           87         YES
      Private Educational Services                -0.1          0.6                        -4           22
      Health care and social assistance           -0.5          0.4         YES           -96           86         YES
    Leisure and hospitality                        1.3          0.9         YES           240          142         YES
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          1.5          1.8                        51           39         YES
      Accommodation and food services              1.2          1.0         YES           188          129         YES
    Other services                                -1.1          1.2                       -58           70
  Government                                      -0.2          0.2                       -23           40
    Federal                                       -0.6          0.2         YES           -17            7         YES
    State and local                                0.0          0.2                        -6           39
      State and local education                   -0.2          0.2                       -16           22
      State and local, excluding education         0.1          0.3                        10           24

           REGION

    Northeast                                      0.3          0.4                        80          114
    South                                         -0.6          0.4         YES          -298          231         YES
    Midwest                                       -0.3          0.4                       -90          134
    West                                           0.7          0.5         YES           252          173         YES

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, July 1, 2025.
  *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.