TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between May 2025 and May 2026,
         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                      -191          368

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.2          0.3                      -228          366
    Mining and logging                             0.8          1.0                         5            6
    Construction                                  -0.8          1.0                       -68           75
    Manufacturing                                  0.1          0.6                        14           71
      Durable goods                                0.2          0.6                        17           51
      Nondurable goods                            -0.1          0.9                        -3           42
    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.3          0.5                        98          155
      Wholesale trade                             -0.4          0.8                       -26           47
      Retail trade                                 0.5          0.8                        88          128
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.6          0.8                        37           57
    Information                                    0.2          1.2                         4           34
    Financial activities                          -0.6          0.6                       -64           56         YES
      Finance and insurance                       -0.4          0.7                       -26           48
      Real estate and rental and leasing          -1.6          1.0         YES           -40           23         YES
    Professional and business services            -0.4          0.8                       -90          158
    Private Education and Health Services         -0.2          0.4                       -48          100
      Private Educational Services                 0.1          0.6                         4           22
      Health care and social assistance           -0.3          0.4                       -52           93
    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.5          1.0                       -77          162
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -3.8          1.7         YES          -102           38         YES
      Accommodation and food services              0.1          1.2                        25          155
    Other services                                 0.0          1.2                         1           70
  Government                                       0.2          0.2                        36           40
    Federal                                        0.7          0.2         YES            14            6         YES
    State and local                                0.1          0.2                        22           39
      State and local education                    0.0          0.2                        -1           24
      State and local, excluding education         0.2          0.3                        22           24

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -0.5          0.5                      -120          126
    South                                          0.2          0.4                        88          237
    Midwest                                        0.3          0.4                        88          140
    West                                          -0.7          0.5         YES          -247          176         YES

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, June 30, 2026.
  *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.