TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between October 2017 and October 2018,

         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                                      0.2          0.2                       372          241         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.2          0.2                       338          238         YES

    Mining and logging                            -0.5          1.1                         0            8

    Construction                                  -0.6          1.1                       -26           75

    Manufacturing                                  0.3          0.3                        42           43

      Durable goods                                0.3          0.4                        31           31

      Nondurable goods                             0.2          0.5                        11           27

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.8          0.4         YES           241           98         YES

      Wholesale trade                              0.3          0.6                        21           35

      Retail trade                                 0.7          0.5         YES           118           78         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   1.6          0.7         YES           104           34         YES

    Information                                    0.0          0.7                        -2           19

    Financial activities                          -0.6          0.5         YES           -50           40         YES

      Finance and insurance                       -0.6          0.5         YES           -39           30         YES

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.6          1.1                       -10           23

    Professional and business services             0.0          0.7                        42          115

    Education and health services                  0.2          0.3                        58           53         YES

      Educational services                         0.2          0.6                         9           17

      Health care and social assistance            0.2          0.3                        49           49

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.3          0.7                        60           91

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.1          1.9                         1           37

      Accommodation and food services              0.3          0.6                        59           75

    Other services                                -0.5          1.0                       -27           53

  Government                                       0.1          0.1                        34           32         YES

    Federal                                       -0.1          0.3                        -2            7

    State and local                                0.2          0.2                        36           31         YES

      State and local education                    0.2          0.2                        20           19         YES

      State and local, excluding education         0.1          0.2                        15           21



           REGION



    Northeast                                     -0.5          0.4         YES          -112           94         YES

    South                                          0.4          0.3         YES           282          144         YES

    Midwest                                        0.4          0.4                       131          112         YES

    West                                           0.1          0.4                        69          109



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, December 10, 2018.

  *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.