TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between September 2017 and September 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                       402          241         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.2          0.2                       362          238         YES

    Mining and logging                             1.9          1.1         YES            17            8         YES

    Construction                                  -0.3          1.1                        -6           75

    Manufacturing                                 -0.1          0.3                        -9           43

      Durable goods                               -0.1          0.4                        -6           31

      Nondurable goods                            -0.1          0.5                        -4           27

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.4          0.4                       114           98         YES

      Wholesale trade                              0.1          0.6                         9           35

      Retail trade                                 0.7          0.5         YES           106           78         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.1          0.7                         0           34

    Information                                   -0.1          0.7                        -1           19

    Financial activities                           0.2          0.5                        25           40

      Finance and insurance                        0.2          0.5                        14           30

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.4          1.1                        12           23

    Professional and business services             0.0          0.7                        40          115

    Education and health services                  0.4          0.3         YES           107           53         YES

      Educational services                         0.1          0.6                         7           17

      Health care and social assistance            0.4          0.3         YES           100           49         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.3          0.7                        77           91

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.0          1.9                         3           37

      Accommodation and food services              0.4          0.6                        75           75

    Other services                                -0.1          1.0                        -2           53

  Government                                       0.1          0.1                        40           32         YES

    Federal                                        0.3          0.3                         7            7

    State and local                                0.2          0.2                        33           31         YES

      State and local education                    0.6          0.2         YES            59           19         YES

      State and local, excluding education        -0.2          0.2                       -26           21         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                     -0.1          0.4                       -22           94

    South                                          0.5          0.3         YES           292          144         YES

    Midwest                                        0.5          0.4         YES           180          112         YES

    West                                          -0.2          0.4                       -48          109



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, November 6, 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.