TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between September 2013 and September 2014,

         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                                              0.3          0.2         YES           411          244         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.2          0.2                       369          237         YES

    Mining and logging                             0.7          1.0                         8            7         YES

    Construction                                  -0.6          1.1                       -26           76

    Manufacturing                                  0.2          0.4                        34           47

      Durable goods                                0.0          0.4                         5           33

      Nondurable goods                             0.6          0.6                        29           30

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.0          0.4                        26           96

      Wholesale trade                              0.3          0.7                        21           37

      Retail trade                                 0.0          0.5                         9           74

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.1          0.7                        -5           37

    Information                                    0.0          0.6                         1           18

    Financial activities                          -0.4          0.5                       -25           41

      Finance and insurance                        0.0          0.5                         4           30

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -1.4          1.2         YES           -29           24         YES

    Professional and business services             0.5          0.7                       135          119         YES

    Education and health services                  0.5          0.3         YES           121           50         YES

      Educational services                         0.9          0.6         YES            35           17         YES

      Health care and social assistance            0.4          0.3         YES            86           47         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.4          0.7                        84           86

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.3          2.0                        -1           37

      Accommodation and food services              0.6          0.7                        85           76         YES

    Other services                                 0.1          0.9                        12           51

  Government                                       0.2          0.1         YES            41           32         YES

      Federal                                      0.2          0.3                         4            8

      State and local                              0.2          0.2                        37           31         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.3          0.4                        90           96

    South                                          0.1          0.3                        96          139

    Midwest                                        0.3          0.4                       113          111         YES

    West                                           0.3          0.4                       112          111         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, November 13, 2014.

  *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.