TABLE 2: Hires estimated rate and level changes between July 2024 and August 2024,
         and test of significance, seasonally adjusted

                                                                  Rates                          Levels (in thousands)
                                                                  =====                          =====================

                                                   Estimated      Minimum   Pass test of   Estimated      Minimum   Pass test of
                                                 over-the-month significant significance over-the-month significant significance
     Industry and region                            change        change*                  change         change*

Total nonfarm                                        -0.1           0.2                      -99            336

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                       0.0           0.3                      -98            334
    Mining and logging                                0.0           1.1                        0              7
    Construction                                     -0.3           0.9                      -21             71
    Manufacturing                                    -0.3           0.5                      -46             59
      Durable goods                                  -0.3           0.5                      -29             38
      Nondurable goods                               -0.4           0.8                      -17             39
    Trade, transportation, and utilities             -0.5           0.5                     -146            142         YES
      Wholesale trade                                -0.2           0.7                      -15             42
      Retail trade                                   -0.6           0.7                      -90            110
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities     -0.6           0.9                      -41             60
    Information                                      -0.2           1.1                       -6             30
    Financial activities                             -0.1           0.5                      -12             48
      Finance and insurance                          -0.1           0.6                       -4             41
      Real estate and rental and leasing             -0.3           0.8                       -7             20
    Professional and business services                0.7           0.8                      163            163
    Private Education and Health Services            -0.2           0.4                      -29             96
      Private Educational Services                    0.2           0.5                        9             20
      Health care and social assistance              -0.2           0.4                      -38             92
    Leisure and hospitality                          -0.3           0.9                      -37            144
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation             0.2           1.7                        6             37
      Accommodation and food services                -0.3           1.1                      -44            135
    Other services                                    0.6           1.2                       36             71
  Government                                          0.0           0.2                        0             39
    Federal                                           0.2           0.2                        4              7
    State and local                                  -0.1           0.2                       -4             38
      State and local education                       0.0           0.2                       -6             24
      State and local, excluding education            0.0           0.3                        2             23

           REGION

    Northeast                                        -0.2           0.4                      -34            113
    South                                             0.3           0.4                      207            218
    Midwest                                          -0.6           0.4         YES         -178            131         YES
    West                                             -0.2           0.5                      -93            157

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, October 1, 2024.
  *NOTE:  Significant over-the-month changes are calculated at a 90-percent confidence level.  The median standard error
is used in testing the over-the-month change.