TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between April 2025 and April 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                                     -0.3          0.2         YES          -364          368

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.2          0.3                      -349          366
    Mining and logging                             0.0          1.0                        -1            6
    Construction                                  -0.3          1.0                       -20           75
    Manufacturing                                 -0.2          0.6                       -27           71
      Durable goods                               -0.1          0.6                       -10           51
      Nondurable goods                            -0.3          0.9                       -18           42
    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.4          0.5                       116          155
      Wholesale trade                              0.5          0.8                        31           47
      Retail trade                                 0.1          0.8                        26          128
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.9          0.8         YES            59           57         YES
    Information                                   -0.1          1.2                        -6           34
    Financial activities                          -0.5          0.6                       -52           56
      Finance and insurance                       -0.5          0.7                       -38           48
      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.6          1.0                       -15           23
    Professional and business services            -0.9          0.8         YES          -208          158         YES
    Private Education and Health Services         -0.6          0.4         YES          -146          100         YES
      Private Educational Services                -0.2          0.6                       -12           22
      Health care and social assistance           -0.6          0.4         YES          -136           93         YES
    Leisure and hospitality                        0.0          1.0                         9          162
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.1          1.7                         0           38
      Accommodation and food services              0.0          1.2                         8          155
    Other services                                -0.2          1.2                       -11           70
  Government                                       0.0          0.2                       -15           40
    Federal                                       -0.2          0.2                        -9            6         YES
    State and local                                0.0          0.2                        -7           39
      State and local education                   -0.1          0.2                        -8           24
      State and local, excluding education         0.0          0.3                         1           24

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -0.5          0.5                      -134          126         YES
    South                                         -0.2          0.4                      -111          237
    Midwest                                       -0.3          0.4                       -76          140
    West                                          -0.1          0.5                       -44          176

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, June 2, 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.