TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between June 2025 and June 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                                      0.1          0.2                        73          368

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                    0.0          0.3                        92          366
    Mining and logging                            -0.1          1.0                         0            6
    Construction                                  -0.3          1.0                       -15           75
    Manufacturing                                  0.5          0.6                        55           71
      Durable goods                                0.7          0.6         YES            52           51         YES
      Nondurable goods                             0.1          0.9                         1           42
    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.5          0.5                       130          155
      Wholesale trade                              0.5          0.8                        35           47
      Retail trade                                 0.6          0.8                        88          128
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.1          0.8                         5           57
    Information                                    0.0          1.2                        -2           34
    Financial activities                          -0.1          0.6                       -14           56
      Finance and insurance                        0.0          0.7                         0           48
      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.5          1.0                       -14           23
    Professional and business services             0.3          0.8                        80          158
    Private Education and Health Services         -0.1          0.4                         5          100
      Private Educational Services                 0.6          0.6                        22           22
      Health care and social assistance           -0.2          0.4                       -17           93
    Leisure and hospitality                       -1.4          1.0         YES          -248          162         YES
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -1.2          1.7                       -34           38
      Accommodation and food services             -1.5          1.2         YES          -214          155         YES
    Other services                                 1.6          1.2         YES           102           70         YES
  Government                                       0.0          0.2                       -18           40
    Federal                                        0.3          0.2         YES             4            6
    State and local                               -0.1          0.2                       -23           39
      State and local education                    0.0          0.2                        -1           24
      State and local, excluding education        -0.2          0.3                       -22           24

           REGION

    Northeast                                      0.3          0.5                       103          126
    South                                         -0.1          0.4                      -104          237
    Midwest                                        0.2          0.4                        64          140
    West                                           0.0          0.5                        10          176

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, August 4, 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.