TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between July 2024 and July 2025,
         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                      -231          352

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.1          0.3                      -150          348
    Mining and logging                            -0.1          1.0                        -1            6
    Construction                                   0.0          1.0                         1           75
    Manufacturing                                 -0.3          0.5                       -37           65
      Durable goods                               -0.2          0.6                       -13           49
      Nondurable goods                            -0.5          0.9                       -25           40
    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.3          0.6                       -88          155
      Wholesale trade                              0.2          0.7                        15           44
      Retail trade                                -0.3          0.8                       -43          128
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.8          0.8                       -60           55         YES
    Information                                    0.5          1.2                        15           34
    Financial activities                          -0.2          0.6                       -14           55
      Finance and insurance                        0.0          0.7                        -2           48
      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.6          1.1                       -12           26
    Professional and business services             0.3          0.8                        84          172
    Private Education and Health Services         -0.5          0.4         YES          -118           87         YES
      Private Educational Services                 0.3          0.6                        12           22
      Health care and social assistance           -0.7          0.4         YES          -130           86         YES
    Leisure and hospitality                        0.1          0.9                        34          142
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.1          1.8                         1           39
      Accommodation and food services              0.2          1.0                        33          129
    Other services                                -0.5          1.2                       -27           70
  Government                                      -0.4          0.2         YES           -80           40         YES
    Federal                                       -0.3          0.2         YES           -10            7         YES
    State and local                               -0.4          0.2         YES           -70           39         YES
      State and local education                   -0.3          0.2         YES           -33           22         YES
      State and local, excluding education        -0.4          0.3         YES           -36           24         YES

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -0.6          0.4         YES          -148          114         YES
    South                                         -0.1          0.4                       -14          231
    Midwest                                       -0.1          0.4                       -43          134
    West                                          -0.1          0.5                       -25          173

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, September 3, 2025.
  *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.