TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between March 2024 and March 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                                     -0.1          0.2                       -76          352

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.1          0.3                       -52          348
    Mining and logging                            -0.2          1.0                        -2            6
    Construction                                  -0.6          1.0                       -47           75
    Manufacturing                                  0.0          0.5                        -1           65
      Durable goods                                0.1          0.6                         4           49
      Nondurable goods                            -0.1          0.9                        -4           40
    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.1          0.6                        34          155
      Wholesale trade                              0.4          0.7                        26           44
      Retail trade                                -0.1          0.8                       -24          128
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.4          0.8                        31           55
    Information                                    0.1          1.2                         4           34
    Financial activities                           0.5          0.6                        52           55
      Finance and insurance                        0.8          0.7         YES            52           48         YES
      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.0          1.1                         0           26
    Professional and business services            -0.2          0.8                       -55          172
    Private Education and Health Services         -0.2          0.4                       -12           87
      Private Educational Services                -0.1          0.6                        -2           22
      Health care and social assistance           -0.2          0.4                       -10           86
    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.6          0.9                       -84          142
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -1.0          1.8                       -18           39
      Accommodation and food services             -0.5          1.0                       -65          129
    Other services                                 0.9          1.2                        59           70
  Government                                      -0.1          0.2                       -25           40
    Federal                                       -0.6          0.2         YES           -17            7         YES
    State and local                               -0.1          0.2                        -8           39
      State and local education                    0.0          0.2                         4           22
      State and local, excluding education        -0.1          0.3                       -12           24

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -0.1          0.4                       -18          114
    South                                         -0.3          0.4                      -149          231
    Midwest                                        0.3          0.4                       105          134
    West                                          -0.1          0.5                       -14          173

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, April 29, 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.