TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between October 2016 and October 2017,

         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                       401          241         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.3          0.2         YES           395          238         YES

    Mining and logging                             0.4          1.1                         4            8

    Construction                                   0.3          1.1                        36           74

    Manufacturing                                  0.5          0.3         YES            66           43         YES

      Durable goods                                0.5          0.4         YES            40           31         YES

      Nondurable goods                             0.5          0.6                        26           28

    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.2          0.4                       -43           98

      Wholesale trade                              0.6          0.6                        38           36         YES

      Retail trade                                -0.4          0.5                       -77           77

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.2          0.7                        -4           34

    Information                                    0.1          0.7                         2           19

    Financial activities                           0.8          0.5         YES            67           41         YES

      Finance and insurance                        0.8          0.5         YES            49           30         YES

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.7          1.1                        18           23

    Professional and business services             0.2          0.7                        63          111

    Education and health services                  0.2          0.3                        50           50

      Educational services                         0.4          0.6                        18           17         YES

      Health care and social assistance            0.1          0.3                        32           46

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.4          0.7                        84           90

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.0          1.9                         3           37

      Accommodation and food services              0.4          0.6                        81           74         YES

    Other services                                 1.1          1.0         YES            65           53         YES

  Government                                       0.0          0.1                         5           32

    Federal                                        0.2          0.3                         5            7

    State and local                                0.0          0.2                         0           31

      State and local education                    0.3          0.2         YES            34           19         YES

      State and local, excluding education        -0.4          0.2         YES           -34           21         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.3          0.4                        77           94

    South                                          0.4          0.3         YES           200          141         YES

    Midwest                                        0.1          0.4                        31          109

    West                                           0.2          0.4                        94          110



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, December 11, 2017.

  *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.