TABLE 2: Hires estimated rate and level changes between July 2025 and August 2025, and test of significance, seasonally adjusted Rates Levels (in thousands) ===== ===================== Estimated Minimum Pass test of Estimated Minimum Pass test of over-the-month significant significance over-the-month significant significance STATE change change* change change* Total U.S. -0.1 0.2 -114 355 Alabama 0.0 0.6 -1 13 Alaska 0.6 0.8 2 3 Arizona -0.5 0.6 -17 20 Arkansas -0.1 0.7 -1 9 California 0.0 0.4 2 66 Colorado -0.2 0.6 -6 18 Connecticut -0.1 0.6 -2 10 Delaware -0.1 0.8 0 4 District of Columbia 0.4 0.9 3 7 Florida -0.2 0.5 -21 48 Georgia -0.3 0.6 -12 27 Hawaii -0.1 0.8 -1 5 Idaho -0.4 0.8 -4 7 Illinois 0.0 0.5 0 31 Indiana -0.3 0.6 -8 18 Iowa 0.1 0.6 1 9 Kansas 0.0 0.6 0 9 Kentucky 0.0 0.6 1 12 Louisiana 0.1 0.7 2 13 Maine 0.2 0.8 1 5 Maryland -0.1 0.7 -4 18 Massachusetts 0.3 0.5 12 20 Michigan -0.3 0.5 -13 23 Minnesota 0.1 0.6 4 16 Mississippi -0.2 0.7 -2 8 Missouri 0.2 0.6 8 16 Montana 0.0 0.9 0 5 Nebraska -0.1 0.7 -1 7 Nevada -0.2 0.8 -2 12 New Hampshire 0.0 0.8 0 6 New Jersey 0.2 0.5 7 21 New Mexico 0.0 0.8 0 6 New York 0.0 0.4 3 36 North Carolina 0.2 0.5 8 27 North Dakota 0.0 0.7 0 3 Ohio -0.1 0.5 -9 25 Oklahoma -0.1 0.7 -2 12 Oregon 0.3 0.7 7 13 Pennsylvania 0.0 0.5 0 28 Rhode Island 0.4 0.9 2 4 South Carolina 0.3 0.7 8 15 South Dakota -0.2 0.7 -1 3 Tennessee 0.0 0.6 1 20 Texas -0.5 0.4 YES -80 57 YES Utah -0.3 0.6 -5 11 Vermont 0.0 0.8 0 3 Virginia 0.1 0.6 2 25 Washington 0.0 0.6 1 21 West Virginia 0.0 0.7 0 5 Wisconsin 0.1 0.5 3 16 Wyoming -0.3 0.9 -1 3