TABLE 2: Hires estimated rate and level changes between December 2023 and January 2024, 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 -100 336 Alabama -0.4 0.7 -10 14 Alaska 0.3 0.9 1 3 Arizona -0.3 0.7 -8 20 Arkansas -0.7 0.7 -10 9 YES California -0.2 0.4 -35 68 Colorado -0.6 0.6 -15 18 Connecticut 0.2 0.6 3 10 Delaware 0.0 0.9 0 4 District of Columbia -0.2 1.0 -1 7 Florida -0.9 0.5 YES -94 41 YES Georgia 0.5 0.6 22 25 Hawaii -0.4 0.9 -2 5 Idaho 0.3 0.8 2 6 Illinois -0.1 0.5 -1 30 Indiana 0.3 0.6 9 20 Iowa 0.7 0.6 YES 11 9 YES Kansas -0.1 0.6 -2 9 Kentucky -0.6 0.7 -12 13 Louisiana -0.1 0.7 -1 13 Maine 0.0 0.8 0 5 Maryland -0.5 0.7 -13 18 Massachusetts -0.5 0.5 -17 19 Michigan 0.0 0.6 -3 24 Minnesota 0.3 0.5 8 16 Mississippi -0.4 0.7 -5 8 Missouri 0.0 0.6 1 17 Montana 0.2 0.9 1 4 Nebraska 0.3 0.7 3 8 Nevada -0.4 0.9 -7 12 New Hampshire 0.1 0.8 1 6 New Jersey -0.1 0.5 -3 19 New Mexico 0.4 0.8 3 7 New York 0.1 0.4 14 34 North Carolina 0.5 0.6 28 28 YES North Dakota 0.5 0.8 2 4 Ohio 0.1 0.5 6 25 Oklahoma -0.2 0.7 -3 12 Oregon 1.0 0.7 YES 19 13 YES Pennsylvania 0.9 0.4 YES 57 25 YES Rhode Island -0.2 0.9 -1 4 South Carolina 0.2 0.7 6 15 South Dakota 0.3 0.7 1 3 Tennessee -0.2 0.7 -7 21 Texas -0.5 0.4 YES -64 56 YES Utah -0.1 0.8 -3 13 Vermont 0.0 0.9 0 3 Virginia 0.2 0.6 6 24 Washington 0.3 0.6 8 20 West Virginia -0.1 0.8 0 6 Wisconsin 0.2 0.6 6 16 Wyoming 0.4 0.9 1 3