TABLE 2: Hires estimated rate and level changes between June 2023 and July 2023, 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 -167 317 Alabama -0.1 0.7 -1 14 Alaska -1.3 0.9 YES -4 3 YES Arizona -0.2 0.7 -5 20 Arkansas -0.4 0.7 -6 9 California 0.1 0.4 10 68 Colorado -0.8 0.6 YES -23 18 YES Connecticut 0.4 0.6 8 10 Delaware 0.3 0.9 1 4 District of Columbia 0.2 1.0 1 7 Florida 0.0 0.5 1 41 Georgia 0.4 0.6 18 25 Hawaii -0.2 0.9 -1 5 Idaho 0.2 0.8 1 6 Illinois -0.3 0.5 -20 30 Indiana 0.4 0.6 13 20 Iowa -0.3 0.6 -4 9 Kansas 0.3 0.6 5 9 Kentucky -0.2 0.7 -4 13 Louisiana -0.9 0.7 YES -17 13 YES Maine -0.3 0.8 -2 5 Maryland 0.2 0.7 6 18 Massachusetts 0.0 0.5 0 19 Michigan 0.3 0.6 12 24 Minnesota 0.2 0.5 6 16 Mississippi -0.1 0.7 -1 8 Missouri -0.1 0.6 -3 17 Montana -0.7 0.9 -4 4 YES Nebraska -0.2 0.7 -2 8 Nevada 0.0 0.9 0 12 New Hampshire 0.6 0.8 4 6 New Jersey -0.7 0.5 YES -29 19 YES New Mexico 0.5 0.8 4 7 New York 0.1 0.4 6 34 North Carolina -0.8 0.6 YES -37 28 YES North Dakota -0.4 0.8 -2 4 Ohio -0.2 0.5 -11 25 Oklahoma 0.3 0.7 5 12 Oregon -0.5 0.7 -9 13 Pennsylvania -0.2 0.4 -7 25 Rhode Island -0.2 0.9 -1 4 South Carolina -0.4 0.7 -9 15 South Dakota -0.4 0.7 -2 3 Tennessee 0.3 0.7 8 21 Texas -0.5 0.4 YES -63 56 YES Utah -0.2 0.8 -4 13 Vermont -0.3 0.9 -1 3 Virginia -0.1 0.6 -2 24 Washington 0.1 0.6 6 20 West Virginia 0.4 0.8 3 6 Wisconsin -0.4 0.6 -12 16 Wyoming 0.1 0.9 0 3