TABLE 2: Hires estimated rate and level changes between May 2023 and June 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. -0.2 0.2 -326 317 YES Alabama -0.6 0.7 -13 14 Alaska -1.0 0.9 YES -3 3 YES Arizona -0.8 0.7 YES -25 20 YES Arkansas -0.1 0.7 -2 9 California 0.4 0.4 YES 64 68 Colorado -0.5 0.6 -14 18 Connecticut -0.3 0.6 -6 10 Delaware -0.2 0.9 -1 4 District of Columbia -0.4 1.0 -3 7 Florida -0.1 0.5 -17 41 Georgia 0.0 0.6 -1 25 Hawaii -0.1 0.9 -1 5 Idaho -0.7 0.8 -6 6 YES Illinois -0.4 0.5 -21 30 Indiana -0.9 0.6 YES -30 20 YES Iowa -0.2 0.6 -4 9 Kansas -0.4 0.6 -5 9 Kentucky -0.4 0.7 -7 13 Louisiana 0.4 0.7 9 13 Maine 0.0 0.8 0 5 Maryland -0.2 0.7 -6 18 Massachusetts -0.3 0.5 -10 19 Michigan -0.3 0.6 -11 24 Minnesota -0.8 0.5 YES -22 16 YES Mississippi 0.0 0.7 0 8 Missouri -0.5 0.6 -13 17 Montana -0.4 0.9 -2 4 Nebraska 0.0 0.7 0 8 Nevada -0.1 0.9 -2 12 New Hampshire -0.4 0.8 -3 6 New Jersey 0.4 0.5 15 19 New Mexico -0.6 0.8 -5 7 New York 0.0 0.4 1 34 North Carolina -0.4 0.6 -22 28 North Dakota -0.4 0.8 -2 4 Ohio -0.1 0.5 -7 25 Oklahoma -0.1 0.7 -3 12 Oregon -0.8 0.7 YES -16 13 YES Pennsylvania -0.3 0.4 -22 25 Rhode Island -0.4 0.9 -2 4 South Carolina -0.2 0.7 -3 15 South Dakota 0.1 0.7 0 3 Tennessee -0.7 0.7 YES -22 21 YES Texas -0.2 0.4 -31 56 Utah -0.4 0.8 -7 13 Vermont -0.2 0.9 -1 3 Virginia 0.1 0.6 4 24 Washington -1.1 0.6 YES -38 20 YES West Virginia -0.2 0.8 -1 6 Wisconsin -0.3 0.6 -11 16 Wyoming -0.4 0.9 -1 3