TABLE 2: Hires estimated rate and level changes between May 2024 and June 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. -0.2 0.2 -314 336 Alabama -0.4 0.7 -7 13 Alaska 0.9 0.9 YES 3 3 YES Arizona 0.2 0.6 8 20 Arkansas 0.2 0.7 3 9 California -0.4 0.4 -71 70 YES Colorado 0.8 0.6 YES 22 18 YES Connecticut 0.3 0.6 4 10 Delaware -0.2 0.8 -1 4 District of Columbia -0.2 0.9 -2 7 Florida -0.1 0.5 -11 45 Georgia -0.5 0.6 -23 27 Hawaii 0.4 0.8 2 5 Idaho 0.3 0.8 3 6 Illinois -0.4 0.5 -27 30 Indiana -0.2 0.6 -5 19 Iowa -0.2 0.6 -3 9 Kansas -0.1 0.6 -2 9 Kentucky -0.5 0.6 -10 13 Louisiana 0.0 0.7 0 13 Maine -0.2 0.8 -1 5 Maryland -0.4 0.7 -12 18 Massachusetts 0.2 0.5 9 20 Michigan -1.1 0.5 YES -49 23 YES Minnesota -0.6 0.5 YES -19 16 YES Mississippi -0.9 0.7 YES -11 8 YES Missouri -0.3 0.6 -7 17 Montana 1.8 0.9 YES 10 4 YES Nebraska 0.0 0.7 0 7 Nevada 0.1 0.9 1 13 New Hampshire 0.3 0.8 2 6 New Jersey -0.1 0.5 -3 21 New Mexico 0.0 0.8 0 7 New York 0.2 0.4 18 35 North Carolina -0.7 0.6 YES -34 29 YES North Dakota -0.6 0.8 -3 3 YES Ohio 0.1 0.5 3 26 Oklahoma 0.0 0.7 -1 12 Oregon 0.1 0.6 2 13 Pennsylvania 0.2 0.4 10 26 Rhode Island -0.4 0.9 -2 4 South Carolina -0.1 0.7 -4 15 South Dakota -0.5 0.7 -2 3 Tennessee -1.2 0.7 YES -39 21 YES Texas -0.2 0.4 -34 59 Utah 0.1 0.7 2 12 Vermont 0.3 0.8 1 3 Virginia -0.8 0.6 YES -33 25 YES Washington 0.0 0.6 0 21 West Virginia -0.1 0.8 -1 5 Wisconsin -0.2 0.5 -5 16 Wyoming 0.0 0.9 0 3