TABLE 2: Hires estimated rate and level changes between February 2025 and March 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. 0.0 0.2 41 355 Alabama -0.3 0.7 -6 13 Alaska 0.6 0.9 2 3 Arizona 0.0 0.6 2 20 Arkansas 0.2 0.7 2 9 California 0.0 0.4 0 70 Colorado 1.0 0.6 YES 32 18 YES Connecticut 0.2 0.6 4 10 Delaware 0.1 0.8 1 4 District of Columbia 0.1 0.9 1 7 Florida -1.5 0.5 YES -149 45 YES Georgia 0.6 0.6 31 27 YES Hawaii 0.3 0.8 2 5 Idaho 0.2 0.8 2 6 Illinois 0.0 0.5 -1 30 Indiana 0.8 0.6 YES 26 19 YES Iowa 0.0 0.6 0 9 Kansas -0.1 0.6 -1 9 Kentucky -0.5 0.6 -9 13 Louisiana 0.0 0.7 0 13 Maine -0.2 0.8 -1 5 Maryland 0.2 0.7 5 18 Massachusetts 0.1 0.5 6 20 Michigan 0.8 0.5 YES 40 23 YES Minnesota 0.3 0.5 10 16 Mississippi -0.3 0.7 -3 8 Missouri 0.1 0.6 3 17 Montana -0.1 0.9 0 4 Nebraska 0.1 0.7 1 7 Nevada -0.1 0.9 -2 13 New Hampshire 0.0 0.8 0 6 New Jersey 0.1 0.5 2 21 New Mexico -0.9 0.8 YES -8 7 YES New York -0.1 0.4 -16 35 North Carolina 0.0 0.6 1 29 North Dakota 0.2 0.8 1 3 Ohio 0.0 0.5 3 26 Oklahoma 0.0 0.7 -1 12 Oregon -0.2 0.6 -4 13 Pennsylvania 0.1 0.4 5 26 Rhode Island 0.0 0.9 0 4 South Carolina -0.3 0.7 -5 15 South Dakota 0.2 0.7 1 3 Tennessee 0.2 0.7 6 21 Texas 0.3 0.4 45 59 Utah 0.1 0.7 1 12 Vermont 0.0 0.8 0 3 Virginia 0.0 0.6 0 25 Washington 0.0 0.6 -1 21 West Virginia -0.4 0.8 -3 5 Wisconsin 0.3 0.5 10 16 Wyoming 0.3 0.9 1 3