TABLE 2: Hires estimated rate and level changes between October 2023 and November 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 -363 317 YES Alabama 0.1 0.7 4 14 Alaska 0.9 0.9 YES 3 3 YES Arizona -0.7 0.7 YES -21 20 YES Arkansas -0.2 0.7 -3 9 California -0.6 0.4 YES -117 68 YES Colorado -0.1 0.6 -3 18 Connecticut -0.6 0.6 YES -10 10 YES Delaware -0.2 0.9 -1 4 District of Columbia 0.1 1.0 1 7 Florida 0.0 0.5 2 41 Georgia 0.1 0.6 2 25 Hawaii -0.6 0.9 -4 5 Idaho -0.3 0.8 -3 6 Illinois -0.1 0.5 -3 30 Indiana -0.6 0.6 -19 20 Iowa -0.5 0.6 -8 9 Kansas 0.0 0.6 0 9 Kentucky -0.1 0.7 -2 13 Louisiana -0.2 0.7 -3 13 Maine -0.3 0.8 -2 5 Maryland 0.1 0.7 4 18 Massachusetts -0.3 0.5 -9 19 Michigan -0.1 0.6 -3 24 Minnesota 0.0 0.5 1 16 Mississippi -0.1 0.7 -2 8 Missouri -0.4 0.6 -12 17 Montana -1.0 0.9 YES -5 4 YES Nebraska 0.0 0.7 0 8 Nevada -0.7 0.9 -10 12 New Hampshire -0.2 0.8 -1 6 New Jersey 0.2 0.5 9 19 New Mexico -0.5 0.8 -4 7 New York 0.0 0.4 4 34 North Carolina -0.2 0.6 -11 28 North Dakota 0.0 0.8 0 4 Ohio -0.4 0.5 -23 25 Oklahoma -0.6 0.7 -9 12 Oregon -0.7 0.7 YES -16 13 YES Pennsylvania 0.1 0.4 3 25 Rhode Island -0.4 0.9 -2 4 South Carolina -0.6 0.7 -12 15 South Dakota -0.3 0.7 -1 3 Tennessee -0.4 0.7 -14 21 Texas -0.2 0.4 -24 56 Utah -0.7 0.8 -13 13 YES Vermont 0.0 0.9 0 3 Virginia 0.0 0.6 -2 24 Washington -0.3 0.6 -13 20 West Virginia -0.6 0.8 -4 6 Wisconsin -0.2 0.6 -5 16 Wyoming -0.3 0.9 -1 3