TABLE 2: Hires estimated rate and level changes between September 2024 and October 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 -269 336 Alabama 0.0 0.7 -1 13 Alaska -0.3 0.9 -1 3 Arizona -0.5 0.6 -16 20 Arkansas -0.1 0.7 -2 9 California -0.3 0.4 -42 70 Colorado 0.7 0.6 YES 24 18 YES Connecticut -0.2 0.6 -3 10 Delaware -0.4 0.8 -2 4 District of Columbia -0.1 0.9 -1 7 Florida -0.8 0.5 YES -82 45 YES Georgia -0.4 0.6 -16 27 Hawaii -0.3 0.8 -2 5 Idaho 0.2 0.8 2 6 Illinois 0.1 0.5 5 30 Indiana 0.3 0.6 9 19 Iowa 0.0 0.6 1 9 Kansas -0.4 0.6 -6 9 Kentucky -0.3 0.6 -5 13 Louisiana 0.2 0.7 3 13 Maine 0.6 0.8 4 5 Maryland 0.0 0.7 -1 18 Massachusetts -0.4 0.5 -14 20 Michigan -1.0 0.5 YES -43 23 YES Minnesota 0.4 0.5 11 16 Mississippi 0.5 0.7 6 8 Missouri -0.3 0.6 -10 17 Montana -2.0 0.9 YES -11 4 YES Nebraska -0.1 0.7 -1 7 Nevada -0.5 0.9 -8 13 New Hampshire -0.5 0.8 -4 6 New Jersey 0.3 0.5 13 21 New Mexico -0.5 0.8 -5 7 New York -0.4 0.4 -37 35 YES North Carolina 0.5 0.6 24 29 North Dakota 0.0 0.8 0 3 Ohio 0.0 0.5 3 26 Oklahoma 0.9 0.7 YES 15 12 YES Oregon -0.4 0.6 -8 13 Pennsylvania 0.0 0.4 1 26 Rhode Island -0.6 0.9 -3 4 South Carolina -0.4 0.7 -10 15 South Dakota -0.2 0.7 -1 3 Tennessee -0.2 0.7 -8 21 Texas 0.0 0.4 -1 59 Utah -0.2 0.7 -4 12 Vermont -0.3 0.8 -1 3 Virginia -0.6 0.6 -26 25 YES Washington -0.3 0.6 -13 21 West Virginia 0.0 0.8 0 5 Wisconsin -0.1 0.5 -2 16 Wyoming -0.6 0.9 -2 3