TABLE 6: Job Openings estimated rate and level changes between December 2022 and December 2023, and test of significance, not seasonally adjusted Rates Levels (in thousands) ===== ===================== Estimated Minimum Pass test of Estimated Minimum Pass test of over-the-year significant significance over-the-year significant significance STATE change change* change change* Total U.S. -1.1 0.3 YES -1801 409 YES Alabama -0.9 0.6 YES -20 12 YES Alaska -2.1 0.8 YES -8 3 YES Arizona -1.6 0.6 YES -53 18 YES Arkansas -1.2 0.6 YES -17 8 YES California -2.0 0.3 YES -376 55 YES Colorado -0.4 0.6 -10 17 Connecticut -1.0 0.6 YES -18 9 YES Delaware -0.8 0.8 -4 4 YES District of Columbia -0.3 0.9 -2 7 Florida -1.3 0.5 YES -130 42 YES Georgia -1.3 0.5 YES -67 24 YES Hawaii -1.7 0.8 YES -12 5 YES Idaho -2.4 0.7 YES -22 6 YES Illinois -0.9 0.5 YES -58 27 YES Indiana -1.5 0.5 YES -51 17 YES Iowa -1.5 0.6 YES -27 9 YES Kansas -1.0 0.6 YES -16 9 YES Kentucky -1.3 0.6 YES -27 11 YES Louisiana -1.8 0.6 YES -36 12 YES Maine -1.2 0.7 YES -8 5 YES Maryland -0.8 0.6 YES -22 17 YES Massachusetts -0.7 0.5 YES -25 18 YES Michigan -0.7 0.5 YES -34 22 YES Minnesota -0.4 0.5 -12 16 Mississippi -0.6 0.7 -9 8 YES Missouri -1.6 0.6 YES -51 17 YES Montana -2.4 0.8 YES -14 4 YES Nebraska -1.1 0.6 YES -13 7 YES Nevada -1.9 0.7 YES -30 10 YES New Hampshire -1.4 0.7 YES -11 5 YES New Jersey -0.8 0.5 YES -36 21 YES New Mexico -1.0 0.8 YES -9 7 YES New York 0.0 0.4 7 35 North Carolina -1.1 0.6 YES -57 26 YES North Dakota -1.1 0.8 YES -4 3 YES Ohio -1.2 0.4 YES -74 24 YES Oklahoma -0.8 0.6 YES -14 10 YES Oregon -2.3 0.6 YES -49 12 YES Pennsylvania -0.8 0.5 YES -47 27 YES Rhode Island -0.9 0.8 YES -4 4 YES South Carolina -0.5 0.6 -10 14 South Dakota -0.4 0.8 -2 3 Tennessee -0.8 0.6 YES -28 18 YES Texas -0.5 0.4 YES -53 53 YES Utah -2.1 0.6 YES -38 10 YES Vermont -1.3 0.9 YES -5 3 YES Virginia -1.4 0.6 YES -65 23 YES Washington -1.8 0.5 YES -67 18 YES West Virginia -1.8 0.8 YES -14 6 YES Wisconsin -1.4 0.5 YES -44 16 YES Wyoming -2.1 0.9 YES -7 3 YES