TABLE 6: Job Openings estimated rate and level changes between December 2024 and December 2025, 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. 0.2 0.3 404 514 Alabama -0.8 0.7 YES -18 15 YES Alaska -1.3 1.1 YES -4 4 Arizona -1.4 0.7 YES -54 22 YES Arkansas -0.5 0.8 -7 10 California 0.1 0.4 24 68 Colorado -0.4 0.8 -13 23 Connecticut -0.3 0.7 -6 12 Delaware -0.4 1.0 -2 5 District of Columbia -0.5 1.1 -7 8 Florida -0.4 0.5 -36 51 Georgia 0.0 0.6 2 29 Hawaii -1.0 1.0 -7 7 Idaho -0.9 0.9 -8 8 Illinois -0.7 0.5 YES -52 32 YES Indiana -0.7 0.6 YES -26 21 YES Iowa -0.5 0.7 -11 11 Kansas -0.4 0.7 -7 11 Kentucky -1.3 0.7 YES -30 14 YES Louisiana 0.2 0.8 3 16 Maine 0.1 0.9 0 6 Maryland 0.0 0.7 -3 21 Massachusetts -1.4 0.7 YES -58 25 YES Michigan 0.5 0.6 27 25 YES Minnesota -0.3 0.7 -12 20 Mississippi -0.2 0.8 -3 9 Missouri -1.1 0.7 YES -36 20 YES Montana -0.9 1.2 -5 6 Nebraska -0.7 0.8 -8 8 Nevada -1.3 0.9 YES -21 14 YES New Hampshire -1.2 1.0 YES -10 7 YES New Jersey -0.6 0.6 -30 25 YES New Mexico -1.8 0.9 YES -18 8 YES New York -0.6 0.4 YES -65 44 YES North Carolina -1.1 0.6 YES -58 29 YES North Dakota -1.0 1.0 -5 5 Ohio 0.2 0.5 8 29 Oklahoma 0.3 0.7 5 13 Oregon -1.5 0.7 YES -34 14 YES Pennsylvania -0.3 0.5 -17 31 Rhode Island -0.9 1.1 -5 5 South Carolina -1.2 0.8 YES -30 18 YES South Dakota -0.2 0.9 -1 4 Tennessee -0.3 0.7 -11 22 Texas 0.2 0.5 36 63 Utah -0.9 0.7 YES -15 13 YES Vermont -0.5 1.1 -2 3 Virginia -0.3 0.7 -15 29 Washington -1.2 0.6 YES -49 22 YES West Virginia 0.0 1.0 0 7 Wisconsin -0.5 0.7 -17 20 Wyoming -1.2 1.2 -4 4