TABLE 6: Job Openings estimated rate and level changes between September 2022 and September 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. -0.8 0.3 YES -1262 409 YES Alabama -0.5 0.6 -10 12 Alaska -0.5 0.8 -2 3 Arizona -1.1 0.6 YES -34 18 YES Arkansas -0.8 0.6 YES -10 8 YES California -1.5 0.3 YES -299 55 YES Colorado -0.3 0.6 -7 17 Connecticut -1.7 0.6 YES -30 9 YES Delaware -0.5 0.8 -2 4 District of Columbia -0.3 0.9 -2 7 Florida -0.4 0.5 -29 42 Georgia -1.0 0.5 YES -49 24 YES Hawaii -0.8 0.8 -5 5 Idaho -1.0 0.7 YES -8 6 YES Illinois -0.8 0.5 YES -52 27 YES Indiana -0.9 0.5 YES -30 17 YES Iowa -2.0 0.6 YES -34 9 YES Kansas -1.1 0.6 YES -18 9 YES Kentucky -1.2 0.6 YES -23 11 YES Louisiana 0.0 0.6 4 12 Maine 0.0 0.7 1 5 Maryland -0.7 0.6 YES -19 17 YES Massachusetts -1.5 0.5 YES -61 18 YES Michigan -1.4 0.5 YES -69 22 YES Minnesota -0.2 0.5 -5 16 Mississippi -0.6 0.7 -9 8 YES Missouri -1.0 0.6 YES -31 17 YES Montana -0.7 0.8 -4 4 YES Nebraska -0.6 0.6 -7 7 YES Nevada -0.1 0.7 2 10 New Hampshire -1.0 0.7 YES -7 5 YES New Jersey -0.7 0.5 YES -26 21 YES New Mexico -0.9 0.8 YES -8 7 YES New York -0.6 0.4 YES -52 35 YES North Carolina -0.6 0.6 YES -30 26 YES North Dakota -0.6 0.8 -2 3 Ohio -0.8 0.4 YES -40 24 YES Oklahoma -0.6 0.6 -11 10 YES Oregon -1.0 0.6 YES -20 12 YES Pennsylvania 0.3 0.5 26 27 Rhode Island -0.5 0.8 -3 4 South Carolina 0.0 0.6 2 14 South Dakota -0.2 0.8 0 3 Tennessee 1.2 0.6 YES 54 18 YES Texas -1.4 0.4 YES -188 53 YES Utah -0.7 0.6 YES -13 10 YES Vermont -0.6 0.9 -2 3 Virginia -1.7 0.6 YES -78 23 YES Washington -1.2 0.5 YES -45 18 YES West Virginia -0.6 0.8 -4 6 Wisconsin 0.7 0.5 YES 26 16 YES Wyoming -0.7 0.9 -2 3