TABLE 7: Hires estimated rate and level changes between August 2022 and August 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. -0.6 0.2 YES -745 303 YES Alabama -0.1 0.7 0 14 Alaska -1.7 0.9 YES -5 3 YES Arizona -0.9 0.7 YES -27 20 YES Arkansas -0.5 0.7 -5 9 California -1.2 0.4 YES -213 68 YES Colorado -1.1 0.6 YES -30 18 YES Connecticut 0.3 0.6 6 10 Delaware -0.3 0.9 -1 4 District of Columbia -0.1 1.0 0 7 Florida -0.3 0.5 -22 41 Georgia -1.0 0.6 YES -45 25 YES Hawaii -0.5 0.9 -3 5 Idaho -1.8 0.8 YES -15 6 YES Illinois -0.5 0.5 -26 30 Indiana -1.0 0.6 YES -30 20 YES Iowa -0.7 0.6 YES -10 9 YES Kansas -0.2 0.6 -1 9 Kentucky -0.6 0.7 -8 13 Louisiana -0.1 0.7 -1 13 Maine 0.0 0.8 0 5 Maryland -0.2 0.7 -2 18 Massachusetts 0.2 0.5 11 19 Michigan -0.6 0.6 YES -24 24 YES Minnesota -0.6 0.5 YES -18 16 YES Mississippi -1.1 0.7 YES -11 8 YES Missouri -1.0 0.6 YES -28 17 YES Montana -1.7 0.9 YES -8 4 YES Nebraska -0.3 0.7 -2 8 Nevada -1.6 0.9 YES -22 12 YES New Hampshire 0.6 0.8 5 6 New Jersey 0.7 0.5 YES 33 19 YES New Mexico -1.7 0.8 YES -13 7 YES New York 0.0 0.4 4 34 North Carolina -0.6 0.6 -23 28 North Dakota -0.8 0.8 YES -3 4 Ohio -0.8 0.5 YES -39 25 YES Oklahoma -0.5 0.7 -7 12 Oregon -2.4 0.7 YES -46 13 YES Pennsylvania -0.7 0.4 YES -36 25 YES Rhode Island -0.3 0.9 -2 4 South Carolina 0.0 0.7 2 15 South Dakota -0.9 0.7 YES -4 3 YES Tennessee -0.5 0.7 -12 21 Texas -0.1 0.4 -4 56 Utah -1.9 0.8 YES -30 13 YES Vermont 0.2 0.9 0 3 Virginia -0.1 0.6 -2 24 Washington -0.7 0.6 YES -20 20 West Virginia -0.1 0.8 0 6 Wisconsin -0.1 0.6 -4 16 Wyoming -1.3 0.9 YES -3 3 YES