TABLE 7: Hires estimated rate and level changes between August 2024 and August 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 0.2 -208 352 Alabama -0.4 0.6 -7 13 Alaska -0.2 0.8 -1 3 Arizona -0.1 0.6 0 20 Arkansas -0.3 0.7 -3 9 California 0.4 0.4 64 66 Colorado -0.3 0.6 -9 18 Connecticut -0.5 0.6 -7 10 Delaware -0.3 0.8 -1 4 District of Columbia -0.3 0.9 -3 7 Florida -0.9 0.5 YES -88 48 YES Georgia -0.7 0.6 YES -31 27 YES Hawaii 0.1 0.8 1 5 Idaho -0.3 0.8 -2 7 Illinois 0.3 0.5 18 31 Indiana 0.2 0.6 10 18 Iowa 0.4 0.6 7 9 Kansas -0.2 0.6 -3 9 Kentucky -0.2 0.6 -2 12 Louisiana 0.2 0.7 5 13 Maine -0.1 0.8 -1 5 Maryland -0.6 0.7 -16 18 Massachusetts -0.9 0.5 YES -32 20 YES Michigan 0.0 0.5 0 23 Minnesota 0.0 0.6 2 16 Mississippi -0.3 0.7 -3 8 Missouri 0.1 0.6 5 16 Montana 0.1 0.9 0 5 Nebraska 0.0 0.7 0 7 Nevada -0.4 0.8 -7 12 New Hampshire -0.3 0.8 -3 6 New Jersey 0.5 0.5 21 21 New Mexico 0.2 0.8 2 6 New York 0.0 0.4 8 36 North Carolina 0.5 0.5 29 27 YES North Dakota 0.3 0.7 2 3 Ohio -0.1 0.5 -3 25 Oklahoma -0.8 0.7 YES -14 12 YES Oregon 0.4 0.7 8 13 Pennsylvania -0.8 0.5 YES -45 28 YES Rhode Island 0.2 0.9 1 4 South Carolina 0.1 0.7 6 15 South Dakota 0.2 0.7 1 3 Tennessee 0.0 0.6 2 20 Texas -0.8 0.4 YES -103 57 YES Utah -0.5 0.6 -9 11 Vermont -0.4 0.8 -1 3 Virginia -0.2 0.6 -5 25 Washington -0.3 0.6 -11 21 West Virginia -0.3 0.7 -2 5 Wisconsin 0.3 0.5 10 16 Wyoming 0.1 0.9 0 3