TABLE 7: Hires estimated rate and level changes between December 2023 and December 2024, 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. -0.1 0.2 -190 321 Alabama -0.4 0.7 -8 13 Alaska 0.5 0.9 1 3 Arizona -0.1 0.6 -4 20 Arkansas -0.6 0.7 -7 9 California -0.1 0.4 -16 70 Colorado 0.1 0.6 6 18 Connecticut -0.1 0.6 -2 10 Delaware -0.4 0.8 -2 4 District of Columbia -0.3 0.9 -2 7 Florida -0.8 0.5 YES -75 45 YES Georgia 0.3 0.6 17 27 Hawaii 0.3 0.8 3 5 Idaho 0.2 0.8 3 6 Illinois -0.4 0.5 -25 30 Indiana 0.7 0.6 YES 26 19 YES Iowa 0.3 0.6 4 9 Kansas 0.2 0.6 3 9 Kentucky -1.1 0.6 YES -22 13 YES Louisiana -0.1 0.7 -2 13 Maine 0.0 0.8 0 5 Maryland -1.5 0.7 YES -40 18 YES Massachusetts -0.2 0.5 -5 20 Michigan 0.0 0.5 4 23 Minnesota -0.1 0.5 -3 16 Mississippi -0.7 0.7 -8 8 Missouri 0.3 0.6 8 17 Montana 0.2 0.9 2 4 Nebraska 0.1 0.7 1 7 Nevada 0.1 0.9 2 13 New Hampshire 0.0 0.8 0 6 New Jersey 0.1 0.5 5 21 New Mexico 0.6 0.8 6 7 New York -0.1 0.4 -1 35 North Carolina 0.2 0.6 11 29 North Dakota 0.3 0.8 2 3 Ohio 0.2 0.5 15 26 Oklahoma -0.5 0.7 -7 12 Oregon 0.3 0.6 6 13 Pennsylvania 0.6 0.4 YES 44 26 YES Rhode Island 0.0 0.9 0 4 South Carolina -0.1 0.7 -1 15 South Dakota 0.2 0.7 1 3 Tennessee -0.6 0.7 -19 21 Texas -1.0 0.4 YES -140 59 YES Utah 0.8 0.7 YES 15 12 YES Vermont 0.3 0.8 1 3 Virginia -0.3 0.6 -7 25 Washington 0.3 0.6 13 21 West Virginia -0.4 0.8 -2 5 Wisconsin 0.3 0.5 9 16 Wyoming 0.7 0.9 2 3