TABLE 7: Hires estimated rate and level changes between March 2024 and March 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. -0.1 0.2 -76 352 Alabama -0.4 0.7 -8 13 Alaska 0.2 0.9 1 3 Arizona 0.4 0.6 12 20 Arkansas -0.4 0.7 -5 9 California -0.4 0.4 -73 70 YES Colorado 1.0 0.6 YES 28 18 YES Connecticut -0.4 0.6 -6 10 Delaware -0.4 0.8 -2 4 District of Columbia -0.7 0.9 -5 7 Florida -1.0 0.5 YES -88 45 YES Georgia -0.1 0.6 -4 27 Hawaii 0.2 0.8 2 5 Idaho 0.2 0.8 2 6 Illinois -0.4 0.5 -26 30 Indiana 1.2 0.6 YES 39 19 YES Iowa 0.5 0.6 8 9 Kansas -0.3 0.6 -4 9 Kentucky -0.2 0.6 -4 13 Louisiana -0.3 0.7 -5 13 Maine -0.4 0.8 -2 5 Maryland -0.4 0.7 -10 18 Massachusetts -0.1 0.5 -3 20 Michigan 1.1 0.5 YES 49 23 YES Minnesota 0.3 0.5 12 16 Mississippi -0.4 0.7 -4 8 Missouri -0.4 0.6 -11 17 Montana 0.1 0.9 0 4 Nebraska 0.2 0.7 2 7 Nevada -0.2 0.9 -4 13 New Hampshire -0.4 0.8 -3 6 New Jersey -0.3 0.5 -12 21 New Mexico -0.2 0.8 -1 7 New York 0.0 0.4 -2 35 North Carolina -0.4 0.6 -18 29 North Dakota 0.2 0.8 1 3 Ohio 0.0 0.5 1 26 Oklahoma -0.8 0.7 YES -13 12 YES Oregon -0.3 0.6 -6 13 Pennsylvania -0.2 0.4 -7 26 Rhode Island -0.8 0.9 -4 4 South Carolina -0.7 0.7 -15 15 South Dakota 0.2 0.7 1 3 Tennessee -0.4 0.7 -10 21 Texas 0.3 0.4 49 59 Utah 0.1 0.7 3 12 Vermont 0.0 0.8 0 3 Virginia -0.7 0.6 YES -29 25 YES Washington 0.2 0.6 8 21 West Virginia -0.8 0.8 -6 5 YES Wisconsin 0.5 0.5 16 16 Wyoming 0.3 0.9 1 3