TABLE 7: Hires estimated rate and level changes between May 2024 and May 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 -56 352 Alabama -0.8 0.6 YES -17 13 YES Alaska 2.0 0.8 YES 7 3 YES Arizona 1.4 0.6 YES 44 20 YES Arkansas -0.9 0.7 YES -12 9 YES California 0.3 0.4 55 66 Colorado 1.2 0.6 YES 36 18 YES Connecticut 0.1 0.6 3 10 Delaware -0.8 0.8 -3 4 District of Columbia -0.5 0.9 -3 7 Florida -0.2 0.5 -9 48 Georgia -0.4 0.6 -21 27 Hawaii 0.9 0.8 YES 7 5 YES Idaho 1.4 0.8 YES 13 7 YES Illinois -0.9 0.5 YES -54 31 YES Indiana 0.1 0.6 2 18 Iowa -0.4 0.6 -6 9 Kansas -0.1 0.6 0 9 Kentucky -0.1 0.6 -1 12 Louisiana -0.5 0.7 -9 13 Maine -0.2 0.8 -2 5 Maryland -0.5 0.7 -13 18 Massachusetts -0.3 0.5 -11 20 Michigan -0.2 0.5 -9 23 Minnesota -0.3 0.6 -8 16 Mississippi -0.6 0.7 -6 8 Missouri -0.4 0.6 -10 16 Montana 0.7 0.9 4 5 Nebraska -0.4 0.7 -5 7 Nevada 0.5 0.8 8 12 New Hampshire 0.1 0.8 1 6 New Jersey 0.6 0.5 YES 26 21 YES New Mexico 0.4 0.8 5 6 New York 0.4 0.4 47 36 YES North Carolina -0.9 0.5 YES -42 27 YES North Dakota 0.0 0.7 1 3 Ohio 0.2 0.5 12 25 Oklahoma -0.9 0.7 YES -15 12 YES Oregon 1.0 0.7 YES 22 13 YES Pennsylvania 0.1 0.5 13 28 Rhode Island -0.3 0.9 -2 4 South Carolina -0.3 0.7 -6 15 South Dakota -0.6 0.7 -2 3 Tennessee -1.6 0.6 YES -52 20 YES Texas -0.6 0.4 YES -80 57 YES Utah 0.7 0.6 YES 14 11 YES Vermont 1.0 0.8 YES 3 3 Virginia -0.1 0.6 -4 25 Washington 0.7 0.6 YES 28 21 YES West Virginia 0.0 0.7 -1 5 Wisconsin -0.3 0.5 -10 16 Wyoming 2.3 0.9 YES 8 3 YES