TABLE 7: Hires estimated rate and level changes between November 2023 and November 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. -0.2 0.2 -301 321 Alabama -0.3 0.7 -5 13 Alaska -0.2 0.9 0 3 Arizona -0.1 0.6 0 20 Arkansas -0.7 0.7 -9 9 California 0.2 0.4 48 70 Colorado -0.5 0.6 -12 18 Connecticut -0.3 0.6 -4 10 Delaware -0.6 0.8 -2 4 District of Columbia -0.6 0.9 -4 7 Florida -0.7 0.5 YES -65 45 YES Georgia -0.5 0.6 -25 27 Hawaii 0.2 0.8 2 5 Idaho 0.0 0.8 0 6 Illinois -0.4 0.5 -20 30 Indiana 0.7 0.6 YES 24 19 YES Iowa 0.1 0.6 2 9 Kansas 0.1 0.6 1 9 Kentucky -0.2 0.6 -3 13 Louisiana -0.3 0.7 -6 13 Maine 0.0 0.8 -1 5 Maryland -1.0 0.7 YES -26 18 YES Massachusetts 0.4 0.5 15 20 Michigan -0.3 0.5 -10 23 Minnesota -0.5 0.5 -14 16 Mississippi -0.3 0.7 -2 8 Missouri 0.2 0.6 8 17 Montana 0.3 0.9 2 4 Nebraska 0.1 0.7 2 7 Nevada 0.5 0.9 8 13 New Hampshire -0.3 0.8 -2 6 New Jersey -0.7 0.5 YES -28 21 YES New Mexico 0.4 0.8 3 7 New York 0.1 0.4 10 35 North Carolina 0.0 0.6 6 29 North Dakota 0.2 0.8 1 3 Ohio -0.3 0.5 -14 26 Oklahoma -0.8 0.7 YES -13 12 YES Oregon 0.1 0.6 3 13 Pennsylvania 0.0 0.4 -2 26 Rhode Island -0.3 0.9 -1 4 South Carolina 0.0 0.7 3 15 South Dakota 0.0 0.7 0 3 Tennessee -0.4 0.7 -12 21 Texas -1.1 0.4 YES -152 59 YES Utah 0.1 0.7 2 12 Vermont -0.2 0.8 0 3 Virginia -0.5 0.6 -18 25 Washington 0.2 0.6 6 21 West Virginia -0.2 0.8 -1 5 Wisconsin 0.1 0.5 3 16 Wyoming 0.7 0.9 2 3