TABLE 7: Hires estimated rate and level changes between October 2022 and October 2023, 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. -0.3 0.2 YES -347 303 YES Alabama -1.8 0.7 YES -37 14 YES Alaska -0.5 0.9 -1 3 Arizona -0.4 0.7 -11 20 Arkansas -0.6 0.7 -8 9 California -0.5 0.4 YES -77 68 YES Colorado -0.1 0.6 -1 18 Connecticut 0.3 0.6 6 10 Delaware -0.7 0.9 -3 4 District of Columbia -0.2 1.0 -1 7 Florida 0.0 0.5 10 41 Georgia -0.3 0.6 -13 25 Hawaii -0.5 0.9 -3 5 Idaho -0.7 0.8 -4 6 Illinois -0.2 0.5 -13 30 Indiana -0.1 0.6 0 20 Iowa -0.3 0.6 -5 9 Kansas -0.6 0.6 -9 9 YES Kentucky -0.8 0.7 YES -14 13 YES Louisiana -0.7 0.7 YES -11 13 Maine -0.1 0.8 0 5 Maryland -0.7 0.7 YES -16 18 Massachusetts -0.8 0.5 YES -28 19 YES Michigan -0.5 0.6 -21 24 Minnesota 0.5 0.5 16 16 YES Mississippi -0.4 0.7 -5 8 Missouri 0.3 0.6 10 17 Montana -0.4 0.9 -1 4 Nebraska -0.4 0.7 -4 8 Nevada -0.7 0.9 -8 12 New Hampshire -0.2 0.8 -1 6 New Jersey 0.1 0.5 7 19 New Mexico -0.3 0.8 -3 7 New York -0.1 0.4 -11 34 North Carolina -1.5 0.6 YES -72 28 YES North Dakota -0.2 0.8 0 4 Ohio -0.3 0.5 -13 25 Oklahoma -0.1 0.7 0 12 Oregon -0.7 0.7 YES -13 13 YES Pennsylvania 0.3 0.4 23 25 Rhode Island 0.2 0.9 0 4 South Carolina -0.2 0.7 -1 15 South Dakota 0.0 0.7 1 3 Tennessee -1.0 0.7 YES -30 21 YES Texas 0.3 0.4 60 56 YES Utah -0.2 0.8 -2 13 Vermont 0.0 0.9 0 3 Virginia -0.4 0.6 -13 24 Washington -0.5 0.6 -17 20 West Virginia -0.8 0.8 YES -5 6 Wisconsin 0.0 0.6 2 16 Wyoming -0.8 0.9 -2 3