TABLE 7: Hires estimated rate and level changes between September 2022 and September 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 -400 303 YES Alabama -1.0 0.7 YES -20 14 YES Alaska -1.0 0.9 YES -4 3 YES Arizona -0.9 0.7 YES -25 20 YES Arkansas -0.3 0.7 -4 9 California -0.4 0.4 YES -61 68 Colorado 0.0 0.6 2 18 Connecticut 0.0 0.6 2 10 Delaware -0.4 0.9 -2 4 District of Columbia 0.1 1.0 2 7 Florida 0.1 0.5 28 41 Georgia -1.1 0.6 YES -52 25 YES Hawaii -0.7 0.9 -4 5 Idaho -1.4 0.8 YES -10 6 YES Illinois -1.1 0.5 YES -64 30 YES Indiana -0.7 0.6 YES -22 20 YES Iowa -0.3 0.6 -4 9 Kansas -0.5 0.6 -7 9 Kentucky -0.3 0.7 -3 13 Louisiana 0.5 0.7 11 13 Maine 0.2 0.8 2 5 Maryland 0.0 0.7 0 18 Massachusetts -0.1 0.5 -1 19 Michigan -0.8 0.6 YES -33 24 YES Minnesota 0.0 0.5 3 16 Mississippi -0.4 0.7 -4 8 Missouri 0.1 0.6 3 17 Montana -1.1 0.9 YES -5 4 YES Nebraska -0.1 0.7 0 8 Nevada -1.2 0.9 YES -16 12 YES New Hampshire 0.0 0.8 -1 6 New Jersey 0.2 0.5 12 19 New Mexico -0.7 0.8 -6 7 New York -0.3 0.4 -23 34 North Carolina -0.7 0.6 YES -29 28 YES North Dakota -0.2 0.8 -1 4 Ohio 0.6 0.5 YES 41 25 YES Oklahoma -0.2 0.7 -2 12 Oregon -1.3 0.7 YES -23 13 YES Pennsylvania 0.7 0.4 YES 49 25 YES Rhode Island 0.2 0.9 0 4 South Carolina -0.8 0.7 YES -15 15 South Dakota -0.3 0.7 0 3 Tennessee -0.2 0.7 -3 21 Texas -0.5 0.4 YES -41 56 Utah -1.0 0.8 YES -15 13 YES Vermont -0.1 0.9 -1 3 Virginia -0.2 0.6 -7 24 Washington -0.9 0.6 YES -29 20 YES West Virginia -0.2 0.8 0 6 Wisconsin -0.7 0.6 YES -19 16 YES Wyoming -1.0 0.9 YES -3 3 YES