TABLE 7: Hires estimated rate and level changes between September 2023 and September 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 -274 321 Alabama -0.8 0.7 YES -16 13 YES Alaska 0.2 0.9 1 3 Arizona -0.1 0.6 -1 20 Arkansas -0.6 0.7 -6 9 California -0.2 0.4 -18 70 Colorado 0.0 0.6 2 18 Connecticut -0.1 0.6 -2 10 Delaware -0.4 0.8 -2 4 District of Columbia -0.4 0.9 -3 7 Florida -0.3 0.5 -24 45 Georgia -0.4 0.6 -15 27 Hawaii 0.2 0.8 1 5 Idaho 0.1 0.8 3 6 Illinois 0.2 0.5 14 30 Indiana 0.1 0.6 7 19 Iowa 0.2 0.6 4 9 Kansas 0.4 0.6 7 9 Kentucky -1.3 0.6 YES -24 13 YES Louisiana -1.3 0.7 YES -26 13 YES Maine -0.3 0.8 -2 5 Maryland -0.3 0.7 -7 18 Massachusetts -1.2 0.5 YES -42 20 YES Michigan 1.3 0.5 YES 62 23 YES Minnesota -0.1 0.5 0 16 Mississippi -0.8 0.7 YES -8 8 Missouri -0.2 0.6 -3 17 Montana 0.9 0.9 6 4 YES Nebraska -0.1 0.7 1 7 Nevada 0.4 0.9 9 13 New Hampshire -0.2 0.8 -1 6 New Jersey -1.5 0.5 YES -63 21 YES New Mexico 0.3 0.8 3 7 New York 0.0 0.4 2 35 North Carolina -0.7 0.6 YES -31 29 YES North Dakota -0.3 0.8 -1 3 Ohio -0.9 0.5 YES -48 26 YES Oklahoma -0.9 0.7 YES -15 12 YES Oregon 0.0 0.6 1 13 Pennsylvania -0.3 0.4 -14 26 Rhode Island -0.2 0.9 0 4 South Carolina -0.2 0.7 -3 15 South Dakota 0.1 0.7 1 3 Tennessee -0.4 0.7 -12 21 Texas -0.1 0.4 -3 59 Utah -0.2 0.7 -1 12 Vermont 0.0 0.8 0 3 Virginia -0.2 0.6 -9 25 Washington 0.3 0.6 12 21 West Virginia -0.5 0.8 -4 5 Wisconsin 0.0 0.5 -1 16 Wyoming 0.2 0.9 0 3