Establishments, employment, and wages                    Total U.S.            Alabama               Alaska                Arizona               Arkansas              California            Colorado              Connecticut           Delaware              District of Columbia  Florida               Georgia               Hawaii                Idaho                 Illinois              Indiana               Iowa                  Kansas                Kentucky              Louisiana             Maine                 Maryland              Massachusetts         Michigan              Minnesota             Mississippi           Missouri              Montana               Nebraska              Nevada                New Hampshire         New Jersey            New Mexico            New York              North Carolina        North Dakota          Ohio                  Oklahoma              Oregon                Pennsylvania          Rhode Island          South Carolina        South Dakota          Tennessee             Texas                 Utah                  Vermont               Virginia              Washington            West Virginia         Wisconsin             Wyoming               Puerto Rico           Virgin Islands        
Average establishments                 2005              8294662               110621                18739                 135167                73435                 1191163               166540                106344                29738                 30322                 551947                245403                34512                 49112                 330105                148561                86149                 78061                 100648                113813                45187                 156958                208434                248718                155783                63482                 160287                37722                 53051                 65913                 45303                 265422                47230                 549054                225901                22960                 274741                89220                 116883                317186                34964                 115194                26941                 128442                507859                77858                 22803                 206050                204777                44444                 153923                21599                 54896                 3365                  
Average establishments                 Change from 2004  201520                2497                  380                   8819                  2008                  28248                 6436                  1121                  1058                  858                   34321                 6709                  919                   2683                  10032                 583                   256                   1457                  745                   3424                  -1215                 3986                  4082                  1015                  6321                  1150                  1894                  -1406                 1489                  3412                  305                   6402                  728                   8231                  4903                  558                   2204                  2215                  4821                  3445                  572                   6265                  611                   2235                  9666                  4764                  208                   7791                  -2240                 278                   3609                  667                   4409                  236                   
Annual average employment              2005              110611016             1548068               226441                2107545               957385                12877981              1843544               1409194               361184                435674                6694864               3288867               487265                505098                4942881               2476047               1218487               1067241               1464009               1483085               495573                2048799               2758287               3664372               2266499               877853                2247382               334143                739567                1075087               536157                3308847               597145                6928662               3208940               264609                4555293               1158861               1386917               4837168               414842                1500676               306681                2286964               7926772               925300                249757                2931169               2264776               558749                2365071               195241                750665                32023                 
Annual average employment              Change from 2004  2120950               38822                 5592                  126727                15341                 268039                42898                 11101                 5011                  6498                  271171                81979                 18517                 22353                 47080                 24310                 23218                 8383                  24980                 -17331                -1950                 34514                 18426                 -719                  36197                 6588                  33569                 10416                 9154                  64820                 6659                  34690                 14976                 74366                 67866                 6584                  21913                 28059                 42166                 56163                 2693                  24008                 6098                  40053                 231137                40316                 1700                  72152                 68593                 8190                  29448                 7419                  6808                  1354                  
Total annual wages (in thousands)      2005              4480311193            52648070              8789821               79466739              29466569              588323302             76677727              75643196              16105993              26836815              241658332             129957278             16841715              15375363              216755351             87808487              39785287              36568804              49390277              49709216              15910026              87645609              139087838             150697111             92847710              25633801              81365467              9334656               23669559              40725789              21994858              162528342             18716335              367073278             114764370             7826400               167769662             36570949              50247780              189925436             15376785              48651908              8788049               82008403              324046986             30375868              8403816               122928599             91101471              17066902              83050227              6368867               16156827              1009015               
Total annual wages (in thousands)      Change from 2004  234670303             3119311               462689                7744901               1391490               32920236              4279829               3458947               1024634               1438944               20441334              7304545               1099585               1170448               9573871               2665798               1923780               1613105               2011357               2112458               291209                5036644               4208369               2609366               2340841               1209746               3829858               720428                986897                4245516               1057461               6565070               1199179               18916189              5977434               445341                4894995               2139090               3146275               7933947               552467                2421784               434064                3685845               23147971              2419115               287031                8233659               5851668               783343                2731717               610527                632009                106233                
Average weekly wage                    2005              779                   654                   746                   725                   592                   879                   800                   1032                  858                   1185                  694                   760                   665                   585                   843                   682                   628                   659                   649                   645                   617                   823                   970                   791                   788                   562                   696                   537                   615                   728                   789                   945                   603                   1019                  688                   569                   708                   607                   697                   755                   713                   623                   551                   690                   786                   631                   647                   807                   774                   587                   675                   627                   414                   606                   
Average weekly wage                    Change from 2004  26                    23                    21                    29                    19                    32                    27                    39                    44                    47                    32                    24                    19                    19                    29                    14                    19                    24                    16                    35                    13                    34                    23                    14                    8                     23                    22                    25                    18                    34                    29                    29                    24                    42                    22                    19                    17                    21                    23                    23                    21                    21                    17                    20                    34                    23                    18                    36                    28                    18                    14                    37                    13                    40