For release 10:00 a.m. (ET) Friday, December 18, 2020 USDL-20-2267 

Technical information: 

 Employment: sminfo@bls.gov • www.bls.gov/sae 

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STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT — NOVEMBER 2020

Unemployment rates were lower in November in 25 states and the District of Columbia, higher in 7 

states, and stable in 18 states, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Forty-eight states and 

the District had jobless rate increases from a year earlier and two states had little change. The national 

unemployment rate edged down by 0.2 percentage point over the month to 6.7 percent but was 3.2 

points higher than in November 2019. 

Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 17 states, decreased in 3 states, and was essentially 

unchanged in 30 states and the District of Columbia in November 2020. Over the year, nonfarm payroll 

employment decreased in 48 states and the District and was essentially unchanged in 2 states.

This news release presents statistics from two monthly programs. The civilian labor force and 

unemployment data are modeled based largely on a survey of households. These data pertain to 

individuals by where they reside. The employment data are from an establishment survey that measures 

nonfarm employment, hours, and earnings by industry. These data pertain to jobs on payrolls defined by 

where the establishments are located. For more information about the concepts and statistical 

methodologies used by these two programs, see the Technical Note.

Unemployment

Three states had unemployment rates above 10.0 percent in November: New Jersey at 10.2 percent and 

Hawaii and Nevada at 10.1 percent each. Nebraska and Vermont had the lowest rates, 3.1 percent each. 

In total, 26 states had jobless rates lower than the U.S. figure of 6.7 percent, 11 states and the District of 

Columbia had higher rates, and 13 states had rates that were not appreciably different from that of the 

nation. (See tables A and 1 and map 1.) 

In November, the largest unemployment rate decrease occurred in Hawaii (-4.1 percentage points). 

Rates declined over the month by at least 1.0 percentage point in an additional seven states. The largest 

over-the-month jobless rate increases occurred in Alaska and New Jersey (+2.2 percentage points each) 

and Connecticut (+2.1 points). Eighteen states had jobless rates that were not notably different from 

those of a month earlier, though some had changes that were at least as large numerically as the 

significant changes. (See table B.) 
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The largest unemployment rate increase from November 2019 occurred in Hawaii (+7.5 percentage 

points). New Jersey and Nevada had the next largest over-the-year rate increases (6.5 percentage points 

and 6.4 points, respectively), followed by Texas (+4.6 points), New York (+4.5 points), Connecticut 

(+4.4 points), and California (+4.3 points). (See table C.)

Nonfarm Payroll Employment 

Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 17 states, decreased in 3 states, and was essentially 

unchanged in 30 states and the District of Columbia in November 2020. The largest job gains occurred 

in Texas (+61,000), California (+57,100), and New York (+29,500). The largest percentage increases 

occurred in Hawaii (+2.6 percent), Louisiana (+1.0 percent), and Maryland and Utah (+0.9 percent 

each). Employment decreased in Illinois (-20,000, or -0.4 percent), Minnesota (-12,600, or -0.5 percent), 

and Iowa (-10,100, or -0.7 percent). (See tables D and 3.)

Over the year, nonfarm payroll employment decreased in 48 states and the District of Columbia and was 

essentially unchanged in 2 states. The largest job declines occurred in California (-1,336,700), New 

York (-985,400), and Texas (-474,200). The largest percentage declines occurred in Hawaii (-15.2 

percent), New York (-10.0 percent), and Michigan (-9.4 percent). (See table E and map 2.) 

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The Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment news release for November 2020 is 

scheduled to be released on Tuesday, January 5, 2021, at 10:00 a.m. (ET). The State Employment 

and Unemployment news release for December 2020 is scheduled to be released on Tuesday, 

January 26, 2021, at 10:00 a.m. (ET).
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Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic Impact on November 2020 

Establishment and Household Survey Data

BLS has continued to review all estimation and methodological procedures for the establishment survey, 

which included the review of data, estimation processes, the application of the birth-death model, and 

seasonal adjustment. Business births and deaths cannot be adequately captured by the establishment 

survey as they occur. Therefore, the Current Employment Statistics (CES) program uses a model to 

account for the relatively stable net employment change generated by business births and deaths. Due to 

the impact of COVID-19, the relationship between business births and deaths is no longer stable. 

Typically, reports with zero employment are not included in estimation. For the October final and 

November preliminary estimates, CES included a portion of these reports in the estimates and made 

modifications to the birth-death model. In addition for both months, the establishment survey included a 

portion of the reports that returned to reporting positive employment from reporting zero employment. 

For more information, see www.bls.gov/web/empsit/cesbd.htm. 

In the establishment survey, workers who are paid by their employer for all or any part of the pay period 

including the 12th of the month are counted as employed, even if they were not actually at their jobs. 

Workers who are temporarily or permanently absent from their jobs and are not being paid are not 

counted as employed, even if they are continuing to receive benefits. The length of the reference period 

does vary across the respondents in the establishment survey; one-third of businesses have a weekly pay 

period, slightly over 40 percent a bi-weekly, about 20 percent semi-monthly, and a small amount 

monthly. 

For the November 2020 estimates of household employment and unemployment from the Local Area 

Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program, BLS continued to implement level-shift outliers in the 

employment and/or unemployment inputs to the models, based on statistical evaluation of movements in 

each area's inputs. Both the Current Population Survey inputs, which serve as the primary inputs to the 

LAUS models, and the nonfarm payroll employment and unemployment insurance claims covariates 

were examined for outliers. The resulting implementation of level shifts preserved movements in the 

published estimates that the models otherwise would have discounted, without requiring changes to how 

the models create estimates at other points in the time series.

To mitigate distortions due to the complex relationships between level shifts in the household survey 

and covariate inputs to the state models, BLS retained the same modifications to the LAUS seasonal 

adjustment and smoothing procedures that had been introduced during the May 2020 cycle. Specifically, 

level shifts were isolated from the estimation of seasonal factors, and the Reproducing Kernel Hilbert 

Space filter was not used to smooth the seasonally adjusted estimates. It is anticipated that these 

modifications will be necessary for as long as complex outlier treatments are deemed necessary for the 

model inputs. 

The "Frequently asked questions" document at www.bls.gov/covid19/employment-situation-covid19-

faq-november-2020.htm extensively discusses the impact of a misclassification in the household survey 

on the national estimates for November 2020. Despite the considerable decline in its degree relative to 

prior months, this misclassification continued to be widespread geographically, with BLS analysis 

indicating that most states again were affected to at least some extent. However, according to usual 

practice, the data from the household survey are accepted as recorded. To maintain data integrity, no ad 

hoc actions are taken to reclassify survey responses. Hence, the household survey estimates of employed 
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and unemployed people that serve as the primary inputs to the state models were affected to varying 

degrees by the misclassification, which in turn affected the official LAUS estimates for November 2020. 

Household data for Puerto Rico are not modeled, but rather are derived from a monthly household 

survey similar to the Current Population Survey. Due to the effects of the pandemic and efforts to 

contain the virus, Puerto Rico had not been able to conduct its household survey for March or April 

2020. Since data collection resumed effective May 2020, the Puerto Rico Department of Labor has 

reported a misclassification in its household survey similar in nature to the misclassification in the 

Current Population Survey. 

Upcoming Changes to Local Area Unemployment Statistics Data

Effective with the release of Regional and State Unemployment 2020 Annual Averages on March 3, 

2021, the civilian labor force and unemployment data for states, the District of Columbia, and the 

modeled substate areas presented in tables 1 and 2 of this news release will be replaced with data 

produced using a new generation of time-series models. Data will be re-estimated back to January 1976 

for census regions, census divisions, states, the District of Columbia, the Los Angeles-Long BeachGlendale metropolitan division, New York City, and the balances of California and New York states. 

Data for the five remaining modeled substate and balance-of-state areas will be re-estimated back to 

their series beginnings in January 1990 or 1994. Both seasonally adjusted and not seasonally adjusted 

data will be affected.

The revisions to model-based data at the state level and below for 2019 and 2020 also will incorporate 

updated covariate inputs, while the revisions for all model-based data from April 2010 forward also will 

reflect new population controls from the U.S. Census Bureau. 
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State Rate p

United States 1 ................................................ 6.7

Alabama ........................................................... 4.4

Alaska .............................................................. 8.1

Arizona ............................................................. 7.8

California .......................................................... 8.2

Connecticut ....................................................... 8.2

Delaware .......................................................... 5.1

District of Columbia ........................................... 7.5

Georgia ............................................................ 5.7

Hawaii .............................................................. 10.1

Idaho ................................................................ 4.8

Indiana ............................................................. 5.0

Iowa ................................................................. 3.6

Kansas ............................................................. 5.6

Kentucky .......................................................... 5.6

Louisiana .......................................................... 8.3

Maine ............................................................... 5.0

Minnesota ......................................................... 4.4

Missouri ............................................................ 4.4

Montana ............................................................ 4.9

Nebraska .......................................................... 3.1

Nevada ............................................................. 10.1

New Hampshire ................................................. 3.8

New Jersey ....................................................... 10.2

New Mexico ....................................................... 7.5

New York .......................................................... 8.4

North Dakota ..................................................... 4.5

Ohio ................................................................. 5.7

Oklahoma .......................................................... 5.9

South Carolina .................................................. 4.4

South Dakota .................................................... 3.5

Tennessee ........................................................ 5.3

Texas ................................................................ 8.1

Utah ................................................................. 4.3

Vermont ............................................................ 3.1

Virginia ............................................................. 4.9

Washington ....................................................... 6.0

Wisconsin ......................................................... 5.0

Wyoming .......................................................... 5.1

1

 Data are not preliminary.

p

 = preliminary.

Table A. States with unemployment rates significantly different from that

of the U.S., November 2020, seasonally adjusted
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Table B. States with statistically significant unemployment rate changes from October 2020

to November 2020, seasonally adjusted

October 2020 November 2020 p

Alabama ..................................... 5.7 4.4 -1.3

Alaska ........................................ 5.9 8.1 2.2

California .................................... 9.0 8.2 -.8

Connecticut ................................. 6.1 8.2 2.1

Delaware .................................... 5.6 5.1 -.5

District of Columbia ..................... 8.3 7.5 -.8

Georgia ...................................... 4.5 5.7 1.2

Hawaii ........................................ 14.2 10.1 -4.1

Idaho .......................................... 5.5 4.8 -.7

Illinois ......................................... 7.4 6.9 -.5

Indiana ....................................... 5.5 5.0 -.5

Kansas ....................................... 5.0 5.6 .6

Kentucky .................................... 7.3 5.6 -1.7

Louisiana .................................... 9.4 8.3 -1.1

Maine ......................................... 5.4 5.0 -.4

Maryland ..................................... 7.7 6.8 -.9

Massachusetts ............................. 7.4 6.7 -.7

Michigan ..................................... 6.1 6.9 .8

Mississippi .................................. 7.4 6.4 -1.0

Nevada ....................................... 11.9 10.1 -1.8

New Hampshire ........................... 4.2 3.8 -.4

New Jersey ................................. 8.0 10.2 2.2

New Mexico ................................. 8.1 7.5 -.6

New York .................................... 9.2 8.4 -.8

North Dakota ............................... 4.7 4.5 -.2

Oregon ....................................... 6.8 6.0 -.8

Pennsylvania ............................... 7.4 6.6 -.8

South Dakota .............................. 3.7 3.5 -.2

Tennessee .................................. 7.3 5.3 -2.0

Texas .......................................... 6.9 8.1 1.2

Virginia ....................................... 5.2 4.9 -.3

Wisconsin ................................... 6.0 5.0 -1.0

Wyoming .................................... 5.5 5.1 -.4

p

 = preliminary.

State

Rate Over-the-month 

change p
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Table C. States with statistically significant unemployment rate changes from November 2019

to November 2020, seasonally adjusted

November 2019 November 2020 p

Alabama ..................................... 2.7 4.4 1.7

Alaska ........................................ 6.1 8.1 2.0

Arizona ....................................... 4.5 7.8 3.3

Arkansas .................................... 3.5 6.2 2.7

California .................................... 3.9 8.2 4.3

Colorado ..................................... 2.5 6.4 3.9

Connecticut ................................. 3.8 8.2 4.4

Delaware .................................... 4.0 5.1 1.1

District of Columbia ..................... 5.3 7.5 2.2

Florida ........................................ 2.8 6.4 3.6

Georgia ...................................... 3.1 5.7 2.6

Hawaii ........................................ 2.6 10.1 7.5

Idaho .......................................... 2.9 4.8 1.9

Illinois ......................................... 3.7 6.9 3.2

Indiana ....................................... 3.2 5.0 1.8

Iowa ........................................... 2.8 3.6 .8

Kansas ....................................... 3.1 5.6 2.5

Kentucky .................................... 4.3 5.6 1.3

Louisiana .................................... 5.2 8.3 3.1

Maine ......................................... 3.0 5.0 2.0

Maryland ..................................... 3.4 6.8 3.4

Massachusetts ............................. 2.8 6.7 3.9

Michigan ..................................... 3.9 6.9 3.0

Minnesota ................................... 3.3 4.4 1.1

Mississippi .................................. 5.6 6.4 .8

Missouri ...................................... 3.4 4.4 1.0

Montana ...................................... 3.5 4.9 1.4

Nevada ....................................... 3.7 10.1 6.4

New Hampshire ........................... 2.6 3.8 1.2

New Jersey ................................. 3.7 10.2 6.5

New Mexico ................................. 4.8 7.5 2.7

New York .................................... 3.9 8.4 4.5

North Carolina ............................. 3.6 6.2 2.6

North Dakota ............................... 2.4 4.5 2.1

Ohio ........................................... 4.1 5.7 1.6

Oklahoma .................................... 3.4 5.9 2.5

Oregon ....................................... 3.4 6.0 2.6

Pennsylvania ............................... 4.6 6.6 2.0

Rhode Island ............................... 3.5 7.3 3.8

South Carolina ............................ 2.4 4.4 2.0

Tennessee .................................. 3.3 5.3 2.0

Texas .......................................... 3.5 8.1 4.6

Utah ........................................... 2.4 4.3 1.9

Vermont ...................................... 2.4 3.1 .7

Virginia ....................................... 2.7 4.9 2.2

Washington ................................. 4.0 6.0 2.0

West Virginia .............................. 5.1 6.2 1.1

Wisconsin ................................... 3.5 5.0 1.5

Wyoming .................................... 3.7 5.1 1.4

p

 = preliminary.

State

Rate Over-the-year 

change p
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Table D. States with statistically significant employment changes from October 2020 to

November 2020, seasonally adjusted

October November

2020 2020 p Level Percent

California .................................... 16,134,300 16,191,400 57,100 0.4

Georgia ...................................... 4,494,400 4,515,300 20,900 .5

Hawaii ........................................ 543,900 557,800 13,900 2.6

Idaho .......................................... 762,200 768,400 6,200 .8

Illinois ......................................... 5,712,600 5,692,600 -20,000 -.4

Iowa ........................................... 1,513,700 1,503,600 -10,100 -.7

Louisiana .................................... 1,879,100 1,897,600 18,500 1.0

Maryland ..................................... 2,630,400 2,654,500 24,100 .9

Massachusetts ............................. 3,351,000 3,363,200 12,200 .4

Minnesota ................................... 2,795,400 2,782,800 -12,600 -.5

 

Missouri ...................................... 2,779,700 2,797,100 17,400 .6

Nevada ....................................... 1,308,600 1,317,800 9,200 .7

New York .................................... 8,805,100 8,834,600 29,500 .3

North Carolina ............................. 4,354,000 4,370,500 16,500 .4

Ohio ........................................... 5,217,700 5,247,100 29,400 .6

Pennsylvania ............................... 5,616,600 5,637,600 21,000 .4

South Carolina ............................ 2,125,700 2,142,000 16,300 .8

Texas .......................................... 12,387,200 12,448,200 61,000 .5

Utah ........................................... 1,565,500 1,579,600 14,100 .9

Washington ................................. 3,288,600 3,305,200 16,600 .5

p

 = preliminary.

State Over-the-month change p
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Table E. States with statistically significant employment changes from November 2019 to

November 2020, seasonally adjusted

November November

2019 2020 p Level Percent

Alabama ..................................... 2,079,500 2,035,400 -44,100 -2.1

Alaska ........................................ 329,600 310,000 -19,600 -5.9

Arizona ....................................... 2,971,800 2,893,000 -78,800 -2.7

Arkansas .................................... 1,277,900 1,240,800 -37,100 -2.9

California .................................... 17,528,100 16,191,400 -1,336,700 -7.6

Colorado ..................................... 2,808,900 2,680,700 -128,200 -4.6

Connecticut ................................. 1,692,500 1,596,000 -96,500 -5.7

Delaware .................................... 466,900 429,300 -37,600 -8.1

District of Columbia ..................... 803,400 750,200 -53,200 -6.6

Florida ........................................ 9,006,700 8,588,200 -418,500 -4.6

 

Georgia ...................................... 4,638,700 4,515,300 -123,400 -2.7

Hawaii ........................................ 657,700 557,800 -99,900 -15.2

Illinois ......................................... 6,105,200 5,692,600 -412,600 -6.8

Indiana ....................................... 3,160,800 3,055,800 -105,000 -3.3

Iowa ........................................... 1,586,000 1,503,600 -82,400 -5.2

Kansas ....................................... 1,423,300 1,365,000 -58,300 -4.1

Kentucky .................................... 1,940,100 1,839,500 -100,600 -5.2

Louisiana .................................... 1,987,800 1,897,600 -90,200 -4.5

Maine ......................................... 636,300 588,600 -47,700 -7.5

Maryland ..................................... 2,776,100 2,654,500 -121,600 -4.4

 

Massachusetts ............................. 3,701,100 3,363,200 -337,900 -9.1

Michigan ..................................... 4,442,600 4,023,800 -418,800 -9.4

Minnesota ................................... 2,978,400 2,782,800 -195,600 -6.6

Mississippi .................................. 1,159,900 1,135,000 -24,900 -2.1

Missouri ...................................... 2,905,200 2,797,100 -108,100 -3.7

Montana ...................................... 486,500 471,900 -14,600 -3.0

Nebraska .................................... 1,031,200 1,001,600 -29,600 -2.9

Nevada ....................................... 1,427,300 1,317,800 -109,500 -7.7

New Hampshire ........................... 681,700 627,200 -54,500 -8.0

New Jersey ................................. 4,219,200 3,896,300 -322,900 -7.7

 

New Mexico ................................. 862,500 801,200 -61,300 -7.1

New York .................................... 9,820,000 8,834,600 -985,400 -10.0

North Carolina ............................. 4,592,800 4,370,500 -222,300 -4.8

North Dakota ............................... 439,500 408,300 -31,200 -7.1

Ohio ........................................... 5,583,400 5,247,100 -336,300 -6.0

Oklahoma .................................... 1,705,700 1,628,100 -77,600 -4.5

Oregon ....................................... 1,953,200 1,830,000 -123,200 -6.3

Pennsylvania ............................... 6,090,200 5,637,600 -452,600 -7.4

Rhode Island ............................... 505,200 467,500 -37,700 -7.5

South Carolina ............................ 2,207,800 2,142,000 -65,800 -3.0

 

South Dakota .............................. 442,500 428,700 -13,800 -3.1

Tennessee .................................. 3,143,200 3,030,400 -112,800 -3.6

Texas .......................................... 12,922,400 12,448,200 -474,200 -3.7

Vermont ...................................... 315,400 288,200 -27,200 -8.6

Virginia ....................................... 4,087,600 3,908,600 -179,000 -4.4

Washington ................................. 3,496,900 3,305,200 -191,700 -5.5

West Virginia .............................. 715,300 670,100 -45,200 -6.3

Wisconsin ................................... 2,974,100 2,766,400 -207,700 -7.0

Wyoming .................................... 289,000 274,600 -14,400 -5.0

p

 = preliminary.

State Over-the-year change p
Technical Note

Special technical note: This technical note describes the 

procedures regularly used on a monthly basis to develop 

estimates from the CES survey and the LAUS program. Due to 

the COVID-19 pandemic, some of the procedures described in 

this technical note have been modified. The modifications are 

briefly described in the box note of this news release. More 

information on the changes to the CES business birth-death 

model is available at www.bls.gov/web/empsit/cesbd.htm. 

This news release presents civilian labor force and 

unemployment data for states and selected substate areas from 

the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program 

(tables 1 and 2). Also presented are nonfarm payroll 

employment estimates by state and industry supersector from 

the Current Employment Statistics (CES) program (tables 3 and 

4). The LAUS and CES programs are both federal-state 

cooperative endeavors.

Civilian labor force and unemployment—from the 

LAUS program

 Definitions. The civilian labor force and unemployment 

data are based on the same concepts and definitions as those 

used for the official national estimates obtained from the 

Current Population Survey (CPS), a sample survey of 

households that is conducted for the Bureau of Labor Statistics 

(BLS) by the U.S. Census Bureau. The LAUS program 

measures employed people and unemployed people on a placeof-residence basis. The universe for each is the civilian 

noninstitutional population 16 years of age and older. 

Employed people are those who did any work at all for pay or 

profit in the reference week (typically the week including the 

12th of the month) or worked 15 hours or more without pay in 

a family business or farm, plus those not working who had a job 

from which they were temporarily absent, whether or not paid, 

for such reasons as bad weather, labor-management dispute, 

illness, or vacation. 

 Unemployed people are those who were not employed during 

the reference week (based on the definition above), had actively 

looked for a job sometime in the 4-week period ending with the 

reference week, and were currently available for work; people

on layoff expecting recall need not be looking for work to be 

counted as unemployed. The civilian labor force is the sum of 

employed and unemployed people. The unemployment rate is 

the number of unemployed as a percent of the civilian labor 

force.

 Method of estimation. Estimates for 48 states, the District 

of Columbia, the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale 

metropolitan division, New York City, and the balances of 

California and New York State are produced using time-series 

models. This method, which underwent substantial 

enhancement at the beginning of 2015, utilizes data from 

several sources, including the CPS, the CES, and state 

unemployment insurance (UI) programs. Estimates for the state 

of California are derived by summing the estimates for the Los 

Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale metropolitan division and the 

balance of California. Similarly, estimates for New York State

are derived by summing the estimates for New York City and 

the balance of New York State. Estimates for the five additional 

substate areas contained in this release (the Cleveland-Elyria 

and Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metropolitan areas and the 

Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights, Miami-Miami BeachKendall, and Seattle-Bellevue-Everett metropolitan divisions) 

and their respective balances of state are produced using a 

similar model-based approach.

 Each month, estimates for the nine census divisions first are

modeled using inputs from the CPS only and controlled to the 

national totals. State estimates then are controlled to their 

respective census division totals. Substate and balance-of-state 

estimates for the five areas noted above also are controlled to 

their respective state totals. This tiered process of controlling 

model-based estimates to the U.S. totals is called real-time 

benchmarking. Estimates for Puerto Rico are derived from a 

monthly household survey similar to the CPS. A more detailed 

description of the estimation procedures is available from BLS 

upon request.

 Annual revisions. Civilian labor force and unemployment 

data for prior years reflect adjustments made after the end of 

each year. The adjusted estimates reflect updated population 

data from the U.S. Census Bureau, any revisions in the other 

data sources, and model re-estimation. In most years, historical 

data for the most recent five years are revised near the 

beginning of each calendar year, prior to the release of January 

estimates. With the introduction of a new generation of timesseries models in early 2015, historical data were re-estimated 

back to the series beginnings in 1976, 1990, or 1994.

 Seasonal adjustment. The LAUS models decompose the 

estimates of employed and unemployed people into trend, 

seasonal, and irregular components. The benchmarked signals 

of employed and unemployed people first are adjusted using an 

X-11 type of seasonal adjustment filter. The adjusted data then 

are smoothed using a Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Space 

(RKHS) filter. The smoothed-seasonally adjusted estimates of 

employed and unemployed people are summed to derive the 

civilian labor force, and the unemployment rate then is 

calculated as the unemployed percent of the civilian labor force. 

The resulting smoothed-seasonally adjusted unemployment 

rate estimates are analyzed in this news release and published 

on the BLS website. 

 During estimation for the current year, the smoothedseasonally adjusted estimates for a given month are created 

using an asymmetric filter that incorporates information from 

previous observations only. For annual revisions, historical data 

are smoothed using a two-sided filter.

 Area definitions. The substate area data published in this 

release reflect the delineations that were issued by the U.S. 

Office of Management and Budget on April 10, 2018. A 

detailed list of the geographic definitions is available online at 

www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm. 

Employment—from the CES program

 Definitions. Employment data refer to persons on 

establishment payrolls who receive pay for any part of the pay 
period that includes the 12th of the month. Persons are counted 

at their place of work rather than at their place of residence; 

those appearing on more than one payroll are counted on each 

payroll. Industries are classified on the basis of their principal 

activity in accordance with the 2017 version of the North 

American Industry Classification System. 

 Method of estimation. CES State and Area employment 

data are produced using several estimation procedures. Where 

possible these data are produced using a "weighted link 

relative" estimation technique in which a ratio of current month 

weighted employment to that of the previous-month weighted 

employment is computed from a sample of establishments 

reporting for both months. The estimates of employment for the 

current month are then obtained by multiplying these ratios by 

the previous month’s employment estimates. The weighted link 

relative technique is utilized for data series where the sample 

size meets certain statistical criteria. 

 For some employment series, the sample of establishments is 

very small or highly variable. In these cases, a model-based 

approach is used in estimation. These models use the direct 

sample estimates (described above), combined with forecasts of 

historical (benchmarked) data to decrease volatility in 

estimation. Two different models (Fay-Herriot Model and 

Small Domain Model) are used depending on the industry level 

being estimated. For more detailed information about each 

model, refer to the BLS Handbook of Methods.

 Annual revisions. Employment estimates are adjusted 

annually to a complete count of jobs, called benchmarks, 

derived principally from tax reports that are submitted by 

employers who are covered under state unemployment 

insurance (UI) laws. The benchmark information is used to 

adjust the monthly estimates between the new benchmark and 

the preceding one and also to establish the level of employment 

for the new benchmark month. Thus, the benchmarking process 

establishes the level of employment, and the sample is used to 

measure the month-to-month changes in the level for the 

subsequent months. Information on recent benchmark revisions 

is available online at www.bls.gov/web/laus/benchmark.pdf.

 Seasonal adjustment. Payroll employment data are 

seasonally adjusted at the statewide expanded supersector level. 

In some cases, the seasonally adjusted payroll employment total 

is computed by aggregating the independently adjusted 

supersector series. In other cases, the seasonally adjusted 

payroll employment total is independently adjusted. Revisions 

to historical data for the most recent five years are made once a 

year, coincident with annual benchmark adjustments.

 Payroll employment data are seasonally adjusted 

concurrently, using all available estimates including those for 

the current month, to develop sample-based seasonal factors.

Concurrent sample-based factors are created every month for 

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LABOR FORCE DATA

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 1. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state and selected area, seasonally adjusted

State and area

Civilian labor force Unemployed

Nov.

2019

Sept.

2020

Oct.

2020

Nov.

2020p

Number Percent of labor force

Nov.

2019

Sept.

2020

Oct.

2020

Nov.

2020p

Nov.

2019

Sept.

2020

Oct.

2020

Nov.

2020p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,248,190 2,272,635 2,247,024 2,266,845 61,381 153,338 127,425 100,537 2.7 6.7 5.7 4.4

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346,806 333,751 353,383 356,191 21,238 23,963 20,756 28,757 6.1 7.2 5.9 8.1

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,596,303 3,576,010 3,581,246 3,582,721 163,112 233,671 282,643 280,541 4.5 6.5 7.9 7.8

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,364,331 1,344,120 1,330,662 1,327,737 48,190 97,320 83,039 82,860 3.5 7.2 6.2 6.2

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,487,634 18,668,686 19,216,657 18,889,070 753,741 2,065,840 1,728,135 1,542,117 3.9 11.1 9.0 8.2

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale1. . . . 5,151,664 4,942,500 5,063,745 4,969,850 221,964 765,523 608,774 545,951 4.3 15.5 12.0 11.0

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,175,472 3,121,150 3,136,138 3,136,047 80,143 199,830 199,884 199,318 2.5 6.4 6.4 6.4

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,926,916 1,898,596 1,848,100 1,885,776 72,373 146,371 112,748 154,627 3.8 7.7 6.1 8.2

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488,945 487,778 480,859 476,243 19,448 40,653 27,166 24,418 4.0 8.3 5.6 5.1

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411,999 399,638 398,723 397,804 21,843 36,024 32,942 30,000 5.3 9.0 8.3 7.5

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,423,269 10,123,478 10,096,966 10,145,552 296,723 731,394 644,139 651,129 2.8 7.2 6.4 6.4

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall1. . . . . . . . . . . 1,391,085 1,397,541 1,338,105 1,322,964 27,750 174,154 117,108 100,959 2.0 12.5 8.8 7.6

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,138,942 4,946,197 5,087,554 5,168,832 161,210 313,535 227,680 296,199 3.1 6.3 4.5 5.7

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 666,654 613,970 642,593 657,436 17,666 92,039 91,238 66,426 2.6 15.0 14.2 10.1

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 888,878 919,040 912,798 906,033 25,377 56,144 50,419 43,814 2.9 6.1 5.5 4.8

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,433,159 6,345,115 6,288,658 6,138,058 235,583 660,816 466,347 425,937 3.7 10.4 7.4 6.9

Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights1. . . 3,710,271 3,661,959 3,549,513 3,533,203 122,451 440,906 309,284 272,476 3.3 12.0 8.7 7.7

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,389,478 3,348,571 3,371,127 3,330,853 107,503 209,504 185,324 167,979 3.2 6.3 5.5 5.0

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,754,287 1,637,890 1,635,549 1,619,463 49,397 78,746 59,886 57,875 2.8 4.8 3.7 3.6

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,491,949 1,470,181 1,513,344 1,529,289 46,906 86,464 75,757 86,209 3.1 5.9 5.0 5.6

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,082,697 1,900,652 1,961,672 1,998,601 90,300 106,340 142,560 112,098 4.3 5.6 7.3 5.6

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,102,578 2,099,194 2,112,587 2,091,168 109,331 167,815 197,580 173,970 5.2 8.0 9.4 8.3

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 693,715 683,394 677,722 676,359 20,631 41,919 36,843 33,515 3.0 6.1 5.4 5.0

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,272,834 3,085,846 3,150,643 3,145,701 111,898 234,289 243,371 212,833 3.4 7.6 7.7 6.8

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,835,120 3,763,963 3,622,194 3,578,342 106,510 368,925 266,979 241,109 2.8 9.8 7.4 6.7

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,941,316 4,840,824 4,893,265 4,922,791 190,354 414,850 298,625 341,839 3.9 8.6 6.1 6.9

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,165,221 2,020,593 2,125,855 2,180,434 86,976 200,602 149,500 203,274 4.0 9.9 7.0 9.3

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,123,569 3,061,012 3,014,207 3,034,419 101,928 181,932 137,339 133,782 3.3 5.9 4.6 4.4

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,281,170 1,299,026 1,290,854 1,279,639 71,296 93,261 95,126 81,608 5.6 7.2 7.4 6.4

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,105,035 3,001,999 2,980,442 3,003,941 106,453 143,812 135,981 131,215 3.4 4.8 4.6 4.4

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535,823 534,990 536,700 537,406 18,739 28,856 26,656 26,565 3.5 5.4 5.0 4.9

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,038,315 1,034,631 1,029,890 1,032,713 31,147 37,495 30,721 31,709 3.0 3.6 3.0 3.1

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,551,744 1,547,922 1,544,795 1,512,859 57,032 192,884 184,522 153,379 3.7 12.5 11.9 10.1

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 776,709 740,032 728,402 750,456 19,917 42,584 30,402 28,145 2.6 5.8 4.2 3.8

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,537,131 4,325,103 4,401,919 4,526,235 168,168 289,756 350,494 462,645 3.7 6.7 8.0 10.2

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 960,148 953,957 925,827 926,261 45,680 94,402 74,986 69,179 4.8 9.9 8.1 7.5

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,529,070 9,158,406 9,058,948 9,140,674 371,213 886,306 835,625 771,153 3.9 9.7 9.2 8.4

New York City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,059,478 3,847,114 3,810,411 3,863,855 147,589 535,963 494,329 468,581 3.6 13.9 13.0 12.1

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,104,251 4,896,048 4,934,752 4,965,722 185,638 351,834 306,255 308,905 3.6 7.2 6.2 6.2

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403,988 396,672 400,234 401,378 9,639 17,310 18,859 17,936 2.4 4.4 4.7 4.5

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,812,596 5,659,390 5,835,881 5,672,033 236,970 468,690 355,681 324,109 4.1 8.3 6.1 5.7

Cleveland-Elyria2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,042,584 922,930 1,020,468 1,010,651 41,139 96,557 73,099 66,791 3.9 10.5 7.2 6.6

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,845,800 1,885,351 1,872,270 1,864,443 62,123 101,862 115,176 109,364 3.4 5.4 6.2 5.9

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,103,089 2,031,486 2,138,300 2,113,434 71,088 159,503 145,602 126,756 3.4 7.9 6.8 6.0

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,540,059 6,438,911 6,373,110 6,333,348 304,070 536,340 473,377 418,383 4.6 8.3 7.4 6.6

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 556,972 559,740 542,290 540,918 19,296 58,642 38,578 39,218 3.5 10.5 7.1 7.3

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,383,533 2,383,641 2,387,736 2,325,535 56,712 125,120 100,544 102,186 2.4 5.2 4.2 4.4

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465,885 464,422 462,781 462,267 15,795 18,981 17,023 15,961 3.4 4.1 3.7 3.5

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,367,604 3,318,806 3,336,432 3,460,413 111,587 216,073 245,083 182,340 3.3 6.5 7.3 5.3

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,161,219 14,219,504 14,084,005 14,181,827 496,337 1,173,813 968,165 1,153,252 3.5 8.3 6.9 8.1

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,622,909 1,670,923 1,643,619 1,652,303 39,509 83,680 67,129 70,878 2.4 5.0 4.1 4.3

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340,681 322,951 321,060 322,927 8,263 13,835 10,221 9,973 2.4 4.3 3.2 3.1

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,444,649 4,292,284 4,270,335 4,286,658 118,434 267,683 220,619 208,155 2.7 6.2 5.2 4.9

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,946,541 3,928,267 3,995,300 3,839,947 158,520 325,959 237,785 229,465 4.0 8.3 6.0 6.0

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,742,443 1,714,866 1,701,064 1,694,200 46,275 117,920 82,377 75,602 2.7 6.9 4.8 4.5

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 803,129 774,072 764,863 769,685 40,794 66,881 49,156 47,558 5.1 8.6 6.4 6.2

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,108,239 3,144,354 3,144,707 3,121,636 107,600 169,493 189,488 156,549 3.5 5.4 6.0 5.0

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292,684 294,249 295,492 293,919 10,828 17,850 16,351 15,005 3.7 6.1 5.5 5.1

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,065,107 1,041,260 1,040,026 1,037,472 90,149 87,465 85,789 88,165 8.5 8.4 8.2 8.5

1 Metropolitan division.

2 Metropolitan statistical area.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data refer to place of residence. Data for Puerto Rico are derived from a monthly household survey similar to the Current Population Survey. Area definitions are based on Office of

Management and Budget Bulletin No. 18-03, dated April 10, 2018, and are available on the BLS website at https://www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm. Estimates for the latest month are subject to revision

the following month.
LABOR FORCE DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 2. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state and selected area, not seasonally adjusted

State and area

Civilian labor force Unemployed

October November Number Percent of labor force

2019 2020 2019 2020p

October November October November

2019 2020 2019 2020p 2019 2020 2019 2020p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,252,789 2,256,233 2,249,775 2,272,019 57,113 122,127 54,861 90,944 2.5 5.4 2.4 4.0

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344,605 351,295 343,483 353,452 19,701 19,029 20,910 28,661 5.7 5.4 6.1 8.1

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,601,094 3,591,571 3,615,186 3,596,047 161,137 281,359 154,572 273,365 4.5 7.8 4.3 7.6

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,367,199 1,330,991 1,361,974 1,323,556 42,231 75,789 41,816 75,624 3.1 5.7 3.1 5.7

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,538,254 19,289,337 19,534,610 18,928,834 725,895 1,682,556 718,032 1,491,595 3.7 8.7 3.7 7.9

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale1. . . . 5,157,853 5,077,090 5,177,117 4,986,470 221,664 599,992 213,729 527,408 4.3 11.8 4.1 10.6

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,183,835 3,148,728 3,178,357 3,135,429 75,314 192,251 74,970 193,219 2.4 6.1 2.4 6.2

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,925,483 1,851,420 1,927,932 1,888,211 66,634 107,228 62,775 145,249 3.5 5.8 3.3 7.7

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487,774 479,126 488,408 475,623 18,749 26,451 17,290 22,277 3.8 5.5 3.5 4.7

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409,726 396,355 412,346 397,448 21,517 32,658 20,781 29,023 5.3 8.2 5.0 7.3

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,458,221 10,137,710 10,411,499 10,135,780 295,902 637,230 283,039 640,028 2.8 6.3 2.7 6.3

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall1. . . . . . . . . . . 1,399,889 1,341,392 1,384,486 1,316,530 28,349 117,105 24,179 97,095 2.0 8.7 1.7 7.4

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,140,986 5,087,994 5,135,208 5,162,384 159,171 224,757 141,518 276,684 3.1 4.4 2.8 5.4

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 663,747 639,224 667,857 659,148 17,540 90,464 17,344 66,466 2.6 14.2 2.6 10.1

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 888,851 914,261 887,607 903,702 20,787 45,940 24,433 43,135 2.3 5.0 2.8 4.8

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,443,336 6,303,579 6,416,333 6,136,270 224,741 452,588 215,173 398,829 3.5 7.2 3.4 6.5

Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights1. . . 3,705,055 3,549,565 3,693,414 3,530,090 119,267 304,487 110,045 256,807 3.2 8.6 3.0 7.3

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,392,188 3,370,613 3,385,064 3,325,870 102,208 178,035 104,202 162,527 3.0 5.3 3.1 4.9

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,759,289 1,640,453 1,752,989 1,618,578 40,745 50,728 42,650 49,991 2.3 3.1 2.4 3.1

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,493,923 1,516,391 1,497,273 1,533,375 42,395 71,481 43,110 82,019 2.8 4.7 2.9 5.3

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,075,032 1,953,500 2,078,031 1,995,581 79,834 133,602 78,739 102,101 3.8 6.8 3.8 5.1

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,108,448 2,116,818 2,109,627 2,094,476 105,844 195,730 104,716 169,348 5.0 9.2 5.0 8.1

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 695,929 679,522 689,655 671,966 16,749 32,361 19,516 31,477 2.4 4.8 2.8 4.7

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,278,073 3,154,803 3,270,600 3,141,812 108,418 238,641 104,359 206,834 3.3 7.6 3.2 6.6

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,819,962 3,612,815 3,825,517 3,569,886 90,037 248,787 87,801 222,745 2.4 6.9 2.3 6.2

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,943,286 4,903,046 4,931,109 4,912,353 173,524 280,991 159,361 309,645 3.5 5.7 3.2 6.3

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,180,195 2,142,620 2,156,528 2,173,817 87,008 150,837 75,903 192,413 4.0 7.0 3.5 8.9

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,125,946 3,019,072 3,123,662 3,034,412 81,756 118,189 88,135 117,017 2.6 3.9 2.8 3.9

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,276,407 1,289,502 1,279,839 1,280,512 65,083 90,003 65,909 76,512 5.1 7.0 5.1 6.0

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,103,578 2,977,451 3,099,987 2,995,373 86,305 112,888 96,022 115,569 2.8 3.8 3.1 3.9

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535,076 534,105 534,315 533,418 16,905 22,350 18,209 22,776 3.2 4.2 3.4 4.3

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,038,851 1,029,456 1,037,741 1,031,599 29,226 27,870 27,173 27,864 2.8 2.7 2.6 2.7

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,555,164 1,547,904 1,554,598 1,514,131 55,450 181,521 52,974 149,589 3.6 11.7 3.4 9.9

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 773,369 724,427 773,447 746,958 16,995 27,258 17,891 25,984 2.2 3.8 2.3 3.5

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,533,349 4,394,721 4,534,778 4,518,710 154,959 336,043 157,091 447,511 3.4 7.6 3.5 9.9

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 963,427 929,379 967,203 932,032 44,673 73,711 44,691 67,575 4.6 7.9 4.6 7.3

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,543,205 9,055,222 9,487,235 9,093,641 354,358 814,901 341,376 737,748 3.7 9.0 3.6 8.1

New York City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,072,942 3,817,020 4,041,534 3,846,182 150,928 491,333 136,003 454,001 3.7 12.9 3.4 11.8

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,123,098 4,953,747 5,100,768 4,967,029 180,081 297,061 177,831 301,765 3.5 6.0 3.5 6.1

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403,653 399,912 399,846 397,281 6,535 15,905 7,968 16,424 1.6 4.0 2.0 4.1

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,828,726 5,851,499 5,808,659 5,668,884 220,052 336,924 214,762 297,258 3.8 5.8 3.7 5.2

Cleveland-Elyria2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,039,084 1,019,544 1,038,615 1,006,326 34,760 66,434 34,448 58,214 3.3 6.5 3.3 5.8

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,854,653 1,879,243 1,852,252 1,872,610 62,648 114,673 59,724 108,454 3.4 6.1 3.2 5.8

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,109,185 2,144,159 2,103,774 2,111,864 63,668 135,573 61,282 115,365 3.0 6.3 2.9 5.5

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,545,629 6,362,288 6,536,425 6,312,563 289,032 443,538 284,629 382,770 4.4 7.0 4.4 6.1

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 557,600 542,488 560,489 543,568 16,402 35,139 18,234 37,810 2.9 6.5 3.3 7.0

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,384,080 2,385,928 2,372,583 2,310,692 56,883 97,269 53,912 95,625 2.4 4.1 2.3 4.1

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466,961 463,806 466,655 462,354 14,240 15,376 15,316 15,324 3.0 3.3 3.3 3.3

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,369,212 3,329,990 3,366,225 3,450,249 108,485 238,253 104,839 172,514 3.2 7.2 3.1 5.0

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,161,315 14,082,369 14,209,425 14,204,927 474,329 938,545 480,312 1,129,593 3.3 6.7 3.4 8.0

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,623,876 1,645,301 1,629,725 1,655,977 34,061 61,284 33,756 64,664 2.1 3.7 2.1 3.9

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339,366 319,337 339,375 322,112 5,798 7,610 7,647 9,162 1.7 2.4 2.3 2.8

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,440,231 4,267,127 4,431,196 4,267,895 111,836 213,299 108,653 195,153 2.5 5.0 2.5 4.6

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,950,939 4,001,573 3,947,984 3,834,552 143,866 221,082 152,256 225,136 3.6 5.5 3.9 5.9

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,729,765 1,694,119 1,740,335 1,691,380 46,219 81,754 45,462 74,688 2.7 4.8 2.6 4.4

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 807,512 768,754 801,681 767,530 36,871 44,290 38,187 44,072 4.6 5.8 4.8 5.7

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,104,233 3,132,672 3,099,895 3,111,323 86,937 163,416 93,112 138,654 2.8 5.2 3.0 4.5

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293,310 295,966 292,723 293,696 9,855 14,953 10,771 14,532 3.4 5.1 3.7 4.9

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,067,044 1,030,440 1,049,995 1,021,909 95,954 86,924 89,120 95,945 9.0 8.4 8.5 9.4

1 Metropolitan division.

2 Metropolitan statistical area.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data refer to place of residence. Data for Puerto Rico are derived from a monthly household survey similar to the Current Population Survey. Area definitions are based on Office of

Management and Budget Bulletin No. 18-03, dated April 10, 2018, and are available on the BLS website at https://www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm. Estimates for the latest month are subject to revision

the following month.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 3. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry sector, seasonally adjusted

[In thousands]

State

Total1 Construction Manufacturing

Nov.

2019

Sept.

2020

Oct.

2020

Nov.

2020p

Nov.

2019

Sept.

2020

Oct.

2020

Nov.

2020p

Nov.

2019

Sept.

2020

Oct.

2020

Nov.

2020p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,079.5 2,006.4 2,028.8 2,035.4 94.3 93.4 98.7 99.3 268.7 263.8 264.3 265.4

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329.6 300.7 308.5 310.0 16.2 14.9 16.3 16.4 12.3 9.2 9.8 10.3

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,971.8 2,864.6 2,886.5 2,893.0 173.2 170.7 173.4 175.0 178.3 171.2 171.6 172.1

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,277.9 1,226.2 1,236.3 1,240.8 52.6 53.2 54.5 55.1 162.1 145.6 145.5 147.4

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,528.1 15,988.7 16,134.3 16,191.4 887.6 843.0 867.0 861.2 1,321.4 1,222.1 1,223.8 1,224.4

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,808.9 2,667.0 2,687.6 2,680.7 179.6 171.1 172.5 173.1 149.6 152.3 153.0 153.2

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,692.5 1,586.1 1,597.6 1,596.0 60.0 57.4 57.0 57.5 162.3 155.9 156.3 155.8

Delaware2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466.9 426.9 430.5 429.3 22.8 21.4 21.1 21.9 27.1 25.0 25.0 25.0

District of Columbia2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 803.4 750.3 750.8 750.2 14.7 15.0 15.1 15.2 1.4 1.2 1.2 1.2

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,006.7 8,541.6 8,584.2 8,588.2 573.7 559.2 561.0 562.0 388.8 378.3 381.2 382.2

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,638.7 4,468.5 4,494.4 4,515.3 204.4 203.4 201.5 204.9 403.9 382.5 384.3 385.5

Hawaii2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 657.7 532.1 543.9 557.8 37.2 37.0 36.6 36.8 13.9 11.0 10.9 10.9

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 764.8 757.8 762.2 768.4 53.4 54.5 54.8 55.7 67.3 68.6 69.5 70.7

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,105.2 5,705.6 5,712.6 5,692.6 222.3 210.1 213.8 216.1 578.7 555.5 554.5 551.6

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,160.8 3,038.4 3,056.8 3,055.8 147.0 147.7 146.5 150.2 539.1 497.6 500.9 502.4

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,586.0 1,502.2 1,513.7 1,503.6 77.4 66.7 71.3 70.4 226.5 220.9 222.4 221.3

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,423.3 1,361.7 1,367.9 1,365.0 61.7 62.5 63.9 65.2 166.9 156.9 156.8 156.3

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,940.1 1,827.3 1,838.5 1,839.5 80.2 81.9 85.2 82.0 250.9 238.5 238.6 241.1

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,987.8 1,855.7 1,879.1 1,897.6 136.5 127.4 133.4 134.4 137.2 128.3 129.0 129.4

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 636.3 587.6 589.1 588.6 29.8 30.3 30.7 30.7 53.7 48.4 49.0 48.8

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,776.1 2,604.9 2,630.4 2,654.5 167.6 170.5 169.4 173.5 113.8 107.3 107.3 108.5

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,701.1 3,341.5 3,351.0 3,363.2 161.9 144.1 145.5 148.4 243.9 232.9 234.9 235.0

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,442.6 4,017.5 4,034.5 4,023.8 176.5 175.3 174.8 176.4 627.2 566.2 564.6 564.6

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,978.4 2,780.2 2,795.4 2,782.8 126.6 122.0 123.5 122.0 322.4 308.0 310.5 308.6

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,159.9 1,128.2 1,131.2 1,135.0 44.3 41.6 42.4 42.2 147.9 145.6 144.7 146.5

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,905.2 2,776.8 2,779.7 2,797.1 126.3 132.4 135.5 136.1 276.9 268.5 264.2 269.4

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486.5 469.0 470.7 471.9 30.5 30.7 30.6 30.4 20.6 19.5 19.4 19.5

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,031.2 999.7 1,005.8 1,001.6 54.0 52.8 53.0 53.0 99.3 97.6 98.2 98.7

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,427.3 1,301.7 1,308.6 1,317.8 99.6 93.4 95.1 91.4 59.0 57.4 57.8 58.2

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 681.7 631.6 627.2 627.2 28.6 27.4 27.4 27.3 70.7 64.8 65.5 64.5

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,219.2 3,892.1 3,889.2 3,896.3 160.4 149.4 150.8 147.0 252.5 241.5 242.9 243.5

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 862.5 802.5 804.5 801.2 51.7 48.5 48.0 47.7 28.9 27.3 26.9 26.7

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,820.0 8,772.8 8,805.1 8,834.6 401.3 367.2 371.4 371.3 439.2 395.2 396.4 393.5

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,592.8 4,320.0 4,354.0 4,370.5 232.1 221.5 222.8 226.0 479.2 438.1 442.1 443.3

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439.5 409.7 410.3 408.3 28.0 25.9 25.6 25.5 26.3 24.5 24.1 23.7

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,583.4 5,191.5 5,217.7 5,247.1 226.1 213.3 214.7 215.7 698.5 663.2 670.5 668.5

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,705.7 1,623.0 1,623.7 1,628.1 82.1 75.5 75.9 77.7 138.8 126.3 126.8 125.9

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,953.2 1,816.0 1,825.8 1,830.0 110.8 104.9 111.0 108.7 197.4 180.3 181.2 182.9

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,090.2 5,603.3 5,616.6 5,637.6 260.4 248.0 249.5 253.8 573.5 536.4 536.9 538.7

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505.2 466.7 468.0 467.5 19.4 18.7 19.0 19.1 39.5 38.7 38.9 38.9

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,207.8 2,113.1 2,125.7 2,142.0 109.0 110.1 111.6 113.1 258.6 257.3 258.6 259.3

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442.5 429.6 428.3 428.7 23.8 26.7 26.4 25.4 44.0 41.9 42.5 42.8

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,143.2 3,002.5 3,028.3 3,030.4 129.3 126.7 126.1 127.4 353.3 327.0 329.6 332.2

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,922.4 12,272.6 12,387.2 12,448.2 792.5 746.1 752.3 759.8 910.2 875.6 880.3 878.7

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,579.8 1,557.4 1,565.5 1,579.6 114.1 117.0 116.8 119.8 136.0 136.1 137.5 139.9

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315.4 286.0 286.5 288.2 15.0 11.1 11.5 11.1 29.8 27.5 27.9 28.4

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,087.6 3,864.8 3,900.5 3,908.6 203.2 207.6 212.0 215.4 244.4 228.4 229.5 228.9

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,496.9 3,287.3 3,288.6 3,305.2 225.4 218.1 222.2 222.3 292.6 266.6 266.6 266.9

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 715.3 669.9 670.5 670.1 34.6 32.2 33.3 32.6 46.6 46.3 46.8 47.0

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,974.1 2,782.4 2,770.3 2,766.4 124.4 122.0 126.8 127.4 481.8 461.0 461.7 465.9

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289.0 272.5 275.6 274.6 22.3 22.7 22.9 22.7 10.1 10.3 9.9 10.2

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 882.2 819.2 820.6 820.1 26.4 19.5 20.3 20.9 75.3 75.3 75.9 75.6

Virgin Islands3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.0 35.8 35.7 35.5 4.0 3.5 3.5 3.5 – – – –

1

Includes mining and logging, information, and other services (except public administration), not shown separately.

2 Mining and logging is combined with construction.

3 Missing series (denoted by ’-’) are not published seasonally adjusted because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the trend-cycle and irregular components,

cannot be separated with sufficient precision.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2019 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

preliminary and will be revised when new information becomes available.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 3. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry sector, seasonally adjusted-Continued

[In thousands]

State

Trade, transportation, and utilities Financial activities Professional and business services

Nov.

2019

Sept.

2020

Oct.

2020

Nov.

2020p

Nov.

2019

Sept.

2020

Oct.

2020

Nov.

2020p

Nov.

2019

Sept.

2020

Oct.

2020

Nov.

2020p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382.5 385.9 386.7 387.9 96.7 96.3 96.6 97.4 250.7 246.2 252.8 255.8

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.4 61.2 63.9 64.6 11.6 12.1 11.9 12.1 27.4 25.3 26.5 26.6

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546.2 558.0 561.1 567.2 232.9 231.5 232.1 233.8 453.4 422.7 428.7 424.8

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253.5 259.4 264.6 264.9 62.1 60.4 60.8 60.5 145.9 143.8 146.7 147.2

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,053.4 2,872.8 2,893.5 2,913.2 847.5 838.6 849.5 851.8 2,738.6 2,588.3 2,627.4 2,640.3

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482.3 467.1 473.3 474.4 175.3 171.3 174.3 172.3 446.6 445.6 446.6 449.9

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293.1 278.5 284.0 287.7 123.5 119.5 120.3 119.8 221.7 213.7 214.4 214.1

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.7 77.4 79.3 79.8 47.5 46.0 45.6 45.4 62.9 57.9 58.6 57.1

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.0 32.1 32.6 33.1 29.6 28.7 28.5 28.0 174.0 164.0 162.8 162.7

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,810.3 1,769.4 1,771.6 1,766.5 597.0 589.0 589.3 589.1 1,397.1 1,334.3 1,343.1 1,343.3

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 953.0 953.4 957.5 974.7 251.3 248.1 249.7 249.9 712.5 691.1 698.3 701.2

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123.1 102.5 107.0 108.8 29.8 28.0 28.5 28.3 74.7 63.9 65.0 66.4

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144.6 148.9 149.5 151.1 36.9 39.2 39.7 40.1 98.7 96.8 97.8 99.3

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,199.1 1,160.6 1,160.8 1,167.3 413.4 403.7 404.6 402.7 936.5 862.1 880.6 885.9

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 595.1 583.1 590.4 589.9 141.5 139.2 139.4 139.9 342.5 342.7 350.5 346.7

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309.5 301.5 305.0 302.9 108.8 108.0 109.3 107.7 138.9 130.6 132.2 131.1

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267.5 266.6 267.5 267.4 77.2 74.2 74.6 74.6 178.2 174.0 175.8 174.7

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399.7 385.1 385.8 387.3 93.2 87.7 88.6 88.9 218.9 191.8 193.9 194.9

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378.7 366.0 370.8 374.0 92.4 92.8 91.7 91.9 215.1 203.4 207.9 208.2

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117.6 115.6 116.5 116.6 33.3 31.3 31.2 31.7 68.9 65.5 66.0 66.1

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473.3 448.3 451.5 458.2 143.3 141.8 142.4 142.6 468.2 439.9 445.0 452.2

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 577.7 526.0 534.8 541.6 225.0 221.3 223.2 223.4 604.7 575.9 579.7 583.2

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 798.9 760.5 765.5 765.9 226.9 221.5 222.3 220.9 654.6 596.0 603.2 602.0

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528.6 517.4 521.8 520.6 191.6 187.0 187.6 189.7 382.5 373.9 372.2 374.1

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229.8 230.8 231.7 232.9 44.3 43.0 43.5 42.8 106.5 105.2 105.9 106.1

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542.9 522.1 525.8 533.8 175.4 170.9 172.1 173.5 382.9 365.5 368.0 369.2

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95.1 93.2 93.4 93.1 26.2 26.3 26.6 26.6 44.3 41.9 41.8 43.1

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198.1 195.4 196.2 194.4 75.8 76.7 77.1 77.2 120.8 116.3 118.1 117.6

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262.0 244.0 245.5 250.4 70.2 68.1 68.4 71.1 199.4 175.5 178.2 180.5

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137.8 126.1 126.7 126.6 34.6 35.6 35.9 35.8 84.3 78.3 78.8 79.8

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 891.8 848.7 845.5 859.8 251.1 242.7 246.6 248.7 690.7 629.6 631.0 631.5

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137.6 134.6 134.9 133.4 35.6 33.5 33.6 33.0 111.7 104.7 106.2 104.8

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,546.2 1,372.4 1,386.4 1,391.8 729.9 692.7 688.3 688.5 1,385.8 1,225.6 1,238.8 1,257.3

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 848.0 833.8 843.4 844.4 257.3 256.5 259.4 258.8 647.7 628.4 642.0 643.0

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93.8 88.3 88.8 88.9 25.0 24.4 24.4 24.8 33.1 31.4 31.2 30.9

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,025.0 976.8 981.7 986.7 309.5 294.6 296.5 298.7 735.0 681.5 687.4 694.8

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304.3 293.4 293.7 294.7 79.2 79.2 79.9 80.5 192.7 180.6 179.1 179.3

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356.5 350.1 354.6 357.0 104.4 101.0 100.3 100.6 254.8 240.4 244.7 247.3

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,124.2 1,046.5 1,053.4 1,063.4 330.5 331.6 330.8 330.1 823.7 764.7 765.0 766.5

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78.4 71.9 73.3 73.6 35.4 35.6 35.4 35.3 67.9 62.1 63.6 63.4

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409.6 399.7 397.4 402.0 105.0 103.9 105.4 105.2 302.4 295.2 296.2 300.0

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86.3 83.3 83.7 84.6 29.3 29.2 29.5 29.4 33.5 33.7 33.9 33.9

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 646.0 637.0 639.3 641.4 173.2 174.9 175.0 173.9 429.4 408.4 423.7 423.0

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,537.6 2,438.7 2,454.4 2,480.2 806.9 807.9 819.6 826.2 1,811.3 1,782.6 1,827.0 1,830.9

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293.2 298.1 301.6 304.5 91.1 93.8 94.0 95.3 225.6 219.9 221.5 222.1

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.6 51.3 51.2 51.6 12.0 11.3 11.5 11.6 29.7 28.4 29.3 30.1

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 659.0 645.5 652.7 653.6 213.9 211.7 210.8 210.8 772.6 742.4 750.2 757.0

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 648.2 638.9 645.1 644.1 162.6 161.0 160.4 161.6 439.9 441.8 446.9 457.3

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127.2 119.6 119.4 117.4 29.5 27.5 27.3 27.6 68.7 63.5 64.0 64.0

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 529.2 518.7 517.8 514.0 155.2 154.3 153.3 153.1 326.6 301.1 306.2 308.4

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.8 51.7 52.2 52.5 11.3 10.6 10.6 10.4 19.2 17.2 17.3 17.3

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174.1 160.2 162.6 160.9 44.6 44.0 43.3 43.1 121.2 111.1 112.2 110.1

Virgin Islands1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.1 6.2 6.3 6.3 – – – – – – – –

1 Missing series (denoted by ’-’) are not published seasonally adjusted because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the trend-cycle and irregular

components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2019 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

preliminary and will be revised when new information becomes available.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 3. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry sector, seasonally adjusted-Continued

[In thousands]

State

Education and health services Leisure and hospitality Government

Nov.

2019

Sept.

2020

Oct.

2020

Nov.

2020p

Nov.

2019

Sept.

2020

Oct.

2020

Nov.

2020p

Nov.

2019

Sept.

2020

Oct.

2020

Nov.

2020p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251.2 232.5 234.5 232.6 210.3 178.5 181.9 185.0 394.0 385.3 386.7 384.7

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.1 48.0 48.4 48.2 36.8 25.3 27.8 27.9 79.4 77.7 77.1 77.2

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471.7 460.7 462.6 463.5 333.9 278.0 286.2 289.3 423.7 416.8 414.7 413.4

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194.5 185.9 185.4 186.3 119.4 103.3 104.9 106.9 210.5 202.8 202.3 200.8

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,835.9 2,686.7 2,694.1 2,702.6 2,043.1 1,459.7 1,524.6 1,552.4 2,624.0 2,474.8 2,436.9 2,426.7

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351.2 338.3 340.0 336.2 347.0 291.6 296.5 290.1 458.9 428.0 429.4 428.4

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341.9 325.2 324.5 323.6 157.3 128.5 131.9 129.1 236.9 220.9 221.1 220.2

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.1 73.8 74.1 73.5 53.3 40.4 42.5 42.8 67.5 65.3 64.4 64.2

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129.0 119.5 118.7 118.6 82.1 50.8 52.6 53.8 239.9 244.0 244.7 243.7

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,355.0 1,327.0 1,326.4 1,329.5 1,262.3 1,032.0 1,063.0 1,074.8 1,127.1 1,097.5 1,087.2 1,081.4

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 622.6 610.5 616.0 617.9 508.1 435.7 444.3 444.0 691.7 673.3 671.0 668.2

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88.1 82.3 82.1 82.8 126.6 54.8 63.9 73.5 127.4 120.3 117.8 118.1

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111.2 107.2 107.3 107.1 83.2 80.1 83.4 83.0 129.2 125.1 123.5 123.7

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 944.4 892.5 889.3 887.3 619.8 490.8 493.3 465.9 831.5 793.3 780.7 780.3

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484.5 464.3 463.9 463.0 312.0 292.3 295.7 292.7 429.8 416.3 413.2 412.4

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235.2 224.5 225.2 225.1 145.5 119.1 119.3 117.9 261.2 255.1 253.1 252.1

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203.1 196.8 195.4 195.2 131.5 113.9 115.8 114.0 260.4 247.1 248.2 247.9

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285.9 276.0 273.8 273.1 203.2 187.1 192.2 190.5 310.9 288.4 289.1 290.1

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322.0 297.2 300.3 304.3 241.2 195.7 204.9 214.3 332.2 326.8 323.3 321.9

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130.4 120.0 119.6 119.7 68.8 51.2 52.6 51.7 101.5 96.3 94.0 94.1

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469.9 441.9 448.2 453.0 283.3 231.3 242.6 245.6 505.7 483.7 481.6 480.6

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 817.8 756.9 752.8 753.8 378.7 245.6 245.3 245.9 457.8 435.7 431.1 427.7

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 682.3 627.5 629.1 627.1 434.1 290.6 295.7 290.7 613.8 574.5 574.9 569.6

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 553.9 521.1 523.3 524.5 279.6 205.0 209.0 198.6 426.4 397.6 397.8 395.5

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148.0 139.6 139.7 140.0 137.2 131.8 133.3 134.9 243.1 234.8 234.1 233.5

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487.2 466.9 468.3 473.8 309.1 255.9 250.9 250.3 436.4 430.3 427.6 424.4

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.5 76.7 77.4 77.6 66.3 58.0 59.9 59.8 91.3 92.6 91.4 91.3

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157.9 158.7 160.8 161.6 95.9 80.5 82.9 80.9 174.0 169.4 167.1 166.4

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144.8 140.4 140.0 140.9 353.7 302.2 303.2 304.4 166.9 154.1 153.6 154.5

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124.5 119.1 118.3 118.6 71.5 56.2 55.3 55.7 89.8 84.3 80.8 80.9

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 724.1 666.1 668.8 671.7 399.9 293.8 300.3 293.9 605.4 597.5 579.0 576.4

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142.7 135.3 135.4 135.7 98.5 75.4 78.2 78.5 189.7 188.3 186.3 186.1

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,160.1 2,000.2 2,006.0 2,017.1 963.9 608.7 626.4 629.3 1,489.6 1,478.1 1,455.6 1,448.8

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 625.5 587.9 588.8 590.9 522.2 404.2 414.2 422.2 736.0 715.0 705.1 705.3

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.8 66.0 65.9 65.4 40.6 34.3 34.4 33.6 83.6 82.9 82.9 82.8

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 940.3 906.4 907.1 911.6 568.4 436.7 441.9 453.2 785.0 736.3 734.7 736.5

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239.7 233.1 235.5 234.2 178.2 165.3 167.9 172.5 356.3 350.5 347.8 347.1

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303.7 292.4 292.0 293.5 216.1 160.1 163.4 163.7 300.8 287.0 279.7 277.9

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,306.1 1,231.5 1,232.8 1,233.4 583.4 430.9 438.1 444.4 708.6 687.0 683.1 679.1

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109.7 104.3 103.2 102.9 60.5 46.8 46.0 45.5 65.6 64.0 63.7 63.7

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259.4 243.5 246.7 248.8 277.8 226.0 231.5 235.3 374.5 363.6 364.0 363.4

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.2 71.8 71.1 71.5 47.7 42.2 41.2 40.7 80.1 78.7 77.8 78.2

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444.5 433.8 431.4 432.6 355.9 303.4 309.5 309.5 438.9 425.7 425.9 422.6

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,766.8 1,674.4 1,687.1 1,688.0 1,409.8 1,178.7 1,207.8 1,228.2 1,983.7 1,961.2 1,942.8 1,938.0

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213.1 209.9 210.4 213.1 158.1 132.3 135.6 138.2 255.1 257.0 255.0 253.9

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.9 62.2 60.9 61.4 37.3 24.1 25.1 24.2 56.9 55.8 54.7 55.2

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 560.1 519.9 523.6 527.4 414.9 332.9 346.1 348.1 739.4 709.1 706.9 701.2

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 506.4 481.5 483.2 484.9 352.9 258.4 264.6 265.9 588.8 563.3 541.9 543.4

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129.1 124.0 123.2 124.2 74.3 61.5 61.8 62.9 151.8 145.7 144.8 145.2

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466.7 439.6 435.8 434.5 283.0 216.7 210.9 208.8 405.8 390.8 378.6 375.7

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.8 28.5 28.9 28.6 36.1 31.2 34.4 34.3 68.8 67.6 67.0 66.2

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121.8 112.1 111.7 111.6 81.3 59.7 61.9 63.2 202.1 204.5 199.7 201.9

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.1 5.4 4.5 4.5 4.5 10.6 11.0 11.0 10.9

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2019 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

preliminary and will be revised when new information becomes available.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 4. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry sector, not seasonally adjusted

[In thousands]

State

Total Mining and logging Construction

October November October November October November

2019 2020 2019 2020p2019 2020 2019 2020p2019 2020 2019 2020p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,085.7 2,035.1 2,093.1 2,052.3 10.1 9.7 10.0 9.8 95.2 99.5 94.6 99.2

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324.3 303.4 315.1 297.6 13.4 12.0 13.1 11.7 17.5 16.6 15.1 15.3

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,982.3 2,907.7 3,019.3 2,935.4 13.6 13.2 13.6 13.2 173.7 173.5 173.6 175.9

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,286.5 1,243.1 1,286.4 1,249.8 5.9 5.1 5.9 5.1 54.4 55.6 53.0 55.2

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,593.6 16,235.7 17,697.6 16,357.2 23.0 22.0 22.7 21.7 901.5 883.0 892.7 869.7

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,806.2 2,687.1 2,820.1 2,683.2 28.5 24.9 28.3 25.0 182.2 177.1 180.7 175.0

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,700.1 1,608.9 1,710.1 1,613.8 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 62.7 59.7 61.4 58.7

Delaware1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468.5 432.7 469.7 432.1 – – – – 23.2 21.6 23.0 21.9

District of Columbia1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 804.2 755.3 807.0 756.4 – – – – 14.9 15.3 14.7 15.2

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,010.0 8,594.1 9,088.4 8,660.5 5.7 5.5 5.7 5.5 576.9 564.6 576.3 562.5

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,651.0 4,521.6 4,674.7 4,561.7 9.3 8.9 9.3 8.9 204.1 202.6 204.6 204.8

Hawaii1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 658.0 545.0 662.5 562.0 – – – – 38.0 36.6 37.4 36.9

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 768.1 769.9 766.7 771.8 4.0 4.2 3.8 4.1 54.6 56.7 53.9 56.9

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,178.9 5,775.5 6,169.3 5,752.3 8.3 7.0 8.3 7.0 240.1 229.3 227.4 222.6

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,186.6 3,089.5 3,194.7 3,087.8 6.1 5.4 5.9 5.5 153.2 150.9 148.9 152.2

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,604.1 1,529.6 1,604.0 1,522.0 2.5 2.3 2.4 2.2 84.1 76.8 81.1 74.1

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,435.8 1,383.8 1,439.2 1,382.3 6.9 6.1 6.8 6.1 63.6 65.8 62.6 65.9

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,954.3 1,855.0 1,959.3 1,857.5 9.2 7.6 9.3 7.5 82.8 87.3 81.1 83.4

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,994.7 1,884.5 2,006.3 1,908.4 36.9 28.1 36.8 29.6 139.2 131.6 138.4 133.3

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 645.6 597.6 635.1 590.6 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 31.5 32.2 30.4 31.6

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,777.9 2,647.9 2,795.6 2,671.7 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.2 169.4 172.5 168.4 174.3

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,728.1 3,384.5 3,729.6 3,389.4 1.1 0.9 1.1 0.9 168.0 151.7 166.3 152.4

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,457.4 4,072.9 4,480.1 4,062.6 7.6 6.5 7.4 6.4 186.7 184.4 178.7 178.4

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,008.7 2,822.9 2,994.6 2,802.7 6.8 5.8 6.6 5.7 140.3 133.0 127.9 123.5

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,166.9 1,139.0 1,171.2 1,144.1 6.9 6.0 6.9 6.0 44.9 43.5 44.5 42.7

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,927.5 2,804.3 2,928.1 2,821.4 4.5 4.2 4.4 4.2 130.5 140.6 128.2 138.4

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488.3 475.3 485.5 471.8 7.7 7.0 7.5 6.9 32.8 33.5 31.4 31.7

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,036.5 1,011.9 1,037.6 1,009.3 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 56.3 54.4 54.9 53.7

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,431.7 1,320.5 1,438.1 1,329.5 14.9 16.6 14.6 16.5 99.5 95.8 100.2 92.8

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 690.6 633.7 687.6 632.5 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 29.3 28.4 29.2 28.1

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,230.1 3,912.7 4,252.3 3,930.6 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 165.6 153.5 163.9 151.0

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 865.2 811.0 868.0 809.7 25.9 18.5 25.8 19.2 52.4 49.0 52.4 48.6

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,878.7 8,892.3 9,918.8 8,940.0 5.6 4.8 5.5 4.7 413.1 383.8 406.0 378.8

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,617.8 4,384.4 4,633.3 4,408.0 5.7 5.5 5.7 5.6 233.6 225.6 233.6 226.4

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445.6 416.4 443.4 412.4 21.0 13.5 20.5 13.3 31.3 28.2 28.5 26.2

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,617.7 5,261.1 5,624.2 5,282.3 11.9 9.9 11.6 10.1 236.1 224.2 227.7 219.1

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,721.2 1,635.7 1,722.8 1,642.5 45.8 32.6 44.8 32.3 83.3 76.8 82.6 77.6

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,960.9 1,838.2 1,962.8 1,842.2 7.0 6.1 6.9 6.0 110.8 112.5 110.6 108.7

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,132.1 5,674.3 6,152.2 5,697.0 28.7 23.7 28.8 23.6 271.7 257.9 263.7 256.7

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 511.3 473.3 510.3 472.8 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 21.0 19.8 20.2 19.7

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,204.1 2,129.1 2,217.4 2,152.2 4.5 4.3 4.4 4.3 108.9 112.1 109.0 113.1

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444.8 432.0 442.9 430.0 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.1 24.7 27.4 24.4 25.6

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,159.3 3,049.3 3,184.7 3,066.2 4.5 3.9 4.5 3.9 131.8 126.9 130.0 128.3

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,938.7 12,436.4 13,017.7 12,528.4 244.8 194.5 242.8 192.6 792.3 761.2 797.3 764.8

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,587.1 1,578.4 1,593.0 1,590.2 9.5 8.4 9.5 8.3 115.6 120.5 116.3 121.5

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319.7 289.4 317.8 290.6 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 16.6 12.3 15.8 11.8

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,082.0 3,909.2 4,115.6 3,933.0 7.8 7.1 7.8 7.1 205.7 213.9 203.6 215.3

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,501.8 3,302.7 3,510.9 3,318.5 5.8 5.2 5.6 5.1 227.9 225.3 224.9 222.7

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 726.9 680.6 723.8 679.8 22.2 18.8 21.4 18.8 37.1 36.1 36.4 34.0

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,999.9 2,797.6 2,999.7 2,791.4 4.2 3.7 4.1 3.6 129.6 132.6 125.6 128.6

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290.6 277.3 285.3 271.3 20.5 14.7 21.0 14.9 23.9 24.3 22.7 23.1

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 883.9 818.7 892.1 827.0 0.6 0.4 0.6 0.4 26.7 20.3 26.7 21.1

Virgin Islands1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.7 35.8 38.2 35.8 – – – – 4.1 3.6 4.1 3.6

1 Mining and logging is combined with construction.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2019 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

preliminary and will be revised when new information becomes available.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 4. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry sector, not seasonally adjustedContinued

[In thousands]

State

Manufacturing Trade, transportation, and utilities Information

October November October November October November

2019 2020 2019 2020p

2019 2020 2019 2020p2019 2020 2019 2020p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269.1 264.0 269.2 266.3 384.1 386.5 389.7 395.2 20.7 19.4 20.9 19.4

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.6 7.8 6.9 6.4 63.7 62.4 63.0 62.1 5.3 4.9 5.2 4.9

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178.5 171.6 178.3 173.1 544.8 561.5 562.8 580.5 49.1 45.4 49.1 44.9

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162.9 146.3 162.4 147.7 252.5 262.8 256.7 268.6 11.3 10.7 11.3 10.7

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,323.5 1,225.7 1,317.5 1,222.0 3,063.4 2,902.0 3,141.1 2,988.8 569.6 524.3 582.5 525.0

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150.1 153.0 150.0 152.6 477.5 469.3 489.8 480.2 76.7 72.4 76.3 72.5

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161.8 156.5 162.1 155.9 292.7 283.8 300.8 294.1 31.7 30.1 31.1 29.9

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.3 25.1 27.2 25.1 80.3 79.2 83.3 81.2 3.9 3.4 4.0 3.4

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.4 1.2 1.4 1.2 33.5 32.7 34.2 33.6 20.5 18.7 20.7 18.6

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388.2 379.8 389.5 381.8 1,804.1 1,762.6 1,846.9 1,799.0 138.6 128.2 139.1 127.8

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403.7 384.7 404.0 385.7 946.4 959.5 967.0 992.3 116.9 108.1 118.1 108.6

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.9 11.1 14.0 11.0 122.6 106.3 124.8 109.8 8.5 7.5 8.9 7.6

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.4 70.0 67.6 71.0 145.6 150.5 147.0 153.6 9.0 7.6 9.2 7.9

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580.3 554.6 580.6 552.9 1,206.7 1,166.1 1,224.5 1,189.2 96.6 87.2 95.2 87.0

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536.3 498.7 540.2 501.0 596.4 592.7 607.2 598.9 28.4 24.9 28.4 24.8

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226.1 222.0 226.6 221.4 310.4 305.5 315.8 308.5 20.9 19.3 20.9 19.2

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165.5 157.0 167.6 156.8 268.3 269.7 271.9 271.9 18.0 16.1 18.2 16.2

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249.3 238.7 251.5 241.7 403.3 387.0 407.5 393.8 21.4 17.8 21.2 17.8

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136.5 129.8 136.9 129.8 377.5 369.7 384.0 377.4 20.8 19.2 22.4 19.4

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.9 49.1 54.5 49.7 118.6 117.5 119.3 118.4 7.2 6.3 7.4 6.3

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114.3 107.6 114.1 108.8 472.9 452.0 483.0 467.4 35.3 30.1 35.5 29.6

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243.5 234.4 243.6 235.0 580.2 535.8 586.9 547.7 92.7 90.1 94.6 90.8

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 608.1 563.6 628.2 565.6 799.1 765.9 812.4 778.1 54.9 50.8 54.9 51.0

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326.4 312.5 321.5 308.1 530.5 524.4 538.0 530.3 46.0 39.7 46.4 39.4

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147.8 145.2 148.4 146.7 230.6 231.3 234.6 236.2 10.6 9.0 10.8 8.9

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274.8 263.2 276.8 269.3 543.9 527.8 551.3 541.0 46.9 42.9 46.6 43.3

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.9 19.7 20.9 19.8 94.7 93.8 96.0 94.3 6.3 5.3 6.3 5.3

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99.7 98.2 99.8 99.2 197.5 196.4 201.5 197.9 16.9 16.1 16.9 16.1

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.5 58.0 59.0 58.3 264.1 247.5 270.2 257.8 15.7 13.8 16.0 14.0

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71.0 65.5 70.8 64.5 138.6 125.9 140.5 128.2 12.3 11.4 12.4 11.6

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250.2 243.2 252.3 243.6 891.1 849.9 912.4 879.4 67.4 64.6 67.3 65.2

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.3 27.5 28.8 26.8 137.5 135.1 140.2 136.2 11.3 9.8 11.6 9.9

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436.3 397.8 438.3 394.0 1,554.7 1,394.6 1,581.9 1,423.5 278.6 270.0 284.1 272.6

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479.6 443.0 482.0 444.9 845.9 841.0 862.2 856.8 76.0 71.8 77.2 72.5

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.0 24.5 26.5 24.0 93.2 89.0 95.0 90.3 6.0 5.5 6.1 5.6

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 694.8 667.5 698.1 667.4 1,029.4 985.4 1,049.3 1,005.1 69.6 66.2 69.5 66.0

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139.7 126.3 139.3 125.8 305.4 295.7 310.6 301.2 19.5 18.1 19.8 18.1

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196.5 181.5 196.2 182.1 360.2 356.3 363.3 363.8 35.5 32.1 36.3 32.2

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 573.2 536.5 575.2 538.0 1,130.2 1,060.0 1,151.8 1,090.8 87.0 74.6 87.6 74.5

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.4 38.8 39.7 38.9 77.6 73.2 80.1 75.0 5.8 5.4 6.0 5.4

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257.2 257.6 259.1 259.1 409.6 397.9 416.8 408.8 26.5 25.3 26.6 25.7

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.4 42.7 44.0 42.8 86.0 83.6 86.7 85.1 5.4 5.1 5.4 5.1

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350.1 329.6 354.9 332.2 643.3 637.8 660.5 651.9 46.5 43.8 47.2 44.4

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 905.1 879.1 912.1 879.0 2,534.0 2,462.0 2,587.7 2,520.5 209.1 197.4 209.2 198.7

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136.5 137.7 136.0 139.7 292.8 302.5 298.3 309.0 40.6 38.8 40.6 38.4

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.0 28.0 29.9 28.4 53.8 51.3 54.1 52.1 4.3 4.0 4.3 4.0

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239.7 229.2 244.9 229.1 659.1 653.5 672.9 667.5 68.7 65.9 69.2 65.2

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293.0 267.8 291.7 266.3 648.5 643.8 658.1 652.6 146.4 143.0 147.0 143.3

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.6 46.9 46.6 47.2 128.6 120.8 131.4 121.8 8.1 7.5 8.0 7.6

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481.3 461.9 482.5 466.3 533.2 522.7 541.4 525.6 46.8 39.6 47.0 39.6

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.3 10.3 10.3 10.3 51.8 51.9 51.8 52.4 3.4 2.8 3.4 2.8

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.6 75.9 76.0 76.0 172.4 160.2 176.9 162.6 16.4 15.5 16.6 15.4

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 6.8 6.3 7.1 6.3 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.5

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2019 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

preliminary and will be revised when new information becomes available.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 4. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry sector, not seasonally adjustedContinued

[In thousands]

State

Financial activities Professional and business services Education and health services

October November October November October November

2019 2020 2019 2020p

2019 2020 2019 2020p2019 2020 2019 2020p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97.0 96.4 96.8 97.5 252.5 256.9 252.4 259.4 252.6 235.1 254.0 235.3

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.6 11.9 11.5 11.9 26.9 26.2 26.3 25.4 51.2 47.8 51.2 47.9

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234.0 232.9 233.9 234.7 451.2 432.6 462.8 431.9 470.9 464.9 476.6 467.0

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.9 61.0 62.1 60.8 147.2 148.8 147.0 147.9 195.5 187.3 195.9 188.1

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 849.5 849.1 849.6 853.0 2,754.5 2,649.6 2,758.1 2,661.3 2,839.7 2,711.2 2,852.3 2,724.7

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175.1 173.4 174.8 171.8 449.0 451.3 449.3 449.3 350.8 340.0 354.9 338.3

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123.2 119.8 123.6 119.8 221.4 215.8 222.6 215.8 344.3 328.2 346.5 328.7

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.6 45.6 47.5 45.3 64.4 59.3 64.7 58.8 81.4 74.4 81.5 74.2

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.9 28.8 29.6 28.1 174.6 165.0 174.7 165.2 131.5 120.6 132.7 122.0

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 596.9 590.6 599.6 592.4 1,405.7 1,349.4 1,410.9 1,355.7 1,358.4 1,334.6 1,362.6 1,339.8

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251.6 251.0 252.0 251.1 723.5 705.1 720.7 711.2 624.8 623.2 629.0 624.8

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.9 28.4 30.1 28.7 74.6 65.1 74.5 66.6 88.5 82.5 88.9 83.5

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.8 39.8 36.8 40.1 98.4 99.1 98.9 99.7 111.3 108.4 111.9 107.9

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412.8 404.2 412.9 402.7 959.6 893.9 952.6 897.6 954.1 897.5 955.8 898.6

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143.1 139.9 142.0 140.8 347.7 356.2 345.4 353.4 487.9 469.2 490.3 468.8

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109.5 108.9 108.8 107.7 141.1 134.3 140.2 132.5 238.4 228.4 239.3 228.9

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77.6 74.6 77.3 74.9 180.3 178.2 179.6 176.7 204.5 197.0 204.5 196.2

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94.2 89.3 93.3 89.6 223.6 197.1 224.8 200.0 286.5 276.8 287.8 276.2

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92.4 92.0 92.7 92.3 217.4 209.6 217.9 209.8 323.9 302.2 323.9 305.2

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.1 31.2 33.0 31.4 70.3 66.9 69.2 66.5 131.4 121.0 131.8 121.0

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144.0 142.7 143.8 142.9 466.2 448.7 470.1 454.3 472.9 450.3 475.7 457.1

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223.6 222.4 223.9 222.1 610.3 586.4 609.1 588.1 823.1 761.6 828.8 764.6

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225.4 221.4 226.3 220.3 657.4 610.9 664.2 611.3 685.7 633.4 689.4 633.9

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191.9 187.5 191.6 189.7 386.1 377.0 385.0 377.1 558.5 526.3 558.0 528.4

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.2 43.2 44.4 42.6 108.0 107.7 108.7 107.5 149.5 141.2 149.3 141.5

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175.2 171.7 174.9 173.2 384.7 370.1 385.6 371.1 492.8 474.5 492.5 478.8

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.4 26.4 26.3 26.5 44.6 42.8 43.9 42.7 78.9 77.4 79.5 77.9

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.7 77.3 75.4 77.0 121.4 119.3 121.7 118.4 158.5 161.6 158.7 162.4

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69.9 68.9 70.6 70.9 198.5 180.5 201.2 182.4 144.4 140.6 145.6 141.2

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.9 35.9 34.6 35.8 85.3 80.3 84.5 80.0 127.4 121.0 128.3 122.4

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250.6 246.7 251.2 248.9 696.1 637.9 698.7 638.1 726.8 673.3 729.9 675.0

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.6 33.5 35.8 33.1 111.0 106.9 111.9 105.4 143.0 136.0 143.6 137.1

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 729.4 688.0 728.3 687.7 1,397.8 1,250.8 1,394.7 1,262.6 2,185.5 2,032.4 2,200.5 2,059.5

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257.7 259.4 256.5 258.2 655.7 648.6 654.0 648.2 631.7 595.7 631.1 598.0

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.6 24.3 25.1 24.7 33.5 31.7 33.0 30.9 67.5 66.2 68.0 65.6

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308.6 296.9 308.0 297.8 743.0 697.7 741.7 700.2 948.0 915.4 950.1 920.1

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.0 80.1 79.2 80.6 197.6 182.2 194.5 180.1 241.1 236.7 240.8 235.7

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104.2 100.2 104.0 100.3 256.1 246.9 255.5 248.1 304.1 295.3 306.2 296.9

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330.7 331.0 330.7 329.7 828.2 778.1 831.5 773.9 1,322.5 1,251.2 1,329.4 1,256.9

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.5 35.8 35.3 35.1 70.0 64.6 68.9 64.6 111.5 105.1 112.6 105.8

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.6 104.6 104.7 105.1 300.3 299.6 306.1 304.0 261.1 249.1 261.3 250.5

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.9 29.3 29.2 29.5 33.8 34.0 33.6 34.1 74.2 71.5 74.8 72.1

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173.7 175.5 172.8 174.6 434.1 429.3 436.6 430.9 449.0 436.3 449.9 437.4

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 808.8 824.2 808.0 829.0 1,821.3 1,834.7 1,824.0 1,838.4 1,766.4 1,698.3 1,775.8 1,698.7

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91.1 94.3 91.5 95.5 228.7 225.0 226.6 224.4 215.8 213.7 218.0 216.2

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.1 11.6 11.9 11.5 30.1 29.8 29.8 30.2 66.5 62.1 66.9 62.6

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212.0 211.6 213.9 210.6 772.7 750.7 777.7 758.7 564.5 529.1 566.2 531.7

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162.8 161.0 162.2 161.6 442.5 449.9 442.4 459.2 506.0 485.2 510.2 487.6

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.0 27.5 29.3 27.7 70.7 64.4 69.0 63.9 130.4 125.0 130.3 125.8

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154.1 153.0 155.3 152.0 329.2 310.8 329.2 311.3 469.5 438.9 471.3 438.8

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.4 10.6 11.2 10.4 19.7 17.9 19.0 17.3 28.5 29.0 28.8 28.7

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.4 43.2 44.7 43.1 122.4 112.0 123.0 111.5 123.7 112.6 124.4 113.3

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.9 1.7 1.9 1.7 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.7 2.2 2.1 2.2 2.1

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2019 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

preliminary and will be revised when new information becomes available.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 4. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry sector, not seasonally adjustedContinued

[In thousands]

State

Leisure and hospitality Other services Government

October November October November October November

2019 2020 2019 2020p

2019 2020 2019 2020p2019 2020 2019 2020p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208.3 181.1 206.7 183.1 99.7 97.5 100.0 98.1 396.4 389.0 398.8 389.0

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.0 25.5 32.0 24.4 11.0 10.0 10.8 9.8 80.1 78.3 80.0 77.8

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333.4 286.9 333.3 289.5 96.0 96.9 96.8 96.2 437.1 428.3 438.5 428.5

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119.8 104.3 117.3 105.1 60.2 56.1 60.0 55.9 213.9 205.1 214.8 204.7

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,039.6 1,525.0 2,031.7 1,543.4 581.3 476.2 578.6 476.2 2,648.0 2,467.6 2,670.8 2,471.4

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335.3 284.8 334.6 277.6 114.8 104.7 113.6 104.6 466.2 436.2 467.8 436.3

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157.0 132.0 153.2 126.3 63.5 57.4 64.3 57.2 241.3 225.1 244.0 226.9

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.4 42.0 50.4 40.4 19.1 16.4 19.0 16.1 68.9 65.7 69.1 65.7

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82.4 53.0 81.6 53.5 77.8 75.7 78.1 75.4 237.7 244.3 239.3 243.6

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,239.7 1,044.0 1,253.3 1,064.5 349.2 325.8 353.5 328.3 1,146.6 1,109.0 1,151.0 1,103.2

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508.7 443.1 504.3 443.4 164.5 156.9 165.7 154.5 697.5 678.5 700.0 676.4

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125.5 63.5 125.7 72.6 28.1 24.8 28.4 25.0 128.4 119.2 129.8 120.3

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.3 81.2 79.0 78.7 26.7 25.4 27.2 25.7 132.0 127.0 131.4 126.2

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 623.0 496.5 608.3 456.4 254.8 240.6 254.7 240.6 842.6 798.6 849.0 797.7

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313.5 297.4 305.8 287.9 134.3 126.3 134.5 127.7 439.7 427.9 446.1 426.8

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145.4 118.8 141.1 114.4 58.9 54.1 59.5 53.7 266.8 259.2 268.3 259.4

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132.0 116.1 130.2 113.5 51.8 47.9 52.3 47.9 267.3 255.3 268.2 256.2

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202.6 194.1 201.0 187.9 66.3 65.7 66.8 66.1 315.1 293.6 315.0 293.5

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238.4 203.3 241.0 212.9 74.5 70.9 73.7 70.4 337.2 328.1 338.6 328.3

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69.7 52.9 60.1 45.2 22.6 21.0 22.6 20.7 105.0 97.2 104.5 97.5

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273.8 241.1 272.7 235.3 114.9 110.5 115.1 110.6 512.9 491.2 515.9 490.2

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379.7 249.0 365.3 236.1 138.6 112.1 137.5 111.5 467.3 440.1 472.5 440.2

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434.9 294.8 417.3 278.2 164.1 147.2 165.2 148.6 633.5 594.0 636.1 590.8

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274.4 207.4 268.1 191.9 113.4 104.6 114.8 104.0 434.4 404.7 436.7 404.6

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137.2 134.3 136.6 134.8 41.4 40.8 41.3 41.3 245.8 236.8 245.7 235.9

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311.0 253.6 304.2 248.9 116.4 119.5 116.7 118.8 446.8 436.2 446.9 434.4

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.7 57.7 62.1 55.6 19.4 18.3 19.0 18.3 92.9 93.4 92.6 92.8

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95.3 82.5 93.0 79.1 37.5 35.2 37.3 34.8 176.7 169.9 177.4 169.8

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353.7 304.7 349.1 301.7 41.6 37.3 41.4 36.4 169.9 156.8 170.2 157.5

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71.1 54.1 66.1 50.8 26.2 25.7 26.4 25.3 93.5 84.5 93.8 84.8

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390.5 296.4 382.3 283.3 175.0 157.5 173.9 156.2 615.3 588.2 618.9 588.4

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97.3 77.5 96.1 76.7 28.4 26.1 28.5 26.0 193.5 191.1 193.3 190.7

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 963.2 637.4 947.7 622.1 417.5 362.9 418.7 362.5 1,497.0 1,469.8 1,513.1 1,472.0

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 520.7 412.5 513.3 412.5 160.6 158.6 160.9 158.0 750.6 722.7 756.8 726.9

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.0 34.8 40.3 33.3 15.3 14.1 15.0 13.9 85.2 84.6 85.4 84.6

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 566.4 443.1 552.8 438.1 211.0 206.4 213.6 205.0 798.9 748.4 801.8 753.4

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178.2 167.8 177.2 171.4 70.1 66.6 70.9 66.2 361.5 352.8 363.1 353.5

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214.2 162.4 210.3 159.5 65.8 60.7 66.1 60.6 306.5 284.2 307.4 284.0

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 575.3 436.4 563.0 428.8 262.1 228.8 262.5 228.7 722.5 696.1 728.0 695.4

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.0 46.8 58.3 44.2 22.6 18.9 22.3 19.0 66.6 64.6 66.6 64.8

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272.9 228.0 270.2 229.1 80.1 83.4 79.8 84.3 377.4 367.2 379.4 368.2

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.4 41.5 45.3 39.1 17.3 15.9 17.1 15.9 81.6 79.9 81.4 79.6

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355.3 309.0 353.8 307.6 121.3 120.0 122.2 119.7 449.7 437.2 452.3 435.3

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,407.3 1,201.7 1,394.4 1,212.6 448.0 424.9 451.1 428.6 2,001.6 1,958.4 2,015.3 1,965.5

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154.4 132.9 153.1 133.8 43.3 45.7 43.6 45.8 258.8 258.9 259.5 257.6

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.7 22.9 35.2 22.0 10.3 9.6 10.1 9.7 59.4 57.0 59.0 57.5

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410.3 343.7 406.3 340.1 202.1 194.4 202.6 194.2 739.4 710.1 750.5 713.5

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348.3 262.9 344.8 259.7 126.7 110.4 127.3 110.2 593.9 548.2 596.7 550.2

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.4 62.5 73.0 61.6 24.1 23.5 24.0 23.1 154.7 147.6 154.4 148.3

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283.1 209.6 272.4 199.8 151.5 135.6 150.2 135.1 417.4 389.2 420.7 390.7

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.2 33.0 31.3 29.7 16.2 14.8 16.3 14.8 69.7 68.0 69.5 66.9

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.8 61.5 81.4 63.3 18.2 16.9 18.2 17.0 202.7 200.2 203.6 203.3

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.4 4.6 5.5 4.6 1.7 1.6 1.7 1.6 10.5 10.9 10.6 10.9

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2019 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

preliminary and will be revised when new information becomes available.
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Map 1. Unemployment rates by state, seasonally November 2020

(U.S. rate = 6.7 percent)

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Map 2. Percentage change in nonfarm employment by state,

seasonally adjusted, November 2019 - November 2020