For release 10:00 a.m. (ET) Tuesday, September 19, 2023 USDL-23-2022 

Technical information: 

 Employment: (202) 691-6559 • sminfo@bls.gov • www.bls.gov/sae 

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Media contact: (202) 691-5902 • PressOffice@bls.gov 

STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT — AUGUST 2023 

Unemployment rates were higher in August in 10 states, lower in 2 states, and stable in 38 states and the 

District of Columbia, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Twenty-five states had jobless 

rate decreases from a year earlier, 9 states and the District had increases, and 16 states had little change. 

The national unemployment rate, 3.8 percent, rose by 0.3 percentage point over the month but was little 

changed from August 2022. 

Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 5 states, decreased in 3 states, and was essentially unchanged 

in 42 states and the District of Columbia in August 2023. Over the year, nonfarm payroll employment 

increased in 32 states and was essentially unchanged in 18 states and the District.

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

Maryland had the lowest jobless rate in August, 1.7 percent. The next lowest rates were in New 

Hampshire and Vermont, 1.8 percent each. The rates in Louisiana (3.3 percent), Maryland (1.7 percent), 

and North Dakota (1.9 percent) set new series lows. (All state series begin in 1976.) Nevada had the 

highest unemployment rate, 5.4 percent. In total, 27 states had unemployment rates lower than the U.S. 

figure of 3.8 percent, 2 states and the District of Columbia had higher rates, and 21 states had rates that 

were not appreciably different from that of the nation. (See tables A and 1 and map 1.) 

In August, 10 states had over-the-month unemployment rate increases, the largest of which were in New 

Jersey and Wisconsin (+0.3 percentage point each). North Dakota and South Carolina had the only rate 

decreases (-0.1 percentage point each). Thirty-eight states and the District of Columbia 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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Twenty-five states had over-the-year unemployment rate decreases, the largest of which was in 

Maryland (-1.7 percentage points). Nine states and the District of Columbia had rate increases from 

August 2022, the largest of which was in New Jersey (+1.2 percentage points). Sixteen states had jobless 

rates that were not notably different from those of a year earlier, though some had changes that were at 

least as large numerically as the significant changes. (See table C.)

Nonfarm Payroll Employment 

Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 5 states, decreased in 3 states, and was essentially unchanged 

in 42 states and the District of Columbia in August 2023. The largest job gains occurred in North 

Carolina (+17,500), Massachusetts (+15,400), and Maryland (+12,400). The largest percentage increases 

occurred in Montana (+0.7 percent), Nevada (+0.6 percent), and Maryland (+0.5 percent). Job losses 

occurred in Missouri (-13,700, or -0.5 percent), Mississippi (-6,400, or -0.5 percent), and Hawaii 

(-4,800, or -0.8 percent). (See tables D and 3.)

Over the year, nonfarm payroll employment increased in 32 states and was essentially unchanged in 18 

states and the District of Columbia. The largest job gains occurred in Texas (+402,000), California 

(+335,200), and Florida (+270,300). The largest percentage increases occurred in Nevada (+3.9 

percent), Texas (+3.0 percent), and Florida (+2.8 percent). (See table E and map 2.) 

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The Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment news release for August is scheduled to 

be released on Wednesday, September 27, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. (ET). The State Employment and 

Unemployment news release for September is scheduled to be released on Friday, October 20, 

2023, at 10:00 a.m. (ET). 
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State Rate p

United States 1 ................................................ 3.8

Alabama ........................................................... 2.1

Arkansas .......................................................... 2.7

California .......................................................... 4.6

Colorado ........................................................... 3.1

District of Columbia ........................................... 5.0

Florida .............................................................. 2.7

Hawaii .............................................................. 2.8

Idaho ................................................................ 3.0

Iowa ................................................................. 2.9

Kansas ............................................................. 2.7

Maine ............................................................... 2.5

Maryland ........................................................... 1.7

Massachusetts ................................................... 2.6

Minnesota ......................................................... 3.1

Missouri ............................................................ 2.8

Montana ............................................................ 2.5

Nebraska .......................................................... 2.0

Nevada ............................................................. 5.4

New Hampshire ................................................. 1.8

North Dakota ..................................................... 1.9

Oklahoma .......................................................... 2.8

Rhode Island ..................................................... 2.7

South Carolina .................................................. 3.0

South Dakota .................................................... 1.9

Tennessee ........................................................ 3.1

Utah ................................................................. 2.5

Vermont ............................................................ 1.8

Virginia ............................................................. 2.5

Wisconsin ......................................................... 2.9

Wyoming .......................................................... 2.9

1

 Data are not preliminary.

p

 = preliminary.

Table A. States with unemployment rates significantly different from that

of the U.S., August 2023, seasonally adjusted
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Table B. States with statistically significant unemployment rate changes from July 2023

to August 2023, seasonally adjusted

July 2023 August 2023 p

Alaska ........................................ 3.8 3.9 0.1

Arizona ....................................... 3.6 3.8 .2

Idaho .......................................... 2.8 3.0 .2

Illinois ......................................... 4.0 4.1 .1

Iowa ........................................... 2.7 2.9 .2

Massachusetts ............................. 2.5 2.6 .1

New Jersey ................................. 3.9 4.2 .3

North Dakota ............................... 2.0 1.9 -.1

South Carolina ............................ 3.1 3.0 -.1

Utah ........................................... 2.4 2.5 .1

West Virginia .............................. 3.4 3.6 .2

Wisconsin ................................... 2.6 2.9 .3

p

 = preliminary.

State

Rate Over-the-month 

change p
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Table C. States with statistically significant unemployment rate changes from August 2022

to August 2023, seasonally adjusted

August 2022 August 2023 p

Alabama ..................................... 2.6 2.1 -0.5

Arkansas .................................... 3.4 2.7 -.7

California .................................... 3.8 4.6 .8

Colorado ..................................... 2.6 3.1 .5

Delaware .................................... 4.5 4.1 -.4

District of Columbia ..................... 3.9 5.0 1.1

Hawaii ........................................ 3.6 2.8 -.8

Idaho .......................................... 2.8 3.0 .2

Illinois ......................................... 4.5 4.1 -.4

Indiana ....................................... 3.1 3.4 .3

Maryland ..................................... 3.4 1.7 -1.7

Massachusetts ............................. 3.9 2.6 -1.3

Michigan ..................................... 4.3 3.7 -.6

Minnesota ................................... 2.7 3.1 .4

Mississippi .................................. 3.9 3.2 -.7

Missouri ...................................... 2.4 2.8 .4

Nebraska .................................... 2.6 2.0 -.6

New Hampshire ........................... 2.7 1.8 -.9

New Jersey ................................. 3.0 4.2 1.2

New Mexico ................................. 3.4 3.7 .3

North Carolina ............................. 3.9 3.3 -.6

North Dakota ............................... 2.0 1.9 -.1

Ohio ........................................... 4.1 3.4 -.7

Oklahoma .................................... 3.2 2.8 -.4

Oregon ....................................... 4.3 3.4 -.9

Pennsylvania ............................... 4.3 3.5 -.8

Rhode Island ............................... 3.4 2.7 -.7

South Carolina ............................ 3.3 3.0 -.3

South Dakota .............................. 2.2 1.9 -.3

Texas .......................................... 3.7 4.1 .4

Vermont ...................................... 2.8 1.8 -1.0

Virginia ....................................... 2.8 2.5 -.3

Washington ................................. 4.3 3.6 -.7

West Virginia .............................. 4.1 3.6 -.5

Wyoming .................................... 3.7 2.9 -.8

p

 = preliminary.

State

Rate Over-the-year 

change p
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Table D. States with statistically significant employment changes from July 2023 to

August 2023, seasonally adjusted

July August

2023 2023 p Level Percent

Hawaii ........................................ 636,600 631,800 -4,800 -0.8

Maryland ..................................... 2,743,100 2,755,500 12,400 .5

Massachusetts ............................. 3,773,300 3,788,700 15,400 .4

Mississippi .................................. 1,172,700 1,166,300 -6,400 -.5

Missouri ...................................... 3,002,400 2,988,700 -13,700 -.5

Montana ...................................... 516,100 519,500 3,400 .7

Nevada ....................................... 1,551,400 1,560,500 9,100 .6

North Carolina ............................. 4,927,800 4,945,300 17,500 .4

p

 = preliminary.

Over-the-month change p

State
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Table E. States with statistically significant employment changes from August 2022 to

August 2023, seasonally adjusted

August August

2022 2023 p Level Percent

Alabama ..................................... 2,120,100 2,157,200 37,100 1.7

Alaska ........................................ 320,100 327,300 7,200 2.2

Arizona ....................................... 3,106,300 3,163,300 57,000 1.8

Arkansas .................................... 1,341,800 1,368,500 26,700 2.0

California .................................... 17,785,000 18,120,200 335,200 1.9

Colorado ..................................... 2,873,300 2,916,000 42,700 1.5

Florida ........................................ 9,507,700 9,778,000 270,300 2.8

Georgia ...................................... 4,830,000 4,925,700 95,700 2.0

Idaho .......................................... 832,200 854,600 22,400 2.7

Illinois ......................................... 6,070,000 6,145,600 75,600 1.2

 

Indiana ....................................... 3,212,500 3,266,000 53,500 1.7

Kentucky .................................... 1,972,700 2,023,900 51,200 2.6

Louisiana .................................... 1,930,400 1,964,600 34,200 1.8

Massachusetts ............................. 3,698,200 3,788,700 90,500 2.4

Michigan ..................................... 4,384,500 4,438,900 54,400 1.2

Minnesota ................................... 2,945,200 2,987,000 41,800 1.4

Missouri ...................................... 2,937,000 2,988,700 51,700 1.8

Nevada ....................................... 1,502,300 1,560,500 58,200 3.9

New Jersey ................................. 4,274,900 4,342,200 67,300 1.6

New Mexico ................................. 851,000 867,800 16,800 2.0

 

New York .................................... 9,599,400 9,726,600 127,200 1.3

North Carolina ............................. 4,828,000 4,945,300 117,300 2.4

Ohio ........................................... 5,552,300 5,639,700 87,400 1.6

Oregon ....................................... 1,961,300 2,000,900 39,600 2.0

Pennsylvania ............................... 6,010,700 6,164,500 153,800 2.6

South Carolina ............................ 2,256,800 2,303,100 46,300 2.1

Tennessee .................................. 3,262,400 3,320,300 57,900 1.8

Texas .......................................... 13,577,100 13,979,100 402,000 3.0

Utah ........................................... 1,689,700 1,728,700 39,000 2.3

Virginia ....................................... 4,091,100 4,156,800 65,700 1.6

Washington ................................. 3,555,300 3,638,000 82,700 2.3

Wyoming .................................... 285,000 292,700 7,700 2.7

p

 = preliminary.

State Over-the-year change p
Technical Note

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 place

of-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 2021, 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 Beach

Kendall, 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 time

series models in 2021, 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 2022 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 estimates are produced with a model that uses direct 

sample estimates (described above) combined with other 

regressors to compensate for smaller sample sizes. 

 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 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/bmrk_article.htm. 

 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 

the current month’s preliminary estimate as well as the previous 

month’s final estimate. 

 Caution on aggregating state data. State estimation 

procedures are designed to produce accurate data for each 

individual state. BLS independently develops a national 

employment series; state estimates are not forced to sum to 

national totals. Each state series is subject to larger relative 

sampling and nonsampling errors than the national series. 

Summing state estimates cumulates individual state-level errors 

and can cause significant distortions at an aggregate level. Due 

to these statistical limitations, BLS does not compile a "sum-ofstates" employment series and cautions users that such a series 

is subject to a relatively large and volatile error structure.

Reliability of the estimates

 The estimates presented in this release are based on sample 

surveys, administrative data, and modeling and, thus, are 

subject to sampling and other types of errors. Sampling error is 

a measure of sampling variability—that is, variation that occurs 

by chance because a sample rather than the entire population is 

surveyed. Survey data also are subject to nonsampling errors, 

such as those which can be introduced into the data collection 

and processing operations. Estimates not directly derived from 

sample surveys are subject to additional errors resulting from 

the specific estimation processes used.

 Use of error measures. Changes in state unemployment 

rates and state nonfarm payroll employment are cited in the 

analysis of this release only if they have been determined to be 

statistically significant at the 90-percent confidence level. 

Furthermore, state unemployment rates for the current month 

generally are cited only if they have been determined to be 

significantly different from the U.S. rate at the 90-percent 

confidence level. The underlying model-based standard error 

measures for unemployment rates and over-the-month and

over-the-year changes in rates are available at 

www.bls.gov/lau/lastderr.htm. The underlying standard error 

measures for over-the-month and over-the-year changes in state 

payroll employment data at the total nonfarm and supersector 

levels are available at www.bls.gov/web/laus/790stderr.htm. 

Measures of nonsampling error are not available.

Additional information

 Estimates of civilian labor force and unemployment from the 

LAUS program, as well as nonfarm payroll employment from 

the CES program, for metropolitan areas and metropolitan 

divisions are available in the news release Metropolitan Area 

Employment and Unemployment. Estimates of civilian labor 

force, employed people, unemployed people, and 

unemployment rates for approximately 7,600 subnational areas 

are available online at www.bls.gov/lau/. Employment data 

from the CES program for states and metropolitan areas are 

available online at www.bls.gov/sae/. If you are deaf, hard of 

hearing, or have a speech disability, please dial 7-1-1 to access 

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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

Aug.

2022

June

2023

July

2023

Aug.

2023p

Number Percent of labor force

Aug.

2022

June

2023

July

2023

Aug.

2023p

Aug.

2022

June

2023

July

2023

Aug.

2023p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,286,594 2,303,827 2,306,838 2,307,630 60,200 50,377 48,789 48,605 2.6 2.2 2.1 2.1

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355,685 358,176 358,088 357,775 12,932 13,089 13,433 14,101 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,631,543 3,679,767 3,689,008 3,697,329 144,807 128,139 134,610 141,623 4.0 3.5 3.6 3.8

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,370,846 1,383,731 1,386,994 1,389,550 46,810 35,880 35,624 37,285 3.4 2.6 2.6 2.7

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,212,139 19,443,712 19,421,198 19,403,158 723,589 889,335 884,871 894,743 3.8 4.6 4.6 4.6

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale1. . . . 4,941,993 5,018,867 5,020,818 5,025,243 205,773 248,038 245,699 249,941 4.2 4.9 4.9 5.0

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,190,633 3,249,178 3,252,576 3,255,036 83,483 91,706 95,121 99,818 2.6 2.8 2.9 3.1

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,919,853 1,897,290 1,896,845 1,896,555 74,244 70,144 68,948 67,331 3.9 3.7 3.6 3.6

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 495,780 501,246 503,026 505,509 22,096 20,823 20,564 20,813 4.5 4.2 4.1 4.1

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390,938 392,470 392,647 393,221 15,417 19,869 19,568 19,517 3.9 5.1 5.0 5.0

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,814,521 11,038,922 11,080,032 11,120,890 293,654 290,022 295,282 303,016 2.7 2.6 2.7 2.7

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall1. . . . . . . . . . . 1,375,283 1,389,292 1,389,605 1,388,347 34,800 25,340 25,001 24,439 2.5 1.8 1.8 1.8

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,234,702 5,300,530 5,309,620 5,322,059 160,947 170,124 169,807 174,134 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.3

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 680,168 678,712 677,611 676,395 24,318 20,279 19,277 19,054 3.6 3.0 2.8 2.8

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 954,053 964,256 965,271 967,145 26,463 25,706 27,202 28,955 2.8 2.7 2.8 3.0

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,457,256 6,460,000 6,447,362 6,445,154 289,532 258,049 255,050 266,173 4.5 4.0 4.0 4.1

Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights1. . . 3,843,641 3,847,223 3,830,811 3,817,308 182,468 142,195 134,548 138,542 4.7 3.7 3.5 3.6

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,415,553 3,428,879 3,430,067 3,429,353 106,839 108,323 112,395 117,388 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,718,732 1,739,280 1,742,075 1,742,626 50,662 46,269 47,661 50,220 2.9 2.7 2.7 2.9

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,505,498 1,522,344 1,521,779 1,520,770 42,268 43,267 41,729 41,807 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.7

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,047,587 2,054,585 2,052,796 2,048,953 81,464 77,434 79,130 81,966 4.0 3.8 3.9 4.0

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,080,426 2,112,776 2,103,308 2,094,321 73,467 75,389 70,828 68,814 3.5 3.6 3.4 3.3

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 671,521 680,188 682,089 683,120 18,321 16,055 16,288 17,145 2.7 2.4 2.4 2.5

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,173,602 3,197,060 3,198,693 3,200,197 106,600 65,293 58,092 54,811 3.4 2.0 1.8 1.7

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,744,533 3,720,872 3,715,299 3,717,258 145,049 96,017 91,874 98,134 3.9 2.6 2.5 2.6

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,840,450 4,918,390 4,940,919 4,966,403 205,966 176,034 176,898 183,254 4.3 3.6 3.6 3.7

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,102,667 2,128,132 2,139,186 2,152,626 74,644 62,658 63,928 68,509 3.5 2.9 3.0 3.2

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,086,899 3,105,519 3,109,520 3,112,745 84,158 90,709 93,623 97,038 2.7 2.9 3.0 3.1

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,247,000 1,246,028 1,243,161 1,240,167 48,793 38,353 37,695 39,167 3.9 3.1 3.0 3.2

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,061,587 3,120,301 3,125,539 3,129,899 74,130 81,542 84,181 87,958 2.4 2.6 2.7 2.8

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 569,904 576,478 577,204 577,766 15,549 13,799 14,197 14,688 2.7 2.4 2.5 2.5

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,059,848 1,062,767 1,061,927 1,060,141 27,038 20,470 20,788 21,140 2.6 1.9 2.0 2.0

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,569,078 1,582,601 1,585,979 1,591,984 84,545 84,702 84,713 85,631 5.4 5.4 5.3 5.4

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 769,417 762,417 760,366 757,879 20,856 13,456 13,091 13,783 2.7 1.8 1.7 1.8

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,762,369 4,867,373 4,875,778 4,877,543 143,025 182,499 190,008 203,211 3.0 3.7 3.9 4.2

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 941,509 960,692 962,767 964,494 31,691 33,846 34,757 35,846 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,599,565 9,734,238 9,757,869 9,772,184 370,386 383,946 380,191 384,731 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.9

New York City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,074,030 4,184,884 4,186,203 4,180,032 185,679 224,491 221,270 219,651 4.6 5.4 5.3 5.3

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,169,698 5,220,556 5,231,586 5,246,559 200,354 172,604 171,393 173,576 3.9 3.3 3.3 3.3

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413,674 419,321 419,211 418,349 8,420 8,465 8,292 7,888 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.9

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,737,556 5,817,213 5,817,271 5,820,393 232,505 200,249 193,792 195,662 4.1 3.4 3.3 3.4

Cleveland-Elyria2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,026,159 1,036,370 1,038,033 1,039,750 47,254 38,430 37,099 37,384 4.6 3.7 3.6 3.6

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,888,234 1,922,824 1,929,438 1,938,185 59,742 52,084 52,229 54,331 3.2 2.7 2.7 2.8

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,176,306 2,151,425 2,147,289 2,144,838 94,541 75,562 73,709 73,539 4.3 3.5 3.4 3.4

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,475,811 6,507,089 6,497,751 6,499,375 279,174 245,723 230,405 226,264 4.3 3.8 3.5 3.5

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 570,735 569,837 570,348 570,952 19,147 16,804 15,813 15,209 3.4 2.9 2.8 2.7

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,374,500 2,433,602 2,448,053 2,455,394 78,090 76,101 77,071 73,032 3.3 3.1 3.1 3.0

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475,538 481,949 482,694 483,069 10,311 8,865 8,959 9,072 2.2 1.8 1.9 1.9

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,343,404 3,369,876 3,379,353 3,380,854 111,925 107,202 105,653 105,115 3.3 3.2 3.1 3.1

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,679,033 15,039,688 15,078,414 15,111,936 545,468 609,763 613,691 622,929 3.7 4.1 4.1 4.1

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,749,751 1,801,850 1,809,305 1,813,123 41,698 42,560 43,846 45,782 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.5

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342,427 346,746 347,526 348,297 9,432 6,722 6,300 6,401 2.8 1.9 1.8 1.8

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,434,229 4,588,251 4,597,503 4,601,469 123,031 125,180 116,341 112,959 2.8 2.7 2.5 2.5

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,000,998 4,067,929 4,069,269 4,067,293 170,334 154,358 147,381 146,118 4.3 3.8 3.6 3.6

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,776,900 1,810,847 1,817,172 1,821,591 54,504 54,845 55,857 57,932 3.1 3.0 3.1 3.2

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 784,920 783,112 784,058 786,432 32,290 25,826 26,482 28,264 4.1 3.3 3.4 3.6

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,076,435 3,113,498 3,124,733 3,133,452 94,905 76,735 81,078 89,487 3.1 2.5 2.6 2.9

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293,347 298,957 299,178 299,070 10,840 9,275 8,883 8,740 3.7 3.1 3.0 2.9

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,169,811 1,179,517 1,178,692 1,182,328 68,154 72,222 73,656 72,840 5.8 6.1 6.2 6.2

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

July August Number Percent of labor force

2022 2023 2022 2023p

July August July August

2022 2023 2022 2023p 2022 2023 2022 2023p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,298,341 2,315,791 2,297,604 2,310,017 68,672 53,154 67,520 56,536 3.0 2.3 2.9 2.4

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363,181 364,252 361,328 361,300 12,488 13,781 10,588 13,432 3.4 3.8 2.9 3.7

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,615,100 3,707,616 3,635,207 3,712,306 154,367 176,008 162,387 171,787 4.3 4.7 4.5 4.6

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,384,275 1,405,739 1,372,929 1,395,313 53,337 45,851 48,306 45,813 3.9 3.3 3.5 3.3

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,233,954 19,362,806 19,237,794 19,340,754 789,198 932,759 787,545 993,596 4.1 4.8 4.1 5.1

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale1. . . . 4,957,468 5,005,258 4,927,912 5,004,287 241,326 269,727 230,668 291,986 4.9 5.4 4.7 5.8

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,207,188 3,264,182 3,212,071 3,273,533 92,634 113,636 88,886 115,525 2.9 3.5 2.8 3.5

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,955,793 1,928,775 1,928,919 1,902,079 83,325 76,052 78,780 66,072 4.3 3.9 4.1 3.5

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499,329 509,945 498,447 514,025 23,049 21,692 24,128 23,804 4.6 4.3 4.8 4.6

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398,415 399,680 391,193 395,592 18,818 21,148 17,834 21,877 4.7 5.3 4.6 5.5

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,794,492 11,174,442 10,838,084 11,226,082 325,193 342,175 329,096 350,845 3.0 3.1 3.0 3.1

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall1. . . . . . . . . . . 1,368,585 1,389,199 1,380,890 1,382,332 38,952 26,099 40,178 25,964 2.8 1.9 2.9 1.9

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,232,345 5,319,444 5,216,939 5,333,672 164,670 173,464 176,547 204,075 3.1 3.3 3.4 3.8

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 679,750 673,804 681,083 673,352 24,133 17,986 25,260 20,906 3.6 2.7 3.7 3.1

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 959,439 973,175 958,113 975,884 24,724 31,639 25,025 31,527 2.6 3.3 2.6 3.2

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,540,824 6,484,426 6,503,782 6,487,015 308,164 293,072 312,947 341,077 4.7 4.5 4.8 5.3

Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights1. . . 3,872,217 3,813,278 3,866,315 3,795,581 197,621 150,727 201,205 188,092 5.1 4.0 5.2 5.0

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,453,526 3,460,845 3,430,933 3,431,073 115,488 138,109 109,816 128,388 3.3 4.0 3.2 3.7

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,727,773 1,748,117 1,711,771 1,727,915 48,379 53,903 49,973 57,321 2.8 3.1 2.9 3.3

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,523,093 1,533,875 1,500,210 1,511,442 50,878 47,879 47,017 49,066 3.3 3.1 3.1 3.2

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,058,721 2,043,393 2,053,785 2,034,242 89,721 94,688 79,092 86,583 4.4 4.6 3.9 4.3

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,110,600 2,092,738 2,088,168 2,077,487 89,654 69,686 82,106 71,468 4.2 3.3 3.9 3.4

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 688,609 700,392 685,971 697,086 17,060 17,517 15,309 17,498 2.5 2.5 2.2 2.5

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,213,051 3,241,184 3,188,829 3,215,176 110,350 55,858 110,094 57,993 3.4 1.7 3.5 1.8

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,787,260 3,749,238 3,783,710 3,748,274 148,710 108,122 145,927 107,189 3.9 2.9 3.9 2.9

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,878,546 5,022,969 4,881,928 5,067,869 219,599 216,356 207,769 214,924 4.5 4.3 4.3 4.2

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,121,482 2,186,364 2,128,314 2,211,938 78,233 85,913 79,718 91,177 3.7 3.9 3.7 4.1

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,102,966 3,126,858 3,097,547 3,119,622 78,425 101,485 82,519 100,210 2.5 3.2 2.7 3.2

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,266,561 1,244,864 1,248,443 1,232,246 58,476 49,347 50,748 48,623 4.6 4.0 4.1 3.9

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,090,233 3,168,350 3,067,092 3,129,790 84,176 106,153 86,871 104,953 2.7 3.4 2.8 3.4

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 576,165 583,646 576,614 583,860 14,156 14,077 14,174 14,368 2.5 2.4 2.5 2.5

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,069,635 1,066,383 1,060,293 1,052,499 27,990 24,526 26,128 20,239 2.6 2.3 2.5 1.9

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,561,199 1,595,040 1,572,396 1,612,709 86,534 92,136 88,890 93,113 5.5 5.8 5.7 5.8

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 778,512 765,357 779,032 759,484 19,073 14,789 21,317 17,776 2.4 1.9 2.7 2.3

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,791,532 4,919,390 4,786,079 4,883,335 171,706 233,417 150,905 246,441 3.6 4.7 3.2 5.0

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 945,363 969,600 943,507 967,361 39,955 46,113 34,369 40,619 4.2 4.8 3.6 4.2

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,700,959 9,869,843 9,673,378 9,830,000 417,425 407,509 409,978 431,632 4.3 4.1 4.2 4.4

New York City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,113,936 4,175,438 4,109,763 4,155,095 223,211 231,644 212,474 234,715 5.4 5.5 5.2 5.6

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,203,845 5,288,277 5,167,884 5,271,911 203,275 188,930 215,096 189,342 3.9 3.6 4.2 3.6

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421,557 424,570 420,574 420,583 8,272 7,991 8,650 6,492 2.0 1.9 2.1 1.5

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,813,432 5,852,699 5,789,723 5,873,539 250,629 200,943 240,799 216,630 4.3 3.4 4.2 3.7

Cleveland-Elyria2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,047,433 1,066,838 1,042,913 1,054,311 51,628 37,795 47,135 39,353 4.9 3.5 4.5 3.7

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,894,342 1,949,088 1,888,196 1,959,914 59,387 59,480 62,930 65,075 3.1 3.1 3.3 3.3

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,191,021 2,159,181 2,200,720 2,162,031 93,950 83,019 102,597 82,788 4.3 3.8 4.7 3.8

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,543,436 6,546,338 6,540,760 6,575,974 321,492 247,097 337,045 284,755 4.9 3.8 5.2 4.3

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 575,096 573,927 574,529 574,387 19,146 13,532 22,942 17,921 3.3 2.4 4.0 3.1

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,390,049 2,499,634 2,382,975 2,466,428 80,231 87,668 83,989 59,616 3.4 3.5 3.5 2.4

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481,638 488,196 479,996 487,057 8,781 8,279 10,876 9,886 1.8 1.7 2.3 2.0

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,364,137 3,418,790 3,343,433 3,370,924 124,053 124,670 120,044 113,114 3.7 3.6 3.6 3.4

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,678,367 15,180,276 14,674,216 15,188,537 590,021 683,046 579,361 685,589 4.0 4.5 3.9 4.5

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,745,923 1,820,250 1,751,602 1,813,950 40,600 49,171 44,341 54,015 2.3 2.7 2.5 3.0

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347,759 355,241 346,470 353,041 9,078 6,540 9,575 7,719 2.6 1.8 2.8 2.2

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,480,075 4,657,422 4,463,166 4,616,674 135,535 124,366 148,852 140,912 3.0 2.7 3.3 3.1

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,995,954 4,077,702 4,010,385 4,063,996 159,342 144,465 179,992 163,391 4.0 3.5 4.5 4.0

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,774,264 1,826,490 1,774,746 1,826,233 58,764 65,086 59,172 67,330 3.3 3.6 3.3 3.7

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 792,644 793,974 789,158 798,058 32,638 29,907 33,785 34,952 4.1 3.8 4.3 4.4

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,117,881 3,179,988 3,106,353 3,169,907 97,846 100,500 98,179 116,996 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.7

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295,171 301,929 295,456 299,957 9,778 8,307 10,087 8,093 3.3 2.8 3.4 2.7

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,146,279 1,185,535 1,161,635 1,194,766 65,477 80,526 69,531 72,373 5.7 6.8 6.0 6.1

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

Aug.

2022

June

2023

July

2023

Aug.

2023p

Aug.

2022

June

2023

July

2023

Aug.

2023p

Aug.

2022

June

2023

July

2023

Aug.

2023p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,120.1 2,156.9 2,157.5 2,157.2 99.5 102.1 101.8 102.0 275.7 277.2 277.0 277.1

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320.1 324.8 325.7 327.3 16.1 16.2 16.8 17.0 12.0 10.7 10.7 10.3

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,106.3 3,157.1 3,156.9 3,163.3 196.4 197.3 199.8 203.3 194.4 194.3 193.7 193.2

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,341.8 1,364.2 1,364.3 1,368.5 58.3 63.7 63.5 64.1 163.7 165.3 164.9 164.6

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,785.0 18,088.2 18,097.1 18,120.2 916.7 927.8 927.6 932.3 1,345.2 1,337.8 1,339.0 1,340.3

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,873.3 2,907.0 2,910.4 2,916.0 184.2 181.3 181.2 181.7 154.0 155.2 155.4 155.2

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,672.1 1,689.3 1,691.2 1,693.3 60.4 59.8 61.3 61.8 157.8 157.7 157.2 157.6

Delaware2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473.7 486.0 483.3 482.9 23.4 24.4 24.3 24.8 26.3 27.2 27.4 27.5

District of Columbia2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 766.4 777.8 775.6 777.2 15.3 15.3 15.4 15.5 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,507.7 9,727.1 9,763.4 9,778.0 606.6 608.7 610.6 611.1 412.9 420.3 424.6 426.0

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,830.0 4,905.7 4,913.7 4,925.7 213.1 222.4 223.0 223.7 417.7 418.7 416.7 419.4

Hawaii2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 624.7 630.8 636.6 631.8 37.1 37.3 37.9 37.6 12.6 13.0 12.8 12.8

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 832.2 851.0 852.7 854.6 67.3 69.1 70.1 70.7 74.3 72.4 72.0 71.4

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,070.0 6,142.3 6,145.7 6,145.6 232.7 234.9 236.2 235.8 574.5 566.6 564.7 565.1

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,212.5 3,252.4 3,269.5 3,266.0 156.6 164.0 165.3 166.6 543.6 538.7 540.2 540.6

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,572.3 1,590.7 1,585.6 1,588.0 80.8 82.4 81.8 81.0 225.2 227.4 226.2 226.8

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,424.6 1,443.7 1,446.7 1,442.6 64.7 67.8 68.7 67.7 170.3 170.8 170.5 171.3

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,972.7 2,013.9 2,015.6 2,023.9 83.5 88.7 89.0 91.2 255.1 261.1 263.9 264.1

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,930.4 1,959.9 1,957.2 1,964.6 129.8 137.8 136.6 139.1 135.4 138.0 138.1 138.5

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 640.4 646.1 644.0 646.8 32.5 33.3 32.6 32.9 54.5 54.2 54.2 53.9

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,723.2 2,740.5 2,743.1 2,755.5 161.3 165.8 166.2 167.2 110.2 109.5 109.2 109.5

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,698.2 3,768.7 3,773.3 3,788.7 169.8 176.3 176.7 177.7 239.1 238.7 237.8 237.4

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,384.5 4,439.1 4,434.0 4,438.9 184.1 191.5 191.7 192.2 607.6 608.4 608.3 608.2

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,945.2 2,983.0 2,982.6 2,987.0 134.6 137.4 138.0 139.7 325.0 323.3 322.1 322.5

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,167.0 1,173.0 1,172.7 1,166.3 45.6 48.0 47.3 46.9 148.2 147.1 146.8 145.4

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,937.0 2,994.3 3,002.4 2,988.7 139.4 138.4 137.3 136.7 284.3 291.5 291.4 284.9

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513.5 517.0 516.1 519.5 36.8 38.0 37.6 37.6 22.2 23.0 23.0 23.3

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,028.3 1,045.9 1,045.6 1,042.9 58.4 60.6 62.4 61.7 103.9 106.9 106.1 105.9

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,502.3 1,548.7 1,551.4 1,560.5 107.8 111.4 111.5 114.1 66.7 67.6 67.9 68.8

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 689.3 698.3 698.5 699.0 30.1 31.4 31.3 31.4 70.4 70.9 71.3 71.7

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,274.9 4,334.1 4,329.9 4,342.2 164.6 166.5 168.1 167.7 252.2 252.7 252.6 253.4

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 851.0 871.4 870.2 867.8 49.6 51.8 52.0 53.2 29.1 29.5 29.8 30.1

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,599.4 9,693.8 9,708.5 9,726.6 386.1 396.8 395.6 395.4 425.8 424.7 423.9 422.0

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,828.0 4,915.4 4,927.8 4,945.3 249.1 249.5 248.6 249.0 474.5 479.0 475.6 472.4

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429.7 437.1 436.4 436.1 26.0 25.5 25.3 25.0 27.4 27.7 27.6 27.7

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,552.3 5,627.1 5,636.2 5,639.7 232.7 241.9 244.0 244.3 685.3 690.7 689.9 688.8

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,705.6 1,729.7 1,731.0 1,730.5 79.3 82.6 82.2 82.2 133.9 136.0 136.4 136.3

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,961.3 1,998.7 2,002.1 2,000.9 116.6 123.5 124.3 123.3 195.1 193.8 192.6 192.5

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,010.7 6,134.6 6,148.7 6,164.5 257.2 264.2 264.4 267.7 566.4 567.4 567.5 568.8

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500.3 495.3 493.5 493.4 21.0 21.8 21.9 21.6 40.6 40.4 40.2 40.1

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,256.8 2,303.4 2,306.8 2,303.1 109.3 111.3 110.8 113.4 263.0 262.8 262.4 260.6

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454.9 460.5 460.1 461.7 26.1 27.1 26.9 27.2 45.3 45.6 46.1 46.1

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,262.4 3,321.7 3,323.5 3,320.3 148.3 153.2 153.2 150.8 368.0 371.2 371.1 370.6

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,577.1 13,942.8 13,962.4 13,979.1 790.9 806.9 810.6 812.0 934.1 957.1 962.7 965.3

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,689.7 1,726.0 1,727.2 1,728.7 132.6 134.8 134.2 134.2 152.2 152.5 152.1 151.2

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304.6 305.4 306.3 306.0 15.4 15.3 15.3 15.2 29.3 28.3 28.3 28.2

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,091.1 4,145.7 4,150.1 4,156.8 210.3 212.2 213.5 212.1 245.3 246.9 245.9 245.8

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,555.3 3,641.4 3,635.1 3,638.0 235.9 239.7 237.8 238.5 271.2 275.3 274.4 277.2

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 693.9 700.7 703.6 704.6 30.4 31.9 32.3 33.0 45.8 45.5 45.7 45.6

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,979.6 3,002.5 3,006.7 3,012.4 131.8 134.7 134.5 136.5 483.0 481.6 481.4 480.6

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285.0 292.6 291.5 292.7 20.8 22.4 22.7 23.5 10.3 10.6 10.6 10.5

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 928.2 942.9 947.4 951.3 32.8 36.4 36.5 36.7 82.8 83.4 84.0 84.2

Virgin Islands2, 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.8 35.6 35.5 35.8 1.8 2.1 2.1 2.1 – – – –

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 2022 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

Aug.

2022

June

2023

July

2023

Aug.

2023p

Aug.

2022

June

2023

July

2023

Aug.

2023p

Aug.

2022

June

2023

July

2023

Aug.

2023p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404.9 409.3 408.8 410.5 102.0 101.4 102.3 102.8 264.1 270.9 271.2 270.2

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.4 64.8 64.6 64.8 11.1 11.3 11.5 11.7 27.5 28.6 28.3 28.6

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 603.7 603.8 602.3 601.6 249.4 251.1 252.0 253.5 473.8 477.9 472.4 475.5

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271.2 273.8 273.6 272.9 71.4 71.0 70.9 70.5 155.9 150.6 151.4 153.3

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,147.5 3,140.0 3,143.7 3,143.7 840.6 849.0 849.7 849.6 2,887.9 2,907.2 2,902.7 2,903.1

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 501.7 496.2 496.7 496.2 178.8 172.2 171.6 171.5 488.3 492.5 493.9 495.5

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299.0 299.5 299.8 300.3 118.0 114.7 114.9 114.7 221.8 224.8 223.7 224.4

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90.1 91.6 91.6 90.7 49.2 51.0 49.9 50.0 66.7 66.3 65.8 65.9

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.7 30.3 30.5 30.5 27.8 28.4 28.5 28.4 175.5 175.2 174.7 174.4

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,942.8 1,979.2 1,988.4 1,996.7 670.2 679.8 681.9 683.9 1,607.7 1,634.2 1,639.3 1,629.7

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,034.0 1,030.5 1,029.7 1,026.4 275.5 281.4 282.8 283.8 786.9 761.4 765.2 767.9

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116.5 116.4 117.0 117.0 27.9 27.1 27.0 26.9 72.0 72.3 72.3 71.7

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161.6 163.3 162.3 162.5 41.0 40.6 41.3 40.9 108.3 110.7 111.5 112.2

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,226.3 1,221.2 1,222.6 1,221.5 404.4 415.5 415.6 415.2 981.3 973.0 969.3 966.0

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 632.3 635.7 634.7 634.6 148.1 151.2 153.6 152.7 373.0 376.8 380.4 379.8

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311.3 313.4 313.2 311.0 108.2 107.9 107.8 107.2 147.1 142.1 140.1 139.0

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273.8 273.8 273.5 273.1 75.9 76.7 76.1 75.5 182.9 183.6 184.1 182.4

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424.8 431.2 430.0 430.8 96.9 94.3 93.1 93.2 230.4 234.3 232.7 231.9

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376.7 369.8 370.0 371.3 90.4 94.2 94.5 94.5 221.2 221.8 222.5 223.6

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119.6 118.9 119.0 119.1 33.9 34.0 33.8 33.6 76.0 76.2 76.4 77.2

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480.0 472.1 471.7 471.2 134.8 134.0 134.0 133.7 481.0 471.9 471.6 477.9

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 566.3 573.1 575.1 574.5 227.8 232.7 232.7 234.1 638.4 655.4 655.9 656.7

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 807.0 809.1 811.5 810.3 231.8 229.4 229.5 228.5 658.3 668.3 660.6 658.8

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 527.3 532.9 534.7 534.2 192.4 189.8 189.3 188.8 389.9 387.0 386.8 385.8

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244.1 244.8 244.8 242.9 44.4 44.4 43.7 43.3 118.6 112.9 113.6 113.4

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 557.9 565.1 567.8 560.0 185.8 186.6 188.4 187.5 385.7 395.0 395.9 395.0

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.3 100.0 99.6 99.0 28.4 28.3 28.4 28.5 50.6 50.7 50.8 51.3

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196.1 198.4 198.5 198.1 71.4 70.5 70.2 69.8 123.7 118.4 118.8 118.8

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294.1 294.0 295.2 296.5 76.3 75.2 75.9 76.2 212.8 225.2 223.3 223.6

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139.1 140.1 140.2 139.8 34.6 34.2 33.9 34.1 97.0 102.6 102.6 102.6

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 917.4 921.1 921.9 921.5 261.4 258.9 259.3 259.7 729.4 719.5 713.9 715.4

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142.9 141.5 141.6 141.6 35.0 34.3 34.8 34.2 116.6 117.0 114.3 114.1

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,485.7 1,467.1 1,465.5 1,464.2 737.5 737.8 738.6 741.8 1,379.2 1,381.0 1,382.8 1,373.6

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 924.8 930.7 933.3 938.0 295.5 297.4 298.9 298.6 745.2 759.1 759.3 762.4

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90.9 92.0 92.2 91.9 24.5 24.2 24.3 24.0 34.6 35.5 35.6 35.3

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,059.5 1,053.5 1,054.2 1,052.4 318.9 318.4 317.1 316.6 748.8 736.4 735.7 737.6

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323.3 322.3 322.1 323.3 81.3 82.6 82.7 83.1 204.7 201.6 201.8 200.7

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368.6 364.6 364.7 363.3 105.6 107.7 108.8 108.3 267.0 273.4 271.5 270.7

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,148.3 1,157.8 1,160.7 1,162.3 335.3 341.8 340.2 339.3 847.7 868.7 870.8 868.0

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77.1 75.7 75.7 75.9 35.2 35.1 35.2 35.2 70.6 68.7 67.9 67.2

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435.2 440.7 444.2 445.0 118.6 122.6 122.5 121.6 311.8 313.7 314.6 312.9

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89.4 92.9 92.5 92.5 28.1 27.9 27.7 27.6 37.2 37.4 37.3 38.4

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 678.4 680.3 681.7 681.2 176.8 175.3 175.2 176.1 467.2 472.5 473.0 471.9

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,730.0 2,785.5 2,784.8 2,780.7 887.0 914.8 919.3 922.6 2,104.8 2,136.5 2,134.1 2,130.4

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313.9 313.4 313.5 313.5 97.6 97.0 97.7 98.5 249.7 248.8 248.5 249.2

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.7 52.4 52.6 52.6 12.0 11.9 12.0 12.1 32.0 32.9 32.7 32.6

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 668.9 666.8 666.0 668.2 217.6 216.0 216.3 217.2 810.8 814.0 813.7 813.2

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 614.3 618.8 617.5 618.1 165.8 170.4 171.1 171.0 550.4 556.1 555.5 552.8

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122.2 122.5 122.3 121.9 25.5 25.4 25.6 26.0 72.1 71.5 71.7 71.9

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 550.6 556.0 553.8 553.1 159.0 161.1 161.3 160.9 329.5 327.6 326.8 327.7

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.5 52.1 51.4 51.7 11.5 11.5 11.3 11.4 20.6 20.8 20.9 21.4

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183.5 185.7 186.6 186.8 46.9 47.4 46.9 46.9 140.0 141.7 140.1 140.1

Virgin Islands1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.7 6.8 7.0 7.0 – – – – – – – –

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 2022 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

Aug.

2022

June

2023

July

2023

Aug.

2023p

Aug.

2022

June

2023

July

2023

Aug.

2023p

Aug.

2022

June

2023

July

2023

Aug.

2023p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249.7 255.3 256.5 257.8 198.2 205.8 205.0 203.9 394.3 401.2 401.4 399.5

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.4 51.0 51.3 51.5 34.6 37.4 37.8 38.4 76.9 78.0 78.2 78.5

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484.8 501.3 502.4 504.8 333.0 347.1 346.1 345.8 410.1 424.9 429.0 426.7

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201.0 209.0 207.9 208.3 122.6 131.5 132.3 133.9 207.9 209.2 209.5 209.7

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,950.6 3,092.1 3,100.0 3,114.0 1,950.4 2,051.5 2,054.0 2,056.8 2,540.0 2,579.6 2,584.1 2,589.3

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352.8 356.3 356.4 359.2 339.6 360.2 358.9 363.6 451.2 468.1 471.4 467.9

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342.8 351.2 354.0 354.8 151.0 156.7 155.9 155.6 227.9 231.5 230.9 230.8

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.2 80.9 81.1 80.6 49.3 52.9 52.8 53.0 67.2 70.0 69.0 69.0

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122.8 124.8 123.9 124.9 69.5 77.5 76.2 76.3 236.1 234.2 234.4 234.8

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,402.8 1,472.2 1,484.9 1,491.3 1,261.7 1,306.4 1,303.2 1,305.5 1,092.8 1,114.7 1,116.4 1,118.5

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 632.6 661.1 663.7 664.9 490.8 524.6 526.0 528.3 679.8 694.2 696.2 698.2

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86.0 87.5 87.5 87.8 113.9 119.0 119.3 119.3 123.7 122.1 126.7 122.3

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122.2 127.5 128.5 129.3 88.4 92.0 92.1 92.0 128.0 132.0 132.1 132.6

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 936.1 967.2 971.6 976.0 571.9 597.1 596.3 597.1 790.3 816.7 818.8 818.7

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478.2 489.2 491.0 489.4 304.9 314.3 315.7 314.7 415.2 417.4 422.0 422.9

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228.1 237.0 236.3 238.7 136.6 142.4 141.3 143.9 257.7 260.7 261.6 262.2

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202.1 206.9 208.2 208.8 128.0 133.0 132.8 132.2 252.0 256.3 257.8 256.4

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290.0 299.2 303.2 304.2 196.9 198.4 199.9 201.2 298.3 307.5 304.1 307.4

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325.9 338.8 335.3 336.4 212.6 216.4 217.6 216.6 312.0 315.5 315.9 316.6

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125.9 129.1 130.1 129.7 65.9 67.8 65.1 67.3 100.0 100.4 100.9 101.0

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449.1 458.6 458.9 460.8 247.7 257.0 256.5 257.4 515.2 527.9 529.1 531.5

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 811.1 835.7 835.2 838.7 343.2 358.7 358.9 361.0 467.1 461.8 465.1 471.6

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 663.4 681.3 680.5 681.1 406.3 415.7 416.3 419.0 596.9 611.0 612.6 615.9

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 551.6 563.9 566.1 567.8 257.5 268.8 265.8 268.4 407.9 418.8 418.9 418.5

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145.3 154.0 154.8 154.1 132.9 132.6 131.7 132.4 232.5 233.9 235.3 233.2

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490.7 500.2 503.5 503.0 299.5 314.6 314.3 315.1 426.4 431.1 431.9 434.3

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82.0 83.8 84.3 84.4 71.6 72.1 71.3 72.8 89.5 88.7 88.7 90.0

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156.5 161.1 160.4 160.3 92.3 97.0 96.6 96.4 169.7 174.5 173.0 172.4

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159.4 168.8 168.3 168.7 341.0 357.3 359.4 361.4 167.6 174.2 174.0 174.9

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123.1 124.7 125.7 125.8 71.3 70.4 69.4 68.9 86.4 87.1 87.6 87.8

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 735.8 778.3 780.0 781.4 384.6 401.3 396.5 398.2 584.2 586.3 590.3 595.9

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141.8 146.8 147.4 147.5 95.4 99.8 99.8 100.0 179.6 187.2 187.4 184.5

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,158.1 2,233.5 2,246.8 2,260.6 878.7 921.6 923.2 925.2 1,462.2 1,452.9 1,460.7 1,473.9

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 657.7 679.4 682.9 687.4 505.6 529.3 534.4 538.2 717.9 726.8 731.7 734.2

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.9 68.4 68.1 68.3 39.2 40.6 40.7 40.7 81.6 82.4 81.6 83.2

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.8 939.0 943.5 943.2 542.9 575.5 574.5 577.1 770.9 776.2 781.9 781.6

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243.7 249.0 251.6 250.7 173.7 181.1 182.0 182.8 349.0 357.2 354.9 354.3

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304.7 313.7 316.3 316.5 199.2 207.4 207.9 210.0 298.9 305.5 307.0 307.4

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,271.1 1,307.4 1,313.7 1,321.1 540.0 563.9 566.9 571.2 677.0 688.5 688.4 688.9

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.0 105.9 106.5 107.5 57.6 55.5 55.2 55.3 65.6 65.3 64.3 64.3

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268.8 279.1 281.0 281.5 266.3 277.4 276.0 275.6 366.2 375.1 375.2 373.3

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.1 76.4 77.0 77.4 48.3 48.5 47.7 47.2 80.0 80.7 80.6 80.8

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453.2 469.5 469.2 469.2 345.6 358.7 359.3 360.6 438.4 451.6 449.5 449.2

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,813.8 1,902.3 1,901.2 1,893.9 1,421.6 1,454.2 1,466.4 1,475.5 2,004.3 2,046.0 2,047.5 2,059.6

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226.1 235.1 235.2 236.5 164.0 179.1 179.2 178.9 254.8 260.6 261.5 262.4

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.6 60.6 61.2 60.8 32.9 34.5 33.4 33.6 54.4 54.4 56.2 56.2

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 557.0 575.6 577.4 579.4 393.5 406.5 406.3 405.7 718.5 733.7 737.2 741.4

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 518.3 546.0 548.3 548.0 330.3 349.5 350.5 351.8 569.6 587.0 580.7 580.9

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127.8 130.2 130.7 131.0 69.6 70.8 70.6 69.9 148.6 147.9 149.4 149.8

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459.7 466.2 472.2 475.2 267.4 275.3 277.4 279.2 402.0 402.2 401.4 400.5

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.8 30.6 30.5 30.3 37.6 39.2 38.6 38.1 67.2 68.4 67.9 68.2

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122.0 125.0 125.2 125.9 86.9 93.5 93.8 94.3 197.4 193.1 197.4 199.6

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.4 2.5 2.4 2.5 6.3 6.2 6.2 6.2 10.8 11.3 11.1 11.3

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2022 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

July August July August July August

2022 2023 2022 2023p2022 2023 2022 2023p2022 2023 2022 2023p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,112.6 2,147.9 2,111.7 2,149.8 9.2 8.5 9.2 8.4 99.7 101.4 99.2 101.1

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341.9 344.0 339.3 343.2 11.3 10.8 11.3 10.9 18.8 19.4 18.8 19.5

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,035.7 3,094.9 3,087.9 3,144.6 13.0 14.2 13.0 14.2 195.5 199.9 196.6 203.8

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,317.9 1,354.0 1,329.4 1,359.1 5.2 4.9 5.2 5.0 58.5 64.8 59.0 64.8

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,617.3 17,996.4 17,706.0 18,063.2 20.3 20.4 20.2 20.2 928.0 943.6 928.7 946.6

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,883.2 2,925.3 2,887.4 2,929.4 21.0 22.7 21.0 22.6 188.7 186.5 188.0 186.6

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,666.9 1,690.4 1,660.3 1,686.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 63.4 63.7 63.3 64.7

Delaware1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477.7 489.6 476.5 486.3 – – – – 24.0 24.9 23.9 25.4

District of Columbia1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 777.4 785.8 762.1 773.5 – – – – 15.3 15.8 15.4 15.9

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,339.6 9,646.7 9,443.9 9,733.4 5.6 5.9 5.7 5.8 605.8 612.5 605.9 610.1

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,795.9 4,891.3 4,818.9 4,918.3 9.8 10.1 9.8 10.0 214.4 223.3 213.9 224.2

Hawaii1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 617.0 629.9 616.6 625.2 – – – – 37.3 37.8 37.4 37.4

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 836.9 863.2 835.5 859.4 4.4 4.3 4.3 4.3 69.9 72.9 69.8 73.7

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,073.0 6,167.5 6,076.0 6,153.7 6.9 7.0 7.2 7.1 245.7 253.2 246.7 251.2

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,186.7 3,244.8 3,221.4 3,273.2 5.8 6.0 5.7 6.0 162.3 170.9 162.5 170.6

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,565.4 1,583.2 1,564.5 1,582.6 2.3 2.4 2.3 2.4 87.6 89.0 87.1 87.8

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,409.0 1,432.7 1,416.2 1,432.8 6.1 6.4 6.3 6.5 67.5 71.6 66.8 69.0

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,944.6 1,995.7 1,971.4 2,024.6 8.3 8.8 8.4 8.7 85.7 91.9 85.4 93.8

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,908.5 1,946.9 1,921.3 1,955.4 31.4 33.8 31.7 33.8 130.3 136.5 129.0 137.3

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 658.7 666.4 655.6 665.6 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.3 34.4 35.0 34.1 34.9

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,736.1 2,752.3 2,726.7 2,758.5 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 164.3 169.4 164.1 169.9

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,725.7 3,817.4 3,711.5 3,811.6 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.1 176.6 183.6 176.4 185.4

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,366.4 4,435.9 4,388.6 4,448.5 7.6 7.8 7.6 7.7 195.3 201.5 195.3 201.8

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,965.0 3,014.5 2,963.6 3,010.0 6.5 6.7 6.5 6.7 148.7 152.6 148.9 154.8

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,157.5 1,164.7 1,163.1 1,162.9 6.1 6.1 6.1 6.1 46.1 47.4 45.6 46.7

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,926.1 3,000.2 2,927.6 2,982.0 4.5 4.7 4.5 4.7 143.4 142.2 143.2 140.4

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 518.5 525.1 519.0 527.5 6.9 7.0 6.8 7.0 39.0 40.7 39.3 40.3

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,026.0 1,046.2 1,028.1 1,041.6 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 61.1 65.0 60.9 64.1

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,485.8 1,548.6 1,496.1 1,559.9 15.4 15.5 15.3 15.3 107.7 112.3 108.7 116.5

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 691.1 703.9 690.5 704.4 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 31.3 32.8 31.2 32.6

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,276.7 4,364.6 4,267.7 4,360.8 1.7 1.8 1.7 1.8 168.8 174.1 169.2 173.6

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 838.8 865.0 851.2 867.8 21.4 24.3 21.6 23.9 49.8 52.6 49.9 53.8

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,592.1 9,742.6 9,576.3 9,719.4 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.6 401.8 409.6 402.0 408.3

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,768.5 4,879.7 4,820.9 4,935.2 5.5 5.7 5.6 5.6 250.4 250.7 250.0 251.0

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429.1 438.0 429.0 436.8 16.8 20.2 17.2 19.6 29.2 28.4 29.5 28.0

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,567.2 5,665.5 5,566.3 5,664.6 9.0 9.7 9.0 9.7 243.9 256.8 243.6 255.8

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,686.7 1,720.6 1,692.4 1,721.5 31.0 32.0 31.2 32.2 80.3 83.8 79.9 83.2

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,948.5 1,997.3 1,955.1 1,998.5 6.5 6.8 6.6 6.7 119.3 128.6 120.3 129.3

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,984.8 6,150.4 5,979.4 6,149.4 22.7 23.5 22.8 23.7 270.1 276.5 269.2 279.7

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 501.5 499.4 501.3 499.0 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 21.9 22.9 21.9 22.7

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,250.9 2,310.3 2,256.2 2,306.6 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.6 109.9 111.8 109.7 114.2

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457.0 465.5 459.5 468.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 28.6 29.9 28.5 29.9

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,222.3 3,296.9 3,250.6 3,304.6 4.5 4.4 4.5 4.4 149.0 154.3 149.5 151.1

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,470.3 13,920.3 13,528.8 13,907.4 202.3 221.8 204.6 222.8 789.8 815.3 791.7 813.4

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,671.0 1,724.3 1,683.7 1,725.1 10.2 10.7 10.1 10.6 134.7 139.4 135.3 137.4

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304.1 306.9 302.4 306.0 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.8 16.6 16.7 16.5 16.5

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,078.5 4,147.1 4,094.5 4,151.2 7.1 7.2 7.2 7.1 212.9 218.4 212.7 214.6

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,562.3 3,655.7 3,567.5 3,650.1 5.8 5.8 5.7 5.8 240.0 242.1 241.5 244.0

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 691.3 702.2 693.1 705.3 20.0 22.5 20.2 22.3 32.8 33.2 32.8 33.8

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,993.3 3,037.3 2,996.7 3,034.6 3.8 3.9 3.8 3.9 140.3 144.0 140.2 145.2

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291.1 298.7 290.2 298.5 16.4 17.3 16.6 17.3 22.6 24.5 22.5 25.0

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.0 936.0 914.1 945.8 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.7 32.0 36.4 31.9 36.5

Virgin Islands1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.4 35.9 34.7 35.7 – – – – 1.9 2.1 1.9 2.1

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 2022 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

July August July August July August

2022 2023 2022 2023p

2022 2023 2022 2023p2022 2023 2022 2023p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275.7 277.5 275.3 277.0 403.2 406.7 400.5 408.6 23.0 22.8 23.1 22.7

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.4 18.4 18.1 14.9 68.2 67.8 68.4 68.1 4.8 5.0 4.8 5.0

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194.4 195.0 194.9 194.2 594.5 596.7 596.1 595.5 51.8 49.5 51.8 49.3

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163.5 165.3 163.5 164.5 269.1 273.2 269.6 271.2 12.8 12.1 12.8 11.9

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,352.2 1,348.7 1,357.5 1,353.5 3,126.5 3,130.5 3,129.8 3,133.6 609.7 589.6 619.7 584.3

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154.9 156.2 154.4 154.9 500.3 494.2 498.6 492.8 79.0 77.0 78.3 76.9

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158.9 158.2 158.8 158.1 295.4 296.5 293.6 295.2 31.2 31.4 31.6 31.7

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.2 27.5 26.5 27.7 90.0 91.1 89.8 89.9 3.9 3.6 3.8 3.6

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 30.6 30.3 30.5 30.3 20.8 21.3 21.1 21.4

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411.5 424.4 412.3 425.4 1,917.3 1,971.9 1,918.4 1,981.3 156.9 157.2 158.1 157.8

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417.8 416.9 416.8 420.3 1,025.1 1,023.0 1,024.0 1,017.1 124.4 129.3 126.7 130.2

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.6 12.9 12.7 12.9 115.9 116.3 115.9 116.1 8.5 9.0 8.4 9.1

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.5 72.7 74.1 71.9 161.4 163.3 161.9 163.4 9.4 9.9 9.4 9.7

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 576.7 567.8 574.1 567.0 1,221.1 1,219.5 1,221.9 1,217.9 96.8 92.7 97.8 92.8

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546.2 542.4 544.6 542.1 632.2 634.5 630.4 634.2 27.4 26.3 27.2 26.2

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227.0 228.7 225.8 227.6 311.3 313.9 309.8 309.3 19.4 19.8 19.3 20.1

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170.8 170.1 170.4 171.6 271.4 272.6 272.5 271.8 18.6 18.7 18.3 19.0

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254.2 262.5 254.5 263.4 421.7 428.1 421.9 428.4 21.7 22.5 22.0 22.3

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135.0 138.1 135.1 138.5 372.8 368.7 374.1 369.5 23.4 23.5 23.7 23.9

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.4 54.9 55.5 54.6 121.3 121.5 121.5 121.9 8.0 8.0 8.0 7.9

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110.9 109.4 111.0 110.2 477.7 470.9 476.1 468.6 35.8 34.6 35.8 34.6

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240.6 240.1 240.1 238.5 568.6 575.2 567.3 573.8 99.0 98.0 99.2 97.0

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 605.3 608.2 610.8 612.8 806.2 817.9 806.5 814.3 57.2 56.9 57.0 56.8

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329.6 326.6 329.5 327.3 527.7 535.4 527.0 534.7 45.9 46.3 45.9 46.0

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147.7 146.1 147.1 145.2 242.5 243.3 242.9 241.6 10.3 10.2 10.4 10.3

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284.2 291.9 284.9 286.0 555.8 565.1 555.2 556.3 48.6 47.7 48.8 47.9

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.1 23.1 22.3 23.3 100.1 100.2 100.4 99.3 5.9 5.6 6.0 5.5

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104.1 107.1 104.1 106.6 195.6 198.7 195.6 196.9 18.1 18.2 18.1 18.2

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.3 68.4 66.7 69.2 290.5 292.8 291.1 294.7 17.8 18.6 18.5 18.6

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71.0 71.7 70.7 72.3 139.7 140.4 139.6 140.7 12.0 11.5 12.0 11.6

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253.2 254.2 252.6 255.1 912.5 919.8 911.4 917.0 77.5 78.5 78.4 78.8

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.2 30.0 29.5 30.5 141.8 140.9 142.8 140.9 11.0 10.6 11.3 10.9

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427.3 426.6 427.0 425.5 1,476.1 1,453.0 1,474.8 1,445.9 300.1 274.5 299.8 271.1

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476.3 477.1 475.4 472.9 920.4 934.7 918.5 935.3 83.5 83.7 83.4 85.2

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.7 27.8 27.6 27.8 90.9 92.6 90.5 92.3 5.9 5.6 5.9 5.6

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 687.7 691.8 685.6 690.0 1,054.9 1,053.7 1,054.1 1,049.2 70.4 68.0 70.1 68.0

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133.7 136.5 133.6 136.2 319.1 319.2 319.5 320.9 18.1 17.5 18.1 17.5

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197.6 196.1 197.7 195.2 366.5 364.7 367.8 362.4 37.2 38.0 37.1 37.6

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 569.8 570.2 568.2 569.0 1,133.3 1,149.5 1,131.8 1,147.0 95.0 98.0 95.2 97.5

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.1 40.1 40.6 40.2 76.8 75.3 76.6 75.5 5.7 5.7 5.8 5.6

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262.8 264.0 263.5 261.5 434.0 444.6 433.3 444.1 31.0 32.3 31.0 31.9

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.6 46.2 45.5 46.2 90.1 93.6 90.2 93.3 5.3 5.3 5.4 5.3

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367.6 370.9 368.1 369.4 671.8 677.9 673.9 675.1 54.8 56.9 56.0 55.6

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 933.8 968.0 935.4 966.4 2,703.1 2,773.7 2,713.0 2,762.2 235.8 244.6 234.7 240.0

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152.8 154.0 152.7 152.4 312.2 312.5 313.6 312.6 45.6 47.3 45.6 46.4

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.4 28.4 29.5 28.3 51.8 52.8 51.7 52.6 4.6 4.5 4.6 4.5

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246.1 246.5 245.8 246.1 666.1 665.8 666.3 665.9 71.0 72.7 71.0 73.0

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272.9 278.0 273.7 281.2 615.8 617.8 616.5 619.6 175.7 166.6 176.8 166.6

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.5 46.1 46.2 45.8 121.6 121.7 121.2 121.2 7.8 7.9 7.8 8.0

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488.8 486.3 488.5 483.9 550.4 558.0 551.3 556.8 46.8 44.0 47.2 44.4

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.4 10.7 10.4 10.6 53.2 52.3 52.9 52.4 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.2

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.9 83.8 81.9 83.9 181.1 185.5 180.5 186.0 16.4 16.9 16.3 16.8

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 6.7 6.9 6.7 6.9 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2022 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

July August July August July August

2022 2023 2022 2023p

2022 2023 2022 2023p2022 2023 2022 2023p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102.3 102.5 102.5 103.3 262.6 266.0 262.4 268.4 247.9 254.6 249.6 256.7

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.4 12.0 11.4 12.1 29.0 29.7 28.9 30.0 50.1 51.3 50.2 51.4

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248.7 251.3 248.7 253.8 465.5 467.6 470.9 473.6 473.5 493.6 482.8 502.4

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71.3 71.6 71.6 70.6 151.9 150.7 153.7 153.1 195.2 205.2 199.2 206.2

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 845.6 851.3 842.8 850.6 2,880.4 2,900.3 2,889.0 2,905.0 2,901.9 3,068.4 2,923.3 3,086.9

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179.8 172.7 179.2 171.9 494.5 500.8 494.2 501.4 349.8 355.1 352.3 358.8

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119.8 116.0 119.0 115.3 224.5 225.9 223.4 226.6 337.4 349.7 334.8 348.9

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.1 50.1 49.4 50.1 67.0 66.4 67.1 66.5 78.3 81.1 78.6 80.3

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.0 28.7 28.0 28.6 176.2 176.5 175.2 175.0 118.4 120.9 119.3 121.9

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 668.9 683.6 670.4 684.9 1,594.6 1,630.4 1,601.1 1,627.6 1,374.7 1,468.6 1,395.0 1,482.4

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275.2 283.5 275.7 283.1 784.6 762.0 780.9 767.8 623.9 657.1 631.3 661.6

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.9 27.0 27.8 26.9 71.7 72.5 71.8 71.9 85.0 86.7 85.1 87.6

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.7 41.5 41.4 41.2 110.4 114.2 110.6 114.9 121.6 128.1 119.3 126.2

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408.5 420.1 408.0 417.7 987.6 978.1 988.4 974.6 920.8 956.7 923.8 963.1

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149.2 155.4 149.3 153.8 375.2 381.5 375.4 383.2 473.0 486.0 475.9 487.2

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109.3 108.6 109.0 107.5 148.9 141.7 148.6 140.5 218.7 229.1 219.6 232.1

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.7 76.5 76.4 75.8 184.1 185.8 184.4 183.0 200.1 207.9 201.3 208.3

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97.7 93.5 97.3 93.6 229.5 232.0 230.2 231.5 286.4 300.6 288.6 303.3

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90.4 95.1 90.5 95.0 220.0 222.5 220.8 223.1 321.8 334.3 326.0 335.8

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.3 34.3 34.4 34.0 77.3 78.5 77.2 79.2 124.4 128.3 123.9 127.9

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136.1 135.0 135.7 135.1 486.6 475.0 485.8 482.2 446.4 453.4 445.4 454.7

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231.0 236.1 231.2 236.8 648.4 669.1 645.4 665.1 800.8 826.3 798.5 827.5

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234.8 233.1 234.3 231.4 652.4 654.2 652.3 650.9 657.1 674.7 659.2 674.7

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194.7 190.9 194.2 190.3 393.4 393.3 393.6 390.4 542.5 563.3 545.3 564.8

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.2 44.0 44.4 43.6 116.5 113.1 117.5 112.7 142.2 152.2 144.9 153.1

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187.0 189.5 186.7 188.1 385.5 397.5 386.8 395.7 484.3 497.6 485.7 497.0

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.8 28.5 28.7 28.6 52.3 52.5 52.1 52.9 79.6 83.1 80.9 83.5

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71.6 70.3 71.6 70.0 124.2 120.3 124.4 119.2 155.5 159.3 155.7 159.5

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.3 76.4 76.4 76.6 210.3 224.2 212.4 223.9 156.8 166.5 158.6 168.1

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.0 34.3 35.0 34.5 98.3 103.7 98.5 104.0 117.7 123.6 117.6 123.5

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263.2 262.0 263.5 261.9 734.5 721.8 729.3 724.4 719.7 773.4 717.4 770.2

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.1 35.0 35.1 34.3 115.9 114.9 116.8 114.1 137.6 145.5 139.7 146.5

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 748.0 748.8 748.8 751.4 1,391.5 1,396.8 1,390.4 1,379.6 2,082.0 2,198.5 2,078.2 2,207.1

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297.7 301.9 298.1 302.0 742.1 761.4 745.0 765.6 649.0 677.5 655.1 684.9

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.6 24.4 24.6 24.1 35.4 36.7 35.5 36.5 67.3 68.3 67.2 68.1

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321.7 319.5 321.1 317.9 753.9 746.3 754.5 747.7 898.6 930.5 904.5 936.5

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.8 83.2 81.6 83.2 204.9 204.0 205.6 202.4 241.9 250.2 243.4 249.8

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106.9 110.1 106.8 109.0 267.5 272.2 267.3 270.5 298.5 311.8 300.5 313.7

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338.1 342.9 338.0 341.8 846.2 877.2 844.4 872.1 1,235.2 1,290.3 1,238.5 1,293.0

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.5 35.6 35.4 35.6 71.6 68.7 71.4 68.0 102.0 103.9 101.7 104.5

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119.2 123.9 119.3 122.3 309.1 310.5 310.1 311.0 264.1 278.8 267.6 281.3

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.3 27.8 28.3 27.7 37.6 37.9 37.6 39.0 74.3 75.9 75.0 76.8

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177.4 176.8 177.6 177.2 465.2 470.2 466.5 472.5 445.0 464.5 449.7 465.3

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 887.9 925.5 890.5 924.2 2,095.3 2,137.1 2,109.1 2,133.9 1,797.7 1,894.6 1,814.6 1,892.5

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98.4 98.7 98.1 99.4 250.3 252.3 251.5 252.0 218.0 228.6 220.1 229.5

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.2 12.1 12.2 12.2 32.7 33.0 32.6 32.8 60.4 60.2 59.2 59.6

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219.3 218.5 219.3 218.4 814.9 820.9 815.4 815.3 547.1 573.2 552.0 575.5

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167.0 172.5 166.7 172.6 553.2 560.7 555.5 559.7 508.4 542.9 511.3 543.1

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.5 25.8 25.6 26.2 72.5 73.2 72.3 72.9 126.5 129.9 127.1 130.9

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161.0 163.1 160.8 161.8 332.8 330.6 332.0 333.1 456.0 471.8 458.2 473.4

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.7 11.4 11.6 11.4 21.6 21.8 21.4 21.9 28.1 29.9 28.2 29.8

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.8 47.0 46.5 46.9 138.0 138.3 137.8 139.5 115.9 123.1 118.4 124.8

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 2.8 2.9 2.8 2.9 2.3 2.4 2.4 2.5

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2022 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

July August July August July August

2022 2023 2022 2023p

2022 2023 2022 2023p2022 2023 2022 2023p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203.6 213.4 201.5 206.4 99.1 102.5 99.5 102.4 386.3 392.0 388.9 394.8

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.2 45.3 41.8 45.4 11.8 11.5 11.6 11.3 71.9 72.8 74.0 74.6

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328.2 343.4 331.9 342.7 95.8 95.0 95.3 94.7 374.8 388.7 405.9 420.4

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124.9 136.8 125.2 138.1 71.7 74.2 71.7 74.5 193.8 195.2 197.9 199.2

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,974.8 2,092.3 1,981.7 2,088.0 567.3 598.7 567.9 593.2 2,410.6 2,452.6 2,445.4 2,501.3

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357.4 377.6 354.5 376.9 126.3 127.1 125.6 126.7 431.5 455.4 441.3 459.9

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163.3 171.3 161.6 168.4 63.1 63.4 62.9 62.9 209.4 213.8 210.8 214.1

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.0 60.3 54.5 59.3 18.7 18.0 18.7 17.9 65.5 66.6 64.2 65.6

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70.4 77.4 70.7 76.8 67.0 70.8 66.7 70.4 249.6 243.1 234.2 232.2

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,244.4 1,299.6 1,248.0 1,295.3 343.0 352.5 344.2 353.0 1,016.9 1,040.1 1,084.8 1,109.8

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 501.5 537.5 496.5 535.0 164.9 173.0 164.9 173.1 654.3 675.6 678.4 695.9

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114.3 121.1 114.9 120.6 26.5 27.1 26.4 27.4 117.3 119.5 116.2 115.3

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94.6 99.3 94.7 97.6 28.4 30.0 28.4 29.9 120.6 127.0 121.6 126.6

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 597.6 631.3 598.9 626.2 251.9 254.7 250.8 252.2 759.4 786.4 758.4 783.9

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315.1 327.5 314.6 323.6 130.6 136.4 128.3 133.8 369.7 377.9 407.5 412.5

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144.4 150.8 143.7 152.4 56.5 56.2 56.4 56.2 240.0 243.0 242.9 246.7

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131.7 136.6 131.6 135.6 50.5 50.0 50.5 49.7 231.5 236.5 237.7 242.5

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202.8 207.5 202.7 207.6 67.1 68.9 66.9 69.5 269.5 279.4 293.5 302.5

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213.9 221.0 214.1 217.8 71.7 69.9 71.5 70.8 297.8 303.5 304.8 309.9

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85.4 86.0 84.1 86.9 22.8 22.8 22.7 22.6 93.2 94.9 92.0 93.4

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269.9 278.4 267.5 274.9 108.7 111.2 108.1 112.4 498.3 513.6 495.8 514.5

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383.4 401.9 381.9 404.3 143.5 145.5 142.9 146.1 432.8 440.5 427.6 436.0

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433.8 449.5 434.3 451.3 167.3 162.2 167.3 164.6 549.4 569.9 564.0 582.2

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277.5 289.7 278.6 290.3 109.6 110.2 109.6 110.8 388.9 399.5 384.5 393.9

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135.0 135.9 135.3 134.2 39.2 38.5 39.0 38.5 227.7 227.9 229.9 230.9

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313.9 334.2 313.5 330.4 115.3 121.6 115.0 121.3 403.6 408.2 403.3 414.2

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78.7 80.1 77.8 81.0 20.0 20.5 19.8 21.0 85.1 83.8 84.9 85.1

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95.6 101.3 96.0 100.4 37.5 40.6 37.4 40.5 161.7 164.4 163.3 165.2

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343.8 365.6 344.8 365.7 43.3 42.6 43.5 42.8 157.6 165.7 160.1 168.5

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82.6 81.1 82.3 80.3 25.5 25.2 25.4 24.9 77.0 78.6 77.2 79.0

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427.1 448.7 425.2 444.3 169.1 171.7 168.6 172.2 549.4 558.6 550.4 561.5

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98.5 104.5 98.5 103.1 29.8 29.4 29.6 28.6 168.7 177.3 176.4 181.2

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 936.3 986.3 931.3 983.2 386.0 398.0 384.2 398.4 1,437.3 1,444.8 1,434.1 1,443.3

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528.7 557.1 526.0 554.6 170.8 175.8 170.4 174.2 644.1 654.1 693.4 703.9

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.7 42.4 40.6 41.9 14.9 15.9 14.9 15.3 75.7 75.7 75.5 77.6

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 576.1 614.1 572.3 609.9 209.7 220.4 209.0 222.9 741.3 754.7 742.5 757.0

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176.1 186.5 177.0 186.7 67.9 68.2 67.5 68.2 331.9 339.5 335.0 341.2

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209.5 219.0 209.6 221.0 63.0 64.7 63.0 65.3 276.0 285.3 278.4 287.8

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 578.5 607.5 576.7 606.0 255.0 263.9 254.0 263.7 640.9 650.9 640.6 655.9

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.3 64.6 63.9 64.7 22.4 21.4 22.4 21.1 61.0 61.0 61.4 60.9

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277.6 292.7 276.2 288.1 82.6 84.3 82.7 83.5 356.1 362.9 358.3 364.1

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.7 53.1 53.7 53.9 18.3 18.1 18.2 18.1 74.9 76.4 75.8 76.8

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355.9 372.1 355.9 368.8 127.0 131.2 127.0 131.1 404.1 417.7 421.9 434.1

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,448.2 1,495.6 1,445.3 1,483.8 456.6 475.5 455.2 480.0 1,919.8 1,968.6 1,934.7 1,988.2

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166.9 185.8 168.0 184.3 44.5 48.9 44.5 48.2 237.4 246.1 244.2 252.3

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.7 36.6 35.3 37.0 10.2 9.7 10.2 9.7 49.6 52.1 49.7 52.0

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419.0 427.8 414.8 421.9 193.9 197.5 193.0 195.3 681.1 698.6 697.0 718.1

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341.7 363.5 345.0 364.0 122.2 130.4 122.0 131.1 559.6 575.4 552.8 562.4

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.1 74.1 72.3 73.1 24.2 25.5 24.1 25.6 140.8 142.3 143.5 145.5

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291.9 306.2 290.9 305.5 148.2 152.2 147.9 152.2 373.3 377.2 375.9 374.4

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.3 44.6 42.7 43.5 16.2 18.0 16.1 17.7 64.4 65.0 64.7 65.7

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86.9 93.9 86.6 94.4 18.5 19.3 18.4 19.2 188.9 191.1 195.2 197.1

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.4 6.2 6.2 6.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 11.4 11.5 10.8 11.3

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2022 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

preliminary and will be revised when new information becomes available.
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Map 2. Percentage change in nonfarm employment by state,

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