For release 10:00 a.m. (EST) Friday, January 18, 2019 USDL-19-0078 

Technical information: 

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STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT — DECEMBER 2018

Unemployment rates were higher in December in 4 states, lower in 3 states, and stable in 43 states and 

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

rate decreases from a year earlier and 36 states and the District had little or no change. The national 

unemployment rate rose by 0.2 percentage point from November to 3.9 percent but was 0.2 point lower 

than in December 2017. 

Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 8 states in December 2018 and was essentially unchanged in 

42 states and the District of Columbia. Over the year, 40 states added nonfarm payroll jobs and 10 states 

and the District were essentially unchanged.

Unemployment

Iowa had the lowest unemployment rate in December, 2.4 percent. Alaska had the highest jobless rate, 

6.3 percent. In total, 16 states had unemployment rates lower than the U.S. figure of 3.9 percent, 8 states 

and the District of Columbia had higher rates, and 26 states had rates that were not appreciably different 

from that of the nation. (See tables A and 1 and map 1.) 

In December, four states had unemployment rate increases: Colorado and Oregon (+0.2 percentage point 

each) and Arizona and New Mexico (+0.1 point each). Three states had over-the-month rate decreases: 

Delaware, Maryland, and North Dakota (-0.1 percentage point each). The remaining 43 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.

Fourteen states had unemployment rate changes from December 2017, all of which were decreases. The 

largest decline occurred in New Mexico (-1.3 percentage points). (See table B.) 

Nonfarm Payroll Employment 

Nonfarm payroll employment increased in eight states in December 2018. The largest job gains occurred 

in Texas (+38,000), Florida (+22,800), and Georgia (+16,700). In percentage terms, the largest increase 

occurred in South Carolina (+0.5 percent), followed by Alabama, Colorado, Georgia, and Indiana (+0.4 

percent each). (See tables C and 3.) 
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Forty states had over-the-year increases in nonfarm payroll employment in December. The largest job 

gains occurred in Texas (+391,800), California (+284,300), and Florida (+231,200). The largest 

percentage gain occurred in Nevada (+3.9 percent), followed by Arizona (+3.4 percent) and Texas (+3.2 

percent). (See table D and map 2.) 

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The Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment news release for December 2018 is 

scheduled to be released on Wednesday, January 30, 2019, at 10:00 a.m. (EST). The Regional and 

State Unemployment 2018 Annual Averages news release is scheduled to be released on Thursday, 

February 28, 2019, at 10:00 a.m. (EST). The State Employment and Unemployment news release 

for January 2019 is scheduled to be released on Monday, March 11, 2019, at 10:00 a.m. (EDT).

Upcoming Changes to Local Area Unemployment Statistics Data 

Effective with the release of Regional and State Unemployment 2018 Annual Averages on Thursday, 

February 28, 2019, the civilian labor force and unemployment data for the states, the District of 

Columbia, and the modeled substate areas presented in tables 1 and 2 of this news release will be revised 

to incorporate updated inputs, new population controls, reestimation of models, and adjustment to new 

census division and national control totals. Data in table 1 will be re-seasonally adjusted as well. Both 

not seasonally adjusted and seasonally adjusted data are subject to revision back to 2014. 

Upcoming Changes to Current Employment Statistics Data

Effective with the release of January 2019 estimates on March 11, 2019, all nonfarm payroll 

employment estimates for states and areas presented in tables 3 and 4 of this news release will be 

adjusted to 2018 benchmark levels.

Not seasonally adjusted data beginning with April 2017 and seasonally adjusted data beginning with 

January 2014 are subject to revision. Some seasonally adjusted series may be revised back to 1990. 
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State Rate p

United States 1 ................................................ 3.9

Alaska ............................................................ 6.3

Arizona ........................................................... 4.8

District of Columbia .......................................... 5.5

Florida ............................................................ 3.3

Hawaii ............................................................. 2.5

Idaho .............................................................. 2.6

Iowa ................................................................ 2.4

Kansas ........................................................... 3.3

Louisiana ........................................................ 4.9

Minnesota ....................................................... 2.8

Mississippi ...................................................... 4.7

Missouri .......................................................... 3.1

Nebraska ........................................................ 2.8

New Hampshire ............................................... 2.5

New Mexico .................................................... 4.7

North Dakota ................................................... 2.7

Ohio ............................................................... 4.6

Oklahoma ....................................................... 3.2

South Dakota .................................................. 2.9

Utah ............................................................... 3.2

Vermont .......................................................... 2.7

Virginia ........................................................... 2.8

Washington ..................................................... 4.3

West Virginia ................................................... 5.1

Wisconsin ....................................................... 3.0

1

 Data are not preliminary.

p

 = preliminary.

Table A. States with unemployment rates significantly different from that

of the U.S., December 2018, seasonally adjusted
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Table B. States with statistically significant unemployment rate changes from December 2017

to December 2018, seasonally adjusted

December 2017 December 2018 p

Alaska ....................................... 7.2 6.3 -0.9

California .................................... 4.5 4.2 -.3

Delaware .................................... 4.5 3.7 -.8

Florida ....................................... 3.9 3.3 -.6

Georgia ...................................... 4.5 3.6 -.9

Iowa .......................................... 2.9 2.4 -.5

New Jersey ................................ 4.7 4.0 -.7

New Mexico ............................... 6.0 4.7 -1.3

New York ................................... 4.7 3.9 -.8

North Carolina ............................ 4.5 3.6 -.9

Oklahoma .................................. 4.1 3.2 -.9

South Carolina ............................ 4.2 3.3 -.9

South Dakota ............................. 3.4 2.9 -.5

Virginia ...................................... 3.6 2.8 -.8

p

 = preliminary.

State

Rate Over-the-year 

change p

Table C. States with statistically significant employment changes from November 2018 to

December 2018, seasonally adjusted

November December

2018 2018 p Level Percent

Alabama .................................... 2,055,700 2,063,800 8,100 0.4

Colorado .................................... 2,752,400 2,762,200 9,800 .4

Florida ....................................... 8,868,400 8,891,200 22,800 .3

Georgia ..................................... 4,584,300 4,601,000 16,700 .4

Indiana ...................................... 3,146,200 3,159,400 13,200 .4

South Carolina ........................... 2,140,400 2,151,200 10,800 .5

Texas ........................................ 12,706,100 12,744,100 38,000 .3

Washington ............................... 3,463,300 3,474,700 11,400 .3

p

 = preliminary.

State Over-the-month change p
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Table D. States with statistically significant employment changes from December 2017 to

December 2018, seasonally adjusted

December December

2017 2018 p Level Percent

Alabama .................................... 2,020,200 2,063,800 43,600 2.2

Arizona ...................................... 2,795,100 2,889,200 94,100 3.4

Arkansas ................................... 1,239,000 1,256,100 17,100 1.4

California ................................... 17,002,900 17,287,200 284,300 1.7

Colorado .................................... 2,686,800 2,762,200 75,400 2.8

Connecticut ............................... 1,685,600 1,705,500 19,900 1.2

Delaware ................................... 455,500 465,700 10,200 2.2

Florida ....................................... 8,660,000 8,891,200 231,200 2.7

Georgia ..................................... 4,487,200 4,601,000 113,800 2.5

Idaho ......................................... 728,100 742,600 14,500 2.0

 

Illinois ........................................ 6,081,200 6,152,200 71,000 1.2

Indiana ...................................... 3,114,900 3,159,400 44,500 1.4

Kansas ...................................... 1,411,300 1,431,400 20,100 1.4

Kentucky ................................... 1,924,000 1,945,300 21,300 1.1

Maryland ................................... 2,716,100 2,767,000 50,900 1.9

Massachusetts .......................... 3,628,600 3,694,400 65,800 1.8

Michigan .................................... 4,394,800 4,449,800 55,000 1.3

Minnesota .................................. 2,943,700 2,975,900 32,200 1.1

Missouri .................................... 2,880,600 2,919,600 39,000 1.4

Nebraska ................................... 1,021,100 1,033,800 12,700 1.2

 

Nevada ...................................... 1,359,800 1,412,200 52,400 3.9

New Hampshire .......................... 677,900 696,000 18,100 2.7

New Jersey ................................ 4,146,800 4,208,700 61,900 1.5

New Mexico ............................... 835,800 855,700 19,900 2.4

New York ................................... 9,573,000 9,694,900 121,900 1.3

North Carolina ............................ 4,449,200 4,536,400 87,200 2.0

North Dakota .............................. 426,200 435,200 9,000 2.1

Ohio .......................................... 5,534,300 5,650,800 116,500 2.1

Oklahoma .................................. 1,677,900 1,703,400 25,500 1.5

Oregon ...................................... 1,896,800 1,931,900 35,100 1.9

 

Pennsylvania .............................. 5,993,600 6,068,400 74,800 1.2

South Carolina ........................... 2,110,000 2,151,200 41,200 2.0

South Dakota ............................. 438,200 447,000 8,800 2.0

Tennessee ................................. 3,027,000 3,086,100 59,100 2.0

Texas ........................................ 12,352,300 12,744,100 391,800 3.2

Utah .......................................... 1,490,300 1,536,700 46,400 3.1

Virginia ...................................... 3,954,100 4,031,100 77,000 1.9

Washington ............................... 3,370,700 3,474,700 104,000 3.1

Wisconsin ................................. 2,953,300 3,001,600 48,300 1.6

Wyoming ................................... 283,300 291,300 8,000 2.8

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 placeof-residence basis. The universe for each is the civilian 

noninstitutional population 16 years of age and older. 

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

profit in the reference week (typically the week including the 

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

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

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

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

illness, or vacation. 

 Unemployed people are those who were not employed during 

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

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

reference week, and were currently available for work; people

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

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

employed and unemployed people. The unemployment rate is 

the number of unemployed as a percent of the civilian labor 

force.

 Method of estimation. Estimates for 48 states, the District 

of Columbia, the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale 

metropolitan division, New York City, and the balances of 

California and New York State are produced using time-series 

models. This method, which underwent substantial 

enhancement at the beginning of 2015, utilizes data from 

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

unemployment insurance (UI) programs. Estimates for the state 

of California are derived by summing the estimates for the Los 

Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale metropolitan division and the 

balance of California. Similarly, estimates for New York State

are derived by summing the estimates for New York City and 

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

substate areas contained in this release (the Cleveland-Elyria 

and Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metropolitan areas and the 

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

and their respective balances of state are produced using a 

similar model-based approach.

 Each month, estimates for the nine census divisions first are

modeled using inputs from the CPS only and controlled to the 

national totals. State estimates then are controlled to their 

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

estimates for the five areas noted above also are controlled to 

their respective state totals. This tiered process of controlling 

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

benchmarking. Estimates for Puerto Rico are derived from a 

monthly household survey similar to the CPS. A more detailed 

description of the estimation procedures is available from BLS 

upon request.

 Annual revisions. Civilian labor force and unemployment 

data for prior years reflect adjustments made after the end of 

each year. The adjusted estimates reflect updated population 

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

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

data for the most recent five years are revised near the 

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

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

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

 Seasonal adjustment. The LAUS models decompose the 

estimates of employed and unemployed people into trend, 

seasonal, and irregular components. Prior to 2018, the 

benchmarked trend component of each measure had been

smoothed using a Trend-Cycle Cascade Filter. With changes 

implemented in early 2018, the benchmarked signals of 

employed and unemployed people first are adjusted using an X11 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.

 In early 2018, historical data were re-estimated back to the 

series beginnings in 1976, 1990, or 1994 to incorporate the 

changes to the seasonal adjustment and smoothing procedures 

described above.

 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 July 15, 2015. A detailed 

list of the geographic definitions is available online at 

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

Employment—from the CES program

 Definitions. Employment data refer to persons on 

establishment payrolls who receive pay for any part of the pay 

period that includes the 12th of the month. Persons are counted 

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

those appearing on more than one payroll are counted on each 
payroll. Industries are classified on the basis of their principal 

activity in accordance with the 2017 version of the North 

American Industry Classification System. 

 Method of estimation. CES State and Area employment

data are produced using several estimation procedures. Where 

possible these data are produced using a "weighted link 

relative" estimation technique in which a ratio of current month 

weighted employment to that of the previous-month weighted 

employment is computed from a sample of establishments 

reporting for both months. The estimates of employment for the 

current month are then obtained by multiplying these ratios by 

the previous month’s employment estimates. The weighted link 

relative technique is utilized for data series where the sample 

size meets certain statistical criteria. 

 For some employment series, the sample of establishments is 

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

approach is used in estimation. These models use the direct 

sample estimates (described above), combined with forecasts of 

historical (benchmarked) data to decrease volatility in 

estimation. Two different models (Fay-Herriot Model and 

Small Domain Model) are used depending on the industry level 

being estimated. For more detailed information about each 

model, refer to the BLS Handbook of Methods.

 Annual revisions. Employment estimates are adjusted 

annually to a complete count of jobs, called benchmarks, 

derived principally from tax reports that are submitted by 

employers who are covered under state unemployment 

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

adjust the monthly estimates between the new benchmark and 

the preceding one and also to establish the level of employment 

for the new benchmark month. Thus, the benchmarking process 

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

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

subsequent months. Information on recent benchmark revisions 

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

 Seasonal adjustment. Payroll employment data are 

seasonally adjusted at the statewide expanded supersector level. 

In some cases, the seasonally adjusted payroll employment total 

is computed by aggregating the independently adjusted 

supersector series. In other cases, the seasonally adjusted 

payroll employment total is independently adjusted. Revisions 

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

year, coincident with annual benchmark adjustments.

 Beginning with the release of January 2018 preliminary 

estimates, 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 in order to incorporate real-time 

estimates. Previously, the sample-based seasonal factors were 

forecasted once annually at the beginning of the year and 

applied to the sample-based estimates for the 12 months of the 

year. 

 

 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. Because each state series is subject to larger 

sampling and nonsampling errors than the national series, 

summing them 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-of-states" 

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 7,000 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/. Information in this 

release will be made available to sensory impaired individuals 

upon request. Voice phone: (202) 691-5200; Federal Relay 

Service: (800) 877-8339.
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

Dec.

2017

Oct.

2018

Nov.

2018

Dec.

2018p

Number Percent of labor force

Dec.

2017

Oct.

2018

Nov.

2018

Dec.

2018p

Dec.

2017

Oct.

2018

Nov.

2018

Dec.

2018p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,163,554 2,212,672 2,215,688 2,216,217 82,378 89,745 87,754 86,023 3.8 4.1 4.0 3.9

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362,473 356,349 355,986 355,543 26,220 22,777 22,469 22,390 7.2 6.4 6.3 6.3

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,339,431 3,400,870 3,423,764 3,446,535 157,747 158,128 159,915 165,508 4.7 4.6 4.7 4.8

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,356,940 1,346,590 1,348,197 1,350,399 50,413 47,447 48,185 49,111 3.7 3.5 3.6 3.6

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,386,465 19,441,591 19,517,174 19,593,041 866,372 804,301 806,649 813,858 4.5 4.1 4.1 4.2

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale1. . . . 5,145,895 5,159,362 5,169,058 5,178,725 231,986 239,824 243,239 247,045 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,029,796 3,101,129 3,108,593 3,118,212 91,834 98,159 102,398 107,888 3.0 3.2 3.3 3.5

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,912,551 1,909,333 1,916,633 1,923,569 86,384 79,978 77,672 76,220 4.5 4.2 4.1 4.0

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477,882 486,709 486,610 487,141 21,694 19,128 18,678 18,175 4.5 3.9 3.8 3.7

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401,428 405,221 404,505 404,563 23,740 22,857 22,641 22,280 5.9 5.6 5.6 5.5

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,138,193 10,246,102 10,255,943 10,277,514 397,032 345,107 335,035 334,552 3.9 3.4 3.3 3.3

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall1. . . . . . . . . . . 1,387,964 1,378,646 1,372,136 1,373,206 65,218 52,417 50,560 49,639 4.7 3.8 3.7 3.6

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,091,491 5,152,449 5,148,033 5,147,244 228,219 184,567 182,363 184,632 4.5 3.6 3.5 3.6

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 682,852 686,178 685,088 683,405 14,670 15,751 16,361 16,900 2.1 2.3 2.4 2.5

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 841,774 853,478 854,324 856,337 25,163 22,825 22,391 22,581 3.0 2.7 2.6 2.6

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,500,446 6,488,104 6,499,383 6,500,922 318,122 270,067 273,823 277,518 4.9 4.2 4.2 4.3

Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights1. . . 3,809,750 3,738,728 3,746,841 3,748,469 196,375 143,812 144,905 144,619 5.2 3.8 3.9 3.9

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,320,260 3,402,196 3,404,512 3,406,055 113,473 119,668 121,782 121,865 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.6

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,674,894 1,688,173 1,689,650 1,691,947 49,267 41,165 40,611 40,631 2.9 2.4 2.4 2.4

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,478,476 1,485,048 1,487,086 1,489,906 52,249 48,455 48,286 48,972 3.5 3.3 3.2 3.3

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,053,713 2,075,387 2,075,651 2,074,067 93,188 94,029 92,616 90,987 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.4

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,115,536 2,117,244 2,113,704 2,112,783 99,639 105,949 105,212 104,350 4.7 5.0 5.0 4.9

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 700,192 705,416 704,588 703,363 22,048 23,831 23,959 24,017 3.1 3.4 3.4 3.4

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,221,685 3,227,308 3,226,008 3,226,938 130,611 131,380 127,911 125,219 4.1 4.1 4.0 3.9

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,657,291 3,832,804 3,836,955 3,842,000 128,878 134,070 130,014 126,215 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.3

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,900,207 4,891,985 4,893,073 4,898,032 230,939 191,347 191,773 195,680 4.7 3.9 3.9 4.0

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,119,694 2,113,557 2,114,520 2,119,152 93,642 84,083 84,785 87,233 4.4 4.0 4.0 4.1

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,069,832 3,095,093 3,092,089 3,093,361 101,630 86,131 85,326 86,683 3.3 2.8 2.8 2.8

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,277,573 1,286,545 1,284,184 1,281,089 60,933 60,832 60,052 60,121 4.8 4.7 4.7 4.7

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,048,394 3,065,464 3,065,748 3,066,573 111,386 94,361 93,427 95,242 3.7 3.1 3.0 3.1

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 526,944 524,250 525,538 526,793 21,531 19,151 19,282 19,425 4.1 3.7 3.7 3.7

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,007,050 1,018,320 1,020,898 1,024,189 29,309 28,706 28,646 28,472 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.8

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,473,704 1,512,276 1,518,759 1,524,835 71,981 67,145 67,098 67,457 4.9 4.4 4.4 4.4

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 746,676 762,411 763,003 763,896 19,431 19,724 19,175 18,719 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.5

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,513,664 4,492,649 4,495,138 4,501,043 213,490 183,999 178,614 178,097 4.7 4.1 4.0 4.0

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 931,571 943,172 945,752 949,047 55,772 43,154 43,675 44,851 6.0 4.6 4.6 4.7

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,708,580 9,736,073 9,757,146 9,781,522 454,939 387,542 379,379 378,512 4.7 4.0 3.9 3.9

New York City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,226,764 4,230,397 4,229,536 4,230,278 186,749 168,390 167,105 169,090 4.4 4.0 4.0 4.0

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,966,113 4,992,207 4,991,418 4,996,890 221,849 181,524 177,263 178,436 4.5 3.6 3.6 3.6

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413,573 403,110 402,429 402,143 10,905 11,103 11,073 10,827 2.6 2.8 2.8 2.7

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,782,017 5,770,527 5,765,675 5,766,953 281,000 265,842 263,179 264,830 4.9 4.6 4.6 4.6

Cleveland-Elyria2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,028,091 1,037,393 1,038,509 1,039,495 55,740 53,035 53,034 53,081 5.4 5.1 5.1 5.1

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,841,801 1,861,846 1,856,839 1,849,452 76,235 62,669 60,382 59,073 4.1 3.4 3.3 3.2

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,120,955 2,111,671 2,113,776 2,116,656 87,979 81,126 83,014 85,905 4.1 3.8 3.9 4.1

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,418,025 6,420,029 6,440,509 6,461,982 309,542 265,515 268,903 273,620 4.8 4.1 4.2 4.2

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 556,267 561,241 560,942 561,039 25,118 21,340 21,322 21,662 4.5 3.8 3.8 3.9

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,318,724 2,307,307 2,312,108 2,319,627 97,879 76,220 76,710 77,087 4.2 3.3 3.3 3.3

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456,271 458,734 459,213 459,958 15,555 13,602 13,578 13,525 3.4 3.0 3.0 2.9

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,218,569 3,253,312 3,256,234 3,259,991 106,726 119,000 118,641 116,136 3.3 3.7 3.6 3.6

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,591,013 13,833,006 13,859,710 13,902,459 537,688 516,686 511,818 515,093 4.0 3.7 3.7 3.7

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,573,889 1,584,648 1,581,453 1,579,468 50,150 49,973 50,030 49,946 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344,870 346,058 345,113 344,405 10,050 9,636 9,380 9,182 2.9 2.8 2.7 2.7

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,318,483 4,353,411 4,355,029 4,359,242 156,280 124,756 123,920 123,180 3.6 2.9 2.8 2.8

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,754,871 3,781,532 3,795,986 3,812,295 176,864 162,764 163,149 165,727 4.7 4.3 4.3 4.3

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,666,021 1,687,653 1,692,080 1,696,630 64,373 56,436 56,090 56,687 3.9 3.3 3.3 3.3

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 781,852 780,919 780,996 781,846 42,251 40,511 40,254 40,104 5.4 5.2 5.2 5.1

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,158,257 3,163,914 3,156,373 3,149,038 100,861 95,113 94,355 93,384 3.2 3.0 3.0 3.0

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292,305 285,523 286,248 286,749 12,105 11,726 11,759 11,619 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.1

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,095,052 1,092,360 1,081,694 1,079,796 119,918 87,305 83,828 89,429 11.0 8.0 7.7 8.3

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. 15-01, dated July 15, 2015, 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

November December Number Percent of labor force

2017 2018 2017 2018p

November December November December

2017 2018 2017 2018p 2017 2018 2017 2018p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,161,741 2,219,313 2,150,786 2,202,871 74,457 75,448 73,328 77,573 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.5

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359,192 352,679 357,686 349,408 25,753 22,044 25,985 22,508 7.2 6.3 7.3 6.4

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,349,772 3,490,916 3,347,605 3,486,647 151,672 154,906 153,192 177,077 4.5 4.4 4.6 5.1

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,352,672 1,349,752 1,342,354 1,344,817 44,046 45,047 48,463 49,184 3.3 3.3 3.6 3.7

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,383,662 19,715,588 19,318,482 19,681,627 812,588 777,582 803,663 810,996 4.2 3.9 4.2 4.1

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale1. . . . 5,151,157 5,203,614 5,129,929 5,188,681 221,228 240,434 211,073 239,883 4.3 4.6 4.1 4.6

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,032,759 3,123,449 3,031,829 3,130,637 87,030 105,579 89,514 120,048 2.9 3.4 3.0 3.8

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,902,380 1,926,113 1,895,645 1,923,181 77,595 58,372 75,196 62,295 4.1 3.0 4.0 3.2

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477,363 484,731 477,137 488,154 19,340 14,419 19,425 14,782 4.1 3.0 4.1 3.0

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401,397 404,198 400,171 404,346 22,642 21,182 21,616 19,597 5.6 5.2 5.4 4.8

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,116,131 10,250,163 10,091,645 10,278,909 389,257 313,079 371,952 340,753 3.8 3.1 3.7 3.3

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall1. . . . . . . . . . . 1,391,504 1,364,861 1,397,491 1,400,132 62,595 44,197 65,241 50,142 4.5 3.2 4.7 3.6

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,088,573 5,122,164 5,090,476 5,137,448 215,282 171,378 218,200 192,827 4.2 3.3 4.3 3.8

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 683,241 681,820 682,638 676,807 14,520 17,757 12,014 15,500 2.1 2.6 1.8 2.3

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 843,194 855,275 840,982 858,219 25,158 22,056 24,269 24,198 3.0 2.6 2.9 2.8

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,494,157 6,521,202 6,464,968 6,448,956 296,032 270,283 302,301 284,267 4.6 4.1 4.7 4.4

Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights1. . . 3,795,425 3,754,003 3,782,099 3,718,381 181,316 135,820 184,399 135,476 4.8 3.6 4.9 3.6

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,310,187 3,392,898 3,280,820 3,372,001 105,283 123,819 100,908 114,342 3.2 3.6 3.1 3.4

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,671,857 1,690,339 1,664,423 1,689,853 41,027 31,757 47,974 41,986 2.5 1.9 2.9 2.5

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,480,776 1,492,877 1,471,948 1,491,587 46,579 43,478 44,738 45,768 3.1 2.9 3.0 3.1

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,043,061 2,064,521 2,038,066 2,054,677 78,663 72,812 77,872 77,857 3.9 3.5 3.8 3.8

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,118,485 2,106,892 2,103,197 2,095,299 89,197 94,401 84,742 90,463 4.2 4.5 4.0 4.3

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 695,326 697,637 692,068 692,987 20,619 22,654 18,043 22,190 3.0 3.2 2.6 3.2

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,217,600 3,219,386 3,198,599 3,214,609 128,111 112,921 122,544 110,801 4.0 3.5 3.8 3.4

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,644,703 3,812,500 3,636,531 3,821,903 110,579 98,370 111,847 103,552 3.0 2.6 3.1 2.7

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,886,970 4,890,837 4,875,550 4,884,472 199,719 174,172 216,550 197,257 4.1 3.6 4.4 4.0

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,113,382 2,113,575 2,111,754 2,125,407 82,264 80,959 86,219 88,601 3.9 3.8 4.1 4.2

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,065,061 3,076,659 3,061,445 3,089,811 85,587 67,860 103,858 97,928 2.8 2.2 3.4 3.2

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,275,900 1,275,304 1,277,300 1,273,890 54,914 52,874 56,337 60,490 4.3 4.1 4.4 4.7

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,031,261 3,045,837 3,020,519 3,043,803 94,198 76,535 99,395 92,824 3.1 2.5 3.3 3.0

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524,065 526,398 522,394 525,272 21,236 18,724 22,008 20,489 4.1 3.6 4.2 3.9

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,005,855 1,024,819 1,001,779 1,025,742 25,431 24,694 28,001 26,645 2.5 2.4 2.8 2.6

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,476,492 1,533,697 1,476,211 1,531,376 68,989 63,660 69,474 65,897 4.7 4.2 4.7 4.3

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 744,516 760,662 740,737 760,795 17,953 16,511 16,849 15,837 2.4 2.2 2.3 2.1

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,493,166 4,474,591 4,479,374 4,500,526 194,923 138,563 186,168 162,678 4.3 3.1 4.2 3.6

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 938,165 957,307 937,403 960,717 53,171 43,833 51,696 46,131 5.7 4.6 5.5 4.8

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,636,664 9,733,303 9,586,148 9,744,236 427,162 338,977 424,725 366,717 4.4 3.5 4.4 3.8

New York City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,205,495 4,202,669 4,189,865 4,201,778 171,135 156,408 165,902 165,882 4.1 3.7 4.0 3.9

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,966,393 4,994,533 4,927,249 4,979,245 222,302 172,558 213,913 187,253 4.5 3.5 4.3 3.8

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408,808 397,181 406,978 396,398 9,368 8,790 10,669 9,563 2.3 2.2 2.6 2.4

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,766,426 5,756,717 5,732,467 5,741,917 251,694 237,120 259,783 272,863 4.4 4.1 4.5 4.8

Cleveland-Elyria2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,020,176 1,033,690 1,005,220 1,020,599 46,137 45,850 48,039 49,869 4.5 4.4 4.8 4.9

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,854,292 1,848,439 1,840,707 1,821,813 71,883 52,727 72,319 54,941 3.9 2.9 3.9 3.0

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,127,353 2,122,967 2,111,916 2,106,593 83,663 84,990 81,190 86,547 3.9 4.0 3.8 4.1

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,392,642 6,457,129 6,358,094 6,456,636 280,809 245,004 278,310 255,096 4.4 3.8 4.4 4.0

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 559,063 562,607 556,897 562,008 23,787 20,885 23,412 21,388 4.3 3.7 4.2 3.8

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,304,383 2,309,103 2,300,845 2,321,824 92,499 72,593 96,152 75,871 4.0 3.1 4.2 3.3

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456,151 459,971 453,465 458,303 14,904 12,968 15,962 13,708 3.3 2.8 3.5 3.0

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,210,614 3,261,890 3,202,657 3,253,151 101,299 107,695 98,979 98,458 3.2 3.3 3.1 3.0

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,613,780 13,937,051 13,598,061 13,976,348 515,473 482,539 501,845 504,658 3.8 3.5 3.7 3.6

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,579,016 1,576,366 1,577,752 1,574,895 43,482 43,520 44,924 45,411 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.9

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344,178 342,116 342,891 340,965 9,085 7,848 8,556 7,681 2.6 2.3 2.5 2.3

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,290,731 4,336,348 4,274,412 4,332,814 146,405 116,953 142,929 113,181 3.4 2.7 3.3 2.6

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,755,206 3,831,119 3,748,141 3,836,549 174,366 169,253 182,468 181,399 4.6 4.4 4.9 4.7

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,662,530 1,692,697 1,663,045 1,691,608 67,597 60,851 60,936 56,864 4.1 3.6 3.7 3.4

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 778,514 777,767 773,775 774,292 38,899 36,022 40,372 37,262 5.0 4.6 5.2 4.8

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,154,455 3,131,102 3,132,675 3,105,642 87,480 81,845 84,035 81,710 2.8 2.6 2.7 2.6

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291,608 288,404 289,592 285,511 11,649 11,008 11,632 11,048 4.0 3.8 4.0 3.9

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,106,581 1,074,567 1,110,787 1,093,175 114,449 81,206 109,768 93,029 10.3 7.6 9.9 8.5

1 Metropolitan division.

2 Metropolitan statistical area.

p Preliminary

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

Management and Budget Bulletin No. 15-01, dated July 15, 2015, 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

Dec.

2017

Oct.

2018

Nov.

2018

Dec.

2018p

Dec.

2017

Oct.

2018

Nov.

2018

Dec.

2018p

Dec.

2017

Oct.

2018

Nov.

2018

Dec.

2018p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,020.2 2,053.0 2,055.7 2,063.8 85.1 87.2 87.8 88.9 265.0 273.8 274.0 276.3

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326.5 327.4 325.8 326.1 15.8 15.5 15.4 15.4 12.5 13.3 12.0 12.5

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,795.1 2,884.9 2,891.5 2,889.2 151.3 166.5 168.6 170.2 169.1 175.8 176.8 176.6

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,239.0 1,252.3 1,254.3 1,256.1 51.3 52.4 52.9 53.2 157.9 160.2 160.2 161.7

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,002.9 17,237.0 17,262.7 17,287.2 836.7 857.8 859.7 858.4 1,316.4 1,318.2 1,320.8 1,322.2

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,686.8 2,748.0 2,752.4 2,762.2 169.7 170.6 169.3 169.5 144.2 147.5 148.0 149.8

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,685.6 1,703.4 1,704.4 1,705.5 57.3 63.7 64.9 67.0 163.8 164.7 164.4 164.1

Delaware2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455.5 464.2 464.5 465.7 22.5 23.7 23.8 24.1 25.8 26.1 26.2 26.2

District of Columbia2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 794.0 795.2 794.2 796.3 15.7 16.1 16.2 16.2 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.4

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,660.0 8,849.4 8,868.4 8,891.2 519.1 550.8 547.9 554.0 366.8 377.3 378.0 379.5

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,487.2 4,576.7 4,584.3 4,601.0 189.6 207.0 208.4 211.1 399.8 403.7 402.4 404.4

Hawaii2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 657.0 665.2 665.4 666.5 37.3 36.8 34.9 35.5 14.0 13.7 13.7 13.9

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 728.1 738.9 740.3 742.6 47.3 48.1 47.9 47.9 68.2 70.8 71.1 70.4

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,081.2 6,130.6 6,138.6 6,152.2 222.7 228.5 227.7 227.1 586.0 594.4 591.5 591.5

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,114.9 3,138.1 3,146.2 3,159.4 138.7 146.2 148.7 152.6 532.7 531.9 535.2 535.8

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,582.6 1,593.8 1,594.2 1,598.1 73.5 81.4 80.5 78.6 223.0 227.9 229.4 230.6

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,411.3 1,427.1 1,430.3 1,431.4 60.1 59.8 60.7 60.9 162.5 165.9 166.3 167.0

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,924.0 1,935.0 1,940.8 1,945.3 75.8 76.6 76.2 77.8 249.7 251.4 252.6 253.5

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,970.3 1,992.2 1,991.5 1,992.2 144.4 147.3 147.0 147.5 134.2 139.2 138.9 139.3

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 623.8 628.0 629.1 628.1 28.0 28.6 28.0 27.4 51.3 51.9 52.3 52.9

Maryland2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,716.1 2,755.9 2,762.1 2,767.0 161.5 163.6 163.5 164.1 107.6 108.4 107.6 108.5

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,628.6 3,681.9 3,688.8 3,694.4 157.2 162.6 161.4 160.1 246.3 247.1 247.1 247.5

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,394.8 4,442.1 4,442.3 4,449.8 167.6 175.1 176.7 179.2 617.8 625.4 624.2 625.3

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,943.7 2,977.2 2,975.4 2,975.9 122.5 126.8 127.5 128.6 317.9 324.6 324.8 325.3

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,162.0 1,170.0 1,172.6 1,173.0 43.0 42.4 42.7 43.0 144.9 145.2 145.9 146.9

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,880.6 2,913.1 2,915.5 2,919.6 121.6 123.0 120.2 120.4 269.4 272.2 274.1 273.7

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476.7 479.5 481.1 481.4 27.8 29.1 29.1 28.8 20.1 20.5 20.3 20.2

Nebraska2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,021.1 1,030.9 1,033.1 1,033.8 51.5 52.6 53.2 54.3 99.4 102.7 102.8 102.9

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,359.8 1,400.0 1,405.9 1,412.2 86.5 93.5 94.8 97.1 50.6 57.0 57.6 58.2

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 677.9 694.4 695.1 696.0 26.9 29.7 29.4 29.4 69.8 72.7 72.8 72.7

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,146.8 4,213.2 4,211.3 4,208.7 151.5 149.3 151.2 151.6 246.5 254.7 255.3 255.7

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 835.8 855.4 854.4 855.7 47.2 49.6 49.7 49.8 27.0 27.4 27.2 27.0

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,573.0 9,676.0 9,683.1 9,694.9 386.9 399.6 400.0 401.5 444.1 443.5 444.5 445.8

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,449.2 4,534.5 4,535.2 4,536.4 210.5 218.2 216.7 216.9 468.1 473.8 473.4 475.6

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426.2 434.8 433.5 435.2 24.9 27.7 28.1 27.8 24.9 25.5 25.2 25.2

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,534.3 5,643.7 5,647.9 5,650.8 213.5 225.4 225.4 228.0 695.3 701.9 703.4 705.7

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,677.9 1,702.0 1,702.8 1,703.4 79.3 77.6 79.2 79.9 129.1 130.8 131.3 131.6

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,896.8 1,931.3 1,931.6 1,931.9 99.7 108.5 108.2 108.0 191.7 195.0 195.0 195.2

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,993.6 6,060.9 6,055.2 6,068.4 256.2 256.4 258.3 257.1 562.6 567.6 564.5 566.2

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497.9 503.6 502.8 505.0 18.7 19.4 18.8 19.6 41.5 41.2 41.0 40.9

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,110.0 2,134.6 2,140.4 2,151.2 102.8 98.6 98.4 97.7 242.8 244.9 245.6 246.7

South Dakota2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438.2 443.2 445.7 447.0 23.6 24.6 24.6 25.8 44.1 45.0 45.1 45.4

Tennessee2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,027.0 3,085.6 3,091.9 3,086.1 124.4 129.3 128.9 129.0 349.5 354.5 356.4 355.6

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,352.3 12,689.4 12,706.1 12,744.1 731.8 771.5 774.1 778.6 858.1 884.1 893.6 896.7

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,490.3 1,528.0 1,530.6 1,536.7 101.6 102.4 102.3 102.8 130.6 135.5 135.5 135.1

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313.5 312.7 313.5 313.3 14.9 15.2 15.3 15.2 29.2 29.4 29.7 30.1

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,954.1 4,025.1 4,031.2 4,031.1 197.3 203.6 204.8 205.5 236.4 243.3 245.5 248.1

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,370.7 3,456.0 3,463.3 3,474.7 207.5 214.1 214.3 216.7 284.5 291.9 294.7 296.5

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 748.6 753.9 753.0 753.3 34.3 34.4 35.2 35.4 47.2 47.4 47.5 47.2

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,953.3 2,979.4 2,992.5 3,001.6 117.3 125.3 125.1 125.8 472.6 490.1 490.5 490.4

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283.3 289.2 290.3 291.3 19.5 21.0 22.0 22.4 9.6 9.8 9.8 10.0

Puerto Rico2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 846.4 853.7 850.7 853.1 21.1 20.1 19.8 20.8 69.8 70.7 71.1 71.2

Virgin Islands3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.3 37.2 37.6 37.6 – – – – – – – –

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 2017 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

Dec.

2017

Oct.

2018

Nov.

2018

Dec.

2018p

Dec.

2017

Oct.

2018

Nov.

2018

Dec.

2018p

Dec.

2017

Oct.

2018

Nov.

2018

Dec.

2018p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375.7 379.9 378.8 380.0 96.3 98.4 98.1 97.6 240.6 251.6 252.2 253.0

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.3 62.7 63.0 62.6 11.7 11.5 11.2 11.1 27.8 27.9 27.3 27.6

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523.3 534.2 534.8 533.6 215.5 221.6 219.7 219.1 422.0 440.7 443.7 439.8

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249.6 251.8 252.1 252.2 53.4 54.0 54.4 54.1 144.9 150.2 149.2 149.7

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,064.5 3,079.6 3,074.9 3,075.8 835.5 837.2 838.4 839.9 2,591.8 2,665.8 2,672.5 2,674.3

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464.2 472.4 476.2 475.6 166.6 168.9 168.2 168.5 418.1 435.4 437.9 439.9

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299.6 295.4 294.6 295.0 127.8 129.9 130.3 130.4 219.3 223.3 222.6 220.8

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.6 82.0 81.9 81.7 47.8 47.9 47.9 47.9 61.7 65.5 64.6 64.3

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.2 34.1 33.6 33.4 30.1 31.7 31.8 31.6 166.9 167.3 166.2 168.1

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,758.4 1,773.9 1,777.8 1,779.9 572.5 586.2 589.7 591.8 1,339.5 1,370.4 1,378.8 1,378.8

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 945.0 967.5 971.9 973.6 239.7 240.7 240.2 240.8 675.5 691.7 695.2 700.2

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120.7 121.9 121.6 121.6 28.4 30.0 30.2 30.2 82.0 85.3 85.5 85.3

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141.5 141.4 141.5 142.3 36.2 36.2 36.3 36.4 90.2 94.8 95.4 95.6

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,215.1 1,217.2 1,221.0 1,223.8 392.1 400.6 400.5 399.8 941.5 939.9 944.4 944.2

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 598.1 611.1 608.9 609.0 135.8 140.0 140.1 140.3 337.7 344.5 345.3 346.5

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315.5 313.8 315.5 315.7 111.3 111.8 111.9 111.8 140.7 142.4 142.7 143.0

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268.9 274.2 274.4 273.2 77.8 80.4 80.6 80.3 179.5 183.4 184.6 186.5

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406.4 413.8 415.9 416.7 93.0 94.9 94.0 94.0 213.7 215.5 217.8 220.0

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376.4 381.7 380.8 380.5 91.4 93.1 93.6 94.4 215.9 212.2 211.9 212.3

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119.9 120.2 120.6 120.8 31.5 31.9 32.0 32.1 67.5 66.8 67.4 66.9

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465.7 468.6 470.0 470.3 146.0 138.2 137.6 136.4 442.3 460.9 464.5 466.4

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 577.7 582.4 586.0 585.6 221.9 222.9 222.1 222.5 571.8 596.4 598.8 602.5

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 788.2 790.8 791.2 792.6 218.8 221.5 223.1 223.3 649.8 659.6 658.5 659.6

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540.1 544.9 545.1 545.3 179.4 182.0 182.3 181.4 376.1 378.2 378.9 376.3

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233.3 232.3 232.7 231.2 44.9 44.8 44.7 44.8 112.4 116.1 117.4 117.7

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 545.4 547.0 548.0 546.4 174.2 175.5 176.1 176.1 390.8 397.2 397.2 398.4

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94.9 93.7 93.8 93.7 24.7 24.5 24.6 24.9 41.8 42.8 43.5 43.5

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203.4 200.5 201.2 199.7 74.4 75.4 75.1 75.8 117.9 122.1 122.4 122.3

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255.2 255.1 254.8 257.7 65.5 65.4 66.2 66.9 182.5 191.3 192.3 192.3

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140.4 142.9 143.1 142.7 35.1 36.1 36.3 36.0 81.5 81.9 80.9 81.5

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 891.1 909.7 910.4 908.0 246.4 247.6 247.0 247.5 667.3 690.7 687.0 686.8

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136.2 138.1 137.7 137.1 34.6 35.4 35.6 35.8 104.4 109.4 108.3 108.2

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,578.8 1,584.0 1,587.5 1,585.1 719.7 723.7 721.3 718.8 1,329.9 1,338.6 1,339.1 1,342.6

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 833.7 852.2 857.2 856.5 235.0 242.2 242.7 242.5 631.7 652.2 648.9 646.0

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94.2 93.2 92.8 93.2 24.5 24.6 24.7 24.6 34.1 35.3 35.4 35.7

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,021.2 1,046.3 1,045.6 1,043.8 310.7 311.1 311.0 311.9 714.2 728.0 730.8 727.1

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306.1 311.8 311.8 310.4 79.6 79.6 79.6 79.0 186.0 194.0 192.8 191.2

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352.0 358.2 356.1 354.7 101.2 101.3 101.6 101.1 245.8 248.9 251.0 249.1

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,128.2 1,131.7 1,132.9 1,129.6 322.5 328.0 327.7 327.2 809.5 831.9 829.8 829.2

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.9 76.9 77.5 77.4 36.7 36.7 36.7 36.7 68.9 69.5 69.7 70.3

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398.7 409.8 412.9 414.4 101.6 101.9 102.7 102.1 278.7 283.9 283.7 286.8

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86.2 86.4 88.4 87.7 29.6 29.4 29.5 29.6 31.8 34.0 34.4 34.9

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 620.5 635.2 638.1 635.3 159.4 160.4 161.4 161.6 409.6 418.8 419.2 419.0

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,470.4 2,539.2 2,548.9 2,553.1 764.5 784.8 784.0 784.4 1,691.9 1,766.0 1,767.4 1,767.5

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281.4 293.7 294.9 296.0 84.9 87.6 87.3 87.8 206.8 211.7 212.0 212.5

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.8 53.9 53.7 53.6 12.2 12.3 12.3 12.2 28.1 28.3 28.6 29.0

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 662.0 673.8 673.6 670.9 206.2 210.9 211.0 210.2 730.0 753.1 753.5 750.6

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 633.8 655.0 656.2 658.8 156.4 162.3 162.0 162.5 423.3 440.6 440.5 440.0

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131.9 134.3 133.6 133.0 26.8 26.8 26.9 26.8 66.6 65.8 65.7 65.2

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539.6 537.2 540.1 542.2 150.8 150.7 150.4 151.2 327.9 322.1 322.1 321.7

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.4 52.9 52.9 53.3 10.9 11.2 11.3 11.4 19.1 18.6 19.1 19.2

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161.0 169.3 169.0 169.2 41.9 42.4 42.5 42.6 113.1 112.2 111.0 111.2

Virgin Islands1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.3 – – – – – – – –

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

components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2017 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

Dec.

2017

Oct.

2018

Nov.

2018

Dec.

2018p

Dec.

2017

Oct.

2018

Nov.

2018

Dec.

2018p

Dec.

2017

Oct.

2018

Nov.

2018

Dec.

2018p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243.0 244.6 246.0 246.3 204.9 204.9 204.9 205.7 384.4 386.6 387.6 389.1

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.7 50.4 50.8 50.6 35.5 35.9 36.1 36.4 80.4 80.6 80.6 80.2

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431.7 445.2 446.8 447.5 323.9 335.2 334.0 334.8 412.7 416.5 416.7 417.0

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188.0 189.8 189.9 189.9 115.7 116.9 118.4 118.3 211.3 211.6 211.5 211.4

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,675.6 2,731.3 2,735.6 2,743.5 1,979.6 2,012.7 2,026.4 2,035.9 2,579.1 2,603.4 2,607.5 2,609.4

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334.5 341.9 338.5 341.4 340.4 350.8 351.4 352.4 440.0 445.5 446.3 447.0

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336.1 342.1 342.0 343.1 154.6 159.4 160.0 160.5 231.1 227.9 228.0 227.5

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78.3 79.2 79.6 80.1 49.0 49.0 49.6 50.5 66.4 67.4 67.1 67.2

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137.2 134.1 134.9 135.6 76.9 78.9 78.9 79.0 238.5 237.0 236.9 237.0

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,279.8 1,324.6 1,327.1 1,333.8 1,221.7 1,264.1 1,264.9 1,267.5 1,111.4 1,099.0 1,100.7 1,101.6

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579.0 591.5 592.5 594.6 485.6 494.1 494.0 498.9 686.4 692.4 694.3 693.7

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86.1 87.0 86.9 87.3 126.1 128.2 127.5 128.8 125.5 125.0 127.5 126.1

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104.8 105.3 106.1 106.1 76.4 76.8 76.8 77.3 125.1 127.0 127.0 127.8

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 923.7 931.3 933.7 934.9 613.9 621.1 619.5 624.1 830.8 845.5 849.2 855.5

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476.7 476.1 478.8 483.0 306.6 302.4 303.3 304.8 426.0 426.1 426.8 427.8

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232.2 233.1 232.7 234.2 146.4 143.6 142.2 143.5 259.2 259.6 259.7 260.3

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198.5 198.7 198.5 198.6 131.2 131.3 131.5 131.3 256.8 259.4 259.5 259.7

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273.0 274.0 275.3 276.0 197.6 194.7 194.5 193.2 314.6 314.3 314.4 313.9

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315.6 320.4 321.7 321.2 236.3 238.4 238.6 238.7 325.6 323.7 324.1 323.7

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128.5 129.3 129.4 129.0 66.1 67.5 67.7 67.6 99.8 100.3 100.2 100.0

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467.4 477.0 479.0 480.9 273.0 281.4 284.0 284.1 503.4 503.6 502.6 503.3

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 795.6 809.9 810.5 811.2 375.6 373.8 375.2 375.6 452.8 452.0 452.5 452.6

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 671.7 677.7 677.5 679.7 437.9 444.4 443.9 443.4 610.0 612.5 612.8 612.2

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540.3 540.8 537.2 536.5 269.2 277.7 279.3 281.4 427.0 430.6 429.9 429.8

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145.7 146.1 146.4 146.0 136.4 139.1 138.9 140.0 243.1 244.8 245.1 244.5

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467.1 478.7 477.9 479.3 307.8 314.5 317.4 320.0 432.3 434.2 434.2 434.5

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77.0 76.9 77.0 77.1 66.5 66.0 66.6 66.4 91.7 92.3 92.6 92.9

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154.9 156.7 156.6 156.2 93.5 95.6 96.3 96.5 172.0 172.3 172.9 173.2

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136.8 141.1 140.7 141.0 349.1 357.3 358.6 357.7 163.2 166.7 168.3 168.7

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124.7 127.1 127.2 127.5 71.7 75.2 75.8 76.4 89.8 90.6 91.0 91.0

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 704.5 712.6 714.6 713.1 380.8 384.7 383.3 383.1 614.0 615.3 614.3 614.0

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140.1 141.2 141.3 141.7 97.8 105.2 105.0 105.8 187.2 187.3 187.6 188.0

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,026.2 2,071.5 2,075.2 2,086.6 947.5 964.7 964.8 964.4 1,449.1 1,450.1 1,451.0 1,451.2

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 602.7 615.7 615.0 615.9 496.7 503.5 504.7 506.6 734.5 738.0 738.5 739.0

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.1 64.3 64.6 65.1 37.7 40.1 39.2 39.0 81.6 80.6 80.6 81.0

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 929.7 949.2 951.2 951.2 566.1 580.7 580.3 580.0 782.0 790.9 790.3 793.7

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236.1 237.2 237.9 238.0 171.6 175.2 174.8 176.1 351.0 352.0 352.0 352.2

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276.8 297.9 298.0 299.0 213.5 218.2 218.6 220.2 309.9 296.0 297.1 298.0

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,270.0 1,292.0 1,288.3 1,295.2 572.9 578.6 580.6 589.4 699.7 701.5 700.7 701.8

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108.0 108.9 109.3 109.6 57.7 59.4 58.5 58.6 60.9 60.6 60.7 60.8

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248.7 254.1 254.2 254.8 259.6 262.6 263.7 268.9 366.8 368.9 369.6 369.8

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.1 72.5 72.4 72.8 47.5 47.7 47.9 47.8 79.7 80.3 80.4 80.3

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436.5 441.1 439.2 438.3 335.5 350.4 352.8 352.1 430.9 433.7 434.1 434.1

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,674.3 1,716.3 1,715.8 1,723.7 1,359.7 1,384.2 1,375.0 1,385.2 1,942.7 1,940.5 1,943.1 1,945.7

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201.3 207.3 206.9 207.3 149.8 151.4 152.2 153.8 245.7 250.7 250.9 251.3

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.9 66.6 66.4 66.8 37.2 36.5 36.6 36.0 55.9 55.8 55.9 55.8

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528.9 546.0 547.1 548.5 397.9 415.2 415.7 415.9 716.1 697.6 699.2 700.2

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482.1 491.0 492.6 493.4 336.0 340.2 341.7 342.2 590.7 594.0 595.0 596.6

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130.9 132.5 132.4 133.1 74.0 74.8 74.9 74.9 153.6 155.4 155.4 155.7

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453.0 458.5 459.9 461.4 283.3 284.8 290.5 295.2 406.3 407.4 409.7 409.7

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.9 28.6 28.5 28.6 36.2 38.3 38.6 38.4 69.4 69.5 69.4 69.3

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116.4 117.3 117.0 116.6 77.0 79.9 79.2 79.3 211.6 207.8 207.0 207.7

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.4 2.5 2.5 2.5 6.1 6.6 6.5 6.5 10.5 10.6 10.7 10.8

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2017 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

November December November December November December

2017 2018 2017 2018p2017 2018 2017 2018p2017 2018 2017 2018p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,034.4 2,068.6 2,028.3 2,072.6 9.9 10.1 9.8 10.0 86.7 88.1 84.3 88.0

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314.1 312.4 312.3 311.2 12.7 12.9 12.6 13.2 14.6 14.7 14.4 14.3

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,834.4 2,938.0 2,838.2 2,932.1 11.8 11.9 11.6 11.8 150.4 169.6 151.1 170.3

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,252.3 1,264.9 1,244.9 1,261.4 5.8 5.5 5.8 5.3 52.2 53.4 50.9 53.0

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,119.2 17,421.4 17,140.0 17,435.1 22.6 22.2 21.9 22.1 835.1 863.7 827.0 847.0

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,692.0 2,760.3 2,704.7 2,780.0 27.3 31.4 27.5 32.2 169.4 170.6 168.7 168.6

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,696.9 1,720.9 1,700.2 1,720.4 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 59.7 66.3 56.0 66.0

Delaware1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460.7 468.0 458.7 468.7 – – – – 22.6 24.1 22.7 24.4

District of Columbia1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 798.4 797.7 797.1 799.1 – – – – 15.6 16.1 15.5 16.0

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,711.5 8,948.5 8,754.5 8,986.9 5.6 5.8 5.6 5.8 520.7 552.6 521.1 555.0

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,524.6 4,623.8 4,515.4 4,634.6 9.4 9.4 9.6 9.4 190.3 209.2 189.9 211.4

Hawaii1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 661.4 672.3 665.5 675.1 – – – – 37.4 35.0 37.5 35.8

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 731.1 744.5 726.9 741.3 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.5 47.6 48.6 45.9 46.6

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,156.3 6,211.2 6,117.4 6,189.4 7.7 7.8 7.5 7.5 229.1 233.8 215.7 219.2

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,150.0 3,181.5 3,133.9 3,181.8 6.1 6.4 6.0 6.3 141.5 152.0 136.3 150.7

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,595.1 1,612.6 1,586.0 1,602.1 2.5 2.5 2.3 2.4 78.1 84.7 70.5 75.1

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,427.7 1,448.4 1,424.6 1,444.5 6.9 7.2 6.9 7.2 60.6 61.8 59.2 60.3

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,943.2 1,960.5 1,943.1 1,965.1 10.3 10.5 10.3 10.5 78.1 77.4 75.3 77.0

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,986.7 2,008.0 1,982.9 2,002.0 35.2 35.4 34.2 34.8 145.2 148.1 144.2 146.7

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 623.9 629.8 622.1 624.9 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 29.2 28.8 27.5 26.6

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,744.6 2,780.6 2,726.1 2,778.1 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.1 162.4 162.9 159.6 162.1

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,653.4 3,715.8 3,645.6 3,711.2 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.2 160.8 166.2 156.6 159.0

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,433.2 4,484.1 4,410.2 4,463.1 7.3 7.1 7.0 6.9 169.2 179.1 161.1 172.9

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,956.6 2,990.1 2,941.5 2,972.9 6.7 6.3 6.3 6.0 122.5 129.4 114.6 122.3

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,167.9 1,183.3 1,167.5 1,179.0 6.9 6.6 6.8 6.5 43.1 42.9 43.1 43.0

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,905.1 2,938.1 2,894.8 2,934.2 4.3 4.2 4.3 4.2 126.1 121.7 122.0 120.6

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471.7 479.8 473.5 479.2 7.0 7.3 6.9 7.2 27.3 29.5 26.5 27.5

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,027.0 1,041.2 1,024.8 1,037.5 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.1 51.0 53.0 48.5 51.6

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,362.4 1,415.0 1,365.9 1,418.4 14.4 14.5 14.3 14.4 85.5 95.3 86.5 97.6

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 683.6 698.9 681.6 699.4 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 28.0 30.1 26.8 29.3

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,182.3 4,246.8 4,186.1 4,246.4 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.3 156.9 155.2 151.7 152.5

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 842.8 860.9 840.9 861.3 21.3 21.4 21.1 22.1 47.9 50.6 47.3 49.9

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,666.6 9,784.0 9,660.9 9,784.0 5.2 5.2 4.9 4.8 395.3 408.3 381.1 395.6

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,480.5 4,580.4 4,484.6 4,569.1 5.8 5.5 5.7 5.5 211.9 217.9 211.5 216.8

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431.7 438.0 427.6 435.9 19.0 21.1 18.7 21.7 25.9 28.7 22.8 25.6

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,576.4 5,691.9 5,560.6 5,673.7 12.0 12.8 11.5 12.7 220.2 229.4 206.5 221.1

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,693.9 1,720.7 1,691.0 1,715.7 51.1 55.9 50.7 57.0 78.2 79.6 79.0 80.0

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,898.1 1,942.4 1,904.0 1,939.3 7.1 7.0 6.9 6.7 98.3 108.2 97.8 105.6

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,039.7 6,117.5 6,037.8 6,116.0 27.8 30.5 27.6 30.6 256.9 262.5 250.9 252.9

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502.4 507.4 499.0 506.5 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 20.0 19.9 18.9 19.8

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,114.3 2,149.8 2,114.5 2,157.7 4.3 4.5 4.2 4.5 100.9 97.8 102.4 97.4

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436.5 445.6 435.4 444.7 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 23.3 24.3 21.4 23.7

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,066.3 3,130.6 3,061.3 3,117.4 4.1 4.2 4.1 4.1 122.6 126.1 120.3 124.8

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,432.0 12,793.1 12,435.6 12,818.5 230.2 267.7 231.2 271.7 731.6 778.1 729.7 776.3

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,499.6 1,543.3 1,500.4 1,547.6 8.5 8.4 8.3 8.3 102.0 103.4 99.4 100.7

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317.5 315.9 319.5 318.4 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 15.8 15.9 14.8 14.8

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,986.5 4,060.4 3,976.6 4,049.6 8.3 8.4 8.2 8.4 196.9 205.6 195.3 203.5

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,381.2 3,482.2 3,370.8 3,477.0 6.1 6.1 6.0 6.0 204.0 212.9 201.7 212.7

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 758.4 764.9 756.7 762.4 21.6 21.3 21.8 21.7 35.4 37.0 34.0 35.4

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,975.4 3,018.2 2,957.8 3,007.8 4.7 4.7 4.3 4.4 118.5 126.6 112.9 121.0

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278.9 287.2 280.4 288.6 20.5 21.2 20.6 21.2 19.5 22.5 18.5 21.3

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 854.0 861.5 866.8 874.1 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 20.5 19.8 21.6 21.5

Virgin Islands1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.8 37.6 35.4 37.7 – – – – 2.0 2.5 1.9 2.5

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 2017 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

November December November December November December

2017 2018 2017 2018p

2017 2018 2017 2018p2017 2018 2017 2018p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263.8 273.9 265.6 276.9 387.2 387.6 384.8 388.9 21.1 21.4 21.3 21.5

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.9 7.4 6.7 6.3 61.4 60.7 61.4 60.5 5.8 5.6 5.9 5.7

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166.8 176.9 169.9 177.6 540.8 551.7 540.9 550.1 44.8 49.0 44.9 49.5

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158.5 160.5 158.0 161.9 253.6 254.9 253.5 255.3 13.0 12.1 12.8 12.1

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,310.3 1,316.0 1,310.2 1,316.1 3,149.5 3,161.2 3,171.7 3,183.6 540.1 547.7 537.9 545.7

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145.1 148.4 144.7 150.1 468.5 482.3 473.9 485.6 72.8 75.7 73.6 75.2

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161.4 164.1 164.1 164.4 306.2 302.8 310.8 306.2 31.0 31.0 30.6 31.2

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.9 26.4 26.0 26.4 83.1 83.6 83.4 84.2 4.5 4.2 4.5 4.2

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.4 34.1 33.8 34.0 34.0 18.5 19.5 18.5 19.6

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366.6 378.2 368.5 380.8 1,786.6 1,812.7 1,809.5 1,831.9 138.6 140.1 137.9 140.0

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400.6 402.3 402.0 405.9 959.7 986.8 964.7 993.5 119.4 118.7 117.0 115.8

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.2 13.7 14.1 13.9 123.0 123.4 123.4 123.8 9.2 9.6 9.1 9.6

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.4 71.8 68.5 70.6 143.7 144.3 143.3 144.5 9.1 8.5 9.2 8.6

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 585.7 593.9 588.0 593.3 1,243.3 1,248.4 1,249.7 1,260.6 96.5 93.3 96.5 92.7

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530.7 534.5 533.4 536.1 611.6 623.0 609.8 621.1 30.2 29.0 30.3 28.8

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220.0 229.0 222.8 230.8 319.6 321.2 320.5 320.8 21.9 21.2 22.0 21.3

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164.2 167.3 163.5 167.8 273.9 279.7 274.6 278.4 19.3 17.4 19.5 17.3

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250.6 253.9 250.5 255.0 412.5 423.0 416.5 427.0 22.6 22.3 22.7 22.1

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133.6 138.9 134.3 139.1 383.3 386.6 384.4 387.6 22.0 22.4 21.7 22.4

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.2 53.2 51.8 53.3 121.9 123.0 123.1 124.1 7.2 6.8 7.1 6.7

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108.2 108.0 107.7 108.8 477.7 479.2 480.9 485.5 36.5 37.6 36.5 37.8

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245.0 246.5 246.8 248.2 588.3 596.0 593.0 599.9 90.8 93.7 89.8 93.4

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 619.1 626.7 619.1 626.7 803.9 806.3 805.3 809.0 55.9 55.5 55.9 55.4

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318.3 324.0 316.7 323.7 546.7 554.3 551.5 556.4 50.5 50.8 50.3 51.4

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144.2 146.2 145.3 147.3 236.2 237.1 239.2 237.0 11.4 11.2 11.4 11.2

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267.7 273.9 269.9 274.8 554.6 557.3 555.7 555.9 51.7 51.9 51.5 51.9

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.4 20.7 20.4 20.4 94.9 94.3 95.9 95.0 6.5 6.3 6.4 6.4

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99.6 103.1 99.6 103.0 207.0 205.0 208.2 204.4 18.0 16.8 17.9 16.9

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.2 57.5 50.5 58.1 260.3 262.2 263.2 266.2 14.5 14.7 14.4 14.5

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69.8 72.9 70.0 72.8 144.0 146.1 144.6 146.7 12.5 12.2 12.5 12.2

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245.1 255.2 247.2 255.8 910.9 928.8 919.8 936.0 70.4 69.4 69.9 68.8

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.9 27.2 27.0 27.0 138.8 140.3 139.5 139.8 11.8 11.7 11.5 11.4

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443.9 443.5 443.5 445.3 1,616.7 1,627.5 1,629.6 1,635.7 271.4 269.7 270.3 267.3

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470.6 476.0 469.9 477.1 846.0 872.8 855.3 878.3 80.0 83.0 80.7 82.6

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.0 25.4 25.1 25.3 95.5 94.1 95.8 94.8 6.4 6.3 6.5 6.2

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 691.8 703.0 696.5 708.0 1,045.7 1,069.9 1,051.2 1,071.8 71.4 70.0 71.7 69.4

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130.5 132.3 129.4 131.9 311.0 317.9 312.6 317.1 20.1 18.4 20.1 18.4

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188.7 193.8 190.4 193.9 359.3 363.9 362.4 364.0 34.4 34.2 34.0 34.3

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 561.9 565.2 564.2 567.8 1,151.5 1,160.0 1,166.7 1,167.7 81.2 79.6 82.1 79.3

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.2 41.1 41.7 41.1 77.9 78.9 78.1 79.5 6.1 6.3 6.1 6.2

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242.5 246.2 243.6 247.6 405.1 419.9 407.1 423.5 27.9 27.4 28.0 27.9

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.9 45.4 44.2 45.6 86.3 88.5 86.8 88.1 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.6

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350.9 356.7 349.6 355.6 634.8 652.1 635.5 650.2 46.2 45.6 45.7 45.1

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 856.9 893.1 859.7 897.9 2,514.6 2,597.0 2,530.9 2,612.8 199.9 198.0 201.3 197.1

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130.4 136.2 131.2 135.6 286.6 300.0 288.6 303.6 39.4 39.0 39.4 39.9

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.5 30.0 29.3 30.3 55.7 54.4 56.4 55.0 4.3 4.2 4.3 4.2

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234.7 245.7 236.6 248.7 674.8 687.5 682.9 691.1 67.0 65.8 67.8 65.9

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281.6 294.2 282.0 294.4 647.4 668.3 646.6 671.1 128.5 137.1 129.3 137.4

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.9 47.6 47.2 47.2 137.1 138.3 137.3 138.5 8.4 8.1 8.3 8.2

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471.7 490.5 471.8 489.3 553.0 553.4 553.3 555.7 47.0 47.7 47.4 48.0

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.8 10.1 9.8 10.2 52.7 53.2 52.9 53.9 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.6

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70.8 71.8 70.9 72.6 164.2 172.3 168.3 176.5 17.1 16.7 17.0 17.2

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.7 7.1 7.4 7.3 7.4 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2017 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

November December November December November December

2017 2018 2017 2018p

2017 2018 2017 2018p2017 2018 2017 2018p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96.4 98.2 96.4 97.6 241.8 253.3 239.4 252.0 245.1 248.1 245.2 249.0

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.7 11.1 11.6 11.0 26.9 26.1 26.7 26.4 49.7 50.7 49.9 50.7

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218.1 220.1 217.1 220.7 428.8 451.5 430.3 448.4 435.4 451.1 436.1 451.9

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.1 54.4 53.5 54.3 147.5 151.2 145.8 150.0 189.3 191.7 188.6 190.8

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 833.7 838.7 837.5 842.9 2,598.9 2,692.3 2,607.4 2,689.3 2,687.0 2,748.5 2,690.4 2,758.9

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167.3 167.0 168.9 169.7 419.4 439.7 417.3 439.1 337.5 341.7 335.4 342.6

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128.0 130.5 127.4 130.2 218.0 224.1 220.0 221.2 340.7 346.4 340.4 347.4

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.0 47.9 48.0 48.0 64.5 66.7 63.4 65.9 78.9 79.9 78.6 80.7

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.9 31.8 30.2 31.6 167.5 167.0 167.6 169.0 141.1 138.7 139.0 138.2

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571.9 591.2 574.9 595.4 1,349.8 1,393.5 1,354.3 1,394.2 1,283.6 1,334.4 1,288.4 1,342.3

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243.2 241.9 241.3 242.5 681.4 704.7 678.0 706.7 581.1 597.8 583.1 598.8

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.5 30.5 28.6 30.4 81.8 85.9 82.6 85.9 86.3 87.6 86.8 88.1

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.0 36.3 36.3 36.5 90.3 95.5 89.7 94.7 105.6 107.0 105.5 106.7

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392.4 399.6 391.8 398.7 958.4 962.6 942.5 946.0 936.8 945.1 928.8 939.3

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137.0 140.0 135.7 140.1 345.4 350.4 340.5 349.0 481.6 485.2 479.6 487.8

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110.1 112.0 111.7 112.1 142.0 143.9 139.9 141.8 235.4 236.8 235.1 237.3

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77.7 80.6 77.9 80.3 181.9 186.4 179.8 186.9 199.4 199.8 199.9 200.1

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92.8 94.1 93.3 94.1 220.9 224.0 222.9 229.6 274.1 276.7 275.0 278.8

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91.6 93.6 91.4 94.6 218.3 213.6 217.3 213.6 317.2 324.0 316.5 322.0

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.1 31.8 31.3 31.8 67.3 67.8 67.0 66.6 129.4 130.4 129.6 129.7

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146.3 137.9 145.8 136.2 446.7 466.2 439.2 463.8 473.6 486.2 470.2 485.2

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221.4 221.5 222.3 222.6 575.4 602.5 569.4 599.9 806.7 820.9 804.3 819.4

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218.0 222.7 218.6 223.3 659.5 668.3 651.5 660.2 679.2 685.3 676.4 684.2

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179.1 182.0 179.5 181.3 378.0 381.9 377.0 377.4 542.9 540.9 541.5 536.9

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.4 45.0 45.1 44.9 112.1 119.2 113.9 119.5 146.8 147.5 146.7 146.8

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172.6 175.1 173.5 175.3 395.4 400.0 392.5 399.8 472.7 482.4 468.8 481.7

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.6 24.8 25.0 25.3 40.8 43.0 40.8 42.5 76.6 77.1 77.2 77.4

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.1 75.1 74.5 76.0 117.6 122.9 117.9 122.1 155.7 157.8 155.9 156.9

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.9 66.4 65.8 67.3 180.9 194.7 181.8 191.8 136.6 141.1 137.5 141.6

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.9 36.0 35.0 35.9 82.4 81.2 81.4 81.4 125.7 128.4 125.1 128.1

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247.2 245.7 246.8 247.7 676.8 698.5 673.4 692.8 709.1 720.0 713.7 722.2

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.7 35.8 34.9 36.1 105.7 108.5 104.7 108.1 140.7 142.2 140.3 142.4

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 717.5 719.6 721.9 720.2 1,336.3 1,347.1 1,335.7 1,349.5 2,066.7 2,115.5 2,059.2 2,121.8

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232.6 241.7 233.6 241.5 632.0 655.9 633.1 646.9 607.8 621.6 608.5 621.9

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.4 24.8 24.5 24.6 34.3 35.4 33.6 35.1 63.3 64.8 63.4 65.3

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308.0 310.3 310.4 311.9 724.9 737.4 717.4 727.6 939.3 962.3 937.3 958.4

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.9 79.8 80.0 79.3 187.7 194.5 187.0 191.3 236.9 239.5 237.1 238.9

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.7 101.5 101.3 101.3 244.2 251.1 245.2 248.8 279.7 301.2 279.7 302.1

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322.4 328.4 323.3 328.0 814.2 836.1 809.6 829.2 1,287.9 1,308.8 1,282.4 1,309.6

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.3 36.6 36.5 36.5 69.3 70.3 68.6 70.2 110.2 111.9 109.6 111.7

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101.7 102.6 101.0 101.4 282.5 286.6 279.8 288.5 250.7 256.3 250.4 256.3

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.2 29.3 29.5 29.5 31.1 34.4 31.6 34.9 73.8 72.7 73.5 73.4

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159.2 161.1 159.6 161.8 414.0 426.6 419.2 427.6 441.7 443.9 440.2 441.8

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 767.4 785.8 766.8 786.6 1,705.7 1,779.3 1,702.3 1,769.4 1,683.7 1,722.7 1,680.9 1,729.4

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85.4 87.8 85.3 88.1 210.2 214.1 207.2 212.6 205.2 211.6 204.0 209.9

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.2 28.5 28.6 27.7 28.6 66.3 66.8 66.3 67.1

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205.9 211.0 206.5 210.4 736.9 759.7 733.7 753.4 538.6 553.6 530.5 548.2

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156.2 161.5 155.9 161.8 424.6 442.5 421.5 437.9 487.1 498.0 486.3 497.3

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.7 26.8 26.9 26.9 66.2 66.2 66.6 65.1 132.5 134.2 132.3 134.9

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152.0 150.4 150.6 151.1 329.4 324.7 326.5 319.7 456.3 464.4 455.6 464.7

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.9 11.2 11.0 11.4 18.6 18.8 18.7 18.9 27.7 28.5 27.9 28.6

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.2 42.7 42.3 43.0 115.2 112.8 116.9 114.9 117.5 119.0 119.9 119.9

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 3.1 3.7 3.1 3.7 2.4 2.5 2.4 2.5

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2017 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

November December November December November December

2017 2018 2017 2018p

2017 2018 2017 2018p2017 2018 2017 2018p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199.5 201.6 200.5 201.1 93.7 94.7 93.7 95.3 389.2 391.6 387.3 392.3

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.9 31.4 31.3 32.2 11.1 10.6 10.9 10.4 81.4 81.2 80.9 80.5

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320.3 333.7 322.9 333.7 88.5 89.8 88.9 89.4 428.7 432.7 424.5 428.7

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114.9 116.7 112.0 114.7 48.2 48.1 48.6 48.4 216.2 216.4 215.4 215.6

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,965.6 2,018.3 1,971.7 2,030.7 566.2 563.9 562.1 558.9 2,610.2 2,648.9 2,602.2 2,639.9

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327.0 338.1 341.1 353.2 107.9 108.9 107.8 110.6 449.8 456.5 445.8 453.1

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150.3 156.3 151.1 157.1 64.8 65.9 64.4 64.8 236.2 233.0 234.9 231.4

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.7 46.9 45.6 47.0 18.5 19.6 18.8 19.4 68.0 68.7 67.7 68.5

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.7 78.5 76.6 78.4 74.9 74.8 75.8 74.1 238.8 236.1 238.6 236.8

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,207.1 1,258.0 1,216.2 1,261.6 350.4 361.4 350.3 361.3 1,130.6 1,120.6 1,127.8 1,118.6

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479.7 491.6 479.3 493.5 158.7 158.5 160.1 158.3 701.1 702.9 690.4 698.8

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125.0 126.8 126.6 129.2 27.8 28.4 27.9 28.4 128.2 131.4 128.9 130.0

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.1 73.9 73.5 74.2 25.6 26.0 25.3 26.5 127.1 129.0 126.2 128.9

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 605.4 610.7 599.6 610.3 250.1 249.2 251.1 251.1 850.9 866.8 846.2 870.7

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298.7 296.9 298.6 297.6 126.3 123.4 125.3 123.7 440.9 440.7 438.4 440.6

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141.0 138.1 140.0 137.6 57.0 55.7 56.0 56.2 267.5 267.5 265.2 266.7

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127.8 129.9 129.0 129.3 50.8 50.3 50.4 49.9 265.2 268.0 263.9 267.0

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195.6 193.2 191.4 186.3 67.3 67.6 67.3 67.7 318.4 317.8 317.9 317.0

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234.2 238.0 235.3 237.6 73.7 77.3 74.2 76.7 332.4 330.1 329.4 326.9

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.3 59.6 57.7 58.7 21.4 22.4 21.5 22.3 103.6 103.7 103.2 102.8

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264.0 272.5 260.3 270.8 114.6 117.1 113.2 115.7 513.3 511.8 511.5 511.1

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360.5 361.7 358.7 359.8 138.4 139.9 137.7 141.2 464.9 465.7 465.9 466.6

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422.9 428.0 421.5 425.9 169.2 171.4 170.2 172.2 629.0 633.7 623.6 626.4

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256.8 265.0 254.7 266.5 116.5 114.7 115.6 114.7 438.6 440.8 433.8 436.3

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136.3 138.9 134.1 138.3 40.3 41.1 39.7 40.8 245.2 247.6 242.2 243.7

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299.2 312.1 296.8 310.2 116.1 114.1 116.4 114.8 444.7 445.4 443.4 445.0

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.8 62.6 63.2 63.3 18.6 20.1 18.7 20.2 93.2 94.1 92.5 94.0

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90.3 94.1 90.4 93.6 36.7 36.0 36.4 36.1 175.9 176.3 174.5 175.8

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345.7 354.1 343.5 351.5 41.5 43.5 41.2 43.1 166.9 171.0 167.2 172.3

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.9 70.6 67.0 71.4 24.8 25.6 24.2 25.5 93.6 94.8 94.1 95.2

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361.7 368.0 363.3 366.4 172.6 176.1 172.6 177.8 630.2 628.6 626.4 625.1

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95.4 102.6 96.3 104.7 28.0 28.2 27.8 27.9 191.6 192.4 190.5 191.9

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 928.7 948.3 926.5 942.0 415.6 427.7 417.1 428.2 1,469.3 1,471.6 1,471.1 1,473.6

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487.1 497.0 483.9 493.6 150.6 148.9 150.8 148.7 756.1 760.1 751.6 756.2

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.2 39.0 37.6 38.5 16.4 16.1 16.3 15.9 83.3 82.3 83.3 82.9

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546.2 563.4 548.6 564.0 216.2 225.8 217.3 225.9 800.7 807.6 792.2 802.9

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170.6 173.4 168.2 173.0 69.4 70.1 69.0 69.7 358.5 359.3 357.9 359.1

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205.3 212.8 206.8 213.7 65.4 65.2 65.5 65.9 315.0 303.5 314.0 303.0

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 554.0 565.1 553.7 571.9 260.7 261.9 262.6 262.6 721.2 719.4 714.7 716.4

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.4 56.5 54.7 55.2 23.0 24.0 22.8 24.3 61.8 61.7 61.8 61.8

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249.4 255.9 248.3 258.4 77.4 76.9 77.8 77.2 371.9 375.7 371.9 375.0

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.3 45.5 44.2 44.8 16.9 17.2 16.7 16.7 81.0 81.7 80.9 81.5

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332.9 351.0 331.6 347.4 114.6 116.3 114.2 114.8 445.3 447.0 441.3 444.2

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,342.7 1,361.6 1,337.3 1,364.6 429.6 438.5 426.8 439.4 1,969.7 1,971.3 1,968.7 1,973.3

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143.5 147.2 148.9 153.4 39.7 41.1 39.8 41.5 248.7 254.5 248.3 254.0

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.7 34.3 39.2 37.7 10.1 10.0 10.2 9.7 58.7 58.7 58.2 58.1

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391.9 406.8 386.3 403.7 204.1 207.0 202.9 206.8 727.4 709.3 725.9 709.5

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324.7 334.1 329.5 336.2 120.7 122.9 119.7 123.4 600.3 604.6 592.3 598.8

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.0 74.0 72.5 73.4 53.2 52.2 53.3 52.4 157.4 159.2 156.5 158.7

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270.5 279.2 267.9 280.2 151.1 152.0 151.1 152.2 421.2 424.6 416.4 421.5

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.9 33.6 32.9 35.3 14.4 14.2 14.3 14.0 70.3 70.3 70.2 70.2

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.6 79.9 78.5 80.9 17.4 17.4 17.8 17.7 215.0 208.6 213.1 209.4

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.4 6.6 6.2 6.6 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.9 10.6 10.6 10.4 10.7

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2017 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,

seasonally adjusted, December 2017 - December 2018