For release 10:00 a.m. (EDT) Friday, April 21, 2017 USDL-17-0446 

Technical information:

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STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT — MARCH 2017

Unemployment rates were lower in March in 17 states and stable in 33 states and the District of 

Columbia, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Eighteen states had jobless rate decreases 

from a year earlier, and 32 states and the District had little or no change. The national unemployment 

rate declined by 0.2 percentage point from February to 4.5 percent and was 0.5 point lower than in 

March 2016. 

Nonfarm payroll employment decreased in 4 states in March 2017, increased in 3, and was essentially 

unchanged in 43 states and the District of Columbia. Over the year, 27 states added nonfarm payroll 

jobs, 2 states lost jobs, and 21 states and the District were essentially unchanged. 

Unemployment

Colorado had the lowest unemployment rate in March, 2.6 percent, closely followed by Hawaii, 2.7 

percent, and New Hampshire, North Dakota, and South Dakota, 2.8 percent each. The rates in Arkansas 

(3.6 percent), Colorado (2.6 percent), Maine (3.0 percent), and Oregon (3.8 percent) set new series lows. 

(All state series begin in 1976.) New Mexico had the highest jobless rate, 6.7 percent. In total, 19 states 

had unemployment rates lower than the U.S. figure of 4.5 percent, 7 states and the District of Columbia 

had higher rates, and 24 states had rates that were not appreciably different from that of the nation. (See 

tables A and 1 and map 1.) 

In March, 17 states had unemployment rate decreases, the largest of which was in Illinois (-0.5 

percentage point). The remaining 33 states and the District of Columbia had jobless rates that were not 

notably different from those of a month earlier, though some had changes that were at least as large 

numerically as the significant changes. (See table B.)

Eighteen states had unemployment rate changes from March 2016, all of which were decreases. The 

largest of these declines occurred in West Virginia (-1.3 percentage points) and Illinois and Nevada (-1.2 

points each). (See table C.) 
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Nonfarm Payroll Employment 

Four states had over-the-month decreases in nonfarm payroll employment in March 2017, and three 

states had increases. The largest decrease in employment over the month occurred in New Jersey 

(-17,500), followed by Pennsylvania (-16,100), Missouri (-13,400), and Louisiana (-8,500). In 

percentage terms, the largest decrease occurred in Missouri (-0.5 percent), followed by Louisiana and 

New Jersey (-0.4 percent each) and Pennsylvania (-0.3 percent). The increases in employment over the 

month occurred in Washington (+10,700), Tennessee (+8,600), and Maine (+3,000). The largest 

percentage increase occurred in Maine (+0.5 percent), followed by Tennessee and Washington (+0.3 

percent each). (See tables D and 3.)

Twenty-seven states had over-the-year increases in nonfarm payroll employment in March. The largest 

job gains occurred in California (+346,400), Texas (+249,000), and Florida (+246,100). The largest 

percentage gain occurred in Utah (+3.2 percent), followed by Florida, Georgia, and Nevada (+3.0 

percent each). Two states had over-the-year declines in employment, Alaska (-6,900, or -2.1 percent) 

and Wyoming (-6,100, or -2.1 percent). (See table E and map 2.) 

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The Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment news release for March is scheduled 

to be released on Wednesday, May 3, 2017, at 10:00 a.m. (EDT). The State Employment and 

Unemployment news release for April is scheduled to be released on Friday, May 19, 2017, at 

10:00 a.m. (EDT). 
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State Rate p

United States 1 ................................................ 4.5

Alabama .................................................................. 5.8

Alaska ...................................................................... 6.4

Arkansas ................................................................. 3.6

California ................................................................. 4.9

Colorado .................................................................. 2.6

District of Columbia ................................................ 5.8

Georgia .................................................................... 5.1

Hawaii ...................................................................... 2.7

Idaho ........................................................................ 3.5

Iowa ......................................................................... 3.1

Kansas .................................................................... 3.8

Louisiana ................................................................. 5.7

Maine ....................................................................... 3.0

Massachusetts ........................................................ 3.6

Minnesota ................................................................ 3.8

Montana ................................................................... 3.8

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

New Hampshire ...................................................... 2.8

New Mexico ............................................................. 6.7

North Dakota ........................................................... 2.8

Oregon .................................................................... 3.8

South Dakota .......................................................... 2.8

Texas ...................................................................... 5.0

Utah ......................................................................... 3.1

Vermont ................................................................... 3.0

Virginia ..................................................................... 3.8

Wisconsin ............................................................... 3.4

1

 Data are not preliminary.

p

 = preliminary.

Table A. States with unemployment rates significantly different from that

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

to March 2017, seasonally adjusted

February 2017 March 2017 p

Alabama .......................................... 6.2 5.8 -0.4

California ......................................... 5.0 4.9 -.1

Colorado ......................................... 2.9 2.6 -.3

Florida ............................................. 5.0 4.8 -.2

Georgia ........................................... 5.3 5.1 -.2

Illinois .............................................. 5.4 4.9 -.5

Kansas ............................................ 4.0 3.8 -.2

Maine ............................................... 3.2 3.0 -.2

Minnesota ........................................ 4.0 3.8 -.2

Nebraska ......................................... 3.2 3.1 -.1

New Jersey ..................................... 4.5 4.2 -.3

New York ......................................... 4.4 4.3 -.1

North Dakota ................................... 3.0 2.8 -.2

Washington ..................................... 4.9 4.7 -.2

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

Wisconsin ....................................... 3.7 3.4 -.3

Wyoming ......................................... 4.7 4.5 -.2

p

 = preliminary.

State

Rate Over-the-month 

change p
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Table C. States with statistically significant unemployment rate changes from March 2016

to March 2017, seasonally adjusted

March 2016 March 2017 p

California ......................................... 5.6 4.9 -0.7

Colorado ......................................... 3.3 2.6 -.7

Illinois .............................................. 6.1 4.9 -1.2

Indiana ............................................. 4.7 3.9 -.8

Iowa ................................................. 3.8 3.1 -.7

Maine ............................................... 3.7 3.0 -.7

Mississippi ...................................... 6.0 5.0 -1.0

Nevada ............................................ 6.0 4.8 -1.2

New Jersey ..................................... 5.1 4.2 -.9

New York ......................................... 4.8 4.3 -.5

North Dakota ................................... 3.3 2.8 -.5

Oregon ............................................ 4.9 3.8 -1.1

Rhode Island ................................... 5.4 4.3 -1.1

South Carolina ................................ 5.3 4.4 -.9

Washington ..................................... 5.6 4.7 -.9

West Virginia ................................... 6.2 4.9 -1.3

Wisconsin ....................................... 4.1 3.4 -.7

Wyoming ......................................... 5.5 4.5 -1.0

p

 = preliminary.

State

Rate Over-the-year 

change p

Table D. States with statistically significant employment changes from February 2017 to

March 2017, seasonally adjusted

February March

2017 2017 p Level Percent

Louisiana ................................... 1,983,600 1,975,100 -8,500 -0.4

Maine ........................................ 620,000 623,000 3,000 .5

Missouri .................................... 2,880,600 2,867,200 -13,400 -.5

New Jersey ................................ 4,128,500 4,111,000 -17,500 -.4

Pennsylvania .............................. 5,950,300 5,934,200 -16,100 -.3

Tennessee ................................. 3,006,100 3,014,700 8,600 .3

Washington ............................... 3,294,900 3,305,600 10,700 .3

p

 = preliminary.

Over-the-month change p

State
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Table E. States with statistically significant employment changes from March 2016 to

March 2017, seasonally adjusted

March March

2016 2017 p Level Percent

Alabama .................................... 1,967,700 1,996,200 28,500 1.4

Alaska ....................................... 335,300 328,400 -6,900 -2.1

Arizona ...................................... 2,685,000 2,738,000 53,000 2.0

California ................................... 16,347,600 16,694,000 346,400 2.1

Colorado .................................... 2,585,300 2,634,400 49,100 1.9

Florida ....................................... 8,307,900 8,554,000 246,100 3.0

Georgia ..................................... 4,335,100 4,466,100 131,000 3.0

Idaho ......................................... 690,400 709,100 18,700 2.7

Indiana ...................................... 3,074,200 3,119,300 45,100 1.5

Kentucky ................................... 1,908,600 1,937,500 28,900 1.5

 

Maryland ................................... 2,702,100 2,746,300 44,200 1.6

Massachusetts .......................... 3,555,900 3,604,900 49,000 1.4

Michigan .................................... 4,298,700 4,378,500 79,800 1.9

Minnesota .................................. 2,884,700 2,929,000 44,300 1.5

Missouri .................................... 2,828,700 2,867,200 38,500 1.4

Montana .................................... 466,400 476,400 10,000 2.1

Nevada ...................................... 1,285,500 1,323,800 38,300 3.0

New Jersey ................................ 4,061,300 4,111,000 49,700 1.2

New York ................................... 9,379,500 9,493,800 114,300 1.2

North Carolina ............................ 4,317,900 4,387,600 69,700 1.6

 

Oregon ...................................... 1,823,700 1,863,200 39,500 2.2

Pennsylvania .............................. 5,873,600 5,934,200 60,600 1.0

South Carolina ........................... 2,041,900 2,077,700 35,800 1.8

Tennessee ................................. 2,951,200 3,014,700 63,500 2.2

Texas ........................................ 11,966,100 12,215,100 249,000 2.1

Utah .......................................... 1,415,100 1,460,400 45,300 3.2

Virginia ...................................... 3,909,500 3,955,300 45,800 1.2

Washington ............................... 3,213,200 3,305,600 92,400 2.9

Wyoming ................................... 284,600 278,500 -6,100 -2.1

p

 = preliminary.

Over-the-year change p

State
Technical Note

This 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 persons and unemployed persons on a 

place-of-residence basis. The universe for each is the civilian 

noninstitutional population 16 years of age and older. 

Employed persons 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 persons 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; 

persons 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 persons. 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 times-series 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 persons into trend, 

seasonal, and irregular components. The trend component of 

each measure is then smoothed using a Trend-Cycle Cascade 

Filter, which combines the Henderson trend filter with a 

seasonal filter. This combined filter suppresses variability due 

to real-time benchmarking while simultaneously removing any 

residual seasonality that may be present in the series. 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 

smoothed-seasonally adjusted estimates for a given month are 

created using an asymmetric filter that incorporates information 

from previous observations only. For annual revisions, 

historical data are smoothed using a two-sided filter. 

Area definitions. The substate area data published in this 

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

Office of Management and Budget on 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 2012 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/sae/benchmark2017.pdf.

Seasonal adjustment. Payroll employment data are 

seasonally adjusted at the statewide supersector level. In some 

states, the seasonally adjusted payroll employment total is 

computed by aggregating the independently adjusted 

supersector series. In other states, the seasonally adjusted 

payroll employment total is independently adjusted. Revisions 

to historical data for the most recent 5 years are made once a 

year, coincident with annual benchmark adjustments.

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/sae/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 persons, unemployed persons, and 

unemployment rates for approximately 7,500 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

Mar.

2016

Jan.

2017

Feb.

2017

Mar.

2017p

Number Percent of labor force

Mar.

2016

Jan.

2017

Feb.

2017

Mar.

2017p

Mar.

2016

Jan.

2017

Feb.

2017

Mar.

2017p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,165,848 2,195,054 2,204,019 2,208,896 128,478 141,217 136,667 128,757 5.9 6.4 6.2 5.8

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361,012 360,734 362,762 364,710 23,766 23,401 23,288 23,444 6.6 6.5 6.4 6.4

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,218,744 3,277,760 3,302,094 3,324,270 175,602 163,599 167,982 166,962 5.5 5.0 5.1 5.0

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,345,488 1,336,446 1,337,995 1,341,183 54,963 50,693 49,849 48,609 4.1 3.8 3.7 3.6

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,020,569 19,163,938 19,156,763 19,168,870 1,061,251 988,024 967,171 942,144 5.6 5.2 5.0 4.9

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale1. . . . 5,024,001 5,059,977 5,067,038 5,082,164 271,212 249,386 243,824 234,829 5.4 4.9 4.8 4.6

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,874,039 2,912,170 2,922,824 2,933,275 95,988 84,682 84,694 75,689 3.3 2.9 2.9 2.6

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,891,730 1,892,209 1,901,386 1,911,815 102,882 85,003 89,404 91,772 5.4 4.5 4.7 4.8

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474,368 470,574 472,501 474,544 21,023 20,597 21,159 21,523 4.4 4.4 4.5 4.5

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392,344 395,599 397,009 398,058 24,207 22,376 22,640 23,042 6.2 5.7 5.7 5.8

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,765,165 9,995,786 10,058,584 10,108,431 481,922 504,082 501,350 483,203 4.9 5.0 5.0 4.8

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall1. . . . . . . . . . . 1,331,407 1,359,453 1,358,864 1,357,697 71,850 74,599 73,843 72,293 5.4 5.5 5.4 5.3

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,877,682 4,998,333 5,010,705 5,020,332 266,585 276,071 267,114 257,648 5.5 5.5 5.3 5.1

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 681,149 693,611 695,103 696,797 21,066 19,735 19,594 19,095 3.1 2.8 2.8 2.7

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 809,275 824,013 825,894 825,307 31,326 29,783 29,641 29,094 3.9 3.6 3.6 3.5

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,562,380 6,522,220 6,526,938 6,523,618 398,918 374,615 352,271 322,778 6.1 5.7 5.4 4.9

Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights1. . . 3,815,527 3,781,775 3,768,508 3,754,964 230,515 213,657 194,757 172,595 6.0 5.6 5.2 4.6

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,327,500 3,315,768 3,324,840 3,330,933 155,917 133,588 135,172 128,943 4.7 4.0 4.1 3.9

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,701,355 1,693,918 1,693,567 1,692,058 64,038 56,891 53,844 51,854 3.8 3.4 3.2 3.1

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,485,747 1,479,412 1,481,849 1,484,688 60,613 61,227 58,945 55,956 4.1 4.1 4.0 3.8

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,985,594 2,025,137 2,044,816 2,064,787 101,572 101,140 101,548 102,567 5.1 5.0 5.0 5.0

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,136,657 2,099,633 2,106,952 2,114,052 133,242 123,110 121,847 120,235 6.2 5.9 5.8 5.7

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 685,423 696,193 698,100 700,614 25,506 24,351 22,359 20,976 3.7 3.5 3.2 3.0

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,161,109 3,192,006 3,205,394 3,219,297 139,757 133,607 135,183 137,217 4.4 4.2 4.2 4.3

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,587,261 3,599,258 3,626,754 3,661,256 146,980 113,753 123,412 131,277 4.1 3.2 3.4 3.6

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,806,723 4,884,583 4,907,517 4,913,961 235,902 252,331 258,926 248,179 4.9 5.2 5.3 5.1

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,057,066 2,088,544 2,095,092 2,097,685 110,204 120,976 123,121 117,808 5.4 5.8 5.9 5.6

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,992,961 3,007,272 3,013,067 3,018,295 115,599 121,070 120,345 115,530 3.9 4.0 4.0 3.8

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,282,985 1,291,287 1,297,927 1,302,711 76,903 71,452 68,039 65,727 6.0 5.5 5.2 5.0

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,101,120 3,104,253 3,107,268 3,101,571 138,837 131,707 128,247 121,780 4.5 4.2 4.1 3.9

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 525,059 527,459 526,547 525,855 22,102 20,733 20,276 19,862 4.2 3.9 3.9 3.8

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,010,136 1,012,238 1,011,217 1,008,430 32,057 33,223 32,537 30,977 3.2 3.3 3.2 3.1

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,421,092 1,435,616 1,438,666 1,438,919 85,430 71,197 70,654 68,531 6.0 5.0 4.9 4.8

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 745,974 751,876 752,012 752,099 20,939 20,229 20,629 21,000 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.8

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,516,737 4,514,340 4,523,342 4,522,023 229,136 205,778 201,815 190,689 5.1 4.6 4.5 4.2

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 925,411 930,678 932,421 934,422 60,924 62,756 63,180 63,035 6.6 6.7 6.8 6.7

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,551,992 9,523,041 9,552,905 9,604,845 461,327 435,652 423,525 409,073 4.8 4.6 4.4 4.3

New York City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,118,537 4,118,997 4,139,937 4,178,564 215,438 186,485 176,230 168,874 5.2 4.5 4.3 4.0

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,844,441 4,934,997 4,943,673 4,950,855 248,757 260,064 252,209 244,060 5.1 5.3 5.1 4.9

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414,815 418,490 419,532 420,903 13,713 12,610 12,461 11,904 3.3 3.0 3.0 2.8

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,715,634 5,704,154 5,739,198 5,767,157 284,670 286,933 293,937 293,558 5.0 5.0 5.1 5.1

Cleveland-Elyria2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,029,021 1,025,502 1,025,910 1,028,188 52,241 59,673 62,708 64,518 5.1 5.8 6.1 6.3

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,831,859 1,827,615 1,831,799 1,836,643 88,786 85,329 81,975 79,682 4.8 4.7 4.5 4.3

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,043,036 2,067,837 2,071,126 2,078,468 101,024 89,619 82,289 78,803 4.9 4.3 4.0 3.8

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,439,970 6,440,304 6,435,475 6,442,464 349,106 333,016 320,423 310,888 5.4 5.2 5.0 4.8

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 552,299 551,042 552,336 554,048 29,835 26,192 25,054 23,949 5.4 4.8 4.5 4.3

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,296,452 2,310,643 2,323,423 2,333,186 122,223 101,455 103,363 103,587 5.3 4.4 4.4 4.4

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451,619 455,118 456,193 456,741 12,281 13,012 12,934 12,803 2.7 2.9 2.8 2.8

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,116,856 3,184,662 3,195,607 3,203,209 143,964 171,448 169,409 164,555 4.6 5.4 5.3 5.1

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,201,461 13,400,291 13,461,621 13,519,716 604,585 642,499 662,593 677,475 4.6 4.8 4.9 5.0

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,497,080 1,533,758 1,542,973 1,553,789 53,170 47,761 47,490 47,712 3.6 3.1 3.1 3.1

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344,335 346,072 346,791 347,466 11,320 10,633 10,514 10,579 3.3 3.1 3.0 3.0

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,217,093 4,273,689 4,281,149 4,290,397 167,795 171,454 165,556 161,274 4.0 4.0 3.9 3.8

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,614,526 3,684,288 3,686,187 3,687,691 201,931 187,274 180,116 174,520 5.6 5.1 4.9 4.7

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,607,669 1,643,808 1,646,930 1,649,419 69,300 60,798 57,852 54,812 4.3 3.7 3.5 3.3

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 783,051 782,599 781,734 780,534 48,654 43,551 40,370 38,118 6.2 5.6 5.2 4.9

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,113,330 3,120,442 3,130,910 3,137,075 128,422 121,607 117,377 107,131 4.1 3.9 3.7 3.4

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303,286 302,196 303,084 303,615 16,717 14,583 14,330 13,752 5.5 4.8 4.7 4.5

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,126,132 1,118,027 1,128,371 1,130,127 130,403 136,710 135,313 130,352 11.6 12.2 12.0 11.5

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.
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

February March Number Percent of labor force

2016 2017 2016 2017p

February March February March

2016 2017 2016 2017p 2016 2017 2016 2017p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,152,446 2,180,410 2,160,907 2,186,599 135,407 132,066 129,417 117,187 6.3 6.1 6.0 5.4

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357,339 360,469 357,230 362,198 26,762 26,770 25,741 26,169 7.5 7.4 7.2 7.2

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,214,959 3,313,683 3,223,314 3,325,614 171,147 164,441 171,025 154,227 5.3 5.0 5.3 4.6

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,337,682 1,336,804 1,343,609 1,343,083 61,266 57,418 54,291 47,839 4.6 4.3 4.0 3.6

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,041,291 19,121,796 19,085,020 19,167,882 1,096,284 1,001,804 1,104,679 974,363 5.8 5.2 5.8 5.1

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale1. . . . 5,033,790 5,081,781 5,031,990 5,102,360 271,399 245,135 264,153 220,928 5.4 4.8 5.2 4.3

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,870,746 2,931,099 2,874,045 2,931,037 110,856 98,991 111,638 72,492 3.9 3.4 3.9 2.5

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,880,764 1,896,116 1,890,541 1,909,487 113,325 104,739 110,688 97,996 6.0 5.5 5.9 5.1

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471,486 472,172 474,004 475,296 22,590 23,425 21,451 22,071 4.8 5.0 4.5 4.6

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392,467 399,576 391,324 396,909 25,650 24,487 23,501 22,581 6.5 6.1 6.0 5.7

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,734,040 10,046,858 9,790,964 10,084,858 460,727 473,430 466,631 435,339 4.7 4.7 4.8 4.3

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall1. . . . . . . . . . . 1,334,342 1,359,544 1,327,319 1,348,803 68,071 69,392 73,544 72,080 5.1 5.1 5.5 5.3

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,867,137 5,003,393 4,894,135 5,014,429 264,387 255,817 260,822 241,849 5.4 5.1 5.3 4.8

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 679,931 693,970 681,602 696,813 20,426 19,262 20,494 18,025 3.0 2.8 3.0 2.6

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 802,960 820,389 806,071 817,810 36,623 34,403 35,407 31,748 4.6 4.2 4.4 3.9

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,555,515 6,469,999 6,568,081 6,464,446 434,443 356,526 419,163 305,536 6.6 5.5 6.4 4.7

Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights1. . . 3,817,712 3,751,450 3,823,236 3,742,290 248,856 192,846 240,745 158,852 6.5 5.1 6.3 4.2

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,310,569 3,305,619 3,327,600 3,306,054 169,356 153,936 170,289 126,423 5.1 4.7 5.1 3.8

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,700,054 1,686,390 1,698,856 1,685,079 73,843 60,595 67,435 56,872 4.3 3.6 4.0 3.4

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,486,195 1,478,915 1,484,973 1,480,135 62,245 60,567 62,200 54,810 4.2 4.1 4.2 3.7

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,970,941 2,043,943 1,983,653 2,069,995 116,114 114,038 108,376 111,762 5.9 5.6 5.5 5.4

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,110,065 2,091,740 2,127,347 2,112,302 121,977 113,477 128,087 114,866 5.8 5.4 6.0 5.4

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 674,135 689,277 677,706 692,193 31,502 26,624 30,469 24,847 4.7 3.9 4.5 3.6

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,138,625 3,195,826 3,151,868 3,211,130 147,351 144,626 139,770 139,428 4.7 4.5 4.4 4.3

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,578,493 3,634,380 3,584,456 3,670,786 165,935 152,135 157,457 142,733 4.6 4.2 4.4 3.9

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,794,016 4,886,568 4,825,198 4,868,888 242,852 276,530 256,851 233,346 5.1 5.7 5.3 4.8

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,039,164 2,088,934 2,057,356 2,090,672 105,925 122,334 113,903 105,915 5.2 5.9 5.5 5.1

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,987,047 2,999,620 2,997,397 3,011,401 135,154 142,467 138,515 131,434 4.5 4.7 4.6 4.4

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,274,871 1,287,141 1,273,091 1,287,262 75,774 59,097 71,300 59,570 5.9 4.6 5.6 4.6

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,104,593 3,079,601 3,118,733 3,058,587 151,362 148,622 151,038 127,737 4.9 4.8 4.8 4.2

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 519,664 521,221 522,197 522,430 26,156 23,414 25,582 22,687 5.0 4.5 4.9 4.3

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,004,058 1,004,926 1,008,495 1,004,492 33,976 33,577 33,719 30,825 3.4 3.3 3.3 3.1

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,422,269 1,439,690 1,422,063 1,434,815 88,608 72,958 86,979 67,574 6.2 5.1 6.1 4.7

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 743,674 749,213 744,820 750,297 24,367 25,227 23,501 23,844 3.3 3.4 3.2 3.2

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,523,008 4,517,965 4,539,380 4,504,654 241,938 222,067 245,237 193,817 5.3 4.9 5.4 4.3

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 926,499 933,311 922,098 931,268 62,267 64,637 60,404 61,671 6.7 6.9 6.6 6.6

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,638,879 9,557,962 9,650,167 9,616,642 511,796 481,678 488,592 420,378 5.3 5.0 5.1 4.4

New York City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,174,635 4,184,039 4,175,756 4,223,691 234,543 198,800 224,473 173,303 5.6 4.8 5.4 4.1

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,837,668 4,915,580 4,871,358 4,944,504 255,584 246,599 245,221 231,828 5.3 5.0 5.0 4.7

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409,691 416,603 411,486 419,122 16,456 15,058 16,909 14,091 4.0 3.6 4.1 3.4

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,688,315 5,720,387 5,713,377 5,738,468 311,702 339,994 304,346 301,950 5.5 5.9 5.3 5.3

Cleveland-Elyria2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,029,443 1,027,166 1,026,672 1,024,648 60,215 77,528 55,962 66,985 5.8 7.5 5.5 6.5

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,828,032 1,825,976 1,832,534 1,835,887 90,386 82,418 87,435 77,037 4.9 4.5 4.8 4.2

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,022,510 2,057,047 2,034,388 2,069,452 106,865 81,512 106,457 84,791 5.3 4.0 5.2 4.1

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,444,353 6,397,696 6,474,709 6,419,818 361,565 342,541 369,891 326,529 5.6 5.4 5.7 5.1

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 549,472 549,897 548,781 551,167 34,090 27,875 32,590 25,812 6.2 5.1 5.9 4.7

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,278,246 2,314,634 2,289,595 2,323,409 124,139 106,908 117,246 93,884 5.4 4.6 5.1 4.0

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446,985 453,285 449,225 454,623 14,734 15,242 14,162 14,580 3.3 3.4 3.2 3.2

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,089,586 3,166,482 3,105,299 3,178,209 141,482 155,541 139,548 147,406 4.6 4.9 4.5 4.6

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,185,966 13,471,275 13,239,718 13,513,734 581,318 693,488 590,841 675,604 4.4 5.1 4.5 5.0

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,489,692 1,547,936 1,494,937 1,558,549 59,836 53,530 57,383 52,446 4.0 3.5 3.8 3.4

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342,735 345,958 343,344 347,076 12,454 11,621 12,458 11,984 3.6 3.4 3.6 3.5

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,211,047 4,267,816 4,237,899 4,293,589 174,579 169,101 170,973 162,641 4.1 4.0 4.0 3.8

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,608,103 3,682,989 3,624,428 3,685,830 221,553 193,055 210,755 179,129 6.1 5.2 5.8 4.9

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,611,120 1,654,196 1,615,595 1,652,645 71,593 55,720 70,159 52,554 4.4 3.4 4.3 3.2

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780,879 776,080 776,928 770,882 58,854 46,438 53,243 42,821 7.5 6.0 6.9 5.6

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,106,527 3,121,116 3,103,663 3,111,053 152,272 141,218 146,817 115,252 4.9 4.5 4.7 3.7

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299,963 300,869 301,721 301,965 17,593 15,229 18,172 14,539 5.9 5.1 6.0 4.8

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,133,795 1,147,020 1,126,982 1,127,107 131,565 129,665 137,705 123,479 11.6 11.3 12.2 11.0

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

Mar.

2016

Jan.

2017

Feb.

2017

Mar.

2017p

Mar.

2016

Jan.

2017

Feb.

2017

Mar.

2017p

Mar.

2016

Jan.

2017

Feb.

2017

Mar.

2017p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,967.7 1,995.0 1,997.3 1,996.2 84.5 85.9 85.8 84.6 259.3 264.7 265.8 266.3

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335.3 328.2 330.1 328.4 16.7 15.2 16.4 15.6 14.1 10.7 12.3 12.0

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,685.0 2,731.2 2,739.9 2,738.0 133.9 135.7 135.2 136.8 160.0 161.9 163.0 161.5

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,226.5 1,234.9 1,240.6 1,240.5 50.6 50.3 51.0 50.2 154.2 156.7 157.2 157.3

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,347.6 16,653.2 16,674.7 16,694.0 761.7 778.0 785.0 803.9 1,307.7 1,303.7 1,299.5 1,301.2

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,585.3 2,629.5 2,634.4 2,634.4 153.9 155.0 160.5 157.2 142.6 140.8 142.5 142.1

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,683.8 1,684.0 1,684.1 1,685.4 60.8 58.0 59.3 59.0 156.3 156.1 155.7 156.5

Delaware2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453.3 455.8 456.5 457.0 21.7 21.1 22.0 21.9 25.6 26.0 25.9 25.7

District of Columbia3, 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 781.2 787.5 788.3 787.6 16.2 14.9 14.9 14.7 – – – –

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,307.9 8,548.0 8,547.8 8,554.0 463.8 495.1 498.4 500.3 352.7 361.7 363.2 365.8

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,335.1 4,440.2 4,456.6 4,466.1 173.2 179.0 179.7 184.4 386.4 391.8 388.8 388.0

Hawaii2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 645.6 650.0 650.3 650.1 38.4 37.8 37.4 37.2 14.1 13.8 13.9 13.9

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 690.4 712.9 711.3 709.1 40.7 44.1 44.5 43.7 64.4 65.6 65.2 65.6

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,009.8 6,029.4 6,044.2 6,035.3 221.2 216.3 223.4 216.3 575.6 567.8 569.8 569.1

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,074.2 3,111.3 3,119.5 3,119.3 130.1 134.8 135.6 134.2 521.9 527.1 530.9 530.7

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,572.5 1,577.4 1,581.1 1,580.6 83.5 78.8 80.4 81.5 214.8 211.2 211.0 211.2

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,410.4 1,407.0 1,412.6 1,414.0 62.0 60.7 62.0 62.7 160.7 158.6 160.1 159.5

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,908.6 1,934.3 1,936.2 1,937.5 77.2 79.5 82.1 80.1 246.9 252.7 251.8 254.6

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,977.0 1,975.7 1,983.6 1,975.1 139.8 150.8 153.9 147.2 138.1 134.9 137.2 134.7

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 617.7 621.9 620.0 623.0 27.8 28.4 29.3 29.9 51.0 50.2 50.5 50.2

Maryland2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,702.1 2,744.0 2,753.5 2,746.3 162.4 164.6 165.8 161.3 104.0 103.2 103.6 103.0

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,555.9 3,593.5 3,604.7 3,604.9 146.2 149.6 149.9 150.3 246.7 244.4 244.5 243.6

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,298.7 4,378.6 4,376.0 4,378.5 153.8 162.1 164.3 163.8 597.6 604.2 599.1 600.9

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,884.7 2,917.5 2,923.7 2,929.0 115.8 117.6 122.2 121.3 318.1 317.0 318.2 318.9

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,146.0 1,146.6 1,146.2 1,146.1 46.1 43.5 41.9 41.3 143.3 141.9 142.8 142.6

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,828.7 2,877.0 2,880.6 2,867.2 119.5 122.6 124.8 121.2 262.8 263.4 261.3 263.2

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466.4 474.3 477.0 476.4 27.1 28.0 28.9 28.9 19.6 19.6 20.0 20.3

Nebraska2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,014.0 1,018.8 1,025.0 1,023.5 51.9 50.9 52.5 52.7 97.1 97.2 97.2 97.4

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,285.5 1,321.5 1,325.9 1,323.8 75.1 81.7 80.1 81.3 43.2 44.8 45.1 45.0

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 665.2 680.4 678.0 674.8 25.5 27.0 27.6 27.1 67.9 68.5 68.3 68.3

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,061.3 4,117.6 4,128.5 4,111.0 154.9 155.1 156.7 153.9 242.1 243.1 245.6 245.9

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 829.6 833.5 837.0 836.7 44.2 44.3 44.5 46.0 27.2 26.4 26.5 26.2

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,379.5 9,484.5 9,498.0 9,493.8 376.3 379.1 385.4 383.4 454.8 440.4 444.6 441.9

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,317.9 4,377.0 4,387.1 4,387.6 198.3 205.2 206.4 202.7 464.7 461.2 461.2 463.8

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435.8 435.3 434.2 434.6 31.4 32.2 32.2 32.2 24.9 23.9 24.2 24.4

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,482.2 5,506.8 5,522.8 5,518.7 211.0 211.6 217.9 218.9 686.6 691.8 693.0 693.1

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,657.7 1,652.7 1,656.0 1,655.8 76.9 80.4 80.6 79.0 130.6 127.6 129.3 129.5

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,823.7 1,853.2 1,860.8 1,863.2 88.7 97.3 97.1 96.9 189.0 187.1 188.7 189.7

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,873.6 5,929.1 5,950.3 5,934.2 239.9 247.1 248.3 246.6 561.2 554.6 556.5 554.4

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490.6 493.0 495.3 494.6 18.3 19.5 19.9 19.8 40.8 40.1 40.1 40.3

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,041.9 2,076.1 2,076.3 2,077.7 92.6 98.5 96.1 95.4 236.7 241.7 244.0 245.2

South Dakota2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431.0 434.8 436.8 438.0 23.4 23.8 24.8 24.6 42.4 40.7 42.0 41.6

Tennessee2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,951.2 3,002.6 3,006.1 3,014.7 118.5 124.0 127.3 126.2 341.6 346.1 348.5 347.2

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,966.1 12,191.5 12,205.6 12,215.1 695.4 710.0 710.3 714.3 853.5 849.9 856.3 858.0

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,415.1 1,451.7 1,456.4 1,460.4 91.1 93.8 95.3 95.8 125.3 128.6 129.1 130.1

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311.9 315.9 315.5 314.6 15.5 15.6 16.1 16.0 30.0 29.1 28.9 28.9

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,909.5 3,946.3 3,960.3 3,955.3 187.8 189.3 186.0 188.1 233.0 232.1 231.8 233.3

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,213.2 3,288.4 3,294.9 3,305.6 182.3 191.5 193.6 194.5 292.1 286.6 286.5 286.3

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 751.8 746.6 747.9 745.7 31.6 30.7 31.3 31.6 47.0 45.5 45.7 45.6

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,923.0 2,939.7 2,950.8 2,948.1 113.4 114.6 113.8 113.8 465.6 468.1 469.1 468.6

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284.6 277.9 277.7 278.5 21.9 21.3 21.5 21.2 9.4 9.3 9.3 9.3

Puerto Rico2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 893.3 883.4 882.2 880.8 23.4 22.3 21.3 21.1 73.8 72.7 72.0 71.9

Virgin Islands3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.2 38.4 38.6 38.6 – – – – – – – –

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 2016 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

Mar.

2016

Jan.

2017

Feb.

2017

Mar.

2017p

Mar.

2016

Jan.

2017

Feb.

2017

Mar.

2017p

Mar.

2016

Jan.

2017

Feb.

2017

Mar.

2017p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380.5 380.3 378.1 378.1 95.9 98.5 97.6 97.3 233.4 236.9 237.6 238.7

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.7 65.0 64.8 64.7 12.1 11.8 11.7 11.8 28.7 27.3 27.4 27.0

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513.6 519.6 520.2 517.8 198.9 207.5 208.8 209.6 408.7 416.7 418.9 417.8

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252.7 252.8 252.9 253.3 51.1 51.6 51.2 51.3 142.1 143.9 146.6 147.8

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,973.6 3,009.8 3,020.6 3,016.4 816.5 832.8 831.3 828.4 2,512.1 2,558.7 2,555.8 2,554.5

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452.8 459.9 461.3 461.8 162.1 166.6 165.1 166.5 402.8 412.0 414.4 412.3

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299.3 302.4 300.6 299.1 130.3 131.6 131.1 131.5 218.7 217.4 218.6 218.3

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83.1 83.5 83.3 83.0 47.3 47.1 47.1 47.0 61.1 59.9 57.8 59.1

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.7 32.0 32.4 32.6 29.7 29.8 29.7 29.2 164.5 168.6 168.9 167.4

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,707.4 1,746.5 1,746.9 1,747.7 542.3 553.5 553.3 555.0 1,269.5 1,314.4 1,310.0 1,313.0

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 922.7 939.2 939.8 941.6 236.6 244.0 245.4 246.3 645.0 662.4 671.7 674.3

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119.5 120.5 120.8 120.4 28.4 28.6 28.2 28.1 83.3 83.8 83.6 83.4

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137.2 141.0 138.8 140.0 33.7 35.4 35.6 35.1 85.6 89.6 89.3 87.6

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,209.5 1,214.3 1,211.5 1,212.4 382.8 389.8 392.1 391.7 932.3 944.3 942.8 939.2

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 595.6 595.6 598.3 600.7 133.1 136.4 135.9 136.3 332.2 339.7 338.0 333.6

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315.8 318.1 319.0 318.8 107.7 110.5 110.6 110.8 138.1 141.4 142.6 142.5

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267.1 267.1 267.1 268.6 85.3 85.7 86.1 85.7 177.5 178.9 179.0 178.5

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395.6 402.3 401.1 402.7 93.2 95.2 94.8 95.3 217.3 222.9 225.4 224.1

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389.9 388.5 384.0 385.5 92.3 92.3 92.3 91.7 210.1 208.8 213.5 214.2

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120.9 122.3 121.8 122.8 31.1 30.7 30.9 30.8 65.2 66.1 65.6 65.5

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467.8 472.2 469.4 469.0 148.4 150.1 150.4 149.0 437.9 449.5 455.6 457.6

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 574.7 579.0 579.4 577.1 223.1 227.2 227.0 229.5 545.7 553.4 556.6 557.4

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 779.8 781.6 778.1 783.5 211.2 217.6 216.9 217.3 642.4 659.3 659.6 660.9

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530.8 534.6 540.3 537.8 174.6 177.3 177.0 178.1 368.2 371.9 369.7 374.6

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228.6 232.8 232.2 229.9 44.0 44.0 43.7 43.9 108.7 103.6 105.2 106.1

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 545.6 557.7 556.2 552.6 168.6 170.7 169.6 170.5 376.1 385.5 388.1 386.8

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95.6 95.7 96.6 96.5 23.7 24.3 24.3 24.1 40.8 42.5 42.4 42.1

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205.2 205.5 206.5 206.5 73.1 73.5 73.8 74.4 117.1 120.3 121.1 120.1

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240.2 242.4 242.1 241.3 62.3 63.3 64.0 63.7 172.9 180.1 181.3 181.3

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139.8 142.5 140.9 139.6 36.8 37.3 37.2 36.8 77.4 78.9 78.3 78.4

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 862.1 876.5 879.9 875.6 246.2 250.6 252.2 251.9 656.6 675.3 675.8 670.8

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138.9 138.6 138.9 138.7 33.4 33.7 33.3 33.7 100.5 101.9 102.1 100.7

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,576.3 1,584.7 1,581.3 1,579.2 713.4 712.4 713.9 713.2 1,287.9 1,328.0 1,322.1 1,320.5

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 810.2 822.6 821.8 818.8 224.8 230.5 230.3 230.8 602.7 618.8 620.6 621.5

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97.9 96.0 95.5 95.2 24.1 24.4 24.4 24.5 34.6 34.5 34.2 34.1

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,021.5 1,029.6 1,031.9 1,025.9 298.4 305.0 304.3 303.6 721.8 722.5 723.6 719.8

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307.3 306.2 302.7 301.2 78.7 80.1 80.6 81.3 180.3 180.1 180.1 179.5

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340.6 345.8 344.1 343.9 95.8 99.1 99.3 98.0 237.3 242.8 244.3 246.0

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,127.3 1,132.2 1,134.9 1,128.9 316.4 317.5 317.7 318.5 791.4 803.2 798.5 802.1

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.8 76.2 77.3 77.4 33.5 33.3 33.2 32.9 65.7 67.0 67.2 66.6

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392.2 398.5 401.0 403.2 100.0 102.4 101.4 100.3 266.5 272.7 274.6 272.9

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88.3 89.3 88.9 89.2 29.3 29.9 29.8 30.2 31.0 31.6 31.5 31.6

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 615.0 625.6 625.3 625.7 150.9 154.1 154.8 154.5 402.1 414.0 408.2 413.9

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,414.2 2,456.5 2,447.2 2,441.7 726.8 746.6 742.9 745.7 1,613.7 1,661.8 1,659.0 1,672.2

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270.6 277.6 279.3 278.4 81.0 81.8 82.4 82.6 200.5 208.3 209.3 209.3

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.7 55.8 55.2 55.2 12.0 11.7 11.7 11.7 27.6 28.1 27.8 27.9

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 661.8 668.6 671.4 665.6 199.8 203.5 204.4 204.4 712.1 727.5 728.7 731.6

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600.0 620.2 619.5 620.9 149.0 153.4 154.3 155.0 400.3 407.2 407.1 409.4

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134.7 131.9 131.4 130.4 28.0 27.0 27.4 27.1 66.1 64.9 65.2 64.9

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539.8 541.8 544.2 543.4 151.4 154.0 153.2 153.6 322.6 321.8 323.1 326.3

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.6 52.9 52.9 52.4 10.9 10.4 10.3 10.5 17.8 17.2 16.8 17.3

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174.4 169.3 171.3 171.1 42.5 42.0 42.2 42.6 113.8 114.8 113.4 113.3

Virgin Islands1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.0 8.0 7.9 7.9 – – – – – – – –

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 2016 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

Mar.

2016

Jan.

2017

Feb.

2017

Mar.

2017p

Mar.

2016

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Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230.8 236.5 237.7 237.8 196.3 202.7 203.0 201.0 377.0 379.3 380.0 380.6

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.4 48.6 49.0 48.5 35.0 36.7 35.8 35.7 81.5 81.2 81.4 81.6

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408.1 417.3 419.5 418.1 305.2 319.2 321.0 325.3 410.5 410.6 410.7 408.7

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179.0 185.3 187.5 185.5 115.4 114.8 115.4 115.9 213.7 211.3 211.3 211.9

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,506.8 2,590.3 2,590.9 2,595.2 1,880.7 1,923.0 1,927.4 1,932.1 2,498.5 2,539.7 2,543.6 2,549.9

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323.1 332.8 331.5 332.8 320.5 327.8 326.8 329.0 426.4 433.1 430.3 430.2

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329.4 327.9 331.8 331.1 153.3 158.4 155.6 156.7 238.0 233.7 233.6 233.7

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.6 78.5 79.3 79.1 49.3 51.2 52.2 51.4 65.3 65.0 65.5 66.4

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134.3 134.9 135.8 136.0 74.3 77.5 78.4 78.2 239.3 240.5 238.9 240.9

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,229.0 1,270.4 1,268.6 1,273.3 1,165.8 1,199.4 1,206.4 1,197.0 1,088.8 1,103.3 1,096.6 1,101.1

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 556.4 569.1 573.1 573.7 460.8 485.4 485.4 486.6 676.8 693.1 693.5 691.7

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83.0 83.1 83.5 83.2 117.2 120.0 120.0 121.1 126.3 125.9 126.7 126.4

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 102.7 103.6 103.3 71.6 72.4 73.0 72.6 120.5 124.1 123.1 123.4

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 909.0 919.2 926.5 924.9 592.3 594.0 595.2 599.4 828.8 829.5 826.9 825.0

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460.2 470.5 472.0 473.5 306.6 308.9 305.7 306.9 429.2 430.9 433.7 435.0

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228.8 228.9 231.6 232.3 142.8 145.3 144.5 142.5 257.1 258.3 256.9 256.4

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196.1 196.8 198.8 198.2 127.4 126.9 128.6 129.1 256.0 255.1 254.1 255.0

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267.2 270.4 271.4 269.4 192.8 193.3 193.4 192.9 319.3 318.6 316.3 318.1

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308.9 314.0 314.7 315.7 232.0 229.5 229.4 229.9 326.0 324.3 323.6 323.2

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125.0 127.9 126.1 127.6 65.2 65.6 64.8 65.0 99.8 99.4 99.8 99.8

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455.1 463.5 468.1 468.5 272.4 279.1 276.0 273.3 503.5 509.4 511.3 511.6

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 777.3 789.6 798.8 797.0 359.3 362.4 362.1 361.7 456.7 460.4 458.8 459.7

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 660.2 668.9 671.0 671.4 423.4 437.3 441.1 435.9 597.7 609.5 608.9 608.7

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 518.2 533.5 535.0 533.6 264.1 264.6 262.0 264.5 422.9 427.0 424.6 424.6

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139.6 141.8 142.2 143.3 132.1 134.9 134.0 134.2 244.2 245.3 245.4 245.8

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452.8 462.9 463.6 460.4 299.6 307.1 312.4 309.3 430.0 435.2 432.8 432.6

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.4 75.8 75.6 75.8 63.9 65.1 65.5 64.8 90.7 91.5 91.7 91.9

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152.1 153.7 154.7 154.0 90.2 90.1 91.8 90.6 172.2 171.2 170.9 171.3

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125.2 129.3 131.4 130.2 342.7 351.1 351.9 351.0 156.9 159.6 159.9 161.0

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119.9 122.3 122.9 121.9 69.5 75.6 75.3 74.9 90.6 91.1 91.0 90.7

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 670.2 685.9 686.0 686.2 368.8 377.8 378.1 371.8 615.1 609.4 609.1 610.7

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137.4 140.2 140.5 140.9 95.0 98.2 98.4 97.9 191.5 189.5 191.6 191.3

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,934.7 1,984.8 1,990.3 1,995.3 915.9 922.4 923.5 922.5 1,444.5 1,451.4 1,451.7 1,453.0

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 581.3 589.4 591.7 592.0 477.5 484.4 489.2 489.1 725.7 727.2 728.1 733.0

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.4 63.3 62.9 62.7 39.6 38.9 38.8 39.2 83.4 84.4 84.3 83.6

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 918.2 926.5 931.3 937.6 550.8 551.3 556.1 553.3 777.0 772.7 769.5 769.3

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234.0 234.7 237.4 236.9 165.6 164.1 164.5 165.5 354.3 354.4 354.6 354.6

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264.5 270.3 272.9 272.7 198.1 199.7 199.1 199.5 305.4 305.1 308.7 310.3

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,210.2 1,239.9 1,252.5 1,251.0 557.2 565.7 572.3 564.1 702.8 700.4 701.8 702.9

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106.3 106.8 106.6 107.4 57.5 58.9 59.2 58.6 60.3 60.5 60.6 60.5

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239.8 245.9 244.7 246.1 246.1 245.8 244.8 245.6 362.7 364.7 364.2 365.1

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70.0 70.6 70.6 71.0 46.6 46.9 47.5 47.8 78.1 79.7 79.8 79.9

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421.1 421.9 427.0 426.7 317.1 328.1 328.6 328.5 430.0 432.5 429.9 433.9

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,618.2 1,657.2 1,668.9 1,666.5 1,280.3 1,321.1 1,325.5 1,313.2 1,908.5 1,944.2 1,944.5 1,947.0

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188.8 195.1 194.6 195.2 137.0 141.8 140.2 142.4 236.3 239.9 240.9 241.7

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.0 65.5 65.1 64.8 35.5 38.3 38.9 37.6 55.7 55.7 55.5 56.1

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 526.3 534.2 540.0 541.5 399.3 402.8 405.5 403.4 714.3 713.4 717.8 713.9

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459.8 474.0 474.4 476.9 319.8 328.8 329.8 332.5 568.1 578.0 580.1 579.4

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129.3 132.4 132.7 132.8 74.9 73.5 73.9 74.2 154.8 155.6 155.6 154.5

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442.6 450.6 448.7 449.5 275.5 273.0 278.1 276.0 409.8 413.2 416.0 412.8

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.8 27.8 27.9 27.9 35.7 35.8 35.4 35.6 71.7 70.4 70.4 70.7

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121.8 123.2 122.5 121.4 80.5 80.8 81.4 82.5 227.4 223.6 223.0 221.7

Virgin Islands1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . – – – – 7.7 7.5 7.5 7.7 10.7 10.8 11.0 11.0

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

components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2016 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

February March February March February March

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Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,951.0 1,981.5 1,961.5 1,990.0 9.5 9.7 9.5 9.7 82.8 84.0 84.6 83.9

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322.1 316.8 323.5 317.4 15.6 13.0 15.6 13.3 14.2 13.8 14.3 13.4

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,692.4 2,747.8 2,700.6 2,756.6 12.0 11.4 11.5 11.4 130.9 132.8 132.6 136.3

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,216.4 1,233.4 1,224.3 1,240.9 6.8 6.0 6.6 6.0 48.6 49.2 49.2 49.1

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,270.5 16,572.1 16,292.2 16,660.7 25.1 22.2 24.4 22.1 748.3 768.8 744.3 787.7

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,558.6 2,609.9 2,570.4 2,621.2 25.4 22.1 24.6 22.4 145.2 150.1 148.0 150.5

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,652.9 1,655.9 1,663.0 1,665.1 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 53.3 52.1 54.9 53.2

Delaware1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441.3 446.8 446.1 450.5 – – – – 19.9 20.4 20.8 20.7

District of Columbia1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 776.7 785.3 779.7 785.9 – – – – 15.5 14.4 15.9 14.5

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,311.7 8,556.9 8,357.4 8,608.9 5.8 5.7 5.8 5.8 456.6 490.1 460.6 493.2

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,302.1 4,423.2 4,314.7 4,449.7 9.3 10.1 9.4 10.0 169.5 175.7 171.1 181.7

Hawaii1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 645.9 650.8 648.2 653.0 – – – – 37.7 37.0 38.0 37.1

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 676.5 697.8 683.4 701.0 3.6 3.6 3.3 3.2 37.2 40.4 38.7 40.6

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,903.5 5,934.6 5,935.2 5,962.8 8.0 7.7 7.9 7.9 192.2 193.0 202.1 196.7

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,031.7 3,071.0 3,052.9 3,090.2 6.3 6.2 6.2 6.3 116.5 118.6 121.0 123.4

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,542.8 1,554.2 1,554.4 1,562.6 1.7 2.0 1.9 2.2 67.9 67.7 73.4 70.7

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,398.5 1,399.5 1,404.5 1,406.7 6.9 6.7 6.8 6.7 57.2 56.7 59.8 59.4

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,877.9 1,909.5 1,889.4 1,921.2 11.1 9.7 11.0 9.8 70.7 75.3 73.2 76.5

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,968.6 1,970.1 1,973.6 1,969.8 41.1 34.4 40.1 34.7 137.1 149.4 139.2 146.5

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 595.2 598.7 597.6 602.7 2.5 2.5 2.3 2.4 24.3 26.1 24.5 26.9

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,648.5 2,707.5 2,674.6 2,723.6 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.3 152.0 156.3 155.7 155.7

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,471.5 3,527.1 3,497.2 3,545.3 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.0 130.6 134.7 134.0 136.8

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,233.1 4,307.8 4,250.4 4,327.1 7.0 6.8 7.0 6.8 135.4 143.4 138.9 146.1

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,828.1 2,870.0 2,832.1 2,880.2 5.4 6.3 5.7 6.6 96.4 102.7 98.6 104.3

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,143.3 1,140.1 1,146.1 1,144.7 7.1 6.8 6.9 6.9 44.8 41.0 45.7 41.2

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,784.7 2,843.8 2,808.0 2,854.6 3.9 3.9 4.0 4.0 110.1 115.8 114.5 116.1

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454.6 463.9 458.1 466.3 7.0 6.7 6.8 6.7 23.3 24.4 24.3 25.3

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 995.8 1,009.4 1,005.7 1,014.1 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0 45.3 46.1 47.7 48.1

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,271.4 1,312.7 1,280.0 1,317.0 13.3 13.8 13.3 13.8 72.5 77.5 72.9 78.8

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 656.1 666.7 655.7 666.3 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 23.0 24.9 23.3 24.9

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,971.3 4,037.4 4,008.5 4,053.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 140.3 143.2 145.3 144.1

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 828.6 831.9 827.5 834.3 21.2 19.1 20.5 19.1 43.3 43.4 43.1 44.5

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,223.0 9,354.7 9,283.0 9,402.6 4.5 4.5 4.7 4.6 340.3 345.3 350.9 354.2

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,265.1 4,346.0 4,297.2 4,375.6 5.5 5.7 5.6 5.8 191.6 200.5 195.0 200.5

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428.5 427.4 427.7 428.2 16.6 15.5 15.5 16.0 25.4 26.9 25.9 27.2

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,375.9 5,422.2 5,408.1 5,452.9 11.2 10.8 11.3 11.0 184.5 192.1 191.9 198.4

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,652.2 1,646.4 1,653.6 1,652.3 46.5 44.0 45.2 45.5 76.0 77.4 75.8 77.4

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,801.9 1,839.9 1,811.7 1,851.6 7.6 7.4 7.5 7.4 84.5 91.6 85.5 93.3

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,784.6 5,859.0 5,826.3 5,877.2 26.2 23.0 25.8 23.1 213.2 222.2 223.3 228.0

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477.7 482.7 481.5 486.4 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 15.5 16.8 16.1 17.5

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,014.5 2,052.3 2,032.7 2,072.0 4.1 4.3 4.1 4.3 90.7 95.3 92.3 95.5

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419.9 425.4 422.8 428.2 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.9 18.8 20.1 19.8 20.9

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,914.5 2,976.9 2,937.8 2,999.6 4.3 4.1 4.0 4.1 109.6 117.8 112.1 119.9

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,918.1 12,144.3 11,933.2 12,185.1 235.9 222.6 229.9 226.3 692.0 704.6 691.0 707.9

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,399.3 1,444.5 1,409.9 1,455.6 8.8 7.9 8.8 7.9 85.4 89.2 88.0 92.1

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312.3 315.7 310.8 314.2 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 13.0 13.4 13.2 13.5

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,851.0 3,910.0 3,876.7 3,925.7 8.0 7.8 8.0 7.8 179.0 180.1 182.4 183.6

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,169.9 3,255.4 3,188.6 3,280.8 6.2 6.4 6.0 6.4 174.6 184.2 177.6 189.8

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 736.7 734.0 745.0 739.2 21.4 20.2 21.2 20.4 26.2 26.4 28.7 28.1

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,868.7 2,897.6 2,878.5 2,902.9 3.5 3.5 3.6 3.6 98.1 99.2 101.0 100.3

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277.5 270.0 278.3 272.0 20.5 18.6 19.8 18.7 19.3 18.6 19.8 19.1

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 888.9 881.0 894.5 882.2 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 22.1 20.7 22.7 20.4

Virgin Islands1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.5 38.8 38.7 38.8 – – – – 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.5

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 2016 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

February March February March February March

2016 2017 2016 2017p

2016 2017 2016 2017p2016 2017 2016 2017p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258.9 264.8 258.7 265.4 375.9 373.6 377.5 375.3 20.7 20.0 20.6 19.9

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.4 11.0 13.7 10.9 61.7 60.8 61.8 61.1 6.3 6.3 6.2 6.2

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160.2 162.6 159.7 161.3 510.0 515.8 510.6 515.3 45.7 44.8 45.1 45.0

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154.3 156.5 154.0 156.6 249.0 249.7 250.4 252.0 13.6 13.1 13.6 13.1

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,297.8 1,287.9 1,297.5 1,292.6 2,937.1 2,980.9 2,933.4 2,981.1 516.8 527.7 515.7 524.4

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141.6 141.6 141.7 141.4 446.5 455.3 447.0 456.3 71.4 71.0 71.4 71.0

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155.7 154.7 155.7 155.4 293.5 294.4 294.7 294.4 32.4 31.3 32.2 31.6

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.6 25.7 25.4 25.7 80.7 81.0 81.4 80.8 4.6 4.8 4.6 4.6

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 32.3 32.1 32.3 32.3 17.1 16.8 17.0 16.7

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350.8 363.5 352.4 365.5 1,700.3 1,741.9 1,703.1 1,747.6 137.2 137.5 136.7 136.3

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385.8 389.1 386.4 389.0 911.1 931.1 914.1 935.3 111.1 112.4 109.4 113.4

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.1 13.7 14.1 13.7 119.1 120.4 119.0 120.2 8.6 9.1 8.4 9.1

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.5 64.6 63.9 65.1 134.5 136.0 135.2 137.2 8.9 9.2 8.9 9.3

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 574.4 567.7 574.2 567.6 1,186.6 1,185.1 1,190.0 1,192.2 97.8 98.5 98.1 98.8

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 519.5 527.5 520.4 528.1 584.6 585.4 587.2 590.5 32.8 31.8 32.8 32.3

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213.2 209.3 214.0 209.8 310.2 313.3 311.0 314.2 23.0 21.4 22.8 21.3

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160.9 159.1 160.3 159.0 263.6 264.3 263.7 264.8 21.0 20.0 20.8 20.0

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245.3 251.8 246.2 252.8 389.0 395.1 391.2 398.3 22.7 23.6 22.7 23.9

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137.7 134.8 137.1 133.2 386.6 382.1 387.8 383.9 24.6 22.7 24.5 22.7

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.5 48.9 49.7 49.1 115.7 117.3 115.5 117.1 7.7 7.5 7.7 7.4

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102.9 102.7 103.1 102.4 456.7 459.5 459.3 461.2 37.9 36.6 37.7 36.7

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244.8 242.9 245.4 242.0 560.3 563.3 561.4 563.9 88.6 89.6 88.1 89.7

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 592.3 596.8 591.2 598.7 762.3 762.1 764.3 766.6 56.5 57.6 56.7 58.3

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314.0 313.3 314.4 314.9 518.5 527.2 519.2 526.7 50.2 50.4 50.2 50.8

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143.5 142.7 143.4 142.4 226.5 229.7 226.5 228.4 12.3 11.5 12.1 11.5

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261.6 260.0 262.1 262.5 535.5 546.4 538.0 546.7 53.3 51.5 53.4 51.1

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.2 19.6 19.1 19.9 93.2 94.2 93.7 94.4 6.4 6.5 6.3 6.5

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96.6 96.8 97.0 97.0 201.9 203.2 202.4 203.8 18.5 18.9 18.4 18.8

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.0 44.6 43.0 44.8 236.8 239.3 237.3 238.7 14.4 14.5 13.8 14.2

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.5 67.8 67.4 67.9 136.7 136.7 136.7 136.2 12.5 12.4 12.5 12.6

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239.7 242.8 240.8 243.9 843.9 861.2 847.3 861.6 73.1 72.5 72.9 73.4

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.9 26.0 26.7 25.9 137.3 136.8 137.2 136.7 12.8 12.8 12.3 12.8

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450.2 438.6 451.4 437.9 1,544.5 1,550.5 1,547.0 1,550.9 261.8 266.5 263.5 269.0

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464.2 460.6 463.5 461.8 796.4 809.4 800.8 812.6 78.5 76.8 77.7 75.2

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.4 23.9 24.5 24.0 97.5 94.3 96.5 93.8 6.7 6.8 6.7 6.9

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 682.9 688.4 682.9 689.7 1,002.5 1,008.4 1,005.4 1,009.5 71.5 72.2 71.5 73.2

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132.3 129.6 130.6 129.0 303.2 299.3 304.2 299.4 21.4 21.2 21.3 21.0

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186.0 186.5 186.7 187.8 333.6 336.9 334.5 337.5 33.2 34.2 33.3 33.9

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 556.7 550.7 557.9 551.5 1,108.3 1,114.7 1,112.5 1,112.1 83.6 82.7 83.8 82.8

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.5 40.1 40.6 40.3 75.0 75.4 75.1 75.6 8.2 7.7 8.0 7.7

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236.8 243.1 236.8 245.2 386.1 394.9 387.6 399.2 26.9 26.8 27.0 26.6

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.0 41.2 42.1 41.0 86.5 87.2 86.7 87.5 5.8 6.0 5.8 5.8

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339.3 346.6 341.2 346.7 605.7 617.3 608.0 618.6 45.4 45.7 44.6 46.3

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 856.1 855.6 851.6 856.0 2,390.4 2,424.9 2,390.6 2,421.5 200.6 196.0 199.8 196.0

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124.7 128.4 124.8 129.6 265.3 276.6 267.3 276.0 36.6 35.9 36.2 35.6

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.1 28.4 29.7 28.4 54.6 54.5 54.6 54.4 4.6 4.6 4.7 4.6

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231.6 230.5 231.7 232.5 647.7 657.6 650.5 655.0 68.8 66.1 67.9 65.4

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289.3 282.9 289.0 283.3 585.7 607.4 589.2 610.2 117.2 122.2 117.7 122.6

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.6 45.3 46.8 45.4 131.4 128.4 132.2 128.3 9.6 9.7 9.6 9.8

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460.0 463.6 461.0 465.1 526.8 530.7 528.5 530.0 49.1 47.6 48.9 47.2

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.2 9.1 9.1 9.0 53.7 51.8 53.5 51.5 3.8 3.7 3.7 3.7

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.3 72.6 73.7 72.1 172.3 169.9 173.3 170.5 18.7 17.5 18.4 17.4

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 8.1 8.0 8.2 7.9 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2016 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

February March February March February March

2016 2017 2016 2017p

2016 2017 2016 2017p2016 2017 2016 2017p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95.3 97.1 95.5 97.0 230.7 235.5 231.9 237.9 230.2 238.2 229.7 237.6

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.6 11.5 11.7 11.5 27.7 26.5 27.7 26.0 48.3 49.2 48.5 49.0

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198.5 208.6 198.7 209.6 406.0 417.4 406.5 416.3 408.6 420.1 409.3 420.0

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.8 50.7 50.8 50.9 141.2 146.1 142.3 148.1 178.7 187.1 178.8 185.8

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 811.9 827.4 811.3 826.3 2,507.8 2,534.8 2,493.3 2,540.8 2,516.2 2,599.9 2,522.3 2,612.8

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161.6 164.7 161.8 166.2 394.9 406.2 395.7 405.2 322.1 331.8 323.3 332.3

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128.9 130.4 129.4 131.1 213.3 212.1 214.7 213.3 328.7 333.3 329.3 331.6

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.9 46.8 47.0 46.8 59.2 57.1 59.3 58.4 76.5 79.1 76.6 79.1

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.5 29.4 29.7 29.0 163.3 167.2 163.6 166.4 136.2 139.5 136.4 139.6

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540.4 551.0 541.6 555.2 1,262.4 1,301.0 1,270.5 1,313.5 1,229.6 1,275.3 1,232.3 1,280.3

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235.2 244.3 235.5 244.8 638.5 661.7 641.3 667.7 555.9 574.2 556.6 574.3

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.2 28.1 28.3 28.0 83.4 83.4 83.4 83.6 82.9 83.5 83.7 83.7

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.1 35.0 33.4 34.8 82.2 86.2 83.8 86.1 100.0 104.0 100.5 104.1

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379.1 390.0 379.4 389.3 910.7 914.9 912.2 917.8 910.6 930.0 912.3 929.6

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131.8 134.7 132.0 135.2 321.6 328.9 324.8 326.5 464.4 474.0 464.6 475.5

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107.0 109.9 107.2 109.9 135.2 139.0 135.1 139.0 230.8 233.8 232.2 235.6

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84.5 85.5 84.8 85.1 174.8 175.0 175.0 175.4 195.9 197.9 195.5 197.6

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92.6 94.6 92.5 95.0 213.6 220.2 211.5 220.3 267.5 272.1 267.2 271.0

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92.0 92.3 91.9 91.5 209.8 211.6 209.7 212.9 307.6 314.2 308.0 315.6

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.5 30.4 30.6 30.3 63.4 63.2 63.2 63.1 125.0 127.0 125.7 128.0

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147.2 149.4 147.1 147.8 427.7 447.5 431.3 453.5 453.8 468.9 456.0 470.1

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220.8 225.0 220.4 226.3 529.4 541.5 531.5 543.0 778.1 800.9 781.8 803.7

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208.4 214.1 208.6 214.7 634.7 652.2 636.1 655.6 660.8 671.8 662.2 673.3

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173.0 176.3 173.0 176.9 362.9 363.5 360.0 366.5 518.7 535.9 518.5 535.9

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.9 43.3 43.8 43.6 109.4 104.1 109.1 105.3 140.1 143.6 140.2 144.7

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167.0 168.4 167.2 170.0 369.8 381.1 372.6 383.1 452.1 465.7 451.0 462.8

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.4 24.0 23.4 23.9 39.2 41.0 39.7 40.8 73.6 75.7 73.7 76.0

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72.6 73.4 72.7 73.9 114.5 119.4 115.6 118.7 151.1 154.7 152.7 154.5

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.7 63.2 62.0 63.2 170.4 179.6 172.2 180.5 124.8 130.9 125.1 129.9

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.5 36.9 36.4 36.6 75.6 77.0 75.4 76.9 120.0 123.4 120.5 123.1

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244.1 249.7 244.1 250.1 637.4 650.8 644.8 653.8 668.4 687.0 673.7 690.1

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.6 33.1 33.4 33.5 99.5 101.1 99.3 100.1 138.4 141.0 138.0 141.2

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 706.6 707.0 707.7 708.5 1,257.4 1,296.2 1,266.2 1,301.6 1,950.9 2,013.0 1,962.5 2,023.5

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222.2 227.2 222.6 228.6 591.6 611.0 596.2 617.3 579.2 594.0 581.1 594.8

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.0 24.4 23.9 24.3 33.8 33.8 33.5 33.7 61.4 62.6 61.5 62.8

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295.7 300.6 296.0 300.5 701.8 705.6 706.3 706.6 916.1 937.6 918.8 942.8

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78.6 80.5 78.3 81.0 179.3 177.5 178.7 178.3 233.5 237.5 233.6 236.7

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94.3 98.5 94.2 97.6 232.7 239.9 234.3 242.8 266.6 275.5 267.2 276.3

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314.3 314.6 314.2 316.2 773.5 782.6 778.9 788.1 1,220.4 1,263.8 1,223.0 1,263.1

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.4 32.9 33.5 32.7 63.1 64.4 63.7 64.4 106.8 108.3 107.8 109.9

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98.2 99.8 99.0 99.9 262.9 269.1 263.7 270.0 238.9 246.2 240.1 247.5

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.0 29.6 29.0 29.9 30.4 30.7 30.4 30.7 69.6 70.8 70.0 71.5

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149.8 153.7 150.1 154.1 393.9 403.5 396.4 408.8 421.3 428.1 422.8 428.9

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 724.1 738.4 723.4 741.8 1,607.0 1,641.6 1,605.5 1,657.0 1,612.8 1,667.3 1,615.0 1,667.4

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.5 82.2 80.5 82.1 195.4 203.9 197.2 205.4 190.8 197.3 191.2 198.0

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.9 11.6 11.8 11.6 26.5 26.8 26.6 26.8 64.1 65.0 64.2 65.1

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197.5 203.0 198.1 203.5 702.7 720.5 705.0 723.2 526.2 544.3 527.8 544.0

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147.5 152.7 148.0 153.8 392.3 400.1 395.7 404.0 461.3 477.4 462.7 479.6

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.7 27.2 27.8 27.2 64.7 64.4 65.2 64.4 128.7 132.6 129.4 133.0

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149.8 152.4 150.0 152.2 315.7 315.9 315.4 318.6 443.3 450.1 444.7 451.5

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.9 10.3 10.8 10.4 16.9 16.4 16.9 16.7 27.7 28.1 28.0 28.1

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.4 42.2 42.5 42.4 112.1 113.6 113.3 112.6 121.9 122.8 123.7 124.0

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 2.4 2.6 2.4 2.6

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2016 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

February March February March February March

2016 2017 2016 2017p

2016 2017 2016 2017p2016 2017 2016 2017p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190.0 195.6 194.6 198.8 79.2 81.2 79.8 81.5 377.8 381.8 379.1 383.0

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.3 31.1 30.8 31.8 10.8 11.6 10.9 11.8 82.2 82.0 82.3 82.4

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307.3 322.5 312.4 331.9 89.5 86.5 89.9 86.6 423.7 425.3 424.3 422.9

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110.8 112.5 113.8 115.3 46.5 48.0 46.9 48.2 216.1 214.5 217.9 215.8

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,847.6 1,892.4 1,860.6 1,910.8 548.9 563.5 548.6 566.4 2,513.0 2,566.6 2,540.8 2,595.7

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317.4 326.0 320.8 331.5 103.9 107.6 104.1 108.3 428.6 433.5 432.0 436.1

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142.6 145.7 145.8 149.9 63.3 65.0 64.0 66.7 240.7 236.4 241.8 237.4

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.6 47.1 45.8 47.8 18.4 18.4 18.5 18.6 64.9 66.4 66.7 68.0

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72.1 76.1 73.7 77.4 71.4 70.6 71.7 70.4 238.1 238.0 238.2 238.4

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,174.7 1,210.3 1,194.6 1,224.3 345.7 360.0 348.3 361.1 1,108.2 1,120.6 1,111.5 1,126.1

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445.2 470.0 453.7 479.3 155.2 156.1 155.6 155.2 685.3 698.5 681.6 699.0

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116.9 119.7 117.2 121.0 27.0 27.1 27.1 27.4 128.0 128.8 129.0 129.2

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.3 69.8 69.2 70.4 23.5 24.4 23.7 24.3 121.7 124.6 122.8 125.9

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 561.5 565.0 571.0 578.7 249.4 247.7 250.3 248.7 833.2 835.0 837.7 835.5

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291.7 291.8 298.3 299.0 125.0 129.5 125.6 129.0 437.5 442.6 440.0 444.4

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134.6 135.7 137.3 137.1 58.5 60.4 58.6 60.9 260.7 261.7 260.9 261.9

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122.8 123.1 124.7 126.0 50.0 49.7 50.3 49.8 260.9 261.5 262.8 262.9

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182.0 183.6 187.3 187.3 64.4 65.7 65.0 66.0 319.0 317.8 321.6 320.3

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228.4 225.9 232.1 228.8 74.8 76.7 75.3 75.3 328.9 326.0 327.9 324.7

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.2 53.6 55.0 54.9 21.2 20.7 21.3 21.0 101.2 101.5 102.1 102.5

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251.7 254.2 258.7 259.1 111.5 115.6 112.2 115.4 505.8 515.6 512.2 520.4

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327.4 328.8 334.4 333.9 131.2 132.8 133.2 134.7 459.3 466.7 466.0 470.3

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399.2 411.1 404.7 414.0 166.3 169.9 166.7 169.4 610.2 622.0 614.0 623.6

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248.1 246.4 250.4 249.1 113.8 117.3 114.5 117.9 427.1 430.7 427.6 430.6

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129.0 130.0 131.0 132.3 40.1 40.2 40.2 40.5 246.6 247.2 247.2 247.9

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278.5 292.6 288.4 299.0 114.6 115.9 115.4 115.3 438.3 442.5 441.4 444.0

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.5 61.4 61.0 61.4 17.9 18.1 18.0 18.1 90.9 92.3 92.1 93.3

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85.3 86.4 87.8 88.1 36.4 37.3 36.5 37.5 172.7 172.3 173.9 172.7

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338.0 346.0 341.2 348.7 38.3 41.0 39.1 40.4 158.2 162.3 160.1 164.0

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.8 69.0 64.5 69.0 23.9 22.8 23.8 23.2 94.7 94.9 94.3 95.0

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334.6 342.6 343.6 345.3 166.9 166.7 168.1 167.5 621.6 619.6 626.6 622.2

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93.0 96.0 93.5 97.2 27.6 28.3 27.6 28.3 195.0 194.3 195.9 195.0

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 857.7 869.2 871.4 879.7 400.3 405.1 401.5 408.0 1,448.8 1,458.8 1,456.2 1,464.7

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452.1 462.8 462.8 472.7 147.3 152.7 148.1 153.8 736.5 745.3 743.8 752.5

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.9 38.1 38.6 38.6 16.1 15.5 16.1 15.6 84.7 85.6 85.0 85.3

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 514.6 519.5 526.8 527.5 210.5 208.8 211.9 211.7 784.6 778.2 785.3 782.0

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160.4 160.0 163.5 163.4 62.7 60.5 62.7 60.7 358.3 358.9 359.7 359.9

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190.2 190.8 193.2 193.8 62.5 64.0 62.9 64.0 310.7 314.6 312.4 317.2

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 519.5 531.9 533.1 538.3 252.9 257.5 255.0 256.8 716.0 715.3 718.8 717.2

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.6 53.2 52.7 53.9 22.5 22.5 22.7 22.8 60.9 61.2 61.1 61.4

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231.3 231.1 241.1 241.2 73.6 74.1 74.3 73.2 365.0 367.6 366.7 369.4

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.8 42.9 43.5 43.5 15.7 15.9 15.8 16.0 78.5 80.1 78.9 80.5

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301.9 312.3 309.8 318.8 108.8 109.5 109.8 111.4 434.5 438.3 439.0 442.0

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,252.1 1,293.7 1,272.5 1,305.1 416.5 429.7 417.1 430.6 1,930.6 1,969.9 1,936.8 1,975.5

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135.2 139.5 137.5 144.0 38.7 40.3 38.9 40.1 237.9 243.3 239.5 244.8

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.7 42.0 37.1 39.8 10.3 10.8 10.3 10.8 57.8 57.9 57.9 58.4

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374.3 379.1 384.8 389.0 195.9 197.7 197.4 198.7 719.3 723.3 723.1 723.0

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307.1 318.3 311.2 324.2 114.9 117.9 115.9 119.4 573.8 585.9 575.6 587.5

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71.6 70.1 72.9 71.5 53.7 53.9 54.2 53.9 155.1 155.8 157.0 157.2

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256.4 256.3 259.2 258.8 146.9 151.1 148.0 151.4 419.1 427.2 418.2 424.2

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.6 32.0 32.9 32.1 11.0 10.6 11.1 11.0 71.9 70.8 72.7 71.7

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.7 81.3 80.5 82.2 17.3 17.5 17.4 17.7 228.6 222.4 228.5 222.4

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.0 7.7 8.0 7.8 1.0 1.2 1.0 1.2 10.7 11.0 10.7 11.0

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2016 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

preliminary and will be revised when new information becomes available.
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Map 1. Unemployment rates by state, seasonally March 2017

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Map 2. Percentage change in nonfarm employment by state,

seasonally adjusted, March 2016 - March 2017