For release 10:00 a.m. (ET) Friday, September 18, 2020 USDL-20-1737 

Technical information: 

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

 Unemployment: lausinfo@bls.gov • www.bls.gov/lau 

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

STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT — AUGUST 2020

Unemployment rates were lower in August in 41 states, higher in 2 states, and stable in 7 states and the 

District of Columbia, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. All 50 states and the District 

had jobless rate increases from a year earlier. The national unemployment rate fell by 1.8 percentage 

points over the month to 8.4 percent but was 4.7 points higher than in August 2019. 

Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 40 states and was essentially unchanged in 10 states and the 

District of Columbia in August 2020. Over the year, nonfarm payroll employment decreased in 49 states 

and the District and was essentially unchanged in 1 state.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Unemployment

Nevada had the highest unemployment rate in August, 13.2 percent, followed by Rhode Island, 12.8 

percent, and Hawaii and New York, 12.5 percent each. Nebraska had the lowest rate, 4.0 percent, 

followed by Utah, 4.1 percent, and Idaho, 4.2 percent. In total, 29 states had jobless rates lower than the 

U.S. figure of 8.4 percent, 10 states had higher rates, and 11 states and the District of Columbia had rates 

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

In August, the largest unemployment rate decreases occurred in Massachusetts (-4.9 percentage points)

and Arizona (-4.8 points). Rates declined over the month by at least 2.0 percentage points in an 

additional 14 states. The only over-the-month jobless rate increases occurred in Kentucky (+3.1 

percentage points) and Rhode Island (+1.5 points). (See table B.) 

The largest unemployment rate increases from August 2019 occurred in Hawaii (+9.8 percentage 

points), Nevada (+9.4 points), and Rhode Island (+9.3 points). The smallest over-the-year rate increases 

occurred in Nebraska (+0.9 percentage point) and Alaska (+1.2 points). (See table C.) 
-2- 

Nonfarm Payroll Employment 

Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 40 states and was essentially unchanged in 10 states and the 

District of Columbia in August 2020. The largest job gains occurred in New York (+153,300), Texas 

(+106,800), and California (+101,900). The largest percentage increases occurred in New Jersey, New 

York, and Virginia (+1.8 percent each); Kentucky and New Hampshire (+1.7 percent each); and Alaska, 

Indiana, and Massachusetts (+1.6 percent each). (See tables D and 3.) 

Over the year, nonfarm payroll employment decreased in 49 states and the District of Columbia and was 

essentially unchanged in Idaho. The largest job declines occurred in California (-1,598,200), New York 

(-1,214,500), and Texas (-616,600). The smallest declines occurred in South Dakota (-19,900), 

Wyoming (-21,400), and Montana (-24,300). The largest percentage declines occurred in Hawaii (-16.1 

percent), New York (-12.4 percent), and Massachusetts (-10.9 percent). The smallest percentage 

declines occurred in Utah (-1.8 percent), Mississippi (-2.6 percent), and Arizona (-3.2 percent). (See 

table E and map 2.) 

_____________ 

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

be released on Wednesday, September 30, 2020, at 10:00 a.m. (ET). The State Employment and 

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

2020, at 10:00 a.m. (ET).
-3- 

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic Impact on August 2020

Establishment and Household Survey Data

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

reports that returned to reporting positive employment from reporting zero employment. For more 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

monthly. 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

model inputs. 

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

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

the national estimates for August 2020. Despite the considerable decline in its degree relative to prior 

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

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

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

are taken to reclassify survey responses. Hence, the household survey estimates of employed and 
-4- 

unemployed people that serve as the primary inputs to the state models were affected to varying degrees 

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

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

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

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

2020. Data collection resumed effective May 2020, and BLS resumed publication of the not seasonally 

adjusted data beginning with the June 2020 issuance of this news release on July 17, 2020. Publication 

of seasonally adjusted data for Puerto Rico will resume at a later time, pending further research. The 

Puerto Rico Department of Labor has reported a misclassification in its household survey since May 

2020 similar in nature to the misclassification in the Current Population Survey. 
-5- 

State Rate p

United States 1 ................................................ 8.4

Alabama ........................................................... 5.6

Alaska .............................................................. 7.4

Arizona ............................................................. 5.9

Arkansas .......................................................... 7.4

California .......................................................... 11.4

Colorado ........................................................... 6.7

Florida .............................................................. 7.4

Georgia ............................................................ 5.6

Hawaii .............................................................. 12.5

Idaho ................................................................ 4.2

Illinois ............................................................... 11.0

Indiana ............................................................. 6.4

Iowa ................................................................. 6.0

Kansas ............................................................. 6.9

Maine ............................................................... 6.9

Maryland ........................................................... 6.9

Massachusetts ................................................... 11.3

Minnesota ......................................................... 7.4

Missouri ............................................................ 7.0

Montana ............................................................ 5.6

Nebraska .......................................................... 4.0

Nevada ............................................................. 13.2

New Hampshire ................................................. 6.5

New Jersey ....................................................... 10.9

New Mexico ....................................................... 11.3

New York .......................................................... 12.5

North Carolina ................................................... 6.5

North Dakota ..................................................... 5.0

Oklahoma .......................................................... 5.7

Pennsylvania ..................................................... 10.3

Rhode Island ..................................................... 12.8

South Carolina .................................................. 6.3

South Dakota .................................................... 4.8

Texas ................................................................ 6.8

Utah ................................................................. 4.1

Vermont ............................................................ 4.8

Virginia ............................................................. 6.1

Wisconsin ......................................................... 6.2

Wyoming .......................................................... 6.6

1

 Data are not preliminary.

p

 = preliminary.

Table A. States with unemployment rates significantly different from that

of the U.S., August 2020, seasonally adjusted
-6- 

Table B. States with statistically significant unemployment rate changes from July 2020

to August 2020, seasonally adjusted

July 2020 August 2020 p

Alabama ..................................... 7.9 5.6 -2.3

Alaska ........................................ 11.6 7.4 -4.2

Arizona ....................................... 10.7 5.9 -4.8

California .................................... 13.5 11.4 -2.1

Colorado ..................................... 7.4 6.7 -.7

Connecticut ................................. 10.2 8.1 -2.1

Delaware .................................... 10.5 8.9 -1.6

Florida ........................................ 11.4 7.4 -4.0

Georgia ...................................... 7.6 5.6 -2.0

Hawaii ........................................ 13.5 12.5 -1.0

Idaho .......................................... 5.1 4.2 -.9

Indiana ....................................... 7.9 6.4 -1.5

Iowa ........................................... 6.8 6.0 -.8

Kentucky .................................... 4.5 7.6 3.1

Louisiana .................................... 9.4 7.6 -1.8

Maine ......................................... 9.9 6.9 -3.0

Maryland ..................................... 7.8 6.9 -.9

Massachusetts ............................. 16.2 11.3 -4.9

Mississippi .................................. 9.4 7.9 -1.5

Montana ...................................... 6.5 5.6 -.9

Nebraska .................................... 4.9 4.0 -.9

Nevada ....................................... 14.2 13.2 -1.0

New Hampshire ........................... 8.0 6.5 -1.5

New Jersey ................................. 14.2 10.9 -3.3

New Mexico ................................. 12.7 11.3 -1.4

New York .................................... 15.9 12.5 -3.4

North Carolina ............................. 8.5 6.5 -2.0

North Dakota ............................... 6.6 5.0 -1.6

Oklahoma .................................... 7.1 5.7 -1.4

Oregon ....................................... 10.4 7.7 -2.7

Pennsylvania ............................... 12.5 10.3 -2.2

Rhode Island ............................... 11.3 12.8 1.5

South Carolina ............................ 8.7 6.3 -2.4

South Dakota .............................. 6.4 4.8 -1.6

Tennessee .................................. 9.7 8.5 -1.2

Texas .......................................... 8.0 6.8 -1.2

Utah ........................................... 4.5 4.1 -.4

Vermont ...................................... 8.3 4.8 -3.5

Virginia ....................................... 7.9 6.1 -1.8

Washington ................................. 10.2 8.5 -1.7

West Virginia .............................. 10.0 8.9 -1.1

Wisconsin ................................... 7.1 6.2 -.9

Wyoming .................................... 7.1 6.6 -.5

p

 = preliminary.

State

Rate Over-the-month 

change p
-7- 

Table C. States with statistically significant unemployment rate changes from August 2019

to August 2020, seasonally adjusted

August 2019 August 2020 p

Alabama ..................................... 2.8 5.6 2.8

Alaska ........................................ 6.2 7.4 1.2

Arizona ....................................... 4.6 5.9 1.3

Arkansas .................................... 3.6 7.4 3.8

California .................................... 3.9 11.4 7.5

Colorado ..................................... 2.6 6.7 4.1

Connecticut ................................. 3.7 8.1 4.4

Delaware .................................... 3.9 8.9 5.0

District of Columbia ..................... 5.3 8.5 3.2

Florida ........................................ 3.0 7.4 4.4

Georgia ...................................... 3.3 5.6 2.3

Hawaii ........................................ 2.7 12.5 9.8

Idaho .......................................... 2.9 4.2 1.3

Illinois ......................................... 3.8 11.0 7.2

Indiana ....................................... 3.2 6.4 3.2

Iowa ........................................... 2.8 6.0 3.2

Kansas ....................................... 3.1 6.9 3.8

Kentucky .................................... 4.3 7.6 3.3

Louisiana .................................... 4.9 7.6 2.7

Maine ......................................... 2.9 6.9 4.0

Maryland ..................................... 3.6 6.9 3.3

Massachusetts ............................. 2.8 11.3 8.5

Michigan ..................................... 4.0 8.7 4.7

Minnesota ................................... 3.2 7.4 4.2

Mississippi .................................. 5.5 7.9 2.4

Missouri ...................................... 3.2 7.0 3.8

Montana ...................................... 3.5 5.6 2.1

Nebraska .................................... 3.1 4.0 .9

Nevada ....................................... 3.8 13.2 9.4

New Hampshire ........................... 2.6 6.5 3.9

New Jersey ................................. 3.5 10.9 7.4

New Mexico ................................. 4.8 11.3 6.5

New York .................................... 3.9 12.5 8.6

North Carolina ............................. 3.8 6.5 2.7

North Dakota ............................... 2.4 5.0 2.6

Ohio ........................................... 4.2 8.9 4.7

Oklahoma .................................... 3.3 5.7 2.4

Oregon ....................................... 3.6 7.7 4.1

Pennsylvania ............................... 4.5 10.3 5.8

Rhode Island ............................... 3.5 12.8 9.3

South Carolina ............................ 2.5 6.3 3.8

South Dakota .............................. 3.3 4.8 1.5

Tennessee .................................. 3.4 8.5 5.1

Texas .......................................... 3.5 6.8 3.3

Utah ........................................... 2.5 4.1 1.6

Vermont ...................................... 2.4 4.8 2.4

Virginia ....................................... 2.7 6.1 3.4

Washington ................................. 4.2 8.5 4.3

West Virginia .............................. 4.9 8.9 4.0

Wisconsin ................................... 3.4 6.2 2.8

Wyoming .................................... 3.7 6.6 2.9

p

 = preliminary.

State

Rate Over-the-year 

change p
-8- 

Table D. States with statistically significant employment changes from July 2020 to

August 2020, seasonally adjusted

July August

2020 2020 p Level Percent

Alabama ..................................... 1,972,900 1,994,000 21,100 1.1

Alaska ........................................ 291,700 296,500 4,800 1.6

Arizona ....................................... 2,834,700 2,864,200 29,500 1.0

Arkansas .................................... 1,213,500 1,228,400 14,900 1.2

California .................................... 15,772,500 15,874,400 101,900 .6

Colorado ..................................... 2,612,700 2,649,600 36,900 1.4

Connecticut ................................. 1,546,200 1,566,600 20,400 1.3

Delaware .................................... 421,700 426,800 5,100 1.2

Florida ........................................ 8,467,200 8,525,100 57,900 .7

Georgia ...................................... 4,411,300 4,433,000 21,700 .5

 

Idaho .......................................... 751,200 758,200 7,000 .9

Illinois ......................................... 5,629,200 5,695,200 66,000 1.2

Indiana ....................................... 3,008,700 3,056,100 47,400 1.6

Kansas ....................................... 1,355,800 1,365,100 9,300 .7

Kentucky .................................... 1,791,500 1,822,300 30,800 1.7

Louisiana .................................... 1,836,700 1,855,800 19,100 1.0

Maine ......................................... 575,900 582,000 6,100 1.1

Maryland ..................................... 2,567,800 2,592,000 24,200 .9

Massachusetts ............................. 3,242,600 3,294,200 51,600 1.6

Michigan ..................................... 3,939,700 3,994,200 54,500 1.4

 

Minnesota ................................... 2,725,300 2,765,800 40,500 1.5

Mississippi .................................. 1,117,800 1,128,000 10,200 .9

New Hampshire ........................... 620,300 631,000 10,700 1.7

New Jersey ................................. 3,754,000 3,820,000 66,000 1.8

New York .................................... 8,435,600 8,588,900 153,300 1.8

North Carolina ............................. 4,246,100 4,263,100 17,000 .4

North Dakota ............................... 404,700 408,700 4,000 1.0

Ohio ........................................... 5,101,700 5,147,200 45,500 .9

Oklahoma .................................... 1,610,500 1,621,600 11,100 .7

Oregon ....................................... 1,790,500 1,801,800 11,300 .6

 

Pennsylvania ............................... 5,518,400 5,577,900 59,500 1.1

Rhode Island ............................... 459,300 466,200 6,900 1.5

South Carolina ............................ 2,072,500 2,092,200 19,700 1.0

Tennessee .................................. 2,963,500 2,986,100 22,600 .8

Texas .......................................... 12,112,600 12,219,400 106,800 .9

Vermont ...................................... 278,300 282,000 3,700 1.3

Virginia ....................................... 3,782,200 3,850,200 68,000 1.8

Washington ................................. 3,227,900 3,274,200 46,300 1.4

West Virginia .............................. 668,900 674,400 5,500 .8

Wisconsin ................................... 2,720,500 2,755,200 34,700 1.3

p

 = preliminary.

State Over-the-month change p
-9- 

Table E. States with statistically significant employment changes from August 2019 to

August 2020, seasonally adjusted

August August

2019 2020 p Level Percent

Alabama ..................................... 2,076,400 1,994,000 -82,400 -4.0

Alaska ........................................ 329,700 296,500 -33,200 -10.1

Arizona ....................................... 2,959,800 2,864,200 -95,600 -3.2

Arkansas .................................... 1,273,600 1,228,400 -45,200 -3.5

California .................................... 17,472,600 15,874,400 -1,598,200 -9.1

Colorado ..................................... 2,797,400 2,649,600 -147,800 -5.3

Connecticut ................................. 1,685,300 1,566,600 -118,700 -7.0

Delaware .................................... 467,600 426,800 -40,800 -8.7

District of Columbia ..................... 799,000 745,500 -53,500 -6.7

Florida ........................................ 8,981,200 8,525,100 -456,100 -5.1

 

Georgia ...................................... 4,627,000 4,433,000 -194,000 -4.2

Hawaii ........................................ 652,800 547,600 -105,200 -16.1

Illinois ......................................... 6,123,900 5,695,200 -428,700 -7.0

Indiana ....................................... 3,162,300 3,056,100 -106,200 -3.4

Iowa ........................................... 1,585,100 1,493,000 -92,100 -5.8

Kansas ....................................... 1,426,500 1,365,100 -61,400 -4.3

Kentucky .................................... 1,942,700 1,822,300 -120,400 -6.2

Louisiana .................................... 1,986,200 1,855,800 -130,400 -6.6

Maine ......................................... 637,300 582,000 -55,300 -8.7

Maryland ..................................... 2,767,800 2,592,000 -175,800 -6.4

 

Massachusetts ............................. 3,697,400 3,294,200 -403,200 -10.9

Michigan ..................................... 4,442,400 3,994,200 -448,200 -10.1

Minnesota ................................... 2,984,300 2,765,800 -218,500 -7.3

Mississippi .................................. 1,158,300 1,128,000 -30,300 -2.6

Missouri ...................................... 2,907,100 2,769,500 -137,600 -4.7

Montana ...................................... 485,700 461,400 -24,300 -5.0

Nebraska .................................... 1,027,400 990,600 -36,800 -3.6

Nevada ....................................... 1,423,400 1,289,800 -133,600 -9.4

New Hampshire ........................... 686,200 631,000 -55,200 -8.0

New Jersey ................................. 4,198,300 3,820,000 -378,300 -9.0

 

New Mexico ................................. 860,100 791,400 -68,700 -8.0

New York .................................... 9,803,400 8,588,900 -1,214,500 -12.4

North Carolina ............................. 4,583,200 4,263,100 -320,100 -7.0

North Dakota ............................... 439,900 408,700 -31,200 -7.1

Ohio ........................................... 5,595,900 5,147,200 -448,700 -8.0

Oklahoma .................................... 1,700,800 1,621,600 -79,200 -4.7

Oregon ....................................... 1,946,200 1,801,800 -144,400 -7.4

Pennsylvania ............................... 6,077,500 5,577,900 -499,600 -8.2

Rhode Island ............................... 503,400 466,200 -37,200 -7.4

South Carolina ............................ 2,196,900 2,092,200 -104,700 -4.8

 

South Dakota .............................. 440,500 420,600 -19,900 -4.5

Tennessee .................................. 3,128,700 2,986,100 -142,600 -4.6

Texas .......................................... 12,836,000 12,219,400 -616,600 -4.8

Utah ........................................... 1,566,900 1,538,700 -28,200 -1.8

Vermont ...................................... 315,900 282,000 -33,900 -10.7

Virginia ....................................... 4,062,800 3,850,200 -212,600 -5.2

Washington ................................. 3,485,000 3,274,200 -210,800 -6.0

West Virginia .............................. 720,000 674,400 -45,600 -6.3

Wisconsin ................................... 2,977,500 2,755,200 -222,300 -7.5

Wyoming .................................... 291,200 269,800 -21,400 -7.3

p

 = preliminary.

State Over-the-year change p
Technical Note

This news release presents civilian labor force and 

unemployment data for states and selected substate areas from 

the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program 

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

employment estimates by state and industry supersector from 

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

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

cooperative endeavors.

Civilian labor force and unemployment—from the 

LAUS program 

 Definitions. The civilian labor force and unemployment 

data are based on the same concepts and definitions as those 

used for the official national estimates obtained from the 

Current Population Survey (CPS), a sample survey of 

households that is conducted for the Bureau of Labor Statistics 

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

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

noninstitutional population 16 years of age and older. 

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

profit in the reference week (typically the week including the 

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

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

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

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

illness, or vacation. 

 Unemployed people are those who were not employed during 

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

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

reference week, and were currently available for work; people

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

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

employed and unemployed people. The unemployment rate is 

the number of unemployed as a percent of the civilian labor 

force.

 Method of estimation. Estimates for 48 states, the District 

of Columbia, the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale 

metropolitan division, New York City, and the balances of 

California and New York State are produced using time-series 

models. This method, which underwent substantial 

enhancement at the beginning of 2015, utilizes data from 

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

unemployment insurance (UI) programs. Estimates for the state 

of California are derived by summing the estimates for the Los 

Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale metropolitan division and the 

balance of California. Similarly, estimates for New York State

are derived by summing the estimates for New York City and 

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

substate areas contained in this release (the Cleveland-Elyria 

and Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metropolitan areas and the 

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

and their respective balances of state are produced using a 

similar model-based approach.

 Each month, estimates for the nine census divisions first are

modeled using inputs from the CPS only and controlled to the 

national totals. State estimates then are controlled to their 

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

estimates for the five areas noted above also are controlled to 

their respective state totals. This tiered process of controlling 

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

benchmarking. Estimates for Puerto Rico are derived from a 

monthly household survey similar to the CPS. A more detailed 

description of the estimation procedures is available from BLS 

upon request.

 Annual revisions. Civilian labor force and unemployment 

data for prior years reflect adjustments made after the end of 

each year. The adjusted estimates reflect updated population 

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

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

data for the most recent five years are revised near the 

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

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

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

 Seasonal adjustment. The LAUS models decompose the 

estimates of employed and unemployed people into trend, 

seasonal, and irregular components. The benchmarked signals 

of employed and unemployed people first are adjusted using an 

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

are smoothed using a Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Space 

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

employed and unemployed people are summed to derive the 

civilian labor force, and the unemployment rate then is 

calculated as the unemployed percent of the civilian labor force. 

The resulting smoothed-seasonally adjusted unemployment 

rate estimates are analyzed in this news release and published 

on the BLS website. 

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

using an asymmetric filter that incorporates information from 

previous observations only. For annual revisions, historical data 

are smoothed using a two-sided filter.

 Area definitions. The substate area data published in this 

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

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

detailed list of the geographic definitions is available online at 

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

Employment—from the CES program

 Definitions. Employment data refer to persons on 

establishment payrolls who receive pay for any part of the pay 

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

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

those appearing on more than one payroll are counted on each 

payroll. Industries are classified on the basis of their principal 

activity in accordance with the 2017 version of the North 

American Industry Classification System. 

 Method of estimation. CES State and Area employment

data are produced using several estimation procedures. Where 
possible these data are produced using a "weighted link 

relative" estimation technique in which a ratio of current month 

weighted employment to that of the previous-month weighted 

employment is computed from a sample of establishments 

reporting for both months. The estimates of employment for the 

current month are then obtained by multiplying these ratios by 

the previous month’s employment estimates. The weighted link 

relative technique is utilized for data series where the sample 

size meets certain statistical criteria. 

 For some employment series, the sample of establishments is 

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

approach is used in estimation. These models use the direct 

sample estimates (described above), combined with forecasts of 

historical (benchmarked) data to decrease volatility in 

estimation. Two different models (Fay-Herriot Model and 

Small Domain Model) are used depending on the industry level 

being estimated. For more detailed information about each 

model, refer to the BLS Handbook of Methods.

 Annual revisions. Employment estimates are adjusted 

annually to a complete count of jobs, called benchmarks, 

derived principally from tax reports that are submitted by 

employers who are covered under state unemployment 

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

adjust the monthly estimates between the new benchmark and 

the preceding one and also to establish the level of employment 

for the new benchmark month. Thus, the benchmarking process 

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

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

subsequent months. Information on recent benchmark revisions 

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

 Seasonal adjustment. Payroll employment data are 

seasonally adjusted at the statewide expanded supersector level. 

In some cases, the seasonally adjusted payroll employment total 

is computed by aggregating the independently adjusted 

supersector series. In other cases, the seasonally adjusted 

payroll employment total is independently adjusted. Revisions 

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

year, coincident with annual benchmark adjustments.

 Payroll employment data are seasonally adjusted 

concurrently, using all available estimates including those for 

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

Concurrent sample-based factors are created every month for 

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

month’s final estimate in order to incorporate real-time 

estimates. 

 Caution on aggregating state data. State estimation 

procedures are designed to produce accurate data for each 

individual state. BLS independently develops a national 

employment series; state estimates are not forced to sum to 

national totals. Because each state series is subject to larger 

sampling and nonsampling errors than the national series, 

summing them cumulates individual state-level errors and can 

cause significant distortions at an aggregate level. Due to these 

statistical limitations, BLS does not compile a "sum-of-states" 

employment series, and cautions users that such a series is 

subject to a relatively large and volatile error structure.

Reliability of the estimates

 The estimates presented in this release are based on sample 

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

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

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

by chance because a sample rather than the entire population is 

surveyed. Survey data also are subject to nonsampling errors, 

such as those which can be introduced into the data collection 

and processing operations. Estimates not directly derived from 

sample surveys are subject to additional errors resulting from 

the specific estimation processes used.

 Use of error measures. Changes in state unemployment 

rates and state nonfarm payroll employment are cited in the 

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

statistically significant at the 90-percent confidence level. 

Furthermore, state unemployment rates for the current month 

generally are cited only if they have been determined to be 

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

confidence level. The underlying model-based standard error 

measures for unemployment rates and over-the-month and 

over-the-year changes in rates are available at 

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

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

payroll employment data at the total nonfarm and supersector 

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

Measures of nonsampling error are not available.

Additional information

 Estimates of civilian labor force and unemployment from the 

LAUS program, as well as nonfarm payroll employment from 

the CES program, for metropolitan areas and metropolitan 

divisions are available in the news release Metropolitan Area 

Employment and Unemployment. Estimates of civilian labor 

force, employed people, unemployed people, and 

unemployment rates for approximately 7,500 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

Aug.

2019

June

2020

July

2020

Aug.

2020p

Number Percent of labor force

Aug.

2019

June

2020

July

2020

Aug.

2020p

Aug.

2019

June

2020

July

2020

Aug.

2020p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,242,626 2,192,427 2,230,709 2,262,270 62,149 166,668 176,556 127,186 2.8 7.6 7.9 5.6

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347,620 343,599 340,956 329,018 21,501 42,709 39,672 24,357 6.2 12.4 11.6 7.4

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,571,555 3,509,620 3,565,784 3,420,111 165,900 351,156 380,231 202,449 4.6 10.0 10.7 5.9

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,362,055 1,314,162 1,305,613 1,343,832 48,570 106,405 92,976 99,432 3.6 8.1 7.1 7.4

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,419,719 18,971,162 18,825,904 18,708,807 763,836 2,830,936 2,543,255 2,134,550 3.9 14.9 13.5 11.4

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale1. . . . 5,126,503 4,947,979 4,931,148 4,929,464 222,259 958,462 881,849 795,345 4.3 19.4 17.9 16.1

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,160,179 3,177,090 3,084,472 3,086,964 82,834 336,834 229,572 206,074 2.6 10.6 7.4 6.7

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,917,687 1,879,811 1,900,497 1,866,891 71,424 189,064 194,294 150,940 3.7 10.1 10.2 8.1

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488,173 486,725 505,590 500,735 18,995 61,540 52,979 44,468 3.9 12.6 10.5 8.9

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410,617 393,763 393,988 397,358 21,775 34,061 33,581 33,659 5.3 8.7 8.5 8.5

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,370,434 9,751,928 9,994,978 10,138,244 311,096 1,003,323 1,136,870 753,326 3.0 10.3 11.4 7.4

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall1. . . . . . . . . . . 1,386,120 1,285,905 1,333,258 1,359,679 30,424 148,961 189,063 103,905 2.2 11.6 14.2 7.6

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,117,470 4,929,291 4,993,364 4,906,586 170,011 373,442 380,204 272,739 3.3 7.6 7.6 5.6

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 664,641 630,798 638,124 636,886 18,058 84,481 86,079 79,680 2.7 13.4 13.5 12.5

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 886,093 895,047 901,494 895,799 25,739 51,639 45,588 37,443 2.9 5.8 5.1 4.2

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,442,858 6,493,413 6,248,853 6,347,149 245,850 943,602 715,810 695,026 3.8 14.5 11.5 11.0

Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights1. . . 3,716,813 3,812,677 3,635,173 3,608,442 129,802 613,354 454,409 447,478 3.5 16.1 12.5 12.4

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,380,901 3,393,875 3,318,673 3,360,425 108,183 376,581 261,101 214,408 3.2 11.1 7.9 6.4

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,746,330 1,644,151 1,626,512 1,616,784 48,057 137,650 110,335 96,536 2.8 8.4 6.8 6.0

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,488,057 1,482,608 1,491,299 1,497,337 46,081 110,813 107,119 103,562 3.1 7.5 7.2 6.9

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,078,630 1,920,657 1,837,401 2,010,838 89,917 84,561 82,136 152,512 4.3 4.4 4.5 7.6

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,094,998 1,995,557 2,011,263 2,103,973 102,362 190,530 188,490 160,644 4.9 9.5 9.4 7.6

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 692,182 669,925 697,299 677,635 20,099 44,993 68,735 46,875 2.9 6.7 9.9 6.9

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,267,477 3,215,066 3,240,889 3,247,234 116,059 265,266 252,206 225,295 3.6 8.3 7.8 6.9

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,822,170 3,684,255 3,673,375 3,545,759 108,402 653,906 594,255 401,196 2.8 17.7 16.2 11.3

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,937,225 4,943,134 4,816,641 4,916,316 197,822 738,476 421,388 428,470 4.0 14.9 8.7 8.7

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,162,790 2,045,734 2,012,606 2,071,479 90,792 365,538 187,363 199,730 4.2 17.9 9.3 9.6

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,115,785 3,114,109 3,093,304 3,113,122 100,280 267,978 236,547 231,599 3.2 8.6 7.6 7.4

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,279,638 1,197,032 1,214,308 1,243,994 71,008 104,956 113,989 97,683 5.5 8.8 9.4 7.9

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,087,074 3,027,726 3,073,320 3,081,630 99,739 236,203 211,424 215,249 3.2 7.8 6.9 7.0

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535,105 535,115 534,260 530,097 18,611 38,288 34,573 29,697 3.5 7.2 6.5 5.6

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,036,782 1,044,038 1,046,974 1,037,953 31,678 57,731 51,217 41,467 3.1 5.5 4.9 4.0

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,548,251 1,501,064 1,488,599 1,493,637 59,201 227,426 210,741 197,770 3.8 15.2 14.2 13.2

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775,602 724,019 734,397 737,421 19,881 66,647 58,914 47,668 2.6 9.2 8.0 6.5

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,505,661 4,548,773 4,589,169 4,568,483 155,492 766,172 651,366 498,863 3.5 16.8 14.2 10.9

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 957,248 921,812 910,699 895,468 45,841 77,432 115,370 101,434 4.8 8.4 12.7 11.3

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,501,909 9,379,581 9,580,264 9,493,609 372,324 1,467,832 1,525,891 1,186,881 3.9 15.6 15.9 12.5

New York City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,060,881 3,985,038 4,001,356 3,994,276 153,056 810,177 795,416 639,944 3.8 20.3 19.9 16.0

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,093,224 4,787,234 4,897,607 4,825,921 195,092 357,100 415,452 315,347 3.8 7.5 8.5 6.5

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403,898 403,755 402,156 396,981 9,854 29,833 26,609 19,920 2.4 7.4 6.6 5.0

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,810,621 5,801,502 5,663,958 5,757,583 241,438 635,681 510,262 509,863 4.2 11.0 9.0 8.9

Cleveland-Elyria2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,042,378 1,050,119 997,950 1,015,024 41,720 141,654 114,150 106,024 4.0 13.5 11.4 10.4

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,843,446 1,767,340 1,804,753 1,833,289 60,919 113,797 127,865 104,780 3.3 6.4 7.1 5.7

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,102,758 2,159,459 2,061,771 2,053,867 75,638 249,933 215,189 157,750 3.6 11.6 10.4 7.7

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,505,764 6,365,347 6,361,009 6,302,459 290,508 842,222 793,690 649,575 4.5 13.2 12.5 10.3

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 555,753 551,766 557,007 541,287 19,701 69,364 63,133 69,459 3.5 12.6 11.3 12.8

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,376,923 2,438,395 2,458,905 2,417,471 60,140 211,612 212,902 152,936 2.5 8.7 8.7 6.3

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464,900 468,994 466,239 459,418 15,565 33,853 29,955 22,047 3.3 7.2 6.4 4.8

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,354,688 3,165,539 3,148,062 3,398,828 112,581 305,373 304,365 288,420 3.4 9.6 9.7 8.5

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,090,993 13,794,279 13,834,694 14,378,010 492,450 1,154,852 1,113,605 974,630 3.5 8.4 8.0 6.8

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,614,356 1,619,435 1,626,910 1,625,105 40,271 86,314 73,263 66,119 2.5 5.3 4.5 4.1

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341,361 341,591 339,162 324,350 8,199 32,452 28,186 15,442 2.4 9.5 8.3 4.8

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,423,894 4,314,260 4,323,137 4,349,945 120,083 349,624 341,642 267,409 2.7 8.1 7.9 6.1

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,930,722 3,893,247 3,961,077 3,955,117 163,815 389,799 403,708 337,750 4.2 10.0 10.2 8.5

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,737,499 1,720,312 1,721,328 1,727,552 47,913 166,331 141,329 127,648 2.8 9.7 8.2 7.4

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 799,495 765,374 761,335 771,748 39,208 80,042 76,471 68,347 4.9 10.5 10.0 8.9

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,104,935 3,062,803 3,026,513 3,048,370 106,480 264,632 215,799 189,956 3.4 8.6 7.1 6.2

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292,901 295,786 294,527 292,189 10,906 22,452 20,842 19,213 3.7 7.6 7.1 6.6

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,083,037 – – – 82,603 – – – 7.6 – – –

1 Metropolitan division.

2 Metropolitan statistical area.

p Preliminary

– Data not available.

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

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

month.
LABOR FORCE DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

State and area

Civilian labor force Unemployed

July August Number Percent of labor force

2019 2020 2019 2020p

July August July August

2019 2020 2019 2020p 2019 2020 2019 2020p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,245,474 2,237,258 2,235,642 2,256,750 69,916 182,761 66,431 131,079 3.1 8.2 3.0 5.8

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359,113 351,992 353,859 335,272 20,150 38,066 18,805 21,465 5.6 10.8 5.3 6.4

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,550,152 3,563,198 3,556,056 3,413,331 180,844 392,648 178,406 214,332 5.1 11.0 5.0 6.3

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,379,283 1,323,626 1,364,195 1,346,162 56,737 99,847 49,499 99,714 4.1 7.5 3.6 7.4

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,465,613 18,919,860 19,428,941 18,729,407 857,771 2,624,606 808,406 2,171,794 4.4 13.9 4.2 11.6

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale1. . . . 5,130,244 4,956,745 5,112,508 4,929,640 255,995 916,666 244,308 818,251 5.0 18.5 4.8 16.6

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,171,847 3,105,010 3,170,260 3,100,236 85,711 230,335 83,635 205,082 2.7 7.4 2.6 6.6

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,945,070 1,934,606 1,925,819 1,877,381 75,777 199,999 73,111 153,302 3.9 10.3 3.8 8.2

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 492,940 510,795 490,824 503,759 20,243 54,496 20,234 45,671 4.1 10.7 4.1 9.1

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416,468 399,448 407,817 394,337 24,138 35,715 22,418 34,292 5.8 8.9 5.5 8.7

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,372,151 10,053,887 10,353,589 10,137,020 350,600 1,169,778 341,558 779,311 3.4 11.6 3.3 7.7

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall1. . . . . . . . . . . 1,384,625 1,339,153 1,377,292 1,351,810 35,504 193,766 35,333 109,265 2.6 14.5 2.6 8.1

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,126,399 5,022,761 5,097,809 4,894,071 196,151 402,700 186,680 286,484 3.8 8.0 3.7 5.9

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 667,217 641,266 663,706 636,633 18,429 86,259 17,821 79,300 2.8 13.5 2.7 12.5

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 895,029 913,173 888,664 898,836 24,218 43,548 22,457 33,876 2.7 4.8 2.5 3.8

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,534,712 6,326,578 6,459,291 6,349,369 276,947 728,120 257,769 691,640 4.2 11.5 4.0 10.9

Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights1. . . 3,776,587 3,696,414 3,739,554 3,615,564 153,302 472,745 140,878 455,214 4.1 12.8 3.8 12.6

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,412,239 3,356,434 3,385,489 3,364,666 119,491 267,984 113,806 217,524 3.5 8.0 3.4 6.5

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,763,368 1,647,866 1,748,009 1,620,207 48,724 110,363 48,287 96,178 2.8 6.7 2.8 5.9

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,508,779 1,515,003 1,485,168 1,494,595 56,697 116,591 50,095 105,906 3.8 7.7 3.4 7.1

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,090,399 1,854,698 2,069,554 2,004,008 101,089 92,834 86,918 149,419 4.8 5.0 4.2 7.5

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,116,103 2,038,615 2,097,206 2,106,476 115,749 203,076 112,426 169,779 5.5 10.0 5.4 8.1

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 708,797 715,386 708,364 694,278 18,891 67,502 16,281 42,937 2.7 9.4 2.3 6.2

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,316,105 3,293,672 3,280,077 3,258,880 128,327 262,162 122,557 229,494 3.9 8.0 3.7 7.0

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,865,262 3,725,151 3,855,804 3,581,311 121,141 605,796 108,391 399,730 3.1 16.3 2.8 11.2

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,995,452 4,871,057 4,965,356 4,941,320 252,608 465,161 209,484 439,661 5.1 9.5 4.2 8.9

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,192,505 2,041,322 2,183,702 2,093,744 116,168 206,752 103,756 212,859 5.3 10.1 4.8 10.2

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,142,453 3,123,590 3,122,724 3,121,133 99,631 232,599 94,260 223,097 3.2 7.4 3.0 7.1

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,294,421 1,232,114 1,272,644 1,238,773 81,327 123,987 71,648 97,785 6.3 10.1 5.6 7.9

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,117,422 3,103,500 3,077,694 3,067,772 117,030 223,882 108,761 218,155 3.8 7.2 3.5 7.1

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 543,860 543,757 542,082 537,184 16,834 32,874 16,824 27,741 3.1 6.0 3.1 5.2

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,051,883 1,062,974 1,039,417 1,040,865 35,001 53,998 31,306 40,679 3.3 5.1 3.0 3.9

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,550,643 1,494,939 1,548,152 1,494,549 63,204 213,567 59,708 198,063 4.1 14.3 3.9 13.3

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 787,198 747,132 783,726 745,326 19,857 58,966 19,639 47,347 2.5 7.9 2.5 6.4

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,555,166 4,650,728 4,530,548 4,586,367 176,079 668,630 166,692 500,771 3.9 14.4 3.7 10.9

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 960,503 915,348 955,627 893,293 52,663 122,000 47,067 102,883 5.5 13.3 4.9 11.5

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,596,950 9,687,509 9,539,835 9,521,651 400,342 1,547,731 393,551 1,200,119 4.2 16.0 4.1 12.6

New York City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,082,283 4,024,668 4,060,880 3,990,277 174,510 807,832 169,062 648,650 4.3 20.1 4.2 16.3

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,125,881 4,944,753 5,074,829 4,813,107 219,539 436,774 210,207 327,976 4.3 8.8 4.1 6.8

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411,927 410,373 410,255 403,565 9,189 26,043 9,123 19,386 2.2 6.3 2.2 4.8

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,884,316 5,734,905 5,848,312 5,786,919 266,365 528,987 246,429 510,199 4.5 9.2 4.2 8.8

Cleveland-Elyria2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,067,558 1,024,705 1,049,822 1,022,091 49,305 121,799 42,284 106,454 4.6 11.9 4.0 10.4

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,850,754 1,811,723 1,836,797 1,824,934 62,846 128,682 60,607 102,709 3.4 7.1 3.3 5.6

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,126,411 2,084,949 2,123,490 2,072,940 85,756 221,460 82,140 161,839 4.0 10.6 3.9 7.8

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,581,549 6,458,600 6,542,283 6,337,905 321,521 824,771 314,579 664,889 4.9 12.8 4.8 10.5

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 562,181 564,414 560,466 546,274 21,801 65,181 20,937 70,807 3.9 11.5 3.7 13.0

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,402,172 2,487,636 2,385,686 2,428,166 72,245 220,921 67,954 160,004 3.0 8.9 2.8 6.6

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471,856 473,798 468,482 463,355 14,359 28,882 15,340 21,806 3.0 6.1 3.3 4.7

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,377,806 3,178,426 3,339,297 3,381,884 132,139 321,520 113,486 289,511 3.9 10.1 3.4 8.6

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,064,960 13,858,302 14,030,092 14,325,524 540,487 1,151,623 523,448 996,264 3.8 8.3 3.7 7.0

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,616,418 1,634,784 1,615,398 1,627,683 43,635 75,477 42,719 68,301 2.7 4.6 2.6 4.2

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346,705 343,771 344,368 327,153 8,209 28,191 7,910 15,117 2.4 8.2 2.3 4.6

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,465,718 4,376,805 4,422,123 4,348,190 131,979 349,288 130,261 274,828 3.0 8.0 2.9 6.3

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,944,959 3,989,011 3,930,563 3,963,255 164,164 400,223 160,846 333,170 4.2 10.0 4.1 8.4

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,740,245 1,725,595 1,739,556 1,731,837 53,191 144,891 48,753 127,701 3.1 8.4 2.8 7.4

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 805,335 769,225 801,184 772,389 38,061 76,141 38,253 67,061 4.7 9.9 4.8 8.7

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,150,096 3,070,321 3,120,077 3,062,770 113,279 219,150 106,141 185,857 3.6 7.1 3.4 6.1

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298,084 299,734 296,141 295,091 10,633 20,377 9,825 17,842 3.6 6.8 3.3 6.0

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,105,444 1,042,138 1,078,607 1,048,938 86,848 75,757 75,758 88,480 7.9 7.3 7.0 8.4

1 Metropolitan division.

2 Metropolitan statistical area.

p Preliminary

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

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

the following month.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Total1 Construction Manufacturing

Aug.

2019

June

2020

July

2020

Aug.

2020p

Aug.

2019

June

2020

July

2020

Aug.

2020p

Aug.

2019

June

2020

July

2020

Aug.

2020p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,076.4 1,953.4 1,972.9 1,994.0 94.6 93.6 94.4 94.0 268.5 258.5 260.9 263.3

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329.7 291.8 291.7 296.5 16.2 14.9 14.4 14.5 13.3 10.1 9.3 9.0

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,959.8 2,830.1 2,834.7 2,864.2 172.2 168.9 169.0 170.3 178.4 171.4 170.9 170.8

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,273.6 1,211.9 1,213.5 1,228.4 52.5 52.7 52.3 53.3 161.8 144.5 143.3 143.9

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,472.6 15,689.0 15,772.5 15,874.4 891.3 847.9 832.6 839.3 1,318.8 1,216.7 1,218.3 1,219.2

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,797.4 2,599.1 2,612.7 2,649.6 180.1 171.4 173.3 172.5 150.1 149.6 150.4 150.9

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,685.3 1,513.9 1,546.2 1,566.6 59.4 56.4 57.2 57.4 162.0 155.2 156.2 154.7

Delaware2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467.6 414.8 421.7 426.8 22.7 21.0 21.3 21.4 27.2 24.6 24.5 25.0

District of Columbia2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 799.0 739.0 746.7 745.5 14.8 14.8 14.9 15.0 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.2

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,981.2 8,387.8 8,467.2 8,525.1 567.4 569.7 564.1 561.9 384.8 371.4 371.9 373.3

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,627.0 4,371.4 4,411.3 4,433.0 204.8 199.9 199.6 198.7 407.0 384.2 383.9 380.7

Hawaii2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 652.8 549.0 548.9 547.6 36.7 38.1 37.6 36.3 13.9 11.6 11.4 11.1

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 763.7 737.3 751.2 758.2 53.7 53.9 54.4 55.0 68.9 67.2 68.0 69.2

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,123.9 5,524.2 5,629.2 5,695.2 228.9 213.5 210.2 211.7 583.8 557.6 553.4 558.3

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,162.3 2,968.6 3,008.7 3,056.1 145.0 146.2 146.5 148.1 541.0 496.0 496.2 501.1

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,585.1 1,459.3 1,487.7 1,493.0 78.5 69.5 69.1 69.2 226.1 215.7 217.3 218.9

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,426.5 1,345.0 1,355.8 1,365.1 63.3 62.6 61.9 62.8 168.0 158.1 155.1 156.1

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,942.7 1,764.2 1,791.5 1,822.3 81.1 80.7 79.3 80.9 252.7 237.0 238.9 236.4

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,986.2 1,816.9 1,836.7 1,855.8 138.2 122.9 121.9 122.5 137.3 128.0 128.6 128.3

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 637.3 566.6 575.9 582.0 29.9 29.2 29.7 29.6 53.4 48.4 44.8 43.8

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,767.8 2,511.1 2,567.8 2,592.0 165.6 167.5 169.9 169.4 113.4 104.5 106.3 106.1

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,697.4 3,171.7 3,242.6 3,294.2 162.5 140.6 142.0 142.3 243.6 228.4 230.5 232.8

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,442.4 3,838.2 3,939.7 3,994.2 173.7 168.6 170.6 171.4 628.1 550.3 558.5 562.0

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,984.3 2,690.7 2,725.3 2,765.8 129.4 119.3 118.1 119.6 324.1 302.2 302.7 307.9

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,158.3 1,104.6 1,117.8 1,128.0 44.6 40.2 40.7 42.1 146.9 141.3 143.2 143.7

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,907.1 2,691.8 2,763.8 2,769.5 127.2 127.1 131.4 129.9 277.0 262.3 269.2 267.8

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485.7 458.1 461.0 461.4 30.5 29.8 30.2 30.5 21.0 19.3 19.2 19.0

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,027.4 972.9 987.4 990.6 53.9 54.0 54.5 52.7 99.4 96.7 97.1 96.9

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,423.4 1,266.3 1,283.3 1,289.8 96.6 95.6 94.2 91.6 59.6 56.9 58.7 57.2

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 686.2 607.9 620.3 631.0 28.0 26.7 27.1 26.4 71.5 65.3 64.7 65.2

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,198.3 3,622.0 3,754.0 3,820.0 160.4 144.1 147.2 146.9 250.8 239.0 240.3 241.7

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 860.1 792.8 788.5 791.4 50.9 49.0 46.0 49.1 28.4 26.0 26.2 26.8

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,803.4 8,274.1 8,435.6 8,588.9 405.8 340.9 354.6 359.8 438.4 389.9 391.8 398.0

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,583.2 4,229.1 4,246.1 4,263.1 231.5 220.4 221.7 219.9 477.4 442.6 437.1 437.6

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439.9 400.5 404.7 408.7 28.4 26.5 26.2 25.9 26.4 24.7 24.7 24.5

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,595.9 5,038.4 5,101.7 5,147.2 226.0 208.8 213.7 213.4 701.7 659.1 656.1 660.6

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,700.8 1,612.8 1,610.5 1,621.6 82.7 75.7 75.0 75.4 140.8 128.2 127.3 128.0

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,946.2 1,772.8 1,790.5 1,801.8 109.9 105.4 103.8 107.0 198.0 181.8 180.2 179.5

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,077.5 5,428.0 5,518.4 5,577.9 261.4 243.1 240.4 244.5 574.0 538.7 537.7 536.0

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503.4 446.0 459.3 466.2 19.9 18.0 18.4 18.3 39.8 38.4 39.7 38.8

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,196.9 2,063.2 2,072.5 2,092.2 107.1 107.4 107.2 108.3 260.1 252.3 256.7 256.5

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440.5 416.6 419.2 420.6 23.9 26.6 26.3 26.5 44.9 42.6 42.2 41.8

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,128.7 2,963.1 2,963.5 2,986.1 130.1 127.2 127.6 125.7 355.5 317.8 323.1 323.9

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,836.0 12,087.3 12,112.6 12,219.4 779.1 743.6 736.5 739.8 909.0 873.4 867.9 869.1

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,566.9 1,518.6 1,532.8 1,538.7 110.5 119.5 119.5 119.3 137.6 135.2 134.8 135.4

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315.9 273.9 278.3 282.0 15.2 10.8 10.5 10.7 30.2 26.4 26.9 27.0

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,062.8 3,765.7 3,782.2 3,850.2 204.0 207.0 207.0 208.4 242.8 234.7 227.5 226.6

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,485.0 3,165.5 3,227.9 3,274.2 221.5 210.2 211.1 212.8 294.5 271.0 271.5 268.1

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 720.0 667.1 668.9 674.4 35.0 32.1 33.2 32.1 46.7 46.7 46.1 46.3

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,977.5 2,691.2 2,720.5 2,755.2 124.4 120.9 122.7 124.5 483.6 450.8 455.8 458.7

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291.2 266.3 269.3 269.8 23.2 22.7 22.8 22.9 10.1 10.3 10.1 10.1

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 882.5 803.1 805.5 818.3 26.6 20.1 19.5 19.5 75.3 74.6 74.4 75.1

Virgin Islands3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.4 36.1 36.7 36.3 3.9 4.1 4.0 3.7 – – – –

1

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

2 Mining and logging is combined with construction.

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

cannot be separated with sufficient precision.

p Preliminary

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

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

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

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

Aug.

2019

June

2020

July

2020

Aug.

2020p

Aug.

2019

June

2020

July

2020

Aug.

2020p

Aug.

2019

June

2020

July

2020

Aug.

2020p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382.7 382.3 381.1 388.0 96.6 95.8 95.9 96.2 251.4 227.2 231.1 238.7

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.3 59.8 58.8 59.2 11.7 10.9 11.8 11.9 27.7 26.0 25.4 25.4

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 543.1 546.1 546.7 553.8 231.7 230.5 230.5 231.9 447.0 416.8 416.8 420.2

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250.6 253.7 254.0 258.0 62.9 60.7 60.9 60.6 144.9 141.3 141.9 146.0

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,056.2 2,786.0 2,821.9 2,847.9 843.3 831.8 837.2 837.1 2,732.8 2,540.7 2,554.2 2,573.6

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477.9 446.7 453.7 459.8 174.2 170.0 169.0 168.9 443.2 438.0 441.1 444.7

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292.4 264.5 272.3 274.8 123.8 118.2 118.7 119.8 219.6 202.5 206.5 207.9

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.9 74.3 74.2 76.7 47.6 46.2 46.2 45.8 64.2 58.4 58.2 58.1

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.3 30.1 32.0 31.7 29.9 28.8 28.4 28.2 171.3 163.1 165.5 164.9

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,809.8 1,735.4 1,748.7 1,755.3 593.9 579.7 582.4 585.8 1,401.0 1,304.8 1,321.8 1,331.4

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 943.4 932.9 933.3 951.0 253.0 246.6 244.7 243.9 718.1 669.6 676.1 681.7

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123.4 105.7 105.5 104.9 29.8 27.6 27.7 28.2 74.0 68.6 66.7 66.7

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144.8 146.0 147.2 148.7 37.1 39.3 39.1 39.5 97.3 95.7 97.2 97.0

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,205.6 1,138.5 1,143.4 1,152.2 412.0 399.5 401.8 402.3 948.5 859.1 866.1 876.0

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 598.3 577.1 577.2 584.4 141.3 138.5 139.0 139.3 344.2 324.7 334.3 340.3

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309.7 299.3 299.7 299.3 110.3 106.9 107.6 107.9 139.1 126.8 131.4 131.2

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267.4 263.2 263.3 266.3 77.5 75.8 75.0 74.9 179.3 171.6 172.3 172.4

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404.8 374.5 375.8 384.0 93.6 87.4 87.0 87.9 216.4 183.9 184.9 192.8

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378.7 356.8 358.6 365.0 92.3 90.9 91.2 91.4 215.7 201.7 199.1 201.0

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118.8 112.0 114.1 115.6 33.1 31.7 31.6 31.9 69.7 65.0 64.0 64.9

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468.9 429.0 438.1 441.8 143.1 138.4 139.2 140.4 463.5 434.0 433.0 438.1

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 578.9 490.1 506.0 518.3 224.7 219.6 218.7 218.6 604.0 566.6 566.6 570.9

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 796.3 732.0 746.4 756.5 224.7 218.8 219.1 220.6 653.7 560.7 584.4 592.7

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528.7 511.1 512.9 515.6 193.4 185.4 186.2 186.1 383.8 365.7 364.4 368.7

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230.6 225.7 226.7 229.7 44.6 42.7 43.2 42.8 108.9 102.8 105.6 104.6

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542.9 512.7 519.6 518.5 175.6 171.2 171.3 169.9 381.7 358.6 362.4 365.3

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94.0 91.0 91.2 91.8 25.8 25.9 25.8 25.7 43.9 41.5 41.1 41.1

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198.2 195.4 194.3 194.9 75.3 74.9 75.3 75.7 119.9 113.4 115.0 114.7

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262.3 231.6 233.3 237.8 69.2 67.5 68.4 69.4 195.9 164.6 170.1 170.7

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139.2 121.3 123.1 125.5 34.9 34.3 34.8 35.1 83.9 75.0 76.1 76.9

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 887.9 794.2 827.7 837.9 252.8 236.8 239.3 241.0 684.7 604.6 621.9 621.1

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136.4 132.8 133.2 133.9 35.7 34.0 33.7 34.2 111.2 103.9 103.1 103.0

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,550.5 1,280.9 1,339.7 1,357.5 730.2 683.4 681.1 686.2 1,377.9 1,185.2 1,202.2 1,209.8

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 848.1 812.6 817.4 824.7 254.6 251.5 252.4 253.7 650.3 613.8 618.9 623.3

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93.8 86.4 86.0 87.8 24.8 24.5 24.2 24.5 33.0 31.7 31.6 31.4

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,028.3 964.1 963.0 969.8 309.6 294.1 294.0 293.9 736.6 652.8 665.9 673.4

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301.2 294.8 289.8 294.4 79.1 79.2 79.6 79.4 194.3 177.9 175.4 179.1

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356.7 342.0 344.9 347.6 103.5 98.5 99.0 99.8 253.8 237.1 238.4 237.7

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,127.2 1,020.0 1,016.5 1,036.1 329.5 326.8 329.5 330.9 818.5 751.1 751.0 760.7

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.9 69.5 70.9 71.4 35.4 34.5 35.6 35.9 68.2 60.5 60.8 61.5

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408.9 398.0 393.3 396.4 105.3 103.2 102.6 103.1 299.5 280.5 285.6 290.9

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85.9 81.9 82.1 82.4 29.0 29.0 29.0 29.0 33.2 33.3 33.3 33.2

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 638.3 626.9 630.7 636.7 173.2 172.5 173.8 174.0 428.5 394.4 399.9 409.2

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,512.8 2,418.3 2,409.6 2,438.4 806.1 802.1 805.2 809.7 1,801.5 1,730.2 1,745.3 1,778.5

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291.2 291.5 293.3 296.0 90.7 94.6 93.0 91.9 224.9 215.7 217.7 217.7

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.7 49.8 50.2 50.3 12.3 11.2 11.2 11.0 29.5 26.6 27.3 28.2

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 658.0 628.6 633.3 643.8 212.4 209.2 206.8 207.5 769.3 737.9 731.2 735.9

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 643.6 620.3 628.7 638.0 161.2 155.7 159.0 159.9 437.7 424.7 430.3 437.3

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126.9 118.0 118.4 120.4 29.3 26.5 27.5 28.1 69.4 63.9 64.5 64.1

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533.5 506.7 508.1 514.9 154.2 151.6 150.5 151.2 325.2 296.8 297.3 297.1

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.8 51.6 51.4 51.7 11.1 10.6 10.7 10.6 19.3 17.6 17.6 17.2

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173.9 152.4 156.6 159.2 44.2 43.7 43.6 43.6 124.6 106.9 109.2 110.7

Virgin Islands1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.0 6.3 6.3 6.3 – – – – – – – –

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

components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.

p Preliminary

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

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

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Education and health services Leisure and hospitality Government

Aug.

2019

June

2020

July

2020

Aug.

2020p

Aug.

2019

June

2020

July

2020

Aug.

2020p

Aug.

2019

June

2020

July

2020

Aug.

2020p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251.2 233.2 232.2 231.3 208.0 167.1 173.5 173.2 393.0 372.9 380.7 386.3

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.7 47.0 47.1 47.5 36.1 23.8 24.5 24.0 79.8 72.2 74.2 78.6

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464.4 455.6 458.3 464.3 331.3 279.4 266.9 268.0 433.6 407.3 421.2 428.2

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193.5 183.1 184.4 185.3 120.3 100.3 102.0 102.8 210.6 203.1 202.1 206.0

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,820.0 2,643.5 2,676.5 2,684.4 2,031.5 1,406.2 1,413.1 1,398.5 2,614.8 2,439.5 2,425.4 2,491.5

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348.1 330.7 331.0 338.1 347.2 257.6 270.9 280.9 457.9 435.0 423.9 434.3

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338.4 312.8 313.5 322.1 157.2 104.1 117.0 121.2 235.2 218.2 218.4 222.1

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.5 72.0 73.5 74.1 53.4 35.2 39.2 39.9 67.5 64.5 65.2 66.2

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130.3 122.2 122.5 123.1 81.8 43.1 47.3 43.7 238.9 240.8 240.3 242.5

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,344.2 1,297.1 1,306.4 1,327.8 1,257.5 964.3 1,005.5 1,008.1 1,124.8 1,110.7 1,114.8 1,126.7

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610.5 602.0 607.3 607.0 503.4 405.1 420.4 423.2 691.6 667.9 682.1 679.7

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86.9 82.9 83.1 83.3 126.6 65.4 60.8 60.3 124.6 116.2 123.3 123.8

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111.8 106.8 107.9 107.6 84.0 72.1 74.3 75.8 127.0 120.1 126.3 127.9

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 938.7 877.9 892.1 897.3 621.4 394.5 461.3 477.7 827.1 756.3 773.0 788.9

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483.1 454.8 460.5 466.8 312.5 268.6 289.3 293.9 428.3 407.6 410.4 425.1

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234.8 221.4 225.2 225.1 144.7 104.2 113.1 114.6 259.8 241.1 249.6 251.3

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202.6 191.7 194.8 195.5 130.5 108.1 113.0 113.0 260.8 244.5 249.4 253.2

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284.1 263.6 272.6 272.6 201.7 167.3 181.8 181.9 311.0 281.5 281.8 295.2

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321.4 296.7 300.1 300.0 236.7 183.7 189.2 194.6 332.4 319.9 328.5 333.9

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130.2 118.2 118.7 120.1 69.3 41.7 47.2 48.9 101.5 92.3 98.3 98.4

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474.1 434.7 434.3 436.6 281.5 185.8 211.8 217.6 505.8 485.5 499.3 502.4

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 813.1 726.7 735.0 752.4 377.3 187.0 218.2 231.3 458.9 426.1 431.3 431.7

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 683.1 609.6 617.6 622.0 434.4 241.7 270.2 279.3 619.5 567.8 571.9 587.2

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 553.1 502.1 507.5 514.6 276.2 175.9 194.5 202.3 427.0 384.9 393.0 404.0

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147.1 139.8 139.8 139.0 135.9 123.5 127.6 130.9 242.2 231.5 235.3 239.4

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487.8 459.9 466.0 464.2 307.9 230.6 249.3 255.9 438.0 409.9 433.6 435.6

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.2 76.4 77.5 77.1 66.9 54.8 56.2 56.6 91.6 89.3 89.5 89.4

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157.2 154.3 157.0 156.8 93.8 71.2 76.4 78.9 173.9 161.3 166.3 168.5

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145.1 132.8 135.9 137.9 355.8 297.6 301.4 299.3 166.6 154.6 156.9 159.1

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125.2 120.9 121.2 121.9 73.1 44.4 49.4 52.4 91.3 82.7 85.4 88.5

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 718.0 632.8 648.8 661.0 392.9 209.4 259.6 270.1 607.2 572.2 556.0 578.8

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142.3 134.8 136.4 137.6 99.6 74.6 73.5 70.7 189.6 184.8 183.0 183.4

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,148.6 1,959.9 1,993.6 2,007.6 958.9 448.1 531.0 559.3 1,492.4 1,402.1 1,333.3 1,390.3

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 629.1 583.6 584.5 586.7 514.3 377.8 386.6 385.3 736.7 695.1 697.3 701.6

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.1 65.3 64.8 65.7 40.5 31.5 33.6 35.0 83.1 76.8 80.2 81.2

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 940.0 873.2 888.0 900.3 568.2 396.0 421.0 425.5 791.5 720.1 724.5 732.3

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239.0 231.0 232.1 233.9 173.7 165.4 163.8 163.8 353.0 340.1 346.1 347.3

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303.0 286.2 290.7 289.5 213.9 146.9 154.3 158.5 300.6 276.5 281.3 284.3

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,299.2 1,207.4 1,220.4 1,232.4 577.8 363.3 411.5 414.8 711.6 678.1 693.8 699.9

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108.7 100.0 102.5 104.8 59.9 39.7 44.8 47.0 65.2 62.6 63.2 64.4

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259.1 245.4 247.5 243.5 271.5 210.7 212.9 215.7 373.8 355.3 355.6 366.5

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.6 69.8 70.4 70.9 47.0 38.8 41.8 40.6 79.7 73.4 73.2 74.6

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443.3 430.3 430.4 432.2 349.8 290.7 297.5 292.1 438.2 441.0 418.3 426.8

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,745.3 1,667.2 1,678.0 1,675.1 1,395.1 1,168.8 1,146.2 1,147.5 1,983.1 1,887.4 1,929.5 1,954.5

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210.7 205.1 202.1 208.5 153.8 123.0 125.1 128.5 255.6 245.0 256.3 250.3

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.4 61.9 61.8 62.7 37.0 19.4 20.4 21.2 57.2 54.0 56.2 56.7

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 555.3 513.7 517.2 518.5 407.9 294.0 318.6 324.9 734.6 681.5 677.0 717.8

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505.5 466.9 478.1 480.4 349.6 221.7 242.6 247.4 591.5 544.5 554.3 576.6

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129.5 122.7 125.1 124.5 75.1 56.7 59.1 60.6 153.5 150.8 145.3 148.6

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464.8 434.7 443.7 443.4 283.3 197.0 203.0 208.1 404.7 359.5 364.3 382.3

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.7 28.2 28.2 28.2 37.0 27.8 28.5 29.8 69.8 64.6 67.7 67.7

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120.0 114.8 115.1 114.6 81.2 57.4 59.2 58.7 202.3 201.2 195.3 204.4

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.1 5.6 4.4 4.7 4.6 10.5 10.7 11.0 11.0

p Preliminary

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

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Total Mining and logging Construction

July August July August July August

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

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,069.2 1,967.8 2,076.8 1,990.0 10.3 10.0 10.3 9.9 93.9 95.4 94.9 94.1

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355.4 312.2 351.6 311.8 13.7 12.4 13.9 12.5 18.9 16.6 19.2 16.8

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,860.2 2,757.0 2,936.4 2,836.2 13.7 13.5 13.7 13.6 173.0 168.0 173.1 169.3

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,257.2 1,202.3 1,265.8 1,220.3 5.9 5.2 6.0 5.2 53.4 53.5 53.6 54.5

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,310.9 15,646.0 17,423.9 15,797.4 23.2 22.3 23.1 22.0 904.5 849.3 910.6 860.8

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,804.6 2,630.3 2,815.1 2,662.4 29.3 24.0 29.2 24.0 184.9 178.6 184.9 178.3

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,680.9 1,542.6 1,672.3 1,557.3 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 63.1 60.2 62.7 60.8

Delaware1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470.9 427.3 469.2 427.9 – – – – 23.3 22.0 23.3 22.0

District of Columbia1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 808.2 754.4 793.7 740.5 – – – – 15.1 15.3 15.1 15.3

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,821.7 8,348.4 8,937.0 8,479.8 5.7 5.4 5.7 5.6 565.9 567.7 569.1 566.2

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,586.9 4,387.7 4,624.3 4,429.6 9.4 8.9 9.4 8.9 205.2 200.1 205.3 200.5

Hawaii1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 646.0 541.2 646.2 540.6 – – – – 37.3 37.5 37.2 36.6

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 767.5 761.5 767.6 764.0 4.1 4.2 4.1 4.2 55.9 57.6 56.4 58.0

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,134.9 5,648.0 6,143.2 5,705.9 8.4 7.0 8.3 7.4 243.2 229.7 243.7 229.1

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,116.5 2,983.5 3,167.2 3,056.1 6.1 5.5 6.1 5.5 151.2 153.0 151.0 153.9

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,579.2 1,484.3 1,580.1 1,488.9 2.6 2.3 2.6 2.3 85.3 75.8 85.5 75.8

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,404.6 1,339.8 1,418.5 1,355.3 6.9 6.0 6.9 6.0 65.9 65.7 65.4 66.4

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,930.2 1,779.7 1,941.1 1,819.1 10.0 7.4 9.8 7.6 83.4 82.2 84.0 83.5

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,960.3 1,822.3 1,979.3 1,845.4 37.1 30.7 37.2 30.0 137.8 123.0 139.1 123.0

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 651.3 589.5 652.0 594.2 2.3 2.2 2.3 2.2 31.6 32.8 31.7 32.4

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,778.3 2,577.1 2,770.6 2,593.7 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.2 169.1 173.3 169.6 173.9

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,726.5 3,279.0 3,708.2 3,314.5 1.1 0.9 1.1 0.9 169.9 151.3 170.2 152.3

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,411.2 3,924.8 4,437.9 3,983.1 7.7 6.7 7.7 6.7 185.4 182.6 185.6 184.0

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,003.0 2,748.9 3,005.1 2,786.1 6.9 5.5 7.0 5.8 142.1 133.1 143.1 134.7

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,143.9 1,105.5 1,157.2 1,126.5 6.8 6.0 6.7 6.1 44.9 40.8 44.8 42.8

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,886.3 2,742.6 2,897.5 2,757.0 4.5 4.2 4.5 4.2 131.9 135.6 131.7 135.5

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 492.2 470.0 493.6 470.7 7.6 7.0 7.7 7.1 32.7 32.9 33.0 34.0

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,026.5 987.0 1,028.6 990.9 1.1 0.9 1.1 0.9 56.8 57.5 56.6 55.3

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,412.5 1,278.1 1,421.1 1,289.0 14.9 16.2 14.9 16.3 97.5 95.9 98.3 93.2

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 684.3 618.5 685.1 630.2 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 29.2 28.4 29.3 27.8

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,211.1 3,760.6 4,195.6 3,814.6 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.4 164.6 153.0 165.8 153.5

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 850.1 781.5 861.3 790.8 26.4 19.7 26.4 18.4 51.4 48.4 51.4 48.9

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,802.8 8,446.7 9,767.8 8,571.3 5.6 4.8 5.6 4.8 422.6 374.9 423.7 382.0

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,518.2 4,187.9 4,579.1 4,263.3 5.8 5.5 5.9 5.6 234.5 223.3 234.2 223.1

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439.1 406.7 439.6 409.5 21.9 14.1 21.8 13.7 32.1 30.1 32.3 29.9

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,609.0 5,120.6 5,616.4 5,173.2 12.3 10.0 12.1 10.0 239.2 228.2 239.4 228.7

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,686.5 1,600.2 1,693.5 1,614.8 48.5 34.0 47.4 33.7 84.6 77.2 84.3 76.8

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,931.6 1,788.1 1,940.2 1,798.7 7.1 6.2 7.1 6.2 113.1 109.8 114.5 112.3

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,040.8 5,501.5 6,049.2 5,546.2 29.6 24.3 29.2 24.8 274.1 255.5 274.9 258.1

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503.7 460.4 503.9 467.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 21.0 19.3 21.0 19.6

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,189.8 2,078.0 2,196.8 2,094.1 4.5 4.2 4.5 4.3 107.8 107.4 107.9 108.4

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445.4 424.5 446.6 426.7 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.2 26.2 28.7 26.1 28.6

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,092.7 2,939.3 3,125.6 2,977.2 4.6 3.9 4.5 4.0 132.6 129.4 132.5 126.5

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,765.8 12,079.5 12,807.5 12,178.7 250.7 191.4 249.5 188.2 779.6 742.0 783.9 744.1

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,544.3 1,519.8 1,559.3 1,534.0 9.6 8.5 9.6 8.5 112.9 121.9 113.7 122.1

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312.1 274.9 313.7 279.8 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.8 16.6 12.4 16.6 12.3

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,066.6 3,788.8 4,064.6 3,845.9 7.7 7.1 7.8 7.0 207.6 212.6 207.9 212.4

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,493.7 3,247.7 3,492.9 3,280.0 6.1 5.1 5.9 5.2 225.8 216.2 228.2 220.6

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 715.1 663.7 720.5 670.9 22.6 19.2 22.4 19.7 38.8 34.8 38.4 34.1

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,004.9 2,742.2 2,997.5 2,765.5 4.5 3.8 4.4 3.8 134.2 133.2 133.9 134.1

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297.2 276.0 297.9 277.2 20.7 15.3 20.7 14.5 24.8 24.6 25.3 25.0

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 870.3 793.9 870.9 811.2 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.4 26.5 19.4 26.4 19.6

Virgin Islands1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.2 36.7 37.5 36.2 – – – – 3.8 3.9 4.0 3.7

1 Mining and logging is combined with construction.

p Preliminary

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

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Manufacturing Trade, transportation, and utilities Information

July August July August July August

2019 2020 2019 2020p

2019 2020 2019 2020p2019 2020 2019 2020p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269.1 261.8 268.7 263.7 381.7 379.8 381.4 385.3 21.1 18.9 21.0 18.8

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.5 17.5 20.1 13.3 69.8 64.1 69.5 64.3 5.4 5.0 5.3 5.0

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178.6 171.1 179.0 171.6 535.8 541.4 537.4 549.0 49.0 44.9 49.4 45.3

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161.8 143.9 162.1 144.2 250.8 254.9 251.0 258.8 11.2 10.6 11.2 10.6

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,330.2 1,228.0 1,336.8 1,233.7 3,041.6 2,810.7 3,053.1 2,840.6 554.7 514.7 564.4 516.2

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151.6 151.2 151.0 151.3 478.6 457.2 478.5 461.6 76.4 72.8 76.3 72.8

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164.0 156.7 162.8 155.5 286.8 269.4 286.6 270.7 31.8 29.2 31.9 29.1

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.3 24.7 27.3 25.0 80.9 75.3 80.6 76.8 3.9 3.5 3.9 3.4

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.2 33.0 32.1 33.0 31.7 20.2 18.6 20.1 18.7

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384.5 374.0 385.1 373.6 1,787.5 1,729.4 1,789.7 1,743.6 138.5 126.1 138.4 125.0

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407.7 384.7 407.9 381.6 940.3 929.7 937.3 944.4 117.5 102.5 120.0 102.7

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.9 11.4 14.0 11.1 123.0 105.8 123.1 105.0 8.1 7.3 9.2 7.5

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69.5 69.3 69.3 69.9 145.2 148.7 146.0 150.1 9.0 8.0 9.1 8.2

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 588.4 554.2 586.3 558.8 1,205.2 1,145.8 1,205.3 1,151.8 94.6 87.8 95.9 86.5

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 537.2 499.6 542.7 502.5 598.2 579.2 597.7 585.0 29.0 25.9 28.6 25.5

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228.5 220.1 227.0 220.4 311.3 301.3 309.6 299.9 21.3 19.9 21.2 19.7

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167.3 155.4 168.3 155.8 266.2 264.1 267.3 266.5 18.1 16.5 18.1 16.1

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252.6 237.3 252.8 235.6 403.6 376.6 403.1 383.6 21.7 18.3 21.6 17.9

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137.9 129.4 137.5 128.7 376.5 359.4 377.8 364.5 21.7 18.6 22.1 18.6

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.1 45.0 54.4 44.8 121.6 117.1 121.9 118.7 7.2 5.6 7.2 6.0

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114.2 106.5 114.2 106.5 467.6 438.5 467.8 440.9 35.7 29.5 35.7 29.8

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245.4 232.6 244.8 234.5 582.4 511.3 581.0 522.2 95.3 90.6 96.0 91.4

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 624.1 561.0 631.5 565.7 799.1 751.2 800.4 761.4 56.1 50.0 55.6 50.1

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328.9 308.4 328.8 313.4 531.1 514.7 530.8 517.8 47.5 40.1 47.7 40.3

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146.2 142.9 146.6 143.6 229.8 225.7 229.7 229.1 10.8 9.4 10.5 9.0

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275.8 267.1 278.6 268.8 541.9 519.5 542.6 518.5 48.1 41.8 47.9 42.2

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.2 19.3 21.3 19.3 94.8 92.4 94.8 92.2 6.2 5.4 6.2 5.3

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 97.6 99.9 97.4 198.1 194.4 198.3 194.7 17.3 15.9 17.2 15.4

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.7 59.1 59.6 57.5 260.2 232.2 261.5 236.9 15.6 13.6 15.6 13.5

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72.1 65.5 71.8 65.8 139.8 125.0 140.3 127.1 12.6 11.5 12.5 11.5

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253.3 241.6 251.9 243.7 883.6 823.0 882.6 832.1 67.8 62.9 69.2 64.2

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.9 26.4 29.0 27.3 136.2 133.2 136.7 133.9 11.8 9.8 11.2 9.7

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441.8 395.3 441.1 400.4 1,543.0 1,333.4 1,534.3 1,346.5 280.2 263.5 282.7 266.5

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479.5 438.0 478.7 438.7 848.8 819.0 847.4 826.4 76.2 71.3 75.9 70.4

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.5 24.8 26.7 24.7 93.7 86.3 93.8 87.9 6.1 5.5 6.1 5.5

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 705.0 657.8 703.5 662.8 1,027.0 961.8 1,027.3 970.5 69.9 65.2 69.2 65.1

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141.2 127.6 140.7 127.6 299.6 288.3 299.9 294.4 19.7 19.3 19.5 19.4

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201.3 183.7 200.9 183.7 356.4 347.1 357.7 349.7 35.1 30.8 35.4 30.8

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579.0 540.7 576.3 537.4 1,114.6 1,009.2 1,116.3 1,024.0 88.3 74.6 88.2 74.3

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.3 38.8 39.9 38.7 76.3 71.2 76.4 71.8 5.9 5.3 6.1 5.4

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260.4 257.5 259.6 256.9 409.6 393.8 408.2 396.0 27.2 26.4 27.0 25.6

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.4 42.4 45.1 41.9 87.2 83.1 87.1 83.5 5.5 5.3 5.5 5.3

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356.9 324.2 356.5 324.4 634.6 629.5 637.1 634.5 46.0 42.9 45.5 42.9

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 911.9 872.2 911.8 872.8 2,503.0 2,401.9 2,512.1 2,431.0 209.5 194.5 209.6 196.3

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137.6 135.5 137.8 136.6 289.3 292.6 291.1 296.3 40.3 39.4 40.6 39.0

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.6 26.9 30.4 27.2 54.0 50.6 53.8 50.6 4.3 4.1 4.3 4.1

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244.3 228.9 243.7 227.5 658.5 633.6 657.9 643.4 68.9 66.3 69.1 66.3

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298.1 275.2 297.5 271.1 648.5 634.5 650.2 641.9 148.2 141.6 149.5 143.2

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.1 46.3 46.9 46.1 126.2 117.7 125.9 119.6 8.0 7.5 8.0 7.2

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 492.2 463.2 490.6 465.7 534.8 511.6 536.3 518.5 47.6 39.5 47.3 39.4

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.1 10.2 10.2 10.2 53.2 52.7 53.0 52.9 3.4 2.9 3.4 2.9

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.5 74.1 74.8 74.8 171.4 155.2 171.2 158.0 16.1 15.2 16.2 15.4

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.8 6.8 6.3 6.8 6.2 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.5

p Preliminary

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

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Financial activities Professional and business services Education and health services

July August July August July August

2019 2020 2019 2020p

2019 2020 2019 2020p2019 2020 2019 2020p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97.2 96.5 97.2 96.3 251.4 232.7 253.1 239.8 248.9 230.1 250.7 230.9

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.3 12.3 12.3 12.3 29.2 27.2 29.4 26.9 50.6 47.2 50.6 47.1

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230.1 229.2 231.5 231.2 443.4 414.5 445.7 417.7 448.2 449.9 462.7 461.3

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.1 61.7 63.3 61.1 142.2 141.8 143.6 145.2 189.5 181.3 191.5 182.7

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 847.1 841.9 847.7 839.1 2,731.4 2,563.0 2,751.0 2,582.4 2,770.9 2,642.3 2,792.1 2,652.2

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174.8 171.1 174.9 171.7 449.5 446.7 451.2 450.4 345.4 329.8 347.7 335.6

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125.8 119.4 125.0 120.2 222.4 209.5 222.2 209.7 332.0 309.5 330.9 316.4

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.1 46.6 47.8 46.0 64.2 58.6 64.7 57.8 80.4 73.0 80.6 73.5

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.2 28.7 30.1 28.5 172.4 166.9 171.2 164.9 125.7 117.4 125.7 118.2

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 591.9 584.1 594.2 585.1 1,391.1 1,311.5 1,399.4 1,325.0 1,318.5 1,293.6 1,337.7 1,315.8

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251.8 245.6 253.8 243.9 716.2 677.3 716.8 683.1 598.1 597.5 609.6 604.4

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.0 27.4 29.8 28.2 74.0 66.7 74.2 66.7 85.9 82.7 86.2 82.7

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.6 39.5 37.4 39.8 99.1 99.1 99.5 99.4 110.7 107.3 109.2 104.7

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416.6 405.7 417.0 404.8 959.9 879.5 965.3 892.6 925.0 875.7 927.7 880.6

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143.1 141.0 142.8 141.3 345.2 335.9 349.2 344.7 472.4 450.5 475.4 458.8

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111.0 108.7 110.9 108.9 141.6 133.4 141.4 133.1 225.0 217.6 226.6 217.8

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78.1 75.5 78.2 75.3 180.8 173.7 181.3 173.6 200.4 192.6 201.2 193.6

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94.1 87.2 94.2 88.5 215.6 185.4 216.8 192.5 280.1 269.0 282.8 270.2

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92.2 91.4 92.6 91.7 214.6 197.9 215.3 200.6 315.9 297.0 321.8 299.6

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.6 32.2 33.7 32.4 71.2 65.9 71.3 66.4 127.1 117.0 127.8 117.8

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145.4 140.2 144.7 141.6 469.5 440.7 470.0 443.1 472.4 430.5 469.6 429.9

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229.0 222.8 228.6 222.2 616.2 578.2 616.0 582.1 801.2 728.1 797.5 741.1

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227.8 222.2 227.9 223.3 642.2 574.4 647.9 584.7 674.1 609.2 677.6 611.8

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195.8 188.1 195.7 187.9 389.5 370.7 390.3 375.2 544.7 505.9 546.1 511.8

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.7 43.6 44.7 43.1 106.4 104.1 108.6 104.7 143.4 136.0 147.2 138.0

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177.4 172.3 177.0 171.4 384.3 365.1 385.2 366.2 483.0 462.0 484.5 461.5

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.2 26.1 26.2 26.0 44.9 42.7 45.5 42.6 78.0 76.7 78.4 76.3

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.8 75.7 75.6 76.3 121.1 116.2 120.9 115.6 156.1 155.9 156.5 156.4

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69.0 68.1 69.4 69.4 194.3 168.9 196.5 171.6 142.9 135.6 145.2 138.2

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.5 35.4 35.4 35.9 85.4 77.8 85.5 79.4 119.4 115.3 118.9 115.4

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255.8 241.7 255.8 244.4 685.2 630.6 688.1 629.2 703.4 638.2 699.4 645.6

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.7 33.9 35.7 34.1 111.5 105.0 112.2 105.3 137.5 134.1 140.1 135.1

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 741.0 689.9 740.8 695.3 1,396.1 1,216.7 1,393.8 1,222.7 2,074.0 1,930.5 2,067.1 1,936.6

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256.3 256.3 257.6 256.8 652.6 621.8 658.0 628.7 622.4 578.0 627.6 581.9

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.7 24.4 24.8 24.6 33.8 33.0 34.1 32.4 66.6 64.9 66.6 65.6

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313.0 297.6 312.1 297.0 745.1 676.7 745.5 684.4 930.0 874.9 935.8 888.5

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.9 80.4 79.5 80.0 195.4 179.2 196.0 182.4 237.4 231.7 238.6 232.1

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104.8 99.7 105.0 100.2 256.3 241.5 257.3 241.3 293.3 284.3 296.6 284.4

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333.4 332.8 332.9 332.9 820.5 760.8 822.0 766.6 1,257.9 1,189.6 1,262.4 1,197.8

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.9 35.7 35.5 36.1 69.2 62.0 69.4 62.9 104.3 99.2 104.5 100.5

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106.3 104.2 106.5 104.5 295.5 287.1 298.0 290.4 255.7 243.8 258.7 242.7

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.1 29.2 29.2 29.2 33.9 33.9 33.8 33.7 72.4 69.9 73.2 70.2

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173.8 174.1 174.1 174.6 424.6 398.0 430.7 410.8 435.6 424.3 440.5 427.8

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 807.3 806.9 810.4 812.8 1,801.6 1,756.5 1,814.0 1,789.5 1,729.0 1,668.6 1,748.0 1,672.3

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91.1 93.8 91.8 93.2 226.2 220.4 227.9 221.9 201.6 197.1 205.0 203.7

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.6 11.3 12.5 11.3 30.4 28.2 30.6 29.2 63.2 59.6 63.6 60.4

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214.6 208.2 214.2 209.1 774.5 741.6 775.2 745.2 546.7 511.6 550.0 513.5

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163.0 160.3 163.2 161.0 441.2 437.2 444.7 444.2 496.1 470.8 498.1 472.6

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.3 27.5 29.4 27.9 70.1 65.0 70.3 64.8 127.7 122.2 128.8 123.3

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156.6 153.1 156.3 152.9 329.4 300.1 330.5 300.6 458.9 437.6 461.0 438.0

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.3 10.8 11.3 10.8 20.3 18.6 20.2 17.6 27.8 27.9 28.1 28.0

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.9 43.6 43.8 43.6 121.7 107.8 122.9 109.7 113.5 111.0 116.1 112.0

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.9 1.8 1.9 1.8 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.7 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.1

p Preliminary

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

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Leisure and hospitality Other services Government

July August July August July August

2019 2020 2019 2020p

2019 2020 2019 2020p2019 2020 2019 2020p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212.9 179.2 213.1 178.2 99.2 94.5 99.3 94.5 383.5 368.9 387.1 378.5

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.3 30.1 44.2 29.1 11.4 9.4 11.2 9.5 75.3 70.4 75.9 75.0

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321.6 261.1 327.3 263.8 94.4 95.6 94.5 96.8 372.4 367.8 422.1 416.6

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122.6 104.7 123.5 105.7 59.8 56.3 59.6 56.3 196.9 188.4 200.4 196.0

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,069.4 1,439.5 2,063.3 1,416.1 581.6 460.2 581.0 450.1 2,456.3 2,274.1 2,500.8 2,384.2

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363.0 288.5 361.0 294.3 115.2 104.0 114.8 104.1 435.9 406.4 445.6 418.3

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169.3 128.4 165.7 129.8 66.8 57.6 66.1 58.2 218.3 202.1 217.8 206.3

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.4 44.9 58.7 44.8 18.9 16.3 18.9 16.3 64.5 62.4 63.4 62.3

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82.5 48.3 81.4 43.8 78.7 76.8 77.8 76.7 249.1 249.1 238.0 241.5

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,245.7 1,008.9 1,246.2 999.3 353.3 319.1 352.0 320.7 1,039.1 1,028.6 1,119.5 1,119.9

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509.1 429.6 509.5 429.2 167.0 154.1 167.0 157.1 664.6 657.7 687.7 673.8

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127.0 61.0 127.2 61.1 28.3 25.2 28.2 25.4 118.5 116.2 117.1 116.3

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89.5 81.4 89.8 82.9 27.4 25.8 27.2 25.8 119.5 120.6 119.6 121.0

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 650.7 491.8 649.0 501.0 258.1 236.9 256.5 239.1 784.8 733.9 788.2 754.2

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323.0 300.6 322.4 303.3 135.5 126.3 134.6 126.6 375.6 366.0 416.7 409.0

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152.1 122.3 152.1 122.3 59.4 54.0 59.3 54.1 241.1 228.9 243.9 234.6

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134.0 117.0 133.9 116.1 52.2 48.0 52.2 48.5 234.7 225.3 245.7 237.4

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208.1 187.4 207.4 188.0 66.0 64.1 66.4 65.5 295.0 264.8 302.2 286.2

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235.9 190.3 238.4 193.9 73.9 70.9 74.3 71.1 316.8 313.7 323.2 323.7

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88.0 61.7 87.4 63.4 23.0 20.7 22.8 21.3 91.6 89.3 91.5 88.8

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303.6 236.9 300.3 239.3 116.4 106.3 116.0 109.5 483.1 473.5 481.4 478.0

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413.5 254.9 411.0 265.9 146.4 108.8 145.2 109.3 426.1 399.5 416.8 392.6

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460.2 293.8 461.1 301.3 168.8 147.0 168.4 148.0 565.7 526.7 574.2 546.1

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295.4 210.5 297.2 218.2 116.5 101.2 116.5 102.1 404.6 370.7 401.9 378.9

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137.7 128.9 138.9 132.7 40.5 40.5 40.4 40.8 232.7 227.6 239.1 236.6

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323.4 261.1 322.5 267.3 118.4 117.1 117.7 118.1 397.6 396.8 405.3 403.3

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.9 63.9 73.6 63.8 19.5 18.5 19.4 18.3 87.2 85.1 87.5 85.8

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96.6 79.6 97.8 82.3 37.8 35.6 37.7 35.4 165.8 157.7 167.0 161.2

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360.3 305.6 358.3 303.3 42.1 35.2 42.4 37.6 156.0 147.7 159.4 151.5

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83.9 59.1 83.0 62.1 26.6 26.3 26.6 26.9 78.8 73.2 80.8 77.3

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435.8 288.5 433.7 299.4 177.5 152.7 176.7 159.6 582.7 526.9 570.9 541.5

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102.2 76.7 102.7 73.0 30.3 25.7 29.9 26.0 178.2 168.6 186.0 179.1

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,016.3 580.1 1,009.5 606.3 417.3 349.3 415.4 356.0 1,464.9 1,308.3 1,453.8 1,354.2

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 538.7 405.3 535.3 402.7 162.1 159.0 160.7 156.7 641.3 610.4 697.8 672.3

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.0 35.0 41.6 36.2 15.4 14.0 15.4 13.9 76.3 74.6 76.4 75.1

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 599.5 453.7 597.9 455.6 216.1 202.1 215.1 204.6 751.9 692.6 758.5 706.0

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175.8 166.3 177.2 166.6 71.4 68.6 70.7 68.1 333.0 327.6 339.7 333.7

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224.1 163.1 224.1 166.5 65.2 61.0 65.2 61.2 274.9 260.9 276.4 262.4

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 614.2 441.9 613.7 442.4 267.4 225.0 265.6 227.7 661.8 647.1 667.7 660.2

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.8 50.9 66.1 52.6 23.8 18.5 23.8 19.2 60.9 59.2 60.9 60.1

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284.9 228.5 282.7 225.7 80.4 82.3 80.4 83.0 357.5 342.8 363.3 356.6

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.9 46.3 52.6 46.7 17.3 15.3 17.1 15.7 75.4 69.2 75.8 70.7

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357.3 307.1 360.4 302.2 122.5 117.3 122.1 118.9 404.2 388.6 421.7 410.6

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,422.6 1,175.8 1,417.6 1,170.2 450.7 415.4 449.9 425.6 1,899.9 1,854.3 1,900.7 1,875.9

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157.6 128.2 158.3 131.7 43.3 45.1 43.6 45.1 234.8 237.3 239.9 235.9

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.7 22.2 38.6 23.2 10.5 9.3 10.5 9.5 50.3 49.5 51.9 51.2

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431.8 334.5 427.6 340.4 205.9 193.9 204.6 194.8 706.1 650.5 706.6 686.3

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361.5 255.5 363.4 261.0 130.4 110.7 130.2 110.9 574.8 540.6 562.0 548.3

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77.7 62.3 77.7 63.4 24.3 23.2 24.4 23.1 143.3 138.0 148.3 141.7

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309.3 228.4 307.1 231.0 154.2 133.3 154.0 132.8 383.2 338.4 376.1 348.7

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.3 35.8 42.7 36.4 16.5 14.4 16.4 14.3 65.8 62.8 66.6 64.6

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.2 59.0 81.3 58.7 18.0 16.7 18.1 16.7 203.0 191.5 199.6 202.3

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.3 4.6 5.3 4.5 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.7 10.7 11.3 10.6 11.2

p Preliminary

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

preliminary and will be revised when new information becomes available.
TEXAS

N.M.

CALIF.

NEV.

MONT.

ARIZ.

ORE.

S.D.

WYO.

KAN. MO.

N.D.

COLO.

NEB.

GA.

UTAH ILL.

MINN.

LA.

PA.

IDAHO

FLA.

N.Y

KY.

WIS.

N.C.

VA.

OKLA.

ALA.

ARK.

IOWA

WASH.

MISS.

IND.

OHIO

S.C.

MICH.

TENN.

W.VA.

MD.

Map 1. Unemployment rates by state, seasonally August 2020

(U.S. rate = 8.4 percent)

HAWAII

ALASKA
WASH.

ORE.

CALIF.

IDAHO

NEV.

ARIZ.

MONT.

WYO.

COLO.

N.M.

N.D.

S.D.

NEB.

KAN.

OKLA.

TEXAS

MINN.

IOWA

MO.

ARK.

LA.

WIS.

ILL.

MICH.

IND. OHIO

KY.

TENN.

MISS. ALA. GA.

S.C.

N.C.

VA.

W.VA.

PA.

N.Y.

MAINE

N.H.

VT.

MASS.

R.I.

N.J.

CONN.

DEL.

FLA.

MD. UTAH

ALASKA

HAWAII

D.C.

Above -4.0%

-6.0% to -4.0%

-8.0% to -6.1%

-10.0% to -8.1%

Below -10.0%

Map 2. Percentage change in nonfarm employment by state,

seasonally adjusted, August 2019 - August 2020