For release 10:00 a.m. (EST) Friday, November 20, 2015 USDL-15-2206 

Technical information:

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REGIONAL AND STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT — OCTOBER 2015

Regional and state unemployment rates were little changed in October. Thirty-two states and the District of 

Columbia had unemployment rate decreases from September, 3 states had increases, and 15 states had no 

change, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Forty-three states and the District of Columbia 

had unemployment rate decreases from a year earlier, three states had increases, and four states had no 

change. The national jobless rate was essentially unchanged from September at 5.0 percent and was 0.7 

percentage point lower than in October 2014. 

In October 2015, nonfarm payroll employment increased in 40 states and the District of Columbia, 

decreased in 9 states, and was unchanged in Delaware. The largest over-the-month increases in 

employment occurred in California (+41,200), Florida (+35,200), and Ohio (+30,800). The largest 

over-the-month decreases in employment occurred in Louisiana (-6,200), Indiana (-3,400), and North 

Carolina (-3,100). The largest over-the-month percentage increase in employment occurred in Idaho (+1.1 

percent), followed by Alaska (+0.9 percent) and Wyoming (+0.8 percent). The largest over-the-month 

percentage decline in employment occurred in Louisiana (-0.3 percent), followed by North Dakota (-0.2 

percent) and Connecticut, Indiana, Minnesota, North Carolina, and West Virginia (-0.1 percent each). Over 

the year, nonfarm employment increased in 47 states and the District of Columbia and decreased in 3 states. 

The largest over-the-year percentage increases occurred in Idaho (+3.8 percent), Utah (+3.5 percent), and 

Nevada (+3.4 percent). The over-the-year percentage decreases occurred in North Dakota (-2.1 percent), 

West Virginia (-1.8 percent), and Louisiana (-0.5 percent). 

Regional Unemployment (Seasonally Adjusted) 

In October, the Midwest had the lowest regional unemployment rate, 4.5 percent, while the West had the 

highest rate, 5.5 percent. Over the month, no region had a statistically significant unemployment rate 

change. Significant over-the-year rate decreases occurred in all four regions: the West (-1.0 percentage 

point), Midwest and Northeast (-0.9 point each), and South (-0.6 point). (See table 1.) 

Among the nine geographic divisions, the West North Central had the lowest unemployment rate, 4.0 

percent in October. The East South Central and Pacific had the highest rates, 5.6 percent each. Over the 

month, no division had a statistically significant jobless rate change. All divisions except the Mountain had 

significant rate changes from a year earlier, all of which were declines. The largest of these decreases 

occurred in the Pacific (-1.3 percentage points). 
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State Unemployment (Seasonally Adjusted)

North Dakota had the lowest jobless rate in October, 2.8 percent, followed by Nebraska, 2.9 percent. West 

Virginia had the highest rate, 6.9 percent. In total, 20 states had unemployment rates significantly lower 

than the U.S. figure of 5.0 percent, 12 states and the District of Columbia had measurably higher rates, and 

18 states had rates that were not appreciably different from that of the nation. (See tables A and 3 and 

chart 1.) 

In October, seven states had statistically significant over-the-month unemployment rate declines: West 

Virginia (-0.4 percentage point); Kansas, Missouri, New York, and South Dakota (-0.3 point each); and 

Colorado and Idaho (-0.2 point each). Texas had the only significant over-the-month rate increase (+0.2 

percentage point). The remaining 42 states and the District of Columbia had jobless rates that were not 

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

numerically as the significant changes.

Twenty-five states and the District of Columbia had statistically significant unemployment rate declines 

from October 2014, the largest of which occurred in Rhode Island (-1.7 percentage points) and Michigan 

(-1.6 points). The only significant over-the-year rate increase was in New Mexico (+0.6 percentage point). 

The remaining 24 states had rates that were not appreciably different from those of a year earlier. (See 

table B.)

Nonfarm Payroll Employment (Seasonally Adjusted)

In October 2015, 23 states had statistically significant over-the-month changes in employment, all of which 

were positive. The largest significant job gains occurred in California (+41,200), Florida (+35,200), and 

Ohio (+30,800). (See tables C and 5.) 

Over the year, 35 states had statistically significant increases in employment, and West Virginia (-13,700) 

and North Dakota (-9,700) had significant decreases. The largest significant over-the-year job increase 

occurred in California (+463,000), followed by Florida (+239,900) and Texas (+203,900). (See table D and 

chart 2.) 

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The Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment news release for October 2015 is scheduled 

to be released on Monday, December 7, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. (EST). The Regional and State 

Employment and Unemployment news release for November 2015 is scheduled to be released on 

Friday, December 18, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. (EST). 

Current Employment Statistics (CES) Data Corrections

This news release contains corrections to previously released employment data in tables C, D, 

5, 6, and chart 2. A complete list of corrections in this news release and in the CES (State and 

Area) database can be found at www.bls.gov/bls/errata/sae_errata.htm.
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State Rate p

United States 1 ................................................ 5.0

Alabama ............................................................. 5.9

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

Arizona ............................................................... 6.1

California ............................................................ 5.8

Colorado ............................................................ 3.8

District of Columbia ............................................. 6.6

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

Hawaii ................................................................ 3.3

Idaho ................................................................. 4.0

Iowa .................................................................. 3.5

Kansas ............................................................... 4.1

Louisiana ............................................................ 6.2

Maine ................................................................. 4.3

Minnesota ........................................................... 3.7

Mississippi .......................................................... 5.9

Montana ............................................................. 4.1

Nebraska ............................................................ 2.9

Nevada ............................................................... 6.6

New Hampshire ................................................... 3.3

New Mexico ........................................................ 6.8

North Carolina ..................................................... 5.7

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

Ohio ................................................................... 4.4

Oklahoma ........................................................... 4.3

Oregon ............................................................... 6.0

South Dakota ...................................................... 3.2

Texas ................................................................. 4.4

Utah ................................................................... 3.6

Vermont ............................................................. 3.7

Virginia ............................................................... 4.2

West Virginia ...................................................... 6.9

Wisconsin ........................................................... 4.3

Wyoming ............................................................ 4.0

1

 Data are not preliminary.

p

 = preliminary.

Table A. States with unemployment rates significantly different from that

of the U.S., October 2015, seasonally adjusted
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Table B. States with statistically significant unemployment rate changes from October 2014

to October 2015, seasonally adjusted

October 2014 October 2015 p

California ..................................... 7.2 5.8 -1.4

Colorado ...................................... 4.4 3.8 -.6

Connecticut .................................. 6.3 5.1 -1.2

District of Columbia ....................... 7.7 6.6 -1.1

Florida ......................................... 5.8 5.1 -.7

Georgia ....................................... 6.8 5.7 -1.1

Hawaii ......................................... 4.1 3.3 -.8

Idaho ........................................... 4.6 4.0 -.6

Illinois .......................................... 6.3 5.4 -.9

Indiana ......................................... 5.8 4.4 -1.4

Iowa ............................................ 4.3 3.5 -.8

Maine .......................................... 5.6 4.3 -1.3

Michigan ...................................... 6.6 5.0 -1.6

Mississippi ................................... 7.3 5.9 -1.4

New Hampshire ............................ 4.1 3.3 -.8

New Jersey .................................. 6.4 5.4 -1.0

New Mexico ................................. 6.2 6.8 .6

New York ..................................... 5.9 4.8 -1.1

Ohio ............................................ 5.2 4.4 -.8

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

Rhode Island ................................ 7.0 5.3 -1.7

South Carolina .............................. 6.6 5.6 -1.0

Tennessee ................................... 6.6 5.6 -1.0

Vermont ....................................... 4.2 3.7 -.5

Virginia ........................................ 4.9 4.2 -.7

Washington .................................. 6.3 5.2 -1.1

Wisconsin .................................... 5.3 4.3 -1.0

p

 = preliminary.

State

Rate Over-the-year 

change p
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Table C. States with statistically significant employment changes from September 2015 to

October 2015, seasonally adjusted

September October Over-the-month

2015 2015 p change p

Alaska ....................................... 336,600 339,600 3,000

Arizona ...................................... 2,630,900 2,649,600 18,700

California ................................... 16,211,900 16,253,100 41,200

Colorado .................................... 2,520,100 2,533,100 13,000

Florida ....................................... 8,115,000 8,150,200 35,200

Georgia ..................................... 4,273,800 4,302,800 29,000

Idaho ......................................... 675,800 683,500 7,700

Illinois ........................................ 5,913,100 5,927,200 14,100

Maryland ................................... 2,674,000 2,684,800 10,800

Massachusetts .......................... 3,497,700 3,508,700 11,000

 

Michigan .................................... 4,263,300 4,276,900 13,600

Nebraska ................................... 1,000,600 1,007,900 7,300

Nevada ...................................... 1,260,200 1,266,400 6,200

New Hampshire .......................... 653,900 658,300 4,400

New Jersey ................................ 4,012,600 4,028,700 16,100

New York ................................... 9,268,200 9,296,900 28,700

Ohio .......................................... 5,396,400 5,427,200 30,800

Pennsylvania .............................. 5,844,400 5,858,100 13,700

South Carolina ........................... 2,015,800 2,022,400 6,600

Tennessee ................................. 2,877,900 2,888,300 10,400

Virginia ...................................... 3,815,500 3,827,400 11,900

Wisconsin ................................. 2,892,800 2,908,900 16,100

Wyoming ................................... 291,900 294,100 2,200

p

 = preliminary.

State
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Table D. States with statistically significant employment changes from October 2014 to

October 2015, seasonally adjusted

October October Over-the-year

2014 2015 p change p

Alabama ...................................... 1,937,800 1,958,900 21,100

Arizona ........................................ 2,589,300 2,649,600 60,300

Arkansas ..................................... 1,195,500 1,214,900 19,400

California ..................................... 15,790,100 16,253,100 463,000

Colorado ...................................... 2,481,200 2,533,100 51,900

Connecticut .................................. 1,670,000 1,694,100 24,100

Florida ......................................... 7,910,300 8,150,200 239,900

Georgia ....................................... 4,205,700 4,302,800 97,100

Hawaii ......................................... 625,200 637,100 11,900

Idaho ........................................... 658,400 683,500 25,100

 

Illinois .......................................... 5,886,900 5,927,200 40,300

Indiana ......................................... 2,996,600 3,057,200 60,600

Iowa ............................................ 1,555,000 1,577,300 22,300

Kentucky ...................................... 1,872,300 1,904,100 31,800

Maryland ...................................... 2,632,800 2,684,800 52,000

Massachusetts ............................. 3,428,100 3,508,700 80,600

Michigan ...................................... 4,197,300 4,276,900 79,600

Minnesota .................................... 2,829,600 2,853,500 23,900

Missouri ....................................... 2,740,600 2,767,700 27,100

Nebraska ..................................... 995,800 1,007,900 12,100

 

Nevada ........................................ 1,224,300 1,266,400 42,100

New Jersey .................................. 3,974,300 4,028,700 54,400

New York ..................................... 9,132,900 9,296,900 164,000

North Carolina .............................. 4,174,500 4,265,500 91,000

North Dakota ................................ 467,700 458,000 -9,700

Ohio ............................................ 5,349,800 5,427,200 77,400

Oregon ........................................ 1,737,200 1,783,600 46,400

Pennsylvania ................................ 5,809,500 5,858,100 48,600

South Carolina .............................. 1,965,300 2,022,400 57,100

South Dakota ............................... 424,900 432,800 7,900

 

Tennessee ................................... 2,838,100 2,888,300 50,200

Texas .......................................... 11,664,600 11,868,500 203,900

Utah ............................................ 1,340,700 1,388,000 47,300

Virginia ........................................ 3,778,900 3,827,400 48,500

Washington .................................. 3,105,300 3,198,100 92,800

West Virginia ................................ 764,300 750,600 -13,700

Wisconsin .................................... 2,858,100 2,908,900 50,800

p

 = preliminary.

State
Technical Note 

This release presents labor force and unemployment data for 

census regions and divisions, states, and selected substate areas 

from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program 

(tables 1 to 4). Also presented are nonfarm payroll employment 

estimates by state and industry supersector from the Current 

Employment Statistics (CES) program (tables 5 and 6). The 

LAUS and CES programs are both federal-state cooperative 

endeavors. 

Labor force and unemployment—from the LAUS 

program 

 Definitions. The 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 employment and 

unemployment on a place-of-residence basis. The universe for 

each is the civilian noninstitutional population 16 years of age 

and over. Employed persons are those who did any work at all 

for pay or profit in the reference week (the week including the 

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

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

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

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

illness, or vacation. Unemployed persons are those who were 

not employed during the reference week (based on the 

definition above), had actively looked for a job sometime in the 

4-week period ending with the reference week, and were 

currently available for work; persons on layoff expecting recall 

need not be looking for work to be counted as unemployed. The 

labor force is the sum of employed and unemployed persons. 

The unemployment rate is the number of unemployed as a 

percent of the labor force. 

 Method of estimation. Estimates for 48 of the 50 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 nine census 

divisions, as well as the five additional substate areas contained 

in this release (the Cleveland-Elyria and Detroit-WarrenDearborn metropolitan areas and the Chicago-NapervilleArlington Heights, Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, and SeattleBellevue-Everett metropolitan divisions) and their respective 

balances of state are based on similar model-based approaches. 

Estimates for census regions are obtained by summing the 

model-based estimates for the component divisions. Each 

month, census division estimates are controlled to the national 

totals; state estimates are then controlled to their respective 

division totals. Substate and balance-of-state estimates for the 

five areas noted above are controlled to their respective state 

totals. Estimates for Puerto Rico are derived from a monthly 

household survey similar to the CPS. A detailed description of 

the estimation procedures is available from BLS upon request. 

 Annual revisions. Labor force and unemployment data for 

prior years reflect adjustments made at 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 (both seasonally adjusted and not seasonally 

adjusted) are revised near the beginning of each calendar year, 

prior to the release of January estimates. With the introduction 

of a new generation of times-series models in early 2015, 

historical data were re-estimated back to the series beginnings 

in 1976, 1990, or 1994. 

 Seasonal adjustment. The LAUS program introduced 

smoothed seasonally adjusted (SSA) estimates in January 2010. 

These are seasonally adjusted data that have incorporated a 

long-run trend smoothing procedure, resulting in estimates that 

are less volatile than those previously produced. The estimates 

are smoothed using a Henderson Trend Filter (H13). The H13 

uses a filtering procedure, based on moving averages, to remove 

the irregular fluctuations from the seasonally adjusted series, 

leaving the trend. The same process is used on both historical 

and current year estimates. For more information about the 

smoothing technique, see the BLS website at 

www.bls.gov/lau/lassaqa.htm. 

 Area definitions. The substate area data published in this 

release reflect the delineations issued by the U.S. Office of 

Management and Budget on February 28, 2013. A detailed list 

of the geographic definitions is available online at 

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

Employment—from the CES program 

 Definitions. Employment data refer to persons on 

establishment payrolls who receive pay for any part of the pay 

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

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

those appearing on more than one payroll are counted on each 

payroll. Industries are classified on the basis of their principal 

activity in accordance with the 2012 version of the North 

American Industry Classification System. 

 Method of estimation. CES State and Area employment 

data are produced using several estimation procedures. Where 

possible these data are produced using a "weighted link 

relative" estimation technique in which a ratio of current month 

weighted employment to that of the previous-month weighted 

employment is computed from a sample of establishments 

reporting for both months. The estimates of employment for the 

current month are then obtained by multiplying these ratios by 

the previous month’s employment estimates. The weighted link 

relative technique is utilized for data series where the sample 

size meets certain statistical criteria. 
 For some employment series, the sample of establishments 

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

approach is used in estimation. These models use the direct 

sample estimates (described above), combined with forecasts of 

historical (benchmarked) data to decrease volatility in 

estimation. Two different models (Fay-Herriot Model and 

Small Domain Model) are used depending on the industry level 

being estimated. For more detailed information about each 

model, refer to the BLS Handbook of Methods. 

 Annual revisions. Employment estimates are adjusted 

annually to a complete count of jobs, called benchmarks, 

derived principally from tax reports that are submitted by 

employers who are covered under state unemployment 

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

adjust the monthly estimates between the new benchmark and 

the preceding one and also to establish the level of employment 

for the new benchmark month. Thus, the benchmarking process 

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

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

subsequent months. 

 Seasonal adjustment. Payroll employment data are 

seasonally adjusted at the statewide supersector level. In some 

states, the seasonally adjusted payroll employment total is 

computed by aggregating the independently adjusted 

supersector series. In other states, the seasonally adjusted 

payroll employment total is independently adjusted. Revisions 

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

year, coincident with annual benchmark adjustments. 

 Caution on aggregating state data. State estimation 

procedures are designed to produce accurate data for each 

individual state. BLS independently develops a national 

employment series; state estimates are not forced to sum to 

national totals. Because each state series is subject to larger 

sampling and nonsampling errors than the national series, 

summing them cumulates individual state level errors and can 

cause significant distortions at an aggregate level. Due to these 

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

employment series, and cautions users that such a series is 

subject to a relatively large and volatile error structure. 

Reliability of the estimates 

The estimates presented in this release are based on sample 

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

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

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

by chance because a sample rather than the entire population is 

surveyed. Survey data also are subject to nonsampling errors, 

such as those which can be introduced into the data collection 

and processing operations. Estimates not directly derived from 

sample surveys are subject to additional errors resulting from 

the specific estimation processes used. The sums of individual 

items may not always equal the totals shown in the same tables 

because of rounding. Unemployment rates are computed from 

unrounded data and thus may differ slightly from rates 

computed using the rounded data displayed in the tables. 

 Use of error measures. The introductory section of this 

release preserves the long-time practice of highlighting the 

direction of the movements in regional and state unemployment 

rates and state nonfarm payroll employment regardless of their 

statistical significance. The remainder of the analysis in the 

release takes statistical significance into consideration. 

 Labor force and unemployment estimates. Model-based 

error measures for seasonally adjusted and not seasonally 

adjusted data and for over-the-month and over-the-year changes 

are available online at www.bls.gov/lau/lastderr.htm. BLS uses 

a 90-percent confidence level in determining whether changes 

in LAUS unemployment rates are statistically significant. The 

average magnitude of the current year over-the-month change 

in a state unemployment rate that is required for statistical 

significance at the 90-percent confidence level is just over 0.2 

percentage point; the average amount of the current over-theyear change in a state rate for significance is about 0.7 point. 

More details can be found on the website. Measures of 

nonsampling error are not available. 

 Employment estimates. Measures of sampling error for 

state CES data at the total nonfarm and supersector levels are 

available online at www.bls.gov/sae/790stderr.htm. BLS uses a 

90-percent confidence level in determining whether changes in 

CES employment levels are statistically significant. 

Information on recent benchmark revisions for states is 

available online at www.bls.gov/sae/. 

Additional information 

Estimates of labor force and unemployment from the LAUS 

program, as well as nonfarm employment from the CES 

program, for 394 metropolitan areas and metropolitan New 

England City and Town Areas (NECTAs) are available in the 

news release, Metropolitan Area Employment and 

Unemployment. Estimates of labor force, employment, and 

unemployment 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 LABOR FORCE DATA

Table 1. Civilian labor force and unemployment by census region and division, seasonally adjusted 1

(Numbers in thousands)

Census region and

division

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

Oct.

2014

Aug.

2015

Sept.

2015

Oct.

2015

Oct.

2014

Aug.

2015

Sept.

2015

Oct.

2015

Oct.

2014

Aug.

2015

Sept.

2015

Oct.

2015

Northeast ........................... 28,253.7 28,442.1 28,372.6 28,364.2 1,637.6 1,445.2 1,419.5 1,391.7 5.8 5.1 5.0 4.9

 New England .................... 7,810.4 7,849.2 7,808.3 7,780.9 438.6 363.0 357.0 357.3 5.6 4.6 4.6 4.6

 Middle Atlantic .................. 20,443.3 20,592.9 20,564.3 20,583.3 1,199.0 1,082.2 1,062.5 1,034.4 5.9 5.3 5.2 5.0

South ................................. 57,058.0 57,154.6 57,084.6 57,133.8 3,276.8 2,923.5 2,895.7 2,906.5 5.7 5.1 5.1 5.1

 South Atlantic ................... 30,263.0 30,291.7 30,286.1 30,342.3 1,804.0 1,627.1 1,600.7 1,593.3 6.0 5.4 5.3 5.3

 East South Central ........... 8,344.3 8,467.7 8,433.6 8,423.8 541.7 485.2 479.0 470.2 6.5 5.7 5.7 5.6

 West South Central .......... 18,450.7 18,395.2 18,364.9 18,367.7 931.1 811.3 816.0 842.9 5.0 4.4 4.4 4.6

Midwest ............................. 34,508.4 34,452.7 34,439.3 34,503.9 1,878.1 1,598.4 1,562.4 1,563.8 5.4 4.6 4.5 4.5

 East North Central ............ 23,354.9 23,322.9 23,313.2 23,345.8 1,394.4 1,136.1 1,114.6 1,122.2 6.0 4.9 4.8 4.8

 West North Central ........... 11,153.5 11,129.8 11,126.1 11,158.1 483.7 462.2 447.9 441.6 4.3 4.2 4.0 4.0

West ................................... 36,673.2 36,985.0 36,932.4 36,916.3 2,376.0 2,090.3 2,051.0 2,016.2 6.5 5.7 5.6 5.5

 Mountain ........................... 11,291.3 11,418.7 11,409.7 11,406.1 615.9 585.7 584.9 577.8 5.5 5.1 5.1 5.1

 Pacific ............................... 25,381.8 25,566.3 25,522.7 25,510.2 1,760.1 1,504.6 1,466.0 1,438.5 6.9 5.9 5.7 5.6

1 Census region estimates are derived by summing the census division

model-based estimates.

 NOTE: Data refer to place of residence. The states (including the District

of Columbia) that compose the various census divisions are: New

England: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode

Island, and Vermont; Middle Atlantic: New Jersey, New York, and

Pennsylvania; South Atlantic: Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida,

Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West

Virginia; East South Central: Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and

Tennessee; West South Central: Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and

Texas; East North Central: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and

Wisconsin; West North Central: Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri,

Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota; Mountain: Arizona,

Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming;

and Pacific: Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington.

Estimates for the current year are subject to revision early in the following

calendar year.

Table 2. Civilian labor force and unemployment by census region and division, not seasonally adjusted 1

(Numbers in thousands)

Census region and

division

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

September October September October September October

2014 2015 2014 2015 2014 2015 2014 2015 2014 2015 2014 2015

Northeast ........................... 28,128.5 28,244.8 28,296.2 28,389.5 1,589.8 1,359.0 1,535.8 1,294.8 5.7 4.8 5.4 4.6

 New England .................... 7,779.7 7,743.2 7,816.7 7,763.9 432.8 341.6 404.7 333.6 5.6 4.4 5.2 4.3

 Middle Atlantic .................. 20,348.8 20,501.6 20,479.5 20,625.6 1,157.0 1,017.4 1,131.2 961.2 5.7 5.0 5.5 4.7

South ................................. 57,041.3 57,110.4 57,242.0 57,307.5 3,301.7 2,910.2 3,159.4 2,890.6 5.8 5.1 5.5 5.0

 South Atlantic ................... 30,280.0 30,340.7 30,363.5 30,450.1 1,833.6 1,602.2 1,757.8 1,584.0 6.1 5.3 5.8 5.2

 East South Central ........... 8,343.0 8,398.6 8,357.2 8,434.8 529.7 465.2 507.9 444.4 6.3 5.5 6.1 5.3

 West South Central .......... 18,418.3 18,371.1 18,521.3 18,422.6 938.4 842.8 893.6 862.2 5.1 4.6 4.8 4.7

Midwest ............................. 34,419.4 34,382.2 34,598.2 34,635.3 1,787.5 1,439.4 1,713.0 1,461.4 5.2 4.2 5.0 4.2

 East North Central ............ 23,311.9 23,273.4 23,431.9 23,432.6 1,330.7 1,042.5 1,296.4 1,079.9 5.7 4.5 5.5 4.6

 West North Central ........... 11,107.6 11,108.9 11,166.3 11,202.6 456.8 396.9 416.6 381.5 4.1 3.6 3.7 3.4

West ................................... 36,629.9 36,869.9 36,794.7 36,981.1 2,302.9 1,919.0 2,291.9 1,950.4 6.3 5.2 6.2 5.3

 Mountain ........................... 11,286.2 11,414.9 11,331.1 11,420.2 603.4 559.5 588.5 543.3 5.3 4.9 5.2 4.8

 Pacific ............................... 25,343.7 25,455.0 25,463.7 25,560.9 1,699.5 1,359.5 1,703.3 1,407.2 6.7 5.3 6.7 5.5

1 Census region estimates are derived by summing the census division

model-based estimates.

NOTE: Data refer to place of residence. The composition of the regions

and divisions is described in table 1. Estimates for the current year are

subject to revision early in the following calendar year.
LABOR FORCE DATA LABOR FORCE DATA

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 3. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state and selected area, seasonally adjusted

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

Oct.

2014

Aug.

2015

Sept.

2015

Oct.

2015p

Oct.

2014

Aug.

2015

Sept.

2015

Oct.

2015p Oct.

2014

Aug.

2015

Sept.

2015

Oct.

2015p

Alabama ................................................... 2,129.9 2,146.2 2,140.0 2,141.8 132.7 132.0 129.3 127.2 6.2 6.2 6.0 5.9

Alaska ....................................................... 366.4 362.8 362.5 362.7 24.4 23.8 23.3 23.3 6.7 6.6 6.4 6.4

Arizona ..................................................... 3,106.9 3,141.1 3,144.4 3,148.2 206.0 196.8 197.0 193.0 6.6 6.3 6.3 6.1

Arkansas ................................................... 1,306.6 1,338.5 1,337.3 1,337.2 75.5 72.2 69.8 68.5 5.8 5.4 5.2 5.1

California .................................................. 18,883.8 19,035.8 19,004.6 18,993.6 1,366.2 1,164.0 1,121.2 1,094.7 7.2 6.1 5.9 5.8

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale 1 ... 5,045.8 5,055.8 5,030.0 5,002.2 405.4 348.7 327.0 306.3 8.0 6.9 6.5 6.1

Colorado ................................................... 2,822.4 2,806.6 2,804.9 2,807.6 124.1 118.2 111.4 105.8 4.4 4.2 4.0 3.8

Connecticut ............................................... 1,893.3 1,903.4 1,899.1 1,895.9 119.7 100.1 98.6 97.0 6.3 5.3 5.2 5.1

Delaware .................................................. 454.9 463.4 464.0 466.0 24.6 22.5 22.9 23.6 5.4 4.8 4.9 5.1

District of Columbia .................................. 382.6 386.6 386.8 387.8 29.6 26.2 25.9 25.5 7.7 6.8 6.7 6.6

Florida ....................................................... 9,629.6 9,501.6 9,532.3 9,578.3 557.5 509.4 498.5 492.1 5.8 5.4 5.2 5.1

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall 1 .............. 1,327.7 1,304.5 1,309.7 1,315.0 85.1 77.0 76.5 76.6 6.4 5.9 5.8 5.8

Georgia ..................................................... 4,742.4 4,732.1 4,728.9 4,736.3 321.8 276.8 272.1 269.0 6.8 5.8 5.8 5.7

Hawaii ....................................................... 670.5 673.2 675.1 677.2 27.6 23.8 23.2 22.5 4.1 3.5 3.4 3.3

Idaho ......................................................... 777.7 799.5 800.8 802.7 35.8 33.3 33.4 32.4 4.6 4.2 4.2 4.0

Illinois ........................................................ 6,513.4 6,492.7 6,499.2 6,518.9 411.4 362.9 352.7 353.4 6.3 5.6 5.4 5.4

Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights 1 3,797.3 3,777.9 3,766.8 3,766.5 241.0 210.3 202.0 197.9 6.3 5.6 5.4 5.3

Indiana ...................................................... 3,247.0 3,265.1 3,268.5 3,272.7 189.5 149.1 145.4 144.0 5.8 4.6 4.4 4.4

Iowa .......................................................... 1,713.3 1,700.1 1,701.9 1,704.9 73.8 62.5 61.4 60.3 4.3 3.7 3.6 3.5

Kansas ...................................................... 1,502.2 1,476.0 1,481.5 1,491.6 63.7 67.4 64.5 61.8 4.2 4.6 4.4 4.1

Kentucky ................................................... 1,976.3 1,941.7 1,930.6 1,929.1 111.6 100.5 97.1 93.8 5.6 5.2 5.0 4.9

Louisiana .................................................. 2,188.8 2,180.8 2,164.7 2,152.9 154.0 130.6 128.9 132.4 7.0 6.0 6.0 6.2

Maine ........................................................ 695.3 689.2 685.4 681.7 38.7 31.1 30.2 29.1 5.6 4.5 4.4 4.3

Maryland ................................................... 3,104.4 3,152.8 3,152.1 3,158.3 173.6 161.1 160.0 161.9 5.6 5.1 5.1 5.1

Massachusetts .......................................... 3,578.2 3,591.7 3,569.6 3,560.9 196.0 167.7 163.1 164.0 5.5 4.7 4.6 4.6

Michigan ................................................... 4,748.0 4,728.8 4,730.4 4,743.2 313.7 241.8 234.8 238.1 6.6 5.1 5.0 5.0

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn 2 ................... 2,019.0 1,994.3 1,994.6 1,996.2 160.2 111.1 109.0 113.0 7.9 5.6 5.5 5.7

Minnesota ................................................. 2,975.3 3,003.5 2,996.0 2,997.5 109.1 118.9 114.4 111.0 3.7 4.0 3.8 3.7

Mississippi ................................................ 1,221.2 1,267.7 1,272.7 1,278.6 88.6 79.6 77.2 75.0 7.3 6.3 6.1 5.9

Missouri .................................................... 3,074.4 3,057.7 3,057.8 3,073.8 170.0 171.4 161.3 153.7 5.5 5.6 5.3 5.0

Montana .................................................... 516.2 524.9 524.5 524.5 23.7 21.8 21.7 21.5 4.6 4.2 4.1 4.1

Nebraska .................................................. 1,021.5 1,006.7 1,007.5 1,009.7 31.9 28.7 29.1 29.5 3.1 2.8 2.9 2.9

Nevada ..................................................... 1,396.8 1,428.1 1,429.5 1,431.3 100.8 96.9 95.7 94.0 7.2 6.8 6.7 6.6

New Hampshire ........................................ 740.8 747.3 743.6 741.0 30.2 26.8 25.3 24.4 4.1 3.6 3.4 3.3

New Jersey ............................................... 4,534.4 4,527.6 4,518.2 4,522.9 288.5 257.9 251.4 243.6 6.4 5.7 5.6 5.4

New Mexico .............................................. 916.6 926.3 923.5 918.6 56.8 61.8 62.5 62.4 6.2 6.7 6.8 6.8

New York .................................................. 9,536.8 9,628.5 9,617.3 9,632.9 562.1 501.7 486.1 466.1 5.9 5.2 5.1 4.8

New York City ...................................... 4,126.0 4,180.8 4,169.0 4,167.4 272.3 226.3 214.7 200.9 6.6 5.4 5.2 4.8

North Carolina .......................................... 4,626.2 4,753.4 4,753.1 4,762.0 262.1 280.7 275.7 273.6 5.7 5.9 5.8 5.7

North Dakota ............................................ 420.4 411.2 409.9 409.8 11.6 11.8 11.5 11.3 2.8 2.9 2.8 2.8

Ohio .......................................................... 5,729.7 5,702.7 5,695.0 5,701.6 300.2 265.1 254.4 248.7 5.2 4.6 4.5 4.4

Cleveland-Elyria 2 ................................. 1,047.5 1,045.3 1,041.5 1,039.0 60.3 55.0 52.4 49.0 5.8 5.3 5.0 4.7

Oklahoma ................................................. 1,780.7 1,843.0 1,837.4 1,839.5 72.7 83.9 81.0 78.2 4.1 4.6 4.4 4.3

Oregon ...................................................... 1,957.9 1,934.4 1,946.4 1,959.7 133.7 117.5 120.1 117.7 6.8 6.1 6.2 6.0

Pennsylvania ............................................ 6,353.1 6,415.5 6,409.5 6,415.2 328.2 344.0 338.7 330.1 5.2 5.4 5.3 5.1

Rhode Island ............................................ 550.9 560.0 558.5 556.8 38.8 31.7 30.4 29.4 7.0 5.7 5.4 5.3

South Carolina .......................................... 2,208.5 2,249.3 2,250.0 2,255.5 145.7 135.1 129.0 126.6 6.6 6.0 5.7 5.6

South Dakota ............................................ 448.8 455.6 454.9 454.2 14.8 16.6 15.9 14.7 3.3 3.7 3.5 3.2

Tennessee ................................................ 2,983.9 3,055.3 3,043.0 3,044.8 197.5 173.6 173.2 169.6 6.6 5.7 5.7 5.6

Texas ........................................................ 13,147.7 13,012.4 13,010.0 13,036.2 619.6 538.0 544.7 570.1 4.7 4.1 4.2 4.4

Utah .......................................................... 1,437.7 1,468.5 1,468.4 1,467.1 52.4 53.8 53.4 52.3 3.6 3.7 3.6 3.6

Vermont .................................................... 348.8 348.6 347.2 345.2 14.5 12.5 12.7 12.8 4.2 3.6 3.7 3.7

Virginia ...................................................... 4,234.9 4,233.6 4,223.1 4,218.5 207.0 192.0 182.1 177.6 4.9 4.5 4.3 4.2

Washington ............................................... 3,510.6 3,531.2 3,525.7 3,524.5 220.3 185.8 184.2 183.4 6.3 5.3 5.2 5.2

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett 1 .................... 1,560.1 1,582.6 1,583.6 1,585.2 71.7 56.5 57.7 61.0 4.6 3.6 3.6 3.8

West Virginia ............................................ 780.3 787.2 788.1 787.8 47.8 59.8 57.8 54.3 6.1 7.6 7.3 6.9

Wisconsin ................................................. 3,108.0 3,071.9 3,075.3 3,086.7 163.6 137.4 133.5 131.4 5.3 4.5 4.3 4.3

Wyoming ................................................... 306.6 310.5 309.9 309.1 13.3 12.6 12.4 12.5 4.3 4.0 4.0 4.0

Puerto Rico ............................................... 1,138.7 1,126.1 1,132.5 1,145.5 158.0 130.2 129.4 141.5 13.9 11.6 11.4 12.4

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. 13-01,

dated February 28, 2013, and are available on the BLS website at

www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm. Estimates for the latest month are subject to

revision the following month.
LABOR FORCE DATA LABOR FORCE DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 4. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state and selected area, not seasonally adjusted

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

September October September October September October

2014 2015 2014 2015p 2014 2015 2014 2015p 2014 2015 2014 2015p

Alabama ................................................... 2,133.9 2,147.2 2,148.0 2,162.3 132.9 127.0 128.7 121.8 6.2 5.9 6.0 5.6

Alaska ....................................................... 367.6 362.9 363.9 360.7 22.8 20.7 22.5 21.9 6.2 5.7 6.2 6.1

Arizona ..................................................... 3,108.9 3,163.9 3,129.7 3,163.2 214.1 203.5 208.3 193.5 6.9 6.4 6.7 6.1

Arkansas ................................................... 1,305.5 1,331.8 1,309.8 1,336.8 73.9 64.5 68.4 61.8 5.7 4.8 5.2 4.6

California .................................................. 18,855.1 18,945.5 18,945.0 19,017.2 1,322.8 1,034.4 1,323.6 1,080.4 7.0 5.5 7.0 5.7

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale 1 ... 5,049.2 5,005.6 5,066.7 4,989.2 406.9 310.5 403.8 295.5 8.1 6.2 8.0 5.9

Colorado ................................................... 2,831.8 2,810.5 2,836.4 2,814.7 116.6 93.5 113.2 93.0 4.1 3.3 4.0 3.3

Connecticut ............................................... 1,883.7 1,892.6 1,899.2 1,894.5 116.2 95.7 115.8 91.6 6.2 5.1 6.1 4.8

Delaware .................................................. 450.8 460.6 454.6 468.3 24.9 22.6 23.8 23.7 5.5 4.9 5.2 5.1

District of Columbia .................................. 380.4 384.3 383.2 389.5 30.4 26.6 29.6 26.0 8.0 6.9 7.7 6.7

Florida ....................................................... 9,705.8 9,645.3 9,711.7 9,634.7 601.8 516.2 568.0 488.1 6.2 5.4 5.8 5.1

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall 1 .............. 1,319.4 1,314.5 1,333.6 1,321.9 89.2 82.3 84.4 77.8 6.8 6.3 6.3 5.9

Georgia ..................................................... 4,754.8 4,726.0 4,766.2 4,745.7 333.1 271.8 323.6 269.7 7.0 5.8 6.8 5.7

Hawaii ....................................................... 666.5 673.8 666.9 676.2 28.9 24.5 27.3 22.8 4.3 3.6 4.1 3.4

Idaho ......................................................... 777.1 801.4 780.3 804.0 32.4 29.7 31.7 27.9 4.2 3.7 4.1 3.5

Illinois ........................................................ 6,502.0 6,504.2 6,534.6 6,551.4 400.3 329.1 394.6 349.8 6.2 5.1 6.0 5.3

Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights 1 3,783.6 3,743.3 3,799.3 3,772.9 234.8 183.7 230.6 188.4 6.2 4.9 6.1 5.0

Indiana ...................................................... 3,234.3 3,262.9 3,265.3 3,284.1 176.3 131.7 182.5 137.9 5.5 4.0 5.6 4.2

Iowa .......................................................... 1,705.2 1,698.5 1,718.7 1,708.9 68.9 56.3 66.4 54.2 4.0 3.3 3.9 3.2

Kansas ...................................................... 1,495.9 1,491.1 1,503.3 1,508.7 63.4 56.9 58.9 56.2 4.2 3.8 3.9 3.7

Kentucky ................................................... 1,984.8 1,929.8 1,977.4 1,929.5 109.4 88.3 101.3 82.4 5.5 4.6 5.1 4.3

Louisiana .................................................. 2,185.0 2,152.1 2,207.2 2,158.5 151.5 133.8 150.2 138.6 6.9 6.2 6.8 6.4

Maine ........................................................ 696.4 682.2 698.4 683.8 34.1 25.1 34.0 24.4 4.9 3.7 4.9 3.6

Maryland ................................................... 3,107.1 3,137.1 3,117.1 3,174.7 172.8 156.6 169.4 163.7 5.6 5.0 5.4 5.2

Massachusetts .......................................... 3,560.2 3,536.4 3,580.4 3,553.1 201.5 158.9 179.4 159.0 5.7 4.5 5.0 4.5

Michigan ................................................... 4,744.7 4,739.9 4,763.6 4,760.2 314.3 223.5 299.0 239.6 6.6 4.7 6.3 5.0

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn 2 ................... 2,027.5 2,008.7 2,035.9 2,018.2 165.3 113.5 161.6 127.8 8.2 5.7 7.9 6.3

Minnesota ................................................. 2,969.5 2,987.3 2,976.8 3,001.1 102.9 95.8 88.5 89.8 3.5 3.2 3.0 3.0

Mississippi ................................................ 1,228.3 1,284.1 1,229.7 1,287.4 91.1 75.6 88.8 75.9 7.4 5.9 7.2 5.9

Missouri .................................................... 3,058.2 3,074.0 3,075.6 3,109.9 169.9 139.4 152.7 135.2 5.6 4.5 5.0 4.3

Montana .................................................... 514.9 520.1 514.5 521.3 20.2 17.5 20.9 19.3 3.9 3.4 4.1 3.7

Nebraska .................................................. 1,013.4 997.8 1,021.9 1,010.1 29.7 26.2 28.4 26.7 2.9 2.6 2.8 2.6

Nevada ..................................................... 1,397.1 1,428.7 1,397.2 1,430.0 101.8 94.3 97.9 88.9 7.3 6.6 7.0 6.2

New Hampshire ........................................ 738.0 734.0 738.9 736.9 28.9 22.3 27.4 22.0 3.9 3.0 3.7 3.0

New Jersey ............................................... 4,503.0 4,488.2 4,538.3 4,524.6 286.3 243.9 277.7 226.6 6.4 5.4 6.1 5.0

New Mexico .............................................. 915.0 915.9 922.6 915.4 57.5 61.6 55.2 60.3 6.3 6.7 6.0 6.6

New York .................................................. 9,498.3 9,614.4 9,571.8 9,686.7 548.4 462.9 542.7 440.3 5.8 4.8 5.7 4.5

New York City ...................................... 4,102.5 4,155.8 4,141.1 4,192.9 265.9 200.2 273.7 196.1 6.5 4.8 6.6 4.7

North Carolina .......................................... 4,641.6 4,755.5 4,672.8 4,787.4 261.7 256.1 254.2 264.4 5.6 5.4 5.4 5.5

North Dakota ............................................ 419.3 409.5 420.1 411.0 9.1 9.0 8.8 8.3 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.0

Ohio .......................................................... 5,732.0 5,689.1 5,759.0 5,736.6 293.5 245.7 279.2 240.2 5.1 4.3 4.8 4.2

Cleveland-Elyria 2 ................................. 1,046.8 1,037.9 1,044.7 1,034.8 58.2 50.4 55.0 43.6 5.6 4.9 5.3 4.2

Oklahoma ................................................. 1,783.1 1,841.8 1,795.6 1,856.5 74.6 76.8 74.3 77.3 4.2 4.2 4.1 4.2

Oregon ...................................................... 1,957.5 1,968.1 1,967.6 1,981.6 122.8 111.0 126.3 106.1 6.3 5.6 6.4 5.4

Pennsylvania ............................................ 6,347.5 6,399.0 6,369.4 6,414.3 322.3 310.5 310.9 294.3 5.1 4.9 4.9 4.6

Rhode Island ............................................ 552.8 553.5 550.9 553.1 37.9 26.3 35.7 25.7 6.9 4.8 6.5 4.7

South Carolina .......................................... 2,209.6 2,252.7 2,218.4 2,260.6 150.6 130.5 145.3 130.6 6.8 5.8 6.6 5.8

South Dakota ............................................ 446.0 450.6 449.9 453.0 13.0 13.4 12.8 11.1 2.9 3.0 2.9 2.5

Tennessee ................................................ 2,996.0 3,037.4 3,002.1 3,055.6 196.2 174.3 189.1 164.3 6.5 5.7 6.3 5.4

Texas ........................................................ 13,144.7 13,045.4 13,208.8 13,070.8 638.4 567.8 600.7 584.4 4.9 4.4 4.5 4.5

Utah .......................................................... 1,435.0 1,467.1 1,443.9 1,464.3 49.2 48.7 49.5 48.5 3.4 3.3 3.4 3.3

Vermont .................................................... 348.7 344.5 349.0 342.5 14.2 13.3 12.4 10.9 4.1 3.9 3.5 3.2

Virginia ...................................................... 4,242.2 4,189.5 4,252.0 4,197.5 212.5 172.6 199.8 173.5 5.0 4.1 4.7 4.1

Washington ............................................... 3,497.1 3,504.7 3,520.3 3,525.1 202.3 168.9 203.6 175.9 5.8 4.8 5.8 5.0

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett 1 .................... 1,554.4 1,575.8 1,556.7 1,575.5 72.3 61.5 70.0 66.4 4.6 3.9 4.5 4.2

West Virginia ............................................ 787.9 789.7 787.5 791.6 45.9 49.3 44.1 44.4 5.8 6.2 5.6 5.6

Wisconsin ................................................. 3,098.8 3,077.2 3,109.4 3,100.5 146.4 112.4 141.1 112.4 4.7 3.7 4.5 3.6

Wyoming ................................................... 306.5 307.3 306.5 307.3 11.7 10.7 11.9 11.8 3.8 3.5 3.9 3.9

Puerto Rico ............................................... 1,130.2 1,138.2 1,138.1 1,159.9 169.5 138.8 155.0 164.2 15.0 12.2 13.6 14.2

1 Metropolitan division. 2 Metropolitan statistical area. p = preliminary.

 NOTE: Data refer to place of residence. Data for Puerto Rico are derived from

a monthly household survey similar to the Current Population Survey. Area

definitions are based on Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 13-01,

dated February 28, 2013, and are available on the BLS website at

www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm. Estimates for the latest month are subject to

revision the following month.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 5. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry sector, seasonally adjusted

[In thousands]

State

Total1 Construction Manufacturing

Oct.

2014

Aug.

2015

Sept.

2015

Oct.

2015p

Oct.

2014

Aug.

2015

Sept.

2015

Oct.

2015p

Oct.

2014

Aug.

2015

Sept.

2015

Oct.

2015p

Alabama2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,937.8 1,953.7 1,956.5 1,958.9 80.1 83.3 84.1 83.6 – – – –

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337.2 336.0 336.6 339.6 17.3 18.1 18.8 17.9 13.5 13.2 13.2 13.3

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,589.3 2,626.8 2,630.9 2,649.6 124.4 129.2 130.2 129.3 156.3 156.3 155.1 156.1

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,195.5 1,215.2 1,215.1 1,214.9 45.2 52.4 53.4 53.4 156.8 152.8 152.3 152.8

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,790.1 16,190.8 16,211.9 16,253.1 685.0 723.7 727.2 734.8 1,271.8 1,269.0 1,268.9 1,268.8

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,481.2 2,521.7 2,520.1 2,533.1 144.2 153.2 150.5 154.6 138.3 139.1 140.4 140.8

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,670.0 1,701.1 1,696.3 1,694.1 56.2 58.8 57.3 57.1 158.8 162.0 161.8 161.0

Delaware3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440.9 443.9 445.2 445.2 20.6 22.1 21.9 21.6 25.6 25.4 25.6 25.6

District of Columbia2, 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 759.5 764.4 765.3 767.3 14.4 14.6 14.6 14.6 – – – –

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,910.3 8,111.8 8,115.0 8,150.2 406.3 426.3 430.5 425.0 331.9 337.8 336.9 336.9

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,205.7 4,260.3 4,273.8 4,302.8 158.7 159.7 159.9 160.5 370.8 371.4 372.9 376.0

Hawaii3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 625.2 642.6 634.5 637.1 31.7 34.5 33.6 34.7 13.7 13.5 13.4 13.5

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 658.4 675.0 675.8 683.5 36.2 39.8 38.8 40.6 59.5 62.6 63.1 63.4

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,886.9 5,916.1 5,913.1 5,927.2 204.1 209.2 209.4 211.1 576.9 570.3 568.8 566.9

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,996.6 3,059.0 3,060.6 3,057.2 122.4 119.3 120.6 120.0 513.5 519.9 520.1 525.5

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,555.0 1,575.1 1,576.4 1,577.3 76.9 82.1 81.1 80.6 215.5 216.9 215.2 214.2

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,399.6 1,399.3 1,408.0 1,410.5 59.2 64.3 64.5 66.1 162.4 160.2 160.9 161.5

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,872.3 1,895.9 1,898.3 1,904.1 72.4 75.5 76.2 76.9 236.7 241.1 242.5 244.2

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,991.8 1,990.5 1,988.9 1,982.7 143.3 138.9 142.2 144.4 148.4 149.5 147.8 147.2

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 605.9 611.7 611.6 611.4 25.4 25.5 25.4 25.5 50.7 51.0 50.4 50.2

Maryland3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,632.8 2,674.3 2,674.0 2,684.8 152.3 157.9 158.2 159.9 103.2 101.6 101.2 103.0

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,428.1 3,499.9 3,497.7 3,508.7 128.1 133.3 131.7 132.4 248.9 249.9 248.9 249.1

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,197.3 4,281.3 4,263.3 4,276.9 141.3 150.6 148.8 149.7 579.6 600.1 603.8 602.0

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,829.6 2,862.1 2,855.2 2,853.5 108.3 108.2 106.7 104.5 314.9 313.7 313.7 314.1

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,122.9 1,131.7 1,131.0 1,131.2 46.6 45.0 45.5 46.0 139.1 141.7 140.7 141.9

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,740.6 2,777.8 2,766.3 2,767.7 108.4 109.9 110.9 113.7 258.8 260.9 263.8 260.4

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453.3 457.3 456.8 457.5 23.9 24.8 23.9 25.0 19.1 18.7 18.9 18.7

Nebraska3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 995.8 1,001.7 1,000.6 1,007.9 47.6 47.2 46.6 47.7 97.5 94.9 94.5 95.0

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,224.3 1,264.3 1,260.2 1,266.4 63.3 68.9 70.4 70.4 41.7 42.0 42.0 42.2

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 651.5 653.5 653.9 658.3 23.3 23.5 23.2 23.9 66.5 67.9 68.3 68.1

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,974.3 4,004.6 4,012.6 4,028.7 141.8 148.5 151.3 151.5 241.7 248.5 246.0 245.9

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 824.7 828.0 827.2 827.5 42.8 40.9 42.1 42.2 28.1 27.5 27.7 27.5

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,132.9 9,249.2 9,268.2 9,296.9 340.6 355.2 354.7 362.5 450.9 449.3 448.2 451.4

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,174.5 4,254.9 4,268.6 4,265.5 181.4 193.0 189.8 192.0 453.8 462.6 463.1 462.6

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467.7 460.5 458.8 458.0 35.9 35.7 35.3 36.2 26.1 26.1 25.8 25.8

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,349.8 5,409.5 5,396.4 5,427.2 192.6 186.3 185.3 191.1 675.5 689.6 684.9 690.7

Oklahoma2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,662.5 1,661.5 1,662.1 1,664.3 76.6 81.0 80.3 80.4 – – – –

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,737.2 1,782.4 1,781.5 1,783.6 79.0 81.9 80.0 81.0 181.0 186.3 185.7 186.5

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,809.5 5,856.7 5,844.4 5,858.1 233.7 242.0 242.7 238.5 567.6 564.8 564.6 564.2

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477.9 483.9 483.4 483.5 16.2 14.9 14.8 15.3 41.1 42.0 41.9 42.0

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,965.3 2,010.4 2,015.8 2,022.4 82.9 89.5 89.7 89.1 231.5 232.0 230.1 230.7

South Dakota3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424.9 430.4 430.8 432.8 22.2 22.8 23.1 23.4 42.7 44.4 44.6 44.6

Tennessee3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,838.1 2,875.1 2,877.9 2,888.3 111.8 113.0 113.2 114.7 327.5 331.0 330.5 329.8

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,664.6 11,819.3 11,848.5 11,868.5 665.3 667.2 667.9 670.5 889.1 855.6 858.5 853.7

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,340.7 1,385.9 1,385.8 1,388.0 79.4 80.8 82.2 84.7 120.1 126.1 126.2 126.6

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310.8 314.3 312.3 313.4 14.3 14.3 14.3 14.4 31.3 31.0 30.4 30.3

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,778.9 3,814.4 3,815.5 3,827.4 180.0 184.1 185.3 184.4 231.3 234.7 234.2 234.0

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,105.3 3,192.6 3,191.2 3,198.1 163.4 173.9 172.9 174.9 290.0 292.2 292.6 290.9

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 764.3 749.6 751.3 750.6 33.5 28.5 28.6 27.7 47.6 47.8 48.1 47.7

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,858.1 2,898.8 2,892.8 2,908.9 104.8 107.1 106.1 106.7 467.0 473.2 470.3 472.8

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293.6 292.3 291.9 294.1 23.7 23.5 23.7 24.4 10.0 9.8 10.0 9.9

Puerto Rico3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.1 914.1 914.1 911.4 27.2 23.9 23.9 23.5 75.1 74.2 73.5 73.2

Virgin Islands2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.1 37.9 38.3 38.1 – – – – – – – –

1

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

2 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.

3 Mining and logging is combined with construction.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2014 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are preliminary

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

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 5. 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

Oct.

2014

Aug.

2015

Sept.

2015

Oct.

2015p

Oct.

2014

Aug.

2015

Sept.

2015

Oct.

2015p

Oct.

2014

Aug.

2015

Sept.

2015

Oct.

2015p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374.9 376.9 377.8 377.7 94.4 96.3 95.9 96.1 225.7 226.7 227.6 229.4

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.0 67.0 66.3 69.1 12.2 11.7 12.2 12.2 29.6 28.0 28.7 29.3

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 495.2 501.7 500.6 505.2 190.9 196.0 196.3 199.2 386.5 394.3 394.5 397.6

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247.6 248.0 247.3 247.8 49.5 51.8 51.0 51.3 135.1 139.5 139.0 139.5

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,895.8 2,963.3 2,965.6 2,965.9 788.4 797.7 794.2 795.8 2,471.5 2,585.5 2,585.6 2,601.5

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434.6 436.9 435.3 435.2 153.4 157.5 156.6 159.7 390.3 384.5 386.5 391.7

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302.0 307.5 305.9 306.9 128.3 130.6 130.7 130.9 212.3 217.5 216.6 215.5

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.1 79.4 79.3 79.1 45.7 46.4 46.8 46.7 60.1 60.6 60.7 60.3

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.7 31.3 31.1 31.6 30.6 30.8 30.8 31.2 160.3 164.1 162.6 165.6

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,640.0 1,677.2 1,678.0 1,685.3 529.2 536.3 540.5 543.1 1,179.9 1,210.5 1,208.7 1,229.6

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 885.9 901.1 902.3 909.1 234.5 236.9 236.4 239.1 629.3 644.6 643.4 649.8

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117.5 121.4 120.6 120.0 27.3 28.2 28.4 27.9 82.8 82.8 83.3 83.5

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132.9 136.3 137.2 138.3 33.3 34.9 34.7 35.1 79.9 81.0 81.0 82.0

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,179.3 1,186.2 1,179.5 1,181.3 369.2 370.7 368.6 368.4 916.4 935.3 939.2 938.1

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 578.1 599.5 601.0 597.2 129.9 129.7 129.0 129.2 323.4 327.2 325.7 323.8

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315.1 317.5 316.0 315.6 104.3 107.1 107.1 106.8 136.3 138.6 139.5 142.8

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265.6 265.4 267.3 267.9 79.9 80.4 81.3 81.4 171.6 171.2 174.1 173.9

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380.4 378.9 382.3 382.6 91.1 93.5 93.6 94.8 214.1 214.1 213.2 215.0

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393.3 388.7 386.3 384.5 92.3 92.9 93.6 91.9 212.9 216.8 218.7 218.7

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119.2 120.6 120.2 119.8 30.5 31.2 31.4 30.9 63.3 65.3 64.9 65.2

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456.2 461.6 460.8 463.5 144.5 147.6 146.2 146.8 425.5 434.5 433.3 436.5

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563.4 566.4 563.5 563.0 207.9 209.9 210.7 210.8 519.5 542.9 542.8 545.8

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 762.4 766.7 766.0 765.3 204.9 213.8 210.3 211.5 622.7 645.2 642.3 644.3

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 521.0 524.6 522.7 521.9 177.8 182.8 181.7 181.2 356.8 364.5 365.8 367.1

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221.2 222.3 221.8 222.2 43.7 44.5 44.4 44.7 102.5 104.2 105.2 105.1

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523.8 527.0 527.9 528.3 164.1 168.7 167.1 166.2 356.8 358.1 355.6 359.3

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93.3 94.8 95.5 95.8 25.0 27.1 27.0 26.9 40.2 40.3 40.2 39.9

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204.2 204.0 204.1 205.9 72.5 73.8 74.4 74.7 112.0 111.9 110.9 113.6

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232.0 232.5 230.5 232.0 57.6 57.7 56.7 57.1 156.1 163.4 160.9 164.9

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138.2 140.3 140.6 140.0 35.9 36.3 36.7 36.2 74.5 74.1 72.6 74.8

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 840.6 850.5 852.2 855.2 248.0 247.7 247.8 248.4 636.6 627.5 626.6 635.2

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138.8 138.1 137.4 138.3 33.6 34.1 33.9 33.7 99.5 101.8 101.3 102.4

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,563.0 1,572.8 1,577.4 1,578.3 691.3 696.1 693.6 692.9 1,237.2 1,263.3 1,264.5 1,263.6

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 785.2 796.0 795.2 795.4 211.6 219.2 223.1 221.4 579.0 596.1 599.2 600.0

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107.1 105.3 105.4 105.0 24.2 24.4 24.0 23.8 37.4 36.7 36.0 36.4

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 996.4 1,015.7 1,012.4 1,015.3 289.8 293.6 295.7 298.1 710.8 710.7 710.8 714.3

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303.1 306.0 304.4 308.3 79.8 79.9 80.0 80.8 188.0 190.2 190.6 190.6

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328.3 337.1 336.4 334.6 93.0 93.7 93.5 94.1 223.5 231.6 231.2 233.4

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,115.3 1,128.0 1,124.2 1,124.4 313.8 320.1 320.9 320.0 760.8 765.5 765.2 767.6

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.2 75.9 75.3 74.4 32.7 33.0 32.6 32.9 60.7 64.7 63.5 63.6

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377.1 386.3 387.9 388.4 96.4 96.4 95.4 94.0 258.6 266.6 268.1 274.8

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85.8 86.7 85.9 86.7 29.4 30.4 30.1 29.6 30.1 30.2 31.2 31.5

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 597.5 613.2 611.9 612.3 142.3 145.2 145.4 146.2 378.8 382.4 384.8 389.3

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,339.1 2,372.8 2,384.0 2,386.3 707.3 703.5 705.5 708.1 1,550.6 1,590.9 1,598.1 1,601.4

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256.5 261.7 260.7 257.4 76.4 78.6 78.5 79.5 187.4 195.9 195.4 195.4

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.1 55.7 55.7 55.9 12.3 12.2 12.0 12.3 26.8 26.8 26.9 26.9

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 644.8 645.9 646.6 650.9 193.2 195.8 196.6 199.6 674.1 687.7 682.1 690.9

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 577.4 591.5 593.2 595.7 155.3 158.3 158.0 157.3 376.7 393.8 391.3 393.7

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135.1 134.9 135.6 134.3 30.9 29.8 30.2 30.8 67.7 67.8 67.0 67.9

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 525.6 530.8 531.0 530.8 152.1 155.5 155.4 156.8 307.8 315.7 310.1 315.1

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.5 55.0 54.7 54.8 11.3 12.1 12.1 11.8 18.5 18.6 18.9 19.3

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176.5 177.4 177.8 177.3 42.5 42.2 42.3 42.2 112.5 114.3 114.1 114.0

Virgin Islands1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.0 8.1 8.0 8.1 – – – – – – – –

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 2014 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

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

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 5. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry sector, seasonally adjusted-Continued

[In thousands]

State

Education and health services Leisure and hospitality Government

Oct.

2014

Aug.

2015

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2015

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Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226.9 232.8 231.4 231.6 188.1 189.5 193.0 193.3 379.7 382.2 381.2 382.0

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.6 47.8 47.5 47.9 34.5 33.1 33.3 33.8 81.8 81.7 80.9 80.5

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386.5 397.3 395.2 397.7 291.4 295.8 298.2 300.9 412.3 407.1 411.3 412.8

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173.3 178.6 178.8 178.6 108.5 113.0 113.4 111.8 213.1 213.6 213.5 212.6

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,431.9 2,504.8 2,508.1 2,504.3 1,768.1 1,836.2 1,832.0 1,850.4 2,435.4 2,458.5 2,471.9 2,471.2

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301.7 315.5 314.8 314.4 305.9 314.7 317.0 318.5 407.6 417.7 415.8 415.4

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327.1 333.5 332.0 332.4 152.7 155.1 157.5 157.7 237.3 240.3 239.4 237.6

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.2 73.1 73.8 74.4 47.1 48.7 48.7 49.1 65.4 65.5 65.8 65.9

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128.7 129.8 131.3 130.4 69.9 69.2 69.1 68.7 235.5 235.0 235.3 235.0

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,175.1 1,220.4 1,218.4 1,223.5 1,103.7 1,146.6 1,150.6 1,152.8 1,075.8 1,079.6 1,072.9 1,071.5

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528.7 539.2 543.7 544.8 437.1 449.8 451.5 454.3 688.3 687.7 693.2 697.7

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.2 81.5 80.5 81.2 113.4 115.4 115.2 114.8 125.0 129.4 123.8 124.8

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94.0 96.4 96.5 98.0 66.6 67.8 67.4 68.7 120.1 120.8 120.9 120.6

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 890.2 897.7 898.6 906.5 556.4 562.1 559.5 563.0 832.6 827.5 829.6 830.8

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440.6 451.3 455.3 458.2 295.2 301.2 305.2 304.3 425.3 443.8 435.3 431.8

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224.3 228.4 230.8 230.1 137.7 139.3 141.6 139.7 258.3 258.1 257.7 258.2

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191.4 192.2 192.5 192.9 124.2 124.1 125.2 124.6 257.7 254.6 255.3 255.1

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263.8 270.4 269.0 270.2 183.0 188.0 188.4 189.2 324.2 328.8 327.5 325.2

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301.5 309.5 308.6 307.8 222.2 225.6 227.0 226.9 327.2 323.4 323.4 321.1

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123.0 123.5 123.9 124.1 62.6 63.1 62.8 64.1 100.3 99.6 101.0 100.3

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431.2 443.2 444.2 442.9 263.3 266.9 267.4 270.9 507.0 512.1 514.3 512.6

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 739.4 762.6 757.9 763.1 343.9 349.0 354.7 355.3 455.7 460.1 462.4 462.4

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 647.0 661.5 660.0 665.3 406.8 417.5 413.4 413.6 596.9 590.2 582.5 588.1

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502.0 515.2 512.8 513.2 254.7 262.1 264.8 262.5 419.5 416.8 416.0 416.5

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136.4 137.2 137.0 136.2 126.8 130.5 130.0 129.7 245.6 247.4 247.1 245.8

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434.8 442.4 440.8 445.9 287.3 291.0 293.4 289.3 432.7 445.5 432.5 432.1

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69.8 70.9 70.4 71.2 60.6 59.6 59.7 58.7 87.6 87.7 87.8 87.8

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149.6 153.5 154.4 155.4 86.5 87.1 87.1 86.3 171.7 172.6 171.9 173.0

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116.5 124.7 122.7 124.0 341.3 357.5 358.9 357.6 152.9 154.4 154.9 154.6

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116.7 117.4 118.2 118.4 66.6 67.4 67.4 68.2 91.0 87.0 87.5 88.7

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 638.0 647.5 649.6 651.8 358.5 362.2 365.4 367.7 622.2 620.1 621.6 622.5

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129.4 131.1 131.7 132.5 91.3 94.1 93.3 93.0 192.1 192.9 192.8 191.7

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,865.6 1,915.8 1,925.3 1,936.2 877.0 881.1 891.4 897.5 1,442.0 1,438.9 1,439.5 1,437.9

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571.2 581.3 588.2 584.1 446.9 458.0 462.6 455.4 715.0 712.3 710.7 717.1

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.9 59.2 58.9 59.3 41.7 40.4 40.9 40.6 80.5 81.4 81.8 81.1

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 890.6 898.6 899.7 908.0 538.3 541.2 545.5 552.5 758.8 776.2 763.2 757.7

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228.7 229.6 232.1 232.5 155.8 158.4 160.7 160.9 347.4 349.7 348.3 348.1

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252.4 259.0 260.9 259.9 183.4 190.2 189.4 190.5 296.9 301.4 303.3 303.1

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,189.2 1,200.5 1,197.1 1,207.0 540.3 544.1 550.6 556.1 709.9 717.2 705.6 705.1

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104.9 105.3 105.8 106.0 55.0 55.7 57.4 57.7 60.1 60.0 59.7 59.6

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227.6 234.3 235.6 238.3 230.4 240.7 242.6 241.5 358.5 362.0 362.2 362.3

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.7 69.8 69.8 70.8 45.9 46.6 46.0 46.0 78.4 77.9 78.6 79.0

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405.7 407.5 410.3 411.9 299.0 310.7 309.2 310.3 425.3 423.7 425.5 427.5

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,540.3 1,599.0 1,611.3 1,612.7 1,209.4 1,259.7 1,261.5 1,273.9 1,832.6 1,854.4 1,851.6 1,855.7

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176.5 184.6 186.1 185.9 130.8 141.2 139.1 140.0 230.0 231.7 232.2 234.4

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.6 64.6 64.0 64.3 35.5 36.4 36.5 35.8 56.1 56.6 56.4 57.3

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499.3 504.6 506.7 505.3 372.8 374.0 378.7 378.1 707.5 711.0 708.6 707.9

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457.1 471.1 471.3 473.4 296.7 305.8 305.7 306.9 556.2 569.2 569.1 566.2

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126.8 128.7 128.2 129.3 73.7 71.5 70.9 70.8 153.9 149.2 152.5 152.2

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433.3 440.7 443.5 447.4 265.5 270.3 268.6 268.3 411.7 416.9 417.9 418.9

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.0 28.0 27.8 27.7 35.2 36.9 36.7 38.3 71.6 72.1 72.0 71.8

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124.5 128.4 129.1 129.3 80.2 81.6 81.5 81.4 231.2 234.3 234.2 232.8

Virgin Islands1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . – – – – 7.2 7.3 7.7 7.4 11.0 10.8 11.0 10.9

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

cannot be separated with sufficient precision.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2014 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 6. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry sector, not seasonally adjusted

[In thousands]

State

Total Mining and logging Construction

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Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,930.2 1,957.8 1,943.9 1,965.0 11.8 10.5 11.7 10.3 81.0 85.4 81.6 85.2

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350.2 349.9 331.0 333.3 18.5 17.9 18.0 17.4 19.7 21.4 18.3 18.9

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,575.1 2,632.6 2,606.1 2,666.4 13.1 12.6 13.2 12.2 123.8 131.3 126.7 131.4

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,199.1 1,220.1 1,203.6 1,223.3 9.0 8.3 9.0 8.3 47.4 55.3 46.4 54.6

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,728.2 16,190.6 15,876.1 16,339.9 32.4 29.5 31.9 29.5 696.8 746.0 700.1 751.0

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,488.8 2,527.6 2,485.6 2,537.3 35.1 34.7 35.4 34.8 148.2 156.1 149.2 159.7

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,668.8 1,694.5 1,683.9 1,708.2 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 59.3 60.4 59.2 60.1

Delaware1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440.0 445.6 442.9 447.2 – – – – 20.9 22.1 21.0 22.0

District of Columbia1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 757.3 764.8 764.9 773.0 – – – – 14.6 14.9 14.6 14.8

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,831.7 8,067.3 7,915.8 8,155.7 5.7 5.5 5.8 5.5 407.1 435.8 413.5 433.0

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,183.3 4,266.5 4,222.2 4,319.1 9.0 8.6 9.2 8.7 160.6 162.6 162.1 163.9

Hawaii1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 625.1 634.3 627.9 639.9 – – – – 32.8 33.8 32.0 35.0

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 663.8 685.3 668.0 693.3 4.1 3.9 4.1 3.8 38.4 41.9 38.4 42.7

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,920.1 5,951.2 5,949.3 5,990.4 10.5 9.4 10.5 9.4 219.0 225.9 220.4 227.2

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,017.0 3,082.3 3,032.5 3,092.8 7.3 6.8 7.2 6.7 128.8 125.7 130.1 127.7

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,562.3 1,581.6 1,575.7 1,597.8 2.4 2.3 2.4 2.3 81.1 86.4 83.6 87.3

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,399.1 1,411.0 1,413.7 1,424.6 10.4 9.6 10.6 9.7 61.1 66.6 61.2 68.1

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,872.1 1,905.0 1,883.2 1,914.9 16.7 14.8 16.6 14.8 76.5 79.4 74.7 79.2

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,986.3 1,985.3 2,001.7 1,992.9 54.1 45.3 53.4 44.5 145.5 144.0 145.1 146.2

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 618.5 624.0 615.9 621.7 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 27.9 27.3 27.2 27.3

Maryland1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,635.0 2,679.6 2,648.9 2,700.8 – – – – 155.3 160.7 154.6 162.3

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,443.8 3,517.3 3,466.1 3,546.9 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.0 135.4 139.0 136.1 140.4

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,216.5 4,297.0 4,251.5 4,331.1 8.5 8.5 8.8 8.5 154.4 162.4 154.5 162.8

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,837.0 2,871.3 2,862.1 2,886.4 7.4 7.0 7.5 6.7 120.3 118.5 121.0 117.2

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,124.6 1,132.4 1,129.2 1,137.5 9.4 8.4 9.3 8.3 48.1 46.4 47.6 47.0

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,751.2 2,780.2 2,766.5 2,793.9 4.2 3.9 4.2 4.0 114.1 116.4 113.0 118.3

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459.3 463.8 458.0 462.1 9.4 9.0 9.5 8.7 26.8 26.7 26.3 27.3

Nebraska1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 998.1 1,004.5 1,005.3 1,017.3 – – – – 49.6 48.6 49.4 49.5

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,230.9 1,263.9 1,232.4 1,274.8 14.4 13.1 14.4 13.1 66.3 72.2 64.3 71.5

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 654.9 657.3 655.3 661.8 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.0 24.3 24.7 24.5 25.0

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,980.3 4,023.4 4,000.0 4,054.2 1.5 1.3 1.4 1.3 150.3 158.7 148.6 158.2

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 824.5 831.3 831.2 834.0 28.1 26.7 28.4 26.6 43.0 42.6 44.1 43.4

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,133.3 9,272.9 9,218.8 9,382.8 5.6 5.3 5.6 5.2 362.8 375.0 357.7 379.2

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,170.4 4,278.1 4,211.9 4,303.5 5.6 5.5 5.6 5.5 182.6 193.0 184.3 194.9

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472.1 463.9 474.4 464.8 30.9 26.9 30.9 25.6 39.7 39.4 38.7 39.0

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,380.0 5,431.5 5,400.9 5,478.2 15.6 14.4 15.6 14.2 209.7 200.5 205.4 203.7

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,662.7 1,664.9 1,673.5 1,674.8 62.7 52.3 63.3 51.6 76.2 81.1 78.1 81.9

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,735.9 1,786.5 1,755.2 1,801.8 7.9 7.4 7.9 7.3 83.8 84.7 82.0 84.0

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,825.1 5,868.0 5,871.6 5,920.3 38.6 35.7 38.2 35.3 244.9 252.8 244.7 249.5

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484.1 489.0 483.8 489.6 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 17.5 16.2 17.3 16.4

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,956.4 2,016.8 1,972.7 2,030.1 3.9 3.7 3.9 3.7 82.7 89.5 83.9 90.2

South Dakota1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428.4 435.3 428.7 436.7 – – – – 24.1 25.4 24.3 25.6

Tennessee1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,842.0 2,891.0 2,857.4 2,907.9 – – – – 113.5 116.4 114.1 117.1

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,617.4 11,838.5 11,719.0 11,923.8 314.8 287.3 317.1 284.3 663.9 671.1 672.9 678.2

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,341.1 1,393.4 1,353.1 1,400.8 12.3 11.4 12.5 11.7 81.5 85.9 82.2 87.6

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311.6 313.7 315.4 318.0 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 16.2 15.8 15.7 15.9

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,785.8 3,819.9 3,797.5 3,845.4 9.4 8.3 9.3 8.3 181.9 187.7 181.8 186.2

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,110.3 3,204.2 3,131.0 3,224.0 6.4 6.1 6.3 5.9 169.5 181.4 169.2 180.6

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 768.5 755.9 773.1 759.5 30.3 26.4 30.2 25.5 36.7 31.3 36.7 30.9

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,868.0 2,912.6 2,887.9 2,939.4 4.4 4.3 4.5 4.3 112.7 114.9 113.2 115.0

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299.5 298.3 295.8 296.3 27.6 22.9 27.3 22.9 25.6 25.7 25.0 25.7

Puerto Rico1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 899.5 905.6 906.1 910.2 – – – – 27.1 23.7 27.2 23.4

Virgin Islands1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.5 37.7 37.7 37.7 – – – – 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.6

1 Mining and logging is combined with construction.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2014 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 6. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry sector, not seasonally adjustedContinued

[In thousands]

State

Manufacturing Trade, transportation, and utilities Information

September October September October September October

2014 2015 2014 2015p

2014 2015 2014 2015p2014 2015 2014 2015p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253.9 252.5 254.0 251.6 372.6 375.4 375.0 377.6 21.7 21.9 22.3 22.0

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.4 15.1 10.4 10.2 68.0 68.8 64.0 67.0 6.3 6.3 6.2 6.3

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156.3 155.3 156.2 156.0 489.6 496.0 495.8 505.8 43.0 43.1 42.4 43.6

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155.3 152.4 156.9 153.0 246.2 245.6 246.3 246.7 13.5 13.7 13.7 13.6

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,289.5 1,288.3 1,278.1 1,274.9 2,877.0 2,954.1 2,908.4 2,978.8 461.7 479.1 464.7 478.4

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138.2 140.9 139.3 141.9 433.7 434.6 433.7 434.1 69.6 67.4 68.8 66.9

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158.9 161.6 159.1 161.3 299.4 304.1 302.9 307.9 31.7 31.5 31.3 32.1

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.8 25.7 25.9 25.8 79.7 79.5 80.5 79.5 4.8 4.5 4.8 4.5

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 30.6 30.9 31.6 31.5 17.1 17.1 16.9 16.9

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332.4 337.1 332.4 337.4 1,615.2 1,659.5 1,630.7 1,676.0 135.5 134.5 135.8 135.7

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370.6 372.6 370.0 375.3 871.1 895.8 886.4 909.5 106.1 107.0 108.0 108.3

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.9 13.5 13.9 13.7 117.1 120.3 117.5 120.0 8.7 8.4 8.6 8.6

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.6 63.8 60.4 64.4 133.0 138.0 133.7 139.0 9.1 8.8 9.1 8.8

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 578.6 570.4 578.6 568.7 1,177.7 1,178.3 1,186.9 1,189.2 98.6 97.4 98.1 97.4

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510.6 521.7 511.5 523.5 575.9 599.5 582.3 601.4 35.5 35.2 34.9 34.7

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216.7 215.3 215.6 214.3 311.2 313.7 315.9 316.4 25.3 24.4 25.3 24.4

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162.2 161.1 162.6 161.6 263.7 265.8 266.0 268.4 27.5 28.3 27.6 28.4

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236.4 243.1 236.1 243.6 377.9 380.7 380.9 383.1 26.2 26.5 26.0 26.2

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147.5 147.6 150.0 148.9 388.9 383.6 392.7 384.0 24.4 25.6 25.7 24.8

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.7 50.6 50.8 50.3 120.3 121.4 121.0 121.6 7.5 7.4 7.6 7.3

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103.7 101.9 103.3 103.1 454.0 460.3 457.8 465.2 37.3 37.3 37.2 37.7

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249.3 249.2 248.9 248.9 562.3 562.6 566.2 565.9 85.9 87.9 86.7 87.9

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 578.3 605.0 581.5 603.7 759.6 766.1 766.2 769.2 57.1 54.6 56.6 54.7

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315.2 315.5 316.4 315.7 516.9 522.3 523.5 524.4 52.3 52.0 52.9 52.0

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139.2 140.8 139.5 142.3 219.8 220.6 220.5 221.4 13.2 13.1 13.1 13.0

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257.1 263.4 258.7 260.1 523.2 527.8 526.3 530.9 57.3 57.1 56.7 55.7

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.0 19.0 19.4 19.0 93.2 95.4 93.5 96.0 6.4 6.3 6.6 6.4

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97.7 94.8 97.3 94.8 203.6 203.3 205.3 206.9 17.0 17.2 17.1 17.4

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.6 42.2 41.8 42.3 231.8 230.3 234.3 234.4 13.5 13.9 13.6 14.1

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.4 68.2 66.3 67.9 137.0 139.3 138.2 140.0 12.1 12.3 12.1 12.7

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242.6 246.8 243.4 247.5 837.1 850.5 842.8 857.5 74.9 75.4 74.8 75.4

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.4 28.3 28.7 28.1 137.9 137.3 138.7 138.2 12.1 12.3 12.3 12.2

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454.0 452.0 453.2 453.8 1,559.9 1,575.8 1,569.9 1,584.8 263.7 262.5 264.9 266.8

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451.8 464.6 455.1 464.1 776.6 790.0 783.4 793.5 72.7 74.8 73.2 75.1

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.3 26.0 26.4 26.1 107.1 105.0 107.6 105.5 6.9 6.8 6.8 6.7

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 678.3 687.6 675.9 691.0 992.0 1,008.1 999.5 1,018.7 71.6 73.2 71.9 73.3

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139.9 132.2 139.4 130.5 301.2 303.3 303.1 308.2 21.6 21.6 21.4 21.5

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182.8 189.3 181.9 187.4 329.1 337.4 330.6 337.0 32.5 33.6 32.3 33.5

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 567.4 565.8 568.4 565.1 1,107.9 1,120.8 1,122.3 1,131.5 84.7 84.7 83.9 85.1

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.1 41.8 41.2 42.1 75.3 75.4 75.7 74.9 8.8 8.5 8.8 8.3

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230.8 230.0 231.8 231.0 372.9 385.9 377.4 388.7 26.3 26.4 26.5 26.5

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.7 44.7 43.0 44.9 86.0 86.1 85.7 86.6 6.0 5.8 6.0 5.8

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326.9 331.6 328.8 331.1 594.1 610.3 597.5 612.3 43.5 42.6 44.1 42.2

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 889.1 859.1 889.4 854.0 2,318.6 2,376.7 2,341.3 2,388.7 201.9 208.3 202.8 208.2

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121.2 126.4 120.7 127.2 254.1 259.9 259.0 260.0 33.4 36.2 33.3 35.8

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.2 30.6 31.4 30.4 55.5 55.4 56.4 56.2 4.8 4.9 4.8 4.9

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232.2 234.9 232.2 234.9 640.5 642.3 644.7 650.9 70.7 69.8 70.2 69.7

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293.3 296.7 293.0 293.9 576.9 595.4 578.8 597.1 111.4 112.9 109.8 112.7

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.8 48.3 47.8 47.9 134.4 135.0 136.1 135.3 9.5 9.2 9.6 9.1

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468.0 473.3 467.0 472.9 523.0 531.0 532.5 537.9 47.8 50.1 47.6 50.1

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.9 9.9 10.3 10.2 55.6 55.0 55.3 54.6 3.8 3.8 3.7 3.7

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.2 73.4 75.0 73.1 172.5 174.4 174.5 175.3 19.5 20.4 19.9 20.4

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 7.9 8.0 7.9 8.0 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2014 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 6. 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

September October September October September October

2014 2015 2014 2015p

2014 2015 2014 2015p2014 2015 2014 2015p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94.5 96.3 94.5 96.1 225.1 229.2 228.0 231.8 225.8 231.7 227.7 232.4

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.1 12.2 12.1 12.1 30.9 29.8 29.3 29.0 46.6 47.2 46.3 47.5

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189.3 195.4 190.1 198.4 383.0 394.4 389.5 400.7 383.6 394.6 389.1 400.4

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.7 51.0 49.5 51.3 135.6 140.9 136.4 140.8 173.2 179.4 175.1 180.5

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 786.7 794.4 787.4 794.7 2,462.3 2,591.0 2,487.9 2,617.5 2,426.8 2,493.2 2,454.0 2,526.7

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153.7 156.7 152.7 159.1 393.6 389.4 391.7 393.0 301.1 314.0 302.8 315.5

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128.6 130.2 128.1 130.7 212.8 217.6 214.9 218.1 326.5 330.9 330.7 336.0

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.2 46.7 45.7 46.7 59.0 59.7 60.4 60.7 72.8 73.6 73.4 74.6

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.5 30.9 30.6 31.3 158.4 161.7 160.8 166.1 128.8 130.9 132.0 133.7

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523.4 538.9 529.6 543.6 1,172.2 1,205.2 1,182.2 1,231.8 1,165.9 1,212.9 1,181.6 1,230.2

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233.6 235.8 234.5 239.0 628.7 644.4 635.0 655.4 527.7 543.2 533.1 549.4

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.3 28.4 27.3 27.9 82.4 83.4 83.4 84.1 79.1 80.6 79.4 81.5

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.4 35.1 33.6 35.4 80.5 82.7 81.2 83.4 93.8 96.5 95.1 99.2

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370.1 368.3 369.0 368.2 927.0 949.3 929.6 951.6 884.4 896.1 896.4 912.6

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128.8 128.8 129.1 128.4 325.5 327.8 329.4 329.4 442.5 456.7 446.5 464.2

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104.1 106.8 104.0 106.5 137.4 141.1 138.1 144.6 225.1 229.0 229.6 235.4

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.3 81.3 80.2 81.7 170.8 173.7 172.6 174.8 190.8 192.2 193.1 194.6

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90.2 93.2 91.2 94.9 211.1 213.9 217.8 218.6 262.1 269.4 265.9 272.6

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92.2 93.5 92.6 92.2 212.1 217.7 213.1 218.9 300.0 308.9 304.7 311.1

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.5 31.6 30.6 31.0 64.6 66.2 64.6 66.6 122.7 123.9 124.3 125.5

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144.4 145.7 144.3 146.6 427.2 436.6 429.3 440.2 426.9 442.0 433.8 445.7

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208.4 211.3 208.4 211.3 524.1 547.0 526.0 552.2 735.0 754.7 746.5 770.2

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204.9 211.0 204.7 211.3 621.8 645.3 632.8 654.6 641.9 657.3 653.2 671.7

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178.5 181.7 177.8 181.2 356.1 366.8 360.8 371.1 498.7 511.9 507.1 518.5

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.3 44.2 43.3 44.3 102.6 105.0 103.5 106.1 136.8 137.8 138.7 138.5

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164.5 167.1 164.3 166.4 356.7 356.5 359.1 361.7 434.6 441.8 438.6 449.9

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.0 26.9 24.9 26.8 40.2 40.8 41.0 40.7 69.8 70.3 69.9 71.3

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72.6 74.5 72.8 75.0 113.2 112.5 113.7 115.2 148.7 154.0 150.7 156.5

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.7 56.7 57.7 57.2 156.4 161.2 157.3 166.1 117.2 122.9 116.9 124.4

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.0 36.7 35.7 35.9 74.2 72.8 74.1 74.4 116.1 117.3 117.2 118.9

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247.1 248.3 247.7 248.1 644.7 633.8 641.7 640.4 633.5 645.7 643.7 657.5

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.3 33.8 33.6 33.7 99.1 101.9 99.3 102.2 128.9 132.0 130.0 133.1

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 694.4 696.2 693.7 695.4 1,239.5 1,268.4 1,246.7 1,273.1 1,853.4 1,910.5 1,891.6 1,962.6

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214.0 223.7 212.0 221.7 580.8 602.1 586.0 606.9 569.2 586.3 578.4 591.8

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.3 23.9 24.1 23.7 37.6 36.3 37.5 36.5 59.3 58.6 60.2 59.7

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290.2 296.7 290.3 298.7 715.4 716.6 723.0 726.3 890.0 899.1 898.0 915.3

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.8 80.0 79.8 80.8 186.8 191.1 190.1 192.7 228.6 232.2 229.2 232.9

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93.8 94.3 93.7 94.7 224.5 234.1 226.0 235.9 249.9 259.4 256.2 263.7

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315.7 321.5 314.5 320.7 766.2 771.5 771.2 778.0 1,186.2 1,194.7 1,203.9 1,222.0

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.7 32.7 32.8 33.0 62.3 64.6 61.7 64.6 104.9 105.5 106.8 108.1

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96.4 95.4 96.7 94.3 256.0 269.8 260.3 276.7 226.4 235.9 229.2 240.0

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.5 30.0 29.4 29.6 30.1 31.4 29.9 31.3 68.1 69.2 68.8 71.0

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142.5 146.0 142.6 146.6 377.6 386.3 381.9 392.5 406.4 411.2 409.5 415.7

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 704.5 707.6 710.5 711.1 1,562.3 1,607.8 1,568.6 1,619.7 1,534.5 1,610.9 1,552.4 1,625.6

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.8 78.6 76.4 79.5 187.8 197.4 190.4 198.5 176.1 187.0 179.5 189.0

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.2 12.1 12.3 12.3 27.1 27.3 27.3 27.4 62.2 63.7 63.6 65.3

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193.7 197.3 193.6 200.0 679.1 685.3 678.2 694.7 498.6 506.2 504.3 510.2

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154.2 158.2 156.1 158.1 381.8 396.3 380.9 398.1 453.1 467.4 458.9 475.1

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.6 30.1 30.8 30.7 67.6 67.4 68.0 68.2 127.3 129.3 128.5 131.1

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150.7 155.5 151.2 155.8 311.0 315.2 312.0 319.4 431.0 441.8 434.2 448.3

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.3 11.9 11.2 11.7 18.7 19.3 18.7 19.5 27.1 27.8 27.5 28.2

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.7 42.2 42.6 42.3 110.5 112.4 112.0 113.5 123.3 127.3 125.6 130.2

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 2.4 2.3 2.4 2.4

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2014 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 6. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry sector, not seasonally adjustedContinued

[In thousands]

State

Leisure and hospitality Other services Government

September October September October September October

2014 2015 2014 2015p

2014 2015 2014 2015p2014 2015 2014 2015p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187.0 193.8 187.2 192.4 80.1 81.0 80.3 81.7 376.7 380.1 381.6 383.9

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.9 37.1 31.4 30.8 11.9 12.1 11.8 12.2 82.9 82.0 83.2 81.9

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284.2 294.6 288.8 298.2 88.2 93.3 89.4 94.2 421.0 422.0 424.9 425.5

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110.0 114.5 109.2 112.4 44.0 44.3 43.7 45.2 215.2 214.7 217.4 216.9

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,773.1 1,847.2 1,769.2 1,851.6 544.9 550.6 546.3 553.3 2,377.0 2,417.2 2,448.1 2,483.5

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304.0 314.9 294.1 306.3 101.3 101.3 101.0 101.0 410.3 417.6 416.9 425.0

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152.8 158.9 153.0 158.1 62.9 62.7 63.5 62.4 235.3 236.0 240.6 240.9

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.7 50.5 46.8 48.8 18.5 18.1 18.3 18.0 64.6 65.2 66.1 66.6

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70.9 69.9 71.3 70.1 70.6 72.6 71.0 72.9 234.8 234.9 235.1 234.7

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,071.2 1,123.8 1,083.5 1,131.9 323.8 336.6 324.7 339.1 1,079.3 1,077.5 1,096.0 1,091.5

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433.3 450.1 435.8 452.9 154.3 153.8 155.2 154.4 688.3 692.6 692.9 702.3

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113.3 115.6 113.6 115.0 26.8 27.8 26.1 28.2 123.7 122.5 126.1 125.9

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69.0 70.2 65.9 68.0 23.1 24.2 23.0 24.5 118.8 120.2 123.5 124.1

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 567.1 571.6 560.8 567.6 252.5 251.6 252.5 253.7 834.6 832.9 846.5 844.8

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299.1 308.9 296.5 305.6 125.5 126.3 126.6 126.3 437.5 444.9 438.4 444.9

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141.2 143.8 137.4 139.3 59.1 60.5 58.8 62.4 258.7 258.3 265.0 264.9

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124.4 126.5 125.0 125.4 49.1 49.1 50.0 49.6 258.8 256.8 264.8 262.3

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185.3 191.9 183.7 189.9 64.0 64.4 63.9 64.8 325.7 327.7 326.4 327.2

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220.8 225.1 220.6 225.3 71.6 70.7 71.9 71.2 329.2 323.3 331.9 325.8

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70.0 70.7 63.3 65.0 21.2 21.8 20.8 21.5 100.5 100.5 103.1 103.0

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268.8 273.0 261.7 269.0 113.0 111.5 112.6 111.1 504.4 510.6 514.3 519.9

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355.1 367.2 347.9 359.5 133.2 135.7 132.7 137.0 454.0 461.7 465.6 472.6

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418.8 426.9 409.0 415.8 171.1 173.6 170.6 174.1 600.1 586.3 613.6 604.7

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263.7 273.7 254.7 262.5 113.6 111.9 114.5 114.1 414.3 410.0 425.9 423.0

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126.7 130.6 127.0 130.0 38.8 38.0 38.4 38.1 246.7 247.5 248.3 248.5

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290.9 298.0 290.2 292.2 113.7 113.4 113.3 113.2 434.9 434.8 442.1 441.5

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.7 62.9 59.1 57.3 17.6 18.4 17.8 18.5 88.2 88.1 90.0 90.1

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87.9 88.7 87.2 87.0 36.9 39.1 37.0 38.8 170.9 171.8 174.8 176.2

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342.7 359.6 341.9 358.1 35.5 36.8 35.2 36.8 153.8 155.0 155.0 156.8

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69.7 70.1 66.1 67.6 26.0 26.3 25.8 26.5 92.0 88.6 94.2 91.9

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372.0 380.8 354.6 363.5 169.1 173.8 169.1 172.2 607.5 608.3 632.2 632.6

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91.7 94.1 91.3 93.0 28.3 27.9 28.6 27.6 193.7 194.4 196.2 195.9

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 892.4 911.3 883.0 904.2 394.4 405.1 397.8 407.6 1,413.2 1,410.8 1,454.7 1,450.1

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451.9 468.3 451.1 459.5 149.8 155.8 151.9 157.3 715.4 714.0 730.9 733.2

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.4 41.0 41.6 40.5 16.7 17.3 17.4 17.7 81.9 82.7 83.2 83.8

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542.1 559.6 537.3 551.4 208.3 209.9 209.3 211.7 766.8 765.8 774.7 773.9

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158.6 161.9 154.7 159.6 59.1 60.3 60.0 60.0 348.2 348.9 354.4 355.1

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189.2 195.7 183.0 190.2 59.5 60.5 60.1 60.3 282.9 290.1 301.5 307.8

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 547.8 560.2 539.8 555.3 254.0 253.5 258.1 256.1 711.7 706.8 726.6 721.7

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.5 61.0 55.6 58.3 23.1 23.9 23.0 23.5 59.7 59.2 60.7 60.2

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231.6 244.4 229.1 240.2 71.8 73.4 71.5 72.7 357.6 362.4 362.4 366.1

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.8 48.1 46.1 46.1 15.7 15.8 15.8 15.5 78.4 78.8 79.7 80.3

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302.9 312.2 298.2 309.5 105.8 104.3 105.7 103.7 428.8 430.1 435.0 437.2

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,202.8 1,258.1 1,197.7 1,261.9 409.9 414.8 413.4 416.3 1,815.1 1,836.8 1,852.9 1,875.8

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129.7 139.1 127.7 136.9 37.8 37.5 37.6 36.4 231.4 234.0 233.8 238.2

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.5 35.6 34.0 34.3 10.3 10.5 10.2 10.5 56.8 57.0 58.9 60.0

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377.9 384.6 371.7 377.0 196.0 198.1 196.5 198.2 705.8 705.4 715.0 715.3

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308.0 317.2 296.3 306.4 114.8 119.6 116.6 120.7 540.9 553.0 565.1 575.4

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.6 72.2 74.0 71.2 55.4 55.1 55.5 55.4 153.3 151.6 155.9 154.2

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272.6 277.8 265.9 268.7 138.4 136.1 138.5 138.1 408.4 412.6 421.3 428.9

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.3 40.0 33.9 37.0 9.9 9.6 9.9 9.6 71.7 72.4 73.0 73.2

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.8 81.4 79.9 81.1 17.4 17.2 17.5 17.3 231.5 233.2 231.9 233.6

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.9 7.3 7.0 7.2 1.0 0.8 1.0 0.8 10.9 10.8 10.9 10.8

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2014 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

preliminary and will be revised when new information becomes available.
TEXAS

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Chart 1. Unemployment rates by state, seasonaOctober 2015

(U.S. rate = 5.0 percent)