For release 10:00 a.m. (EST) Friday, December 16, 2016 USDL-16-2305 

Technical information:

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REGIONAL AND STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT — NOVEMBER 2016 

Unemployment rates were significantly lower in November in 18 states and stable in 32 states and the 

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

rate decreases from a year earlier, 2 states had increases, and 39 states and the District had no significant 

change. The national unemployment rate was 4.6 percent in November, down from 4.9 percent in 

October, and 0.4 percentage point lower than in November 2015. 

Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 9 states in November 2016, decreased in 2 states, and was 

essentially unchanged in 39 states and the District of Columbia. Over the year, 31 states and the District 

added nonfarm payroll jobs, Wyoming lost jobs, and 18 states were essentially unchanged. 

Regional Unemployment 

In November, the only region with an unemployment rate significantly different from the U.S. rate of 

4.6 percent was the West, at 5.0 percent. Over the month, the only region with a statistically significant 

unemployment rate change was the West (-0.2 percentage point). Significant over-the-year rate changes 

occurred in two regions: the West (-0.5 percentage point) and South (-0.2 point). (See table 1.)

Among the nine geographic divisions, New England had the lowest unemployment rate, 3.6 percent in

November, followed by the West North Central, 4.1 percent. The highest rates were in the East South 

Central, Middle Atlantic, and Pacific, 5.3 percent each. Over the month, significant jobless rate changes 

occurred in three divisions: New England (-0.3 percentage point), Mountain (-0.2 point), and Pacific 

(-0.1 point). Five divisions had significant jobless rate declines from a year earlier, the largest of which 

was in New England (-1.1 percentage points). The only notable over-the-year rate increase was in the 

Middle Atlantic (+0.4 percentage point). 

State Unemployment

New Hampshire and South Dakota had the lowest unemployment rates in November, 2.7 percent each. 

Alaska and New Mexico had the highest jobless rates, 6.8 percent and 6.7 percent, respectively. In total, 

16 states had unemployment rates significantly lower than the U.S. figure of 4.6 percent, 11 states and 

the District of Columbia had higher rates, and 23 states had rates that were not appreciably different 

from that of the nation. (See tables A and 3 and map 1.) 
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In November, 18 states had statistically significant unemployment rate decreases, the largest of which 

occurred in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Missouri (-0.4 percentage point each). The remaining 32 

states and the District of Columbia had jobless rates that were not significantly different from those of a 

month earlier, though some had changes that were at least as large numerically as the significant 

changes. (See table B.)

Nine states had statistically significant unemployment rate decreases from November 2015, the largest 

of which was in Massachusetts (-2.0 percentage points). The only significant unemployment rate 

increases over the year occurred in Oklahoma and Pennsylvania (+1.0 percentage point each). (See

table C.) 

Nonfarm Payroll Employment 

Nine states had statistically significant over-the-month increases in nonfarm payroll employment and 

two states had significant decreases in November 2016. The largest job gains occurred in Florida 

(+29,600), Indiana (+13,100), and South Carolina (+12,500). In percentage terms, the largest increase 

occurred in West Virginia (+1.4 percent), followed by Nebraska and South Carolina (+0.6 percent each). 

The significant decreases in employment over the month occurred in Virginia (-13,600, or -0.3 percent) 

and Colorado (-12,500, or -0.5 percent). (See tables D and 5.) 

Thirty-one states and the District of Columbia had statistically significant over-the-year increases in 

nonfarm payroll employment in November. The largest job gains occurred in California (+377,200), 

Florida (+263,900), and Texas (+210,800). The largest percentage gains occurred in Florida (+3.2 

percent), Washington (+3.1 percent), and Utah (+3.0 percent). Only one state had a significant over-theyear decline in employment: Wyoming (-8,900, or -3.1 percent). (See table E and map 2.) 

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

to be released on Thursday, December 29, 2016, at 10:00 a.m. (EST). The Regional and State 

Employment and Unemployment news release for December 2016 is scheduled to be released on

Tuesday, January 24, 2017, at 10:00 a.m. (EST).

Upcoming News Release Content Changes 

Effective with the January 2017 issuance on Monday, March 13, 2017, this news release will be 

renamed ′′State Employment and Unemployment.′′ The Regional Unemployment section of 

the summary will be omitted, as will the current table 1 and table 2. State data tables will be

renumbered 1 through 4 accordingly. The purpose of these changes is to focus the analysis on 

the geography that is most relevant to data users and for which both household and payroll 

estimates are produced. Civilian labor force and unemployment data for the four census regions 

and nine geographic divisions will continue to be available in the BLS time series database and 

updated shortly after the issuance of this news release.
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State Rate p

United States 1 ................................................ 4.6

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

Alaska ................................................................ 6.8

Arkansas ............................................................ 4.0

California ............................................................ 5.3

Colorado ............................................................ 3.2

District of Columbia ............................................. 6.0

Georgia .............................................................. 5.3

Hawaii ................................................................ 3.0

Idaho ................................................................. 3.8

Illinois ................................................................. 5.6

Iowa .................................................................. 3.8

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

Maine ................................................................. 4.0

Massachusetts .................................................... 2.9

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

Mississippi .......................................................... 5.7

Montana ............................................................. 4.0

Nebraska ............................................................ 3.4

New Hampshire ................................................... 2.7

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

North Dakota ...................................................... 2.9

Pennsylvania ....................................................... 5.7

South Dakota ...................................................... 2.7

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

Vermont ............................................................. 3.2

Washington ......................................................... 5.3

West Virginia ...................................................... 6.0

Wisconsin ........................................................... 4.1

1

 Data are not preliminary.

p

 = preliminary.

Table A. States with unemployment rates significantly different from that

of the U.S., November 2016, seasonally adjusted
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Table B. States with statistically significant unemployment rate changes from October 2016

to November 2016, seasonally adjusted

October 2016 November 2016 p

Arizona ........................................ 5.2 5.0 -0.2

California ...................................... 5.5 5.3 -.2

Colorado ...................................... 3.5 3.2 -.3

Connecticut .................................. 5.1 4.7 -.4

Hawaii .......................................... 3.2 3.0 -.2

Iowa ............................................ 4.1 3.8 -.3

Kentucky ...................................... 5.1 4.8 -.3

Massachusetts ............................. 3.3 2.9 -.4

Missouri ....................................... 5.1 4.7 -.4

Montana ....................................... 4.3 4.0 -.3

Nevada ........................................ 5.5 5.2 -.3

New Jersey .................................. 5.3 5.0 -.3

Oregon ........................................ 5.3 5.0 -.3

South Carolina .............................. 4.7 4.4 -.3

Utah ............................................. 3.2 3.1 -.1

Vermont ....................................... 3.3 3.2 -.1

Washington .................................. 5.4 5.3 -.1

Wyoming ...................................... 5.1 4.9 -.2

p

 = preliminary.

State

Rate Over-the-month 

change p

Table C. States with statistically significant unemployment rate changes from November 2015

to November 2016, seasonally adjusted

November 2015 November 2016 p

Arizona ........................................ 5.9 5.0 -0.9

Arkansas ...................................... 4.8 4.0 -.8

California ...................................... 5.9 5.3 -.6

Maryland ...................................... 5.0 4.2 -.8

Massachusetts ............................. 4.9 2.9 -2.0

Mississippi ................................... 6.6 5.7 -.9

Nevada ........................................ 6.4 5.2 -1.2

Oklahoma .................................... 4.1 5.1 1.0

Pennsylvania ................................ 4.7 5.7 1.0

South Carolina .............................. 5.5 4.4 -1.1

Vermont ....................................... 3.6 3.2 -.4

p

 = preliminary.

State

Rate Over-the-year 

change p
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Table D. States with statistically significant employment changes from October 2016 to 

November 2016, seasonally adjusted

October November

2016 2016 p Level Percent

Colorado .................................... 2,632,700 2,620,200 -12,500 -0.5

Florida ....................................... 8,435,400 8,465,000 29,600 .4

Georgia ..................................... 4,413,000 4,422,900 9,900 .2

Idaho ......................................... 696,500 700,200 3,700 .5

Indiana ...................................... 3,076,400 3,089,500 13,100 .4

Maine ........................................ 609,100 612,300 3,200 .5

Nebraska ................................... 1,017,600 1,023,900 6,300 .6

New Mexico ............................... 822,200 825,900 3,700 .5

South Carolina ........................... 2,058,300 2,070,800 12,500 .6

Virginia ...................................... 3,947,300 3,933,700 -13,600 -.3

West Virginia ............................. 761,500 771,900 10,400 1.4

p

 = preliminary.

State Over-the-month change p
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Table E. States with statistically significant employment changes from November 2015 to 

November 2016, seasonally adjusted

November November

2015 2016 p Level Percent

Alabama .................................... 1,957,500 1,976,100 18,600 1.0

Arizona ...................................... 2,677,700 2,707,200 29,500 1.1

California ................................... 16,226,400 16,603,600 377,200 2.3

Colorado .................................... 2,564,900 2,620,200 55,300 2.2

District of Columbia .................... 768,400 782,500 14,100 1.8

Florida ....................................... 8,201,100 8,465,000 263,900 3.2

Georgia ..................................... 4,324,200 4,422,900 98,700 2.3

Hawaii ....................................... 640,500 656,200 15,700 2.5

Idaho ......................................... 683,900 700,200 16,300 2.4

Illinois ........................................ 5,982,500 6,025,500 43,000 .7

 

Indiana ...................................... 3,050,000 3,089,500 39,500 1.3

Maryland ................................... 2,680,000 2,710,200 30,200 1.1

Massachusetts .......................... 3,512,500 3,582,600 70,100 2.0

Michigan .................................... 4,275,500 4,359,500 84,000 2.0

Minnesota .................................. 2,867,800 2,899,700 31,900 1.1

Missouri .................................... 2,785,100 2,842,200 57,100 2.1

Nevada ...................................... 1,267,600 1,302,300 34,700 2.7

New Hampshire .......................... 660,200 674,800 14,600 2.2

New York ................................... 9,293,800 9,398,300 104,500 1.1

North Carolina ............................ 4,271,400 4,353,200 81,800 1.9

 

Ohio .......................................... 5,456,600 5,506,400 49,800 .9

Oregon ...................................... 1,802,400 1,855,400 53,000 2.9

Pennsylvania .............................. 5,856,400 5,895,300 38,900 .7

South Carolina ........................... 2,025,500 2,070,800 45,300 2.2

South Dakota ............................. 429,800 440,000 10,200 2.4

Tennessee ................................. 2,927,400 2,983,000 55,600 1.9

Texas ........................................ 11,915,500 12,126,300 210,800 1.8

Utah .......................................... 1,393,800 1,435,900 42,100 3.0

Virginia ...................................... 3,896,200 3,933,700 37,500 1.0

Washington ............................... 3,188,100 3,285,600 97,500 3.1

West Virginia ............................. 761,000 771,900 10,900 1.4

Wisconsin ................................. 2,903,100 2,933,500 30,400 1.0

Wyoming ................................... 288,000 279,100 -8,900 -3.1

p

 = preliminary.

Over-the-year change p

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 also are controlled to their respective 

state totals. This tiered process of controlling model-based 

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

Estimates for Puerto Rico are derived from a monthly 

household survey similar to the CPS. A 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 after the end of each year. 

The adjusted estimates reflect updated population data from the 

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

model re-estimation. In most years, historical data for the most 

recent five years are revised near the beginning of each calendar 

year, prior to the release of January estimates. With the 

introduction of a new generation of times-series models in early 

2015, historical data were re-estimated back to the series 

beginnings in 1976, 1990, or 1994.

 Seasonal adjustment. The LAUS models decompose the 

estimates of employed and unemployed persons into trend, 

seasonal, and irregular components. The trend component of 

each measure is then smoothed using a Trend-Cycle Cascade 

Filter, which combines the Henderson trend filter with a 

seasonal filter. This combined filter suppresses variability due 

to real-time benchmarking while simultaneously removing any 

residual seasonality that may be present in the series. The 

resulting smoothed-seasonally adjusted unemployment rate 

estimates are analyzed in this news release and published on the 

BLS website. During estimation for the current year, the 

smoothed-seasonally adjusted estimates for a given month are 

created using an asymmetric filter that incorporates information 

from previous observations only. For annual revisions, 

historical data are smoothed using a two-sided filter. 

 Area definitions. The substate area data published in this 

release reflect the delineations 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. Information on recent benchmark revisions 

is available online at www.bls.gov/sae/benchmark2016.pdf.

 Seasonal adjustment. Payroll employment data are 

seasonally adjusted at the statewide supersector level. In some 

states, the seasonally adjusted payroll employment total is 

computed by aggregating the independently adjusted 

supersector series. In other states, the seasonally adjusted 

payroll employment total is independently adjusted. Revisions 

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.

 Use of error measures. Changes in regional and state 

unemployment rates and state nonfarm payroll employment are 

cited in the analysis of this release only if they have been 

determined to be statistically significant at the 90-percent 

confidence level. Furthermore, regional and state 

unemployment rates for the current month generally are cited 

only if they have been determined to be significantly different 

from the U.S. rate at the 90-percent confidence level. The 

underlying model-based standard error measures for 

unemployment rates and over-the-month and over-the-year 

changes in rates are available at www.bls.gov/lau/lastderr.htm. 

The underlying standard error measures for over-the-month and 

over-the-year changes in state payroll employment data at the 

total nonfarm and supersector levels are available at 

www.bls.gov/sae/790stderr.htm. Measures of nonsampling 

error are not available.

Additional information

 Estimates of 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

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 1. Civilian labor force and unemployment by census region and division, seasonally adjusted1

Census region and

division

Civilian labor force Unemployed

Nov.

2015

Sept.

2016

Oct.

2016

Nov.

2016

Number Percent of labor force

Nov.

2015

Sept.

2016

Oct.

2016

Nov.

2016

Nov.

2015

Sept.

2016

Oct.

2016

Nov.

2016

Northeast. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,453,444 28,571,492 28,582,162 28,549,928 1,379,575 1,411,070 1,420,282 1,382,282 4.8 4.9 5.0 4.8

New England. . . . . . . . . . 7,759,489 7,875,134 7,865,199 7,846,660 367,957 323,744 308,416 286,117 4.7 4.1 3.9 3.6

Middle Atlantic. . . . . . . . . 20,693,955 20,696,358 20,716,963 20,703,268 1,011,618 1,087,326 1,111,866 1,096,165 4.9 5.3 5.4 5.3

South. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57,498,713 58,179,494 58,354,279 58,507,111 2,960,054 2,788,979 2,845,472 2,862,435 5.1 4.8 4.9 4.9

South Atlantic. . . . . . . . . . 30,592,984 30,875,192 31,013,940 31,139,321 1,589,618 1,423,510 1,474,343 1,511,246 5.2 4.6 4.8 4.9

East South Central. . . . . 8,453,827 8,620,158 8,662,818 8,684,734 503,265 443,633 460,325 461,834 6.0 5.1 5.3 5.3

West South Central. . . . . 18,451,902 18,684,144 18,677,521 18,683,056 867,171 921,836 910,804 889,355 4.7 4.9 4.9 4.8

Midwest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,619,869 34,966,320 34,931,691 34,892,720 1,624,282 1,611,591 1,638,569 1,636,678 4.7 4.6 4.7 4.7

East North Central. . . . . 23,380,073 23,710,881 23,674,476 23,648,758 1,194,592 1,139,456 1,164,293 1,175,351 5.1 4.8 4.9 5.0

West North Central. . . . . 11,239,796 11,255,439 11,257,215 11,243,962 429,690 472,135 474,276 461,327 3.8 4.2 4.2 4.1

West. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37,042,441 37,763,370 37,894,487 37,943,709 2,034,756 1,977,979 1,956,721 1,895,395 5.5 5.2 5.2 5.0

Mountain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,450,972 11,625,649 11,650,472 11,681,422 555,647 548,582 533,260 512,615 4.9 4.7 4.6 4.4

Pacific. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,591,469 26,137,721 26,244,015 26,262,287 1,479,109 1,429,397 1,423,461 1,382,780 5.8 5.5 5.4 5.3

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.
LABOR FORCE DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 2. Civilian labor force and unemployment by census region and division, not seasonally adjusted1

Census region and

division

Civilian labor force Unemployed

October November Number Percent of labor force

2015 2016 2015 2016

October November October November

2015 2016 2015 2016 2015 2016 2015 2016

Northeast. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,375,497 28,490,748 28,391,766 28,380,707 1,296,868 1,307,731 1,292,611 1,197,672 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.2

New England. . . . . . . . . . 7,754,359 7,824,020 7,755,513 7,808,524 338,393 260,377 344,859 242,755 4.4 3.3 4.4 3.1

Middle Atlantic. . . . . . . . . 20,621,138 20,666,728 20,636,253 20,572,183 958,475 1,047,354 947,752 954,917 4.6 5.1 4.6 4.6

South. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57,437,461 58,465,047 57,450,719 58,471,854 2,873,665 2,787,044 2,817,040 2,668,552 5.0 4.8 4.9 4.6

South Atlantic. . . . . . . . . . 30,551,206 31,146,351 30,522,771 31,125,225 1,567,479 1,488,709 1,516,629 1,434,947 5.1 4.8 5.0 4.6

East South Central. . . . . 8,431,354 8,685,071 8,453,501 8,660,602 461,191 452,951 468,268 416,721 5.5 5.2 5.5 4.8

West South Central. . . . . 18,454,901 18,633,625 18,474,447 18,686,027 844,995 845,384 832,143 816,884 4.6 4.5 4.5 4.4

Midwest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,600,326 34,842,308 34,605,423 34,750,376 1,466,024 1,487,935 1,485,952 1,428,956 4.2 4.3 4.3 4.1

East North Central. . . . . 23,375,728 23,604,886 23,386,253 23,571,218 1,093,867 1,092,167 1,114,295 1,056,347 4.7 4.6 4.8 4.5

West North Central. . . . . 11,224,598 11,237,422 11,219,170 11,179,158 372,157 395,768 371,657 372,609 3.3 3.5 3.3 3.3

West. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37,051,076 37,984,423 37,049,617 37,848,371 1,968,694 1,864,711 1,985,440 1,770,927 5.3 4.9 5.4 4.7

Mountain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,460,324 11,689,068 11,450,943 11,689,760 534,332 503,291 528,911 468,780 4.7 4.3 4.6 4.0

Pacific. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,590,752 26,295,355 25,598,674 26,158,611 1,434,362 1,361,420 1,456,529 1,302,147 5.6 5.2 5.7 5.0

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

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

State and area

Civilian labor force Unemployed

Nov.

2015

Sept.

2016

Oct.

2016

Nov.

2016p

Number Percent of labor force

Nov.

2015

Sept.

2016

Oct.

2016

Nov.

2016p

Nov.

2015

Sept.

2016

Oct.

2016

Nov.

2016p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,144,046 2,165,629 2,182,193 2,194,754 132,779 117,100 123,750 128,787 6.2 5.4 5.7 5.9

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363,282 359,870 359,283 358,727 23,967 24,647 24,629 24,403 6.6 6.8 6.9 6.8

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,162,525 3,221,981 3,235,935 3,252,419 185,859 178,741 169,380 161,803 5.9 5.5 5.2 5.0

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,335,905 1,356,711 1,354,571 1,349,512 64,178 54,927 54,650 53,520 4.8 4.0 4.0 4.0

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,990,260 19,348,395 19,439,132 19,454,351 1,124,274 1,070,605 1,069,511 1,037,742 5.9 5.5 5.5 5.3

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale1. . . . 4,982,610 5,118,986 5,143,737 5,141,205 301,498 257,259 262,977 260,671 6.1 5.0 5.1 5.1

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,829,083 2,897,980 2,909,955 2,920,064 99,497 104,476 100,710 93,522 3.5 3.6 3.5 3.2

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,884,345 1,904,151 1,903,632 1,898,942 101,394 103,151 97,805 88,346 5.4 5.4 5.1 4.7

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472,673 477,623 475,470 473,165 22,972 20,721 20,640 20,443 4.9 4.3 4.3 4.3

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390,434 392,957 394,196 395,916 25,731 24,108 24,192 23,843 6.6 6.1 6.1 6.0

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,706,717 9,753,778 9,816,979 9,880,886 493,078 458,711 471,711 481,763 5.1 4.7 4.8 4.9

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall1. . . . . . . . . . . 1,339,372 1,317,329 1,326,504 1,334,031 81,184 68,112 69,654 71,459 6.1 5.2 5.3 5.4

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,777,577 4,918,155 4,949,550 4,971,311 261,341 248,467 258,034 264,098 5.5 5.1 5.2 5.3

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 680,578 687,696 692,829 696,855 22,602 22,588 21,872 20,635 3.3 3.3 3.2 3.0

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 803,454 813,204 813,179 814,358 31,975 31,104 30,918 30,560 4.0 3.8 3.8 3.8

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,533,663 6,565,550 6,564,183 6,565,414 393,844 360,500 366,464 368,458 6.0 5.5 5.6 5.6

Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights1. . . 3,776,251 3,825,575 3,817,049 3,811,388 216,265 204,207 214,372 222,767 5.7 5.3 5.6 5.8

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,277,175 3,374,152 3,357,722 3,344,502 148,675 151,425 146,155 139,452 4.5 4.5 4.4 4.2

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,704,130 1,722,741 1,725,633 1,720,006 59,743 72,581 70,425 65,039 3.5 4.2 4.1 3.8

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,505,970 1,483,039 1,483,312 1,484,165 60,591 65,004 65,347 64,007 4.0 4.4 4.4 4.3

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,949,145 1,981,798 1,997,203 2,004,568 109,444 99,225 101,649 96,577 5.6 5.0 5.1 4.8

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,132,851 2,132,984 2,123,907 2,116,822 125,286 136,999 134,141 130,986 5.9 6.4 6.3 6.2

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 674,752 691,934 693,005 693,706 27,541 28,112 27,940 27,523 4.1 4.1 4.0 4.0

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,157,719 3,169,351 3,178,663 3,187,813 158,577 132,676 133,916 134,343 5.0 4.2 4.2 4.2

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,562,183 3,611,102 3,608,800 3,602,494 173,505 129,148 117,316 105,354 4.9 3.6 3.3 2.9

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,763,120 4,820,887 4,843,796 4,872,227 242,142 219,776 227,754 239,884 5.1 4.6 4.7 4.9

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,000,004 2,065,569 2,071,261 2,080,162 118,882 105,818 108,668 115,575 5.9 5.1 5.2 5.6

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,019,789 2,993,784 2,986,558 2,981,927 110,555 119,645 118,330 114,363 3.7 4.0 4.0 3.8

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,285,730 1,271,609 1,278,515 1,283,909 85,316 75,885 75,012 73,434 6.6 6.0 5.9 5.7

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,124,774 3,130,428 3,139,988 3,142,492 138,911 161,227 158,691 147,845 4.4 5.2 5.1 4.7

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523,888 523,264 524,392 524,826 21,618 22,445 22,338 21,165 4.1 4.3 4.3 4.0

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,016,433 1,018,467 1,018,037 1,017,957 30,899 33,097 34,020 34,345 3.0 3.2 3.3 3.4

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,431,416 1,431,456 1,430,063 1,430,560 91,561 83,634 78,984 74,761 6.4 5.8 5.5 5.2

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 740,609 757,233 755,870 754,469 23,311 22,107 21,087 20,067 3.1 2.9 2.8 2.7

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,555,034 4,562,736 4,561,211 4,548,588 223,726 243,335 239,510 226,265 4.9 5.3 5.3 5.0

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 915,080 928,594 928,401 928,451 60,001 62,205 62,359 61,932 6.6 6.7 6.7 6.7

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,704,030 9,579,173 9,609,731 9,624,940 479,316 480,960 495,022 490,966 4.9 5.0 5.2 5.1

New York City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,208,927 4,132,112 4,146,270 4,154,043 217,090 238,818 245,362 237,470 5.2 5.8 5.9 5.7

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,777,241 4,823,630 4,853,520 4,880,813 268,317 227,110 236,756 242,990 5.6 4.7 4.9 5.0

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412,911 425,730 428,044 429,752 11,078 13,030 12,833 12,666 2.7 3.1 3.0 2.9

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,689,726 5,747,606 5,728,593 5,713,285 268,724 275,126 280,026 278,216 4.7 4.8 4.9 4.9

Cleveland-Elyria2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,018,008 1,031,375 1,029,623 1,027,789 44,010 53,452 55,365 55,219 4.3 5.2 5.4 5.4

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,846,833 1,815,694 1,815,813 1,822,866 76,615 95,325 95,032 93,055 4.1 5.3 5.2 5.1

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,990,723 2,075,204 2,082,101 2,078,043 110,610 113,462 111,147 103,994 5.6 5.5 5.3 5.0

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,434,882 6,522,960 6,530,018 6,528,044 303,034 371,148 375,889 373,054 4.7 5.7 5.8 5.7

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 552,573 557,568 557,273 555,500 30,293 31,144 30,661 29,231 5.5 5.6 5.5 5.3

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,260,810 2,298,073 2,300,923 2,302,176 124,159 111,941 108,350 102,075 5.5 4.9 4.7 4.4

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453,006 457,143 456,917 456,220 13,411 13,082 12,897 12,537 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.7

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,063,328 3,153,967 3,174,264 3,188,097 171,558 146,024 151,000 151,907 5.6 4.6 4.8 4.8

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,127,052 13,355,657 13,377,050 13,404,598 603,662 637,095 631,455 615,094 4.6 4.8 4.7 4.6

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,471,737 1,501,873 1,507,318 1,514,147 50,238 50,742 48,575 46,551 3.4 3.4 3.2 3.1

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343,279 345,445 345,004 344,758 12,247 11,513 11,322 10,886 3.6 3.3 3.3 3.2

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,236,656 4,220,958 4,247,294 4,261,091 176,169 168,437 175,861 178,729 4.2 4.0 4.1 4.2

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,562,610 3,653,170 3,676,072 3,690,953 204,361 202,915 199,047 194,426 5.7 5.6 5.4 5.3

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,587,024 1,624,779 1,639,112 1,649,544 76,809 63,939 61,915 61,367 4.8 3.9 3.8 3.7

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 782,849 790,854 794,680 794,356 49,183 45,548 47,893 47,935 6.3 5.8 6.0 6.0

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,105,526 3,132,449 3,135,130 3,136,705 142,730 129,955 129,446 127,116 4.6 4.1 4.1 4.1

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304,586 300,142 301,438 302,395 13,168 16,058 15,504 14,712 4.3 5.4 5.1 4.9

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,141,301 1,132,691 1,124,112 1,120,132 139,196 134,692 136,506 133,499 12.2 11.9 12.1 11.9

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

State and area

Civilian labor force Unemployed

October November Number Percent of labor force

2015 2016 2015 2016p

October November October November

2015 2016 2015 2016p 2015 2016 2015 2016p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,148,602 2,212,421 2,149,027 2,199,462 124,703 132,466 122,654 123,462 5.8 6.0 5.7 5.6

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361,078 355,355 360,156 354,457 22,367 22,607 23,410 23,297 6.2 6.4 6.5 6.6

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,171,338 3,259,112 3,174,476 3,262,399 189,172 169,790 179,006 154,488 6.0 5.2 5.6 4.7

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,335,461 1,348,643 1,331,955 1,338,918 57,984 46,439 57,334 47,192 4.3 3.4 4.3 3.5

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,995,347 19,465,194 18,995,979 19,358,018 1,094,641 1,030,568 1,101,576 976,424 5.8 5.3 5.8 5.0

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale1. . . . 4,992,899 5,140,192 4,994,386 5,105,986 300,484 261,562 291,545 245,722 6.0 5.1 5.8 4.8

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,833,658 2,921,197 2,825,155 2,906,905 90,094 89,450 93,177 80,686 3.2 3.1 3.3 2.8

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,882,726 1,896,776 1,883,525 1,888,141 95,007 85,417 94,823 70,502 5.0 4.5 5.0 3.7

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471,473 472,868 473,250 470,765 22,355 19,973 20,503 18,312 4.7 4.2 4.3 3.9

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390,409 399,323 391,291 399,220 25,983 24,583 25,845 23,374 6.7 6.2 6.6 5.9

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,698,746 9,885,370 9,685,448 9,895,824 495,501 485,967 480,189 479,154 5.1 4.9 5.0 4.8

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall1. . . . . . . . . . . 1,338,131 1,339,681 1,340,962 1,344,208 80,539 71,487 75,377 67,579 6.0 5.3 5.6 5.0

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,772,874 4,957,282 4,782,554 4,965,450 265,087 264,694 248,130 249,870 5.6 5.3 5.2 5.0

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 676,437 694,859 681,609 699,397 22,709 21,475 22,815 19,704 3.4 3.1 3.3 2.8

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 803,823 811,990 800,840 810,473 28,286 26,795 31,218 30,413 3.5 3.3 3.9 3.8

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,529,418 6,560,737 6,541,640 6,548,171 366,098 363,545 379,763 345,614 5.6 5.5 5.8 5.3

Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights1. . . 3,763,177 3,796,449 3,761,366 3,785,036 198,353 217,339 201,268 205,383 5.3 5.7 5.4 5.4

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,283,775 3,333,493 3,286,144 3,331,984 139,610 128,762 147,181 130,119 4.3 3.9 4.5 3.9

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,706,137 1,724,281 1,704,515 1,702,400 53,403 59,476 53,601 52,164 3.1 3.4 3.1 3.1

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,504,437 1,491,585 1,507,632 1,490,940 55,675 59,325 54,119 56,416 3.7 4.0 3.6 3.8

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,938,168 2,005,229 1,953,308 2,003,531 93,529 93,107 103,215 80,319 4.8 4.6 5.3 4.0

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,150,874 2,120,158 2,136,802 2,109,694 126,997 124,268 115,730 116,864 5.9 5.9 5.4 5.5

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 678,333 695,637 670,780 690,904 24,059 23,836 26,173 26,581 3.5 3.4 3.9 3.8

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,162,575 3,193,565 3,156,822 3,195,320 156,868 133,569 153,069 129,607 5.0 4.2 4.8 4.1

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,557,973 3,584,829 3,562,821 3,579,700 158,980 97,923 160,734 91,520 4.5 2.7 4.5 2.6

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,754,223 4,859,681 4,747,157 4,863,763 223,097 224,780 201,429 217,820 4.7 4.6 4.2 4.5

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,010,141 2,078,753 1,991,684 2,070,642 122,750 111,689 101,235 105,123 6.1 5.4 5.1 5.1

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,015,656 2,975,087 3,016,922 2,970,004 90,896 96,172 93,799 96,182 3.0 3.2 3.1 3.2

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,283,181 1,293,029 1,285,356 1,286,099 79,922 73,712 79,139 67,345 6.2 5.7 6.2 5.2

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,116,491 3,147,988 3,112,765 3,120,209 125,554 129,406 122,172 116,508 4.0 4.1 3.9 3.7

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522,181 523,083 520,839 521,654 19,326 20,185 21,331 19,533 3.7 3.9 4.1 3.7

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,015,740 1,013,857 1,014,674 1,013,261 27,346 31,261 25,840 28,563 2.7 3.1 2.5 2.8

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,432,183 1,429,371 1,429,441 1,432,478 89,743 75,706 88,199 71,394 6.3 5.3 6.2 5.0

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 738,395 749,104 739,341 750,229 21,514 17,455 22,365 18,658 2.9 2.3 3.0 2.5

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,537,695 4,535,670 4,544,725 4,512,278 216,593 221,123 205,875 186,758 4.8 4.9 4.5 4.1

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 918,660 928,168 922,421 933,817 58,327 60,303 58,430 59,648 6.3 6.5 6.3 6.4

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,668,199 9,627,220 9,673,441 9,586,850 457,318 476,060 462,578 450,246 4.7 4.9 4.8 4.7

New York City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,197,197 4,161,979 4,211,545 4,161,846 214,728 234,970 217,941 214,891 5.1 5.6 5.2 5.2

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,786,211 4,896,136 4,784,064 4,895,846 260,600 236,626 259,937 234,214 5.4 4.8 5.4 4.8

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412,906 428,537 409,616 427,210 7,962 9,356 9,475 10,861 1.9 2.2 2.3 2.5

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,703,746 5,716,228 5,705,880 5,694,313 243,005 264,799 256,462 250,344 4.3 4.6 4.5 4.4

Cleveland-Elyria2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,013,298 1,024,214 1,014,692 1,021,358 38,981 51,428 39,171 45,917 3.8 5.0 3.9 4.5

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,854,140 1,830,272 1,858,307 1,846,198 77,457 90,080 75,774 85,936 4.2 4.9 4.1 4.7

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,995,937 2,092,225 2,000,046 2,068,907 105,083 100,550 106,183 92,379 5.3 4.8 5.3 4.5

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,415,244 6,503,839 6,418,087 6,473,055 284,564 350,172 279,299 317,913 4.4 5.4 4.4 4.9

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 553,739 553,866 555,755 554,972 28,373 26,619 29,115 25,568 5.1 4.8 5.2 4.6

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,261,830 2,297,226 2,248,867 2,282,714 127,480 105,657 119,592 91,583 5.6 4.6 5.3 4.0

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453,231 456,087 453,046 455,133 11,320 10,771 12,651 11,914 2.5 2.4 2.8 2.6

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,061,405 3,174,393 3,065,810 3,171,510 163,038 153,667 163,260 145,596 5.3 4.8 5.3 4.6

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,114,424 13,334,552 13,147,382 13,391,218 582,556 584,597 583,304 566,893 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.2

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,473,640 1,513,098 1,473,182 1,518,680 47,435 47,130 44,259 38,810 3.2 3.1 3.0 2.6

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343,193 343,808 343,291 344,578 10,460 9,128 11,648 9,926 3.0 2.7 3.4 2.9

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,221,613 4,243,656 4,220,907 4,233,406 169,890 172,991 164,809 168,373 4.0 4.1 3.9 4.0

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,561,952 3,687,724 3,560,884 3,677,831 189,562 186,221 202,545 190,343 5.3 5.0 5.7 5.2

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,579,458 1,642,583 1,575,717 1,638,584 74,879 61,789 80,686 64,792 4.7 3.8 5.1 4.0

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 785,475 800,924 779,570 786,681 43,716 44,649 44,556 40,461 5.6 5.6 5.7 5.1

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,104,566 3,134,747 3,105,431 3,132,986 122,057 110,281 129,459 112,449 3.9 3.5 4.2 3.6

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304,839 303,050 304,589 303,355 11,948 13,932 13,291 13,808 3.9 4.6 4.4 4.6

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,150,518 1,112,969 1,135,382 1,122,242 162,851 139,369 133,160 123,249 14.2 12.5 11.7 11.0

1 Metropolitan division.

2 Metropolitan statistical area.

p Preliminary

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

Management and Budget Bulletin No. 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

Nov.

2015

Sept.

2016

Oct.

2016

Nov.

2016p

Nov.

2015

Sept.

2016

Oct.

2016

Nov.

2016p

Nov.

2015

Sept.

2016

Oct.

2016

Nov.

2016p

Alabama2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,957.5 1,968.0 1,973.6 1,976.1 81.8 77.8 79.2 78.2 – – – –

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338.1 337.2 334.8 335.2 16.7 16.3 16.4 17.1 14.3 14.1 14.6 14.1

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,677.7 2,708.4 2,714.4 2,707.2 131.1 139.7 139.4 135.7 160.1 158.1 157.5 158.1

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,220.2 1,230.8 1,231.0 1,229.0 49.7 48.2 49.7 49.3 153.6 154.0 152.9 153.4

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,226.4 16,555.6 16,590.0 16,603.6 740.0 770.9 771.2 775.1 1,290.2 1,278.9 1,275.9 1,282.2

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,564.9 2,620.8 2,632.7 2,620.2 154.3 168.7 168.7 167.1 143.0 142.6 141.6 140.8

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,678.5 1,683.6 1,677.8 1,679.9 57.7 56.4 57.3 55.5 158.8 159.2 159.6 159.3

Delaware3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454.4 461.6 459.7 460.0 21.2 21.1 20.5 20.8 27.5 27.1 26.7 26.6

District of Columbia2, 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 768.4 782.8 783.2 782.5 14.3 14.1 14.2 14.3 – – – –

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,201.1 8,429.0 8,435.4 8,465.0 439.0 458.3 461.4 462.2 347.9 361.0 360.6 358.6

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,324.2 4,403.6 4,413.0 4,422.9 170.2 177.5 177.9 179.3 385.3 384.5 384.6 387.6

Hawaii3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 640.5 654.2 654.2 656.2 37.6 39.0 39.0 39.1 13.8 13.9 13.8 13.9

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 683.9 695.7 696.5 700.2 39.1 42.1 41.0 40.8 63.5 63.4 64.1 64.7

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,982.5 6,020.4 6,023.8 6,025.5 212.5 213.7 213.6 211.3 577.8 566.9 568.4 567.7

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,050.0 3,075.9 3,076.4 3,089.5 129.0 131.7 131.7 130.1 520.1 514.6 514.8 516.2

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,570.1 1,588.4 1,584.8 1,580.1 81.3 91.2 89.7 89.6 215.1 211.4 209.2 207.8

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,398.7 1,395.8 1,397.6 1,394.8 60.8 56.6 56.9 57.2 161.7 160.2 160.8 160.7

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,901.9 1,914.4 1,913.6 1,917.5 76.9 74.1 74.2 74.7 244.2 242.2 243.9 244.5

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,981.7 1,968.1 1,974.7 1,975.3 144.0 141.8 146.3 146.7 141.7 135.4 134.5 134.0

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 609.6 613.1 609.1 612.3 26.7 24.7 24.6 25.7 50.6 51.0 50.8 50.7

Maryland3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,680.0 2,711.5 2,710.1 2,710.2 158.8 159.6 158.9 158.0 106.1 106.1 106.6 107.7

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,512.5 3,582.2 3,576.8 3,582.6 143.7 149.7 149.1 150.1 250.0 251.0 251.1 251.0

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,275.5 4,341.7 4,365.3 4,359.5 149.9 150.5 156.4 158.9 593.2 598.3 600.4 596.6

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,867.8 2,905.6 2,894.7 2,899.7 115.3 118.2 117.9 121.3 316.6 317.1 315.6 315.4

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,142.1 1,140.6 1,140.6 1,139.7 47.0 48.0 46.9 46.8 143.3 143.7 142.2 143.0

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,785.1 2,829.2 2,840.3 2,842.2 115.9 117.8 117.8 120.8 259.8 258.3 259.3 258.5

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461.0 462.2 464.4 466.4 26.9 24.2 24.8 26.9 19.0 19.8 19.5 19.6

Nebraska3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,013.8 1,017.9 1,017.6 1,023.9 50.4 49.6 49.3 50.4 97.3 96.8 97.3 97.5

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,267.6 1,298.8 1,299.1 1,302.3 71.7 76.9 80.5 80.1 42.1 42.3 42.4 42.5

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 660.2 671.2 672.9 674.8 25.5 25.5 25.5 25.7 66.5 66.3 66.6 66.7

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,060.4 4,087.2 4,077.9 4,081.8 149.5 153.8 153.7 153.2 237.7 243.2 241.4 239.6

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 828.2 823.4 822.2 825.9 43.7 43.5 43.9 44.3 27.0 25.8 26.0 26.3

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,293.8 9,388.1 9,393.9 9,398.3 370.5 364.9 366.5 364.1 454.3 448.1 448.8 445.6

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,271.4 4,338.7 4,344.2 4,353.2 189.8 199.7 201.6 200.4 459.7 460.4 461.3 463.3

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447.6 441.5 441.3 440.7 32.7 31.3 32.3 32.1 25.1 24.9 24.5 24.5

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,456.6 5,499.4 5,497.3 5,506.4 204.9 204.0 206.8 210.4 691.3 686.1 689.3 688.3

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,667.0 1,655.9 1,657.3 1,651.5 79.1 82.9 80.9 79.9 132.7 125.1 125.7 125.0

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,802.4 1,849.0 1,852.9 1,855.4 83.7 87.4 89.7 90.7 187.1 184.9 185.3 185.3

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,856.4 5,902.2 5,892.0 5,895.3 232.3 233.8 233.2 233.1 565.9 565.5 563.8 562.6

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487.2 490.7 492.3 492.7 17.3 17.2 17.4 17.6 41.6 41.8 41.3 41.0

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,025.5 2,070.9 2,058.3 2,070.8 88.5 89.9 90.9 93.4 236.5 241.5 239.8 241.9

South Dakota3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429.8 438.9 439.3 440.0 23.1 24.4 23.9 24.5 42.0 41.6 41.9 41.4

Tennessee3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,927.4 2,981.1 2,985.8 2,983.0 120.6 125.3 125.0 125.3 336.5 341.3 341.3 339.9

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,915.5 12,087.6 12,105.4 12,126.3 696.5 695.8 694.5 697.0 866.4 843.7 846.3 842.4

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,393.8 1,429.1 1,432.9 1,435.9 86.3 88.1 88.5 90.2 123.8 128.1 128.0 128.4

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314.6 317.5 316.4 315.0 15.5 15.5 15.5 15.2 30.6 30.5 30.4 30.0

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,896.2 3,943.8 3,947.3 3,933.7 186.9 188.8 189.2 188.5 234.9 229.5 228.8 229.0

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,188.1 3,272.5 3,282.0 3,285.6 175.3 187.6 189.4 191.8 289.6 284.4 282.2 283.3

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 761.0 761.8 761.5 771.9 31.0 31.2 30.6 32.2 47.1 46.7 46.6 46.6

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,903.1 2,924.6 2,935.4 2,933.5 110.4 115.0 113.9 113.6 470.8 471.4 474.2 470.9

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288.0 279.0 279.2 279.1 22.8 20.9 21.4 21.5 9.6 9.8 9.7 9.7

Puerto Rico3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 899.3 892.1 889.3 888.5 23.7 22.0 21.8 22.2 73.6 72.1 71.7 71.9

Virgin Islands2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.5 37.8 38.0 37.8 – – – – – – – –

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 2015 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmark 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

Nov.

2015

Sept.

2016

Oct.

2016

Nov.

2016p

Nov.

2015

Sept.

2016

Oct.

2016

Nov.

2016p

Nov.

2015

Sept.

2016

Oct.

2016

Nov.

2016p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382.0 384.4 385.8 384.6 95.9 98.8 100.4 100.4 229.5 229.6 229.4 230.1

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.3 66.8 65.8 65.2 12.2 12.4 12.6 12.5 28.7 27.1 26.6 26.4

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 514.3 517.9 519.6 515.7 197.1 204.4 205.1 204.2 408.7 408.0 407.5 409.2

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255.1 257.2 255.4 252.5 49.6 50.0 50.4 50.1 141.1 143.2 144.6 146.9

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,965.1 3,003.0 3,004.9 3,014.5 805.4 812.5 816.9 819.1 2,535.1 2,602.0 2,598.6 2,602.4

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448.1 453.3 456.2 453.4 161.7 161.5 161.5 159.8 398.9 407.4 409.7 409.8

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298.5 296.6 295.9 297.5 130.1 131.9 132.5 132.1 216.7 219.3 216.8 216.6

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82.0 81.3 80.3 79.5 46.9 47.6 47.5 47.5 61.4 65.4 65.1 64.6

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.1 34.0 33.0 32.6 30.1 30.8 30.6 30.4 162.4 165.9 166.9 166.9

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,693.8 1,731.1 1,723.5 1,729.9 541.5 555.5 558.0 557.6 1,253.7 1,290.6 1,302.0 1,305.2

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 917.7 937.5 937.0 932.4 238.3 242.7 244.6 243.7 654.9 671.9 678.3 686.5

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118.2 119.2 119.3 119.2 28.0 28.2 28.5 28.5 83.3 84.5 84.2 84.9

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136.9 140.0 139.7 140.2 33.8 34.7 35.4 35.9 82.5 84.4 84.2 86.0

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,204.7 1,208.2 1,204.0 1,201.2 380.8 375.6 375.6 375.2 917.5 945.2 953.0 952.9

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 586.4 595.9 596.5 596.7 131.8 133.7 133.5 135.0 327.3 325.4 325.3 333.6

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316.7 318.1 320.3 318.0 106.6 109.6 110.4 110.5 139.8 136.2 136.2 137.6

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266.6 267.7 267.7 266.1 79.4 80.7 80.8 79.7 177.2 178.7 179.3 177.8

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389.9 395.6 396.6 395.1 94.2 97.3 97.4 97.9 219.7 222.1 220.8 226.5

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390.8 390.7 389.4 390.7 90.0 90.7 90.4 90.2 210.7 209.6 211.7 211.4

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118.7 120.2 119.4 117.7 30.2 31.1 30.7 30.8 64.4 64.5 64.0 64.7

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464.9 469.8 466.1 463.0 147.3 149.1 148.3 147.7 433.9 440.1 441.6 442.6

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 567.3 573.5 570.8 568.6 221.8 223.8 222.8 225.2 537.2 552.4 554.0 555.7

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 771.7 774.1 772.9 769.8 210.1 215.1 216.3 218.5 644.1 665.1 671.2 671.4

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524.1 532.2 530.8 530.8 182.1 183.3 184.7 186.0 359.3 367.0 364.9 361.9

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226.7 229.6 229.0 227.2 43.7 42.6 42.2 41.8 105.0 99.8 101.2 98.8

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530.5 533.1 536.3 537.0 166.4 172.9 172.7 173.1 371.6 386.3 387.8 383.4

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94.8 94.6 94.7 94.1 23.9 24.6 25.0 24.9 40.4 40.7 41.3 40.9

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207.7 205.5 207.0 209.4 72.5 72.8 72.6 72.4 119.8 120.1 121.1 122.8

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240.4 249.6 249.2 248.6 60.0 61.3 61.9 60.6 168.6 171.9 170.5 171.8

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138.8 142.1 143.2 142.3 35.9 36.8 36.9 37.0 77.4 78.8 79.6 79.2

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 863.0 878.5 873.2 874.1 254.5 256.8 255.7 256.1 665.9 660.8 663.7 670.8

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139.6 136.2 135.7 134.1 33.2 33.2 33.4 33.1 100.1 102.3 101.0 101.9

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,568.9 1,576.1 1,584.8 1,584.2 708.1 708.2 705.3 706.0 1,272.8 1,278.9 1,282.7 1,285.8

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 805.5 822.7 822.2 823.8 219.6 219.3 219.6 220.4 602.3 620.3 623.3 628.1

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101.5 96.4 96.7 95.6 24.3 22.9 22.9 23.2 37.0 36.5 36.4 36.7

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,015.5 1,025.6 1,024.5 1,023.4 293.1 300.2 299.9 300.7 717.8 715.8 712.2 711.2

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308.5 304.8 305.5 306.1 80.9 80.8 81.3 81.1 182.2 179.3 178.0 175.9

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339.1 343.6 344.2 341.9 96.3 98.3 98.6 99.3 233.5 247.7 246.3 249.0

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,125.9 1,133.8 1,134.9 1,132.3 315.2 317.2 316.7 317.2 777.2 792.1 790.0 795.0

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.3 77.1 76.9 76.7 33.0 32.5 32.7 32.3 63.7 65.2 65.9 66.0

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387.0 393.5 392.4 393.0 96.4 100.4 98.8 97.8 269.7 282.5 279.3 282.9

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88.4 90.2 91.2 90.5 29.6 30.5 30.3 30.8 31.3 31.5 31.3 32.1

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 611.0 617.4 616.0 616.3 150.6 152.1 152.8 153.1 398.5 408.7 408.1 410.5

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,408.9 2,445.9 2,457.8 2,455.3 728.2 744.1 747.2 749.3 1,602.5 1,628.5 1,631.9 1,634.8

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267.2 272.6 273.5 273.9 81.1 86.6 87.7 88.7 196.2 199.7 200.7 203.8

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.9 55.7 54.8 54.8 12.1 12.1 12.1 12.0 27.4 27.7 27.3 27.4

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 665.8 678.3 677.2 671.8 199.0 200.8 200.0 200.0 708.9 724.9 729.9 724.0

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 596.0 615.1 617.2 617.9 148.1 153.3 153.2 152.2 399.0 407.7 407.8 409.0

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134.9 134.2 135.0 134.9 36.6 35.9 34.8 35.0 67.1 67.0 67.3 66.3

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 538.3 545.5 544.8 543.2 150.9 154.4 154.3 153.5 311.4 317.3 318.6 316.2

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.9 52.2 52.5 52.7 11.1 10.8 10.6 10.4 18.2 18.6 18.5 18.3

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175.0 176.7 175.4 174.4 41.9 41.2 40.9 41.0 111.4 112.4 112.6 112.3

Virgin Islands1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.1 8.1 8.2 8.2 – – – – – – – –

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 2015 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmark 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

Nov.

2015

Sept.

2016

Oct.

2016

Nov.

2016p

Nov.

2015

Sept.

2016

Oct.

2016

Nov.

2016p

Nov.

2015

Sept.

2016

Oct.

2016

Nov.

2016p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230.0 231.5 232.0 232.1 191.9 190.2 190.2 191.3 375.8 379.0 380.4 381.2

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.6 50.3 49.8 50.4 35.3 36.2 34.7 35.2 81.6 82.0 82.0 81.8

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405.4 418.4 418.9 417.4 304.3 309.3 311.2 314.8 409.4 406.5 407.2 407.3

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177.4 183.8 184.2 183.2 114.5 115.6 115.7 115.0 213.3 213.8 213.3 213.5

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,494.7 2,570.5 2,576.0 2,575.7 1,857.9 1,905.3 1,918.5 1,907.6 2,476.4 2,533.5 2,547.6 2,550.0

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316.9 327.6 331.0 332.3 319.4 330.5 334.2 329.2 419.5 427.0 426.9 427.0

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327.9 329.2 327.7 328.4 153.5 153.6 152.8 153.9 237.7 238.7 235.7 236.6

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.1 77.5 77.5 77.8 50.0 51.8 52.7 54.3 65.8 65.9 65.2 64.9

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127.6 129.2 129.4 129.7 73.3 75.6 75.9 75.4 238.9 243.3 244.0 244.3

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,215.6 1,254.8 1,262.3 1,265.6 1,147.5 1,194.1 1,189.3 1,204.8 1,085.7 1,105.6 1,100.2 1,098.2

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 545.8 555.1 555.4 557.6 458.7 477.9 476.0 476.2 682.0 688.5 690.4 692.2

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82.2 85.9 84.9 84.5 115.2 119.7 121.4 120.2 126.8 128.1 127.4 130.4

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98.4 99.2 99.8 99.6 72.1 72.5 73.3 73.0 121.0 122.3 122.0 122.3

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 906.8 913.1 913.5 917.0 584.1 598.6 598.7 601.8 832.3 834.2 834.9 835.1

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459.7 472.5 473.7 474.5 303.8 307.3 307.0 308.0 425.6 430.2 428.8 428.6

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226.0 232.9 229.9 230.2 141.3 142.9 144.4 143.9 255.7 258.0 255.2 254.4

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194.4 195.1 195.3 195.7 126.3 126.1 126.7 126.9 255.9 256.5 256.1 256.5

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267.9 277.1 275.8 276.2 191.0 191.7 192.1 189.7 316.8 315.8 314.2 314.1

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305.1 313.8 315.2 313.5 229.9 224.7 225.7 227.5 326.3 324.3 323.0 323.1

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124.6 125.9 125.2 126.3 64.3 64.0 64.0 66.8 99.2 100.7 99.3 98.7

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436.9 443.3 447.2 446.8 273.4 276.9 276.5 278.7 503.6 509.9 508.3 510.2

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 767.3 793.2 790.9 791.0 349.3 359.7 358.3 356.6 451.6 455.5 456.3 460.1

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 657.0 669.9 670.1 667.9 419.1 426.2 435.5 433.2 597.2 603.9 603.8 606.3

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 514.6 529.0 526.8 529.3 260.1 261.7 257.1 258.9 421.5 424.1 424.3 423.5

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138.8 139.6 140.0 140.7 130.5 131.7 132.4 134.5 245.9 245.7 246.7 246.7

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449.5 451.8 457.3 457.5 287.2 299.2 301.0 304.5 432.0 438.5 437.1 435.7

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72.5 74.0 74.4 74.3 61.4 62.7 63.6 64.6 90.3 90.3 90.1 90.2

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151.2 154.0 153.7 154.3 88.4 90.8 89.5 90.4 171.5 174.0 172.5 172.2

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123.7 126.6 127.7 128.6 339.8 349.2 344.9 346.1 156.7 157.8 159.0 159.4

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118.7 121.2 121.5 121.9 68.8 71.0 71.7 72.9 89.4 88.7 87.3 88.1

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 668.1 672.6 672.2 673.2 364.0 361.7 360.7 361.6 614.4 614.7 613.3 612.5

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135.3 140.7 140.7 141.2 94.5 94.6 93.6 96.2 190.0 188.4 188.8 189.0

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,897.9 1,951.8 1,954.2 1,959.5 900.5 920.2 918.3 915.4 1,444.9 1,450.9 1,448.7 1,448.3

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 576.4 585.1 584.9 582.2 464.0 465.1 467.7 471.3 718.8 727.5 726.9 725.1

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.3 62.2 61.7 61.6 40.7 42.6 42.0 41.5 82.2 83.4 82.2 82.7

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 914.5 925.5 926.4 924.3 550.3 556.0 556.2 566.5 768.9 782.4 779.1 780.4

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233.2 236.2 237.3 237.2 165.5 167.2 168.6 166.2 352.7 351.9 352.7 352.5

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263.3 271.8 273.5 273.9 194.4 196.8 198.3 198.0 302.4 311.8 309.8 310.3

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,205.0 1,221.7 1,218.5 1,225.9 554.4 561.0 564.2 563.9 706.0 710.8 704.3 702.3

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.6 104.6 105.7 106.2 57.3 59.9 60.0 60.5 60.2 60.6 60.5 60.7

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239.9 249.9 248.0 248.6 240.5 243.6 241.8 244.2 362.0 364.5 363.0 364.3

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69.1 71.4 70.8 71.1 46.4 48.3 49.8 49.1 78.0 80.1 79.1 79.6

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419.8 435.9 438.1 437.6 311.2 315.0 318.3 316.4 427.3 429.0 430.9 429.7

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,600.9 1,658.1 1,662.5 1,667.2 1,270.7 1,311.6 1,314.0 1,319.7 1,863.2 1,906.3 1,897.1 1,902.2

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184.2 191.8 192.2 193.3 137.2 140.5 141.0 138.7 235.4 237.8 237.1 236.5

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.5 65.4 65.2 65.6 37.6 38.2 38.1 37.1 56.2 57.0 57.4 57.2

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 518.2 530.7 532.5 529.5 392.8 394.0 396.8 398.4 710.7 716.0 713.4 713.0

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460.1 475.9 477.0 480.2 315.5 314.5 323.9 320.8 565.5 583.5 579.7 578.6

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129.2 133.3 133.5 133.6 74.7 77.1 76.7 77.2 152.0 152.7 152.0 161.4

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440.0 438.4 440.9 443.4 268.8 273.1 275.2 275.0 410.7 408.3 412.5 415.8

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.4 27.6 27.6 28.2 35.0 35.7 35.2 34.9 71.9 71.1 71.2 71.1

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124.0 119.5 119.6 119.9 82.2 82.1 82.4 82.4 229.1 228.9 227.7 227.1

Virgin Islands1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . – – – – 7.3 7.6 7.5 7.5 10.8 10.7 10.7 10.6

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 2015 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmark 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

October November October November October November

2015 2016 2015 2016p

2015 2016 2015 2016p2015 2016 2015 2016p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,957.9 1,981.4 1,971.2 1,990.2 10.9 10.4 10.8 10.5 82.1 80.4 81.6 78.1

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332.9 329.2 325.2 322.4 17.0 14.9 16.4 14.5 17.4 17.8 15.6 16.0

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,683.8 2,730.1 2,717.0 2,746.9 12.0 12.0 11.9 12.0 129.1 139.3 131.9 136.7

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,226.1 1,237.7 1,228.2 1,236.9 7.7 6.4 7.6 6.5 51.4 50.8 49.5 49.1

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,290.8 16,661.4 16,376.2 16,755.1 29.0 25.2 28.2 25.0 753.9 781.8 748.4 783.9

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,564.5 2,634.6 2,570.3 2,625.5 29.2 25.6 29.0 25.3 156.0 172.5 155.4 168.2

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,687.7 1,692.0 1,700.2 1,701.1 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 60.4 59.7 59.7 57.5

Delaware1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454.4 461.0 458.6 464.1 – – – – 22.4 21.1 21.6 21.2

District of Columbia1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 772.0 787.0 773.3 787.7 – – – – 14.5 14.4 14.3 14.3

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,182.0 8,441.0 8,268.1 8,532.9 5.8 5.9 5.9 5.9 439.1 466.4 443.7 467.1

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,334.4 4,430.7 4,362.4 4,462.1 9.2 8.7 9.1 8.8 171.0 180.8 171.2 180.4

Hawaii1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 642.5 656.7 645.9 661.5 – – – – 37.2 39.3 37.7 39.2

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 689.5 705.2 687.4 703.8 4.0 3.9 3.8 3.8 40.4 42.7 40.2 41.8

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,059.3 6,091.2 6,052.9 6,095.7 9.5 9.1 9.5 9.2 231.0 228.8 220.6 219.3

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,082.2 3,110.2 3,086.8 3,126.1 6.7 6.2 6.6 6.1 135.0 139.3 134.2 135.4

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,583.1 1,601.2 1,590.3 1,600.1 2.4 2.3 2.3 2.3 83.6 94.7 85.1 93.4

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,416.8 1,412.3 1,415.6 1,411.7 8.3 7.5 8.1 7.6 63.8 59.1 61.7 58.0

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,908.6 1,921.1 1,920.4 1,936.0 13.6 11.2 13.5 11.2 80.1 76.9 79.0 76.7

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,994.3 1,987.6 1,998.0 1,991.8 45.5 39.7 43.7 38.3 145.2 149.1 145.2 148.0

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 620.1 619.8 612.8 615.2 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.5 28.2 26.6 27.7 26.7

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,695.6 2,723.8 2,698.3 2,728.5 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.5 160.2 160.0 160.7 159.9

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,542.8 3,613.1 3,539.3 3,610.0 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.1 147.2 156.6 148.4 154.8

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,314.9 4,407.0 4,317.2 4,400.0 7.7 7.3 7.5 7.3 158.2 168.2 154.1 163.3

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,891.8 2,924.7 2,886.6 2,918.3 6.8 5.9 6.7 5.7 125.9 130.6 119.0 124.9

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,148.2 1,146.2 1,148.1 1,145.4 7.7 7.3 7.5 7.4 47.6 48.0 47.5 47.3

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,814.8 2,864.7 2,809.6 2,867.1 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.2 120.2 122.4 118.1 123.0

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465.2 468.6 460.5 465.7 7.8 7.5 7.7 7.4 28.4 27.2 27.1 27.1

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,022.1 1,026.0 1,021.3 1,032.2 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.0 52.0 50.6 50.1 50.2

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,281.7 1,305.9 1,276.9 1,311.5 14.2 13.3 14.0 13.2 72.4 82.1 73.1 81.5

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 664.0 676.9 663.3 677.5 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.0 26.2 26.5 26.6 26.8

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,074.8 4,100.5 4,095.4 4,117.5 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.3 153.0 159.2 154.5 158.2

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 831.6 827.8 834.4 832.1 24.5 17.9 23.2 18.1 45.4 45.5 44.6 45.3

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,372.8 9,478.9 9,398.9 9,503.4 5.6 5.3 5.4 5.2 380.5 381.4 381.4 375.2

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,298.7 4,379.3 4,318.5 4,401.2 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.6 196.3 203.2 192.1 202.7

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456.3 448.5 453.2 446.1 19.7 17.3 19.5 17.5 36.5 35.0 33.3 32.7

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,497.2 5,547.8 5,502.7 5,552.7 13.3 11.6 13.2 11.1 215.6 220.1 211.3 216.8

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,678.5 1,668.4 1,682.0 1,666.7 50.2 44.3 50.0 44.3 79.3 82.3 79.8 80.7

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,810.1 1,869.6 1,818.0 1,871.5 7.8 7.7 7.6 7.6 85.7 93.1 84.5 91.6

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,922.2 5,950.6 5,916.7 5,954.6 31.2 23.9 30.6 23.0 246.7 243.9 237.7 238.6

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 491.6 498.7 491.4 497.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 18.3 18.6 18.4 18.7

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,027.0 2,067.0 2,034.8 2,080.2 4.0 4.4 4.1 4.4 88.3 91.9 87.9 92.7

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432.2 442.1 429.8 439.7 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 23.7 24.6 22.7 24.1

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,938.2 3,005.1 2,962.2 3,018.3 4.5 4.4 4.5 4.4 117.6 122.5 118.2 123.1

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,949.1 12,157.4 11,998.1 12,210.7 257.2 224.9 255.0 226.0 698.2 702.3 697.0 698.0

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,401.8 1,444.1 1,405.6 1,447.7 10.4 9.1 10.2 9.1 89.9 92.2 88.3 92.3

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317.9 319.4 318.1 318.1 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8 16.4 16.8 16.5 16.2

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,901.0 3,966.1 3,927.6 3,965.5 8.9 8.1 8.7 8.0 186.6 190.4 186.6 188.2

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,196.3 3,302.6 3,205.2 3,303.0 6.1 6.3 5.9 6.1 176.9 193.9 175.2 191.6

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 771.0 771.1 770.3 781.3 24.1 20.9 24.0 21.5 34.0 34.0 32.3 33.5

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,938.8 2,968.7 2,932.9 2,966.8 4.2 4.0 4.1 4.0 116.9 121.9 115.1 118.4

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291.6 281.5 285.4 276.6 22.9 18.8 22.6 19.0 24.5 22.9 23.5 22.2

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 897.8 889.1 907.5 896.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.5 23.1 21.4 22.9 21.5

Virgin Islands1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.0 37.6 37.7 38.0 – – – – 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.5

1 Mining and logging is combined with construction.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2015 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmark 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

October November October November October November

2015 2016 2015 2016p

2015 2016 2015 2016p2015 2016 2015 2016p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257.4 263.6 258.2 265.0 378.8 386.4 388.5 391.3 21.0 21.2 21.3 21.3

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.0 10.9 9.0 8.9 66.1 64.2 65.1 63.1 6.2 6.2 6.1 6.2

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159.3 157.6 160.4 158.3 514.1 519.2 527.3 529.0 45.7 47.6 46.5 47.3

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155.2 153.2 153.8 153.7 254.3 254.4 258.6 255.8 13.5 13.6 13.8 13.6

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,295.8 1,281.3 1,286.1 1,278.2 2,970.8 3,012.5 3,043.6 3,094.2 488.2 500.6 489.5 501.5

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143.0 142.4 143.7 141.5 445.6 454.1 452.9 458.2 70.5 72.2 70.9 71.3

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158.8 159.4 158.9 159.4 298.3 298.0 306.1 304.9 32.8 33.2 32.6 33.1

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.4 26.8 27.6 26.7 81.7 80.6 84.1 81.5 4.7 4.8 4.8 5.0

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.2 33.0 33.0 33.9 33.4 17.0 16.8 17.1 16.9

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345.2 359.4 348.3 359.2 1,685.7 1,716.2 1,723.2 1,760.0 135.7 132.7 135.9 135.2

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383.0 384.2 385.4 387.7 918.1 937.9 935.8 951.0 106.1 105.3 105.8 104.7

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.0 13.9 13.9 14.0 118.7 119.7 119.4 120.4 8.5 8.7 8.7 8.6

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.9 65.1 63.5 64.8 138.1 140.4 139.2 142.5 9.2 9.5 9.2 9.7

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579.7 569.6 580.2 570.2 1,216.4 1,212.6 1,231.4 1,227.8 100.7 96.4 101.4 96.2

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522.7 516.4 520.4 516.5 587.0 598.7 596.5 606.8 32.8 31.2 32.7 31.6

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214.5 208.8 214.9 207.6 317.0 320.3 322.0 323.2 23.9 22.8 23.9 22.6

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161.4 160.9 162.3 161.3 268.3 268.5 270.1 269.7 20.6 19.2 20.5 19.2

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243.8 244.6 244.9 245.3 390.0 396.1 397.8 403.2 24.7 24.0 24.9 23.9

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143.6 135.6 142.6 134.9 391.0 389.8 396.5 396.4 23.4 24.8 24.5 25.4

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.9 51.1 51.7 51.8 120.6 121.3 122.3 121.3 7.4 7.4 7.4 7.4

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.4 106.8 106.0 107.6 466.1 466.6 475.4 473.5 38.6 38.5 38.6 38.3

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249.6 250.8 249.8 250.9 571.3 574.2 577.3 578.7 87.7 87.3 87.0 87.6

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 591.0 600.0 598.0 601.4 774.0 774.6 785.4 783.3 57.0 58.7 56.8 57.4

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318.4 316.9 316.5 315.3 526.4 533.0 533.0 539.8 51.7 50.9 51.8 51.2

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143.5 142.6 143.2 142.9 226.2 229.2 230.0 230.4 13.5 13.1 13.4 13.0

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259.5 259.1 259.6 258.4 533.8 539.5 539.5 546.2 52.6 51.8 53.1 50.8

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.6 19.9 19.4 20.0 95.6 94.6 96.0 95.2 6.4 6.2 6.5 6.2

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97.2 97.3 97.4 97.8 208.4 208.3 211.0 212.8 17.7 17.7 17.8 17.8

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.3 42.6 42.2 42.6 242.7 250.8 246.4 254.7 14.2 12.6 14.2 12.6

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.8 66.5 66.4 66.6 137.4 142.8 141.2 144.7 12.5 12.6 12.5 12.7

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239.0 242.2 239.3 241.3 864.6 875.5 879.6 891.0 73.9 74.4 73.9 73.5

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.8 26.4 27.1 26.4 139.4 135.9 142.4 136.9 12.5 12.3 13.0 12.4

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458.1 451.6 456.2 447.5 1,579.2 1,588.2 1,603.3 1,618.5 269.7 270.8 268.5 270.6

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461.7 462.8 460.8 464.5 800.7 822.0 818.9 837.6 76.1 73.2 76.4 74.4

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.7 25.0 25.4 24.8 103.1 97.1 103.1 97.2 6.5 6.6 6.5 6.7

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 690.2 687.8 689.9 686.8 1,020.5 1,028.7 1,037.3 1,045.3 71.3 71.8 72.2 72.1

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132.8 125.6 132.7 125.0 310.0 305.3 312.6 310.1 20.6 21.6 20.9 21.7

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187.6 186.8 186.3 184.4 339.0 345.7 347.6 350.5 33.6 35.6 34.0 35.5

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 565.7 564.4 566.1 562.9 1,133.3 1,140.3 1,150.4 1,156.9 86.0 84.8 85.8 84.9

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.6 41.5 41.8 41.2 76.4 77.2 77.5 77.9 8.7 8.3 8.7 8.4

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236.6 240.1 237.1 242.5 386.6 392.1 392.1 398.1 27.0 26.2 27.0 26.5

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.6 42.1 42.1 41.5 88.1 91.1 88.8 90.9 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.9

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334.9 341.7 337.1 340.7 608.2 616.0 621.0 626.4 43.5 44.8 43.9 45.5

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 866.5 847.3 868.1 844.7 2,407.6 2,459.5 2,445.3 2,492.1 200.1 201.5 201.3 202.6

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124.8 128.5 124.2 128.8 265.1 274.3 271.7 278.4 34.1 35.4 34.7 35.0

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.7 30.5 30.7 30.1 55.5 55.1 56.2 56.0 4.5 4.3 4.5 4.3

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234.2 229.5 235.0 229.1 665.2 679.7 682.4 688.8 69.2 67.6 69.8 67.2

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292.0 285.3 289.2 282.9 595.5 620.8 606.7 629.0 116.8 122.9 116.9 122.8

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.3 46.7 47.2 46.7 135.4 135.5 137.7 137.7 9.1 8.8 9.3 9.0

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470.3 472.6 470.6 470.7 543.3 551.0 552.6 557.9 49.0 48.2 49.6 47.9

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.0 10.0 9.9 10.0 55.6 52.2 55.8 52.6 3.7 3.6 3.7 3.6

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.3 71.9 73.9 72.2 171.8 174.0 178.9 178.5 20.7 19.9 20.8 20.0

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

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2015 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmark 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

October November October November October November

2015 2016 2015 2016p

2015 2016 2015 2016p2015 2016 2015 2016p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94.9 100.2 95.9 100.4 232.4 232.1 232.9 233.5 229.8 233.3 232.4 234.4

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.3 12.6 12.1 12.4 29.6 26.5 28.0 25.6 47.2 49.7 47.3 50.1

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197.8 205.2 198.0 205.0 407.1 409.7 414.4 414.9 405.9 421.5 409.4 421.4

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.5 50.5 49.7 50.2 141.3 145.5 140.7 146.5 178.5 186.1 178.8 184.6

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801.3 817.0 802.4 816.0 2,540.0 2,614.3 2,550.6 2,618.0 2,508.2 2,594.5 2,515.5 2,597.3

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161.8 161.3 161.6 159.6 403.5 412.3 399.1 410.0 317.0 331.6 318.0 333.4

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129.8 132.2 130.3 132.2 218.1 218.3 219.1 219.0 330.4 332.3 333.0 333.6

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.0 47.6 47.0 47.6 60.3 64.8 63.4 66.8 76.3 77.9 76.8 78.5

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.3 30.7 30.2 30.5 162.9 166.9 163.5 168.1 130.4 133.0 131.0 133.2

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539.6 557.7 542.7 558.9 1,248.1 1,305.3 1,262.5 1,314.2 1,218.8 1,267.3 1,226.3 1,276.1

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239.2 245.1 240.1 245.5 657.7 683.7 660.5 692.1 549.0 560.1 550.2 562.0

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.8 28.5 28.2 28.7 84.2 84.8 83.7 85.3 82.4 85.3 83.0 85.3

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.7 35.6 33.8 35.8 83.0 85.6 82.3 85.9 99.7 101.2 99.6 100.8

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380.8 375.5 381.1 375.6 935.0 969.3 928.9 964.3 916.2 920.7 918.7 928.8

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131.8 132.9 131.2 134.5 333.3 329.9 333.1 339.3 464.9 480.0 466.0 480.9

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106.2 110.5 106.7 110.6 143.0 138.7 141.3 139.1 230.3 234.5 231.4 235.6

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78.8 80.5 79.5 79.8 181.4 181.0 179.4 180.0 196.1 196.9 195.6 196.9

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93.8 97.2 94.2 97.9 220.5 222.6 224.8 231.6 268.2 276.8 270.0 278.3

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90.1 90.4 90.1 90.3 213.2 214.0 211.9 212.7 307.0 317.7 307.5 315.8

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.6 30.7 30.2 30.8 65.2 65.0 64.7 64.9 126.2 126.9 126.0 127.8

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147.7 148.5 147.4 147.8 437.0 445.2 435.8 444.7 439.1 449.8 440.1 450.0

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220.4 223.7 221.6 225.1 542.6 559.7 541.0 559.5 773.1 797.3 776.6 800.3

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208.5 216.2 209.3 217.6 655.1 681.2 653.0 679.7 660.7 675.4 665.8 676.7

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181.2 185.3 181.1 185.0 361.7 368.6 361.3 363.8 519.2 530.9 519.6 534.3

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.6 42.4 43.5 41.6 107.0 101.4 105.9 99.6 140.3 141.7 140.6 142.4

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165.7 172.8 166.3 173.0 376.4 391.5 374.8 386.7 455.2 460.8 453.3 461.3

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.8 24.9 23.8 24.8 40.9 41.8 40.0 40.5 72.5 74.6 73.2 75.0

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72.1 72.6 72.7 72.7 120.7 121.5 119.8 122.9 151.6 154.6 152.3 155.5

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.6 61.9 60.3 60.9 173.1 171.6 169.5 172.7 124.9 127.8 124.1 129.0

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.4 36.5 35.6 36.7 79.0 80.0 77.9 79.7 119.1 122.2 119.7 122.8

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254.3 255.7 255.2 256.9 666.7 669.3 671.6 676.6 671.5 675.9 673.3 678.4

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.8 33.3 33.4 33.3 100.0 101.1 100.1 101.9 135.1 141.3 136.2 142.2

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 708.0 706.5 707.2 705.0 1,278.8 1,289.6 1,278.5 1,291.4 1,921.6 1,987.0 1,942.3 2,004.1

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219.8 220.6 219.6 220.3 605.0 630.1 606.6 632.4 580.3 588.2 584.3 590.3

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.1 22.9 24.2 23.1 37.1 36.7 36.9 36.6 61.8 62.2 61.9 62.2

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293.2 301.0 293.4 301.1 728.4 723.7 726.3 719.7 921.5 933.8 925.8 935.7

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.3 81.3 80.9 81.2 186.6 180.4 184.0 177.7 234.6 238.9 235.1 239.1

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96.3 98.7 96.3 99.4 233.7 248.8 233.5 249.1 264.4 276.2 266.8 277.4

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315.7 317.3 315.4 317.3 787.8 798.1 782.3 800.2 1,219.7 1,237.5 1,225.9 1,247.2

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.2 32.7 32.9 32.2 64.5 67.1 64.7 67.0 107.3 107.7 107.9 108.6

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96.7 99.5 97.1 98.5 270.1 281.3 271.0 284.4 240.2 250.0 241.7 250.5

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.3 30.3 29.5 30.6 30.5 31.5 30.9 31.7 69.6 71.0 69.6 71.6

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149.7 153.6 151.5 154.1 403.0 413.2 406.7 418.8 422.5 441.8 423.5 441.3

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 728.3 749.5 729.6 750.7 1,614.2 1,643.9 1,615.1 1,647.4 1,611.6 1,676.5 1,613.6 1,680.3

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.8 87.9 81.5 89.1 198.7 203.4 198.4 205.9 187.2 195.4 187.8 197.0

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.3 12.1 12.0 11.9 28.0 28.0 27.6 27.6 64.8 65.8 65.2 66.3

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199.7 200.8 199.0 200.1 709.8 733.0 714.7 729.8 521.3 537.2 523.5 534.7

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148.9 153.2 148.5 152.6 397.4 410.9 399.6 409.6 462.6 480.1 463.0 483.0

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.9 35.2 36.7 35.1 67.7 67.8 67.6 66.8 130.8 135.2 131.4 135.9

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150.7 154.1 151.0 153.6 320.5 323.5 315.3 320.1 442.5 443.9 443.5 446.9

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.0 10.6 11.0 10.4 18.8 18.6 18.0 18.1 27.6 28.1 27.6 28.4

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.0 40.8 42.0 41.0 111.3 112.0 112.2 113.0 124.8 120.6 125.4 121.3

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.2 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2015 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmark 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

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Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190.6 189.3 190.3 189.8 81.2 81.4 80.4 81.5 378.8 383.1 378.9 384.4

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.7 31.9 31.2 31.1 11.7 11.5 11.7 11.6 82.7 83.0 82.7 82.9

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301.3 309.5 303.8 314.5 89.2 87.0 88.7 85.3 422.3 421.5 424.7 422.5

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112.9 115.3 112.8 113.3 44.7 44.8 44.4 44.9 217.1 217.1 218.5 218.7

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,855.4 1,915.0 1,849.0 1,898.5 551.3 557.6 550.3 556.8 2,496.9 2,561.6 2,512.6 2,585.7

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305.7 321.5 306.4 315.9 103.4 104.6 102.8 103.8 428.8 436.5 430.5 438.3

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153.3 152.3 151.7 152.0 63.6 65.8 63.9 65.7 241.6 240.2 244.3 243.1

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.3 52.0 47.3 51.4 18.4 19.3 18.6 18.9 66.9 66.1 67.4 66.5

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.8 76.5 73.1 75.2 71.1 71.5 70.7 71.0 237.9 243.0 238.4 243.9

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,126.4 1,174.0 1,136.2 1,193.0 332.7 338.7 336.4 343.7 1,104.9 1,117.4 1,107.0 1,119.6

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456.0 473.3 456.4 473.8 156.2 154.7 157.5 155.0 688.9 696.9 690.4 701.1

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114.7 121.1 115.3 120.3 26.9 27.1 27.0 27.2 128.1 128.3 129.0 132.5

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69.6 71.9 69.0 69.9 23.8 24.1 23.5 24.1 124.1 125.2 123.3 124.7

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 586.9 602.3 576.9 594.3 254.7 257.2 254.7 257.7 848.4 849.7 849.5 852.3

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304.3 308.2 299.9 303.9 127.3 127.8 126.2 128.3 436.4 439.6 440.0 442.8

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138.7 142.7 137.4 139.9 61.3 64.2 61.3 63.1 262.2 261.7 264.0 262.7

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126.1 127.1 125.4 126.0 48.2 47.9 48.4 48.0 263.8 263.7 264.6 265.2

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191.4 192.2 188.7 187.3 63.5 63.2 62.5 63.2 319.0 316.3 320.1 317.4

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230.1 224.5 228.7 226.3 74.4 74.2 74.7 74.2 330.8 327.8 332.6 329.5

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.3 65.0 56.7 59.0 20.8 21.3 21.0 21.0 102.3 102.0 102.6 102.0

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272.0 273.2 262.8 267.8 116.0 117.7 117.6 118.4 511.9 516.0 512.4 519.0

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353.5 362.2 337.5 344.9 136.2 135.0 135.4 134.8 460.0 465.2 463.6 472.3

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417.6 431.2 402.6 416.0 170.3 172.7 169.1 172.4 614.8 621.5 615.6 624.9

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257.4 256.2 250.6 249.4 115.9 116.3 115.9 115.9 427.2 430.1 431.1 433.0

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130.9 132.6 129.2 133.2 39.7 39.1 39.9 39.4 248.2 248.8 247.4 248.2

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290.9 302.4 283.6 300.8 114.8 114.5 114.1 116.0 441.5 445.7 443.0 446.7

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.8 62.0 57.1 60.1 18.0 17.6 17.7 17.4 92.4 92.3 92.0 92.0

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89.3 89.9 86.6 88.7 37.0 36.7 37.4 36.9 175.0 175.8 175.1 175.9

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342.5 344.8 337.7 343.8 36.3 37.4 36.1 38.5 158.5 161.0 159.3 162.0

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.9 71.0 63.3 67.0 25.5 27.0 25.5 27.1 93.2 90.7 93.6 92.4

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359.5 357.3 350.1 347.6 167.2 167.0 167.2 165.1 623.7 622.7 629.3 627.6

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92.3 92.9 92.1 93.7 28.2 28.8 28.1 28.7 193.6 192.4 194.2 193.2

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 911.3 926.6 889.1 903.9 402.7 410.4 402.3 413.7 1,457.3 1,461.5 1,464.7 1,468.3

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460.3 469.2 455.8 463.0 153.8 158.6 153.5 158.8 739.1 745.8 744.9 751.6

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.6 42.1 40.6 41.4 16.9 18.8 17.2 19.0 84.3 84.8 84.6 84.9

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546.5 556.4 531.2 547.6 214.1 218.2 214.3 217.3 782.6 794.7 787.8 799.2

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163.1 167.7 164.3 164.9 62.2 62.1 61.7 62.1 358.8 358.9 360.0 359.9

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193.4 197.7 189.9 193.5 61.2 64.3 61.4 64.3 307.4 315.0 310.1 318.2

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 555.7 564.3 535.9 544.0 258.3 257.2 259.0 256.0 722.1 718.9 727.6 723.6

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.5 60.5 55.1 58.4 22.9 23.4 23.0 22.8 61.0 61.5 61.2 61.7

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238.1 240.1 234.8 238.5 73.3 73.6 74.1 74.0 366.1 367.8 367.9 370.1

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.3 49.1 44.3 46.8 15.6 15.1 16.0 15.0 79.7 80.5 79.1 80.7

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311.3 318.8 308.8 313.8 107.2 109.9 107.8 108.4 435.8 438.4 439.2 441.8

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,260.7 1,302.7 1,256.4 1,304.5 420.8 428.8 420.9 429.1 1,883.9 1,920.5 1,895.8 1,935.3

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134.0 137.3 132.3 133.6 37.6 39.4 37.4 38.2 239.2 241.2 239.1 240.3

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.0 35.5 34.7 34.4 10.3 10.4 10.3 10.5 59.5 60.0 59.5 60.0

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388.4 394.9 383.7 389.3 198.6 203.8 200.6 204.3 719.1 721.1 723.6 726.0

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312.0 320.4 308.7 313.9 117.8 122.8 116.0 122.7 570.3 586.0 575.5 588.8

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.5 77.2 73.1 75.5 55.3 55.0 55.5 54.6 154.9 154.8 155.5 165.0

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270.2 275.3 258.6 265.1 149.9 149.4 148.9 150.8 421.3 424.8 423.6 431.4

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.2 33.8 30.3 30.2 10.2 10.3 10.2 10.1 73.1 72.6 72.8 72.0

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.0 82.0 82.3 82.5 17.6 17.3 17.7 17.4 230.6 228.7 230.8 228.7

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.8 7.2 7.3 7.5 0.9 1.0 0.9 1.0 10.8 10.7 10.9 10.7

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2015 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmark are

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

N.M.

CALIF.

MONT.

NEV.

ARIZ.

ORE.

S.D.

WYO.

COLO. KAN. MO.

N.D.

NEB.

UTAH

GA.

ILL.

MINN.

LA.

IDAHO

FLA.

PA.

WIS.

N.Y.

OKLA.

N.C.

KY.

ALA.

VA.

ARK.

WASH.

IOWA

MISS.

IND.

OHIO

S.C.

MICH.

TENN.

W.VA.

VT. 

MD.

HAWAII

ALASKA

Pacific

Mountain

West

North Central

East

North Central

New England

Middle

Atlantic

East

South Central

West

South Central

Map 1. Unemployment rates by state, seasonally November 2016

(U.S. rate = 4.6 percent)