For release 10:00 a.m. (ET) Friday, March 26, 2021 USDL-21-0548

Technical information: 

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

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

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STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT — FEBRUARY 2021

Unemployment rates were lower in February in 23 states and the District of Columbia, higher in 4 states, 

and stable in 23 states, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Forty-five states and the 

District had jobless rate increases from a year earlier and five states had little or no change. The national 

unemployment rate, 6.2 percent, was little changed over the month, but was 2.7 percentage points higher 

than in February 2020.

Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 11 states, decreased in 3 states, and was essentially 

unchanged in 36 states and the District of Columbia in February 2021. Over the year, nonfarm payroll 

employment decreased in 48 states and the District and was essentially unchanged in 2 states.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Unemployment

Hawaii and New York had the highest unemployment rates in February, 9.2 percent and 8.9 percent, 

respectively, while South Dakota, 2.9 percent, and Utah, 3.0 percent, had the lowest rates. In total, 27

states had unemployment rates lower than the U.S. figure of 6.2 percent, 12 states and the District of 

Columbia had higher rates, and 11 states had rates that were not appreciably different from that of the 

nation. (See tables A and 1 and map 1.)

In February, Hawaii had the largest over-the-month unemployment rate decrease (-1.1 percentage 

points). Three additional states had rate decreases of at least 0.5 percentage point: Massachusetts (-0.7 

point) and California and Michigan (-0.5 point each). Connecticut had the largest rate increase (+0.4 

percentage point). Twenty-three states had jobless rates that were not notably different from those of a 

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

changes. (See table B.)
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The largest unemployment rate increase from February 2020 occurred in Hawaii (+7.1 percentage 

points). The next largest over-the-year jobless rate increase was in New York (+5.0 percentage points),

with another 10 states and the District of Columbia experiencing rate increases of at least 3.0 points.

(See table C.)

Nonfarm Payroll Employment

Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 11 states, decreased in 3 states, and was essentially 

unchanged in 36 states and the District of Columbia in February 2021. The largest job gains occurred in 

California (+141,000), Michigan (+63,500), and Washington (+28,700). The largest percentage increase 

occurred in Michigan (+1.6 percent), followed by California, New Mexico, and Washington (+0.9 

percent each). Employment decreased in Missouri (-11,600, or -0.4 percent), Oklahoma (-10,700, or -0.7 

percent), and Mississippi (-7,000, or -0.6 percent). (See tables D and 3.)

Over the year, nonfarm payroll employment decreased in 48 states and the District of Columbia and was 

essentially unchanged in 2 states. The largest job declines occurred in California (-1,662,000), New 

York (-1,062,800), and Texas (-593,300). The largest percentage declines occurred in Hawaii (-17.8 

percent), New York (-10.8 percent), and Nevada (-10.6 percent). (See table E and map 2.)

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

to be released on Wednesday, April 7, 2021, at 10:00 a.m. (ET). The State Employment and 

Unemployment news release for March is scheduled to be released on Friday, April 16, 2021, at 

10:00 a.m. (ET).
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Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic Impact on February 2021

Establishment and Household Survey Data

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

portion of the reports that returned to reporting positive employment from reporting zero employment. 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

monthly.

For the February 2021 estimates of household employment and unemployment from the Local Area 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

faq-february-2021.htm extensively discusses the impact of a misclassification in the household survey 

on the national estimates for February 2021. Despite the considerable decline in its degree relative to 

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

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

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

hoc actions are taken to reclassify survey responses. Hence, the household survey estimates of employed 

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

degrees by the misclassification, which in turn affected the official LAUS estimates for February 2021.

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

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

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

2020. Since data collection resumed effective May 2020, the Puerto Rico Department of Labor has 
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reported a misclassification in its household survey similar in nature to the misclassification in the 

Current Population Survey.
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State Rate p

United States 1 ................................................ 6.2

Alabama ........................................................... 4.0

Arkansas .......................................................... 4.5

California .......................................................... 8.5

Connecticut ....................................................... 8.5

District of Columbia ........................................... 8.1

Florida .............................................................. 4.7

Georgia ............................................................ 4.8

Hawaii .............................................................. 9.2

Idaho ................................................................ 3.3

Illinois ............................................................... 7.4

Indiana ............................................................. 4.0

Iowa ................................................................. 3.6

Kansas ............................................................. 3.2

Kentucky .......................................................... 5.2

Louisiana .......................................................... 7.6

Maine ............................................................... 4.8

Massachusetts ................................................... 7.1

Michigan ........................................................... 5.2

Minnesota ......................................................... 4.3

Missouri ............................................................ 4.2

Montana ............................................................ 3.9

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

Nevada ............................................................. 8.3

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

New Jersey ....................................................... 7.8

New Mexico ....................................................... 8.3

New York .......................................................... 8.9

North Dakota ..................................................... 4.7

Ohio ................................................................. 5.0

Oklahoma .......................................................... 4.4

Pennsylvania ..................................................... 7.3

South Carolina .................................................. 5.2

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

Tennessee ........................................................ 4.9

Texas ................................................................ 6.9

Utah ................................................................. 3.0

Vermont ............................................................ 3.1

Virginia ............................................................. 5.2

Wisconsin ......................................................... 3.8

Wyoming .......................................................... 5.3

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 Data are not preliminary.

p

 = preliminary.

Table A. States with unemployment rates significantly different from that

of the U.S., February 2021, seasonally adjusted
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Table B. States with statistically significant unemployment rate changes from January 2021

to February 2021, seasonally adjusted

January 2021 February 2021 p

Alabama ..................................... 4.3 4.0 -0.3

California .................................... 9.0 8.5 -.5

Connecticut ................................. 8.1 8.5 .4

Delaware .................................... 6.1 6.3 .2

District of Columbia ..................... 8.4 8.1 -.3

Georgia ...................................... 5.1 4.8 -.3

Hawaii ........................................ 10.3 9.2 -1.1

Idaho .......................................... 3.5 3.3 -.2

Illinois ......................................... 7.7 7.4 -.3

Indiana ....................................... 4.2 4.0 -.2

Kansas ....................................... 3.4 3.2 -.2

Maine ......................................... 5.2 4.8 -.4

Maryland ..................................... 6.4 6.2 -.2

Massachusetts ............................. 7.8 7.1 -.7

Michigan ..................................... 5.7 5.2 -.5

Minnesota ................................... 4.5 4.3 -.2

New Hampshire ........................... 3.6 3.3 -.3

New Mexico ................................. 8.7 8.3 -.4

North Carolina ............................. 5.9 5.7 -.2

North Dakota ............................... 4.5 4.7 .2

Ohio ........................................... 5.3 5.0 -.3

South Dakota .............................. 3.1 2.9 -.2

Tennessee .................................. 5.1 4.9 -.2

Texas .......................................... 6.8 6.9 .1

Vermont ...................................... 3.2 3.1 -.1

Virginia ....................................... 5.3 5.2 -.1

Washington ................................. 6.0 5.6 -.4

West Virginia .............................. 6.5 6.2 -.3

p

 = preliminary.

State

Rate Over-the-month 

change p
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Table C. States with statistically significant unemployment rate changes from February 2020

to February 2021, seasonally adjusted

February 2020 February 2021 p

Alabama ..................................... 2.6 4.0 1.4

Alaska ........................................ 5.1 6.6 1.5

Arizona ....................................... 4.9 6.9 2.0

Arkansas .................................... 3.8 4.5 .7

California .................................... 4.3 8.5 4.2

Colorado ..................................... 2.8 6.6 3.8

Connecticut ................................. 3.7 8.5 4.8

Delaware .................................... 4.5 6.3 1.8

District of Columbia ..................... 5.0 8.1 3.1

Florida ........................................ 3.3 4.7 1.4

Georgia ...................................... 3.5 4.8 1.3

Hawaii ........................................ 2.1 9.2 7.1

Idaho .......................................... 2.6 3.3 .7

Illinois ......................................... 3.6 7.4 3.8

Indiana ....................................... 3.2 4.0 .8

Iowa ........................................... 2.9 3.6 .7

Kentucky .................................... 4.2 5.2 1.0

Louisiana .................................... 5.2 7.6 2.4

Maine ......................................... 3.1 4.8 1.7

Maryland ..................................... 3.5 6.2 2.7

Massachusetts ............................. 2.8 7.1 4.3

Michigan ..................................... 3.7 5.2 1.5

Minnesota ................................... 3.3 4.3 1.0

Mississippi .................................. 5.8 6.3 .5

Missouri ...................................... 3.6 4.2 .6

Nevada ....................................... 3.7 8.3 4.6

New Hampshire ........................... 2.6 3.3 .7

New Jersey ................................. 3.7 7.8 4.1

New Mexico ................................. 5.3 8.3 3.0

New York .................................... 3.9 8.9 5.0

North Carolina ............................. 3.6 5.7 2.1

North Dakota ............................... 2.3 4.7 2.4

Oklahoma .................................... 3.1 4.4 1.3

Oregon ....................................... 3.5 6.1 2.6

Pennsylvania ............................... 5.0 7.3 2.3

Rhode Island ............................... 4.0 7.3 3.3

South Carolina ............................ 2.8 5.2 2.4

Tennessee .................................. 3.9 4.9 1.0

Texas .......................................... 3.7 6.9 3.2

Utah ........................................... 2.5 3.0 .5

Vermont ...................................... 2.5 3.1 .6

Virginia ....................................... 2.5 5.2 2.7

Washington ................................. 4.1 5.6 1.5

West Virginia .............................. 5.1 6.2 1.1

Wisconsin ................................... 3.3 3.8 .5

Wyoming .................................... 4.8 5.3 .5

p

 = preliminary.

State

Rate Over-the-year 

change p
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Table D. States with statistically significant employment changes from January 2021 to

February 2021, seasonally adjusted

January February

2021 2021 p Level Percent

Alaska ........................................ 303,700 305,700 2,000 0.7

California .................................... 15,857,900 15,998,900 141,000 .9

Illinois ......................................... 5,660,500 5,681,600 21,100 .4

Massachusetts ............................. 3,394,200 3,408,300 14,100 .4

Michigan ..................................... 4,057,100 4,120,600 63,500 1.6

Minnesota ................................... 2,771,200 2,785,100 13,900 .5

Mississippi .................................. 1,123,200 1,116,200 -7,000 -.6

Missouri ...................................... 2,807,700 2,796,100 -11,600 -.4

New Mexico ................................. 777,800 784,800 7,000 .9

North Carolina ............................. 4,438,500 4,452,900 14,400 .3

 

Oklahoma .................................... 1,620,500 1,609,800 -10,700 -.7

Oregon ....................................... 1,805,200 1,819,100 13,900 .8

Utah ........................................... 1,570,100 1,578,000 7,900 .5

Washington ................................. 3,271,900 3,300,600 28,700 .9

p

 = preliminary.

State Over-the-month change p
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Table E. States with statistically significant employment changes from February 2020 to

February 2021, seasonally adjusted

February February

2020 2021 p Level Percent

Alabama ..................................... 2,086,500 2,018,400 -68,100 -3.3

Alaska ........................................ 329,800 305,700 -24,100 -7.3

Arizona ....................................... 2,993,100 2,875,300 -117,800 -3.9

Arkansas .................................... 1,292,400 1,255,600 -36,800 -2.8

California .................................... 17,660,900 15,998,900 -1,662,000 -9.4

Colorado ..................................... 2,819,000 2,662,300 -156,700 -5.6

Connecticut ................................. 1,696,300 1,574,800 -121,500 -7.2

Delaware .................................... 468,000 443,500 -24,500 -5.2

District of Columbia ..................... 803,400 732,100 -71,300 -8.9

Florida ........................................ 9,072,100 8,512,100 -560,000 -6.2

 

Georgia ...................................... 4,666,500 4,452,900 -213,600 -4.6

Hawaii ........................................ 662,300 544,300 -118,000 -17.8

Illinois ......................................... 6,142,800 5,681,600 -461,200 -7.5

Indiana ....................................... 3,163,800 3,025,800 -138,000 -4.4

Iowa ........................................... 1,590,900 1,510,500 -80,400 -5.1

Kansas ....................................... 1,428,800 1,358,300 -70,500 -4.9

Kentucky .................................... 1,957,000 1,856,600 -100,400 -5.1

Louisiana .................................... 1,993,500 1,838,300 -155,200 -7.8

Maine ......................................... 640,000 605,800 -34,200 -5.3

Maryland ..................................... 2,779,000 2,613,100 -165,900 -6.0

 

Massachusetts ............................. 3,733,400 3,408,300 -325,100 -8.7

Michigan ..................................... 4,452,900 4,120,600 -332,300 -7.5

Minnesota ................................... 2,996,300 2,785,100 -211,200 -7.0

Mississippi .................................. 1,163,200 1,116,200 -47,000 -4.0

Missouri ...................................... 2,926,600 2,796,100 -130,500 -4.5

Montana ...................................... 488,000 477,700 -10,300 -2.1

Nebraska .................................... 1,032,400 1,002,100 -30,300 -2.9

Nevada ....................................... 1,442,800 1,289,300 -153,500 -10.6

New Hampshire ........................... 689,000 651,500 -37,500 -5.4

New Jersey ................................. 4,229,600 3,876,400 -353,200 -8.4

 

New Mexico ................................. 861,900 784,800 -77,100 -8.9

New York .................................... 9,835,100 8,772,300 -1,062,800 -10.8

North Carolina ............................. 4,626,600 4,452,900 -173,700 -3.8

North Dakota ............................... 440,300 411,800 -28,500 -6.5

Ohio ........................................... 5,609,900 5,295,900 -314,000 -5.6

Oklahoma .................................... 1,701,700 1,609,800 -91,900 -5.4

Oregon ....................................... 1,973,000 1,819,100 -153,900 -7.8

Pennsylvania ............................... 6,092,600 5,656,700 -435,900 -7.2

Rhode Island ............................... 507,200 462,900 -44,300 -8.7

South Carolina ............................ 2,196,400 2,111,300 -85,100 -3.9

 

South Dakota .............................. 442,800 431,800 -11,000 -2.5

Tennessee .................................. 3,153,700 3,035,100 -118,600 -3.8

Texas .......................................... 12,970,000 12,376,700 -593,300 -4.6

Vermont ...................................... 314,500 286,900 -27,600 -8.8

Virginia ....................................... 4,091,000 3,893,700 -197,300 -4.8

Washington ................................. 3,513,100 3,300,600 -212,500 -6.0

West Virginia .............................. 718,700 679,300 -39,400 -5.5

Wisconsin ................................... 2,997,800 2,833,200 -164,600 -5.5

Wyoming .................................... 288,600 273,500 -15,100 -5.2

p

 = preliminary.

State Over-the-year change p
Technical Note

Special technical note: This technical note describes the 

procedures regularly used on a monthly basis to develop 

estimates from the CES survey and the LAUS program. Due to 

the COVID-19 pandemic, some of the procedures described in 

this technical note have been modified. The modifications are 

briefly described in the box note of this news release. More 

information on the changes to the CES business birth-death 

model is available at www.bls.gov/web/empsit/cesbd.htm.

This news release presents civilian labor force and 

unemployment data for states and selected substate areas from 

the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program 

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

employment estimates by state and industry supersector from 

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

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

cooperative endeavors.

Civilian labor force and unemployment—from the 

LAUS program

 Definitions. The civilian labor force and unemployment 

data are based on the same concepts and definitions as those 

used for the official national estimates obtained from the 

Current Population Survey (CPS), a sample survey of 

households that is conducted for the Bureau of Labor Statistics 

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

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

noninstitutional population 16 years of age and older. 

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

profit in the reference week (typically the week including the 

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

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

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

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

illness, or vacation. 

 Unemployed people are those who were not employed during 

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

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

reference week, and were currently available for work; people

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

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

employed and unemployed people. The unemployment rate is 

the number of unemployed as a percent of the civilian labor 

force.

 Method of estimation. Estimates for 48 states, the District 

of Columbia, the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale 

metropolitan division, New York City, and the balances of 

California and New York State are produced using time-series 

models. This method, which underwent substantial 

enhancement at the beginning of 2021, utilizes data from 

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

unemployment insurance (UI) programs. Estimates for the state 

of California are derived by summing the estimates for the Los 

Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale metropolitan division and the 

balance of California. Similarly, estimates for New York State

are derived by summing the estimates for New York City and 

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

substate areas contained in this release (the Cleveland-Elyria 

and Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metropolitan areas and the 

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

and their respective balances of state are produced using a 

similar model-based approach.

 Each month, estimates for the nine census divisions first are

modeled using inputs from the CPS only and controlled to the 

national totals. State estimates then are controlled to their 

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

estimates for the five areas noted above also are controlled to 

their respective state totals. This tiered process of controlling 

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

benchmarking. Estimates for Puerto Rico are derived from a 

monthly household survey similar to the CPS. A more detailed 

description of the estimation procedures is available from BLS 

upon request.

 Annual revisions. Civilian labor force and unemployment 

data for prior years reflect adjustments made after the end of 

each year. The adjusted estimates reflect updated population 

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

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

data for the most recent five years are revised near the 

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

estimates. With the introduction of a new generation of timesseries models in 2021, historical data were re-estimated back to 

the series beginnings in 1976, 1990, or 1994.

 Seasonal adjustment. The LAUS models decompose the 

estimates of employed and unemployed people into trend, 

seasonal, and irregular components. The benchmarked signals 

of employed and unemployed people first are adjusted using an 

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

are smoothed using a Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Space 

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

employed and unemployed people are summed to derive the 

civilian labor force, and the unemployment rate then is 

calculated as the unemployed percent of the civilian labor force. 

The resulting smoothed-seasonally adjusted unemployment 

rate estimates are analyzed in this news release and published 

on the BLS website. 

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

using an asymmetric filter that incorporates information from 

previous observations only. For annual revisions, historical data 

are smoothed using a two-sided filter.

 Area definitions. The substate area data published in this 

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

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

detailed list of the geographic definitions is available online at 

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

Employment—from the CES program

 Definitions. Employment data refer to persons on 

establishment payrolls who receive pay for any part of the pay 
period that includes the 12th of the month. Persons are counted 

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

those appearing on more than one payroll are counted on each 

payroll. Industries are classified on the basis of their principal 

activity in accordance with the 2017 version of the North 

American Industry Classification System.

 Method of estimation. CES State and Area employment 

data are produced using several estimation procedures. Where 

possible these data are produced using a "weighted link 

relative" estimation technique in which a ratio of current-month 

weighted employment to that of the previous-month weighted 

employment is computed from a sample of establishments 

reporting for both months. The estimates of employment for the 

current month are then obtained by multiplying these ratios by 

the previous month’s employment estimates. The weighted link 

relative technique is utilized for data series where the sample 

size meets certain statistical criteria. 

 For some employment series, the sample of establishments is 

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

approach is used in estimation. These models use the direct 

sample estimates (described above), combined with forecasts of 

historical (benchmarked) data to decrease volatility in 

estimation. Two different models (Fay-Herriot Model and 

Small Domain Model) are used depending on the industry level 

being estimated. For more detailed information about each 

model, refer to the BLS Handbook of Methods.

 Annual revisions. Employment estimates are adjusted 

annually to a complete count of jobs, called benchmarks, 

derived principally from tax reports that are submitted by 

employers who are covered under state unemployment 

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

adjust the monthly estimates between the new benchmark and 

the preceding one and also to establish the level of employment 

for the new benchmark month. Thus, the benchmarking process 

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

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

subsequent months. Information on recent benchmark revisions 

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

 Seasonal adjustment. Payroll employment data are 

seasonally adjusted at the statewide expanded supersector level. 

In some cases, the seasonally adjusted payroll employment total 

is computed by aggregating the independently adjusted 

supersector series. In other cases, the seasonally adjusted 

payroll employment total is independently adjusted. Revisions 

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

year, coincident with annual benchmark adjustments.

 Payroll employment data are seasonally adjusted 

concurrently, using all available estimates, including those for 

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

Concurrent sample-based factors are created every month for 

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

month’s final estimate.

 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. Each state series is subject to larger relative 

sampling and nonsampling errors than the national series.

Summing state estimates 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-ofstates" employment series, and cautions users that such a series 

is subject to a relatively large and volatile error structure.

Reliability of the estimates

 The estimates presented in this release are based on sample 

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

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

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

by chance because a sample rather than the entire population is 

surveyed. Survey data also are subject to nonsampling errors, 

such as those which can be introduced into the data collection 

and processing operations. Estimates not directly derived from 

sample surveys are subject to additional errors resulting from 

the specific estimation processes used.

 Use of error measures. Changes in state unemployment 

rates and state nonfarm payroll employment are cited in the 

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

statistically significant at the 90-percent confidence level. 

Furthermore, state unemployment rates for the current month 

generally are cited only if they have been determined to be 

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

confidence level. The underlying model-based standard error 

measures for unemployment rates and over-the-month and 

over-the-year changes in rates are available at 

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

measures for 1-month, 3-month, and 12-month changes in 

payroll employment data at the total nonfarm and supersector 

levels for states, and total nonfarm level for metropolitan areas 

and divisions, are available at 

www.bls.gov/web/laus/790stderr.htm. Measures of 

nonsampling error are not available.

Additional information

 Estimates of civilian labor force and unemployment from the 

LAUS program, as well as nonfarm payroll employment from 

the CES program, for metropolitan areas and metropolitan 

divisions are available in the news release Metropolitan Area 

Employment and Unemployment. Estimates of civilian labor 

force, employed people, unemployed people, and 

unemployment rates for approximately 7,500 subnational areas 

are available online at www.bls.gov/lau/. Employment data 

from the CES program for states and metropolitan areas are 

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LABOR FORCE DATA

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 1. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state and selected area, seasonally adjusted

State and area

Civilian labor force Unemployed

Feb.

2020

Dec.

2020

Jan.

2021

Feb.

2021p

Number Percent of labor force

Feb.

2020

Dec.

2020

Jan.

2021

Feb.

2021p

Feb.

2020

Dec.

2020

Jan.

2021

Feb.

2021p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,236,491 2,264,054 2,257,961 2,249,475 58,639 106,318 97,725 91,065 2.6 4.7 4.3 4.0

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352,940 354,035 354,958 351,042 17,917 23,147 23,585 23,308 5.1 6.5 6.6 6.6

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,584,045 3,569,317 3,571,263 3,580,159 176,289 242,410 239,896 246,941 4.9 6.8 6.7 6.9

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,371,944 1,379,313 1,375,929 1,363,154 52,027 67,171 63,524 61,569 3.8 4.9 4.6 4.5

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,433,049 18,705,475 18,668,523 18,944,536 845,293 1,748,456 1,679,840 1,610,203 4.3 9.3 9.0 8.5

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale1. . . . 5,197,862 4,878,866 4,877,008 5,118,580 258,150 614,852 613,077 587,315 5.0 12.6 12.6 11.5

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,153,582 3,176,560 3,183,395 3,187,192 87,669 219,269 211,191 209,258 2.8 6.9 6.6 6.6

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,917,993 1,842,967 1,839,727 1,712,892 71,775 152,007 149,181 146,137 3.7 8.2 8.1 8.5

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 494,035 481,840 487,378 488,849 22,170 28,203 29,503 30,971 4.5 5.9 6.1 6.3

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420,448 409,328 409,154 408,453 21,011 36,038 34,354 33,277 5.0 8.8 8.4 8.1

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,461,404 10,043,992 10,068,685 10,124,081 349,830 515,114 481,626 474,117 3.3 5.1 4.8 4.7

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall1. . . . . . . . . . . 1,363,326 1,301,270 1,288,814 1,294,922 26,906 111,342 107,716 106,977 2.0 8.6 8.4 8.3

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,201,435 5,100,297 5,112,237 5,145,311 179,769 271,108 258,460 245,774 3.5 5.3 5.1 4.8

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 671,901 655,587 655,766 655,353 13,789 67,419 67,650 60,144 2.1 10.3 10.3 9.2

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 890,044 900,245 900,287 899,796 23,542 34,596 31,143 29,740 2.6 3.8 3.5 3.3

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,355,061 6,150,544 6,146,410 6,138,343 226,420 490,873 472,929 454,240 3.6 8.0 7.7 7.4

Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights1. . . 3,688,600 3,574,703 3,572,488 3,578,429 130,657 330,458 317,556 310,597 3.5 9.2 8.9 8.7

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,359,160 3,343,929 3,347,810 3,342,839 108,589 153,888 141,379 133,977 3.2 4.6 4.2 4.0

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,727,949 1,619,441 1,625,153 1,628,644 49,883 59,879 58,010 58,335 2.9 3.7 3.6 3.6

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,498,044 1,518,416 1,502,248 1,499,299 47,558 71,556 51,784 47,867 3.2 4.7 3.4 3.2

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,077,898 1,982,759 1,989,380 1,993,122 86,464 110,912 106,401 103,423 4.2 5.6 5.3 5.2

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,151,507 2,095,025 2,084,330 2,076,336 112,096 165,493 158,490 157,200 5.2 7.9 7.6 7.6

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 699,067 666,913 671,317 672,438 21,619 33,360 35,047 32,495 3.1 5.0 5.2 4.8

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,298,443 3,112,292 3,106,287 3,101,248 114,204 211,907 198,767 191,613 3.5 6.8 6.4 6.2

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,747,222 3,753,070 3,756,720 3,744,815 104,606 314,487 294,770 267,131 2.8 8.4 7.8 7.1

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,927,949 4,855,353 4,736,547 4,695,245 184,570 400,370 270,762 243,300 3.7 8.2 5.7 5.2

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,153,242 2,123,759 2,023,783 2,002,464 91,398 218,613 105,002 90,693 4.2 10.3 5.2 4.5

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,117,081 3,048,729 3,025,807 3,022,136 103,568 143,923 135,958 129,743 3.3 4.7 4.5 4.3

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,283,304 1,276,640 1,279,970 1,281,419 74,282 83,848 82,191 80,977 5.8 6.6 6.4 6.3

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,097,559 3,051,663 3,042,955 3,050,852 112,592 135,112 130,549 128,934 3.6 4.4 4.3 4.2

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542,368 532,934 532,910 531,389 20,226 22,462 21,219 20,663 3.7 4.2 4.0 3.9

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,043,340 1,023,600 1,024,822 1,021,103 31,338 34,528 32,710 32,018 3.0 3.4 3.2 3.1

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,599,451 1,516,397 1,536,046 1,545,250 59,795 124,624 130,563 128,587 3.7 8.2 8.5 8.3

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 770,973 763,394 762,932 761,468 20,167 29,220 27,135 24,953 2.6 3.8 3.6 3.3

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,578,805 4,377,299 4,403,593 4,403,611 170,184 337,731 343,736 344,511 3.7 7.7 7.8 7.8

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 964,169 960,113 958,879 959,042 50,856 82,423 83,276 79,578 5.3 8.6 8.7 8.3

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,504,276 9,290,419 9,283,011 9,288,246 367,606 805,934 815,457 825,775 3.9 8.7 8.8 8.9

New York City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,068,726 3,868,206 3,866,736 3,874,946 151,938 464,800 488,330 499,261 3.7 12.0 12.6 12.9

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,105,135 5,040,047 5,039,506 5,033,379 183,494 308,883 297,719 286,788 3.6 6.1 5.9 5.7

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406,788 404,240 404,511 404,574 9,268 18,986 18,244 19,001 2.3 4.7 4.5 4.7

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,899,009 5,763,310 5,768,594 5,755,857 279,403 320,707 306,082 288,790 4.7 5.6 5.3 5.0

Cleveland-Elyria2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,069,873 1,014,542 1,017,142 994,921 51,048 82,186 74,097 50,866 4.8 8.1 7.3 5.1

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,847,072 1,861,928 1,864,691 1,865,479 58,142 83,938 81,269 81,315 3.1 4.5 4.4 4.4

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,107,699 2,141,252 2,150,483 2,152,206 74,355 134,749 133,451 130,937 3.5 6.3 6.2 6.1

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,528,498 6,310,050 6,294,551 6,330,147 324,050 447,888 457,170 462,780 5.0 7.1 7.3 7.3

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 561,974 538,617 540,236 538,923 22,198 42,758 39,043 39,325 4.0 7.9 7.2 7.3

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,365,321 2,355,062 2,360,747 2,377,298 65,980 131,582 125,444 124,099 2.8 5.6 5.3 5.2

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463,243 471,631 470,476 471,869 13,503 15,502 14,443 13,754 2.9 3.3 3.1 2.9

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,333,471 3,313,650 3,317,190 3,308,238 129,907 186,041 170,240 162,481 3.9 5.6 5.1 4.9

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,182,317 14,133,518 14,063,544 14,005,438 519,375 971,008 958,561 970,474 3.7 6.9 6.8 6.9

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,631,216 1,626,916 1,630,721 1,630,609 40,761 53,338 50,194 48,774 2.5 3.3 3.1 3.0

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342,887 316,150 314,630 313,279 8,617 10,924 10,109 9,598 2.5 3.5 3.2 3.1

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,448,623 4,255,079 4,254,052 4,238,057 111,534 236,204 227,214 220,027 2.5 5.6 5.3 5.2

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,961,975 3,830,416 3,835,229 3,837,392 162,671 239,459 228,591 215,906 4.1 6.3 6.0 5.6

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,743,834 1,735,758 1,737,793 1,741,824 44,770 101,540 100,369 94,787 2.6 5.8 5.8 5.4

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 805,704 796,614 796,469 796,094 41,430 53,698 51,604 49,678 5.1 6.7 6.5 6.2

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,075,655 3,053,836 3,056,717 3,059,210 101,422 121,607 116,894 116,405 3.3 4.0 3.8 3.8

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298,818 294,630 295,132 295,331 14,311 15,284 15,130 15,540 4.8 5.2 5.1 5.3

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,061,120 1,054,469 1,050,739 1,048,203 95,712 96,982 98,128 96,044 9.0 9.2 9.3 9.2

1 Metropolitan division.

2 Metropolitan statistical area.

p Preliminary

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

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

the following month.
LABOR FORCE DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

State and area

Civilian labor force Unemployed

January February Number Percent of labor force

2020 2021 2020 2021p

January February January February

2020 2021 2020 2021p 2020 2021 2020 2021p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,225,417 2,228,910 2,236,698 2,228,507 69,939 90,217 62,212 83,471 3.1 4.0 2.8 3.7

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348,829 349,096 350,406 346,580 18,985 24,097 18,227 24,526 5.4 6.9 5.2 7.1

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,587,269 3,572,898 3,597,043 3,587,824 173,912 246,905 162,885 251,359 4.8 6.9 4.5 7.0

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,356,254 1,349,496 1,371,586 1,352,184 56,515 68,919 55,507 71,863 4.2 5.1 4.0 5.3

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,438,620 18,621,937 19,514,077 19,022,842 873,455 1,720,196 844,212 1,599,510 4.5 9.2 4.3 8.4

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale1. . . . 5,210,574 4,915,826 5,218,494 5,126,291 253,528 625,882 245,988 556,888 4.9 12.7 4.7 10.9

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,144,882 3,171,425 3,163,054 3,184,146 90,641 219,461 91,030 217,363 2.9 6.9 2.9 6.8

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,916,553 1,822,982 1,912,972 1,688,949 81,459 154,163 76,856 143,119 4.3 8.5 4.0 8.5

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 492,355 487,574 495,454 489,655 22,838 31,291 22,248 32,678 4.6 6.4 4.5 6.7

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421,801 407,077 425,308 408,029 21,026 32,208 20,714 31,204 5.0 7.9 4.9 7.6

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,455,017 10,103,656 10,501,385 10,218,694 354,946 536,837 321,065 515,854 3.4 5.3 3.1 5.0

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall1. . . . . . . . . . . 1,386,935 1,294,122 1,385,366 1,314,257 25,413 104,836 22,521 103,407 1.8 8.1 1.6 7.9

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,212,231 5,111,532 5,236,253 5,152,527 186,424 255,937 177,360 227,557 3.6 5.0 3.4 4.4

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 677,385 655,563 675,724 658,036 13,926 64,829 11,645 56,160 2.1 9.9 1.7 8.5

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 885,293 898,423 889,882 896,134 29,056 39,891 26,414 39,414 3.3 4.4 3.0 4.4

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,333,145 6,091,031 6,359,497 6,097,663 254,485 514,563 237,430 475,637 4.0 8.4 3.7 7.8

Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights1. . . 3,663,216 3,533,076 3,700,823 3,565,642 137,709 321,835 135,881 313,592 3.8 9.1 3.7 8.8

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,364,647 3,336,057 3,360,761 3,300,855 119,356 156,607 114,552 156,087 3.5 4.7 3.4 4.7

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,729,632 1,627,688 1,736,013 1,644,709 61,834 78,445 55,416 75,639 3.6 4.8 3.2 4.6

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,493,578 1,515,813 1,505,032 1,512,427 48,671 80,758 49,549 69,759 3.3 5.3 3.3 4.6

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,067,955 1,967,353 2,073,203 1,973,763 93,839 104,532 90,378 99,467 4.5 5.3 4.4 5.0

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,133,698 2,049,594 2,138,252 2,042,105 110,789 155,458 90,410 144,344 5.2 7.6 4.2 7.1

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 689,271 664,349 692,530 666,927 22,849 42,274 23,859 37,430 3.3 6.4 3.4 5.6

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,284,785 3,078,925 3,296,282 3,082,330 119,220 195,821 113,812 187,080 3.6 6.4 3.5 6.1

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,755,504 3,693,899 3,758,153 3,705,760 127,991 276,677 117,212 268,182 3.4 7.5 3.1 7.2

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,909,663 4,712,994 4,919,562 4,644,159 206,791 288,713 185,581 238,660 4.2 6.1 3.8 5.1

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,151,704 2,028,993 2,141,857 1,978,878 98,336 108,280 85,710 84,741 4.6 5.3 4.0 4.3

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,102,006 2,983,514 3,118,067 2,996,045 117,779 149,830 112,407 139,024 3.8 5.0 3.6 4.6

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,269,573 1,260,796 1,277,395 1,268,337 70,055 78,368 68,048 77,540 5.5 6.2 5.3 6.1

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,077,693 3,042,652 3,092,673 3,051,484 121,737 153,990 118,969 151,752 4.0 5.1 3.8 5.0

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 538,957 525,782 542,851 528,872 24,873 26,492 22,794 25,813 4.6 5.0 4.2 4.9

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,037,068 1,012,653 1,044,596 1,017,570 33,639 32,188 31,919 35,334 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.5

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,595,413 1,529,355 1,611,382 1,553,244 62,083 128,680 57,476 125,509 3.9 8.4 3.6 8.1

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774,595 755,494 773,709 753,805 23,709 30,588 22,946 24,714 3.1 4.0 3.0 3.3

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,568,369 4,373,251 4,596,012 4,398,989 186,718 349,321 181,355 357,837 4.1 8.0 3.9 8.1

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 962,250 952,128 966,815 954,775 49,768 86,334 49,236 78,354 5.2 9.1 5.1 8.2

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,529,605 9,184,419 9,524,311 9,207,718 394,915 862,734 394,346 883,346 4.1 9.4 4.1 9.6

New York City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,083,553 3,843,648 4,118,532 3,892,689 156,782 502,273 154,712 513,166 3.8 13.1 3.8 13.2

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,072,275 4,972,173 5,112,398 5,004,228 184,959 296,491 174,325 281,902 3.6 6.0 3.4 5.6

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402,870 397,376 405,223 400,257 11,895 19,972 11,444 21,373 3.0 5.0 2.8 5.3

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,846,906 5,690,274 5,882,748 5,706,385 304,717 343,463 292,656 318,301 5.2 6.0 5.0 5.6

Cleveland-Elyria2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,056,664 1,007,929 1,065,483 976,386 52,752 73,403 57,479 47,958 5.0 7.3 5.4 4.9

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,847,668 1,864,127 1,851,114 1,863,135 60,105 94,797 57,949 95,741 3.3 5.1 3.1 5.1

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,090,607 2,125,111 2,106,874 2,135,655 77,971 150,147 75,501 142,346 3.7 7.1 3.6 6.7

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,505,710 6,242,716 6,528,280 6,333,338 325,704 499,400 328,362 512,248 5.0 8.0 5.0 8.1

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 559,850 541,026 562,428 537,268 24,384 45,941 24,047 42,696 4.4 8.5 4.3 7.9

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,359,513 2,341,048 2,368,555 2,380,151 73,251 126,343 70,660 123,897 3.1 5.4 3.0 5.2

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457,217 461,290 460,964 467,857 14,934 15,102 14,905 15,842 3.3 3.3 3.2 3.4

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,332,953 3,306,225 3,341,965 3,299,505 132,499 177,062 128,090 161,313 4.0 5.4 3.8 4.9

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,161,146 14,026,650 14,262,779 14,049,170 526,436 1,025,977 501,576 1,059,622 3.7 7.3 3.5 7.5

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,629,243 1,641,309 1,640,139 1,640,927 43,232 56,740 43,633 58,550 2.7 3.5 2.7 3.6

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343,783 311,722 343,087 310,194 10,327 11,471 8,861 10,091 3.0 3.7 2.6 3.3

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,437,563 4,218,059 4,461,764 4,228,227 123,101 239,627 111,375 227,707 2.8 5.7 2.5 5.4

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,954,032 3,845,838 3,988,229 3,874,686 180,264 260,249 177,565 247,316 4.6 6.8 4.5 6.4

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,747,143 1,744,281 1,766,052 1,765,096 46,424 114,947 45,152 97,640 2.7 6.6 2.6 5.5

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 799,650 783,457 805,171 790,365 45,180 55,551 46,326 54,419 5.6 7.1 5.8 6.9

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,057,272 3,032,623 3,070,731 3,056,098 107,294 136,654 107,685 148,095 3.5 4.5 3.5 4.8

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296,026 294,201 297,365 295,046 14,396 18,294 14,440 19,037 4.9 6.2 4.9 6.5

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,049,920 1,037,203 1,056,845 1,044,854 100,999 93,665 82,583 80,964 9.6 9.0 7.8 7.7

1 Metropolitan division.

2 Metropolitan statistical area.

p Preliminary

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

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

the following month.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Total1 Construction Manufacturing

Feb.

2020

Dec.

2020

Jan.

2021

Feb.

2021p

Feb.

2020

Dec.

2020

Jan.

2021

Feb.

2021p

Feb.

2020

Dec.

2020

Jan.

2021

Feb.

2021p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,086.5 2,012.5 2,014.3 2,018.4 95.0 96.4 95.4 94.5 270.7 260.6 264.1 265.4

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329.8 304.1 303.7 305.7 16.6 17.1 17.0 16.7 13.0 13.6 12.6 12.6

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,993.1 2,860.3 2,877.6 2,875.3 176.3 172.4 173.7 172.4 180.4 176.4 177.5 179.1

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,292.4 1,257.5 1,259.0 1,255.6 53.4 54.4 55.2 54.3 160.8 156.7 157.4 157.3

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,660.9 15,937.9 15,857.9 15,998.9 913.3 881.1 877.7 878.3 1,327.8 1,246.9 1,242.1 1,251.0

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,819.0 2,626.7 2,657.1 2,662.3 179.3 173.2 172.7 172.3 151.6 145.4 144.8 144.9

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,696.3 1,570.8 1,571.8 1,574.8 59.3 56.7 56.1 56.0 160.9 152.9 152.1 152.2

Delaware2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468.0 442.3 443.3 443.5 23.3 22.5 22.5 22.6 27.0 25.2 25.0 25.0

District of Columbia2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 803.4 733.9 732.5 732.1 15.7 15.7 15.6 15.6 1.2 1.0 1.0 1.0

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,072.1 8,492.0 8,492.5 8,512.1 577.2 561.9 565.4 562.2 389.3 379.2 378.0 378.7

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,666.5 4,449.8 4,451.2 4,452.9 208.3 200.2 201.7 201.3 404.5 389.2 387.1 389.1

Hawaii2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 662.3 541.7 542.5 544.3 37.3 36.0 37.1 36.8 13.7 11.2 11.2 11.1

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 773.4 776.4 780.1 781.3 55.0 57.6 59.5 59.5 69.1 69.7 69.4 69.2

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,142.8 5,637.3 5,660.5 5,681.6 228.1 222.7 218.8 213.2 580.6 548.4 545.9 546.5

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,163.8 3,024.8 3,031.3 3,025.8 149.1 150.3 150.2 144.1 536.0 519.5 520.8 523.3

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,590.9 1,513.4 1,515.2 1,510.5 79.6 77.9 79.3 73.8 224.2 218.2 218.4 220.6

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,428.8 1,354.7 1,363.5 1,358.3 64.9 64.6 63.4 60.3 170.4 157.0 157.8 156.5

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,957.0 1,841.8 1,852.3 1,856.6 81.3 79.0 79.2 78.4 250.7 242.1 240.0 241.6

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,993.5 1,834.6 1,834.9 1,838.3 137.0 118.2 117.2 116.6 138.1 130.1 128.2 127.8

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 640.0 601.2 603.0 605.8 30.7 30.7 30.6 30.5 53.8 52.7 52.6 53.3

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,779.0 2,603.9 2,613.8 2,613.1 167.4 162.4 161.7 161.5 112.8 109.8 109.4 108.6

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,733.4 3,356.3 3,394.2 3,408.3 166.4 161.8 163.6 161.3 243.1 230.2 228.5 229.7

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,452.9 4,027.9 4,057.1 4,120.6 177.3 175.0 174.8 171.6 619.2 572.2 573.7 575.5

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,996.3 2,719.6 2,771.2 2,785.1 127.8 122.8 122.4 119.1 323.1 306.3 308.2 306.6

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,163.2 1,125.9 1,123.2 1,116.2 45.1 44.9 44.7 44.0 146.8 142.0 142.0 142.3

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,926.6 2,799.2 2,807.7 2,796.1 129.1 125.5 125.2 122.5 276.5 268.4 270.3 266.2

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488.0 476.4 477.7 477.7 30.7 31.0 31.1 30.5 21.1 20.5 20.6 21.1

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,032.4 998.3 999.3 1,002.1 56.3 55.9 56.2 56.1 99.8 99.0 99.3 99.8

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,442.8 1,277.5 1,286.9 1,289.3 98.8 90.7 91.5 93.0 59.3 56.5 57.0 57.9

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 689.0 639.3 648.3 651.5 28.7 28.1 27.6 28.0 70.8 66.4 66.4 66.3

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,229.6 3,864.9 3,865.7 3,876.4 163.5 151.5 149.5 145.3 251.3 238.8 239.0 240.2

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 861.9 778.4 777.8 784.8 52.0 47.7 48.2 48.8 28.9 25.7 26.0 26.0

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,835.1 8,723.3 8,768.6 8,772.3 408.2 382.1 382.7 367.1 435.0 403.8 401.4 401.5

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,626.6 4,435.8 4,438.5 4,452.9 235.8 230.7 232.3 234.2 474.9 457.7 455.4 456.1

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440.3 407.9 411.1 411.8 28.2 26.9 27.1 26.3 26.5 24.9 25.4 25.5

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,609.9 5,277.8 5,304.3 5,295.9 232.0 222.2 223.2 223.1 694.0 657.6 657.7 657.4

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,701.7 1,614.1 1,620.5 1,609.8 81.8 77.5 79.3 76.2 138.8 129.5 128.5 128.9

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,973.0 1,798.2 1,805.2 1,819.1 113.3 109.6 109.0 109.0 195.8 184.4 184.8 184.5

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,092.6 5,602.4 5,640.1 5,656.7 264.6 251.4 251.6 253.0 570.8 538.7 537.0 537.6

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507.2 457.8 463.2 462.9 20.3 19.7 19.7 19.7 39.8 37.7 37.8 38.0

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,196.4 2,117.3 2,105.0 2,111.3 106.6 105.5 103.1 105.3 257.0 247.6 246.0 246.6

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442.8 431.6 432.0 431.8 23.9 24.0 24.1 24.2 44.5 43.6 43.5 43.3

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,153.7 3,030.5 3,028.8 3,035.1 132.4 129.0 128.8 128.0 354.2 343.9 344.2 342.3

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,970.0 12,365.2 12,404.2 12,376.7 780.7 725.8 726.6 724.3 910.2 858.2 858.9 856.3

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,572.2 1,565.1 1,570.1 1,578.0 114.2 118.5 117.9 120.9 137.2 140.1 138.5 139.6

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314.5 286.1 287.4 286.9 15.3 14.5 14.7 14.7 29.9 28.7 28.6 28.9

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,091.0 3,881.1 3,897.4 3,893.7 207.8 207.1 207.5 206.9 243.5 235.9 235.0 234.7

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,513.1 3,266.8 3,271.9 3,300.6 223.2 222.2 222.2 223.4 293.1 261.2 260.2 260.4

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 718.7 671.9 676.3 679.3 33.4 30.6 30.4 30.3 46.9 44.5 44.4 44.3

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,997.8 2,831.1 2,837.7 2,833.2 126.9 126.7 123.0 118.9 479.1 467.1 467.5 467.9

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288.6 273.7 273.0 273.5 22.9 20.7 20.2 19.7 9.9 9.2 9.4 9.5

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 883.5 837.3 847.4 847.9 27.9 27.4 29.7 29.9 75.7 76.3 76.7 77.1

Virgin Islands3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.8 33.9 34.1 33.9 4.6 2.8 2.8 2.8 – – – –

1

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

2 Mining and logging is combined with construction.

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

cannot be separated with sufficient precision.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2020 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

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

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

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

Feb.

2020

Dec.

2020

Jan.

2021

Feb.

2021p

Feb.

2020

Dec.

2020

Jan.

2021

Feb.

2021p

Feb.

2020

Dec.

2020

Jan.

2021

Feb.

2021p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383.6 379.1 377.2 382.4 97.8 97.0 96.0 94.7 253.2 250.4 251.5 251.9

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.3 59.0 58.9 60.3 11.4 10.6 10.5 10.6 28.2 26.4 26.6 26.7

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 553.4 565.8 563.9 570.3 233.7 231.4 230.3 229.8 451.5 426.1 432.8 432.1

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252.5 253.7 252.7 252.3 64.3 63.6 63.9 63.7 145.1 142.5 143.3 143.1

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,067.0 2,941.6 2,952.7 2,960.9 848.8 810.0 809.0 807.1 2,771.3 2,611.1 2,609.7 2,615.1

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482.6 483.4 484.4 484.2 176.1 174.3 175.3 174.2 447.5 434.7 439.2 436.3

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293.2 287.5 290.6 292.8 122.8 119.8 118.9 118.3 216.8 203.6 203.3 205.7

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.8 81.9 80.9 81.3 47.7 46.5 47.0 46.9 64.6 60.6 61.6 61.9

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.1 29.3 29.3 29.3 29.8 27.9 28.2 28.2 174.5 164.2 165.0 165.0

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,817.5 1,742.4 1,748.5 1,757.9 603.9 597.6 597.5 599.7 1,408.2 1,366.2 1,366.2 1,373.0

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 951.7 947.2 946.9 951.7 255.0 252.7 250.0 248.7 730.1 704.2 707.0 708.0

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125.8 100.9 100.5 101.2 30.0 26.4 26.5 26.5 74.8 65.0 66.2 67.5

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147.1 153.7 153.6 154.6 37.2 39.0 39.7 39.7 99.8 100.8 101.0 100.9

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,206.2 1,174.9 1,179.0 1,181.4 414.9 403.6 403.0 401.7 946.5 906.3 913.1 908.6

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 599.1 605.1 606.0 600.5 143.5 141.0 140.7 139.8 347.4 333.9 334.1 335.4

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309.8 308.2 307.2 306.6 110.3 109.6 109.8 110.1 140.0 136.4 136.0 134.3

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267.1 263.4 267.9 266.2 78.2 76.9 76.3 76.0 175.7 170.3 170.6 170.0

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405.7 404.5 404.5 403.3 94.6 94.0 95.4 95.0 218.0 209.1 211.5 212.0

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377.9 363.9 362.0 364.9 94.1 86.4 87.1 88.2 218.2 204.0 204.1 206.5

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118.1 113.4 113.8 114.6 33.2 32.7 32.7 32.4 70.1 68.8 69.1 70.4

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472.8 460.2 461.5 460.6 142.1 135.7 137.0 134.9 460.7 448.1 451.6 454.8

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579.6 549.6 552.8 554.8 222.9 216.3 218.6 219.4 612.7 583.0 588.5 597.9

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 798.4 769.9 774.6 778.2 229.6 224.5 224.1 224.7 654.2 609.4 612.6 614.9

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530.3 502.8 503.9 505.6 196.1 194.8 194.4 195.0 384.1 355.9 356.7 356.8

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230.8 233.0 232.7 233.5 44.2 42.4 42.3 42.0 110.1 108.9 107.7 108.2

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541.4 543.7 542.1 541.7 176.5 176.0 172.9 172.0 384.2 368.4 373.3 370.1

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94.5 94.2 94.5 94.6 26.6 26.3 26.0 25.6 44.4 45.0 45.2 45.3

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196.6 195.9 195.4 194.6 75.4 74.6 74.4 73.9 121.5 117.5 117.9 118.7

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266.0 271.2 271.4 273.3 70.3 67.6 67.9 67.0 202.6 179.7 180.3 180.7

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139.9 136.7 136.8 138.7 34.3 33.9 33.8 34.1 85.0 84.5 87.4 87.6

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 890.6 848.1 842.5 843.7 252.2 244.3 248.5 248.9 687.6 648.8 649.3 652.7

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137.2 131.5 132.0 133.6 35.8 32.7 32.2 31.9 113.5 107.4 108.7 108.5

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,550.1 1,383.0 1,388.1 1,390.7 734.6 701.9 702.7 701.0 1,356.7 1,232.7 1,240.0 1,242.9

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 856.4 861.2 865.7 869.6 257.9 258.9 257.2 257.5 657.3 657.3 657.9 664.6

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93.3 89.4 89.4 89.4 25.0 24.5 24.6 24.6 33.5 31.1 31.0 31.3

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,034.7 1,028.4 1,030.7 1,031.6 308.0 306.1 307.9 308.3 732.4 696.2 697.0 695.6

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306.4 302.6 304.5 304.3 78.5 77.4 76.9 75.5 196.2 182.4 184.9 182.3

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361.7 356.6 358.2 360.2 105.7 101.3 102.2 102.7 257.4 246.8 245.7 244.8

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,129.4 1,093.2 1,100.4 1,101.7 333.4 323.7 323.3 323.6 812.8 758.1 771.6 770.3

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77.1 73.2 74.4 74.4 35.7 34.3 34.2 34.0 68.6 65.2 63.8 64.4

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410.5 408.3 408.0 414.2 107.1 106.3 105.7 105.9 292.6 287.4 286.3 287.6

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86.0 86.4 85.9 86.1 28.8 28.6 28.2 28.2 33.5 32.5 32.2 32.1

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 641.9 640.4 640.9 640.1 174.8 170.9 170.9 169.6 434.1 427.7 428.2 432.8

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,534.7 2,514.7 2,521.8 2,536.6 818.2 807.0 815.8 814.8 1,833.7 1,807.8 1,821.5 1,798.5

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290.2 298.7 299.1 301.0 93.1 96.3 97.4 97.8 225.7 233.9 236.8 235.9

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.8 51.1 50.9 50.3 12.3 11.8 11.9 11.8 30.0 29.6 29.6 29.6

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 659.9 649.7 655.3 657.6 214.3 208.4 207.7 207.2 776.4 766.1 766.8 765.5

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 651.9 643.8 641.7 646.5 162.9 158.5 157.3 158.1 444.2 438.1 433.6 436.1

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125.6 120.3 122.1 122.0 29.9 29.3 28.7 28.5 68.9 65.7 66.5 66.6

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535.9 525.8 528.0 528.6 154.9 150.9 150.3 150.4 324.9 316.5 319.1 321.6

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.7 50.8 50.8 51.3 11.2 11.0 10.9 11.0 19.1 18.6 18.7 18.7

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173.5 167.9 168.9 170.0 45.1 42.8 43.1 43.3 124.6 117.0 119.5 118.6

Virgin Islands1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.1 6.4 6.5 6.3 – – – – – – – –

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

components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2020 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

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

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Education and health services Leisure and hospitality Government

Feb.

2020

Dec.

2020

Jan.

2021

Feb.

2021p

Feb.

2020

Dec.

2020

Jan.

2021

Feb.

2021p

Feb.

2020

Dec.

2020

Jan.

2021

Feb.

2021p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252.3 237.2 237.7 235.4 209.1 188.8 189.7 191.5 394.5 383.4 383.1 382.9

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.3 49.2 49.2 49.1 36.1 26.1 27.1 27.3 79.3 77.0 76.5 76.8

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477.4 464.7 465.5 465.4 338.2 276.6 279.9 278.6 424.9 401.4 407.0 399.1

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195.3 187.9 187.5 187.8 122.9 111.6 111.4 109.2 213.4 205.2 205.3 205.2

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,862.5 2,734.8 2,724.5 2,737.5 2,058.2 1,326.7 1,257.7 1,359.9 2,615.3 2,403.4 2,405.0 2,399.0

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353.9 338.2 339.0 341.2 346.9 244.8 264.8 274.5 461.2 432.9 436.8 435.1

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351.6 323.0 324.3 323.5 158.2 118.9 118.9 120.2 235.8 221.1 221.0 220.0

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.7 77.7 77.0 76.9 52.8 43.6 44.1 43.5 67.4 64.9 65.3 65.6

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130.1 122.9 123.9 123.4 82.3 39.4 37.6 39.6 238.1 242.7 241.7 240.7

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,368.9 1,306.1 1,308.4 1,310.3 1,276.5 1,000.6 990.7 990.3 1,132.6 1,083.3 1,080.7 1,081.1

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 616.9 589.1 589.6 591.7 508.2 425.6 421.5 421.9 693.7 671.2 672.0 667.7

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88.0 81.5 81.9 82.1 127.6 75.0 74.6 76.0 127.0 116.9 116.3 115.1

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114.5 112.0 112.9 113.8 84.8 83.4 82.3 82.3 127.3 124.1 125.8 125.5

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 949.8 883.2 886.4 886.9 629.9 407.1 411.9 444.2 827.7 767.4 775.8 773.6

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481.5 461.3 461.5 462.4 315.6 270.7 272.7 274.2 428.4 401.7 402.7 403.8

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237.3 220.6 221.0 220.5 145.2 117.7 118.7 119.9 263.4 248.7 249.3 249.1

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205.2 196.5 198.1 197.1 130.9 109.9 111.3 115.2 260.1 245.4 247.1 246.1

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290.8 277.2 275.5 275.5 204.8 158.2 167.1 167.9 312.1 289.0 290.1 294.3

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326.8 311.9 314.0 313.3 238.6 195.0 192.7 194.9 331.1 313.5 316.8 315.9

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129.8 125.3 124.6 124.7 70.6 53.9 54.4 54.5 102.1 94.2 95.8 96.1

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477.5 446.9 447.2 448.5 284.1 217.0 213.7 216.1 509.9 490.2 497.3 493.4

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 827.2 740.3 751.9 753.2 383.3 255.0 257.5 267.8 461.1 419.4 429.1 420.9

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 692.3 638.4 643.1 642.9 435.5 276.6 285.9 341.7 616.9 562.2 569.7 570.5

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563.7 533.1 539.1 541.1 276.7 160.9 194.8 208.3 426.5 399.6 403.0 405.9

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146.9 139.0 139.1 137.8 139.0 123.8 124.0 120.4 242.7 236.6 235.4 232.8

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 498.3 482.9 484.2 481.3 312.5 253.5 257.1 260.2 438.9 421.4 422.0 421.8

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.9 78.9 78.5 78.3 67.6 61.8 62.1 62.4 91.0 88.2 88.6 88.5

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156.7 155.3 155.3 156.3 95.1 79.5 82.0 82.2 175.2 168.1 165.8 167.6

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149.1 142.9 144.3 144.4 356.3 247.3 247.7 248.6 166.9 157.0 161.2 158.6

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126.6 116.9 116.9 117.3 73.8 59.2 61.0 60.9 90.8 79.4 84.3 84.5

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 731.4 665.0 666.3 669.4 400.0 289.1 293.1 299.5 605.7 568.1 566.9 565.5

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141.4 135.0 134.9 135.3 100.8 72.7 71.4 76.2 187.8 174.3 172.3 172.7

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,166.0 1,994.2 1,996.6 1,999.7 966.6 593.6 609.7 628.4 1,502.5 1,429.2 1,441.4 1,433.6

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 632.2 597.8 597.4 597.9 522.4 433.9 435.1 437.5 738.2 701.7 699.1 698.2

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.7 65.5 65.5 66.1 40.9 33.8 34.9 35.3 82.8 78.5 79.9 80.2

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 946.0 890.9 899.6 886.9 574.8 470.3 480.9 485.2 795.0 742.9 744.6 744.8

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243.1 232.9 233.3 231.1 175.4 161.1 162.9 163.6 354.9 342.5 341.1 339.7

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315.4 291.9 294.1 294.4 216.3 136.8 139.0 150.1 300.0 274.5 275.0 275.4

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,308.6 1,223.8 1,233.9 1,233.1 584.2 415.3 426.4 439.2 709.2 670.3 669.2 667.6

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110.4 98.5 100.4 98.8 60.8 43.4 45.9 45.9 65.5 61.4 61.7 61.9

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261.1 251.6 251.3 251.2 273.4 241.5 238.1 235.7 377.7 365.9 362.3 360.8

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.6 74.2 74.1 74.0 47.9 41.7 42.0 41.9 80.1 77.5 78.4 78.9

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447.7 429.4 431.1 432.2 351.8 294.6 292.4 296.1 441.9 428.1 425.9 427.0

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,775.8 1,703.0 1,706.2 1,705.4 1,416.4 1,214.5 1,216.6 1,210.8 2,000.0 1,961.1 1,959.4 1,951.2

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212.6 207.0 209.0 209.1 156.1 141.1 141.8 141.9 252.3 242.8 243.0 244.3

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.5 62.1 62.4 61.9 36.4 23.9 24.4 24.6 56.0 50.7 50.8 51.1

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 557.9 528.5 530.8 535.0 421.6 335.6 337.7 335.1 737.2 698.8 705.1 701.5

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507.3 495.2 502.7 505.1 350.0 231.4 237.4 252.9 592.6 542.9 542.7 543.6

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133.0 127.6 128.3 128.5 75.1 62.2 62.8 63.6 154.3 145.4 146.0 148.1

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469.4 448.3 447.6 445.6 288.1 224.0 225.4 226.5 414.0 378.2 382.5 379.0

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.0 28.7 28.5 28.3 37.5 35.8 35.6 35.9 68.1 66.0 66.0 65.8

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119.6 108.7 111.2 111.0 80.8 70.5 70.9 71.5 199.0 195.4 195.8 194.9

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.4 2.1 2.1 2.1 6.2 4.4 4.4 4.4 10.7 10.4 10.5 10.4

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2020 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Total Mining and logging Construction

January February January February January February

2020 2021 2020 2021p2020 2021 2020 2021p2020 2021 2020 2021p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,062.7 1,993.8 2,073.8 2,008.3 9.9 9.6 9.9 9.7 93.5 92.0 93.6 91.8

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310.9 287.0 317.3 294.5 13.1 9.8 13.3 10.0 13.8 14.5 14.3 14.5

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,985.3 2,868.2 3,007.6 2,885.3 13.0 12.4 12.7 12.5 173.0 171.3 175.2 170.3

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,282.0 1,245.6 1,287.6 1,246.1 5.7 5.2 5.5 5.2 51.9 53.8 51.8 52.4

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,481.8 15,740.5 17,604.1 15,937.9 21.5 18.5 21.6 17.8 876.1 854.1 891.9 859.6

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,786.6 2,628.2 2,797.5 2,646.5 26.6 19.2 26.4 18.8 173.6 167.2 172.8 165.3

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,676.7 1,547.1 1,675.7 1,553.6 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.4 53.6 51.1 53.3 50.6

Delaware1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458.0 434.0 459.3 435.0 – – – – 22.5 21.6 22.5 21.5

District of Columbia1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 796.6 726.2 801.9 729.6 – – – – 15.0 15.3 15.2 15.3

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,045.9 8,461.0 9,110.4 8,532.9 5.5 5.4 5.5 5.5 567.9 557.3 574.5 558.1

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,626.7 4,417.4 4,646.2 4,433.8 9.5 9.6 9.6 9.6 203.8 198.0 206.5 200.4

Hawaii1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 659.2 539.9 663.9 546.9 – – – – 36.4 36.5 36.8 36.7

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 757.4 762.6 763.8 770.8 3.7 3.6 3.6 3.5 51.3 55.4 51.9 55.9

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,032.5 5,547.1 6,044.4 5,590.0 7.3 6.4 7.2 5.9 204.0 193.2 202.0 184.2

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,120.3 2,978.6 3,131.8 2,991.5 6.0 5.0 5.7 5.0 138.6 140.4 138.7 134.1

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,561.9 1,483.9 1,567.2 1,486.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.1 68.9 67.4 67.4 61.8

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,413.3 1,345.6 1,418.7 1,346.2 6.4 5.7 6.4 5.6 60.5 59.8 61.0 55.4

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,929.3 1,825.9 1,935.2 1,833.1 8.9 7.2 8.4 7.2 76.3 75.7 75.4 73.1

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,977.7 1,815.9 1,988.6 1,830.6 35.0 27.7 35.0 27.2 133.1 113.9 135.5 115.6

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 621.2 582.9 621.9 589.3 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 28.5 27.6 28.1 27.0

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,725.7 2,564.9 2,741.2 2,579.0 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.2 162.6 158.1 161.7 155.7

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,643.7 3,309.3 3,668.2 3,338.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8 154.3 151.7 153.4 147.5

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,373.4 3,975.9 4,396.8 4,060.7 6.6 6.7 6.5 6.7 161.0 161.0 159.5 155.2

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,946.7 2,716.6 2,949.2 2,735.2 6.2 5.8 6.3 5.8 111.3 106.6 109.8 101.1

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,151.3 1,112.2 1,158.1 1,111.4 6.5 5.6 6.4 5.6 43.9 43.2 44.1 42.8

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,881.7 2,763.0 2,892.3 2,759.1 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.3 121.9 118.9 120.9 113.4

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477.1 465.0 478.6 467.4 6.8 6.3 6.8 6.4 27.1 27.4 27.0 26.3

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,016.7 984.2 1,018.5 987.5 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 51.8 51.9 51.6 51.0

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,424.9 1,270.2 1,434.1 1,280.6 14.7 14.4 14.7 14.4 96.9 88.0 97.3 90.2

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 673.9 636.3 683.5 644.6 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 27.1 25.8 26.8 26.2

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,147.1 3,790.0 4,158.3 3,811.0 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.3 153.9 139.3 152.9 133.8

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 854.6 767.6 858.6 779.2 25.0 16.9 25.3 17.4 50.8 47.1 51.0 48.0

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,647.2 8,583.4 9,727.1 8,653.8 4.7 4.8 4.8 4.8 382.6 352.8 381.9 337.1

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,579.0 4,395.2 4,602.5 4,424.4 5.7 5.6 5.8 5.7 229.6 225.7 231.4 229.9

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431.5 402.3 432.8 403.8 20.3 13.0 20.5 12.8 23.9 22.7 23.1 21.5

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,517.5 5,194.4 5,532.3 5,215.9 10.3 8.8 10.2 8.5 211.2 202.3 210.8 199.8

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,685.4 1,600.6 1,693.1 1,596.7 39.1 24.9 38.4 24.7 80.5 77.4 79.9 74.3

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,945.4 1,781.8 1,957.2 1,802.3 6.5 6.4 6.5 6.5 106.3 102.6 108.3 103.9

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,996.4 5,538.1 6,024.4 5,583.7 25.8 20.6 25.5 20.8 244.5 232.4 242.6 232.7

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493.0 448.5 497.9 452.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 18.5 18.4 18.3 17.7

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,167.8 2,072.5 2,175.8 2,090.7 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 105.0 101.8 105.3 105.4

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431.2 421.3 433.5 423.6 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 20.9 21.3 20.6 21.4

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,117.6 3,001.0 3,134.5 3,022.9 4.3 4.2 4.2 4.2 128.1 126.5 128.1 125.0

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,834.3 12,297.3 12,926.2 12,334.7 234.8 176.8 235.0 178.6 764.9 714.7 776.4 716.2

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,556.8 1,552.0 1,567.2 1,566.9 9.1 8.1 9.0 8.1 108.6 111.8 109.8 115.3

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313.1 285.6 315.7 288.2 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 13.9 12.4 13.5 12.1

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,041.4 3,842.0 4,055.2 3,851.5 7.7 6.8 7.6 6.9 201.0 201.2 201.6 200.0

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,465.8 3,231.6 3,478.7 3,265.1 5.5 5.2 5.5 5.2 212.6 213.4 216.1 217.4

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 709.0 664.1 707.7 668.5 20.3 18.1 19.7 18.7 28.8 27.4 27.8 26.4

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,935.3 2,779.3 2,950.2 2,787.2 3.6 3.3 3.6 3.3 114.6 111.3 113.9 105.1

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282.4 265.4 281.8 266.4 19.9 14.6 19.8 14.6 21.0 18.3 20.3 17.4

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 873.1 841.9 878.0 847.9 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 26.6 28.5 27.0 29.8

Virgin Islands1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.4 34.0 39.9 34.0 – – – – 4.7 2.8 4.7 2.8

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 2020 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Manufacturing Trade, transportation, and utilities Information

January February January February January February

2020 2021 2020 2021p

2020 2021 2020 2021p2020 2021 2020 2021p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268.6 262.8 270.4 264.8 381.1 377.3 379.7 380.2 20.8 18.4 20.8 18.6

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.4 8.7 12.4 11.6 60.4 55.6 60.3 56.5 5.2 4.7 5.1 4.7

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180.0 176.9 180.3 178.7 554.0 562.5 550.6 567.0 49.9 44.8 50.1 46.1

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161.0 157.3 161.1 156.7 250.7 250.0 249.1 248.9 12.7 11.6 12.6 11.4

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,312.6 1,228.6 1,319.3 1,242.5 3,068.7 2,956.4 3,038.8 2,938.2 579.4 520.7 592.4 521.1

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150.8 144.3 151.1 144.5 483.0 486.2 477.6 481.6 77.9 73.5 78.2 73.8

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160.1 151.2 160.0 151.0 295.1 289.3 289.0 286.4 31.2 27.6 31.4 27.6

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.2 24.8 27.0 24.8 80.0 80.0 79.4 80.1 3.9 3.6 3.9 3.6

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.3 1.0 1.2 1.0 33.0 28.8 32.7 29.2 20.3 19.1 20.7 19.1

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387.7 375.2 389.5 377.4 1,827.9 1,755.6 1,815.7 1,756.7 138.2 127.3 139.6 129.4

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402.9 386.6 404.7 389.8 951.1 944.2 943.6 944.8 117.2 111.6 120.4 111.5

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.7 11.1 13.7 11.1 126.7 101.0 125.2 100.9 8.6 6.5 9.9 6.5

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.5 68.4 68.7 68.4 145.6 151.8 144.8 152.2 8.0 6.8 8.0 6.9

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 577.8 541.2 578.9 544.0 1,200.8 1,173.7 1,186.8 1,165.4 93.5 85.4 93.9 86.5

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535.3 516.9 535.9 521.1 594.3 596.3 590.9 589.5 28.2 24.6 28.3 24.9

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223.2 217.0 222.7 219.5 308.1 305.2 304.4 301.7 20.7 17.8 20.5 17.8

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170.9 156.4 170.1 155.4 265.6 265.8 263.6 262.8 18.2 16.3 18.2 16.4

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251.1 239.8 250.8 241.4 404.4 401.5 401.3 397.6 21.5 20.2 21.5 20.0

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137.3 126.5 137.9 126.2 378.4 359.8 375.5 361.5 22.0 17.2 22.9 17.2

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.9 51.6 52.7 52.4 116.6 112.1 114.1 111.5 7.0 6.4 7.0 6.4

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111.8 108.9 111.7 108.3 469.5 456.5 463.8 451.6 35.8 31.1 35.6 31.1

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241.6 226.5 241.4 227.5 578.4 549.3 568.4 543.8 93.8 88.1 94.0 87.7

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 615.5 569.8 618.1 572.4 788.3 764.6 782.4 761.9 55.1 48.4 55.0 48.9

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319.6 304.0 319.2 301.3 529.2 499.9 520.9 496.6 46.0 40.3 45.8 40.1

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147.1 141.6 147.2 142.6 230.1 231.7 228.6 231.9 10.4 9.4 10.4 9.4

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272.5 268.3 275.7 265.3 538.0 538.2 533.6 533.2 47.4 44.1 47.3 44.4

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.8 20.1 20.8 20.9 93.3 93.2 92.9 93.1 6.1 5.8 6.1 5.7

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99.3 98.7 99.6 99.4 195.3 193.7 193.7 191.2 17.2 15.9 17.2 15.8

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.7 56.6 59.3 57.8 265.1 270.9 262.7 270.7 15.0 13.3 15.3 13.3

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70.6 66.2 70.4 66.0 140.2 136.3 137.6 135.6 12.4 11.4 12.4 11.6

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249.4 236.7 250.0 238.8 886.3 840.5 875.2 831.9 70.4 64.9 71.0 64.7

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.6 25.6 28.4 25.7 137.0 130.5 135.9 131.7 11.0 8.4 9.9 8.3

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432.0 397.2 431.9 399.6 1,545.8 1,384.3 1,522.0 1,367.1 290.0 260.2 292.3 264.9

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473.4 455.0 474.2 455.9 852.4 859.1 846.4 858.4 75.6 75.9 76.2 76.3

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.0 24.9 26.1 25.1 92.7 88.9 92.0 88.2 6.0 5.7 5.9 5.7

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 693.4 656.2 692.4 658.3 1,029.3 1,023.6 1,018.5 1,017.8 68.2 62.7 68.3 62.8

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139.1 128.1 139.1 128.7 305.1 302.3 302.5 299.2 19.7 17.6 19.8 17.4

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193.9 181.4 193.7 182.2 359.1 356.9 356.1 355.1 34.6 32.7 35.3 32.8

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 568.0 533.8 567.6 534.6 1,127.7 1,097.0 1,115.4 1,085.6 88.7 78.7 88.6 79.7

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.6 37.6 39.8 38.0 76.7 73.6 75.8 72.8 5.8 5.0 5.8 5.0

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256.6 245.4 256.8 246.7 408.1 404.5 405.4 409.3 25.7 25.2 25.7 24.9

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.1 43.1 44.3 43.0 84.9 84.7 84.3 84.8 5.5 4.8 5.5 4.7

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353.5 344.5 353.8 344.7 640.3 641.0 636.8 636.4 44.9 42.7 45.5 43.2

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.0 857.6 909.5 855.3 2,532.4 2,517.5 2,513.9 2,521.8 210.9 199.5 210.9 200.5

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136.5 137.6 136.9 138.8 288.3 296.6 287.0 297.9 39.3 37.5 39.7 38.3

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.7 28.2 29.8 28.7 53.7 50.6 53.2 49.6 4.3 3.9 4.3 3.9

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241.7 233.9 241.9 234.3 657.3 652.1 649.9 647.0 68.1 64.9 68.1 63.9

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289.7 257.4 290.5 257.8 644.9 637.7 640.3 636.6 147.4 152.0 148.2 151.8

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.7 44.2 46.5 44.3 125.4 120.6 122.8 119.0 8.0 7.3 7.9 7.2

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476.1 464.4 474.4 463.5 532.0 524.4 526.0 518.1 47.1 45.5 46.9 45.0

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.0 9.3 9.8 9.3 51.1 49.9 50.6 50.1 3.3 2.8 3.2 2.8

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.7 76.3 75.2 76.9 174.1 169.5 171.9 169.6 18.6 14.7 18.6 14.6

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 7.3 6.5 7.2 6.4 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.5

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2020 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Financial activities Professional and business services Education and health services

January February January February January February

2020 2021 2020 2021p

2020 2021 2020 2021p2020 2021 2020 2021p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96.8 95.3 97.1 93.9 249.6 246.3 251.5 249.6 250.2 236.5 252.5 236.8

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.1 10.2 11.1 10.5 26.9 25.2 27.2 25.7 51.2 49.3 51.4 49.4

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232.7 230.3 233.9 230.8 450.7 431.7 451.1 432.2 478.7 465.4 480.2 467.0

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.1 63.9 64.1 63.1 143.5 140.4 145.4 142.4 195.0 187.5 196.0 188.4

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 843.2 807.0 847.8 806.2 2,727.0 2,581.1 2,753.3 2,605.4 2,850.6 2,713.4 2,886.3 2,744.4

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175.3 174.4 175.9 173.6 437.1 429.3 439.8 428.2 352.2 338.2 354.6 344.1

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122.0 118.3 121.8 117.7 213.7 197.6 211.9 200.9 349.2 321.7 353.3 325.5

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.6 46.8 47.7 46.6 63.4 61.0 62.7 61.0 80.8 76.6 81.7 76.7

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.7 27.9 29.7 28.0 173.1 163.8 174.2 164.2 131.1 123.4 133.5 125.8

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600.3 595.0 602.7 598.9 1,397.4 1,357.1 1,409.8 1,372.6 1,361.2 1,303.0 1,375.9 1,315.4

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253.8 249.3 254.5 248.9 722.2 701.1 726.6 704.1 615.5 587.9 620.2 593.9

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.8 26.5 29.9 26.5 74.8 65.7 74.8 67.6 88.0 81.1 88.5 82.1

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.7 39.3 36.9 39.4 96.6 97.9 97.5 98.7 114.8 112.6 115.5 114.5

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410.4 400.2 410.8 399.4 920.7 886.6 925.8 885.6 943.7 882.4 952.6 893.1

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141.5 140.6 142.2 139.3 337.8 323.0 338.8 325.2 479.5 459.8 483.2 466.2

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109.5 109.3 109.7 109.5 136.8 133.0 137.2 131.4 234.6 220.0 241.0 223.2

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77.7 75.5 77.7 75.4 172.3 167.4 172.5 167.1 204.4 197.6 205.6 197.5

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93.8 95.0 93.9 94.6 213.7 207.9 214.0 208.0 287.9 274.5 291.3 276.8

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93.5 86.9 93.9 88.3 215.8 202.1 218.3 205.3 324.7 312.9 326.2 313.6

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.0 32.2 32.8 31.9 68.0 67.3 68.6 69.0 129.9 124.0 130.8 125.4

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141.2 135.7 141.3 134.0 452.9 445.9 452.1 447.7 472.8 444.3 477.9 450.1

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221.0 216.9 221.0 217.8 595.2 571.5 597.6 583.4 812.4 743.8 831.8 756.6

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226.2 221.7 227.5 222.7 643.0 603.3 649.3 609.5 687.1 637.3 692.6 645.4

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194.7 192.9 194.9 193.8 376.0 348.4 377.2 349.9 558.0 533.8 566.1 540.5

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.0 42.1 44.1 41.8 108.8 106.0 110.4 106.5 146.4 139.0 147.5 138.8

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175.0 171.1 175.2 171.1 377.8 366.6 379.7 366.0 497.7 484.6 501.4 485.2

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.3 26.0 26.3 25.6 42.7 43.5 43.2 43.7 80.3 78.5 80.5 78.6

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.9 73.9 75.0 73.2 119.0 115.9 119.4 117.3 156.1 154.8 157.2 156.5

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69.7 67.8 69.9 67.0 201.9 178.8 200.7 179.6 147.7 143.9 149.0 144.4

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.0 33.6 34.2 34.1 82.7 85.3 83.3 86.3 122.3 116.2 129.1 118.4

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249.5 246.4 249.9 247.5 670.4 629.5 669.3 636.4 726.7 663.5 733.4 672.0

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.8 32.0 35.8 31.7 111.9 107.1 112.7 107.3 142.3 135.4 142.4 136.2

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 727.0 697.1 729.4 694.8 1,325.0 1,216.2 1,333.6 1,226.0 2,143.3 1,980.7 2,198.8 2,017.8

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254.2 254.2 255.9 255.3 646.8 649.8 652.9 658.6 630.3 594.5 634.8 599.1

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.0 24.4 25.0 24.6 32.5 30.2 32.6 30.3 67.9 65.2 68.0 65.8

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305.9 305.2 306.0 305.7 717.1 676.2 717.9 675.3 942.0 891.5 947.8 891.3

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78.0 76.5 77.9 75.5 192.3 180.3 193.5 178.1 241.8 232.1 242.8 231.2

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104.1 101.6 104.6 102.2 253.0 241.8 255.0 242.3 314.5 294.0 318.2 297.0

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330.7 321.6 331.3 321.8 795.9 755.8 797.3 757.1 1,296.8 1,218.9 1,324.2 1,244.2

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.4 33.8 35.6 33.8 66.6 61.8 66.6 62.0 107.4 98.0 111.2 100.6

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.8 104.9 106.3 105.1 289.5 282.3 289.6 285.5 259.8 249.3 262.2 250.4

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.6 28.0 28.5 28.0 32.8 31.9 32.8 32.0 74.2 73.8 75.1 74.6

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173.7 170.2 174.2 168.2 426.3 423.6 428.6 428.8 447.0 427.3 450.8 434.1

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 811.4 812.8 815.4 810.3 1,804.6 1,796.7 1,826.2 1,787.7 1,760.8 1,697.7 1,776.1 1,706.5

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92.2 96.8 92.8 97.3 220.6 230.3 222.0 230.5 214.9 209.8 216.9 210.8

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.2 11.6 12.2 11.7 28.8 28.6 29.0 28.8 65.4 62.3 66.1 62.7

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212.9 206.6 213.1 206.4 768.8 755.7 770.2 756.3 556.4 528.2 561.7 536.6

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161.2 155.8 161.6 157.0 434.2 423.4 436.9 427.7 506.8 503.4 511.8 508.3

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.6 28.6 29.7 28.3 67.2 65.0 67.8 65.4 131.9 128.0 133.0 128.9

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153.5 149.4 153.5 149.4 319.0 311.1 319.3 315.8 465.9 444.2 469.3 446.7

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.2 10.9 11.1 10.9 18.1 18.3 18.1 18.0 29.1 28.4 29.3 28.7

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.9 43.1 45.0 43.3 122.6 118.9 123.9 118.7 115.0 108.1 118.6 111.3

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.9 1.8 2.0 1.8 3.7 3.4 3.6 3.4 2.3 2.1 2.4 2.1

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2020 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Leisure and hospitality Other services Government

January February January February January February

2020 2021 2020 2021p

2020 2021 2020 2021p2020 2021 2020 2021p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200.6 182.0 204.0 186.6 99.0 91.2 99.4 90.9 392.6 382.4 394.9 385.4

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.3 22.6 31.3 23.3 10.8 10.0 10.9 10.3 78.7 76.4 80.0 78.0

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333.6 276.3 340.6 279.4 94.2 88.7 94.8 89.8 425.5 407.9 438.1 411.5

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117.7 105.7 119.8 104.4 65.9 64.7 66.1 65.6 213.8 205.5 216.1 207.6

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,003.7 1,217.5 2,028.3 1,331.5 578.7 430.7 588.9 449.7 2,620.3 2,412.5 2,635.5 2,421.5

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344.4 263.6 343.7 272.8 114.2 106.4 114.7 106.9 451.5 425.9 462.7 436.9

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148.1 109.8 148.4 111.1 64.7 57.8 64.6 56.8 238.5 222.3 241.5 225.6

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.8 38.8 48.2 38.5 18.6 16.1 18.6 16.1 66.2 64.7 67.6 66.1

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78.9 35.8 79.7 38.1 77.4 70.2 77.7 69.5 236.8 240.9 237.3 239.4

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,260.3 972.4 1,287.5 994.9 353.5 322.2 355.8 325.0 1,146.0 1,090.5 1,153.9 1,099.0

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489.7 407.7 494.8 410.4 166.9 148.9 167.6 149.3 694.1 672.5 697.7 671.1

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127.1 74.6 127.1 76.0 28.1 21.4 28.2 21.6 126.0 115.5 129.8 117.9

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.7 78.4 81.4 79.1 26.4 24.9 26.5 25.0 125.1 123.5 129.0 127.2

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 597.4 383.6 598.4 414.6 254.5 232.3 255.2 231.3 822.4 762.1 832.8 780.0

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301.3 256.6 304.5 261.1 126.6 111.9 127.2 111.6 431.2 403.5 436.4 413.5

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136.5 108.4 138.0 111.3 58.1 55.0 57.6 54.9 263.5 248.8 266.7 252.8

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125.2 106.1 126.5 110.4 51.3 48.7 51.6 48.8 260.8 246.3 265.5 251.4

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194.5 156.5 195.9 158.4 67.4 61.3 68.2 60.8 309.8 286.3 314.5 295.2

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234.3 188.1 235.7 191.5 73.1 66.2 73.7 65.2 330.5 314.6 334.0 319.0

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.6 43.1 59.5 44.7 21.9 20.7 22.1 20.6 102.6 95.7 104.0 98.2

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264.6 195.5 265.8 198.2 113.2 100.8 113.2 100.9 500.0 486.9 516.8 500.2

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354.1 225.4 354.1 234.9 137.0 111.4 137.2 110.2 455.0 423.8 468.4 428.7

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410.7 257.7 412.9 314.1 164.4 140.1 165.1 142.5 615.5 565.3 627.9 581.4

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262.3 178.9 262.1 193.6 113.8 100.9 113.9 99.7 429.6 405.1 433.0 412.8

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132.0 119.2 133.9 117.6 40.3 40.2 40.5 40.2 241.8 234.2 245.0 234.2

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292.8 235.3 294.4 239.7 115.8 110.3 115.8 109.6 438.5 421.3 444.0 426.9

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.4 58.3 64.7 59.2 18.8 18.5 18.9 18.8 90.5 87.4 91.4 89.1

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90.5 77.4 91.0 78.1 37.3 35.5 37.3 35.6 174.4 165.6 175.6 168.5

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348.5 240.8 352.7 244.0 42.2 36.7 42.7 37.4 164.5 159.0 169.8 161.8

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69.2 55.6 69.4 55.7 25.3 21.5 25.3 21.2 89.2 83.5 94.1 88.6

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365.6 261.5 367.9 267.6 171.6 141.0 172.0 141.7 601.9 565.4 615.3 575.3

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98.4 68.8 98.4 72.8 28.3 26.0 28.4 25.7 185.5 169.8 190.4 174.4

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 904.7 543.6 914.9 573.1 411.0 330.9 412.1 332.2 1,481.1 1,415.6 1,505.4 1,436.4

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 496.8 411.4 500.9 417.1 167.4 155.8 168.3 154.7 746.8 708.2 755.7 713.4

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.1 33.0 39.6 34.1 15.6 14.4 15.6 14.3 82.5 79.9 84.4 81.4

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542.5 445.8 546.6 453.0 210.9 188.5 211.2 188.9 786.7 733.6 802.6 754.5

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169.4 158.2 171.0 158.8 68.0 65.8 68.2 65.2 352.4 337.4 360.0 343.6

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207.0 130.7 208.5 141.3 64.3 57.6 64.8 58.7 302.1 276.1 306.2 280.3

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 550.4 391.9 551.0 405.9 259.8 222.2 260.9 224.9 708.1 665.2 720.0 676.4

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.1 38.6 55.7 39.7 22.5 19.5 22.6 19.9 66.2 62.0 66.3 62.4

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256.6 219.7 260.4 221.6 79.4 73.7 79.8 73.9 376.9 361.3 379.9 363.5

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.9 37.9 44.1 38.0 16.8 17.2 16.8 17.0 78.6 77.7 80.6 79.2

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336.8 279.9 338.2 285.0 122.5 116.3 123.5 117.9 440.2 424.8 450.8 435.4

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,369.7 1,175.6 1,388.5 1,183.7 440.6 393.8 447.4 395.9 1,997.2 1,954.6 2,026.9 1,978.2

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152.8 141.3 155.3 142.1 41.2 40.2 41.4 40.8 253.3 242.0 256.4 247.0

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.7 27.2 39.1 27.2 10.0 9.2 10.1 9.3 55.6 50.9 57.7 53.5

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399.6 315.0 401.5 313.9 195.5 177.7 195.4 177.6 732.4 699.9 744.2 708.6

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337.2 224.7 338.0 241.8 130.7 113.7 131.5 114.5 595.6 544.9 598.3 547.0

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71.5 59.4 72.3 60.6 23.6 21.4 23.6 21.2 156.0 144.1 156.6 148.5

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269.8 205.3 270.0 206.1 151.6 144.0 151.8 145.3 402.1 376.4 421.5 388.9

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.1 32.6 34.8 32.8 16.1 15.3 16.1 15.9 67.5 65.0 68.7 65.9

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.3 70.8 80.2 71.5 17.9 16.1 18.0 16.2 197.8 195.3 199.0 195.4

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.1 4.4 6.2 4.4 1.6 1.4 1.8 1.4 10.4 10.3 10.6 10.4

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2020 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

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

N.M.

CALIF.

NEV.

MONT.

ARIZ.

ORE.

S.D.

WYO.

KAN. MO.

N.D.

COLO.

NEB.

GA.

UTAH ILL.

MINN.

LA.

PA.

IDAHO

FLA.

N.Y

KY.

WIS.

N.C.

VA.

OKLA.

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ARK.

IOWA

WASH.

MISS.

IND.

OHIO

S.C.

MICH.

TENN.

W.VA.

MD.

Map 1. Unemployment rates by state, seasonally February 2021

(U.S. rate = 6.2 percent)

HAWAII

ALASKA
WASH.

ORE.

CALIF.

IDAHO

NEV.

ARIZ.

MONT.

WYO.

COLO.

N.M.

N.D.

S.D.

NEB.

KAN.

OKLA.

TEXAS

MINN.

IOWA

MO.

ARK.

LA.

WIS.

ILL.

MICH.

IND. OHIO

KY.

TENN.

MISS. ALA. GA.

S.C.

N.C.

VA. W.VA.

PA.

N.Y.

MAINE

N.H.

VT.

MASS.

R.I.

N.J.

CONN.

DEL.

FLA.

MD. UTAH

ALASKA

HAWAII

D.C.

Above -3.0%

-5.9% to -3.0%

-7.5% to - 6.0%

-10.0% to -7.6%

Below -10.0%

Map 2. Percentage change in nonfarm employment by state,

seasonally adjusted, February 2020 - February 2021