For release 10:00 a.m. (ET) Tuesday, January 25, 2022 USDL-22-0103

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STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT — DECEMBER 2021

Unemployment rates were lower in December in 42 states and the District of Columbia and stable in 8

states, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Forty-eight states and the District had jobless 

rate decreases from a year earlier and two states were little changed. The national unemployment rate, 

3.9 percent, declined by 0.3 percentage point over the month and was 2.8 points lower than in December

2020.

Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 17 states and was essentially unchanged in 33 states and the 

District of Columbia in December 2021. Over the year, 48 states and the District added nonfarm payroll 

jobs and 2 states were essentially unchanged.

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

Nebraska had the lowest jobless rate in December, 1.7 percent, followed by Utah, 1.9 percent. The rates 

in the following 12 states set new series lows (all state series begin in 1976): Arkansas (3.1 percent), 

Georgia (2.6 percent), Idaho (2.4 percent), Indiana (2.7 percent), Kentucky (3.9 percent), Mississippi 

(4.5 percent), Montana (2.5 percent), Nebraska (1.7 percent), Oklahoma (2.3 percent), Utah (1.9

percent), West Virginia (3.7 percent), and Wisconsin (2.8 percent). California and Nevada had the 

highest unemployment rates, 6.5 percent and 6.4 percent, respectively. In total, 17 states and the District 

of Columbia had unemployment rates higher than the U.S. figure of 3.9 percent, 16 states had lower 

rates, and 17 states had rates that were not appreciably different from that of the nation. (See tables A 

and 1 and map 1.)

In December, Massachusetts had the largest over-the-month unemployment rate decrease (-1.3

percentage points). The next largest decline occurred in Arizona (-0.6 percentage point). Eight states had 
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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.)

The largest unemployment rate decrease from December 2020 occurred in Hawaii (-4.6 percentage 

points), closely followed by Massachusetts (-4.5 points). Another three states and the District of 

Columbia experienced declines of 3.0 percentage points or more. (See table C.)

Nonfarm Payroll Employment

Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 17 states and was essentially unchanged in 33 states and the 

District of Columbia in December 2021. The largest job gains occurred in California (+50,700), Texas 

(+50,000), and New York (+45,300). The largest percentage increases occurred in Iowa and West 

Virginia (+0.8 percent each), followed by Massachusetts, Missouri, and Montana (+0.6 percent each). 

(See tables D and 3.)

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

essentially unchanged in 2 states. The largest job increases occurred in California (+954,400), Texas 

(+694,400), and Florida (+479,300). The largest percentage increases occurred in Nevada (+7.4 

percent), Hawaii (+7.1 percent), and Massachusetts (+6.6 percent). (See table E and map 2.)

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The Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment news release for December 2021 is 

scheduled to be released on Wednesday, February 2, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. (ET). The Regional and 

State Unemployment 2021 Annual Averages news release is scheduled to be released on 

Wednesday, March 2, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. (ET). The State Employment and Unemployment news 

release for January 2022 is scheduled to be released on Monday, March 14, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. 

(ET).
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Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic Impact on December 2021

Establishment and Household Survey Data

Data collection for both surveys was affected by the pandemic. In the establishment survey, more data 

continued to be collected by web than in months prior to the pandemic. In the household survey, for the 

safety of both interviewers and respondents, in-person interviews were conducted only when telephone 

interviews could not be done.

For the December 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. These 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-december-2021.htm extensively discusses the impact of a misclassification in the household survey 

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

prior months, this misclassification continued to be widespread geographically, which in turn affected 

the official LAUS estimates for December 2021.

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

survey similar to the Current Population Survey. The Puerto Rico Department of Labor has reported a 

misclassification in its household survey similar in nature to the misclassification in the Current 

Population Survey.

Upcoming Changes to Current Employment Statistics Data

Effective with the release of January 2022 estimates on March 14, 2022, the Current Employment 

Statistics (CES) program will implement a new generation small area model for state and metropolitan 

area series. The new model will replace the CES small domain model and variants of the Fay-Herriot 

model in estimating private sector series with insufficient sample for direct sample-based estimation. 

More information on the new model is detailed in the paper "Bayesian Nonparametric Joint Model for 

Point Estimates and Variances" by Julie Gershunskaya and Terrance Savitsky, available on the BLS 

website at www.bls.gov/osmr/research-papers/2019/st190020.htm.

Also effective with the release of January 2022 estimates, all nonfarm payroll employment estimates for 

states and areas presented in tables 3 and 4 of this news release will be adjusted to 2021 benchmark 

levels. Not seasonally adjusted data beginning with April 2020 and seasonally adjusted data beginning 

with January 2017 are subject to revision. Some not seasonally adjusted and seasonally adjusted series 

may be revised as far back as 1990.
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Upcoming Changes to Local Area Unemployment Statistics Data

Effective with the release of Regional and State Unemployment 2021 Annual Averages on March 2, 

2022, the civilian labor force and unemployment data for the states, the District of Columbia, and the 

modeled substate areas presented in tables 1 and 2 of this news release will be revised to incorporate 

updated inputs, new population controls, reestimation of models, and adjustment to new census division 

and national control totals. The new population controls will reflect a "blended base," which is 2010 

Census-based and controlled to elements from the 2020 Census and other sources. Data in table 1 will be 

re-seasonally adjusted as well. Both not seasonally adjusted and seasonally adjusted data are subject to 

revision back to 2017.

Effective with the release of January 2022 estimates on March 14, 2022, real-time implementation of 

level-shift outliers in the employment and/or unemployment inputs to the models will be discontinued. 

These real-time level shifts were introduced in response to the pandemic to preserve movements in the 

published estimates that the models otherwise would have discounted. BLS has determined that these 

interventions are no longer necessary on a real-time basis. Outlier detection and level-shift 

implementation will revert to retrospective activities conducted during annual processing. 
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State Rate p

United States 1 ................................................ 3.9

Alabama ........................................................... 3.1

Alaska .............................................................. 5.7

Arkansas .......................................................... 3.1

California .......................................................... 6.5

Colorado ........................................................... 4.8

Connecticut ....................................................... 5.8

Delaware .......................................................... 5.0

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

Florida .............................................................. 4.4

Georgia ............................................................ 2.6

Hawaii .............................................................. 5.7

Idaho ................................................................ 2.4

Illinois ............................................................... 5.3

Indiana ............................................................. 2.7

Louisiana .......................................................... 4.8

Maryland ........................................................... 5.0

Michigan ........................................................... 5.6

Minnesota ......................................................... 3.1

Montana ............................................................ 2.5

Nebraska .......................................................... 1.7

Nevada ............................................................. 6.4

New Hampshire ................................................. 2.6

New Jersey ....................................................... 6.3

New Mexico ....................................................... 5.8

New York .......................................................... 6.2

North Dakota ..................................................... 3.1

Oklahoma .......................................................... 2.3

Pennsylvania ..................................................... 5.4

South Dakota .................................................... 2.6

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

Utah ................................................................. 1.9

Vermont ............................................................ 2.5

Virginia ............................................................. 3.2

Wisconsin ......................................................... 2.8

1

 Data are not preliminary.

p

 = preliminary.

Table A. States with unemployment rates significantly different from that

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

to December 2021, seasonally adjusted

November 2021 December 2021 p

Alaska ........................................ 6.0 5.7 -0.3

Arizona ....................................... 4.7 4.1 -.6

Arkansas .................................... 3.4 3.1 -.3

California .................................... 7.0 6.5 -.5

Colorado ..................................... 5.1 4.8 -.3

Connecticut ................................. 6.0 5.8 -.2

District of Columbia ..................... 6.0 5.8 -.2

Florida ........................................ 4.5 4.4 -.1

Georgia ...................................... 2.8 2.6 -.2

Hawaii ........................................ 6.0 5.7 -.3

Idaho .......................................... 2.6 2.4 -.2

Illinois ......................................... 5.7 5.3 -.4

Indiana ....................................... 3.0 2.7 -.3

Iowa ........................................... 3.7 3.5 -.2

Kansas ....................................... 3.6 3.3 -.3

Louisiana .................................... 5.1 4.8 -.3

Maryland ..................................... 5.4 5.0 -.4

Massachusetts ............................. 5.2 3.9 -1.3

Michigan ..................................... 5.9 5.6 -.3

Minnesota ................................... 3.3 3.1 -.2

Mississippi .................................. 5.0 4.5 -.5

Missouri ...................................... 3.5 3.3 -.2

Montana ...................................... 2.8 2.5 -.3

Nebraska .................................... 1.8 1.7 -.1

Nevada ....................................... 6.9 6.4 -.5

New Jersey ................................. 6.7 6.3 -.4

New Mexico ................................. 6.2 5.8 -.4

New York .................................... 6.6 6.2 -.4

North Carolina ............................. 3.9 3.7 -.2

North Dakota ............................... 3.2 3.1 -.1

Ohio ........................................... 4.8 4.5 -.3

Oklahoma .................................... 2.5 2.3 -.2

Pennsylvania ............................... 5.7 5.4 -.3

Rhode Island ............................... 5.1 4.8 -.3

South Dakota .............................. 2.7 2.6 -.1

Tennessee .................................. 4.0 3.8 -.2

Texas .......................................... 5.2 5.0 -.2

Utah ........................................... 2.1 1.9 -.2

Virginia ....................................... 3.4 3.2 -.2

Washington ................................. 4.7 4.5 -.2

West Virginia .............................. 4.0 3.7 -.3

Wisconsin ................................... 3.0 2.8 -.2

Wyoming .................................... 3.7 3.3 -.4

p

 = preliminary.

State

Rate Over-the-month 

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

to December 2021, seasonally adjusted

December 2020 December 2021 p

Alabama ..................................... 4.7 3.1 -1.6

Alaska ........................................ 6.5 5.7 -.8

Arizona ....................................... 6.8 4.1 -2.7

Arkansas .................................... 4.9 3.1 -1.8

California .................................... 9.3 6.5 -2.8

Colorado ..................................... 6.9 4.8 -2.1

Connecticut ................................. 8.2 5.8 -2.4

Delaware .................................... 5.9 5.0 -.9

District of Columbia ..................... 8.8 5.8 -3.0

Florida ........................................ 5.1 4.4 -.7

Georgia ...................................... 5.3 2.6 -2.7

Hawaii ........................................ 10.3 5.7 -4.6

Idaho .......................................... 3.8 2.4 -1.4

Illinois ......................................... 8.0 5.3 -2.7

Indiana ....................................... 4.6 2.7 -1.9

Kansas ....................................... 4.7 3.3 -1.4

Kentucky .................................... 5.6 3.9 -1.7

Louisiana .................................... 7.9 4.8 -3.1

Maryland ..................................... 6.8 5.0 -1.8

Massachusetts ............................. 8.4 3.9 -4.5

Michigan ..................................... 8.2 5.6 -2.6

Minnesota ................................... 4.7 3.1 -1.6

Mississippi .................................. 6.6 4.5 -2.1

Missouri ...................................... 4.4 3.3 -1.1

Montana ...................................... 4.2 2.5 -1.7

Nebraska .................................... 3.4 1.7 -1.7

Nevada ....................................... 8.2 6.4 -1.8

New Hampshire ........................... 3.8 2.6 -1.2

New Jersey ................................. 7.7 6.3 -1.4

New Mexico ................................. 8.6 5.8 -2.8

New York .................................... 8.7 6.2 -2.5

North Carolina ............................. 6.1 3.7 -2.4

North Dakota ............................... 4.7 3.1 -1.6

Ohio ........................................... 5.6 4.5 -1.1

Oklahoma .................................... 4.5 2.3 -2.2

Oregon ....................................... 6.3 4.1 -2.2

Pennsylvania ............................... 7.1 5.4 -1.7

Rhode Island ............................... 7.9 4.8 -3.1

South Carolina ............................ 5.6 3.5 -2.1

South Dakota .............................. 3.3 2.6 -.7

Tennessee .................................. 5.6 3.8 -1.8

Texas .......................................... 6.9 5.0 -1.9

Utah ........................................... 3.3 1.9 -1.4

Vermont ...................................... 3.5 2.5 -1.0

Virginia ....................................... 5.6 3.2 -2.4

Washington ................................. 6.3 4.5 -1.8

West Virginia .............................. 6.7 3.7 -3.0

Wisconsin ................................... 4.0 2.8 -1.2

Wyoming .................................... 5.2 3.3 -1.9

p

 = preliminary.

State

Rate Over-the-year 

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

December 2021, seasonally adjusted

November December

2021 2021 p Level Percent

Arizona ....................................... 2,995,900 3,007,500 11,600 0.4

California .................................... 16,841,600 16,892,300 50,700 .3

Georgia ...................................... 4,623,800 4,648,000 24,200 .5

Illinois ......................................... 5,877,100 5,899,900 22,800 .4

Indiana ....................................... 3,103,600 3,118,200 14,600 .5

Iowa ........................................... 1,542,900 1,554,600 11,700 .8

Kentucky .................................... 1,895,000 1,903,300 8,300 .4

Massachusetts ............................. 3,558,400 3,578,500 20,100 .6

Missouri ...................................... 2,860,100 2,876,800 16,700 .6

Montana ...................................... 484,800 487,900 3,100 .6

 

New York .................................... 9,056,200 9,101,500 45,300 .5

North Carolina ............................. 4,559,300 4,579,300 20,000 .4

Oregon ....................................... 1,897,100 1,905,300 8,200 .4

Tennessee .................................. 3,112,400 3,126,900 14,500 .5

Texas .......................................... 13,009,600 13,059,600 50,000 .4

Washington ................................. 3,453,200 3,467,200 14,000 .4

West Virginia .............................. 694,600 700,200 5,600 .8

p

 = preliminary.

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

December 2021, seasonally adjusted

December December

2020 2021 p Level Percent

Alabama ..................................... 2,012,500 2,057,200 44,700 2.2

Alaska ........................................ 304,100 311,000 6,900 2.3

Arizona ....................................... 2,860,300 3,007,500 147,200 5.1

Arkansas .................................... 1,257,500 1,283,800 26,300 2.1

California .................................... 15,937,900 16,892,300 954,400 6.0

Colorado ..................................... 2,626,700 2,778,700 152,000 5.8

Connecticut ................................. 1,570,800 1,622,000 51,200 3.3

Delaware .................................... 442,300 453,500 11,200 2.5

District of Columbia ..................... 733,900 759,600 25,700 3.5

Florida ........................................ 8,492,000 8,971,300 479,300 5.6

 

Georgia ...................................... 4,449,800 4,648,000 198,200 4.5

Hawaii ........................................ 541,700 580,100 38,400 7.1

Idaho .......................................... 776,400 790,500 14,100 1.8

Illinois ......................................... 5,637,300 5,899,900 262,600 4.7

Indiana ....................................... 3,024,800 3,118,200 93,400 3.1

Iowa ........................................... 1,513,400 1,554,600 41,200 2.7

Kansas ....................................... 1,354,700 1,393,300 38,600 2.8

Kentucky .................................... 1,841,800 1,903,300 61,500 3.3

Louisiana .................................... 1,834,600 1,874,200 39,600 2.2

Maine ......................................... 601,200 616,300 15,100 2.5

 

Maryland ..................................... 2,603,900 2,703,600 99,700 3.8

Massachusetts ............................. 3,356,300 3,578,500 222,200 6.6

Michigan ..................................... 4,027,900 4,247,700 219,800 5.5

Minnesota ................................... 2,719,600 2,887,400 167,800 6.2

Mississippi .................................. 1,125,900 1,149,600 23,700 2.1

Missouri ...................................... 2,799,200 2,876,800 77,600 2.8

Montana ...................................... 476,400 487,900 11,500 2.4

Nebraska .................................... 998,300 1,022,000 23,700 2.4

Nevada ....................................... 1,277,500 1,372,200 94,700 7.4

New Hampshire ........................... 639,300 667,300 28,000 4.4

 

New Jersey ................................. 3,864,900 4,073,600 208,700 5.4

New Mexico ................................. 778,400 827,500 49,100 6.3

New York .................................... 8,723,300 9,101,500 378,200 4.3

North Carolina ............................. 4,435,800 4,579,300 143,500 3.2

North Dakota ............................... 407,900 419,400 11,500 2.8

Ohio ........................................... 5,277,800 5,405,400 127,600 2.4

Oklahoma .................................... 1,614,100 1,654,200 40,100 2.5

Oregon ....................................... 1,798,200 1,905,300 107,100 6.0

Pennsylvania ............................... 5,602,400 5,804,600 202,200 3.6

Rhode Island ............................... 457,800 485,800 28,000 6.1

 

South Carolina ............................ 2,117,300 2,162,200 44,900 2.1

Tennessee .................................. 3,030,500 3,126,900 96,400 3.2

Texas .......................................... 12,365,200 13,059,600 694,400 5.6

Utah ........................................... 1,565,100 1,632,200 67,100 4.3

Vermont ...................................... 286,100 296,100 10,000 3.5

Virginia ....................................... 3,881,100 3,988,100 107,000 2.8

Washington ................................. 3,266,800 3,467,200 200,400 6.1

West Virginia .............................. 671,900 700,200 28,300 4.2

Wisconsin ................................... 2,831,100 2,898,300 67,200 2.4

p

 = preliminary.

State Over-the-year change p
Technical Note

This news release presents civilian labor force and 

unemployment data for states and selected substate areas from 

the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program 

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

employment estimates by state and industry supersector from 

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

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

cooperative endeavors.

Civilian labor force and unemployment—from the 

LAUS program

 Definitions. The civilian labor force and unemployment 

data are based on the same concepts and definitions as those 

used for the official national estimates obtained from the 

Current Population Survey (CPS), a sample survey of 

households that is conducted for the Bureau of Labor Statistics 

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

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

noninstitutional population 16 years of age and older. 

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

profit in the reference week (typically the week including the 

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

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

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

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

illness, or vacation. 

 Unemployed people are those who were not employed during 

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

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

reference week, and were currently available for work; people

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

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

employed and unemployed people. The unemployment rate is 

the number of unemployed as a percent of the civilian labor 

force.

 Method of estimation. Estimates for 48 states, the District 

of Columbia, the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale 

metropolitan division, New York City, and the balances of 

California and New York State are produced using time-series 

models. This method, which underwent substantial 

enhancement at the beginning of 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 timeseries 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 

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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

Dec.

2020

Oct.

2021

Nov.

2021

Dec.

2021p

Number Percent of labor force

Dec.

2020

Oct.

2021

Nov.

2021

Dec.

2021p

Dec.

2020

Oct.

2021

Nov.

2021

Dec.

2021p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,264,054 2,212,134 2,218,606 2,227,172 106,318 67,860 68,710 69,854 4.7 3.1 3.1 3.1

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354,035 349,770 350,868 352,071 23,147 21,492 21,038 20,233 6.5 6.1 6.0 5.7

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,569,317 3,647,123 3,650,964 3,654,052 242,410 189,895 170,540 150,043 6.8 5.2 4.7 4.1

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,379,313 1,353,519 1,354,206 1,353,108 67,171 50,532 46,359 42,609 4.9 3.7 3.4 3.1

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,705,475 19,022,766 19,044,723 19,074,870 1,748,456 1,383,236 1,324,808 1,238,037 9.3 7.3 7.0 6.5

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale1. . . . 4,878,866 5,080,019 5,073,825 5,063,929 614,852 477,260 453,828 422,848 12.6 9.4 8.9 8.4

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,176,560 3,196,746 3,199,924 3,208,438 219,269 171,349 163,796 154,292 6.9 5.4 5.1 4.8

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,842,967 1,812,628 1,819,165 1,826,045 152,007 115,111 109,767 105,215 8.2 6.4 6.0 5.8

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481,840 489,724 490,173 490,957 28,203 25,828 25,179 24,609 5.9 5.3 5.1 5.0

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409,328 412,292 413,095 412,788 36,038 25,915 24,981 23,741 8.8 6.3 6.0 5.8

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,043,992 10,590,293 10,630,972 10,660,197 515,114 490,497 481,133 466,176 5.1 4.6 4.5 4.4

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall1. . . . . . . . . . . 1,301,270 1,348,373 1,351,075 1,344,833 111,342 76,897 68,950 57,473 8.6 5.7 5.1 4.3

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,100,297 5,174,434 5,174,192 5,177,893 271,108 158,436 146,231 135,906 5.3 3.1 2.8 2.6

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 655,587 647,059 646,549 647,426 67,419 41,113 38,530 37,057 10.3 6.4 6.0 5.7

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 900,245 907,659 908,661 909,467 34,596 25,103 23,804 22,088 3.8 2.8 2.6 2.4

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,150,544 6,222,934 6,243,069 6,271,493 490,873 370,443 354,244 333,136 8.0 6.0 5.7 5.3

Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights1. . . 3,574,703 3,634,358 3,651,119 3,683,011 330,458 241,670 226,700 211,796 9.2 6.6 6.2 5.8

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,343,929 3,327,745 3,320,094 3,311,320 153,888 110,345 100,850 88,240 4.6 3.3 3.0 2.7

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,619,441 1,660,994 1,661,259 1,662,672 59,879 64,795 61,693 57,907 3.7 3.9 3.7 3.5

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,518,416 1,511,907 1,505,687 1,500,738 71,556 58,493 54,051 49,796 4.7 3.9 3.6 3.3

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,982,759 1,992,238 1,997,373 2,002,624 110,912 84,599 81,671 78,817 5.6 4.2 4.1 3.9

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,095,025 2,060,752 2,061,116 2,062,975 165,493 111,603 104,413 98,295 7.9 5.4 5.1 4.8

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 666,913 679,468 678,843 677,134 33,360 33,057 32,965 31,806 5.0 4.9 4.9 4.7

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,112,292 3,139,876 3,137,617 3,132,555 211,907 175,761 169,326 156,473 6.8 5.6 5.4 5.0

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,753,070 3,726,312 3,732,005 3,690,317 314,487 196,990 194,725 145,093 8.4 5.3 5.2 3.9

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,855,353 4,758,376 4,758,047 4,759,380 400,370 291,279 280,244 265,115 8.2 6.1 5.9 5.6

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,123,759 2,065,127 2,070,719 2,079,507 218,613 119,774 114,273 108,407 10.3 5.8 5.5 5.2

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,048,729 3,032,205 3,030,205 3,030,443 143,923 106,378 100,230 93,906 4.7 3.5 3.3 3.1

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,276,640 1,272,160 1,267,058 1,262,868 83,848 69,792 63,179 56,792 6.6 5.5 5.0 4.5

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,051,663 3,064,734 3,058,896 3,058,440 135,112 114,530 108,361 101,988 4.4 3.7 3.5 3.3

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532,934 542,002 543,311 544,729 22,462 16,929 15,408 13,689 4.2 3.1 2.8 2.5

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,023,600 1,023,281 1,023,935 1,025,621 34,528 19,336 18,128 17,128 3.4 1.9 1.8 1.7

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,516,397 1,552,350 1,549,295 1,546,231 124,624 112,336 106,207 99,409 8.2 7.2 6.9 6.4

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 763,394 747,298 745,521 744,509 29,220 21,329 20,439 19,561 3.8 2.9 2.7 2.6

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,377,299 4,438,521 4,440,622 4,445,947 337,731 308,582 296,589 280,211 7.7 7.0 6.7 6.3

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 960,113 951,880 951,720 952,327 82,423 61,962 59,050 55,640 8.6 6.5 6.2 5.8

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,290,419 9,302,678 9,274,574 9,229,831 805,934 639,034 614,447 572,626 8.7 6.9 6.6 6.2

New York City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,868,206 3,986,300 3,972,429 3,950,318 464,800 373,468 358,685 346,774 12.0 9.4 9.0 8.8

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,040,047 5,033,780 5,041,730 5,057,733 308,883 208,403 198,272 188,391 6.1 4.1 3.9 3.7

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404,240 401,397 401,811 401,894 18,986 13,312 12,839 12,297 4.7 3.3 3.2 3.1

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,763,310 5,672,587 5,683,083 5,698,184 320,707 289,085 275,277 256,392 5.6 5.1 4.8 4.5

Cleveland-Elyria2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,014,542 1,003,722 1,003,504 1,003,358 82,186 50,964 49,669 47,391 8.1 5.1 4.9 4.7

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,861,928 1,860,122 1,860,341 1,861,892 83,938 50,520 46,387 42,758 4.5 2.7 2.5 2.3

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,141,252 2,168,579 2,168,079 2,169,925 134,749 95,652 91,860 89,349 6.3 4.4 4.2 4.1

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,310,050 6,269,232 6,258,825 6,240,617 447,888 376,586 359,514 337,133 7.1 6.0 5.7 5.4

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 538,617 551,609 553,857 552,166 42,758 29,487 28,385 26,684 7.9 5.3 5.1 4.8

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,355,062 2,407,655 2,407,176 2,405,807 131,582 94,365 89,467 85,090 5.6 3.9 3.7 3.5

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471,631 471,217 470,972 470,859 15,502 13,345 12,836 12,173 3.3 2.8 2.7 2.6

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,313,650 3,313,981 3,311,768 3,317,891 186,041 139,818 133,555 127,341 5.6 4.2 4.0 3.8

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,133,518 14,204,153 14,253,840 14,299,174 971,008 769,952 742,154 712,828 6.9 5.4 5.2 5.0

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,626,916 1,674,166 1,679,001 1,685,176 53,338 37,404 34,526 31,817 3.3 2.2 2.1 1.9

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316,150 318,531 318,397 318,149 10,924 8,761 8,279 7,972 3.5 2.8 2.6 2.5

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,255,079 4,256,798 4,259,569 4,261,535 236,204 154,232 145,590 136,557 5.6 3.6 3.4 3.2

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,830,416 3,934,975 3,937,865 3,952,917 239,459 198,113 185,659 176,857 6.3 5.0 4.7 4.5

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,735,758 1,754,116 1,747,431 1,755,036 101,540 85,976 76,690 72,071 5.8 4.9 4.4 4.1

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 796,614 791,988 790,958 789,907 53,698 34,382 31,607 28,903 6.7 4.3 4.0 3.7

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,053,836 3,108,989 3,107,784 3,108,417 121,607 100,594 93,249 86,197 4.0 3.2 3.0 2.8

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294,630 293,001 292,429 292,216 15,284 12,060 10,843 9,717 5.2 4.1 3.7 3.3

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,054,469 1,079,309 1,088,043 1,100,370 96,982 85,977 84,615 82,653 9.2 8.0 7.8 7.5

1 Metropolitan division.

2 Metropolitan statistical area.

p Preliminary

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

and Budget Bulletin No. 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

November December Number Percent of labor force

2020 2021 2020 2021p

November December November December

2020 2021 2020 2021p 2020 2021 2020 2021p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,260,941 2,251,091 2,240,352 2,238,778 86,643 66,934 78,752 62,312 3.8 3.0 3.5 2.8

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351,025 352,259 350,219 351,565 21,998 19,543 23,032 18,916 6.3 5.5 6.6 5.4

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,575,128 3,672,206 3,566,534 3,657,606 229,103 117,309 239,544 101,842 6.4 3.2 6.7 2.8

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,327,638 1,353,114 1,366,653 1,352,420 63,285 29,608 64,314 32,636 4.8 2.2 4.7 2.4

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,667,576 19,174,527 18,660,835 19,065,788 1,544,099 1,036,255 1,702,248 960,384 8.3 5.4 9.1 5.0

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale1. . . . 4,931,365 5,079,309 4,867,991 5,018,502 588,980 358,478 597,356 313,091 11.9 7.1 12.3 6.2

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,173,505 3,217,519 3,172,790 3,227,853 212,590 142,433 219,804 133,413 6.7 4.4 6.9 4.1

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,846,074 1,850,252 1,831,338 1,832,459 138,843 88,174 140,974 81,426 7.5 4.8 7.7 4.4

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481,657 490,315 482,293 491,967 24,756 19,500 27,797 20,705 5.1 4.0 5.8 4.2

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409,289 414,940 413,158 411,358 34,273 21,463 36,459 21,072 8.4 5.2 8.8 5.1

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,999,225 10,644,641 9,968,835 10,622,172 499,570 384,837 419,587 339,436 5.0 3.6 4.2 3.2

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall1. . . . . . . . . . . 1,298,144 1,349,949 1,301,119 1,317,306 106,956 47,276 103,260 17,827 8.2 3.5 7.9 1.4

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,138,700 5,191,214 5,139,816 5,207,912 273,400 112,610 289,866 123,858 5.3 2.2 5.6 2.4

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 658,233 649,967 648,758 649,265 68,363 34,915 60,478 32,060 10.4 5.4 9.3 4.9

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 902,015 909,318 899,652 907,663 37,371 17,659 36,070 16,874 4.1 1.9 4.0 1.9

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,169,598 6,333,414 6,105,476 6,320,577 465,928 286,687 479,837 274,077 7.6 4.5 7.9 4.3

Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights1. . . 3,583,239 3,710,961 3,541,085 3,760,353 317,887 177,824 308,282 169,972 8.9 4.8 8.7 4.5

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,342,762 3,313,444 3,321,235 3,277,064 161,074 70,290 146,233 43,014 4.8 2.1 4.4 1.3

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,633,755 1,666,277 1,622,138 1,660,698 59,741 44,028 66,280 48,988 3.7 2.6 4.1 2.9

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,515,460 1,496,148 1,508,734 1,487,429 63,285 38,400 62,911 33,233 4.2 2.6 4.2 2.2

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,993,966 2,014,555 1,983,657 2,014,005 100,828 61,406 107,709 67,723 5.1 3.0 5.4 3.4

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,098,192 2,068,808 2,083,161 2,057,188 153,575 83,797 151,178 77,111 7.3 4.1 7.3 3.7

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 663,691 672,067 662,097 665,686 30,957 29,235 34,564 26,775 4.7 4.4 5.2 4.0

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,120,857 3,129,583 3,105,593 3,120,513 206,589 143,867 206,860 124,871 6.6 4.6 6.7 4.0

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,699,806 3,745,089 3,694,508 3,692,403 283,487 172,324 271,380 129,004 7.7 4.6 7.3 3.5

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,862,903 4,767,091 4,855,603 4,772,856 359,727 198,407 400,934 210,118 7.4 4.2 8.3 4.4

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,129,060 2,096,446 2,135,505 2,107,229 201,243 79,273 219,701 90,701 9.5 3.8 10.3 4.3

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,053,209 3,027,052 3,036,842 3,030,129 131,727 66,467 148,543 82,906 4.3 2.2 4.9 2.7

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,272,847 1,251,090 1,278,959 1,255,553 79,747 37,085 83,701 38,775 6.3 3.0 6.5 3.1

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,055,824 3,036,287 3,055,793 3,053,267 127,766 77,811 141,939 83,243 4.2 2.6 4.6 2.7

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532,562 542,991 524,275 541,665 22,824 10,294 23,912 10,477 4.3 1.9 4.6 1.9

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,023,234 1,026,620 1,015,391 1,025,634 29,853 12,038 30,738 13,055 2.9 1.2 3.0 1.3

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,513,547 1,542,205 1,513,944 1,536,416 126,448 83,495 123,484 79,986 8.4 5.4 8.2 5.2

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 759,782 741,833 757,970 743,280 30,055 15,601 27,997 16,248 4.0 2.1 3.7 2.2

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,492,693 4,428,115 4,372,811 4,451,722 433,421 231,957 316,353 218,613 9.6 5.2 7.2 4.9

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 963,799 958,170 963,668 959,857 77,740 50,399 80,079 46,449 8.1 5.3 8.3 4.8

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,231,677 9,188,192 9,228,985 9,140,537 763,468 509,064 782,807 457,306 8.3 5.5 8.5 5.0

New York City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,867,981 3,948,151 3,856,031 3,918,712 451,362 315,332 447,885 309,057 11.7 8.0 11.6 7.9

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,038,460 5,066,946 5,017,316 5,070,354 315,198 170,585 307,133 160,692 6.3 3.4 6.1 3.2

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400,126 399,379 397,541 396,900 17,049 9,994 18,974 10,987 4.3 2.5 4.8 2.8

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,719,557 5,682,965 5,684,962 5,679,536 278,828 195,679 300,053 190,546 4.9 3.4 5.3 3.4

Cleveland-Elyria2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,006,832 1,001,346 997,566 992,781 71,044 36,714 76,279 38,216 7.1 3.7 7.6 3.8

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,872,237 1,871,217 1,853,534 1,862,935 88,211 35,558 85,689 33,412 4.7 1.9 4.6 1.8

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,133,389 2,170,491 2,127,775 2,166,263 129,959 74,448 131,658 78,329 6.1 3.4 6.2 3.6

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,303,477 6,222,776 6,255,815 6,141,644 408,218 270,172 430,100 244,515 6.5 4.3 6.9 4.0

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541,086 556,597 539,265 551,653 41,554 23,032 41,962 20,611 7.7 4.1 7.8 3.7

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,339,424 2,385,004 2,348,040 2,391,893 126,142 72,000 138,256 79,575 5.4 3.0 5.9 3.3

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454,960 470,079 467,353 467,186 15,193 10,015 16,585 11,073 3.3 2.1 3.5 2.4

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,330,759 3,325,345 3,324,493 3,348,942 171,327 102,585 185,878 109,741 5.1 3.1 5.6 3.3

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,050,100 14,429,974 14,139,874 14,398,693 973,462 654,763 948,550 612,738 6.9 4.5 6.7 4.3

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,643,253 1,698,570 1,629,656 1,686,575 51,990 22,972 49,109 22,578 3.2 1.4 3.0 1.3

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316,915 317,782 313,167 315,107 10,268 6,119 10,278 7,000 3.2 1.9 3.3 2.2

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,258,549 4,262,219 4,239,603 4,252,784 233,440 115,438 243,507 113,211 5.5 2.7 5.7 2.7

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,857,075 3,941,030 3,830,175 3,975,042 249,679 139,929 251,637 150,810 6.5 3.6 6.6 3.8

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,735,724 1,728,370 1,722,800 1,762,959 105,081 54,023 103,497 58,518 6.1 3.1 6.0 3.3

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 792,065 784,706 792,568 782,740 51,605 20,498 56,722 22,893 6.5 2.6 7.2 2.9

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,059,093 3,102,248 3,038,277 3,093,829 125,598 57,455 122,911 61,154 4.1 1.9 4.0 2.0

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294,827 291,339 292,809 290,223 14,238 6,976 15,512 6,852 4.8 2.4 5.3 2.4

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,042,731 1,110,243 1,040,875 1,129,490 98,189 80,302 109,601 74,804 9.4 7.2 10.5 6.6

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

Dec.

2020

Oct.

2021

Nov.

2021

Dec.

2021p

Dec.

2020

Oct.

2021

Nov.

2021

Dec.

2021p

Dec.

2020

Oct.

2021

Nov.

2021

Dec.

2021p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,012.5 2,058.5 2,057.0 2,057.2 96.4 92.5 94.9 94.0 260.6 267.9 269.0 269.6

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304.1 310.6 310.1 311.0 17.1 15.9 16.2 16.1 13.6 14.4 14.8 14.6

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,860.3 2,989.4 2,995.9 3,007.5 172.4 174.0 175.6 176.8 176.4 181.2 181.1 181.9

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,257.5 1,277.4 1,282.6 1,283.8 54.4 51.5 52.2 52.5 156.7 161.9 161.8 162.5

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,937.9 16,789.4 16,841.6 16,892.3 881.1 891.9 889.8 891.0 1,246.9 1,269.9 1,272.9 1,274.7

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,626.7 2,755.6 2,769.7 2,778.7 173.2 172.0 172.1 172.6 145.4 146.9 147.8 148.8

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,570.8 1,618.6 1,621.4 1,622.0 56.7 59.4 60.4 60.7 152.9 153.6 155.4 156.2

Delaware2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442.3 451.5 452.2 453.5 22.5 24.4 24.7 24.8 25.2 24.6 24.6 24.6

District of Columbia2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 733.9 758.2 757.7 759.6 15.7 16.0 16.2 16.4 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,492.0 8,909.1 8,959.6 8,971.3 561.9 577.7 585.7 582.3 379.2 384.6 388.1 388.2

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,449.8 4,605.3 4,623.8 4,648.0 200.2 206.3 206.3 205.7 389.2 396.9 400.6 402.2

Hawaii2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541.7 576.9 578.2 580.1 36.0 37.3 37.1 37.0 11.2 11.5 11.6 11.6

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 776.4 787.1 788.5 790.5 57.6 60.0 59.6 59.5 69.7 67.9 67.4 67.6

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,637.3 5,857.2 5,877.1 5,899.9 222.7 229.3 233.7 235.6 548.4 552.9 555.1 557.0

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,024.8 3,083.1 3,103.6 3,118.2 150.3 145.7 148.0 151.0 519.5 542.1 546.8 546.0

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,513.4 1,540.9 1,542.9 1,554.6 77.9 74.3 75.2 76.3 218.2 224.2 218.6 224.7

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,354.7 1,388.8 1,392.5 1,393.3 64.6 63.7 63.6 63.9 157.0 163.6 164.2 165.0

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,841.8 1,888.1 1,895.0 1,903.3 79.0 81.6 82.5 84.3 242.1 251.2 249.5 250.4

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,834.6 1,856.8 1,867.1 1,874.2 118.2 119.4 116.3 119.8 130.1 126.3 127.8 128.6

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 601.2 614.2 614.5 616.3 30.7 30.2 30.6 30.5 52.7 53.8 53.3 53.3

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,603.9 2,686.5 2,698.9 2,703.6 162.4 160.9 162.2 161.4 109.8 109.9 110.1 110.2

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,356.3 3,544.2 3,558.4 3,578.5 161.8 168.6 169.8 171.8 230.2 238.1 239.0 240.1

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,027.9 4,223.2 4,236.9 4,247.7 175.0 178.1 179.0 178.1 572.2 583.6 584.5 586.9

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,719.6 2,875.8 2,889.4 2,887.4 122.8 130.2 131.7 132.0 306.3 318.7 320.8 319.9

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,125.9 1,146.7 1,145.4 1,149.6 44.9 45.2 45.7 46.3 142.0 143.3 144.3 145.3

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,799.2 2,855.7 2,860.1 2,876.8 125.5 125.1 128.2 131.9 268.4 275.8 273.7 274.0

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476.4 482.5 484.8 487.9 31.0 29.7 30.3 30.7 20.5 21.9 21.9 22.4

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 998.3 1,021.5 1,023.1 1,022.0 55.9 56.3 55.8 55.7 99.0 100.2 100.4 100.8

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,277.5 1,364.9 1,368.5 1,372.2 90.7 90.3 90.8 90.8 56.5 59.6 59.9 60.3

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 639.3 664.6 665.8 667.3 28.1 27.4 28.2 28.4 66.4 67.1 66.5 66.9

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,864.9 4,035.1 4,063.5 4,073.6 151.5 154.4 152.4 154.3 238.8 248.1 249.7 252.4

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 778.4 819.2 823.7 827.5 47.7 49.4 49.5 51.1 25.7 29.1 29.7 29.6

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,723.3 9,025.6 9,056.2 9,101.5 382.1 365.6 369.1 366.2 403.8 415.3 416.6 419.1

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,435.8 4,551.3 4,559.3 4,579.3 230.7 243.4 242.9 243.7 457.7 472.7 472.8 474.3

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407.9 417.8 420.5 419.4 26.9 26.3 26.7 26.6 24.9 25.9 26.5 26.5

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,277.8 5,378.9 5,396.6 5,405.4 222.2 229.4 233.6 239.3 657.6 660.5 660.9 660.3

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,614.1 1,652.0 1,652.2 1,654.2 77.5 81.6 81.6 82.0 129.5 129.6 129.5 130.6

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,798.2 1,887.9 1,897.1 1,905.3 109.6 110.4 112.2 112.3 184.4 185.4 186.4 187.3

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,602.4 5,768.3 5,790.3 5,804.6 251.4 246.1 245.2 244.0 538.7 551.8 552.8 553.3

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457.8 479.8 483.2 485.8 19.7 21.1 21.3 21.1 37.7 40.6 40.9 41.1

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,117.3 2,153.9 2,159.6 2,162.2 105.5 107.3 108.5 107.8 247.6 252.9 251.7 253.2

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431.6 437.9 436.3 435.0 24.0 26.1 26.4 26.4 43.6 44.4 44.2 44.3

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,030.5 3,104.0 3,112.4 3,126.9 129.0 129.9 130.1 129.7 343.9 350.8 352.3 352.7

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,365.2 12,923.1 13,009.6 13,059.6 725.8 734.5 740.1 750.5 858.2 885.2 890.4 896.5

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,565.1 1,628.3 1,632.2 1,632.2 118.5 122.5 123.1 124.2 140.1 146.0 146.3 146.1

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286.1 295.6 296.2 296.1 14.5 14.0 14.4 14.5 28.7 30.3 30.1 30.0

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,881.1 3,957.1 3,975.8 3,988.1 207.1 204.6 204.9 205.1 235.9 236.3 238.2 238.6

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,266.8 3,435.4 3,453.2 3,467.2 222.2 227.6 230.1 231.4 261.2 267.9 269.1 268.1

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 671.9 692.3 694.6 700.2 30.6 32.0 32.7 34.2 44.5 45.6 45.8 46.2

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,831.1 2,883.2 2,892.0 2,898.3 126.7 124.0 126.6 127.0 467.1 478.7 481.0 485.8

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273.7 274.5 275.5 276.3 20.7 19.6 20.1 20.4 9.2 9.7 9.6 10.1

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 837.3 867.5 867.3 866.2 27.4 30.5 30.3 30.0 76.3 79.3 79.3 79.6

Virgin Islands3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.9 35.1 35.1 35.2 2.8 2.9 2.9 2.9 – – – –

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

Dec.

2020

Oct.

2021

Nov.

2021

Dec.

2021p

Dec.

2020

Oct.

2021

Nov.

2021

Dec.

2021p

Dec.

2020

Oct.

2021

Nov.

2021

Dec.

2021p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379.1 387.6 387.1 389.8 97.0 98.3 98.4 98.0 250.4 255.3 253.0 254.1

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.0 61.6 60.8 61.6 10.6 10.4 10.8 10.9 26.4 26.5 26.5 26.3

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 565.8 591.6 594.6 597.4 231.4 234.0 234.5 233.7 426.1 454.9 454.4 455.5

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253.7 255.4 256.8 257.0 63.6 67.1 67.9 67.7 142.5 148.7 150.7 151.1

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,941.6 3,020.5 3,022.5 3,024.3 810.0 812.4 813.4 814.5 2,611.1 2,746.8 2,763.9 2,775.9

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483.4 493.0 495.5 496.4 174.3 174.6 176.4 177.6 434.7 451.5 454.8 456.7

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287.5 290.7 290.3 289.3 119.8 119.1 118.2 118.5 203.6 213.4 213.5 212.8

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.9 84.1 83.7 84.3 46.5 47.1 47.1 46.6 60.6 60.1 59.6 59.5

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.3 29.4 29.6 29.4 27.9 27.8 27.5 27.2 164.2 170.9 170.6 171.2

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,742.4 1,823.9 1,826.5 1,833.7 597.6 624.0 627.9 628.0 1,366.2 1,433.0 1,445.6 1,440.0

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 947.2 977.6 979.5 989.8 252.7 255.2 257.0 256.8 704.2 755.6 758.7 762.6

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.9 106.9 107.0 107.7 26.4 27.5 27.3 27.2 65.0 70.8 70.6 70.8

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153.7 153.4 154.9 155.6 39.0 41.3 41.2 41.0 100.8 99.2 98.6 99.1

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,174.9 1,204.9 1,214.7 1,223.2 403.6 401.4 400.4 398.6 906.3 928.5 925.5 934.9

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 605.1 611.5 615.2 616.8 141.0 139.7 139.6 139.4 333.9 332.2 337.1 339.1

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308.2 308.9 310.8 313.8 109.6 110.3 110.4 110.0 136.4 133.5 135.1 135.1

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263.4 274.8 276.6 278.4 76.9 74.4 74.8 74.6 170.3 173.0 172.7 172.8

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404.5 413.2 414.7 415.9 94.0 94.7 94.6 95.3 209.1 204.8 206.8 207.0

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363.9 363.3 363.9 365.3 86.4 89.0 90.6 89.5 204.0 214.2 214.9 216.8

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113.4 117.7 117.4 118.0 32.7 32.6 32.6 32.4 68.8 70.5 71.0 70.9

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460.2 468.1 473.9 473.0 135.7 135.5 134.4 134.6 448.1 467.5 471.2 474.2

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 549.6 564.2 565.7 569.3 216.3 217.5 217.6 217.6 583.0 618.2 620.7 623.6

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 769.9 788.3 790.2 794.9 224.5 226.9 226.4 225.8 609.4 641.4 641.3 650.1

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502.8 513.1 516.0 515.2 194.8 191.1 190.7 189.8 355.9 377.0 378.6 376.8

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233.0 241.8 240.9 241.1 42.4 43.4 42.9 42.7 108.9 113.5 111.9 112.9

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 543.7 548.9 549.8 554.4 176.0 165.8 165.4 165.5 368.4 387.4 388.8 391.6

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94.2 96.3 96.9 98.6 26.3 26.1 26.1 26.0 45.0 43.5 44.1 44.4

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195.9 197.8 198.3 198.8 74.6 73.4 73.4 72.9 117.5 121.7 122.7 120.6

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271.2 283.3 282.5 284.1 67.6 69.2 69.1 69.0 179.7 199.0 200.3 200.0

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136.7 138.3 137.6 138.7 33.9 34.1 34.3 34.1 84.5 86.0 86.8 87.0

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 848.1 875.1 882.3 882.4 244.3 247.8 248.6 249.1 648.8 691.3 701.0 701.1

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131.5 136.8 137.4 139.0 32.7 33.7 34.4 33.8 107.4 112.9 114.3 113.1

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,383.0 1,416.2 1,421.0 1,437.4 701.9 692.7 693.2 693.6 1,232.7 1,290.3 1,299.8 1,312.4

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 861.2 877.6 874.2 879.7 258.9 259.8 259.2 258.9 657.3 677.7 683.0 685.0

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89.4 89.9 89.8 89.2 24.5 24.9 24.9 24.9 31.1 31.5 31.9 32.0

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,028.4 1,048.3 1,051.5 1,054.1 306.1 305.5 306.1 303.5 696.2 712.5 714.5 721.1

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302.6 308.0 307.1 309.1 77.4 80.2 80.6 80.0 182.4 189.6 188.7 185.3

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356.6 364.1 366.9 368.5 101.3 105.0 105.4 105.2 246.8 260.6 262.8 263.7

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,093.2 1,108.2 1,115.6 1,125.0 323.7 329.0 329.8 330.6 758.1 779.4 784.5 780.4

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.2 75.2 75.5 76.4 34.3 34.1 34.2 34.2 65.2 64.6 65.6 65.7

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408.3 422.2 421.5 424.2 106.3 104.3 104.7 104.2 287.4 286.5 289.3 287.2

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86.4 85.4 85.1 85.4 28.6 28.1 28.1 27.8 32.5 33.1 32.9 32.4

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 640.4 652.3 654.5 658.3 170.9 174.8 175.1 175.7 427.7 445.9 444.3 446.0

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,514.7 2,618.5 2,629.3 2,636.6 807.0 839.0 849.1 856.3 1,807.8 1,957.0 1,974.6 1,981.0

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298.7 311.2 313.4 314.6 96.3 98.1 98.1 98.5 233.9 242.9 242.0 240.5

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.1 50.3 50.5 50.6 11.8 12.2 12.3 12.3 29.6 30.5 30.5 30.5

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 649.7 658.0 661.7 664.4 208.4 203.6 204.2 204.6 766.1 784.3 786.0 789.4

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 643.8 658.4 660.6 667.2 158.5 164.1 163.6 164.0 438.1 444.5 445.4 448.2

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120.3 124.7 125.7 126.5 29.3 29.1 29.1 29.0 65.7 66.9 67.2 67.9

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 525.8 530.1 530.4 532.9 150.9 150.3 150.6 149.6 316.5 319.8 321.3 323.5

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.8 51.9 52.0 52.0 11.0 11.0 11.0 11.1 18.6 19.1 18.9 19.0

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167.9 174.3 173.3 171.5 42.8 42.9 42.9 42.7 117.0 120.6 121.1 120.6

Virgin Islands1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.4 6.3 6.4 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

Dec.

2020

Oct.

2021

Nov.

2021

Dec.

2021p

Dec.

2020

Oct.

2021

Nov.

2021

Dec.

2021p

Dec.

2020

Oct.

2021

Nov.

2021

Dec.

2021p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237.2 245.6 244.2 243.6 188.8 201.9 200.5 199.0 383.4 387.2 387.4 386.6

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.2 50.2 50.4 50.5 26.1 29.5 28.3 28.4 77.0 75.4 75.3 75.1

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464.7 480.2 481.3 483.2 276.6 318.9 317.6 320.9 401.4 405.3 406.0 406.4

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187.9 188.9 189.6 188.7 111.6 114.7 114.4 115.6 205.2 203.0 203.4 203.2

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,734.8 2,803.9 2,816.0 2,823.6 1,326.7 1,716.1 1,727.9 1,742.9 2,403.4 2,446.4 2,450.1 2,454.2

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338.2 342.0 343.7 343.5 244.8 328.0 329.5 330.4 432.9 443.4 443.9 445.0

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323.0 333.4 333.9 334.3 118.9 135.1 134.9 134.8 221.1 224.3 224.8 224.9

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77.7 78.4 78.2 78.3 43.6 47.1 48.5 49.1 64.9 65.7 65.6 65.9

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122.9 126.4 125.3 125.6 39.4 56.0 57.8 59.2 242.7 241.5 241.0 240.7

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,306.1 1,353.5 1,356.9 1,358.0 1,000.6 1,123.4 1,134.8 1,143.2 1,083.3 1,097.6 1,101.6 1,101.4

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 589.1 609.7 612.3 615.4 425.6 447.7 452.4 455.0 671.2 673.3 672.7 673.7

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.5 81.7 81.8 81.5 75.0 94.3 96.5 97.6 116.9 117.1 117.0 117.4

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112.0 113.2 113.8 113.9 83.4 86.9 88.1 88.4 124.1 127.7 127.7 127.7

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 883.2 894.4 894.2 893.9 407.1 523.0 530.9 533.1 767.4 785.2 784.7 784.6

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461.3 469.2 470.0 471.9 270.7 288.1 292.7 295.0 401.7 409.7 409.0 412.7

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220.6 223.5 223.0 223.2 117.7 133.7 136.3 137.3 248.7 255.1 255.8 255.8

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196.5 198.6 198.6 197.8 109.9 120.5 121.7 121.7 245.4 248.9 248.7 247.5

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277.2 283.0 282.9 282.7 158.2 171.0 174.5 178.9 289.0 298.4 299.2 298.7

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311.9 317.1 319.9 319.8 195.0 204.0 207.7 208.4 313.5 309.7 310.0 310.3

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125.3 125.3 124.6 125.1 53.9 57.5 58.1 59.1 94.2 95.9 95.8 95.9

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446.9 456.5 455.4 455.8 217.0 236.5 238.1 239.0 490.2 511.3 512.8 513.5

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 740.3 771.0 773.4 776.7 255.0 312.1 315.8 320.2 419.4 440.4 441.3 442.6

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 638.4 641.0 640.9 640.6 276.6 372.6 381.2 377.6 562.2 583.8 585.8 586.3

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533.1 535.0 536.2 538.0 160.9 252.1 256.7 256.1 399.6 406.7 405.5 405.7

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139.0 142.6 143.3 142.2 123.8 127.8 126.9 128.8 236.6 232.1 232.8 233.4

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482.9 487.3 485.9 487.2 253.5 282.7 285.1 289.3 421.4 423.1 422.5 422.0

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78.9 78.1 78.4 78.4 61.8 66.0 66.5 66.4 88.2 89.1 88.7 89.0

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155.3 159.3 159.4 159.7 79.5 88.5 89.2 88.6 168.1 169.5 169.2 169.8

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142.9 148.0 148.1 148.5 247.3 280.5 283.6 286.0 157.0 161.0 161.0 160.8

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116.9 119.5 119.8 119.8 59.2 70.2 71.0 70.6 79.4 85.8 85.3 85.1

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 665.0 688.9 693.7 694.3 289.1 327.2 332.7 336.5 568.1 585.9 584.2 584.9

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135.0 138.2 136.9 137.1 72.7 91.5 93.0 94.6 174.3 173.3 173.8 173.8

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,994.2 2,037.3 2,042.5 2,046.8 593.6 737.7 743.0 753.7 1,429.2 1,435.0 1,434.2 1,434.1

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 597.8 597.2 600.3 604.5 433.9 472.9 475.9 483.0 701.7 705.5 704.5 703.8

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.5 64.8 65.3 65.3 33.8 38.5 39.4 39.1 78.5 80.5 80.5 80.3

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 890.9 892.4 889.6 889.9 470.3 510.4 519.2 517.9 742.9 755.3 756.4 753.6

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232.9 239.0 238.7 240.2 161.1 167.0 168.6 169.6 342.5 345.5 346.3 345.4

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291.9 297.3 295.6 296.8 136.8 176.9 180.6 183.2 274.5 285.9 285.5 286.2

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,223.8 1,245.8 1,246.6 1,246.8 415.3 488.0 492.4 495.7 670.3 673.4 675.6 677.5

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98.5 101.7 101.7 102.4 43.4 52.0 52.9 53.7 61.4 64.4 64.5 64.4

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251.6 255.7 255.8 256.9 241.5 247.6 250.1 250.5 365.9 369.4 369.5 369.4

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.2 73.9 72.3 72.5 41.7 44.5 45.1 44.9 77.5 79.3 79.1 78.2

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429.4 424.6 425.1 427.4 294.6 316.9 322.9 327.1 428.1 434.9 433.4 433.5

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,703.0 1,752.2 1,762.6 1,760.9 1,214.5 1,323.9 1,340.4 1,346.9 1,961.1 1,979.8 1,983.1 1,984.4

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207.0 214.4 215.8 215.4 141.1 154.2 154.0 154.0 242.8 248.1 247.9 247.1

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.1 62.1 62.5 62.1 23.9 29.5 29.0 29.0 50.7 51.5 51.4 51.5

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528.5 537.3 541.1 541.5 335.6 357.2 364.5 370.5 698.8 716.8 716.8 715.8

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 495.2 522.9 522.1 523.0 231.4 307.5 315.2 313.0 542.9 556.6 559.2 562.9

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127.6 127.3 127.1 128.2 62.2 69.2 69.7 70.4 145.4 148.8 148.5 149.4

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448.3 443.3 441.5 439.7 224.0 253.4 261.1 259.2 378.2 384.9 381.1 382.1

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.7 27.9 28.0 28.3 35.8 36.1 36.7 36.5 66.0 64.7 64.6 64.5

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108.7 112.9 113.0 113.4 70.5 79.3 80.1 80.0 195.4 195.4 194.9 196.2

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.2 4.4 4.9 4.9 5.0 10.4 10.8 10.8 10.8

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

November December November December November December

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

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,022.8 2,074.3 2,021.8 2,070.2 9.4 9.1 9.4 9.2 95.0 95.6 95.9 94.9

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291.7 297.5 288.8 295.8 10.0 10.4 10.0 10.7 16.2 15.4 15.8 14.4

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,903.4 3,039.8 2,906.2 3,054.8 12.2 13.0 12.3 12.9 177.3 176.0 172.1 176.7

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,261.6 1,292.6 1,263.8 1,291.1 5.4 5.7 5.3 5.7 54.7 52.3 54.0 51.7

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,181.7 17,032.2 16,092.3 17,064.6 19.2 18.9 18.3 18.7 864.0 894.8 871.5 882.2

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,650.3 2,773.4 2,645.4 2,789.7 19.7 20.3 19.1 20.5 173.9 172.7 171.9 170.9

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,596.3 1,646.3 1,590.2 1,641.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 57.3 61.5 56.1 60.2

Delaware1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445.0 455.1 444.0 455.9 – – – – 22.8 25.0 22.6 24.9

District of Columbia1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 738.2 762.0 735.9 761.8 – – – – 15.5 16.2 15.5 16.2

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,550.3 9,058.5 8,581.5 9,073.6 5.4 5.6 5.5 5.6 558.0 585.8 561.1 580.7

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,468.2 4,674.8 4,488.3 4,698.1 9.4 9.8 9.5 9.8 200.8 206.3 199.7 204.6

Hawaii1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536.7 582.0 551.2 588.8 – – – – 35.1 36.9 36.3 37.2

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774.6 790.1 773.5 788.1 3.9 4.2 3.6 4.2 57.9 60.3 56.3 57.8

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,704.5 5,938.9 5,675.1 5,937.0 6.6 6.7 6.5 6.5 223.3 239.0 213.5 226.7

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,045.2 3,134.3 3,047.5 3,146.3 5.2 5.6 5.1 5.7 150.3 149.3 149.1 149.1

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,526.1 1,560.7 1,517.3 1,563.2 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.3 80.3 78.5 74.4 74.2

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,369.6 1,405.9 1,365.3 1,401.9 5.6 6.1 5.8 6.1 64.1 63.7 63.9 63.0

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,875.8 1,917.0 1,859.6 1,922.7 7.4 6.9 7.4 6.9 79.9 83.8 78.4 84.3

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,843.9 1,884.5 1,846.1 1,889.0 29.4 30.5 29.2 30.9 118.9 117.3 117.4 119.4

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 601.8 612.3 598.0 612.4 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 30.8 31.1 29.9 30.0

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,624.2 2,721.2 2,624.2 2,725.7 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.3 161.8 163.8 162.2 160.9

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,384.9 3,583.7 3,365.6 3,588.3 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.1 164.0 174.3 160.0 171.3

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,127.4 4,271.4 4,032.6 4,255.6 6.7 7.0 6.7 7.0 177.4 182.6 168.8 172.4

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,787.2 2,907.1 2,716.3 2,884.4 6.3 6.4 6.0 6.0 122.2 132.6 116.2 125.1

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,133.2 1,158.0 1,132.6 1,155.5 5.7 5.8 5.6 5.8 45.2 46.2 45.0 46.6

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,813.5 2,885.0 2,808.4 2,889.4 4.3 4.8 4.3 4.8 127.5 130.2 124.7 131.1

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475.4 484.9 474.0 486.5 6.5 6.7 6.5 6.7 30.5 30.7 29.8 29.8

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 999.4 1,029.3 1,003.0 1,025.9 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 54.8 55.8 54.9 54.4

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,286.8 1,380.9 1,287.3 1,381.9 15.0 14.7 14.7 14.6 89.5 89.5 90.0 88.6

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 648.6 669.1 642.5 669.7 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.0 28.3 28.8 27.7 28.7

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,902.0 4,101.1 3,900.2 4,116.8 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.5 152.6 154.2 150.5 154.3

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 791.8 831.3 781.1 833.1 17.0 18.1 16.4 18.6 46.9 49.9 47.3 50.9

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,865.3 9,173.8 8,797.9 9,186.3 5.3 5.6 5.1 5.2 381.3 372.9 371.6 357.6

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,460.0 4,607.6 4,472.4 4,624.7 5.6 5.7 5.6 5.6 232.1 243.9 230.8 243.2

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410.9 424.3 408.8 420.0 13.3 14.3 13.2 14.4 26.1 26.7 24.7 24.4

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,340.0 5,451.2 5,302.0 5,436.8 9.0 8.3 9.0 8.0 225.5 237.3 214.9 231.9

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,628.7 1,668.3 1,625.2 1,666.8 25.1 28.9 24.9 30.0 78.7 82.1 77.6 81.9

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,837.2 1,914.9 1,805.2 1,917.1 6.4 6.4 6.5 6.1 109.5 112.7 106.5 109.5

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,700.1 5,859.4 5,642.9 5,856.1 21.2 21.7 20.8 21.3 255.2 249.6 245.8 238.2

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467.8 487.9 458.3 487.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 20.2 22.0 19.7 21.0

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,116.9 2,178.2 2,129.6 2,180.6 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 104.2 108.6 106.2 107.7

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430.5 437.0 430.6 434.8 1.0 1.1 0.9 1.0 23.9 26.7 23.0 25.0

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,061.0 3,152.7 3,065.1 3,167.3 4.1 4.3 4.2 4.3 130.2 131.2 128.9 129.5

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,395.1 13,131.7 12,453.1 13,165.2 174.1 204.4 175.0 207.6 729.9 746.1 725.5 752.1

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,570.4 1,646.1 1,578.9 1,646.9 8.3 8.4 8.1 8.4 118.9 124.2 117.5 123.7

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291.0 299.3 292.9 303.2 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.8 14.6 14.9 14.0 14.2

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,915.0 4,012.1 3,894.2 4,010.6 6.9 7.8 6.9 7.9 205.5 205.1 205.3 202.7

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,287.1 3,466.3 3,269.0 3,473.5 5.5 5.4 5.3 5.3 220.4 230.6 218.9 229.1

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 683.6 702.4 675.6 704.2 18.1 19.7 17.5 19.7 31.2 33.9 30.0 33.6

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,836.8 2,912.4 2,834.4 2,903.4 3.4 3.7 3.4 3.6 127.7 128.7 121.9 122.2

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269.5 272.8 271.0 275.1 14.5 16.0 14.6 16.0 20.6 20.4 19.8 19.6

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 848.4 876.4 859.3 886.9 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.7 28.2 30.4 29.6 32.2

Virgin Islands1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.9 35.2 34.1 35.2 – – – – 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.9

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

November December November December November December

2020 2021 2020 2021p

2020 2021 2020 2021p2020 2021 2020 2021p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262.2 269.7 261.3 270.1 385.9 394.2 388.4 400.1 19.1 21.7 18.8 21.4

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.0 8.7 6.4 7.6 57.5 59.3 56.9 59.8 4.7 4.8 4.7 4.9

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176.6 181.8 177.2 182.2 579.1 608.7 584.3 614.3 44.0 44.8 44.0 45.4

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156.4 161.9 157.3 162.2 257.2 261.4 258.2 263.4 11.7 12.6 11.6 12.7

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,248.2 1,274.2 1,244.7 1,274.6 3,024.5 3,105.6 3,050.5 3,137.6 521.5 563.4 525.5 565.7

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146.0 148.1 145.8 148.7 485.4 503.1 498.0 511.5 72.9 74.5 73.1 75.1

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151.4 155.7 153.1 156.4 296.4 298.9 300.4 302.0 29.1 28.2 29.2 28.1

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.2 24.8 25.2 24.7 82.4 85.5 84.4 87.5 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.6

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 29.6 30.2 29.7 30.1 19.5 18.4 19.2 18.1

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378.4 389.0 380.8 388.0 1,777.6 1,867.5 1,796.8 1,892.2 128.4 139.6 128.2 138.2

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385.1 401.6 390.7 404.4 963.4 1,001.8 969.3 1,019.6 111.8 122.5 110.9 123.3

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.2 11.7 11.3 11.6 101.1 108.2 103.7 110.5 6.6 6.6 6.5 6.7

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69.9 67.7 69.6 68.1 153.7 156.7 156.0 158.2 7.3 7.6 7.0 7.9

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 548.2 557.4 550.8 561.1 1,193.6 1,240.3 1,209.7 1,258.9 85.4 86.0 85.8 86.9

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515.4 545.6 520.2 546.8 610.3 625.4 617.9 631.8 24.5 25.3 23.8 25.1

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215.7 218.7 218.8 225.8 310.0 316.6 313.8 320.9 18.4 18.1 18.5 18.4

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157.4 164.4 157.3 166.0 266.4 280.5 268.1 284.0 16.4 16.9 16.6 17.1

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240.9 249.5 243.8 251.8 409.1 423.2 415.3 429.2 20.3 20.2 20.2 20.4

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128.6 128.4 130.6 129.8 367.7 368.3 370.5 372.9 17.4 17.0 17.2 16.7

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.0 53.9 53.1 53.7 114.5 118.2 115.7 120.4 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.3

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109.2 110.4 110.3 111.1 467.2 484.0 476.8 491.0 31.4 31.2 31.3 31.5

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229.9 239.6 230.8 240.7 551.2 572.8 562.9 583.3 87.1 93.4 86.0 94.5

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 573.4 586.9 573.7 590.2 776.0 800.7 785.0 810.1 49.2 50.5 48.3 50.4

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305.3 320.9 305.0 319.0 511.9 525.5 513.5 526.4 41.2 40.0 40.2 40.4

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142.1 145.0 142.9 146.7 236.8 245.7 238.2 246.3 9.3 9.6 9.4 9.6

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266.8 273.8 268.9 273.8 546.6 558.4 553.0 565.4 44.4 42.4 44.2 42.4

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.7 22.1 20.8 22.8 94.6 98.1 95.5 100.2 5.7 5.4 5.5 5.0

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98.4 100.5 99.3 101.0 197.1 202.3 200.6 203.9 15.7 16.4 15.8 16.4

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.6 59.8 56.7 60.5 277.4 291.6 281.4 295.5 13.7 14.3 13.4 14.2

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.5 66.4 66.7 66.6 137.9 139.4 139.6 142.0 11.5 11.8 11.4 12.1

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238.5 250.0 239.0 252.5 869.1 903.4 876.8 913.2 67.9 68.2 67.1 66.4

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.0 29.7 25.6 29.6 133.6 139.8 133.8 142.4 8.7 8.6 8.7 8.3

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399.9 415.7 403.5 418.2 1,419.1 1,463.1 1,432.0 1,489.3 263.6 282.2 262.5 282.5

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455.8 475.4 460.4 477.2 871.1 890.3 884.2 905.5 73.6 78.7 74.9 80.1

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.8 26.7 24.8 26.5 90.3 91.7 91.2 91.2 5.7 5.8 5.7 5.8

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 657.3 660.4 659.7 661.7 1,047.2 1,075.6 1,057.7 1,087.9 62.9 65.1 62.5 64.9

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127.9 129.4 130.3 131.2 308.9 313.4 309.3 316.8 17.7 18.0 17.7 17.6

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183.6 186.7 182.5 186.1 363.8 374.6 366.0 379.0 32.1 34.5 32.0 34.7

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 537.4 553.6 540.5 555.5 1,115.2 1,146.2 1,132.3 1,170.2 81.3 87.2 80.7 88.1

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.8 41.0 37.9 41.2 74.6 77.1 75.6 79.1 5.2 5.2 5.0 5.3

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246.5 252.3 248.2 255.0 413.9 428.4 419.0 436.9 24.6 25.3 25.1 25.4

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.4 44.1 43.5 44.2 86.2 85.5 87.1 86.9 4.8 4.8 4.8 4.8

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342.7 352.6 345.5 354.3 648.9 667.7 657.0 676.9 44.1 46.0 43.3 45.2

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 856.1 890.5 862.2 898.3 2,552.5 2,681.1 2,578.0 2,700.8 197.3 209.5 200.1 212.4

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138.9 146.3 140.7 146.1 304.1 320.4 306.8 323.3 38.1 41.2 38.1 41.2

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.6 30.2 29.0 30.5 51.1 50.9 52.3 52.0 3.9 4.0 3.9 3.9

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234.3 238.4 237.3 238.9 663.1 675.9 668.6 686.7 64.2 68.0 64.5 67.4

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260.7 268.7 260.8 267.7 648.5 669.2 655.9 680.9 150.4 161.6 151.4 164.2

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.7 46.1 44.4 46.4 124.0 129.1 124.2 130.7 7.3 7.1 7.3 7.0

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461.3 480.2 466.0 485.3 531.0 541.3 536.9 545.0 44.4 45.9 45.0 45.7

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.4 9.7 9.3 10.1 50.9 52.2 51.2 52.5 2.7 2.8 2.8 2.8

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.8 80.0 77.8 80.8 169.9 175.9 175.2 178.2 14.5 14.9 14.8 15.0

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 6.4 6.4 6.5 6.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 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

November December November December November December

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Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97.0 98.7 97.0 98.0 253.8 255.8 250.2 254.9 238.7 246.9 239.2 245.5

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.3 10.7 10.4 10.8 25.3 25.7 25.3 25.2 49.4 50.2 49.3 50.5

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233.7 236.1 233.0 235.4 432.2 462.5 434.9 466.9 466.2 485.1 469.4 488.3

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.5 68.2 63.5 67.8 140.4 151.7 142.8 152.4 188.6 191.2 189.2 189.0

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 813.0 815.3 813.8 819.0 2,613.0 2,792.4 2,630.6 2,797.6 2,747.8 2,839.4 2,748.0 2,843.5

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172.6 175.8 175.0 177.3 430.5 455.3 434.8 455.9 339.3 343.1 339.8 344.2

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119.4 118.5 120.1 119.1 205.5 215.6 204.9 214.0 328.6 339.0 326.6 337.1

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.7 47.1 46.6 46.6 61.3 60.2 61.4 60.1 78.4 78.7 78.2 78.8

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.9 27.4 27.8 27.1 164.9 171.7 164.9 172.1 125.2 127.0 124.4 126.8

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 597.2 632.8 601.4 634.7 1,366.4 1,459.5 1,380.0 1,456.9 1,316.1 1,367.4 1,312.0 1,363.4

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251.1 257.9 253.9 256.1 709.4 770.7 713.8 774.4 593.3 618.2 593.3 620.2

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.4 27.5 26.7 27.3 64.4 70.9 65.4 71.2 81.5 82.4 82.4 82.3

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.7 40.9 39.0 40.8 101.3 99.1 99.8 98.3 111.8 114.6 112.5 114.2

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402.1 400.1 403.5 399.0 906.8 940.9 908.8 941.8 891.1 904.2 888.8 896.6

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140.6 140.3 141.4 140.0 333.6 343.6 336.3 343.9 464.6 474.1 464.8 475.3

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109.8 110.5 109.9 110.2 136.1 136.3 135.7 135.0 223.6 226.0 223.5 226.2

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77.4 75.1 77.0 74.7 170.4 174.0 171.5 173.1 197.8 198.7 197.3 197.8

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94.3 94.7 94.2 95.5 217.6 213.3 216.5 213.0 277.5 285.8 278.7 284.4

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86.1 90.6 86.6 89.3 206.2 217.3 206.0 217.5 312.2 321.7 312.0 321.2

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.3 32.4 32.4 32.2 69.0 71.4 68.2 70.0 126.6 126.0 126.5 125.2

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136.5 134.7 135.5 134.5 446.4 474.2 448.0 473.6 450.2 458.8 451.3 459.0

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215.3 216.3 216.2 216.6 582.1 626.0 581.2 621.2 756.0 783.4 747.5 783.8

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223.8 225.7 224.5 225.6 617.3 649.4 607.2 649.0 648.7 648.0 643.0 644.9

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194.0 190.9 194.7 189.7 357.9 381.6 356.9 377.6 539.7 540.4 533.2 539.2

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.0 42.9 42.4 42.7 110.4 113.5 111.3 113.2 140.5 144.9 139.8 142.1

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174.7 165.5 175.7 165.5 366.9 391.8 368.8 393.7 488.9 492.3 484.7 487.5

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.6 26.1 26.7 26.3 44.7 44.2 44.2 43.6 79.4 78.9 79.2 78.9

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.3 73.5 74.8 73.1 117.1 123.6 117.8 120.8 156.2 160.6 156.3 160.4

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.6 69.1 68.2 69.7 180.5 203.4 179.9 200.9 140.9 148.0 143.6 148.0

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.8 34.3 34.2 34.1 84.1 87.4 84.5 87.6 119.8 121.4 117.5 119.7

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245.6 248.9 245.2 250.4 651.6 709.1 653.1 709.9 671.2 700.4 671.9 700.2

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.3 34.7 32.9 34.0 105.7 115.2 107.4 113.6 136.4 137.9 136.2 138.2

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 700.5 693.4 702.3 692.5 1,242.7 1,311.7 1,239.0 1,321.5 2,039.3 2,083.1 2,023.9 2,075.1

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258.1 259.2 259.2 259.0 653.9 690.5 658.5 686.5 605.2 605.1 601.7 607.6

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.7 25.0 24.6 25.1 30.6 31.7 30.5 31.3 65.5 65.7 65.8 65.0

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303.2 305.3 305.9 303.4 707.5 725.6 696.0 722.9 905.7 898.1 896.7 895.6

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.8 81.3 77.9 80.9 180.5 189.1 181.4 184.0 238.4 241.2 233.5 241.0

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.8 105.4 102.0 105.6 245.3 265.4 246.4 265.6 296.8 298.8 294.1 298.5

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323.5 329.6 324.1 330.8 761.4 794.0 758.0 781.2 1,260.8 1,268.8 1,238.5 1,263.2

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.0 34.0 33.9 34.0 67.3 67.4 65.8 65.9 101.8 103.6 99.6 103.5

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106.2 105.2 106.3 104.8 289.6 295.4 291.4 290.0 252.9 257.9 252.9 258.7

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.4 28.2 28.7 28.3 32.8 33.2 32.7 32.2 74.6 73.1 75.1 73.7

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170.8 175.7 170.9 176.6 432.3 452.3 436.7 454.5 434.6 429.0 431.2 430.8

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 814.1 853.4 809.1 860.2 1,787.5 1,993.7 1,811.1 1,991.7 1,706.1 1,777.0 1,709.7 1,770.4

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95.0 97.9 96.6 99.0 232.0 244.1 233.6 240.9 211.5 219.8 209.2 217.9

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.0 12.3 11.8 12.3 29.9 30.9 29.6 30.7 63.4 63.8 63.6 63.1

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207.8 204.0 208.3 204.4 769.6 790.9 766.1 789.3 535.0 546.8 530.4 544.3

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157.8 164.1 158.0 163.5 432.6 448.9 437.2 447.8 498.8 524.0 496.7 522.5

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.7 29.2 29.3 29.0 65.4 67.1 65.4 67.5 129.0 128.0 128.5 129.0

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150.7 150.5 150.9 149.7 315.9 323.4 314.5 322.4 450.6 445.2 452.1 442.9

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.5 11.0 11.1 11.2 18.4 18.8 18.1 18.8 28.7 28.2 28.8 28.7

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.7 42.8 43.2 43.0 119.9 123.5 121.2 124.9 110.7 115.0 111.8 116.1

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.8 1.9 1.8 1.9 3.4 3.3 3.4 3.3 2.1 2.2 2.1 2.2

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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

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Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181.5 198.1 183.9 194.9 91.4 92.4 91.4 92.0 388.8 392.1 386.3 389.2

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.3 24.9 22.1 24.6 10.2 11.5 10.0 11.6 77.8 75.9 77.9 75.7

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275.3 318.1 276.2 320.6 89.5 93.4 90.1 94.6 417.3 420.3 412.7 417.5

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109.5 112.7 107.8 112.2 65.1 67.4 65.1 66.9 209.1 207.5 209.0 207.1

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,423.0 1,725.6 1,319.3 1,737.1 452.8 507.3 438.5 506.5 2,454.7 2,495.3 2,431.6 2,482.1

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263.1 317.6 244.1 326.7 106.8 110.6 107.3 110.8 440.1 452.3 436.5 448.1

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117.9 133.4 115.4 130.9 56.8 61.1 57.1 61.6 233.4 233.9 226.8 231.7

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.8 46.4 40.0 45.8 16.1 16.4 15.8 16.7 66.7 67.4 66.3 67.2

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.4 58.5 38.8 58.4 71.9 70.6 71.7 71.0 242.3 241.0 242.9 241.0

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 993.6 1,135.4 996.6 1,142.6 321.9 349.9 321.3 353.0 1,107.3 1,126.0 1,097.8 1,118.3

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416.0 452.1 420.3 452.6 148.8 153.0 149.7 152.8 679.1 680.9 677.2 680.3

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.6 96.0 76.1 99.0 21.1 22.9 22.5 22.9 120.7 118.9 120.3 120.1

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77.1 83.3 79.3 84.7 25.8 25.5 25.3 25.4 127.2 130.2 125.1 128.5

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425.3 519.3 393.4 516.4 231.8 244.0 231.7 245.8 790.3 801.0 782.6 797.3

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266.4 287.9 263.3 287.5 113.3 114.3 111.5 115.7 421.0 422.9 414.1 425.4

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116.2 133.2 111.3 131.4 54.8 56.9 55.0 57.6 258.8 263.5 254.1 261.2

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110.4 121.1 107.8 119.8 49.1 49.1 48.6 48.9 254.6 256.3 251.4 251.4

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167.6 173.0 152.1 173.5 61.5 63.2 60.8 62.2 299.7 303.4 292.2 301.5

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195.1 210.2 194.5 209.9 65.3 68.4 64.9 67.9 317.0 314.8 317.2 313.5

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.1 49.5 45.3 51.0 20.3 22.4 20.7 22.8 99.6 98.7 97.4 98.5

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214.4 232.2 206.9 231.9 101.9 108.6 101.0 109.8 504.0 522.0 499.7 521.1

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248.8 304.7 237.6 304.6 112.5 119.7 111.5 119.8 437.0 452.4 430.9 451.4

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319.5 363.4 255.8 357.1 145.4 150.1 143.2 148.4 590.0 607.1 576.4 600.5

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192.5 247.1 148.1 243.1 100.8 107.0 97.0 107.5 415.4 414.7 405.5 410.4

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122.9 126.7 122.0 127.7 40.6 41.4 40.2 41.5 237.7 236.3 235.8 233.3

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251.0 280.7 243.6 280.8 111.5 114.1 110.7 114.2 430.9 431.0 429.8 430.2

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.2 62.8 58.6 63.2 18.3 19.6 18.3 20.2 90.2 90.3 88.9 89.8

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.1 86.6 76.9 85.5 35.2 37.0 35.3 37.4 170.5 172.0 170.3 172.0

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246.2 281.3 242.6 282.5 36.9 44.9 35.7 43.0 162.5 164.3 161.1 164.4

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.3 66.0 54.1 65.5 22.1 23.6 21.7 23.3 87.3 89.0 84.2 89.1

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281.0 318.9 272.1 320.5 141.7 149.9 142.6 150.9 581.4 596.6 580.5 597.0

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.1 91.5 70.4 93.7 26.1 28.1 25.5 27.8 179.0 177.8 176.9 176.0

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 612.0 737.7 572.8 739.5 337.3 352.8 335.8 350.4 1,464.3 1,455.6 1,449.4 1,454.5

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425.4 468.9 420.8 472.9 155.4 161.4 156.0 161.1 723.8 728.5 720.3 726.0

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.9 38.9 33.0 38.2 14.6 15.6 14.4 15.3 81.4 82.2 80.9 82.8

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464.7 508.1 453.9 501.9 190.7 191.5 190.8 192.9 766.3 775.9 754.9 765.7

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161.2 167.1 158.8 168.1 64.8 64.3 65.3 63.8 348.7 353.5 348.5 351.5

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159.4 178.3 132.2 180.4 57.9 60.9 57.7 61.2 281.6 291.2 279.3 290.4

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427.2 480.7 396.2 478.8 226.8 238.0 224.1 240.1 690.1 690.0 681.9 688.7

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.9 50.6 39.3 50.3 19.6 21.1 18.9 21.1 63.2 65.7 62.4 65.5

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230.6 245.9 231.5 244.1 73.8 79.2 73.5 79.1 370.2 375.6 371.1 374.5

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.4 43.2 39.0 42.2 16.9 17.0 17.1 17.1 79.1 80.1 78.7 79.4

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291.6 322.0 291.3 325.7 118.7 125.0 118.1 126.2 443.0 446.9 438.0 443.3

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,189.9 1,330.6 1,195.0 1,329.0 396.6 430.1 396.3 427.6 1,991.0 2,015.3 1,991.1 2,015.1

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137.6 149.2 141.6 154.7 40.4 42.1 40.1 41.6 245.6 252.5 246.6 250.1

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.2 27.3 26.2 31.1 9.5 10.7 9.0 10.9 53.0 53.5 52.8 53.7

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328.4 360.0 321.5 361.4 179.8 182.5 178.5 182.1 720.4 732.7 706.8 725.5

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249.8 309.5 224.6 309.3 116.8 120.7 115.8 120.3 545.8 563.6 544.4 562.9

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.3 69.0 60.8 68.7 21.1 21.8 21.5 21.7 149.8 151.4 146.7 150.9

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213.1 250.7 210.7 246.7 145.7 148.7 146.1 149.5 393.0 394.1 386.9 390.4

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.4 32.5 32.9 34.4 15.6 15.9 15.8 15.8 66.8 65.3 66.6 65.2

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69.5 80.4 71.4 81.2 16.2 16.8 16.4 17.1 199.4 196.0 197.3 197.7

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.4 4.9 4.4 5.0 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.5 11.1 10.8 10.4 10.7

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.
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Map 1. Unemployment rates by state, seasonally adjusted,

December 2021

(U.S. rate = 3.9 percent)

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5.0% to 5.9%

4.0% to 4.9%

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2.9% or lower
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4.0% to 5.9%

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Map 2. Percentage change in nonfarm employment by state,

seasonally adjusted, December 2020 - December 2021