For release 10:00 a.m. (EDT) Friday, September 21, 2018 USDL-18-1501 

Technical information:

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STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT — AUGUST 2018 

Unemployment rates were lower in August in 13 states, higher in 3 states, and stable in 34 states and the 

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

decreases from a year earlier and 39 states and the District had little or no change. The national 

unemployment rate was unchanged from July at 3.9 percent but was 0.5 percentage point lower than in 

August 2017. 

Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 4 states in August 2018 and was essentially unchanged in 46 

states and the District of Columbia. Over the year, 35 states added nonfarm payroll jobs and 15 states 

and the District were essentially unchanged.

Unemployment

Hawaii had the lowest unemployment rate in August, 2.1 percent. The rates in Idaho (2.8 percent), 

Oregon (3.8 percent), South Carolina (3.4 percent), and Washington (4.5 percent) set new series lows. 

(All state series begin in 1976.) Alaska had the highest jobless rate, 6.7 percent. In total, 15 states had 

unemployment rates lower than the U.S. figure of 3.9 percent, 9 states and the District of Columbia had 

higher rates, and 26 states had rates that were not appreciably different from that of the nation. (See 

tables A and 1 and map 1.) 

In August, 13 states had unemployment rate decreases, the largest of which were in Alaska, Michigan, 

North Carolina, and South Carolina (-0.2 percentage point each). Three states had over-the-month rate 

increases: Maine (+0.2 percentage point) and Colorado and Wyoming (+0.1 point each). The remaining 

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

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

changes. (See table B.)

Eleven states had unemployment rate changes from August 2017, all of which were decreases. The 

largest decline occurred in New Mexico (-1.4 percentage points). (See table C.) 
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Nonfarm Payroll Employment 

Four states had over-the-month increases in nonfarm payroll employment in August 2018: California 

(+44,800), Texas (+32,000), Arizona (+21,900), and Florida (+20,500). In percentage terms, the largest 

increase occurred in Arizona (+0.8 percent), followed by California and Texas (+0.3 percent each) and 

Florida (+0.2 percent). (See table 3.) 

Thirty-five states had over-the-year increases in nonfarm payroll employment in August. The largest job 

gains occurred in Texas (+394,500), California (+348,900), and Florida (+220,200). The largest 

percentage gain occurred in Utah (+3.5 percent), followed by Nevada and Washington (+3.3 percent 

each). (See table D and map 2.)

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

to be released on Wednesday, October 3, 2018, at 10:00 a.m. (EDT). The State Employment

and Unemployment news release for September is scheduled to be released on Friday, 

October 19, 2018, at 10:00 a.m. (EDT).
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State Rate p

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

Alaska ................................................................ 6.7

Arizona ............................................................... 4.6

Colorado ............................................................ 2.9

District of Columbia ............................................. 5.6

Hawaii ................................................................ 2.1

Idaho ................................................................. 2.8

Iowa .................................................................. 2.5

Kansas ............................................................... 3.3

Louisiana ............................................................ 5.0

Maine ................................................................. 3.2

Minnesota ........................................................... 2.9

Mississippi .......................................................... 4.8

Nebraska ............................................................ 2.8

Nevada ............................................................... 4.5

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

New Mexico ........................................................ 4.6

North Dakota ...................................................... 2.6

Ohio ................................................................... 4.6

South Dakota ...................................................... 3.0

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

Vermont ............................................................. 2.8

Virginia ............................................................... 3.0

Washington ......................................................... 4.5

West Virginia ...................................................... 5.3

Wisconsin ........................................................... 3.0

1

 Data are not preliminary.

p

 = preliminary.

Table A. States with unemployment rates significantly different from that

of the U.S., August 2018, seasonally adjusted
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Table B. States with statistically significant unemployment rate changes from July 2018

to August 2018, seasonally adjusted

July 2018 August 2018 p

Alaska ......................................... 6.9 6.7 -0.2

Colorado ...................................... 2.8 2.9 .1

Georgia ....................................... 3.9 3.8 -.1

Idaho ........................................... 2.9 2.8 -.1

Iowa ............................................ 2.6 2.5 -.1

Maine .......................................... 3.0 3.2 .2

Michigan ...................................... 4.3 4.1 -.2

Minnesota .................................... 3.0 2.9 -.1

New Mexico ................................. 4.7 4.6 -.1

New York ..................................... 4.3 4.2 -.1

North Carolina .............................. 4.1 3.9 -.2

Oklahoma .................................... 3.8 3.7 -.1

South Carolina .............................. 3.6 3.4 -.2

South Dakota ............................... 3.1 3.0 -.1

Washington .................................. 4.6 4.5 -.1

Wyoming ...................................... 3.8 3.9 .1

p

 = preliminary.

Table C. States with statistically significant unemployment rate changes from August 2017

to August 2018, seasonally adjusted

August 2017 August 2018 p

Alaska ......................................... 7.2 6.7 -0.5

California ...................................... 4.6 4.2 -.4

Delaware ..................................... 4.6 3.9 -.7

Georgia ....................................... 4.5 3.8 -.7

Illinois .......................................... 5.0 4.1 -.9

Iowa ............................................ 3.0 2.5 -.5

New Mexico ................................. 6.0 4.6 -1.4

New York ..................................... 4.7 4.2 -.5

Pennsylvania ................................ 4.8 4.1 -.7

South Carolina .............................. 4.2 3.4 -.8

Virginia ......................................... 3.7 3.0 -.7

p

 = preliminary.

State

Rate Over-the-month 

change p

State Rate Over-the-year 

change p
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Table D. States with statistically significant employment changes from August 2017 to August 2018,

seasonally adjusted

August August

2017 2018 p Level Percent

Alabama ...................................... 2,017,900 2,040,500 22,600 1.1

Arizona ........................................ 2,785,200 2,864,900 79,700 2.9

California ..................................... 16,843,000 17,191,900 348,900 2.1

Colorado ...................................... 2,668,300 2,740,500 72,200 2.7

Florida ......................................... 8,602,000 8,822,200 220,200 2.6

Georgia ....................................... 4,464,300 4,553,200 88,900 2.0

Hawaii ......................................... 649,200 666,900 17,700 2.7

Idaho ........................................... 717,500 739,500 22,000 3.1

Illinois .......................................... 6,072,500 6,120,000 47,500 .8

Iowa ............................................ 1,572,200 1,593,300 21,100 1.3

 

Kansas ........................................ 1,403,700 1,430,300 26,600 1.9

Massachusetts ............................. 3,617,000 3,685,100 68,100 1.9

Michigan ...................................... 4,378,200 4,434,500 56,300 1.3

Minnesota .................................... 2,932,100 2,976,500 44,400 1.5

Mississippi ................................... 1,151,000 1,169,500 18,500 1.6

Missouri ....................................... 2,870,400 2,905,700 35,300 1.2

Nebraska ..................................... 1,018,000 1,032,300 14,300 1.4

Nevada ........................................ 1,344,600 1,389,400 44,800 3.3

New Hampshire ............................ 677,400 689,300 11,900 1.8

New Jersey .................................. 4,134,200 4,195,700 61,500 1.5

 

New Mexico ................................. 830,000 846,300 16,300 2.0

New York ..................................... 9,541,600 9,631,800 90,200 .9

North Carolina .............................. 4,424,800 4,527,600 102,800 2.3

Ohio ............................................ 5,535,500 5,625,700 90,200 1.6

Oklahoma .................................... 1,662,900 1,696,000 33,100 2.0

Oregon ........................................ 1,876,300 1,920,800 44,500 2.4

Pennsylvania ................................ 5,953,100 6,018,500 65,400 1.1

South Carolina .............................. 2,089,800 2,130,400 40,600 1.9

Tennessee ................................... 3,014,400 3,070,400 56,000 1.9

Texas .......................................... 12,232,000 12,626,500 394,500 3.2

 

Utah ............................................ 1,471,400 1,523,300 51,900 3.5

Virginia ........................................ 3,955,900 4,010,700 54,800 1.4

Washington .................................. 3,330,900 3,439,700 108,800 3.3

Wisconsin .................................... 2,943,500 2,987,700 44,200 1.5

Wyoming ...................................... 282,400 288,900 6,500 2.3

p

 = preliminary.

State Over-the-year change p
Technical Note

This news release presents civilian labor force and 

unemployment data for states and selected substate areas from 

the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program 

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

employment estimates by state and industry supersector from 

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

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

cooperative endeavors.

Civilian labor force and unemployment—from the 

LAUS program 

 Definitions. The civilian labor force and unemployment 

data are based on the same concepts and definitions as those 

used for the official national estimates obtained from the 

Current Population Survey (CPS), a sample survey of 

households that is conducted for the Bureau of Labor Statistics 

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

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

noninstitutional population 16 years of age and older. 

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

profit in the reference week (typically the week including the 

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

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

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

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

illness, or vacation. 

 Unemployed people are those who were not employed during 

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

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

reference week, and were currently available for work; people

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

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

employed and unemployed people. The unemployment rate is 

the number of unemployed as a percent of the civilian labor 

force.

 Method of estimation. Estimates for 48 states, the District 

of Columbia, the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale 

metropolitan division, New York City, and the balances of 

California and New York State are produced using time-series 

models. This method, which underwent substantial 

enhancement at the beginning of 2015, utilizes data from 

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

unemployment insurance (UI) programs. Estimates for the state 

of California are derived by summing the estimates for the Los 

Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale metropolitan division and the 

balance of California. Similarly, estimates for New York State

are derived by summing the estimates for New York City and 

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

substate areas contained in this release (the Cleveland-Elyria 

and Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metropolitan areas and the 

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

and their respective balances of state are produced using a 

similar model-based approach.

 Each month, estimates for the nine census divisions first are

modeled using inputs from the CPS only and controlled to the 

national totals. State estimates then are controlled to their 

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

estimates for the five areas noted above also are controlled to 

their respective state totals. This tiered process of controlling 

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

benchmarking. Estimates for Puerto Rico are derived from a 

monthly household survey similar to the CPS. A more detailed 

description of the estimation procedures is available from BLS 

upon request.

 Annual revisions. Civilian labor force and unemployment 

data for prior years reflect adjustments made after the end of 

each year. The adjusted estimates reflect updated population 

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

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

data for the most recent five years are revised near the 

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

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

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

 Seasonal adjustment. The LAUS models decompose the 

estimates of employed and unemployed people into trend, 

seasonal, and irregular components. Prior to 2018, the 

benchmarked trend component of each measure had been

smoothed using a Trend-Cycle Cascade Filter. With changes 

implemented in early 2018, the benchmarked signals of 

employed and unemployed people first are adjusted using an X11 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.

 In early 2018, historical data were re-estimated back to the 

series beginnings in 1976, 1990, or 1994 to incorporate the 

changes to the seasonal adjustment and smoothing procedures 

described above.

 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 July 15, 2015. 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.

 Beginning with the release of January 2018 preliminary 

estimates, payroll employment data are seasonally adjusted 

concurrently, using all available estimates including those for 

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

Concurrent sample-based factors are created every month for 

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

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

estimates. Previously, the sample-based seasonal factors were 

forecasted once annually at the beginning of the year and 

applied to the sample-based estimates for the 12 months of the 

year. 

 

 Caution on aggregating state data. State estimation 

procedures are designed to produce accurate data for each 

individual state. BLS independently develops a national 

employment series; state estimates are not forced to sum to 

national totals. Because each state series is subject to larger 

sampling and nonsampling errors than the national series, 

summing them cumulates individual state-level errors and can 

cause significant distortions at an aggregate level. Due to these 

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

employment series, and cautions users that such a series is 

subject to a relatively large and volatile error structure.

Reliability of the estimates

 The estimates presented in this release are based on sample 

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

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

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

by chance because a sample rather than the entire population is 

surveyed. Survey data also are subject to nonsampling errors, 

such as those which can be introduced into the data collection 

and processing operations. Estimates not directly derived from 

sample surveys are subject to additional errors resulting from 

the specific estimation processes used.

 Use of error measures. Changes in state unemployment 

rates and state nonfarm payroll employment are cited in the 

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

statistically significant at the 90-percent confidence level. 

Furthermore, state unemployment rates for the current month 

generally are cited only if they have been determined to be 

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

confidence level. The underlying model-based standard error 

measures for unemployment rates and over-the-month and 

over-the-year changes in rates are available at 

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

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

payroll employment data at the total nonfarm and supersector 

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

Measures of nonsampling error are not available.

Additional information

 Estimates of civilian labor force and unemployment from the 

LAUS program, as well as nonfarm payroll employment from 

the CES program, for metropolitan areas and metropolitan 

divisions are available in the news release Metropolitan Area 

Employment and Unemployment. Estimates of civilian labor 

force, employed people, unemployed people, and 

unemployment rates for approximately 7,000 subnational areas 

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

from the CES program for states and metropolitan areas are 

available online at www.bls.gov/sae/. Information in this 

release will be made available to sensory impaired individuals 

upon request. Voice phone: (202) 691-5200; Federal Relay 

Service: (800) 877-8339.
LABOR FORCE DATA

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

State and area

Civilian labor force Unemployed

Aug.

2017

June

2018

July

2018

Aug.

2018p

Number Percent of labor force

Aug.

2017

June

2018

July

2018

Aug.

2018p

Aug.

2017

June

2018

July

2018

Aug.

2018p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,166,556 2,187,423 2,196,505 2,203,485 86,383 89,302 90,928 91,211 4.0 4.1 4.1 4.1

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362,802 361,232 359,825 358,332 26,262 25,697 24,919 24,104 7.2 7.1 6.9 6.7

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,325,430 3,373,685 3,375,231 3,374,939 155,859 157,018 155,473 156,195 4.7 4.7 4.6 4.6

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,357,615 1,349,266 1,348,451 1,346,758 50,387 50,856 49,550 48,131 3.7 3.8 3.7 3.6

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,357,883 19,341,314 19,348,114 19,351,010 895,107 814,209 807,518 803,076 4.6 4.2 4.2 4.2

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale1. . . . 5,140,322 5,145,669 5,150,289 5,150,706 236,491 230,539 230,939 233,037 4.6 4.5 4.5 4.5

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,012,679 3,074,507 3,084,859 3,090,778 88,202 84,057 85,492 90,531 2.9 2.7 2.8 2.9

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,914,331 1,896,528 1,898,520 1,899,238 87,032 83,943 82,750 80,898 4.5 4.4 4.4 4.3

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477,907 484,465 485,735 486,361 21,848 19,029 18,882 18,993 4.6 3.9 3.9 3.9

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401,321 408,343 409,028 408,137 24,511 22,901 22,920 23,044 6.1 5.6 5.6 5.6

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,123,142 10,232,909 10,246,521 10,243,544 403,899 386,820 382,655 375,416 4.0 3.8 3.7 3.7

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall1. . . . . . . . . . . 1,389,016 1,398,822 1,398,190 1,393,554 65,293 62,413 60,499 57,971 4.7 4.5 4.3 4.2

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,079,464 5,155,125 5,162,235 5,161,920 229,546 210,639 203,815 197,005 4.5 4.1 3.9 3.8

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 683,307 687,551 687,731 687,320 15,133 14,191 14,362 14,600 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.1

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 836,994 851,628 852,790 852,878 25,530 24,515 24,602 24,014 3.1 2.9 2.9 2.8

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,493,549 6,487,019 6,486,738 6,480,458 323,177 275,721 272,201 268,734 5.0 4.3 4.2 4.1

Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights1. . . 3,800,969 3,746,065 3,739,927 3,736,684 196,981 156,644 150,307 144,413 5.2 4.2 4.0 3.9

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,326,633 3,365,058 3,381,289 3,392,374 118,917 112,235 115,186 117,780 3.6 3.3 3.4 3.5

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,677,745 1,680,041 1,684,237 1,685,211 51,078 44,905 43,958 42,750 3.0 2.7 2.6 2.5

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,479,592 1,477,186 1,478,313 1,479,406 52,968 49,885 49,841 49,165 3.6 3.4 3.4 3.3

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,059,316 2,063,526 2,068,903 2,071,098 100,206 87,082 89,996 90,995 4.9 4.2 4.3 4.4

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,111,175 2,137,617 2,136,087 2,130,791 102,968 101,351 105,019 106,825 4.9 4.7 4.9 5.0

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 701,481 704,181 705,870 706,564 23,824 20,390 21,496 22,430 3.4 2.9 3.0 3.2

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,225,083 3,233,776 3,235,032 3,233,773 130,571 138,459 137,931 136,238 4.0 4.3 4.3 4.2

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,660,376 3,758,872 3,785,804 3,806,078 133,381 133,409 135,777 137,259 3.6 3.5 3.6 3.6

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,889,985 4,910,977 4,909,849 4,897,991 224,390 218,516 211,949 201,416 4.6 4.4 4.3 4.1

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,113,691 2,118,455 2,118,114 2,113,556 89,177 92,880 91,806 88,077 4.2 4.4 4.3 4.2

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,068,539 3,110,795 3,111,750 3,105,150 102,981 95,344 93,107 89,787 3.4 3.1 3.0 2.9

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,278,839 1,281,523 1,284,971 1,287,844 63,813 60,641 61,084 61,645 5.0 4.7 4.8 4.8

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,050,689 3,053,048 3,060,739 3,061,008 110,472 106,230 104,091 100,673 3.6 3.5 3.4 3.3

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 526,553 523,100 522,921 523,006 21,385 19,918 19,426 19,089 4.1 3.8 3.7 3.6

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,006,930 1,013,967 1,014,634 1,015,022 29,182 28,967 29,001 28,844 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.8

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,468,711 1,495,032 1,498,383 1,501,990 72,585 70,051 68,442 67,958 4.9 4.7 4.6 4.5

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 747,101 756,000 758,519 760,516 19,840 20,185 20,407 20,516 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,520,146 4,475,465 4,480,352 4,485,738 211,792 191,754 189,661 188,282 4.7 4.3 4.2 4.2

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 929,744 939,292 939,864 939,742 56,001 46,042 44,284 43,333 6.0 4.9 4.7 4.6

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,730,710 9,669,875 9,679,716 9,691,342 461,041 430,440 419,498 408,942 4.7 4.5 4.3 4.2

New York City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,237,234 4,228,355 4,229,037 4,229,131 195,532 177,475 175,700 172,858 4.6 4.2 4.2 4.1

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,956,805 4,997,161 5,004,054 5,002,614 218,199 209,577 203,428 196,936 4.4 4.2 4.1 3.9

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414,350 409,618 407,800 405,634 10,614 10,641 10,630 10,518 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,793,074 5,799,958 5,802,017 5,789,160 290,928 259,380 265,176 267,808 5.0 4.5 4.6 4.6

Cleveland-Elyria2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,031,877 1,029,817 1,032,229 1,033,942 57,958 51,206 52,251 53,132 5.6 5.0 5.1 5.1

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,838,382 1,859,187 1,862,880 1,864,333 76,605 72,180 70,403 68,309 4.2 3.9 3.8 3.7

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,114,842 2,120,255 2,116,629 2,111,985 87,958 84,769 82,521 80,505 4.2 4.0 3.9 3.8

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,418,186 6,363,114 6,370,918 6,380,493 307,194 275,252 267,322 262,388 4.8 4.3 4.2 4.1

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 555,295 560,850 561,956 562,173 24,619 24,018 23,315 22,549 4.4 4.3 4.1 4.0

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,315,916 2,313,069 2,309,889 2,306,283 97,377 87,096 82,339 78,416 4.2 3.8 3.6 3.4

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455,739 459,512 459,201 458,713 15,477 14,825 14,368 13,957 3.4 3.2 3.1 3.0

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,210,630 3,245,778 3,253,631 3,256,033 108,112 113,606 115,210 116,238 3.4 3.5 3.5 3.6

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,557,380 13,813,349 13,824,491 13,822,243 545,573 557,779 547,739 535,929 4.0 4.0 4.0 3.9

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,567,493 1,591,474 1,592,960 1,591,923 50,732 48,388 48,743 49,783 3.2 3.0 3.1 3.1

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344,853 349,291 349,036 348,176 10,246 9,782 9,851 9,895 3.0 2.8 2.8 2.8

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,318,898 4,348,833 4,356,114 4,356,189 157,867 137,704 133,325 130,116 3.7 3.2 3.1 3.0

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,743,241 3,760,156 3,763,188 3,766,026 177,891 176,664 173,372 169,318 4.8 4.7 4.6 4.5

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,657,368 1,683,529 1,683,494 1,683,201 64,504 62,159 60,907 58,928 3.9 3.7 3.6 3.5

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 779,200 785,039 784,220 782,125 40,545 41,983 42,142 41,269 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.3

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,160,064 3,183,045 3,183,097 3,178,156 105,003 91,069 93,064 94,966 3.3 2.9 2.9 3.0

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292,617 287,889 286,745 285,748 11,974 10,788 10,980 11,254 4.1 3.7 3.8 3.9

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,090,506 1,097,548 1,104,709 1,103,638 113,358 101,781 100,600 96,905 10.4 9.3 9.1 8.8

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. 15-01, dated July 15, 2015, and are available on the BLS website at https://www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm. Estimates for the latest month are subject to revision

the following month.
LABOR FORCE DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

State and area

Civilian labor force Unemployed

July August Number Percent of labor force

2017 2018 2017 2018p

July August July August

2017 2018 2017 2018p 2017 2018 2017 2018p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,173,759 2,217,339 2,158,653 2,204,787 100,246 97,615 93,099 91,950 4.6 4.4 4.3 4.2

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373,884 366,761 368,916 360,804 24,848 21,143 23,546 19,390 6.6 5.8 6.4 5.4

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,309,906 3,372,025 3,314,163 3,363,285 169,559 169,248 171,931 178,100 5.1 5.0 5.2 5.3

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,373,322 1,364,018 1,360,376 1,344,473 57,080 51,940 51,805 45,168 4.2 3.8 3.8 3.4

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,413,562 19,469,829 19,376,487 19,368,137 995,611 857,023 959,037 825,595 5.1 4.4 4.9 4.3

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale1. . . . 5,152,986 5,179,812 5,137,893 5,138,451 273,428 263,162 262,503 260,291 5.3 5.1 5.1 5.1

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,019,606 3,126,122 3,018,153 3,101,394 84,207 95,289 83,673 106,094 2.8 3.0 2.8 3.4

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,951,246 1,944,408 1,920,059 1,905,326 94,974 86,499 89,647 77,120 4.9 4.4 4.7 4.0

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483,010 492,985 480,786 488,689 23,342 20,650 22,830 20,790 4.8 4.2 4.7 4.3

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407,291 414,707 400,601 401,407 26,933 24,791 25,560 24,622 6.6 6.0 6.4 6.1

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,164,624 10,319,333 10,105,593 10,191,327 444,483 409,001 439,388 383,417 4.4 4.0 4.3 3.8

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall1. . . . . . . . . . . 1,402,620 1,396,346 1,377,698 1,361,811 68,949 60,045 69,890 55,867 4.9 4.3 5.1 4.1

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,090,447 5,196,412 5,060,417 5,124,948 255,534 209,298 248,105 192,615 5.0 4.0 4.9 3.8

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 688,438 690,125 682,136 683,846 16,219 15,151 14,814 14,754 2.4 2.2 2.2 2.2

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 845,036 866,913 839,691 854,464 24,691 23,870 24,036 19,695 2.9 2.8 2.9 2.3

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,567,081 6,561,454 6,504,014 6,460,016 335,872 280,091 344,193 269,055 5.1 4.3 5.3 4.2

Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights1. . . 3,844,615 3,795,206 3,806,199 3,742,782 204,102 154,295 213,637 143,531 5.3 4.1 5.6 3.8

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,355,414 3,446,083 3,332,392 3,409,605 120,612 121,497 131,017 127,488 3.6 3.5 3.9 3.7

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,698,474 1,713,981 1,679,665 1,681,661 51,144 41,736 52,490 40,416 3.0 2.4 3.1 2.4

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,501,319 1,500,325 1,477,378 1,476,834 62,362 59,107 59,507 51,492 4.2 3.9 4.0 3.5

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,071,239 2,091,089 2,047,213 2,056,845 110,880 103,479 98,105 84,339 5.4 4.9 4.8 4.1

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,136,012 2,159,051 2,118,448 2,115,837 119,626 126,696 118,483 117,317 5.6 5.9 5.6 5.5

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 720,418 728,259 718,153 722,902 23,499 23,890 20,058 20,718 3.3 3.3 2.8 2.9

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,274,692 3,284,643 3,238,148 3,237,791 140,435 145,527 136,940 135,660 4.3 4.4 4.2 4.2

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,713,111 3,892,173 3,693,503 3,866,987 148,026 153,070 134,706 136,763 4.0 3.9 3.6 3.5

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,942,077 4,949,857 4,924,856 4,874,942 268,290 239,239 251,002 185,713 5.4 4.8 5.1 3.8

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,138,047 2,137,275 2,140,596 2,114,654 107,913 107,815 108,502 88,881 5.0 5.0 5.1 4.2

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,097,084 3,137,539 3,083,928 3,087,727 102,342 85,917 104,234 77,958 3.3 2.7 3.4 2.5

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,293,157 1,304,792 1,269,033 1,281,473 75,197 69,628 63,102 60,565 5.8 5.3 5.0 4.7

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,087,860 3,111,773 3,049,843 3,041,588 128,665 117,084 129,606 105,619 4.2 3.8 4.2 3.5

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535,948 533,560 532,953 530,353 19,530 17,231 19,171 16,769 3.6 3.2 3.6 3.2

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,022,611 1,031,535 1,010,044 1,018,192 32,315 31,639 29,345 27,829 3.2 3.1 2.9 2.7

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,470,436 1,511,980 1,467,506 1,511,103 75,576 67,875 72,887 70,162 5.1 4.5 5.0 4.6

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 759,632 775,787 754,645 771,044 19,741 20,692 19,652 20,311 2.6 2.7 2.6 2.6

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,586,978 4,579,780 4,545,577 4,527,351 234,116 217,846 226,022 199,547 5.1 4.8 5.0 4.4

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 932,069 943,529 927,597 935,881 62,198 47,534 58,085 44,958 6.7 5.0 6.3 4.8

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,858,475 9,831,240 9,767,149 9,757,182 485,742 416,407 481,791 401,687 4.9 4.2 4.9 4.1

New York City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,263,610 4,257,392 4,236,696 4,229,163 214,568 186,717 215,114 179,918 5.0 4.4 5.1 4.3

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,988,088 5,052,642 4,938,611 4,960,170 237,962 206,181 238,077 194,685 4.8 4.1 4.8 3.9

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423,222 411,863 421,299 407,132 9,731 9,902 9,870 9,211 2.3 2.4 2.3 2.3

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,864,866 5,846,896 5,830,467 5,752,284 310,257 284,136 297,563 256,935 5.3 4.9 5.1 4.5

Cleveland-Elyria2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,056,494 1,059,929 1,038,865 1,041,520 63,768 58,285 61,189 54,348 6.0 5.5 5.9 5.2

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,839,879 1,873,194 1,830,593 1,855,540 79,646 68,218 78,942 64,315 4.3 3.6 4.3 3.5

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,134,577 2,137,211 2,134,652 2,122,899 95,339 85,552 95,441 83,851 4.5 4.0 4.5 3.9

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,514,475 6,506,856 6,449,859 6,435,111 344,024 293,400 341,711 286,076 5.3 4.5 5.3 4.4

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 561,995 571,665 560,123 565,648 26,292 23,447 25,123 21,650 4.7 4.1 4.5 3.8

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,342,714 2,336,359 2,330,276 2,312,891 104,779 82,240 111,007 83,578 4.5 3.5 4.8 3.6

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463,056 466,365 459,844 461,548 14,479 12,357 15,202 12,855 3.1 2.6 3.3 2.8

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,230,978 3,296,841 3,201,982 3,240,320 125,904 132,827 118,047 123,911 3.9 4.0 3.7 3.8

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,571,881 13,840,761 13,522,840 13,751,850 604,241 556,604 601,021 539,409 4.5 4.0 4.4 3.9

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,570,778 1,601,286 1,569,268 1,586,516 52,995 51,881 53,051 55,299 3.4 3.2 3.4 3.5

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350,175 352,270 348,728 348,360 10,730 10,275 10,244 9,760 3.1 2.9 2.9 2.8

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,367,600 4,417,724 4,318,478 4,340,469 169,970 129,930 170,341 133,149 3.9 2.9 3.9 3.1

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,756,579 3,798,238 3,738,990 3,771,608 174,245 159,775 178,199 155,329 4.6 4.2 4.8 4.1

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,654,880 1,694,069 1,658,270 1,687,111 67,175 61,074 68,610 55,366 4.1 3.6 4.1 3.3

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 785,049 788,629 781,215 777,064 39,644 42,725 41,517 37,915 5.0 5.4 5.3 4.9

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,201,145 3,216,751 3,176,657 3,175,053 108,410 101,864 106,386 98,012 3.4 3.2 3.3 3.1

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297,426 288,839 295,499 286,613 11,094 10,937 10,574 10,455 3.7 3.8 3.6 3.6

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,091,104 1,105,128 1,092,130 1,087,497 113,848 105,410 127,946 99,385 10.4 9.5 11.7 9.1

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. 15-01, dated July 15, 2015, and are available on the BLS website at https://www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm. Estimates for the latest month are subject to revision

the following month.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Total1 Construction Manufacturing

Aug.

2017

June

2018

July

2018

Aug.

2018p

Aug.

2017

June

2018

July

2018

Aug.

2018p

Aug.

2017

June

2018

July

2018

Aug.

2018p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,017.9 2,037.5 2,039.0 2,040.5 85.1 86.3 85.1 85.8 263.2 269.2 271.0 271.4

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329.4 327.2 326.3 326.3 15.1 15.2 15.1 15.1 13.5 13.6 13.6 13.6

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,785.2 2,838.6 2,843.0 2,864.9 146.6 159.9 160.2 161.5 165.0 171.6 172.5 172.7

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,240.4 1,247.8 1,249.8 1,248.9 50.9 52.4 52.4 51.8 157.4 159.9 160.5 160.1

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,843.0 17,112.7 17,147.1 17,191.9 815.3 852.9 850.5 855.7 1,310.0 1,316.7 1,315.3 1,314.5

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,668.3 2,734.5 2,739.0 2,740.5 163.8 170.1 170.3 171.7 144.2 147.1 147.3 146.4

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,680.8 1,698.0 1,698.5 1,699.6 58.3 61.0 61.5 62.0 159.3 163.7 163.6 163.5

Delaware2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455.6 460.1 461.9 462.3 21.6 22.6 23.0 23.0 25.7 26.0 26.3 26.2

District of Columbia2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 790.5 793.6 796.6 796.3 15.4 15.9 16.0 15.9 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.4

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,602.0 8,773.3 8,801.7 8,822.2 509.3 540.2 545.0 548.6 364.9 378.5 379.0 379.6

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,464.3 4,531.2 4,541.2 4,553.2 182.2 199.4 199.6 201.1 398.3 402.5 403.9 404.7

Hawaii2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 649.2 662.8 664.5 666.9 35.8 36.0 36.3 36.2 14.3 14.0 13.8 13.8

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 717.5 738.4 741.0 739.5 45.1 47.4 47.4 47.6 67.1 69.6 70.2 70.5

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,072.5 6,125.2 6,125.2 6,120.0 220.9 226.0 227.4 226.2 577.1 588.6 588.7 588.4

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,109.3 3,120.9 3,130.4 3,136.3 137.7 142.0 143.5 145.1 530.9 537.3 536.2 534.2

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,572.2 1,592.2 1,591.0 1,593.3 74.8 78.4 78.9 80.0 215.7 225.6 226.5 226.7

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,403.7 1,424.4 1,426.7 1,430.3 59.9 60.4 60.5 61.3 161.1 166.0 166.7 166.7

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,921.6 1,930.0 1,932.6 1,930.1 77.5 76.3 76.3 74.9 249.5 249.8 248.1 245.8

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,970.2 1,988.0 1,986.2 1,986.1 147.3 150.4 149.7 149.2 134.5 138.8 139.3 139.9

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 623.2 629.6 628.6 628.3 28.2 29.3 29.3 29.1 51.0 52.3 52.2 52.2

Maryland2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,729.4 2,738.6 2,745.1 2,749.7 163.6 165.4 164.6 165.2 106.6 107.7 108.3 108.6

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,617.0 3,675.3 3,679.0 3,685.1 152.8 161.3 163.0 163.5 244.1 248.1 249.1 248.5

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,378.2 4,429.7 4,429.1 4,434.5 164.4 176.1 177.7 179.0 615.3 621.3 622.7 623.0

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,932.1 2,965.6 2,976.7 2,976.5 119.6 123.3 123.8 125.5 318.5 325.7 327.0 326.1

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,151.0 1,166.9 1,165.5 1,169.5 43.3 45.2 44.0 43.9 144.1 145.0 144.6 144.6

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,870.4 2,904.3 2,904.7 2,905.7 123.3 121.7 122.1 122.3 266.2 268.3 268.3 266.8

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472.8 476.7 478.3 479.0 27.5 28.6 28.9 29.3 19.9 20.4 20.6 20.6

Nebraska2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,018.0 1,031.3 1,032.5 1,032.3 51.9 52.5 52.0 52.5 98.0 101.8 102.4 102.5

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,344.6 1,379.9 1,388.2 1,389.4 82.9 90.8 92.1 92.2 48.9 54.0 54.5 55.1

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 677.4 688.0 688.2 689.3 26.6 28.4 29.2 29.6 69.0 71.0 71.9 71.4

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,134.2 4,187.5 4,194.1 4,195.7 155.8 150.1 149.0 149.2 245.2 252.9 254.3 253.8

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 830.0 842.7 843.8 846.3 45.8 48.5 49.1 48.8 26.2 27.2 27.2 27.2

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,541.6 9,633.6 9,622.4 9,631.8 383.7 396.4 395.8 396.6 445.9 443.0 442.6 442.8

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,424.8 4,518.5 4,526.0 4,527.6 208.9 218.2 219.2 220.2 467.9 474.7 475.3 474.2

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430.7 432.5 434.1 435.2 25.8 26.9 27.1 27.8 24.8 25.3 25.4 25.4

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,535.5 5,608.5 5,611.8 5,625.7 219.6 223.9 226.2 226.5 686.2 699.0 696.3 694.5

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,662.9 1,692.0 1,694.4 1,696.0 76.7 76.8 76.1 77.0 128.7 131.0 130.5 130.8

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,876.3 1,916.5 1,919.9 1,920.8 98.9 105.5 107.2 108.0 189.8 194.6 194.6 194.2

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,953.1 6,018.4 6,023.4 6,018.5 249.7 253.5 251.6 249.7 561.5 567.4 566.2 565.6

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 495.5 502.6 504.3 501.9 18.3 19.3 19.1 19.0 40.5 41.2 41.2 41.0

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,089.8 2,126.4 2,126.2 2,130.4 98.8 98.4 99.3 99.0 241.2 245.0 245.9 244.4

South Dakota2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434.2 439.8 439.8 440.5 23.0 24.2 24.7 24.6 43.3 44.4 44.5 44.7

Tennessee2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,014.4 3,065.0 3,067.8 3,070.4 124.8 126.8 126.6 126.0 348.4 350.0 352.4 354.0

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,232.0 12,573.2 12,594.5 12,626.5 709.9 757.8 765.1 766.0 855.1 878.2 875.3 878.5

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,471.4 1,513.7 1,520.5 1,523.3 98.3 101.7 100.8 100.5 129.0 132.8 134.1 134.5

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314.7 315.6 313.7 312.9 15.0 15.3 15.3 15.4 29.5 29.3 29.2 29.4

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,955.9 4,005.4 4,005.9 4,010.7 193.1 200.4 200.9 202.3 233.9 239.5 241.9 241.7

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,330.9 3,418.8 3,430.6 3,439.7 200.8 207.8 208.9 211.8 281.7 287.3 288.4 288.3

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 744.5 751.1 751.6 751.9 31.5 33.5 33.8 33.9 46.6 46.8 46.6 46.9

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,943.5 2,976.3 2,984.7 2,987.7 117.4 123.0 123.0 122.9 467.1 485.8 488.1 489.6

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282.4 286.4 287.2 288.9 19.2 20.4 20.6 20.7 9.5 9.7 9.8 9.8

Puerto Rico2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 876.0 851.6 851.2 850.2 21.2 20.6 20.4 20.4 71.7 69.9 69.9 70.0

Virgin Islands3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.3 36.1 36.4 36.9 – – – – – – – –

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 2017 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

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

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

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

Aug.

2017

June

2018

July

2018

Aug.

2018p

Aug.

2017

June

2018

July

2018

Aug.

2018p

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2017

June

2018

July

2018

Aug.

2018p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378.5 379.8 380.5 379.9 96.9 97.0 97.4 97.0 240.9 246.8 247.6 249.3

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.5 63.5 63.5 63.3 12.0 11.7 11.5 11.4 27.8 27.6 27.6 27.5

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 526.6 530.4 532.2 534.5 215.3 218.1 218.8 220.6 420.6 429.8 428.5 433.9

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251.4 249.1 249.9 250.8 53.2 53.4 53.9 54.2 143.8 150.0 151.0 149.9

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,045.1 3,072.9 3,079.8 3,084.5 830.3 833.1 833.2 835.0 2,574.1 2,619.7 2,633.1 2,640.8

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461.8 469.5 470.7 469.8 168.1 170.9 170.8 167.6 413.5 429.8 432.5 432.8

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298.1 299.3 298.1 297.2 127.8 127.4 127.1 127.3 217.9 222.7 222.3 222.8

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.9 81.5 82.1 82.4 48.1 48.0 47.8 47.9 62.2 63.8 63.8 64.2

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.6 34.2 34.1 33.9 30.1 31.1 31.2 31.2 166.5 166.6 167.7 168.1

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,749.9 1,764.3 1,768.2 1,773.5 561.9 578.0 580.1 581.3 1,328.1 1,349.9 1,353.1 1,356.5

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 944.5 961.8 961.9 961.2 243.1 243.1 241.3 241.9 669.5 671.0 677.6 680.1

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122.1 121.9 122.4 122.5 28.4 29.2 29.9 30.0 82.4 84.3 84.0 83.7

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140.2 141.8 141.7 141.4 35.4 36.5 36.2 36.2 90.4 93.9 94.2 93.4

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,212.3 1,214.0 1,214.7 1,215.1 391.8 399.0 399.6 400.0 944.1 945.3 947.2 948.1

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 595.8 604.0 605.7 607.1 135.8 137.6 137.5 139.8 338.1 340.9 343.3 343.0

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314.4 314.4 312.8 314.4 109.3 111.7 111.9 111.5 139.3 142.2 141.7 141.8

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268.9 272.1 272.4 272.6 78.0 79.4 79.5 79.8 177.5 183.9 183.2 181.8

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401.7 412.0 413.4 412.5 93.2 93.7 94.2 94.0 214.6 214.7 217.4 217.4

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381.4 381.0 382.0 381.8 91.6 91.6 91.2 92.4 209.4 214.0 213.6 213.4

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120.5 121.1 120.5 119.9 31.5 31.8 31.9 31.7 66.2 66.4 66.1 66.4

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467.5 470.1 470.5 472.6 147.1 141.2 140.7 139.4 444.2 457.3 459.5 461.9

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 581.4 581.6 581.2 580.6 221.6 222.7 222.7 222.9 566.9 591.7 593.5 595.0

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 789.7 793.1 791.2 792.7 217.5 220.8 219.5 219.7 648.6 658.8 658.1 657.8

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536.5 541.7 544.0 543.4 180.4 180.5 180.5 180.3 372.1 376.7 378.5 378.3

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232.0 232.6 231.3 232.7 44.0 45.4 46.2 45.9 106.9 113.1 112.8 113.4

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 545.0 549.3 549.9 548.1 173.7 176.7 176.6 177.7 383.5 392.0 393.2 397.2

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94.6 93.5 93.7 93.5 24.4 24.3 24.4 24.4 40.9 42.5 43.0 42.6

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202.4 202.9 203.7 202.6 74.2 75.0 75.2 75.3 117.2 121.3 121.1 120.8

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249.5 253.6 254.8 254.7 65.6 66.6 66.5 66.0 181.8 185.4 186.2 187.7

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140.4 142.2 142.3 142.6 34.7 35.2 35.0 35.4 82.2 82.7 83.1 83.0

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 888.7 902.0 902.1 904.7 250.0 247.7 247.3 247.0 665.2 685.6 681.0 677.9

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136.6 139.0 138.0 138.3 34.0 35.4 35.7 35.7 104.5 107.7 108.2 109.0

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,573.3 1,580.1 1,580.1 1,575.0 717.8 722.0 721.7 722.9 1,321.8 1,336.0 1,334.7 1,334.9

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 828.6 847.0 848.2 850.0 233.7 238.2 237.5 237.8 616.5 638.4 642.2 647.1

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94.8 93.6 93.4 93.0 24.5 24.2 24.5 24.4 34.4 35.6 35.5 35.4

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,026.1 1,040.4 1,040.2 1,041.4 306.7 312.7 313.6 312.8 722.6 729.8 729.0 725.5

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303.2 308.0 308.3 309.2 79.2 79.9 79.7 79.5 186.7 193.1 195.0 192.6

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350.5 354.8 357.1 358.8 99.8 101.9 101.8 101.9 243.1 245.6 245.4 245.4

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,126.5 1,131.4 1,128.3 1,131.9 321.5 325.4 325.5 324.0 801.5 813.7 813.7 811.1

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.9 76.5 76.5 76.6 36.2 37.1 36.5 36.6 67.8 69.1 69.0 69.6

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396.9 407.2 407.9 408.5 102.4 102.0 101.7 101.8 276.9 277.1 274.7 278.7

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86.9 86.4 86.7 86.7 29.3 29.5 29.3 29.3 31.2 32.7 33.2 33.2

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 623.2 630.3 630.1 630.6 158.6 161.9 161.9 161.6 407.3 418.2 419.4 416.4

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,459.4 2,511.8 2,516.9 2,525.6 759.2 773.9 775.0 775.2 1,669.3 1,751.4 1,751.4 1,761.7

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278.8 288.9 292.1 292.9 84.2 86.9 87.2 87.3 207.6 213.7 213.3 214.1

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.1 54.6 54.5 54.2 12.0 12.7 12.4 12.5 28.4 28.8 28.4 28.3

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 662.9 670.3 670.4 671.0 206.2 211.0 211.2 211.3 731.7 740.7 746.5 750.5

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 629.5 650.7 654.4 654.1 153.4 157.7 158.7 158.9 415.6 434.3 438.0 441.3

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131.5 132.8 133.1 133.6 26.9 26.6 26.7 26.5 66.6 66.9 66.8 66.3

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542.2 542.8 544.7 545.3 152.8 150.0 150.2 149.9 323.8 324.5 322.4 321.6

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.5 52.8 52.7 52.7 11.0 11.5 11.5 11.6 18.1 19.2 19.0 18.7

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172.5 167.1 167.3 167.5 42.7 42.1 41.8 42.0 114.2 112.4 112.4 111.8

Virgin Islands1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.0 7.3 7.4 7.4 – – – – – – – –

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 2017 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

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

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Education and health services Leisure and hospitality Government

Aug.

2017

June

2018

July

2018

Aug.

2018p

Aug.

2017

June

2018

July

2018

Aug.

2018p

Aug.

2017

June

2018

July

2018

Aug.

2018p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240.6 243.6 242.6 242.0 203.0 206.4 205.5 204.5 385.7 384.2 384.0 385.5

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.0 50.4 50.0 50.1 35.5 35.5 35.6 35.7 80.9 80.3 80.1 80.3

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427.7 440.3 440.1 440.8 321.3 326.6 328.8 330.8 415.7 415.2 415.6 422.7

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187.8 188.9 187.9 187.7 116.6 115.8 116.1 116.2 211.9 211.5 211.6 211.5

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,650.2 2,710.5 2,717.2 2,735.9 1,950.0 1,997.1 2,005.3 2,006.5 2,551.6 2,585.4 2,584.6 2,590.7

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334.7 338.7 340.4 338.7 332.9 351.3 349.8 351.3 443.0 446.2 447.4 448.9

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333.8 340.8 341.4 342.4 156.9 158.3 160.6 161.3 231.8 228.0 227.5 226.7

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78.5 78.5 79.1 78.8 49.4 50.1 50.3 50.3 65.8 66.7 66.5 66.4

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134.1 133.9 133.7 134.2 76.5 78.1 80.1 79.5 240.6 237.6 237.5 237.9

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,282.4 1,303.2 1,312.2 1,311.7 1,209.4 1,253.0 1,257.8 1,264.0 1,104.2 1,104.7 1,106.3 1,106.8

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571.2 585.0 585.8 591.1 479.2 490.0 490.4 490.9 689.5 691.1 692.9 695.5

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84.4 86.8 86.7 86.4 123.0 127.8 128.4 129.1 121.7 125.6 125.8 128.0

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102.7 105.9 106.0 105.8 76.1 78.5 79.6 78.6 123.0 126.6 127.6 127.7

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 923.7 930.7 929.4 928.1 613.3 621.2 621.7 618.1 833.0 846.0 843.9 843.5

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470.4 473.1 473.1 474.7 307.2 303.5 304.9 305.5 430.3 422.7 427.4 429.7

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231.6 233.1 232.6 233.0 142.7 144.1 144.6 143.5 262.6 263.1 262.3 263.3

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197.0 197.0 197.3 197.4 128.3 131.3 131.9 132.4 256.7 257.6 259.0 262.3

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272.5 272.7 272.0 273.4 197.0 196.0 195.6 195.2 316.8 314.7 315.5 316.9

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313.8 318.6 317.8 317.2 234.4 236.8 235.7 235.1 326.5 324.6 324.0 323.7

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127.5 128.8 129.4 129.0 67.1 68.1 68.2 68.6 100.2 100.7 100.6 100.7

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464.6 469.6 472.6 474.5 280.2 277.5 276.6 279.0 504.3 499.4 501.9 498.6

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 797.1 801.7 804.4 806.9 368.2 379.7 377.8 379.5 453.9 454.4 453.3 453.4

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 673.6 679.0 675.5 678.6 433.7 440.5 442.4 443.3 604.1 603.6 603.5 602.8

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 534.0 538.3 541.9 540.9 271.7 278.6 277.2 277.6 426.4 427.0 429.6 430.6

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144.5 146.3 145.7 146.2 134.5 138.0 138.9 139.8 242.8 242.5 243.6 244.2

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466.7 477.4 478.4 478.8 302.9 308.6 308.1 309.2 437.1 436.2 435.5 433.8

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.9 76.6 76.4 76.6 65.1 66.3 65.9 66.2 91.4 92.2 92.8 92.9

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153.8 156.3 157.5 157.8 92.0 94.5 94.2 95.3 173.8 172.5 172.6 171.8

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134.2 138.7 139.5 140.1 349.2 351.3 354.8 353.0 162.2 167.0 167.1 168.0

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123.7 125.8 124.9 125.7 70.7 74.2 73.4 72.6 92.3 90.1 90.1 90.3

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 692.4 708.4 712.9 714.0 376.6 378.4 385.1 384.2 615.6 616.5 616.6 617.5

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139.0 137.5 137.1 138.8 96.2 100.9 102.0 100.9 185.9 185.6 185.6 186.0

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,014.8 2,052.7 2,046.0 2,051.2 946.3 959.7 962.9 963.7 1,449.2 1,449.2 1,450.2 1,450.7

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600.0 613.7 613.5 611.3 496.1 504.9 503.7 502.4 737.4 739.2 743.5 742.2

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.1 63.8 64.0 64.2 39.4 39.3 40.0 40.0 82.5 80.6 80.9 81.2

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 930.4 934.1 938.4 946.2 561.8 575.7 577.2 580.7 782.9 787.0 786.3 790.8

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234.6 237.6 236.9 237.5 167.2 169.7 171.4 172.9 349.7 351.3 351.8 352.0

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273.8 297.8 298.5 298.6 206.7 217.0 217.0 215.9 308.8 293.7 292.6 292.0

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,246.5 1,272.8 1,276.2 1,279.2 566.9 577.8 580.9 579.5 707.5 701.3 705.0 703.3

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107.1 108.8 109.6 108.5 58.9 60.0 61.2 59.9 60.5 60.5 60.6 60.5

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246.2 253.9 255.3 256.0 253.9 263.9 262.2 261.2 366.5 368.0 368.5 369.0

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72.0 72.6 71.9 72.2 46.8 47.0 46.8 46.6 79.3 79.7 79.5 79.8

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431.5 438.9 441.2 440.6 330.2 344.9 343.9 347.2 430.5 431.9 430.9 433.7

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,666.5 1,701.0 1,706.9 1,712.2 1,323.1 1,362.7 1,369.2 1,372.1 1,937.7 1,945.3 1,942.9 1,942.1

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199.7 206.2 206.6 207.0 143.6 148.7 150.5 151.2 242.8 248.0 248.3 248.3

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.9 66.3 65.7 65.6 37.6 37.4 37.3 37.1 56.0 55.8 55.9 55.4

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 529.2 538.8 539.3 539.4 403.0 409.8 409.9 410.5 717.7 712.8 703.7 704.3

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479.0 487.5 487.6 487.9 331.5 338.5 338.1 340.3 586.9 593.6 594.3 594.1

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129.6 131.1 131.4 131.6 74.0 75.2 75.0 75.2 153.7 154.5 155.0 155.1

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450.9 452.0 455.5 456.4 280.3 285.4 287.1 285.5 406.4 410.0 411.2 414.3

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.5 28.2 28.5 28.8 36.5 36.7 36.7 37.2 70.3 68.8 69.6 70.2

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122.2 116.3 116.7 116.4 81.2 79.2 80.1 80.3 215.1 209.6 208.2 207.4

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.6 7.6 6.2 6.1 6.1 11.1 10.2 10.3 10.7

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2017 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Total Mining and logging Construction

July August July August July August

2017 2018 2017 2018p2017 2018 2017 2018p2017 2018 2017 2018p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,007.6 2,030.4 2,016.7 2,040.0 9.7 10.2 9.8 10.1 84.5 85.6 84.9 87.2

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353.4 352.1 350.8 348.6 13.5 13.4 13.5 13.4 18.1 17.7 18.1 17.8

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,702.6 2,775.6 2,757.1 2,839.9 12.0 11.9 12.0 11.9 147.7 162.6 148.4 163.5

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,223.2 1,237.9 1,230.9 1,238.9 6.0 5.6 5.9 5.6 51.9 53.8 51.8 53.7

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,721.3 17,038.6 16,794.0 17,127.0 23.1 22.7 23.0 22.6 829.8 865.7 836.1 877.1

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,669.8 2,752.7 2,676.8 2,749.9 26.3 30.1 26.5 30.6 168.3 175.1 168.8 176.2

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,676.9 1,703.0 1,672.5 1,695.0 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 61.5 66.0 61.6 66.9

Delaware1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460.1 468.9 457.6 465.1 – – – – 22.2 24.0 22.1 24.1

District of Columbia1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 795.2 803.7 780.6 790.0 – – – – 15.9 16.4 15.7 16.4

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,455.9 8,676.0 8,547.1 8,769.4 5.6 5.8 5.7 5.8 507.8 548.1 511.0 550.3

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,428.1 4,527.3 4,467.1 4,554.1 9.4 9.5 9.4 9.5 183.5 200.3 183.6 203.7

Hawaii1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 643.6 655.7 642.9 658.3 – – – – 36.2 36.4 36.2 36.5

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 722.1 747.7 721.1 744.3 3.9 4.0 3.8 4.0 47.8 50.3 48.1 50.9

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,075.4 6,149.0 6,083.1 6,138.0 7.9 7.9 7.9 7.9 235.2 245.3 236.0 243.5

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,063.8 3,109.2 3,110.9 3,151.9 6.1 6.5 6.1 6.4 144.6 152.7 143.9 153.0

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,564.7 1,590.7 1,566.3 1,587.5 2.5 2.6 2.5 2.6 81.1 86.3 80.9 86.8

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,385.9 1,411.0 1,389.0 1,418.9 6.8 7.2 6.8 7.3 62.4 63.3 61.9 64.0

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,911.0 1,926.4 1,921.6 1,931.6 10.4 10.5 10.4 10.5 80.2 79.4 80.1 78.3

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,954.2 1,977.6 1,961.6 1,978.2 35.5 34.8 35.2 35.5 148.7 150.8 148.8 148.4

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 640.0 649.7 638.6 647.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.4 30.2 31.7 30.2 31.3

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,733.3 2,762.2 2,730.8 2,761.6 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.2 165.9 166.8 166.1 167.9

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,643.0 3,720.0 3,629.5 3,705.9 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.3 160.5 172.7 161.1 171.5

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,344.1 4,421.8 4,366.1 4,428.0 7.5 7.6 7.5 7.7 174.3 189.0 175.3 191.5

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,947.7 3,006.7 2,951.6 3,002.8 6.8 6.8 6.8 6.8 133.1 138.2 133.1 140.0

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,135.7 1,154.0 1,146.8 1,169.1 6.9 6.6 7.0 6.7 43.4 43.9 43.5 44.3

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,849.3 2,884.2 2,859.3 2,893.4 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.3 127.5 127.3 127.3 127.8

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479.1 487.0 480.0 488.5 7.1 7.4 7.2 7.4 30.1 31.4 29.9 32.0

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,013.9 1,032.9 1,017.1 1,032.7 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 53.8 54.4 53.5 54.4

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,337.9 1,386.1 1,342.1 1,389.5 14.5 14.8 14.5 14.7 84.5 93.6 84.4 93.6

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 678.6 694.7 678.7 695.9 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 27.8 31.1 27.8 31.3

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,141.5 4,227.8 4,128.3 4,210.4 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 161.2 154.4 162.1 154.6

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 818.6 837.8 829.2 845.2 21.3 21.1 21.0 21.7 46.2 50.1 46.3 48.6

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,535.3 9,670.8 9,512.5 9,636.5 5.4 5.4 5.4 5.3 401.7 418.3 403.0 418.0

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,362.1 4,471.5 4,425.1 4,525.3 5.8 6.1 5.8 6.0 211.8 221.6 211.7 220.9

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430.8 435.0 430.2 435.3 19.1 21.0 18.8 21.6 30.2 30.7 30.2 31.6

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,542.7 5,643.2 5,556.2 5,650.4 11.7 13.0 11.9 13.1 232.4 240.3 232.3 241.4

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,647.4 1,679.1 1,655.6 1,688.5 48.9 54.7 49.3 55.8 77.9 77.8 78.1 78.4

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,866.9 1,918.0 1,871.3 1,920.9 7.2 7.2 7.3 7.2 101.8 110.9 103.4 112.9

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,918.9 6,023.5 5,921.1 5,997.8 27.3 29.4 27.5 29.7 263.5 267.9 263.6 264.8

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 496.4 509.4 496.6 506.6 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 19.5 20.2 19.6 20.3

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,093.5 2,130.5 2,093.3 2,131.8 4.3 4.5 4.3 4.6 103.0 101.2 99.6 99.2

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438.3 448.2 440.4 449.7 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.0 24.7 26.3 24.4 25.8

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,982.9 3,043.6 3,007.3 3,064.7 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.2 121.9 124.0 122.5 124.3

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,173.8 12,555.8 12,198.4 12,585.3 225.2 259.0 226.6 263.0 716.1 767.9 716.0 771.1

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,453.6 1,511.7 1,463.1 1,517.8 8.9 8.6 8.8 8.6 101.0 105.1 101.6 104.8

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310.2 309.5 311.8 309.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 16.6 16.7 16.6 17.1

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,958.3 4,022.6 3,955.4 4,010.8 8.0 8.4 8.1 8.4 197.0 206.8 197.3 206.5

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,343.3 3,448.1 3,334.2 3,446.7 6.3 6.3 6.3 6.3 205.2 214.2 207.3 219.5

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 736.9 746.9 739.5 747.6 22.0 22.3 22.1 22.1 33.0 35.9 33.6 36.7

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,965.6 3,009.8 2,961.3 3,004.3 4.7 4.9 4.8 4.9 127.4 135.0 126.9 133.6

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288.3 296.0 288.7 297.1 19.9 21.1 20.0 21.8 21.0 22.0 20.9 22.5

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 861.6 841.2 861.9 844.7 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 20.2 19.7 20.2 19.9

Virgin Islands1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.0 36.6 37.9 36.9 – – – – 1.7 2.4 1.7 2.4

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 2017 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Manufacturing Trade, transportation, and utilities Information

July August July August July August

2017 2018 2017 2018p

2017 2018 2017 2018p2017 2018 2017 2018p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263.1 271.6 263.6 271.8 377.0 379.3 377.4 377.7 20.9 21.4 20.7 21.3

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.0 25.2 20.8 21.6 69.5 68.8 69.4 68.4 6.0 5.9 5.9 5.9

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165.1 173.5 165.3 173.3 519.7 526.9 521.2 530.7 45.4 46.0 45.3 46.1

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157.5 160.9 157.8 159.7 250.4 250.6 251.5 250.5 13.2 12.3 13.1 12.1

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,323.1 1,327.7 1,329.8 1,335.5 3,025.9 3,059.9 3,042.3 3,071.8 526.7 543.2 531.4 546.5

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145.5 148.4 145.2 147.2 462.6 475.1 462.8 471.8 71.5 74.7 71.6 76.0

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160.6 165.2 160.4 165.1 293.3 295.9 292.3 292.3 31.5 31.0 31.6 30.9

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.9 26.4 25.8 26.4 80.3 82.5 81.2 82.5 4.6 4.3 4.6 4.2

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.4 33.4 34.0 33.3 33.7 18.1 18.8 18.1 19.0

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364.7 377.8 365.3 378.2 1,728.6 1,750.9 1,733.3 1,757.2 137.6 135.7 137.8 137.1

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398.4 404.6 399.0 403.5 937.9 960.8 939.5 957.5 115.3 117.5 117.8 116.5

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.2 13.9 14.3 13.8 121.0 122.2 121.7 122.2 9.0 8.9 10.0 9.1

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.4 70.8 67.7 71.4 140.6 142.9 141.3 143.1 9.1 9.1 9.0 9.0

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 578.6 592.9 578.7 590.6 1,207.9 1,216.1 1,211.9 1,216.3 96.1 93.2 97.0 93.4

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533.7 540.2 533.1 536.0 595.7 609.3 596.0 608.0 31.4 29.3 31.0 29.1

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217.5 229.2 216.9 228.0 315.8 314.7 314.9 314.3 22.2 22.4 22.0 21.9

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161.7 167.2 160.9 166.2 266.7 271.7 269.0 273.0 19.2 18.4 19.0 17.8

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250.1 246.5 250.0 245.5 399.5 414.3 401.2 411.1 22.9 22.6 22.7 22.5

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134.9 140.2 135.0 140.5 379.2 382.8 380.4 381.1 22.1 23.1 22.3 22.1

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.7 53.0 52.0 53.3 123.9 124.2 123.9 123.3 7.4 7.1 7.3 7.1

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107.2 108.9 107.3 109.2 466.7 471.6 466.7 471.9 37.5 36.1 37.3 35.9

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245.3 250.9 245.5 250.5 583.8 586.4 583.2 584.2 93.0 92.7 93.6 93.5

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 606.9 620.3 619.9 626.2 790.8 797.4 793.1 799.2 57.0 56.2 56.7 55.8

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323.5 332.7 323.8 331.3 539.3 547.2 539.1 547.6 50.6 50.8 50.9 50.2

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143.5 144.5 143.9 144.8 230.1 231.0 230.9 231.9 11.6 11.3 11.5 11.3

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267.1 268.4 267.1 269.0 544.6 549.6 545.0 546.7 51.8 52.1 51.5 51.1

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.1 20.8 20.1 20.9 95.3 95.0 95.6 94.8 6.5 6.4 6.6 6.4

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98.1 102.8 98.3 103.0 201.9 203.5 202.3 202.1 18.1 17.1 18.0 17.0

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.6 55.0 49.1 55.3 247.4 253.7 248.4 253.8 14.6 14.7 14.8 14.6

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69.7 72.3 69.5 72.1 141.1 143.9 141.0 144.1 12.9 12.2 12.8 12.2

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246.8 255.2 246.4 255.1 883.7 900.1 884.1 900.8 70.4 70.1 70.5 69.5

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.6 27.3 26.8 27.5 136.5 138.3 136.8 138.2 12.4 11.5 12.6 11.7

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448.8 445.5 448.6 446.4 1,564.2 1,577.6 1,561.3 1,567.4 269.9 263.2 271.8 264.4

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469.1 475.8 469.2 475.1 828.3 851.0 829.4 850.2 79.2 85.3 79.2 84.1

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.0 25.6 25.1 25.5 94.9 93.6 94.6 93.1 6.5 6.4 6.5 6.4

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 686.5 697.8 690.0 695.9 1,024.5 1,044.0 1,025.9 1,040.6 72.1 71.3 72.0 71.4

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128.7 130.5 128.8 130.7 301.9 307.9 302.4 309.7 20.4 19.3 20.2 18.9

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193.1 198.9 193.6 198.7 350.3 358.0 352.0 360.0 34.0 34.2 34.4 34.1

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 565.8 570.6 564.8 568.4 1,113.5 1,119.0 1,115.0 1,118.1 84.1 81.8 84.3 81.1

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.0 40.9 40.5 41.2 76.5 76.6 76.5 76.8 6.1 6.0 6.1 6.0

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241.2 245.5 240.8 244.1 398.1 408.7 398.4 409.2 27.4 28.0 27.4 27.9

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.5 45.2 43.6 45.2 88.1 88.3 88.0 88.0 5.8 5.8 5.7 5.9

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349.0 352.8 349.5 354.5 619.9 630.7 622.7 630.6 45.5 46.0 45.5 45.0

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 856.2 878.7 857.9 881.0 2,445.1 2,509.7 2,460.6 2,525.0 203.8 198.0 202.7 196.7

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129.6 134.7 129.6 135.3 278.2 291.9 279.2 292.9 38.1 39.0 38.8 39.1

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.7 29.7 29.7 29.8 55.1 54.7 55.2 54.2 4.4 4.2 4.4 4.2

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235.0 243.2 234.9 242.2 663.4 672.3 663.4 671.3 68.0 67.1 67.7 66.3

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286.8 292.7 285.9 292.4 633.1 660.3 634.6 660.2 128.2 136.9 129.2 138.0

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.9 47.1 46.6 47.2 130.6 132.3 130.7 132.7 8.6 8.2 8.4 8.1

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476.0 495.1 475.4 495.3 543.3 547.6 544.1 548.8 48.0 46.4 47.9 46.3

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.5 9.9 9.6 9.9 53.5 53.9 53.6 54.2 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.7

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71.4 69.7 71.2 69.9 169.8 165.9 169.6 166.3 17.4 17.1 17.5 17.1

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 7.8 7.3 7.8 7.3 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2017 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Financial activities Professional and business services Education and health services

July August July August July August

2017 2018 2017 2018p

2017 2018 2017 2018p2017 2018 2017 2018p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97.1 97.7 97.2 97.6 239.6 246.4 242.6 252.1 238.1 239.5 239.9 240.8

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.6 12.0 12.6 11.8 29.4 29.3 29.3 29.0 49.9 49.8 50.0 49.8

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214.1 217.9 215.0 220.6 414.6 425.6 417.6 431.9 416.9 432.6 426.3 438.5

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.5 54.4 53.5 54.3 141.3 149.1 142.2 148.2 184.2 185.3 185.9 186.2

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 836.6 836.0 835.3 839.3 2,578.4 2,639.5 2,588.8 2,655.2 2,608.1 2,682.5 2,621.1 2,705.6

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169.0 172.8 168.9 169.1 419.7 438.5 420.1 438.2 332.5 338.4 333.8 335.4

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129.7 128.9 129.2 128.4 220.2 225.4 219.4 225.0 328.0 336.9 327.0 334.2

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.6 48.4 48.6 48.3 62.7 64.7 62.2 63.9 78.0 78.8 78.0 78.5

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.6 31.4 30.4 31.7 168.3 169.1 166.9 167.5 124.7 127.9 125.1 128.5

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 562.4 582.1 562.5 581.7 1,319.9 1,344.0 1,322.2 1,354.4 1,256.8 1,294.3 1,271.1 1,299.8

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243.8 241.1 243.6 241.6 668.4 680.7 674.2 680.2 562.4 578.8 570.1 591.9

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.5 30.0 28.5 30.2 82.5 83.8 82.4 84.0 84.0 86.0 83.5 85.4

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.8 36.4 35.7 36.5 92.1 96.3 92.5 95.5 101.8 105.3 100.2 102.8

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396.0 404.3 395.8 403.3 951.1 959.1 955.4 962.6 910.0 913.2 912.2 916.2

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137.2 139.4 137.1 141.4 338.3 345.4 341.7 348.1 458.2 464.1 460.1 469.3

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110.2 113.3 109.9 112.1 141.6 143.9 141.7 143.5 223.4 225.6 224.1 226.4

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78.9 80.4 78.7 80.3 179.9 185.2 178.9 184.3 195.4 196.4 195.4 195.8

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93.4 95.0 93.5 94.3 211.9 215.9 213.7 217.7 269.5 268.4 270.8 272.1

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92.0 91.6 91.8 92.9 209.1 211.9 209.4 213.0 310.0 315.5 313.9 316.8

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.2 32.7 32.2 32.5 68.1 68.4 67.8 68.2 125.6 127.6 125.3 126.8

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148.8 141.6 148.7 139.6 449.0 468.1 450.8 470.0 461.9 469.3 459.7 469.1

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225.7 227.2 225.6 226.8 579.3 607.2 577.8 605.2 787.6 797.8 784.0 797.0

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221.2 224.0 220.6 222.9 637.9 648.6 641.6 648.2 665.1 668.6 666.7 670.0

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183.2 183.0 182.7 182.4 378.3 384.2 378.8 384.4 527.1 538.5 528.3 536.3

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.2 46.3 44.1 45.9 104.8 111.5 106.2 114.6 140.7 141.0 143.4 144.9

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175.2 178.2 175.0 178.4 384.9 394.1 386.7 398.7 463.9 472.9 464.3 472.8

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.8 24.7 24.7 24.8 42.4 44.6 42.4 44.3 75.6 75.0 75.9 75.7

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.5 76.0 74.5 75.8 118.7 122.6 118.1 121.5 152.5 156.1 153.1 156.8

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.6 66.5 65.6 65.6 181.0 185.5 181.0 189.0 132.1 139.6 133.9 140.9

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.3 35.8 35.3 36.3 83.5 84.7 83.4 84.1 122.5 123.6 121.9 123.6

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253.3 250.9 253.0 250.4 669.7 691.7 670.0 686.8 678.9 702.5 675.3 699.8

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.1 35.8 34.0 35.5 105.6 109.4 105.8 109.8 134.8 135.4 136.5 137.5

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 727.9 732.7 727.9 731.8 1,339.4 1,355.4 1,336.2 1,348.7 1,942.1 1,991.8 1,939.0 1,989.4

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236.6 241.2 236.5 241.0 620.1 645.1 621.7 651.6 593.2 604.9 597.6 606.1

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.6 24.8 24.6 24.7 35.5 37.0 35.5 36.4 62.6 64.0 62.7 63.9

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308.8 317.2 309.0 316.0 729.9 742.1 732.4 739.8 920.4 925.7 923.5 934.8

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.5 80.0 79.5 79.6 187.4 196.3 188.3 194.5 233.5 234.7 234.4 237.0

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101.2 102.4 101.3 102.6 246.4 248.8 247.0 250.1 265.2 291.4 266.7 292.8

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324.9 328.6 324.7 326.3 803.1 822.0 803.7 818.6 1,213.2 1,251.2 1,210.0 1,249.8

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.1 37.1 36.3 36.6 68.7 70.4 68.8 71.1 103.2 105.8 102.8 104.1

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103.3 103.5 103.5 103.0 277.6 274.5 277.5 279.7 243.4 251.6 245.6 254.4

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.5 29.7 29.5 29.5 31.6 34.0 31.6 34.2 71.4 71.1 71.6 71.7

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159.1 162.3 159.4 162.0 406.1 415.0 407.6 416.5 424.4 434.2 427.8 435.2

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 761.0 779.5 762.3 778.7 1,668.8 1,760.1 1,675.7 1,775.2 1,652.9 1,696.2 1,667.3 1,706.0

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84.2 87.7 84.7 88.2 208.9 215.8 210.3 216.9 191.5 199.5 194.3 201.5

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.3 12.6 12.3 12.6 29.4 29.1 29.4 29.1 66.0 66.0 65.3 65.1

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208.4 213.4 208.1 213.0 735.7 756.5 736.8 757.3 521.3 532.1 524.6 532.6

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154.8 161.2 155.5 161.3 419.5 443.7 421.7 447.7 468.2 479.0 471.1 480.3

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.9 26.8 27.0 26.4 67.2 67.4 67.4 66.5 126.2 128.8 126.9 129.3

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155.1 152.0 154.8 151.0 329.6 326.9 329.8 326.1 443.5 451.4 445.0 452.8

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.0 11.7 11.1 11.9 19.0 20.0 19.1 19.5 26.9 27.9 26.9 28.4

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.7 41.9 42.4 41.9 112.1 110.7 112.2 110.7 115.3 112.9 117.2 114.3

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 3.1 3.5 3.1 3.6 2.4 2.5 2.4 2.5

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2017 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Leisure and hospitality Other services Government

July August July August July August

2017 2018 2017 2018p

2017 2018 2017 2018p2017 2018 2017 2018p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207.3 212.3 207.5 209.8 93.8 94.6 93.7 93.9 376.5 371.8 379.4 377.7

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.5 44.0 43.2 43.7 11.2 10.6 11.1 10.6 75.7 75.4 76.9 76.6

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312.6 323.1 316.8 326.9 88.6 89.2 88.3 88.9 365.9 366.3 400.9 407.6

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118.5 119.4 119.4 118.9 49.1 49.0 48.8 49.0 197.6 197.5 201.0 200.7

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,986.5 2,045.6 1,983.4 2,035.1 565.8 566.2 565.5 564.9 2,417.3 2,449.6 2,437.3 2,473.4

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349.0 367.5 346.6 364.9 110.2 107.2 110.2 109.2 415.2 424.9 422.3 431.3

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168.0 173.2 165.7 171.2 66.7 67.0 66.2 66.2 216.8 212.9 218.5 214.2

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.3 56.9 54.6 56.0 19.0 19.1 19.0 19.2 63.5 63.8 61.5 62.0

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.4 81.1 76.7 79.2 75.4 77.2 74.7 75.8 251.1 246.4 238.4 236.8

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,196.6 1,253.7 1,192.7 1,249.3 347.3 358.2 346.7 356.1 1,028.6 1,025.4 1,098.8 1,099.5

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487.0 501.6 487.5 497.7 161.2 164.2 159.6 161.0 660.8 668.2 682.8 691.0

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123.4 128.7 123.9 129.9 27.7 28.1 27.8 28.1 117.1 117.7 114.6 119.1

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.1 85.4 81.6 84.5 25.6 26.1 25.6 26.4 116.9 121.1 115.6 120.2

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 634.2 650.6 638.0 645.7 255.1 255.1 254.6 254.7 803.3 811.3 795.6 803.8

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316.6 316.6 317.6 315.8 127.9 124.9 126.6 123.2 374.1 380.8 417.7 421.6

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150.0 155.0 150.0 152.0 58.5 56.2 58.0 54.9 241.9 241.5 245.4 245.0

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131.8 136.1 131.9 135.5 50.2 50.0 50.4 50.4 232.9 235.1 236.1 244.3

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203.4 203.5 202.4 202.1 65.9 67.6 66.0 67.4 303.8 302.7 310.8 310.1

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234.5 239.1 234.7 237.8 73.9 76.0 73.9 76.4 314.3 311.8 316.2 313.7

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84.3 88.6 83.8 88.4 22.6 22.2 22.3 22.1 91.7 91.9 91.5 91.9

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299.8 304.2 298.2 303.1 115.8 116.5 114.8 115.0 479.4 477.9 479.9 478.7

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403.0 417.8 402.0 418.8 144.2 147.4 143.7 146.2 419.4 418.6 411.8 410.9

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458.0 475.1 460.3 472.6 169.8 177.0 169.9 175.7 555.6 558.0 554.5 558.2

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289.5 304.5 291.0 302.8 117.8 117.3 117.9 116.9 398.5 403.5 399.2 404.1

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136.9 142.0 137.4 143.3 40.4 40.6 40.3 40.5 233.2 235.3 238.6 240.9

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316.3 326.4 317.8 325.9 117.9 116.7 117.4 116.4 395.8 394.2 402.9 402.3

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71.8 74.1 71.8 74.0 18.7 19.3 18.7 19.7 86.7 88.3 87.1 88.5

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95.2 98.9 96.1 100.2 36.9 37.0 36.8 36.6 163.1 163.4 165.3 164.2

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353.8 360.0 352.6 357.7 41.9 43.9 41.6 43.6 153.9 158.8 156.2 160.7

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.8 85.7 81.5 85.1 24.9 26.1 24.8 26.5 78.1 78.3 79.7 79.6

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415.3 436.2 414.0 435.5 176.2 179.7 175.4 180.3 584.7 585.7 576.2 576.3

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99.1 106.0 99.0 104.5 30.8 30.7 30.2 30.1 171.2 172.2 180.2 180.1

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 998.7 1,031.9 996.7 1,026.0 415.9 426.8 413.7 429.3 1,421.3 1,422.2 1,408.9 1,409.8

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 516.1 533.3 516.1 526.5 153.7 154.3 152.7 153.8 648.2 652.9 705.2 710.0

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.3 41.3 40.3 41.0 16.4 16.0 16.2 16.2 75.7 74.6 75.7 74.9

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 590.6 614.9 590.5 615.4 218.8 223.9 217.9 226.3 747.0 753.0 750.8 755.7

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170.2 174.9 170.8 175.5 68.5 71.0 68.0 70.5 330.5 332.0 335.8 337.9

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216.7 230.5 216.4 227.9 64.1 64.2 64.3 65.2 286.9 271.5 284.9 269.4

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600.7 624.0 603.4 616.8 265.5 271.1 264.8 266.2 657.3 657.9 659.3 658.0

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.7 69.2 64.9 68.3 24.0 25.6 23.9 25.0 57.4 57.4 57.0 57.0

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266.6 278.8 265.3 271.7 75.5 78.6 75.3 79.6 353.1 355.6 355.6 358.4

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.7 52.9 52.6 54.6 17.2 18.3 17.1 17.8 74.7 75.6 75.2 76.0

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338.2 356.0 339.0 360.1 115.2 117.6 114.6 116.0 399.4 400.8 414.5 416.3

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,349.1 1,398.7 1,346.5 1,391.4 433.3 442.1 430.0 439.8 1,862.3 1,865.9 1,852.8 1,857.4

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146.8 154.0 147.5 154.6 41.5 41.9 41.1 41.6 224.9 233.5 227.2 234.3

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.7 38.6 39.1 38.5 10.3 10.3 10.3 10.1 46.9 46.8 48.7 48.2

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425.3 435.1 423.0 433.9 206.0 210.8 204.3 206.2 690.2 676.9 687.2 673.1

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344.6 351.6 344.9 354.5 121.7 123.7 121.6 123.6 574.9 578.5 556.1 562.9

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.8 78.6 76.9 78.0 53.8 52.9 53.8 52.7 144.9 146.6 146.1 147.9

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304.8 316.0 304.3 314.3 151.9 152.7 151.8 152.3 381.3 381.8 376.5 378.9

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.7 45.2 42.6 44.6 14.4 14.4 14.3 14.1 66.7 66.2 66.9 66.5

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.3 79.7 81.2 80.2 17.6 17.2 17.6 17.2 213.3 205.9 212.3 206.7

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.5 6.1 7.4 6.1 1.0 0.9 1.0 0.9 11.2 10.6 11.2 10.8

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2017 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

preliminary and will be revised when new information becomes available.
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Map 2. Percentage change in nonfarm employment by state,

seasonally adjusted, August 2017 - August 2018