For release 10:00 a.m. (EST) Friday, December 22, 2017 USDL-17-1668 

Technical information: 

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STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT — NOVEMBER 2017

Unemployment rates were lower in November in 8 states, higher in 2 states, and stable in 40 states and 

the District of Columbia, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Twenty-three states had 

jobless rate decreases from a year earlier, 2 states had increases, and 25 states and the District had little 

or no change. The national unemployment rate was unchanged from October at 4.1 percent but was 0.5 

percentage point lower than in November 2016. 

Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 6 states in November 2017, decreased in 2 states, and was 

essentially unchanged in 42 states and the District of Columbia. Over the year, 27 states added nonfarm 

payroll jobs and 23 states and the District were essentially unchanged. 

Unemployment

Hawaii had the lowest unemployment rate in November, 2.0 percent. The rates in Alabama (3.5 

percent), California (4.6 percent), Hawaii (2.0 percent), Mississippi (4.8 percent), and Texas (3.8 

percent) set new series lows. (All state series begin in 1976.) Alaska had the highest jobless rate, 7.2 

percent. In total, 17 states had unemployment rates lower than the U.S. figure of 4.1 percent, 9 states and 

the District of Columbia had higher rates, and 24 states had rates that were not appreciably different 

from that of the nation. (See tables A and 1 and map 1.) 

Current Employment Statistics Data for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands

Response rates for the November 2017 establishment survey were slightly lower than average in Puerto 

Rico. In addition, a modification was made to the estimation process that accounts for business births 

and deaths. As of this release, a sufficient amount of establishment data was collected to produce final 

estimates for October and preliminary estimates for November.

The U.S. Virgin Islands was not able to administer its establishment survey in September, October, and 

November. It is unknown at this time when estimates of employment, hours and earnings will be 

published for the U.S. Virgin Islands. 

 
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More information on the effects of the recent hurricanes on BLS data collection and reporting can be 

found at www.bls.gov/bls/hurricanes-harvey-irma-maria.htm. 

In November, eight states had unemployment rate decreases, the largest of which were in California, 

Kentucky, Minnesota, and Ohio (-0.3 percentage point each). The only over-the-month rate increases 

occurred in North Carolina (+0.2 percentage point) and North Dakota (+0.1 point). The remaining 40

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.) 

Twenty-three states had unemployment rate decreases from November 2016. The largest declines 

occurred in Alabama and Tennessee (-2.7 percentage points and -2.0 points, respectively). The only 

over-the-year rate increases were in Alaska and South Dakota (+0.6 percentage point each). (See table 

C.) 

Nonfarm Payroll Employment 

Six states had over-the-month increases in nonfarm payroll employment in November 2017. The largest 

increase in employment over the month occurred in Texas (+54,500), followed by California (+47,400) 

and New York (+24,900). In percentage terms, the largest increases occurred in Iowa, South Carolina, 

and Texas (+0.4 percent each). Two states had over-the-month decreases in nonfarm payroll 

employment in November: Alaska (-3,000, or -0.9 percent) and North Dakota (-2,700, or -0.6 percent). 

(See tables D and 3.)

Twenty-seven states had over-the-year increases in nonfarm payroll employment in November. The 

largest job gains occurred in Texas (+330,600), California (+288,300), and Florida (+195,000). The 

largest percentage gain occurred in Utah (+2.8 percent), followed by Nevada and Texas (+2.7 percent 

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

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The Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment news release for November 2017 is 

scheduled to be released on Thursday, January 4, 2018, at 10:00 a.m. (EST). The State 

Employment and Unemployment news release for December 2017 is scheduled to be released on

Tuesday, January 23, 2018, at 10:00 a.m. (EST).

Upcoming Changes to Local Area Unemployment Statistics Data 

Effective with the release of Regional and State Unemployment 2017 Annual Averages on Tuesday, 

February 27, 2018, the civilian labor force and unemployment data for the states, the District of 

Columbia, and the modeled substate areas presented in tables 1 and 2 of this news release will be revised 

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

census division and national control totals. In addition, a new procedure for seasonally adjusting the data 

will be implemented. While the not seasonally adjusted data are subject to revision from 2013 forward, 

the seasonally adjusted data will be revised back to 1976. Information on the new seasonal adjustment 

procedure is available at www.bls.gov/lau/ssachanges2018.htm. 
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Upcoming Changes to Current Employment Statistics Data

Effective with the release of January 2018 estimates on March 12, 2018, all nonfarm payroll 

employment estimates for states and areas presented in tables 3 and 4 of this news release will be 

adjusted to 2017 benchmark levels. 

Also effective with the release of January 2018 estimates, the Current Employment Statistics (CES)

program will convert to concurrent seasonal adjustment, which uses all available estimates, including 

those for the current month, in developing seasonal factors. Currently, the CES program develops 

seasonal factors once a year during the annual benchmark process. For more information on concurrent 

seasonal adjustment in the CES State and Area program, see www.bls.gov/sae/saeconcurrent.htm. 

Not seasonally adjusted data beginning with April 2016 and seasonally adjusted data beginning with 

January 2013 are subject to revision. Some seasonally adjusted series may be revised back to 1990. 

Conversion to the 2017 North American Industry Classification System 

With the release of January 2018 data on March 12, 2018, the Current Employment Statistics (CES) 

survey will revise the basis for industry classification from the 2012 North American Industry 

Classification System (NAICS) to the 2017 NAICS for all states and metropolitan areas. 

The conversion to the 2017 NAICS will result in minor revisions reflecting content and coding changes 

within the retail trade and information sectors. Several industry titles and descriptions also will be 

updated. Details of new, discontinued, and combined industries due to the 2017 NAICS updates, as well 

as changes due to the annual benchmarking process, will be available on March 12, 2018. 

For more information on 2017 NAICS, see www.census.gov/eos/www/naics/. 
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State Rate p

United States 1 ................................................ 4.1

Alaska ............................................................ 7.2

California ......................................................... 4.6

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

District of Columbia .......................................... 6.4

Florida ............................................................ 3.6

Hawaii ............................................................. 2.0

Idaho .............................................................. 2.9

Illinois ............................................................. 4.9

Iowa ................................................................ 2.9

Kansas ........................................................... 3.5

Maine ............................................................. 3.3

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

Missouri .......................................................... 3.4

Nebraska ........................................................ 2.7

Nevada ............................................................ 5.0

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

New Jersey ..................................................... 5.1

New Mexico .................................................... 6.1

New York ........................................................ 4.7

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

Ohio ............................................................... 4.8

South Dakota .................................................. 3.5

Tennessee ...................................................... 3.1

Utah ............................................................... 3.2

Vermont .......................................................... 2.9

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

Wisconsin ....................................................... 3.2

1

 Data are not preliminary.

p

 = preliminary.

Table A. States with unemployment rates significantly different from that

of the U.S., November 2017, seasonally adjusted
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Table B. States with statistically significant unemployment rate changes from October 2017

to November 2017, seasonally adjusted

October 2017 November 2017 p

California .................................... 4.9 4.6 -0.3

Hawaii ....................................... 2.2 2.0 -.2

Kentucky ................................... 5.0 4.7 -.3

Maine ........................................ 3.5 3.3 -.2

Minnesota .................................. 3.4 3.1 -.3

North Carolina ............................ 4.1 4.3 .2

North Dakota .............................. 2.5 2.6 .1

Ohio .......................................... 5.1 4.8 -.3

Oklahoma .................................. 4.4 4.2 -.2

Wisconsin .................................. 3.4 3.2 -.2

p

 = preliminary.

State

Rate Over-the-month 

change p
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Table C. States with statistically significant unemployment rate changes from November 2016

to November 2017, seasonally adjusted

November 2016 November 2017 p

Alabama .................................... 6.2 3.5 -2.7

Alaska ....................................... 6.6 7.2 .6

California .................................... 5.3 4.6 -.7

Florida ....................................... 4.9 3.6 -1.3

Georgia ...................................... 5.5 4.3 -1.2

Hawaii ....................................... 2.9 2.0 -.9

Idaho ......................................... 3.7 2.9 -.8

Illinois ........................................ 5.8 4.9 -.9

Iowa .......................................... 3.5 2.9 -.6

Kansas ...................................... 4.3 3.5 -.8

Louisiana ................................... 6.0 4.7 -1.3

Minnesota .................................. 4.0 3.1 -.9

Missouri ..................................... 4.5 3.4 -1.1

Nebraska ................................... 3.3 2.7 -.6

New Mexico ............................... 6.7 6.1 -.6

North Carolina ............................ 5.2 4.3 -.9

North Dakota .............................. 3.0 2.6 -.4

Oklahoma .................................. 4.9 4.2 -.7

Pennsylvania .............................. 5.5 4.6 -.9

South Dakota ............................. 2.9 3.5 .6

Tennessee ................................. 5.1 3.1 -2.0

Texas ........................................ 4.8 3.8 -1.0

Washington ................................ 5.2 4.5 -.7

Wisconsin .................................. 4.1 3.2 -.9

Wyoming ................................... 4.9 4.3 -.6

p

 = preliminary.

State

Rate Over-the-year 

change p

Table D. States with statistically significant employment changes from October 2017 to

November 2017, seasonally adjusted

October November

2017 2017 p Level Percent

Alaska ....................................... 330,400 327,400 -3,000 -0.9

California ................................... 16,874,000 16,921,400 47,400 .3

Iowa .......................................... 1,586,600 1,592,900 6,300 .4

New York ................................... 9,527,700 9,552,600 24,900 .3

North Dakota .............................. 438,500 435,800 -2,700 -.6

South Carolina ........................... 2,105,700 2,113,600 7,900 .4

Texas ........................................ 12,390,700 12,445,200 54,500 .4

Washington ............................... 3,342,800 3,352,600 9,800 .3

p

 = preliminary.

Over-the-month change p

State
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Table E. States with statistically significant employment changes from November 2016 to

November 2017, seasonally adjusted

November November

2016 2017 p Level Percent

Alabama .................................... 1,983,500 2,016,900 33,400 1.7

Arizona ...................................... 2,728,200 2,769,500 41,300 1.5

Arkansas ................................... 1,233,500 1,254,100 20,600 1.7

California ................................... 16,633,100 16,921,400 288,300 1.7

Colorado .................................... 2,618,000 2,663,300 45,300 1.7

Florida ....................................... 8,481,400 8,676,400 195,000 2.3

Georgia ..................................... 4,428,100 4,513,300 85,200 1.9

Idaho ......................................... 705,200 721,400 16,200 2.3

Iowa .......................................... 1,570,200 1,592,900 22,700 1.4

Kentucky ................................... 1,927,400 1,953,000 25,600 1.3

Maryland ................................... 2,722,200 2,782,900 60,700 2.2

Massachusetts .......................... 3,583,400 3,648,600 65,200 1.8

Michigan .................................... 4,368,000 4,414,300 46,300 1.1

Minnesota .................................. 2,915,600 2,949,100 33,500 1.1

Missouri .................................... 2,864,200 2,894,400 30,200 1.1

Nevada ...................................... 1,318,800 1,353,900 35,100 2.7

New Jersey ................................ 4,094,800 4,136,700 41,900 1.0

New York ................................... 9,435,800 9,552,600 116,800 1.2

North Carolina ............................ 4,375,000 4,446,500 71,500 1.6

Oregon ...................................... 1,849,300 1,885,600 36,300 2.0

Pennsylvania .............................. 5,913,400 5,976,000 62,600 1.1

South Carolina ........................... 2,068,800 2,113,600 44,800 2.2

Tennessee ................................. 2,990,600 3,026,800 36,200 1.2

Texas ........................................ 12,114,600 12,445,200 330,600 2.7

Utah .......................................... 1,446,300 1,487,500 41,200 2.8

Washington ............................... 3,283,500 3,352,600 69,100 2.1

Wisconsin ................................. 2,933,800 2,974,400 40,600 1.4

p

 = preliminary.

Over-the-year change p

State
Technical Note

This 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 persons and unemployed persons on a 

place-of-residence basis. The universe for each is the civilian 

noninstitutional population 16 years of age and older. 

Employed persons 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 persons are those who were not employed 

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

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

with the reference week, and were currently available for work; 

persons on layoff expecting recall need not be looking for work 

to be counted as unemployed. The civilian labor force is the 

sum of employed and unemployed persons. 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 times-series models in early 2015, historical data 

were re-estimated back to the series beginnings in 1976, 1990, 

or 1994.

Seasonal adjustment. The LAUS models decompose the 

estimates of employed and unemployed persons into trend, 

seasonal, and irregular components. The trend component of 

each measure is then smoothed using a Trend-Cycle Cascade 

Filter, which combines the Henderson trend filter with a 

seasonal filter. This combined filter suppresses variability due 

to real-time benchmarking while simultaneously removing any 

residual seasonality that may be present in the series. The 

resulting smoothed-seasonally adjusted unemployment rate 

estimates are analyzed in this news release and published on the 

BLS website. During estimation for the current year, the 

smoothed-seasonally adjusted estimates for a given month are 

created using an asymmetric filter that incorporates information 

from previous observations only. For annual revisions, 

historical data are smoothed using a two-sided filter. 

Area definitions. The substate area data published in this 

release reflect the delineations 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 2012 version of the North 

American Industry Classification System. 

Method of estimation. CES State and Area employment 

data are produced using several estimation procedures. Where 

possible these data are produced using a "weighted link 

relative" estimation technique in which a ratio of current month 
weighted employment to that of the previous-month weighted 

employment is computed from a sample of establishments 

reporting for both months. The estimates of employment for the 

current month are then obtained by multiplying these ratios by 

the previous month’s employment estimates. The weighted link 

relative technique is utilized for data series where the sample 

size meets certain statistical criteria. 

For some employment series, the sample of 

establishments is very small or highly variable. In these cases, 

a model-based approach is used in estimation. These models 

use the direct sample estimates (described above), combined 

with forecasts of historical (benchmarked) data to decrease 

volatility in estimation. Two different models (Fay-Herriot 

Model and Small Domain Model) are used depending on the 

industry level being estimated. For more detailed information 

about each model, refer to the BLS Handbook of Methods.

Annual revisions. Employment estimates are adjusted 

annually to a complete count of jobs, called benchmarks, 

derived principally from tax reports that are submitted by 

employers who are covered under state unemployment 

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

adjust the monthly estimates between the new benchmark and 

the preceding one and also to establish the level of employment 

for the new benchmark month. Thus, the benchmarking process 

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

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

subsequent months. Information on recent benchmark revisions 

is available online at www.bls.gov/sae/benchmark2017.pdf.

Seasonal adjustment. Payroll employment data are 

seasonally adjusted at the statewide supersector level. In some 

states, the seasonally adjusted payroll employment total is 

computed by aggregating the independently adjusted 

supersector series. In other states, the seasonally adjusted 

payroll employment total is independently adjusted. Revisions 

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

year, coincident with annual benchmark adjustments.

Caution on aggregating state data. State estimation 

procedures are designed to produce accurate data for each 

individual state. BLS independently develops a national 

employment series; state estimates are not forced to sum to 

national totals. Because each state series is subject to larger 

sampling and nonsampling errors than the national series, 

summing them cumulates individual state-level errors and can 

cause significant distortions at an aggregate level. Due to these 

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

employment series, and cautions users that such a series is 

subject to a relatively large and volatile error structure.

Reliability of the estimates

The estimates presented in this release are based on 

sample surveys, administrative data, and modeling and, thus, 

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

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

occurs by chance because a sample rather than the entire 

population is surveyed. Survey data also are subject to 

nonsampling errors, such as those which can be introduced into 

the data collection and processing operations. Estimates not 

directly derived from sample surveys are subject to additional 

errors resulting from the specific estimation processes used.

Use of error measures. Changes in 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/sae/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 persons, unemployed persons, and 

unemployment rates for approximately 7,500 subnational areas 

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

from the CES program for states and metropolitan areas are 

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

Nov.

2016

Sept.

2017

Oct.

2017

Nov.

2017p

Number Percent of labor force

Nov.

2016

Sept.

2017

Oct.

2017

Nov.

2017p

Nov.

2016

Sept.

2017

Oct.

2017

Nov.

2017p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,183,650 2,151,656 2,156,951 2,163,474 136,135 82,562 77,231 75,807 6.2 3.8 3.6 3.5

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359,745 364,072 363,246 363,111 23,691 26,235 26,156 26,160 6.6 7.2 7.2 7.2

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,257,465 3,315,109 3,317,510 3,327,116 162,652 156,649 147,881 144,129 5.0 4.7 4.5 4.3

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,338,739 1,379,610 1,378,254 1,372,006 53,168 48,635 49,591 50,127 4.0 3.5 3.6 3.7

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,164,659 19,295,733 19,360,260 19,393,427 1,006,961 987,010 952,996 884,294 5.3 5.1 4.9 4.6

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale1. . . . 5,060,065 5,163,733 5,177,166 5,178,085 257,458 251,214 245,813 234,271 5.1 4.9 4.7 4.5

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,907,353 3,010,114 3,020,823 3,035,098 88,592 76,526 81,374 86,945 3.0 2.5 2.7 2.9

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,887,486 1,913,982 1,906,084 1,902,426 84,279 87,100 85,603 86,993 4.5 4.6 4.5 4.6

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470,434 478,982 478,069 476,891 20,388 23,423 22,735 22,235 4.3 4.9 4.8 4.7

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393,325 402,005 400,873 400,492 22,672 26,231 26,539 25,541 5.8 6.5 6.6 6.4

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,924,184 10,115,461 10,117,844 10,122,761 490,060 385,319 369,146 368,578 4.9 3.8 3.6 3.6

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall1. . . . . . . . . . . 1,357,760 1,395,347 1,390,342 1,387,234 74,695 62,659 62,441 64,455 5.5 4.5 4.5 4.6

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,973,933 5,070,396 5,085,111 5,093,395 272,252 225,171 219,548 221,447 5.5 4.4 4.3 4.3

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 690,799 688,776 686,589 684,340 19,992 17,007 15,172 14,023 2.9 2.5 2.2 2.0

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 820,620 823,696 828,663 835,890 30,211 23,018 23,617 24,186 3.7 2.8 2.9 2.9

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,504,520 6,424,858 6,425,364 6,445,125 374,409 321,617 317,137 313,769 5.8 5.0 4.9 4.9

Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights1. . . 3,790,951 3,765,208 3,766,002 3,775,364 223,532 190,466 192,571 194,328 5.9 5.1 5.1 5.1

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,313,308 3,341,796 3,330,887 3,315,489 135,806 126,375 128,733 123,217 4.1 3.8 3.9 3.7

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,695,296 1,686,979 1,686,580 1,686,744 59,844 54,680 50,974 49,133 3.5 3.2 3.0 2.9

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,479,477 1,487,227 1,487,674 1,487,493 63,735 56,781 53,783 52,367 4.3 3.8 3.6 3.5

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,006,806 2,061,849 2,062,033 2,061,760 97,878 107,148 103,223 97,503 4.9 5.2 5.0 4.7

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,102,642 2,083,328 2,087,013 2,098,597 126,841 105,736 100,204 98,184 6.0 5.1 4.8 4.7

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 695,168 705,266 703,846 702,150 26,642 26,101 24,970 23,069 3.8 3.7 3.5 3.3

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,180,866 3,251,906 3,251,304 3,245,507 133,638 122,395 122,106 126,327 4.2 3.8 3.8 3.9

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,584,510 3,669,467 3,656,009 3,647,779 112,267 142,538 134,792 130,557 3.1 3.9 3.7 3.6

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,858,145 4,851,275 4,858,302 4,874,774 245,422 208,573 217,830 223,808 5.1 4.3 4.5 4.6

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,082,619 2,087,118 2,090,114 2,100,234 116,857 75,905 82,155 89,771 5.6 3.6 3.9 4.3

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,002,955 3,069,062 3,074,081 3,079,420 121,208 112,150 103,060 96,674 4.0 3.7 3.4 3.1

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,283,179 1,277,975 1,272,309 1,272,532 71,833 66,040 62,561 60,782 5.6 5.2 4.9 4.8

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,104,646 3,055,733 3,051,590 3,044,776 140,666 116,159 105,404 103,231 4.5 3.8 3.5 3.4

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528,070 525,882 525,878 526,053 21,127 20,391 20,422 20,955 4.0 3.9 3.9 4.0

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,011,893 1,010,354 1,010,893 1,011,386 33,313 27,832 27,061 27,189 3.3 2.8 2.7 2.7

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,433,564 1,451,447 1,457,082 1,464,453 74,661 71,764 72,484 73,358 5.2 4.9 5.0 5.0

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 751,229 750,028 748,044 746,299 20,698 20,063 20,137 20,015 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.7

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,509,982 4,524,302 4,521,272 4,515,788 215,405 212,993 220,958 230,340 4.8 4.7 4.9 5.1

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 928,535 930,322 931,378 932,930 62,676 57,652 57,130 56,508 6.7 6.2 6.1 6.1

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,522,738 9,693,682 9,712,582 9,714,914 462,772 472,629 470,592 460,316 4.9 4.9 4.8 4.7

New York City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,119,693 4,243,870 4,247,213 4,236,330 207,853 214,579 213,803 197,043 5.0 5.1 5.0 4.7

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,912,477 4,931,077 4,946,506 4,952,898 254,665 200,222 203,783 213,437 5.2 4.1 4.1 4.3

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417,400 417,976 418,560 418,181 12,614 9,924 10,324 10,767 3.0 2.4 2.5 2.6

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,691,174 5,757,728 5,761,152 5,771,488 284,934 305,213 295,869 279,122 5.0 5.3 5.1 4.8

Cleveland-Elyria2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,028,107 1,036,275 1,032,559 1,030,293 58,020 66,105 64,099 60,201 5.6 6.4 6.2 5.8

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,823,846 1,827,368 1,835,578 1,841,642 89,161 81,726 80,430 77,177 4.9 4.5 4.4 4.2

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,065,048 2,131,170 2,134,176 2,138,115 95,514 90,020 92,300 90,734 4.6 4.2 4.3 4.2

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,455,357 6,414,524 6,398,872 6,396,698 353,825 309,293 297,886 295,550 5.5 4.8 4.7 4.6

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 551,140 555,203 554,791 554,721 27,785 23,242 23,290 24,003 5.0 4.2 4.2 4.3

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,298,141 2,324,112 2,326,122 2,325,319 99,867 91,342 91,092 92,740 4.3 3.9 3.9 4.0

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454,081 458,775 459,164 459,491 13,125 15,758 15,986 16,091 2.9 3.4 3.5 3.5

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,166,396 3,183,060 3,208,049 3,222,215 161,072 95,648 94,946 98,415 5.1 3.0 3.0 3.1

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,347,755 13,408,314 13,427,830 13,480,561 636,048 541,098 517,228 512,121 4.8 4.0 3.9 3.8

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,526,504 1,575,177 1,575,812 1,577,986 48,845 53,852 51,577 50,308 3.2 3.4 3.3 3.2

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345,154 344,734 345,184 345,628 10,954 10,166 10,031 9,951 3.2 2.9 2.9 2.9

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,264,458 4,340,173 4,338,624 4,327,189 174,905 159,586 157,562 159,126 4.1 3.7 3.6 3.7

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,674,364 3,754,537 3,767,779 3,772,950 191,280 171,901 170,572 168,159 5.2 4.6 4.5 4.5

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,636,867 1,650,213 1,654,423 1,658,756 61,738 62,189 62,569 62,792 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.8

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 782,915 780,337 779,618 780,033 45,629 39,837 39,861 41,510 5.8 5.1 5.1 5.3

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,116,966 3,162,031 3,162,202 3,168,140 128,422 109,414 108,062 102,432 4.1 3.5 3.4 3.2

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300,998 293,821 293,413 292,802 14,709 11,882 12,222 12,488 4.9 4.0 4.2 4.3

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,117,076 – 1,078,036 1,088,900 136,751 – 114,381 117,938 12.2 – 10.6 10.8

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.

– Data not available.
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

October November Number Percent of labor force

2016 2017 2016 2017p

October November October November

2016 2017 2016 2017p 2016 2017 2016 2017p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,193,487 2,178,339 2,184,641 2,173,604 136,336 75,766 123,834 77,270 6.2 3.5 5.7 3.6

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357,474 359,601 356,778 359,172 22,232 24,097 23,006 25,520 6.2 6.7 6.4 7.1

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,264,008 3,314,636 3,265,507 3,334,467 167,206 145,862 155,867 143,390 5.1 4.4 4.8 4.3

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,342,421 1,374,366 1,334,504 1,358,380 46,406 44,246 45,836 45,183 3.5 3.2 3.4 3.3

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,201,496 19,357,850 19,157,621 19,344,423 1,007,701 838,586 963,869 775,534 5.2 4.3 5.0 4.0

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale1. . . . 5,071,969 5,165,721 5,067,615 5,152,795 259,901 225,617 243,819 212,583 5.1 4.4 4.8 4.1

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,915,022 3,022,135 2,899,265 3,028,318 82,055 79,777 78,408 87,754 2.8 2.6 2.7 2.9

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,885,732 1,899,371 1,882,158 1,898,168 79,435 81,857 73,411 82,085 4.2 4.3 3.9 4.3

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470,204 474,369 470,281 474,209 19,814 20,733 18,029 19,527 4.2 4.4 3.8 4.1

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394,704 401,159 394,454 401,691 23,389 27,462 22,343 23,190 5.9 6.8 5.7 5.8

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,932,052 10,096,651 9,927,342 10,080,228 490,603 361,634 473,563 386,197 4.9 3.6 4.8 3.8

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall1. . . . . . . . . . . 1,357,687 1,384,154 1,360,607 1,385,846 74,553 63,353 68,334 63,461 5.5 4.6 5.0 4.6

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,972,208 5,074,106 4,975,427 5,075,968 276,234 221,354 251,828 220,636 5.6 4.4 5.1 4.3

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 687,426 681,699 692,102 683,547 20,269 12,925 19,950 13,786 2.9 1.9 2.9 2.0

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 819,947 832,579 818,262 838,263 26,793 21,817 30,103 25,588 3.3 2.6 3.7 3.1

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,520,067 6,434,065 6,493,487 6,467,818 363,282 301,844 340,691 302,474 5.6 4.7 5.2 4.7

Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights1. . . 3,783,546 3,754,154 3,761,186 3,776,395 216,835 183,860 198,080 181,611 5.7 4.9 5.3 4.8

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,328,690 3,306,994 3,316,013 3,288,895 130,358 112,598 127,730 110,326 3.9 3.4 3.9 3.4

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,702,903 1,685,910 1,691,617 1,680,021 54,397 39,708 50,922 42,682 3.2 2.4 3.0 2.5

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,483,972 1,490,226 1,482,627 1,490,742 59,924 45,049 56,378 48,233 4.0 3.0 3.8 3.2

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,997,151 2,050,958 2,002,931 2,054,529 91,044 88,189 84,844 83,255 4.6 4.3 4.2 4.1

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,118,476 2,099,057 2,104,428 2,109,462 124,482 89,657 114,387 89,073 5.9 4.3 5.4 4.2

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 697,727 703,975 691,090 696,606 23,884 21,139 25,518 20,875 3.4 3.0 3.7 3.0

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,187,678 3,242,273 3,180,574 3,231,517 133,706 122,365 126,573 130,005 4.2 3.8 4.0 4.0

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,576,746 3,624,102 3,583,688 3,624,361 101,927 119,447 98,720 118,960 2.8 3.3 2.8 3.3

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,868,988 4,862,005 4,845,978 4,869,727 234,794 206,364 203,410 192,643 4.8 4.2 4.2 4.0

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,088,594 2,097,497 2,067,175 2,095,142 118,523 89,144 97,931 77,678 5.7 4.3 4.7 3.7

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,003,265 3,059,481 2,997,906 3,066,990 103,221 72,773 102,107 80,545 3.4 2.4 3.4 2.6

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,287,090 1,269,576 1,281,867 1,276,553 73,056 56,169 64,314 57,351 5.7 4.4 5.0 4.5

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,107,424 3,041,351 3,091,875 3,021,930 126,662 75,038 114,870 96,100 4.1 2.5 3.7 3.2

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 526,549 522,847 524,923 523,574 19,296 18,829 19,879 21,278 3.7 3.6 3.8 4.1

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,011,427 1,007,622 1,010,228 1,008,349 30,561 23,591 27,976 23,919 3.0 2.3 2.8 2.4

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,432,972 1,461,212 1,433,620 1,471,481 73,890 70,732 71,570 72,048 5.2 4.8 5.0 4.9

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 748,222 743,251 749,293 743,037 18,430 17,943 19,573 18,542 2.5 2.4 2.6 2.5

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,505,268 4,490,335 4,492,794 4,485,012 205,724 211,764 186,915 217,068 4.6 4.7 4.2 4.8

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 929,347 932,944 935,046 938,742 61,112 54,766 60,388 53,908 6.6 5.9 6.5 5.7

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,548,033 9,711,454 9,496,305 9,644,829 455,099 448,961 428,310 431,628 4.8 4.6 4.5 4.5

New York City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,138,355 4,251,205 4,116,024 4,205,559 217,199 208,141 194,867 169,054 5.2 4.9 4.7 4.0

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,928,025 4,955,702 4,921,006 4,944,492 251,212 203,745 241,445 222,035 5.1 4.1 4.9 4.5

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417,255 418,732 413,729 413,804 9,260 7,301 10,765 9,373 2.2 1.7 2.6 2.3

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,722,196 5,770,907 5,692,448 5,767,484 268,016 260,459 256,301 244,072 4.7 4.5 4.5 4.2

Cleveland-Elyria2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,023,257 1,024,882 1,020,042 1,025,083 52,168 52,854 48,683 46,911 5.1 5.2 4.8 4.6

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,833,474 1,850,053 1,837,205 1,855,713 88,124 75,742 84,586 69,264 4.8 4.1 4.6 3.7

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,076,489 2,149,135 2,070,415 2,146,652 94,169 88,338 89,684 82,782 4.5 4.1 4.3 3.9

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,461,574 6,372,892 6,439,865 6,379,536 339,080 265,311 312,670 273,749 5.2 4.2 4.9 4.3

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 552,117 553,030 553,212 557,091 25,753 21,339 25,413 23,822 4.7 3.9 4.6 4.3

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,299,345 2,315,358 2,285,900 2,301,906 102,913 90,403 91,905 91,379 4.5 3.9 4.0 4.0

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454,982 458,894 454,040 458,728 11,096 13,805 12,215 15,310 2.4 3.0 2.7 3.3

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,162,841 3,213,334 3,157,185 3,206,346 157,787 97,259 148,866 107,045 5.0 3.0 4.7 3.3

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,338,725 13,392,522 13,371,089 13,501,846 612,866 469,673 599,870 499,270 4.6 3.5 4.5 3.7

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,527,871 1,572,224 1,526,692 1,574,943 47,409 45,609 40,660 42,621 3.1 2.9 2.7 2.7

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344,510 343,620 344,383 344,876 8,720 7,947 10,072 9,148 2.5 2.3 2.9 2.7

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,258,096 4,291,931 4,249,068 4,270,565 170,163 150,667 159,490 155,171 4.0 3.5 3.8 3.6

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,681,300 3,760,589 3,671,129 3,755,995 184,152 157,929 188,004 167,580 5.0 4.2 5.1 4.5

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,631,040 1,642,460 1,627,247 1,649,879 62,494 62,290 63,900 65,752 3.8 3.8 3.9 4.0

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 788,123 781,720 779,129 777,192 41,772 33,085 38,750 38,739 5.3 4.2 5.0 5.0

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,127,427 3,165,425 3,116,760 3,172,610 114,870 89,083 113,945 85,694 3.7 2.8 3.7 2.7

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300,979 292,305 300,414 291,505 13,436 11,103 13,967 12,172 4.5 3.8 4.6 4.2

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,102,730 1,061,157 1,111,068 1,114,967 137,831 121,137 121,705 115,427 12.5 11.4 11.0 10.4

1 Metropolitan division.

2 Metropolitan statistical area.

p Preliminary

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

Management and Budget Bulletin No. 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

Nov.

2016

Sept.

2017

Oct.

2017

Nov.

2017p

Nov.

2016

Sept.

2017

Oct.

2017

Nov.

2017p

Nov.

2016

Sept.

2017

Oct.

2017

Nov.

2017p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,983.5 2,012.2 2,014.1 2,016.9 84.6 90.1 90.1 91.8 261.4 266.7 267.1 267.1

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329.9 331.1 330.4 327.4 15.7 16.1 15.7 16.4 12.5 11.6 11.5 10.0

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,728.2 2,767.1 2,762.0 2,769.5 134.5 139.6 139.1 142.3 160.4 164.4 164.4 164.8

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,233.5 1,255.1 1,256.2 1,254.1 50.2 51.6 52.6 52.9 155.8 159.8 160.8 160.5

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,633.1 16,828.6 16,874.0 16,921.4 786.9 826.6 832.1 835.3 1,304.5 1,297.2 1,298.2 1,300.7

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,618.0 2,657.6 2,661.5 2,663.3 155.0 155.5 158.4 161.0 140.9 142.0 141.4 142.0

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,678.2 1,687.2 1,681.0 1,677.5 58.1 56.5 58.4 57.1 156.0 156.7 157.3 157.2

Delaware2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453.8 457.1 455.6 454.1 20.5 20.6 20.7 20.9 25.8 25.8 26.0 25.9

District of Columbia3, 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 785.9 794.1 794.4 793.8 14.6 14.7 14.6 14.6 – – – –

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,481.4 8,529.8 8,663.3 8,676.4 482.8 492.5 518.4 524.6 358.5 367.5 372.5 372.6

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,428.1 4,494.3 4,510.4 4,513.3 178.3 173.4 178.9 180.6 391.8 385.8 386.9 386.7

Hawaii2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 651.6 658.4 657.8 656.5 37.5 37.4 38.1 38.9 13.9 13.7 13.6 13.8

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 705.2 715.8 720.5 721.4 41.7 42.8 43.8 44.5 65.5 66.6 66.9 67.1

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,019.3 6,037.0 6,046.3 6,045.2 212.7 212.5 211.2 213.3 570.5 571.3 573.0 575.2

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,108.3 3,129.1 3,133.8 3,129.3 129.1 136.1 134.3 139.2 524.6 531.7 531.7 530.5

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,570.2 1,586.7 1,586.6 1,592.9 80.8 74.8 75.1 74.7 210.1 215.3 217.6 219.3

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,408.7 1,408.8 1,408.5 1,411.6 60.5 62.4 62.2 62.3 160.1 159.2 158.9 159.5

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,927.4 1,951.3 1,948.8 1,953.0 77.3 83.8 81.2 81.3 250.2 250.4 249.2 252.5

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,966.0 1,980.5 1,978.0 1,974.9 143.1 153.0 150.5 151.4 131.2 134.2 133.9 133.1

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 617.1 621.4 619.2 619.2 27.4 28.4 27.7 28.0 50.5 50.4 50.6 51.0

Maryland2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,722.2 2,781.7 2,777.5 2,782.9 162.3 170.6 171.7 169.8 105.0 104.1 103.8 104.9

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,583.4 3,638.7 3,641.9 3,648.6 146.1 152.1 152.0 154.8 244.0 244.8 245.0 246.6

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,368.0 4,407.0 4,406.1 4,414.3 159.7 162.7 162.6 163.4 601.2 601.5 603.2 603.9

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,915.6 2,955.5 2,953.1 2,949.1 117.5 121.4 119.5 121.3 318.3 321.8 322.3 321.6

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,146.8 1,151.5 1,155.6 1,159.0 42.9 44.0 43.1 43.3 142.6 144.6 143.5 143.5

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,864.2 2,890.0 2,891.9 2,894.4 122.5 115.2 115.0 116.0 262.2 267.4 267.7 267.4

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472.1 474.1 476.3 476.0 28.2 26.8 27.8 27.2 19.6 19.6 19.7 19.9

Nebraska2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,021.8 1,034.0 1,028.7 1,031.9 52.5 52.3 50.6 51.9 97.2 97.4 97.4 98.6

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,318.8 1,349.1 1,352.1 1,353.9 78.8 86.7 88.1 89.7 44.1 45.5 45.8 45.8

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 674.3 678.1 681.1 683.0 25.9 28.2 28.2 28.5 68.1 68.6 69.4 69.1

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,094.8 4,124.0 4,130.3 4,136.7 150.6 157.9 157.1 158.0 239.5 245.9 247.0 246.7

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 835.4 842.6 844.3 845.6 43.5 45.7 45.6 46.4 26.4 26.2 26.5 26.5

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,435.8 9,538.0 9,527.7 9,552.6 368.3 371.0 375.6 380.9 446.2 433.2 432.0 433.7

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,375.0 4,427.9 4,443.6 4,446.5 203.7 200.5 200.4 200.6 465.8 466.1 465.5 466.4

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434.2 440.2 438.5 435.8 33.0 32.4 31.8 31.4 24.2 24.1 23.8 24.0

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,501.2 5,546.6 5,545.4 5,539.8 206.3 213.4 212.5 212.0 687.6 687.6 692.7 695.4

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,649.2 1,668.0 1,672.1 1,668.3 76.8 82.1 83.2 81.8 126.9 130.1 130.6 130.9

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,849.3 1,879.5 1,887.4 1,885.6 94.1 103.9 103.6 103.2 187.3 193.1 194.2 192.5

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,913.4 5,978.1 5,973.7 5,976.0 238.5 245.6 246.1 249.5 553.6 552.7 552.4 551.8

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 492.2 496.0 497.1 497.7 18.5 20.7 20.4 20.9 40.0 41.1 41.1 41.5

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,068.8 2,092.4 2,105.7 2,113.6 99.8 97.7 97.8 98.8 240.4 249.4 247.6 251.4

South Dakota2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435.3 437.3 435.5 436.3 24.2 23.3 23.7 23.8 41.4 41.8 41.7 42.3

Tennessee2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,990.6 3,025.7 3,025.0 3,026.8 120.9 126.7 125.0 127.0 344.0 344.4 345.7 347.3

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,114.6 12,323.4 12,390.7 12,445.2 705.5 715.9 721.2 729.4 841.3 877.7 876.7 879.4

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,446.3 1,479.9 1,482.3 1,487.5 93.2 96.5 95.8 97.7 127.3 128.9 128.9 129.6

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312.6 317.6 316.7 317.6 14.9 15.4 15.6 15.1 29.2 28.8 28.6 28.8

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,932.8 3,978.9 3,972.2 3,966.5 189.0 192.0 192.3 193.2 232.6 233.9 232.7 233.6

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,283.5 3,336.5 3,342.8 3,352.6 191.2 197.9 200.7 201.9 286.8 284.1 283.6 284.5

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 754.4 746.9 749.1 748.1 30.2 30.6 31.7 32.5 46.5 45.5 45.7 46.0

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,933.8 2,962.0 2,971.9 2,974.4 111.0 113.4 112.4 111.8 466.2 476.7 481.1 483.1

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276.6 275.5 275.4 274.9 20.3 20.4 20.7 20.1 9.1 9.3 9.4 9.3

Puerto Rico2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 890.9 873.6 840.4 850.5 23.0 20.8 20.4 20.6 73.3 70.8 69.7 70.2

Virgin Islands3, 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.2 – – – – – – – – – – –

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.

4 Data not available for September, October, and November 2017. Given the lack of adequate sample data, reliable September, October, and November 2017 estimates for the

U.S Virgin Islands cannot be produced at this time.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2016 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

Nov.

2016

Sept.

2017

Oct.

2017

Nov.

2017p

Nov.

2016

Sept.

2017

Oct.

2017

Nov.

2017p

Nov.

2016

Sept.

2017

Oct.

2017

Nov.

2017p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379.4 375.2 377.0 376.8 98.0 99.8 99.4 98.3 234.6 241.4 239.9 241.3

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.2 66.2 65.8 65.0 12.0 11.7 11.5 11.5 27.2 27.5 27.7 27.7

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 520.1 521.2 519.7 519.5 206.4 210.8 210.3 210.3 419.3 423.5 425.3 426.3

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252.3 256.0 256.0 255.0 51.1 51.4 50.8 51.2 145.2 147.5 148.1 148.3

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,013.8 3,031.8 3,038.5 3,034.5 832.3 833.7 835.5 838.2 2,557.8 2,553.4 2,552.7 2,566.4

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457.7 465.5 465.6 464.8 163.2 166.9 166.0 165.7 410.1 423.0 423.4 423.8

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298.5 299.1 297.7 297.3 130.2 133.4 132.6 133.3 215.8 218.2 218.1 216.7

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82.0 79.9 80.4 80.0 46.9 47.9 48.0 47.9 61.1 61.0 62.1 62.0

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.7 32.7 33.0 32.6 29.7 29.6 29.8 29.1 166.8 169.4 169.9 170.5

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,734.1 1,751.4 1,762.1 1,767.6 551.9 560.1 562.2 567.4 1,301.8 1,309.6 1,348.5 1,342.8

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 929.6 945.3 943.5 944.7 241.5 248.3 246.3 246.4 668.8 685.6 689.9 691.4

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121.1 123.7 123.1 122.9 28.6 27.8 27.5 27.7 83.4 86.8 86.4 86.2

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139.1 141.3 143.0 142.0 34.9 34.5 35.0 35.7 88.3 87.6 87.2 86.3

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,205.5 1,201.8 1,206.1 1,204.1 382.8 396.1 398.6 396.4 944.6 947.1 947.8 954.1

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 598.8 594.5 597.8 594.9 134.9 138.0 140.6 139.7 340.7 340.4 339.6 339.5

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316.6 321.0 319.2 319.7 109.6 112.6 112.5 114.0 139.1 141.4 140.5 143.0

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265.6 263.3 263.0 264.4 85.2 86.5 87.0 86.6 179.1 180.5 180.9 182.3

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399.2 405.2 406.0 404.6 95.0 95.4 94.6 95.2 223.8 230.7 230.6 229.9

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387.3 381.9 380.7 377.9 92.3 92.3 93.3 92.5 210.8 208.6 213.2 215.4

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119.3 121.2 120.7 119.7 30.8 30.7 30.6 30.4 65.6 65.1 65.8 66.9

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465.7 471.1 470.4 472.0 149.8 150.3 148.6 150.2 445.0 465.3 462.2 465.5

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 573.1 579.8 580.1 577.4 224.1 228.0 228.6 227.4 554.8 568.0 571.9 574.3

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 783.3 783.5 783.8 784.0 215.7 218.6 219.0 218.1 662.7 671.4 672.5 677.2

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 534.9 540.8 539.7 542.0 177.0 176.3 175.8 176.3 374.2 379.0 379.2 381.0

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230.2 232.9 233.5 232.2 43.3 43.5 44.2 44.8 105.6 102.4 105.4 108.2

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 547.2 549.5 548.8 548.2 170.0 174.1 175.3 174.2 381.7 393.3 394.1 398.8

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95.2 95.1 94.4 94.2 24.2 24.8 24.9 24.9 41.0 41.9 42.4 42.5

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205.6 205.7 203.6 203.8 73.8 75.0 74.3 74.1 120.1 123.1 123.4 123.7

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243.4 243.5 242.9 243.4 62.9 62.5 63.3 63.5 180.5 189.8 190.5 190.2

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140.7 140.2 140.9 140.9 37.4 37.9 38.8 38.6 78.3 79.7 78.5 78.9

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 873.1 870.0 875.7 874.3 249.3 252.3 250.7 252.8 672.1 666.8 667.3 667.1

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138.6 141.4 140.8 140.8 33.1 34.1 34.4 34.7 102.0 104.9 104.6 104.0

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,576.9 1,567.1 1,573.5 1,572.7 709.4 710.6 716.5 714.3 1,314.8 1,345.7 1,339.9 1,348.4

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 818.8 823.4 828.7 828.3 228.8 229.9 229.9 228.3 617.8 640.2 647.8 652.4

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94.3 95.1 94.8 94.3 24.4 24.7 24.8 24.5 35.4 37.0 36.9 36.5

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,023.6 1,019.4 1,022.5 1,017.3 300.1 307.4 306.1 309.6 722.3 729.9 727.9 725.2

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308.0 304.7 303.7 301.4 78.9 80.7 80.9 81.0 179.8 182.7 181.3 181.0

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342.6 345.6 345.7 345.5 98.8 97.8 97.8 97.7 240.2 243.6 247.4 245.4

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,129.2 1,135.8 1,131.3 1,131.8 316.9 319.3 317.7 318.9 799.0 814.9 820.6 821.8

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.3 77.4 77.5 77.1 33.0 32.7 33.4 33.2 66.7 64.9 66.1 65.3

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397.4 403.6 403.7 405.4 99.6 100.7 100.3 100.8 269.4 275.6 279.1 282.7

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88.6 89.1 87.5 87.3 29.6 29.7 29.7 30.0 31.7 31.3 31.7 31.1

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 620.3 631.6 630.6 628.3 154.6 154.9 155.3 155.2 413.7 415.1 411.8 407.4

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,438.7 2,448.2 2,460.2 2,468.4 738.9 762.2 765.2 768.3 1,644.1 1,679.6 1,685.9 1,700.6

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275.6 282.7 281.5 282.2 82.9 83.1 83.0 83.3 206.9 215.0 214.5 212.6

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.1 55.8 55.7 55.4 12.0 11.9 11.9 11.9 27.6 28.5 29.0 28.7

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 663.7 663.9 661.3 656.6 201.0 206.9 206.4 206.6 717.5 734.1 730.5 729.2

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 617.7 625.3 628.4 630.9 151.9 157.8 158.3 158.2 406.9 409.3 414.8 418.6

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132.0 129.8 129.3 128.8 27.2 28.0 27.7 27.4 64.5 65.3 64.4 64.0

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 537.9 543.8 542.8 544.0 151.6 153.1 152.0 151.6 320.7 323.6 326.6 326.7

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.4 52.5 51.8 52.0 10.6 10.9 10.7 10.9 17.5 16.7 17.4 17.8

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171.6 169.4 158.8 158.2 42.1 41.7 41.1 41.3 115.1 113.2 110.7 113.5

Virgin Islands1, 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.0 – – – – – – – – – – –

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.

2 Data not available for September, October, and November 2017. Given the lack of adequate sample data, reliable September, October, and November 2017 estimates for

the U.S Virgin Islands cannot be produced at this time.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2016 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

Nov.

2016

Sept.

2017

Oct.

2017

Nov.

2017p

Nov.

2016

Sept.

2017

Oct.

2017

Nov.

2017p

Nov.

2016

Sept.

2017

Oct.

2017

Nov.

2017p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234.9 238.9 240.7 239.8 199.6 205.9 205.5 205.9 380.4 381.8 382.7 383.7

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.1 48.9 49.1 49.0 36.2 36.2 36.4 35.7 81.0 81.4 81.1 80.9

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414.8 427.5 426.0 427.5 317.1 324.5 323.6 325.8 411.8 414.3 412.1 412.3

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184.3 189.4 188.8 189.7 116.1 119.5 119.4 117.5 211.1 210.6 210.5 210.3

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,564.5 2,629.5 2,635.9 2,652.6 1,916.6 1,940.4 1,957.6 1,973.0 2,539.0 2,574.1 2,580.4 2,580.6

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333.7 338.9 338.0 337.5 328.8 331.2 335.1 336.0 427.8 430.4 427.9 428.1

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331.2 333.2 333.6 333.6 155.3 157.0 153.7 151.7 234.3 231.9 231.0 230.8

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77.9 80.2 79.5 79.6 51.2 52.5 50.7 50.2 65.1 66.2 65.1 64.9

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136.2 137.9 137.4 138.0 77.0 81.1 81.6 80.2 239.9 239.2 238.5 238.3

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,261.7 1,269.5 1,275.3 1,276.9 1,192.5 1,163.1 1,195.9 1,197.7 1,098.5 1,109.0 1,111.5 1,110.7

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 568.5 580.9 584.0 584.9 479.5 493.3 492.8 493.4 692.1 697.8 701.8 701.2

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83.3 86.0 85.4 85.1 119.2 120.8 121.9 122.0 128.2 125.8 125.3 123.8

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102.1 105.9 106.7 107.1 72.7 72.3 73.4 73.7 123.2 126.6 126.0 126.5

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 920.3 927.9 929.4 927.7 596.8 596.6 597.0 595.0 831.6 825.1 826.4 823.6

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472.1 474.0 474.6 474.3 309.5 308.3 308.8 306.3 431.4 440.0 439.0 438.7

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227.8 234.0 232.4 233.5 143.8 145.9 147.6 148.1 257.9 257.5 258.7 258.3

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197.3 198.6 198.1 198.9 127.5 125.8 126.2 125.1 255.9 255.9 255.9 255.4

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272.0 273.8 274.8 274.6 192.1 193.6 193.2 195.3 318.9 316.9 317.2 316.7

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311.3 315.9 316.0 316.8 231.5 238.1 235.5 234.3 323.7 320.9 319.9 319.3

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126.3 127.8 127.7 128.1 66.0 66.3 65.2 64.9 99.8 100.8 99.7 99.4

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463.8 476.4 478.0 477.8 273.2 278.0 276.8 275.4 505.8 512.5 513.4 515.0

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 789.5 812.4 803.4 806.2 360.9 362.2 367.9 372.1 462.7 459.1 459.8 459.2

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 666.5 674.6 671.6 672.9 434.0 434.5 437.8 441.3 609.2 618.7 614.9 612.4

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 529.0 541.2 539.6 540.1 262.4 266.9 267.7 260.2 428.7 430.6 431.1 430.5

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141.0 145.5 144.7 145.4 136.8 135.0 137.8 138.0 245.2 245.3 244.6 244.9

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463.7 467.0 468.7 468.5 306.6 311.6 313.8 314.4 435.7 438.9 435.5 434.5

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.1 77.0 76.7 76.7 65.2 65.0 66.3 66.9 91.9 92.7 93.0 92.5

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154.1 155.6 155.8 155.3 91.4 94.1 93.9 94.8 171.4 173.2 172.2 172.5

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131.2 135.7 134.6 135.5 348.9 351.8 352.8 350.3 159.2 164.2 163.9 164.8

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122.2 124.1 124.5 124.5 72.5 71.4 72.4 73.1 91.3 90.7 90.8 90.8

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 683.4 695.4 696.0 699.3 372.4 384.9 384.6 386.2 612.0 609.1 608.4 608.5

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141.0 141.5 142.4 142.9 97.4 98.6 100.2 100.0 192.3 189.4 189.6 189.4

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,970.0 2,025.3 2,012.8 2,023.9 914.2 937.4 937.4 940.0 1,451.0 1,458.0 1,455.3 1,454.2

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 586.8 604.4 605.0 605.1 486.6 489.0 492.1 490.6 730.9 740.8 740.1 740.0

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.6 63.3 63.4 63.0 39.5 38.7 38.6 37.6 83.3 83.3 83.5 83.4

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 932.3 953.0 948.7 946.8 556.4 570.8 568.7 568.7 775.1 769.3 767.7 765.4

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234.9 239.8 240.0 239.2 164.5 167.3 169.8 169.3 353.3 354.1 354.8 354.3

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271.5 278.4 278.7 278.9 200.3 199.1 203.1 204.3 308.5 312.3 310.5 310.8

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,240.0 1,255.9 1,257.2 1,260.2 565.5 583.4 584.4 579.9 703.6 704.6 699.6 700.2

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106.9 106.7 107.2 107.8 58.9 60.3 59.6 60.2 60.8 60.8 60.7 60.5

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244.3 249.2 251.3 251.2 247.3 244.8 249.7 248.0 365.1 368.7 369.8 369.2

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71.0 71.7 71.6 72.2 47.7 47.3 46.9 46.7 79.2 80.6 80.3 80.5

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428.8 433.2 434.9 438.0 323.5 328.9 329.3 331.8 428.9 433.8 436.1 433.4

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,651.8 1,680.5 1,684.0 1,692.2 1,310.1 1,310.9 1,340.5 1,348.5 1,937.5 1,963.6 1,971.0 1,973.5

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196.0 199.7 200.8 201.4 140.2 144.2 146.6 150.0 240.1 245.0 244.8 244.9

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.4 66.0 65.8 65.5 37.9 38.0 38.2 40.3 55.4 56.7 55.5 55.5

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539.4 554.7 554.9 555.0 399.5 403.7 406.6 404.3 714.5 715.6 713.2 712.3

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470.4 482.2 478.1 481.0 331.1 335.7 335.5 334.1 578.7 591.1 590.4 587.1

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130.8 133.3 133.9 134.5 74.7 75.1 75.9 75.9 164.7 154.3 155.6 154.9

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449.6 451.6 452.5 451.9 274.3 280.1 281.2 283.4 420.5 417.6 418.5 418.2

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.6 27.6 27.3 27.1 34.9 34.1 34.1 33.7 70.8 69.6 69.6 69.5

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123.0 122.3 117.7 115.2 81.8 81.6 68.7 74.8 225.9 218.2 218.3 221.8

Virgin Islands1, 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . – – – – 7.5 – – – 10.9 – – –

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

components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.

2 Data not available for September, October, and November 2017. Given the lack of adequate sample data, reliable September, October, and November 2017 estimates for

the U.S Virgin Islands cannot be produced at this time.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2016 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

October November October November October November

2016 2017 2016 2017p2016 2017 2016 2017p2016 2017 2016 2017p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,991.8 2,023.1 1,999.3 2,029.8 9.7 9.7 9.8 9.7 86.5 92.0 84.9 91.5

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324.6 324.3 317.3 316.0 13.6 13.5 13.2 13.3 16.8 16.8 14.8 15.4

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,750.5 2,782.0 2,767.5 2,811.5 11.5 11.4 11.4 11.3 137.5 141.2 133.9 142.2

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,243.3 1,264.8 1,242.0 1,263.0 6.1 6.0 6.1 6.1 51.9 54.1 50.1 53.1

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,686.5 16,958.4 16,780.7 17,067.5 24.0 23.4 23.6 23.2 795.2 843.9 797.5 841.8

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,628.2 2,668.9 2,623.2 2,674.2 22.5 21.8 22.3 21.9 160.1 163.4 156.6 162.9

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,691.1 1,692.6 1,698.0 1,699.2 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 61.8 61.6 59.6 59.0

Delaware1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455.1 456.7 457.6 458.3 – – – – 20.9 21.2 20.9 21.3

District of Columbia1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 790.1 798.1 791.6 798.2 – – – – 14.7 14.7 14.6 14.6

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,466.5 8,672.7 8,553.2 8,759.1 5.7 5.6 5.7 5.7 486.1 524.0 487.1 530.8

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,439.0 4,527.3 4,468.5 4,549.5 9.6 10.4 9.7 10.5 181.0 181.7 179.4 181.4

Hawaii1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 653.2 660.2 657.9 664.6 – – – – 37.8 38.3 37.5 38.9

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 709.6 727.3 708.9 725.9 4.0 3.9 4.0 3.7 43.6 45.1 42.6 45.3

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,089.2 6,113.5 6,087.7 6,116.2 7.9 8.2 8.0 8.2 230.3 226.7 220.9 220.6

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,134.2 3,167.2 3,144.8 3,167.9 6.3 6.4 6.3 6.4 139.0 142.7 134.3 142.4

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,590.6 1,602.7 1,588.2 1,609.4 2.5 2.7 2.5 2.7 85.9 79.9 84.6 77.7

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,428.2 1,424.4 1,424.9 1,429.0 6.8 7.1 6.9 7.3 62.9 64.8 61.8 63.9

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,928.4 1,956.7 1,947.4 1,970.7 10.1 9.5 10.1 9.5 79.4 84.2 79.7 83.3

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,982.8 1,992.3 1,982.4 1,997.2 36.5 35.7 35.6 36.0 147.6 155.9 145.0 154.8

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 625.7 628.9 620.6 623.1 2.4 2.6 2.4 2.6 28.7 29.2 28.5 29.2

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,732.7 2,788.3 2,737.9 2,795.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 163.3 172.3 163.3 170.4

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,608.3 3,675.5 3,608.7 3,675.2 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.2 151.7 158.2 149.6 158.5

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,408.7 4,449.3 4,409.4 4,456.6 7.2 7.6 7.1 7.6 170.1 174.0 165.5 168.8

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,934.1 2,978.1 2,932.1 2,966.6 6.7 7.3 6.6 7.2 125.2 130.6 120.2 125.6

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,153.0 1,161.6 1,153.3 1,166.7 6.8 6.9 6.8 6.9 44.1 44.2 43.5 43.9

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,883.7 2,915.2 2,887.6 2,917.4 4.2 4.4 4.2 4.4 124.2 119.1 125.0 118.0

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473.8 480.4 470.9 475.3 7.1 7.5 7.0 7.4 28.6 30.1 28.6 27.9

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,025.5 1,036.8 1,030.6 1,038.7 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.1 52.8 51.7 52.5 51.2

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,323.3 1,360.3 1,327.6 1,363.1 13.8 14.2 13.8 14.3 80.1 90.2 80.3 90.5

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 678.7 685.9 677.8 685.4 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.1 26.7 29.1 27.0 29.3

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,112.8 4,147.2 4,132.3 4,164.3 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.4 156.6 162.5 155.6 160.2

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 835.4 848.8 841.9 851.5 18.8 18.4 19.0 18.4 44.3 47.2 44.6 47.6

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,512.7 9,619.8 9,542.9 9,656.0 5.4 5.5 5.3 5.4 384.6 391.4 378.4 388.3

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,393.0 4,472.4 4,414.1 4,487.7 5.7 5.9 5.7 5.9 206.5 203.3 205.1 202.8

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442.8 446.0 440.1 441.2 15.4 19.0 15.6 19.6 36.3 35.2 34.2 32.0

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,539.2 5,593.7 5,542.4 5,586.9 11.4 11.2 11.1 11.2 215.4 225.8 213.1 219.2

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,662.5 1,682.5 1,662.0 1,685.2 43.0 47.2 43.1 48.5 78.2 84.4 77.0 83.4

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,860.5 1,903.5 1,863.3 1,901.1 7.8 8.1 7.7 8.1 95.6 106.8 94.7 103.8

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,963.1 6,028.9 5,972.8 6,043.0 24.4 23.9 23.7 23.9 247.9 255.8 243.0 253.1

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497.6 503.6 496.9 503.0 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 19.4 21.6 19.6 22.3

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,064.4 2,110.0 2,079.0 2,121.4 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.3 98.4 98.0 98.6 98.3

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437.9 439.1 435.7 437.4 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.0 24.0 23.9 23.7 23.6

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,012.2 3,049.2 3,026.7 3,065.4 4.0 4.3 4.0 4.3 117.7 122.1 118.8 123.6

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,132.6 12,444.5 12,199.8 12,531.4 215.3 248.5 217.6 250.3 713.4 731.4 709.8 733.0

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,453.2 1,493.2 1,456.0 1,498.1 8.2 7.9 8.2 7.8 95.3 99.7 95.2 100.1

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317.1 320.0 315.6 320.4 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.9 16.3 16.7 15.7 16.1

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,960.6 3,993.7 3,964.4 3,998.8 7.6 7.8 7.6 7.9 192.0 194.2 189.0 194.2

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,297.7 3,365.6 3,299.4 3,368.3 6.6 6.8 6.5 6.7 193.9 204.5 190.9 200.4

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 755.0 758.5 765.4 759.2 20.0 21.9 20.7 21.8 31.9 34.3 31.6 33.9

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,961.6 3,003.7 2,961.2 3,001.1 3.9 4.2 3.9 4.1 117.5 119.1 114.8 115.6

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280.0 278.5 274.1 273.1 18.1 20.2 18.3 20.5 21.8 22.3 21.1 20.9

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 893.7 841.5 899.6 859.9 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 22.3 20.0 22.4 20.9

Virgin Islands1, 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.8 – 38.3 – – – – – 1.4 – 1.4 –

1 Mining and logging is combined with construction.

2 Data not available for September, October, and November 2017. Given the lack of adequate sample data, reliable September, October, and November 2017 estimates for

the U.S Virgin Islands cannot be produced at this time.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2016 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

October November October November October November

2016 2017 2016 2017p

2016 2017 2016 2017p2016 2017 2016 2017p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261.6 267.4 262.2 267.8 382.2 378.2 386.4 384.4 20.3 19.7 20.4 19.9

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.3 8.8 7.9 6.5 64.4 63.9 63.0 62.6 6.4 6.1 6.3 6.1

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159.4 164.1 160.7 164.8 520.6 519.9 534.1 535.2 45.4 42.5 45.0 42.5

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155.0 160.7 156.0 160.8 252.7 254.9 254.7 257.0 13.5 13.1 13.5 13.1

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,305.4 1,301.6 1,299.9 1,295.8 3,008.9 3,041.5 3,092.8 3,120.5 529.0 540.0 532.5 540.4

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142.4 142.0 141.3 142.5 456.7 465.1 462.3 471.3 72.2 74.6 71.6 74.6

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156.4 157.0 155.9 156.8 299.4 299.0 306.9 306.9 32.1 31.5 32.0 31.5

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.9 26.0 25.8 26.0 82.5 80.4 83.7 81.9 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.6

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 32.4 32.8 32.5 33.1 16.9 16.6 16.9 16.7

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359.6 372.0 359.6 373.9 1,717.7 1,752.6 1,761.3 1,797.0 136.3 139.6 139.0 140.9

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389.4 386.2 392.1 387.1 932.3 944.9 946.8 959.2 112.4 112.9 111.7 114.5

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.9 13.7 14.0 13.9 120.8 122.9 122.0 124.5 9.2 9.1 9.3 9.2

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.5 67.7 65.5 67.7 139.0 143.5 141.4 144.6 9.0 9.3 9.2 9.4

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 572.7 573.5 572.1 577.2 1,213.3 1,211.4 1,228.4 1,228.8 98.4 97.8 98.2 98.7

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523.9 532.8 523.9 531.6 599.8 599.1 607.7 607.3 31.9 30.3 31.9 29.8

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211.0 217.0 209.6 218.8 319.1 320.0 321.5 325.5 22.0 20.9 21.9 20.9

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160.6 159.1 160.9 160.3 268.5 264.6 268.7 268.2 20.6 18.9 20.4 19.5

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250.7 250.6 251.3 253.2 397.3 404.4 406.0 411.8 22.8 24.1 23.3 24.2

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135.3 135.4 132.7 134.1 386.2 379.3 391.4 383.8 22.6 21.5 23.2 21.6

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.0 51.0 51.4 52.0 122.0 122.5 122.6 122.9 7.7 7.4 7.7 7.4

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103.8 103.8 104.9 104.8 467.6 470.1 474.7 480.6 37.4 36.0 37.5 35.6

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244.2 245.0 244.1 246.3 575.6 582.4 581.1 587.6 89.1 88.6 89.2 88.0

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 603.2 604.1 604.7 607.2 785.8 784.7 795.9 797.6 57.8 58.3 57.4 58.4

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319.5 323.4 318.3 321.4 536.0 541.6 543.7 550.5 51.0 50.0 50.9 49.9

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143.0 143.7 142.8 144.2 230.2 233.4 233.0 236.1 11.9 11.3 11.8 11.4

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262.7 267.5 262.0 267.1 550.0 551.4 555.8 558.5 52.9 50.8 52.9 51.2

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.6 20.0 19.8 20.2 95.6 94.4 96.1 94.9 6.4 6.3 6.5 6.3

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97.0 97.7 97.3 98.8 205.8 204.8 209.5 207.1 18.7 18.7 19.0 18.7

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.1 45.9 44.2 45.9 245.3 244.2 248.7 249.7 14.4 14.1 14.7 14.4

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.2 69.4 67.9 69.0 141.0 140.7 143.1 143.4 12.4 12.3 12.4 12.4

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241.0 248.0 240.9 247.4 872.2 875.0 889.6 889.9 72.7 71.4 72.1 72.1

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.0 26.9 26.4 26.4 139.2 140.9 141.2 143.5 12.9 12.7 13.2 13.0

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451.7 435.1 447.6 433.7 1,579.8 1,578.0 1,610.5 1,606.1 270.9 266.6 269.7 265.7

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465.8 466.8 467.1 469.3 816.2 826.5 830.6 841.0 77.5 74.1 78.7 74.5

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.8 24.3 24.6 24.1 96.2 95.5 96.0 95.9 6.7 6.7 6.7 6.7

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 686.9 690.8 686.2 694.4 1,024.6 1,025.7 1,042.3 1,040.5 73.0 71.1 73.6 71.4

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127.5 130.8 126.5 131.6 307.2 302.9 312.6 305.8 21.2 20.9 21.3 21.2

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188.3 195.3 186.6 191.9 345.4 347.6 350.4 353.6 34.2 33.7 34.1 33.5

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 555.2 552.0 552.7 552.7 1,136.2 1,137.8 1,153.9 1,156.3 84.9 82.1 85.3 82.1

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.1 41.2 40.0 41.7 76.6 77.9 77.8 78.6 7.9 7.7 8.0 7.8

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238.6 247.1 240.7 251.4 395.1 402.6 402.3 410.0 26.7 26.2 27.3 26.3

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.1 42.2 41.4 42.5 89.1 87.4 88.7 87.7 5.7 5.9 5.8 6.0

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344.8 346.5 344.3 347.9 619.2 629.9 630.0 640.1 45.6 45.2 46.2 46.6

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 842.5 878.3 842.5 880.9 2,432.0 2,463.9 2,473.8 2,504.7 200.6 189.8 202.6 189.4

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127.1 129.3 127.2 129.7 275.9 281.9 280.3 286.8 36.8 36.3 36.6 36.6

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.9 28.9 29.3 29.1 55.6 55.8 56.2 56.4 4.7 4.5 4.6 4.4

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233.1 233.9 232.9 234.0 666.2 663.1 679.9 673.4 67.8 64.5 66.6 64.5

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288.6 286.6 286.1 284.4 618.5 630.9 627.4 641.3 122.3 126.0 122.0 126.7

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.4 45.7 46.5 45.7 134.2 130.2 136.3 133.4 9.8 9.4 9.8 9.4

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466.6 480.7 464.6 482.3 544.2 548.8 552.2 559.2 48.3 46.8 48.0 46.8

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.3 9.7 9.3 9.6 53.2 51.8 53.5 52.5 3.7 3.6 3.7 3.6

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.8 70.0 73.5 70.4 171.8 158.0 174.9 162.2 17.7 17.5 17.6 17.5

Virgin Islands1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.6 – 0.6 – 8.0 – 8.0 – 0.6 – 0.6 –

1 Data not available for September, October, and November 2017. Given the lack of adequate sample data, reliable September, October, and November 2017 estimates for

the U.S Virgin Islands cannot be produced at this time.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2016 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

October November October November October November

2016 2017 2016 2017p

2016 2017 2016 2017p2016 2017 2016 2017p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97.8 99.2 97.9 98.4 236.1 242.3 237.8 242.3 236.5 241.9 237.1 241.9

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.1 11.6 12.0 11.5 27.2 27.5 26.2 27.0 48.7 48.8 48.9 48.8

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206.0 210.1 206.8 210.8 421.6 427.8 425.3 432.5 417.1 428.8 418.0 430.8

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.5 51.0 51.3 51.2 145.8 149.9 146.2 149.9 187.3 191.3 186.0 191.7

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 832.6 836.5 830.2 837.5 2,563.1 2,574.2 2,571.2 2,577.6 2,581.3 2,655.7 2,585.5 2,667.9

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164.6 165.7 162.9 165.9 414.3 427.4 410.1 424.7 334.1 339.7 336.0 341.2

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129.9 132.1 130.0 133.0 218.3 219.7 217.8 219.2 334.5 337.4 336.3 338.4

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.1 48.1 47.0 48.0 60.5 61.8 63.0 63.7 77.8 79.7 78.4 79.9

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.2 29.8 29.9 29.3 167.4 170.7 168.7 171.0 139.9 140.9 140.1 141.8

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 551.0 561.5 552.6 567.2 1,308.8 1,355.3 1,314.1 1,362.0 1,265.4 1,282.0 1,273.5 1,286.1

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242.5 248.1 243.8 248.7 670.4 694.4 674.6 697.1 572.2 588.6 574.0 590.4

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.9 27.7 28.9 28.0 83.7 86.8 83.9 86.7 84.0 85.8 84.0 86.2

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.8 35.2 34.9 35.5 88.2 88.1 88.1 86.5 103.3 107.8 103.1 108.3

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382.8 398.2 383.2 396.4 960.1 966.7 957.0 967.0 925.2 937.7 931.7 939.1

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133.9 139.6 135.0 139.1 342.6 344.2 348.3 344.2 476.9 482.3 477.8 482.8

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109.0 112.5 109.7 113.8 141.5 143.1 140.7 143.7 231.5 236.0 232.6 238.3

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85.7 86.8 85.3 86.4 182.5 183.3 181.1 183.8 198.0 199.0 198.4 200.1

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93.6 94.3 94.8 94.9 220.9 231.8 231.1 236.5 273.0 275.6 272.8 274.5

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92.2 93.3 92.2 92.7 213.4 216.1 212.7 218.2 314.7 318.8 313.0 319.4

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.5 30.5 30.7 30.4 66.0 66.7 65.7 66.8 127.1 129.1 128.0 129.8

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150.6 149.2 149.7 149.8 448.4 466.1 447.3 466.5 466.3 481.0 467.4 482.8

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223.2 228.6 224.0 228.0 558.5 578.2 559.2 578.3 794.6 810.3 798.9 815.5

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213.6 218.3 215.0 217.4 669.6 681.8 671.5 686.3 672.6 677.1 674.7 679.7

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177.0 175.8 176.1 175.4 380.9 383.9 375.5 381.5 527.4 541.6 533.1 544.5

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.7 44.5 43.2 45.2 108.8 106.5 106.6 109.1 142.1 146.1 142.5 146.4

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169.3 175.1 169.7 173.9 387.6 398.0 384.7 401.5 467.9 472.7 467.8 473.2

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.1 25.0 24.2 25.1 41.9 43.3 40.6 42.1 75.3 76.8 75.5 77.1

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.9 74.4 74.0 74.1 119.5 124.1 120.7 124.0 154.3 156.3 155.1 156.3

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.9 64.3 63.2 63.8 182.2 192.4 182.1 191.9 130.8 134.8 131.5 136.0

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.9 38.5 37.0 38.2 79.1 79.1 78.7 79.3 123.0 125.5 123.5 125.9

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249.0 250.5 249.4 252.0 676.3 675.9 682.5 678.4 686.7 699.5 688.6 701.3

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.5 34.5 33.4 35.0 101.3 104.6 101.9 103.9 141.2 143.0 141.9 143.5

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 708.8 715.5 708.6 712.5 1,319.0 1,348.2 1,321.3 1,355.9 1,998.2 2,051.1 2,015.6 2,069.0

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228.2 230.1 228.3 228.7 620.0 653.6 622.3 656.2 590.9 609.0 594.3 610.5

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.0 24.6 24.3 24.5 35.4 37.2 35.4 36.5 63.0 63.7 63.0 63.3

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301.2 307.5 301.2 308.8 735.4 740.6 730.7 731.4 938.9 955.4 941.6 958.0

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.1 81.0 78.9 81.0 183.1 183.2 180.4 182.8 236.4 241.6 237.0 241.3

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98.3 98.3 98.4 97.7 240.5 249.0 240.4 245.6 273.1 281.1 274.9 282.5

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316.2 317.8 316.5 319.3 803.2 827.7 805.5 826.3 1,252.7 1,275.1 1,262.7 1,283.6

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.4 33.5 32.9 33.1 67.2 67.0 67.5 66.1 109.1 109.4 109.6 110.2

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.1 100.9 99.4 100.7 269.4 280.9 273.3 283.5 245.8 253.5 246.0 253.1

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.3 29.7 29.5 29.8 31.3 31.6 31.8 31.3 71.1 71.7 71.4 72.4

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155.3 156.2 155.6 155.5 415.0 417.3 423.1 417.6 433.0 439.3 432.3 441.8

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 740.4 767.6 740.5 769.5 1,647.6 1,697.7 1,656.7 1,713.4 1,660.6 1,695.6 1,662.5 1,702.0

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83.0 83.0 83.0 83.4 207.3 217.1 209.3 215.5 198.3 203.9 199.8 206.0

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.0 11.9 11.9 11.9 27.9 29.5 27.7 28.8 65.0 66.1 65.1 66.1

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201.4 207.0 201.2 206.6 725.0 735.9 721.9 734.5 546.5 560.9 544.8 561.0

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152.0 158.2 151.7 157.6 409.5 418.2 407.8 418.5 472.2 481.7 473.9 485.0

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.4 27.9 27.3 27.4 65.8 65.1 65.0 64.8 132.3 135.9 133.1 136.5

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151.6 151.9 151.3 151.8 326.4 332.0 324.0 330.0 451.9 455.8 453.9 455.9

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.7 10.8 10.6 10.9 17.9 17.6 17.1 17.3 28.0 27.7 27.9 27.4

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.4 41.1 42.3 41.6 115.1 110.8 116.3 114.6 124.1 118.9 125.3 118.2

Virgin Islands1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1 – 2.1 – 3.4 – 3.3 – 2.5 – 2.6 –

1 Data not available for September, October, and November 2017. Given the lack of adequate sample data, reliable September, October, and November 2017 estimates for

the U.S Virgin Islands cannot be produced at this time.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2016 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

October November October November October November

2016 2017 2016 2017p

2016 2017 2016 2017p2016 2017 2016 2017p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197.4 204.3 198.4 203.6 80.0 82.5 80.3 82.6 383.7 385.9 384.1 387.7

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.0 33.3 31.8 31.2 11.2 12.0 11.3 11.8 81.9 82.0 81.9 81.8

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315.0 322.5 317.1 326.0 89.2 86.5 87.3 86.8 427.2 427.2 427.9 428.6

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116.9 119.5 114.1 115.7 47.7 50.0 48.0 49.2 214.9 214.3 216.0 215.2

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,917.1 1,957.0 1,905.7 1,960.4 567.0 584.5 566.7 583.6 2,562.9 2,600.1 2,575.1 2,618.8

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318.0 322.8 315.3 322.5 107.2 109.6 106.3 107.8 436.1 436.8 438.5 438.9

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155.0 153.3 153.3 149.5 65.9 66.1 65.5 67.2 237.2 234.3 240.1 237.1

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.3 50.1 49.1 48.3 18.9 18.6 18.5 18.1 66.6 66.2 66.6 66.5

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.9 81.9 76.7 80.3 72.2 72.1 72.0 72.8 238.3 237.4 239.0 237.4

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,165.8 1,180.4 1,183.3 1,190.7 352.7 369.7 357.5 372.0 1,117.4 1,130.0 1,119.5 1,132.8

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474.8 489.3 477.8 490.1 157.4 162.7 157.2 160.2 697.0 708.1 701.4 710.3

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119.7 122.0 119.1 122.1 27.3 27.4 27.5 27.4 127.9 126.5 131.7 127.7

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71.6 72.3 70.1 70.9 24.5 25.3 24.4 25.3 126.1 129.1 125.6 128.7

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 601.2 600.0 588.6 588.1 249.3 251.5 249.2 249.4 848.0 841.8 850.4 842.7

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309.5 309.6 305.4 301.6 127.9 130.4 128.6 129.8 442.5 449.8 445.6 452.9

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142.6 146.9 139.8 143.9 60.7 59.6 59.9 58.8 264.8 264.1 265.4 265.3

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127.9 126.7 126.5 124.7 51.0 51.0 50.9 51.0 263.7 263.1 264.0 263.8

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194.1 194.6 190.5 193.1 65.2 68.2 65.4 69.4 321.3 319.4 322.4 320.3

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230.2 234.4 230.7 234.4 75.9 77.8 75.7 76.4 328.2 324.1 330.2 325.8

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.1 65.7 58.7 58.1 21.9 21.3 21.4 20.8 103.3 102.9 103.5 103.1

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268.4 272.0 261.8 262.4 113.7 115.8 115.0 117.1 511.9 520.7 515.0 524.0

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364.8 370.8 348.9 357.3 135.9 142.3 136.1 141.2 469.6 469.9 476.5 473.3

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430.8 435.1 417.1 424.7 171.7 175.2 171.1 175.6 626.3 633.1 629.4 633.3

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258.5 264.7 252.5 250.3 116.3 121.7 116.4 120.9 435.6 437.5 438.8 439.4

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134.3 137.3 135.7 136.7 39.9 40.2 40.2 40.1 248.2 247.5 247.2 246.7

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303.8 314.3 301.8 307.6 115.8 117.2 117.2 116.7 445.3 444.7 446.5 445.3

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.9 64.7 61.0 62.7 18.3 17.4 18.2 17.6 94.0 94.9 93.4 94.0

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90.5 93.6 89.4 92.7 37.0 38.8 37.2 38.9 175.0 175.6 174.9 175.8

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345.8 351.8 345.8 347.0 41.2 42.1 41.2 41.9 161.7 166.3 162.1 167.7

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71.3 71.7 67.1 67.4 24.2 24.2 24.3 24.8 94.9 94.3 95.8 94.6

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365.5 376.8 358.5 370.1 169.1 168.0 167.4 168.3 622.3 618.3 626.3 623.2

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94.6 99.0 95.0 97.6 28.4 28.9 28.6 28.9 194.2 192.7 196.7 193.7

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 923.7 946.4 903.2 927.0 406.7 413.5 409.6 415.5 1,463.9 1,468.5 1,473.1 1,476.9

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482.0 491.3 477.2 483.7 151.9 154.3 152.2 155.1 748.3 757.5 752.6 760.0

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.0 38.9 39.4 37.8 16.1 15.6 15.7 15.5 84.9 85.3 85.2 85.3

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 549.9 566.7 537.1 550.8 212.0 215.2 211.3 214.4 790.5 783.7 794.2 786.8

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164.3 169.0 161.9 167.3 62.9 60.5 62.5 60.5 359.6 361.0 360.8 361.8

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199.6 202.5 195.5 199.7 64.3 65.1 64.4 66.2 313.4 316.0 316.2 318.5

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 565.3 585.5 547.5 567.5 258.3 257.5 258.6 257.8 718.8 713.7 723.4 720.4

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.2 60.4 56.9 58.1 23.0 23.2 22.6 23.3 61.5 61.5 61.8 61.6

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244.9 247.7 242.7 243.9 73.9 75.5 74.0 75.3 367.2 373.3 370.4 374.6

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.9 47.3 45.8 44.9 16.2 16.4 16.1 16.3 80.2 81.9 80.5 81.9

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325.1 331.3 321.0 329.3 110.7 110.6 109.2 111.6 441.8 446.5 442.2 447.1

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,295.7 1,331.1 1,296.1 1,335.9 428.7 448.1 428.4 446.9 1,955.8 1,992.5 1,969.3 2,005.4

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137.4 143.1 134.2 143.2 39.6 42.1 39.1 41.0 244.3 248.9 243.1 248.0

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.8 36.2 35.3 37.4 10.7 11.1 10.6 11.0 58.4 58.4 58.4 58.3

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397.5 404.8 392.5 396.8 200.1 201.6 201.4 202.5 723.4 720.0 726.6 723.4

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329.6 334.5 324.5 326.8 119.3 120.8 119.2 121.6 585.2 597.4 589.4 599.3

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.6 76.1 73.3 74.5 54.2 53.7 53.8 53.6 158.4 158.3 168.0 158.2

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274.9 281.5 263.5 271.8 149.9 153.7 150.4 152.6 426.4 429.2 434.6 431.0

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.1 33.1 30.2 29.3 11.1 11.0 10.9 10.9 72.1 70.7 71.5 70.2

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.4 68.3 82.0 75.3 17.6 17.5 17.6 17.6 227.0 218.9 227.2 221.1

Virgin Islands1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.2 – 7.6 – 1.2 – 1.2 – 10.8 – 10.9 –

1 Data not available for September, October, and November 2017. Given the lack of adequate sample data, reliable September, October, and November 2017 estimates for

the U.S Virgin Islands cannot be produced at this time.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2016 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,

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