For release 10:00 a.m. (EDT) Friday, October 18, 2019 USDL-19-1819 

Technical information: 

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STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT — SEPTEMBER 2019

Unemployment rates were lower in September in 7 states, higher in 4 states, and stable in 39 states and 

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

rate decreases from a year earlier, 2 states had increases, and 41 states and the District had little or no 

change. The national unemployment rate declined by 0.2 percentage point from August to 3.5 percent,

but was little changed from September 2018. 

Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 3 states in September 2019, decreased in 2, and was 

essentially unchanged in 45 states and the District of Columbia. Over the year, 27 states added nonfarm 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Unemployment

Vermont had the lowest unemployment rate in September, 2.2 percent. The rates in Alabama (3.0 

percent), California (4.0 percent), Illinois (3.9 percent), New Jersey (3.1 percent), and South Carolina 

(2.9 percent) set new series lows. (All state series begin in 1976.) Alaska had the highest jobless rate, 6.2 

percent. In total, 15 states had unemployment rates lower than the U.S. figure of 3.5 percent, 14 states 

and the District of Columbia had higher rates, and 21 states had rates that were not appreciably different 

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

South Carolina had the largest over-the-month unemployment rate decrease (-0.3 percentage point) in 

September, while Mississippi had the largest rate increase (+0.2 point). Thirty-nine 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.)
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Alabama, Colorado, and New Jersey had the largest over-the-year unemployment rate decreases (-0.8 

percentage point each). The only rate increases from September 2018 occurred in Mississippi (+0.7 

percentage point) and Nebraska (+0.4 point). (See table C.)

Nonfarm Payroll Employment 

Nonfarm payroll employment increased in three states in September 2019. The job gains occurred in 

Kentucky (+8,200, or +0.4 percent), Idaho (+4,600, or +0.6 percent), and Hawaii (+4,500, or +0.7 

percent). Employment decreased in September in Virginia (-14,700, or -0.4 percent) and New 

Hampshire (-3,500, or -0.5 percent). (See tables D and 3.) 

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

largest job gains occurred in California (+320,000), Texas (+300,000), and Florida (+224,700). The 

largest percentage gains occurred in Nevada (+3.2 percent), Idaho (+3.1 percent), and Utah (+3.0 

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

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

to be released on Wednesday, October 30, 2019, at 10:00 a.m. (EDT). The State Employment and 

Unemployment news release for October is scheduled to be released on Tuesday, November 19, 

2019, at 10:00 a.m. (EST).
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State Rate p

United States 1 ................................................ 3.5

Alabama ......................................................... 3.0

Alaska ............................................................ 6.2

Arizona ........................................................... 4.9

California ......................................................... 4.0

Colorado ......................................................... 2.7

District of Columbia .......................................... 5.4

Hawaii ............................................................. 2.7

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

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

Kentucky ........................................................ 4.4

Louisiana ........................................................ 4.3

Maine ............................................................. 2.9

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

Michigan ......................................................... 4.2

Mississippi ...................................................... 5.4

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

New Hampshire ............................................... 2.5

New Mexico .................................................... 4.9

New York ........................................................ 3.9

North Carolina .................................................. 4.1

North Dakota ................................................... 2.5

Ohio ............................................................... 4.2

Oregon ............................................................ 4.1

South Carolina ................................................. 2.9

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

Utah ............................................................... 2.7

Vermont .......................................................... 2.2

Virginia ........................................................... 2.7

Washington ..................................................... 4.6

West Virginia ................................................... 4.7

1

 Data are not preliminary.

p

 = preliminary.

Table A. States with unemployment rates significantly different from that

of the U.S., September 2019, seasonally adjusted
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Table B. States with statistically significant unemployment rate changes from August 2019

to September 2019, seasonally adjusted

August 2019 September 2019 p

Alabama .................................... 3.1 3.0 -0.1

California .................................... 4.1 4.0 -.1

Colorado .................................... 2.8 2.7 -.1

Delaware .................................... 3.4 3.5 .1

Georgia ...................................... 3.6 3.5 -.1

Mississippi ................................. 5.2 5.4 .2

South Carolina ............................ 3.2 2.9 -.3

Utah .......................................... 2.8 2.7 -.1

Vermont ..................................... 2.1 2.2 .1

Virginia ...................................... 2.8 2.7 -.1

Wisconsin .................................. 3.1 3.2 .1

p

 = preliminary.

State

Rate Over-the-month 

change p

Table C. States with statistically significant unemployment rate changes from September 2018

to September 2019, seasonally adjusted

September 2018 September 2019 p

Alabama .................................... 3.8 3.0 -0.8

California .................................... 4.1 4.0 -.1

Colorado .................................... 3.5 2.7 -.8

Maine ........................................ 3.5 2.9 -.6

Mississippi ................................. 4.7 5.4 .7

Nebraska ................................... 2.7 3.1 .4

New Jersey ................................ 3.9 3.1 -.8

Utah .......................................... 3.1 2.7 -.4

Vermont ..................................... 2.6 2.2 -.4

p

 = preliminary.

State

Rate Over-the-year 

change p
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Table D. States with statistically significant employment changes from August 2019 to

September 2019, seasonally adjusted

August September

2019 2019 p Level Percent

Hawaii ....................................... 658,600 663,100 4,500 0.7

Idaho ......................................... 758,000 762,600 4,600 .6

Kentucky ................................... 1,951,800 1,960,000 8,200 .4

New Hampshire .......................... 693,200 689,700 -3,500 -.5

Virginia ...................................... 4,040,500 4,025,800 -14,700 -.4

p

 = preliminary.

State Over-the-month change p

Table E. States with statistically significant employment changes from September 2018 to

September 2019, seasonally adjusted

September September

2018 2019 p Level Percent

Alabama .................................... 2,045,700 2,090,600 44,900 2.2

Arizona ...................................... 2,875,600 2,942,100 66,500 2.3

Arkansas ................................... 1,263,300 1,280,000 16,700 1.3

California ................................... 17,218,500 17,538,500 320,000 1.9

Colorado .................................... 2,732,200 2,789,100 56,900 2.1

Delaware ................................... 460,900 469,100 8,200 1.8

Florida ....................................... 8,828,000 9,052,700 224,700 2.5

Georgia ..................................... 4,558,200 4,635,600 77,400 1.7

Idaho ......................................... 740,000 762,600 22,600 3.1

Illinois ........................................ 6,120,100 6,186,700 66,600 1.1

 

Kansas ...................................... 1,417,300 1,438,100 20,800 1.5

Kentucky ................................... 1,933,800 1,960,000 26,200 1.4

Massachusetts .......................... 3,646,100 3,681,400 35,300 1.0

Mississippi ................................ 1,153,600 1,170,500 16,900 1.5

Missouri .................................... 2,890,900 2,923,000 32,100 1.1

Nevada ...................................... 1,395,000 1,440,200 45,200 3.2

New Jersey ................................ 4,152,600 4,197,200 44,600 1.1

New Mexico ............................... 844,000 862,800 18,800 2.2

New York ................................... 9,691,300 9,797,300 106,000 1.1

North Carolina ............................ 4,475,300 4,578,000 102,700 2.3

 

Oregon ...................................... 1,913,400 1,943,500 30,100 1.6

South Carolina ........................... 2,135,900 2,179,300 43,400 2.0

South Dakota ............................. 439,900 447,900 8,000 1.8

Tennessee ................................. 3,074,700 3,122,900 48,200 1.6

Texas ........................................ 12,560,000 12,860,000 300,000 2.4

Utah .......................................... 1,526,600 1,573,100 46,500 3.0

Washington ............................... 3,416,600 3,507,800 91,200 2.7

p

 = preliminary.

State Over-the-year change p
Technical Note

This news release presents civilian labor force and 

unemployment data for states and selected substate areas from 

the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program 

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

employment estimates by state and industry supersector from 

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

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

cooperative endeavors.

Civilian labor force and unemployment—from the 

LAUS program 

 Definitions. The civilian labor force and unemployment 

data are based on the same concepts and definitions as those 

used for the official national estimates obtained from the 

Current Population Survey (CPS), a sample survey of 

households that is conducted for the Bureau of Labor Statistics 

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

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

noninstitutional population 16 years of age and older. 

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

profit in the reference week (typically the week including the 

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

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

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

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

illness, or vacation. 

 Unemployed people are those who were not employed during 

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

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

reference week, and were currently available for work; people

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

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

employed and unemployed people. The unemployment rate is 

the number of unemployed as a percent of the civilian labor 

force.

 Method of estimation. Estimates for 48 states, the District 

of Columbia, the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale 

metropolitan division, New York City, and the balances of 

California and New York State are produced using time-series 

models. This method, which underwent substantial 

enhancement at the beginning of 2015, utilizes data from 

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

unemployment insurance (UI) programs. Estimates for the state 

of California are derived by summing the estimates for the Los 

Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale metropolitan division and the 

balance of California. Similarly, estimates for New York State

are derived by summing the estimates for New York City and 

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

substate areas contained in this release (the Cleveland-Elyria 

and Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metropolitan areas and the 

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

and their respective balances of state are produced using a 

similar model-based approach.

 Each month, estimates for the nine census divisions first are

modeled using inputs from the CPS only and controlled to the 

national totals. State estimates then are controlled to their 

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

estimates for the five areas noted above also are controlled to 

their respective state totals. This tiered process of controlling 

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

benchmarking. Estimates for Puerto Rico are derived from a 

monthly household survey similar to the CPS. A more detailed 

description of the estimation procedures is available from BLS 

upon request.

 Annual revisions. Civilian labor force and unemployment 

data for prior years reflect adjustments made after the end of 

each year. The adjusted estimates reflect updated population 

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

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

data for the most recent five years are revised near the 

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

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

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

 Seasonal adjustment. The LAUS models decompose the 

estimates of employed and unemployed people into trend, 

seasonal, and irregular components. The benchmarked signals 

of employed and unemployed people first are adjusted using an 

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

are smoothed using a Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Space 

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

employed and unemployed people are summed to derive the 

civilian labor force, and the unemployment rate then is 

calculated as the unemployed percent of the civilian labor force. 

The resulting smoothed-seasonally adjusted unemployment 

rate estimates are analyzed in this news release and published 

on the BLS website. 

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

using an asymmetric filter that incorporates information from 

previous observations only. For annual revisions, historical data 

are smoothed using a two-sided filter.

 Area definitions. The substate area data published in this 

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

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

detailed list of the geographic definitions is available online at 

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

Employment—from the CES program

 Definitions. Employment data refer to persons on 

establishment payrolls who receive pay for any part of the pay 

period that includes the 12th of the month. Persons are counted 

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

those appearing on more than one payroll are counted on each 

payroll. Industries are classified on the basis of their principal 

activity in accordance with the 2017 version of the North 

American Industry Classification System. 

 Method of estimation. CES State and Area employment

data are produced using several estimation procedures. Where 
possible these data are produced using a "weighted link 

relative" estimation technique in which a ratio of current month 

weighted employment to that of the previous-month weighted 

employment is computed from a sample of establishments 

reporting for both months. The estimates of employment for the 

current month are then obtained by multiplying these ratios by 

the previous month’s employment estimates. The weighted link 

relative technique is utilized for data series where the sample 

size meets certain statistical criteria. 

 For some employment series, the sample of establishments is 

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

approach is used in estimation. These models use the direct 

sample estimates (described above), combined with forecasts of 

historical (benchmarked) data to decrease volatility in 

estimation. Two different models (Fay-Herriot Model and 

Small Domain Model) are used depending on the industry level 

being estimated. For more detailed information about each 

model, refer to the BLS Handbook of Methods.

 Annual revisions. Employment estimates are adjusted 

annually to a complete count of jobs, called benchmarks, 

derived principally from tax reports that are submitted by 

employers who are covered under state unemployment 

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

adjust the monthly estimates between the new benchmark and 

the preceding one and also to establish the level of employment 

for the new benchmark month. Thus, the benchmarking process 

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

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

subsequent months. Information on recent benchmark revisions 

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

 Seasonal adjustment. Payroll employment data are 

seasonally adjusted at the statewide expanded supersector level. 

In some cases, the seasonally adjusted payroll employment total 

is computed by aggregating the independently adjusted 

supersector series. In other cases, the seasonally adjusted 

payroll employment total is independently adjusted. Revisions 

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

year, coincident with annual benchmark adjustments.

 Payroll employment data are seasonally adjusted 

concurrently, using all available estimates including those for 

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

Concurrent sample-based factors are created every month for 

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

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

estimates. 

 Caution on aggregating state data. State estimation 

procedures are designed to produce accurate data for each 

individual state. BLS independently develops a national 

employment series; state estimates are not forced to sum to 

national totals. Because each state series is subject to larger 

sampling and nonsampling errors than the national series, 

summing them cumulates individual state-level errors and can 

cause significant distortions at an aggregate level. Due to these 

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

employment series, and cautions users that such a series is 

subject to a relatively large and volatile error structure.

Reliability of the estimates

 The estimates presented in this release are based on sample 

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

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

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

by chance because a sample rather than the entire population is 

surveyed. Survey data also are subject to nonsampling errors, 

such as those which can be introduced into the data collection 

and processing operations. Estimates not directly derived from 

sample surveys are subject to additional errors resulting from 

the specific estimation processes used.

 Use of error measures. Changes in state unemployment 

rates and state nonfarm payroll employment are cited in the 

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

statistically significant at the 90-percent confidence level. 

Furthermore, state unemployment rates for the current month 

generally are cited only if they have been determined to be 

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

confidence level. The underlying model-based standard error 

measures for unemployment rates and over-the-month and 

over-the-year changes in rates are available at 

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

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

payroll employment data at the total nonfarm and supersector 

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

Measures of nonsampling error are not available.

Additional information

 Estimates of civilian labor force and unemployment from the 

LAUS program, as well as nonfarm payroll employment from 

the CES program, for metropolitan areas and metropolitan 

divisions are available in the news release Metropolitan Area 

Employment and Unemployment. Estimates of civilian labor 

force, employed people, unemployed people, and 

unemployment rates for approximately 7,000 subnational areas 

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

from the CES program for states and metropolitan areas are 

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

release will be made available to sensory impaired individuals 

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

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

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

State and area

Civilian labor force Unemployed

Sept.

2018

July

2019

Aug.

2019

Sept.

2019p

Number Percent of labor force

Sept.

2018

July

2019

Aug.

2019

Sept.

2019p

Sept.

2018

July

2019

Aug.

2019

Sept.

2019p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,203,300 2,246,855 2,255,088 2,261,077 84,568 75,101 70,608 66,919 3.8 3.3 3.1 3.0

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356,358 351,414 350,689 350,125 23,189 22,054 21,808 21,703 6.5 6.3 6.2 6.2

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,473,093 3,534,147 3,552,043 3,566,930 167,862 174,131 177,808 175,812 4.8 4.9 5.0 4.9

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,351,706 1,363,387 1,362,512 1,362,193 49,281 46,906 46,869 47,102 3.6 3.4 3.4 3.5

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,463,226 19,387,851 19,380,103 19,400,754 796,927 804,042 791,357 773,987 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.0

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale1. . . . 5,147,163 5,099,327 5,099,073 5,104,889 239,057 227,598 225,714 225,142 4.6 4.5 4.4 4.4

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,120,833 3,149,312 3,155,105 3,160,240 110,751 90,535 88,343 85,287 3.5 2.9 2.8 2.7

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,916,531 1,905,725 1,907,301 1,911,029 74,212 69,034 68,094 68,274 3.9 3.6 3.6 3.6

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483,143 489,054 489,167 489,256 17,377 15,979 16,624 17,207 3.6 3.3 3.4 3.5

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403,368 412,091 412,006 411,897 21,694 22,991 22,541 22,158 5.4 5.6 5.5 5.4

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,266,517 10,354,282 10,386,745 10,420,952 343,299 343,996 341,797 335,980 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.2

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall1. . . . . . . . . . . 1,381,303 1,418,748 1,422,441 1,427,282 49,197 46,363 45,925 45,132 3.6 3.3 3.2 3.2

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,108,300 5,102,295 5,107,560 5,111,915 190,948 185,257 182,066 177,249 3.7 3.6 3.6 3.5

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 677,745 662,841 661,065 660,402 17,523 18,353 17,995 17,749 2.6 2.8 2.7 2.7

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 861,524 876,405 879,308 882,214 23,628 25,059 25,490 25,626 2.7 2.9 2.9 2.9

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,463,131 6,496,450 6,504,503 6,505,941 273,598 272,576 262,464 255,924 4.2 4.2 4.0 3.9

Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights1. . . 3,734,397 3,748,716 3,754,657 3,753,434 137,801 143,526 139,816 136,226 3.7 3.8 3.7 3.6

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,389,372 3,388,229 3,386,363 3,383,641 117,172 116,624 112,364 109,430 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.2

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,688,953 1,723,228 1,730,041 1,738,435 39,963 42,782 43,770 44,223 2.4 2.5 2.5 2.5

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,484,669 1,478,848 1,480,417 1,483,942 48,882 48,746 47,722 46,892 3.3 3.3 3.2 3.2

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,062,889 2,068,200 2,071,338 2,073,147 89,660 88,243 90,564 90,421 4.3 4.3 4.4 4.4

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,099,159 2,095,844 2,094,179 2,094,226 102,815 90,248 90,154 90,952 4.9 4.3 4.3 4.3

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 698,269 692,626 691,780 691,020 24,335 20,923 20,114 19,697 3.5 3.0 2.9 2.9

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,193,191 3,233,000 3,245,247 3,255,578 119,795 121,955 121,940 120,956 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.7

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,829,454 3,834,110 3,837,444 3,839,898 121,814 111,186 110,690 111,479 3.2 2.9 2.9 2.9

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,895,817 4,961,242 4,963,440 4,960,806 191,622 212,287 210,604 207,671 3.9 4.3 4.2 4.2

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,130,088 2,160,695 2,161,434 2,162,609 86,102 99,639 97,593 95,078 4.0 4.6 4.5 4.4

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,072,787 3,107,128 3,112,506 3,118,213 86,169 104,584 103,476 101,249 2.8 3.4 3.3 3.2

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,273,816 1,276,328 1,282,318 1,287,413 59,311 64,851 66,877 69,317 4.7 5.1 5.2 5.4

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,048,216 3,062,090 3,075,373 3,091,786 91,277 100,306 98,189 95,090 3.0 3.3 3.2 3.1

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 529,622 531,984 532,702 533,047 19,672 17,868 17,669 17,776 3.7 3.4 3.3 3.3

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,021,903 1,037,870 1,039,103 1,040,641 27,941 31,833 32,094 32,209 2.7 3.1 3.1 3.1

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,511,071 1,534,339 1,539,817 1,545,559 67,327 62,236 63,327 63,201 4.5 4.1 4.1 4.1

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 763,246 770,541 771,678 772,757 18,495 19,084 19,327 19,562 2.4 2.5 2.5 2.5

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,419,916 4,445,721 4,456,892 4,475,911 172,434 146,945 141,858 140,754 3.9 3.3 3.2 3.1

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 943,302 961,668 963,765 965,447 46,334 47,567 47,519 46,925 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.9

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,591,147 9,535,585 9,520,731 9,519,306 368,668 377,300 377,563 375,979 3.8 4.0 4.0 3.9

New York City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,115,997 4,095,970 4,091,232 4,087,430 162,342 175,122 171,470 167,163 3.9 4.3 4.2 4.1

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,982,275 5,097,523 5,111,917 5,119,950 184,967 212,095 212,216 208,399 3.7 4.2 4.2 4.1

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403,027 404,918 404,311 403,938 10,438 9,687 9,769 9,910 2.6 2.4 2.4 2.5

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,752,130 5,816,185 5,825,387 5,828,508 263,008 235,196 237,808 242,886 4.6 4.0 4.1 4.2

Cleveland-Elyria2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,035,605 1,040,870 1,041,413 1,041,100 52,228 44,583 44,073 44,538 5.0 4.3 4.2 4.3

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,837,174 1,838,330 1,845,520 1,850,869 56,987 58,522 58,978 59,564 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.2

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,106,849 2,115,332 2,116,118 2,116,036 87,395 84,275 84,875 86,052 4.1 4.0 4.0 4.1

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,439,525 6,470,268 6,479,546 6,491,646 269,863 250,187 254,881 260,232 4.2 3.9 3.9 4.0

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 555,981 553,078 554,449 555,268 21,880 19,588 19,857 19,997 3.9 3.5 3.6 3.6

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,326,126 2,379,328 2,382,215 2,380,658 75,079 81,770 77,309 69,179 3.2 3.4 3.2 2.9

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460,311 466,511 467,132 467,957 13,563 13,590 13,768 13,960 2.9 2.9 2.9 3.0

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,251,716 3,350,085 3,358,260 3,361,001 109,926 117,041 117,046 115,816 3.4 3.5 3.5 3.4

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,888,924 14,018,764 14,032,289 14,055,717 513,741 475,791 471,861 471,089 3.7 3.4 3.4 3.4

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,576,879 1,595,978 1,601,441 1,605,994 49,630 45,453 45,083 43,366 3.1 2.8 2.8 2.7

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345,719 347,799 347,131 345,888 9,051 7,268 7,413 7,583 2.6 2.1 2.1 2.2

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,333,453 4,390,288 4,404,389 4,414,521 121,571 126,144 122,574 119,019 2.8 2.9 2.8 2.7

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,813,325 3,884,675 3,895,830 3,907,708 168,459 179,247 179,681 179,439 4.4 4.6 4.6 4.6

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,692,478 1,717,944 1,722,204 1,728,008 55,872 55,038 53,371 52,295 3.3 3.2 3.1 3.0

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 783,496 793,407 795,713 798,077 40,151 36,997 36,836 37,132 5.1 4.7 4.6 4.7

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,124,776 3,118,477 3,121,000 3,121,216 93,550 93,087 96,805 100,667 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.2

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289,332 288,445 288,559 289,257 12,069 10,390 10,696 10,908 4.2 3.6 3.7 3.8

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,083,057 1,085,951 1,086,722 1,083,923 90,784 88,234 83,402 82,009 8.4 8.1 7.7 7.6

1 Metropolitan division.

2 Metropolitan statistical area.

p Preliminary

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

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

the following month.
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

August September Number Percent of labor force

2018 2019 2018 2019p

August September August September

2018 2019 2018 2019p 2018 2019 2018 2019p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,189,229 2,263,576 2,192,040 2,264,712 90,385 63,655 80,600 57,115 4.1 2.8 3.7 2.5

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362,321 354,793 357,350 349,876 20,467 18,730 21,107 19,683 5.6 5.3 5.9 5.6

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,431,669 3,578,207 3,477,406 3,598,050 176,800 198,577 171,484 160,161 5.2 5.5 4.9 4.5

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,352,630 1,359,599 1,353,432 1,363,963 48,951 48,750 46,919 45,693 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.4

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,378,108 19,425,066 19,478,378 19,564,887 836,713 810,292 756,608 688,584 4.3 4.2 3.9 3.5

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale1. . . . 5,122,058 5,100,309 5,151,806 5,140,572 257,546 242,781 240,751 228,772 5.0 4.8 4.7 4.5

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,114,611 3,173,865 3,124,018 3,177,653 105,339 85,327 101,808 70,068 3.4 2.7 3.3 2.2

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,913,198 1,921,604 1,903,862 1,913,866 77,488 68,928 69,691 65,757 4.1 3.6 3.7 3.4

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485,125 491,379 478,645 484,936 18,779 19,954 17,069 18,200 3.9 4.1 3.6 3.8

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401,594 407,033 400,542 408,084 23,151 22,084 22,194 21,726 5.8 5.4 5.5 5.3

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,184,034 10,454,907 10,280,409 10,530,871 372,814 368,469 342,076 317,379 3.7 3.5 3.3 3.0

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall1. . . . . . . . . . . 1,364,261 1,427,194 1,376,079 1,433,823 54,245 49,372 52,205 44,753 4.0 3.5 3.8 3.1

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,068,005 5,099,799 5,090,466 5,112,188 204,365 188,486 182,202 156,331 4.0 3.7 3.6 3.1

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 677,025 656,896 673,932 657,846 16,642 16,802 18,180 18,166 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 861,882 888,346 858,931 886,486 20,331 23,338 18,905 20,312 2.4 2.6 2.2 2.3

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,442,739 6,527,270 6,435,664 6,481,611 278,285 245,998 248,531 230,367 4.3 3.8 3.9 3.6

Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights1. . . 3,732,627 3,785,022 3,705,981 3,720,717 145,780 137,073 128,020 120,780 3.9 3.6 3.5 3.2

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,379,958 3,399,531 3,370,504 3,368,659 122,735 109,117 104,423 95,416 3.6 3.2 3.1 2.8

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,684,312 1,750,210 1,684,670 1,758,641 40,262 45,560 34,932 38,690 2.4 2.6 2.1 2.2

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,477,155 1,484,513 1,478,994 1,491,792 51,783 50,401 44,157 41,152 3.5 3.4 3.0 2.8

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,045,596 2,068,539 2,054,993 2,069,724 84,537 90,176 84,562 77,802 4.1 4.4 4.1 3.8

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,099,916 2,089,949 2,093,336 2,095,296 114,224 102,387 102,970 95,226 5.4 4.9 4.9 4.5

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 713,770 706,577 697,191 688,413 20,139 14,701 19,790 15,503 2.8 2.1 2.8 2.3

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,200,076 3,286,650 3,185,520 3,269,236 126,916 126,420 113,462 109,895 4.0 3.8 3.6 3.4

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,847,405 3,886,911 3,795,770 3,816,383 124,140 110,145 115,381 110,521 3.2 2.8 3.0 2.9

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,902,292 4,984,864 4,882,449 4,942,862 199,158 208,276 172,631 184,748 4.1 4.2 3.5 3.7

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,141,916 2,179,641 2,139,652 2,178,072 97,180 98,049 84,818 89,582 4.5 4.5 4.0 4.1

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,073,160 3,130,150 3,062,746 3,122,656 80,327 93,948 70,277 77,052 2.6 3.0 2.3 2.5

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,262,141 1,285,260 1,265,313 1,289,763 58,183 72,513 54,900 71,705 4.6 5.6 4.3 5.6

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,028,933 3,105,304 3,034,664 3,125,603 100,958 104,774 78,485 73,949 3.3 3.4 2.6 2.4

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535,854 540,798 528,163 531,372 17,426 15,899 16,612 15,732 3.3 2.9 3.1 3.0

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,023,665 1,043,554 1,013,831 1,036,039 27,538 32,003 25,238 29,693 2.7 3.1 2.5 2.9

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,505,454 1,551,881 1,511,305 1,559,227 67,878 65,324 67,608 59,097 4.5 4.2 4.5 3.8

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 770,239 781,778 757,972 770,239 18,539 19,753 16,354 18,096 2.4 2.5 2.2 2.3

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,432,697 4,526,095 4,383,803 4,510,317 186,029 155,535 164,888 145,038 4.2 3.4 3.8 3.2

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 937,988 964,708 939,873 964,575 47,020 48,789 46,039 43,600 5.0 5.1 4.9 4.5

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,579,389 9,537,116 9,547,754 9,543,235 385,791 397,978 347,563 354,193 4.0 4.2 3.6 3.7

New York City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,102,611 4,079,389 4,098,363 4,078,242 176,804 176,129 157,237 153,354 4.3 4.3 3.8 3.8

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,949,551 5,106,654 4,965,574 5,120,338 198,759 220,748 172,031 178,221 4.0 4.3 3.5 3.5

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409,703 409,346 403,172 403,519 9,782 9,029 8,020 7,823 2.4 2.2 2.0 1.9

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,762,009 5,879,181 5,730,788 5,810,893 254,959 248,247 238,820 240,319 4.4 4.2 4.2 4.1

Cleveland-Elyria2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,040,848 1,048,726 1,037,428 1,042,652 52,808 42,986 46,577 42,204 5.1 4.1 4.5 4.0

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,828,471 1,855,215 1,834,606 1,857,824 57,711 61,914 53,843 57,829 3.2 3.3 2.9 3.1

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,115,832 2,139,838 2,112,722 2,123,310 87,668 94,534 77,800 82,548 4.1 4.4 3.7 3.9

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,443,881 6,539,968 6,414,056 6,516,799 295,479 294,784 249,244 254,595 4.6 4.5 3.9 3.9

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 560,074 562,876 556,243 555,577 22,413 21,711 19,927 18,169 4.0 3.9 3.6 3.3

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,329,822 2,393,115 2,316,250 2,362,207 85,385 70,229 75,024 42,424 3.7 2.9 3.2 1.8

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462,612 471,393 457,620 467,110 13,207 13,904 11,976 12,793 2.9 2.9 2.6 2.7

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,228,446 3,351,613 3,238,611 3,348,795 118,715 112,963 108,475 105,102 3.7 3.4 3.3 3.1

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,768,541 14,015,597 13,849,870 14,112,718 546,121 506,768 512,839 471,617 4.0 3.6 3.7 3.3

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,573,609 1,615,662 1,575,536 1,612,173 52,341 45,474 46,039 32,746 3.3 2.8 2.9 2.0

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349,489 346,731 343,991 339,639 8,779 7,591 8,567 7,527 2.5 2.2 2.5 2.2

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,316,700 4,432,630 4,315,374 4,416,423 133,643 121,896 118,118 108,269 3.1 2.7 2.7 2.5

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,793,102 3,930,463 3,805,427 3,939,241 161,104 177,991 151,394 163,840 4.2 4.5 4.0 4.2

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,688,760 1,738,014 1,695,957 1,748,208 58,923 53,201 59,706 54,384 3.5 3.1 3.5 3.1

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 781,977 802,889 785,466 806,057 39,171 36,565 35,285 33,516 5.0 4.6 4.5 4.2

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,134,631 3,146,641 3,112,050 3,109,119 91,338 105,290 73,637 91,323 2.9 3.3 2.4 2.9

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292,187 292,452 289,631 292,419 10,687 10,138 10,693 9,716 3.7 3.5 3.7 3.3

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,078,694 1,073,450 1,080,804 1,062,293 98,857 75,597 93,881 87,206 9.2 7.0 8.7 8.2

1 Metropolitan division.

2 Metropolitan statistical area.

p Preliminary

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

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

the following month.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Total1 Construction Manufacturing

Sept.

2018

July

2019

Aug.

2019

Sept.

2019p

Sept.

2018

July

2019

Aug.

2019

Sept.

2019p

Sept.

2018

July

2019

Aug.

2019

Sept.

2019p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,045.7 2,084.5 2,087.5 2,090.6 90.3 94.6 94.2 94.6 267.8 269.2 270.3 270.9

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327.7 331.5 330.7 331.1 15.9 16.7 16.9 17.0 12.7 13.6 13.5 13.8

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,875.6 2,930.1 2,940.3 2,942.1 161.0 175.2 175.3 177.5 171.3 179.0 180.0 180.0

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,263.3 1,275.5 1,278.4 1,280.0 50.6 53.0 52.9 53.7 160.7 162.6 163.9 162.6

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,218.5 17,485.2 17,517.2 17,538.5 870.0 902.2 899.7 900.4 1,325.8 1,335.1 1,335.6 1,339.7

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,732.2 2,790.6 2,791.0 2,789.1 174.7 174.2 174.0 173.7 147.9 149.2 149.7 150.6

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,690.4 1,694.4 1,695.6 1,699.2 58.7 57.1 57.3 56.9 160.6 161.1 161.0 161.6

Delaware2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460.9 464.5 466.7 469.1 22.3 23.0 23.0 23.2 27.1 27.6 27.6 27.6

District of Columbia2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 792.9 801.3 803.4 801.1 15.4 15.7 15.7 15.7 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.4

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,828.0 9,010.6 9,041.6 9,052.7 551.5 563.6 566.2 567.7 373.6 384.3 383.5 381.3

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,558.2 4,616.7 4,637.7 4,635.6 197.9 208.1 207.9 207.6 410.4 412.4 412.7 413.4

Hawaii2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 656.2 658.7 658.6 663.1 36.1 36.9 37.4 38.4 13.9 13.9 13.9 14.0

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 740.0 759.0 758.0 762.6 50.2 50.0 50.3 51.4 68.5 71.1 70.9 71.4

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,120.1 6,187.7 6,181.9 6,186.7 226.7 226.8 226.4 226.6 588.9 593.0 593.5 592.5

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,147.1 3,172.0 3,166.7 3,168.2 140.8 148.4 148.9 150.6 543.4 541.2 540.4 539.4

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,582.5 1,594.9 1,595.6 1,595.2 77.7 79.2 80.2 81.0 223.7 229.4 228.7 228.5

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,417.3 1,431.2 1,440.6 1,438.1 62.1 62.8 62.8 62.4 165.5 167.2 167.9 167.2

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,933.8 1,955.0 1,951.8 1,960.0 78.2 79.3 79.2 78.5 250.9 256.7 254.3 257.3

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,985.5 1,981.8 1,986.6 1,991.7 151.5 141.2 141.6 140.9 135.5 136.5 136.7 139.5

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 628.9 634.2 634.3 632.1 29.0 29.7 29.8 29.9 52.0 52.9 53.0 53.2

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,741.9 2,748.8 2,757.8 2,767.9 163.1 161.3 162.7 163.6 108.7 108.1 107.7 108.0

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,646.1 3,678.9 3,682.4 3,681.4 157.8 154.4 156.1 156.6 243.7 243.0 242.8 243.0

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,419.0 4,441.3 4,449.5 4,443.8 169.0 172.2 171.7 172.8 632.5 634.6 631.9 628.0

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,958.1 2,962.6 2,963.0 2,963.1 123.5 130.5 130.4 130.1 322.6 321.0 320.1 320.8

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,153.6 1,171.1 1,169.8 1,170.5 43.7 44.6 43.6 43.4 144.3 146.6 145.9 146.1

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,890.9 2,927.5 2,926.9 2,923.0 123.3 122.7 124.5 123.4 273.8 275.9 276.3 277.3

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478.7 485.1 484.8 483.5 29.4 28.8 28.5 28.4 20.9 20.3 20.4 20.3

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,024.3 1,031.9 1,032.9 1,032.7 52.4 53.9 54.7 55.0 100.3 100.6 100.5 100.3

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,395.0 1,428.2 1,434.2 1,440.2 90.2 97.8 99.7 101.3 57.3 60.5 60.8 60.9

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 680.8 694.3 693.2 689.7 26.9 28.0 28.6 29.0 71.0 70.1 69.8 69.5

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,152.6 4,199.3 4,197.4 4,197.2 156.5 165.4 165.5 166.0 246.7 252.1 251.7 252.2

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 844.0 861.5 861.4 862.8 47.3 50.6 51.2 51.4 27.1 27.5 27.6 27.7

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,691.3 9,771.9 9,790.1 9,797.3 399.8 405.9 408.1 407.7 442.9 441.6 439.7 437.3

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,475.3 4,569.3 4,570.0 4,578.0 221.1 220.6 220.6 219.9 475.3 472.8 471.1 466.9

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434.5 435.7 436.8 435.7 25.9 28.6 28.5 27.6 26.0 26.2 26.4 26.3

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,568.1 5,588.0 5,592.7 5,591.2 220.9 216.9 215.0 213.3 699.0 704.3 702.2 700.8

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,692.7 1,704.0 1,695.9 1,695.8 81.2 85.1 84.5 83.9 138.2 136.0 135.7 135.7

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,913.4 1,944.2 1,943.3 1,943.5 106.2 109.8 109.6 109.5 195.2 202.0 201.9 202.3

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,014.3 6,035.2 6,049.5 6,044.5 255.5 261.9 261.5 260.0 570.3 561.6 561.9 561.7

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 496.4 503.4 504.0 503.6 19.3 20.0 19.8 19.6 40.2 39.0 39.0 39.0

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,135.9 2,177.9 2,180.1 2,179.3 101.0 99.9 101.5 101.3 248.1 257.0 256.0 256.8

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439.9 447.4 446.2 447.9 23.0 23.5 23.8 23.9 44.8 46.2 45.9 46.3

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,074.7 3,114.7 3,119.2 3,122.9 126.1 127.0 125.0 124.8 352.9 359.2 358.8 359.1

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,560.0 12,837.9 12,852.4 12,860.0 743.6 785.2 788.4 795.6 886.9 910.6 912.4 913.4

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,526.6 1,567.3 1,568.0 1,573.1 104.9 109.4 108.9 109.2 133.8 139.3 139.3 139.6

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314.3 318.6 317.9 318.0 15.1 14.3 14.1 14.2 29.8 30.2 30.2 30.2

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,999.9 4,040.7 4,040.5 4,025.8 197.0 202.4 202.3 199.1 241.1 246.3 246.7 245.9

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,416.6 3,502.1 3,510.9 3,507.8 215.0 223.0 223.1 223.8 288.4 298.7 298.6 299.0

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 727.7 735.3 735.5 733.2 44.2 47.8 47.1 47.2 47.0 47.5 47.4 47.7

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,970.3 2,981.6 2,978.7 2,981.7 123.2 125.1 125.7 127.4 477.8 472.8 473.2 471.0

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285.5 290.2 289.0 288.8 20.0 22.4 21.6 21.3 9.9 10.1 10.1 10.1

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 869.3 873.7 874.3 876.0 26.6 27.1 26.8 26.7 72.4 73.5 73.4 73.4

Virgin Islands3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.6 34.7 35.0 35.3 – – – – – – – –

1

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

2 Mining and logging is combined with construction.

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

cannot be separated with sufficient precision.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2018 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

Sept.

2018

July

2019

Aug.

2019

Sept.

2019p

Sept.

2018

July

2019

Aug.

2019

Sept.

2019p

Sept.

2018

July

2019

Aug.

2019

Sept.

2019p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380.5 384.5 386.4 385.1 96.4 98.3 97.6 97.8 245.0 254.0 254.4 254.9

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.4 64.7 64.5 65.0 11.7 11.6 11.6 11.5 27.3 27.9 27.6 27.1

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 538.4 544.9 544.9 545.2 222.6 222.2 222.9 225.1 434.8 440.9 439.2 441.5

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251.2 253.9 253.6 253.8 61.0 62.3 63.3 63.1 146.7 145.2 145.7 145.5

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,055.1 3,058.9 3,055.7 3,058.4 835.3 842.7 840.2 840.5 2,678.7 2,744.2 2,749.7 2,762.4

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471.0 472.7 473.7 473.4 171.7 169.3 170.6 169.9 426.1 453.5 453.7 454.7

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296.2 293.8 294.1 294.1 125.3 127.9 128.0 127.9 221.5 219.6 219.9 219.5

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.9 78.7 79.3 78.9 47.1 47.9 48.0 48.1 64.3 61.8 62.6 63.5

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.2 33.6 33.1 32.9 29.9 30.0 29.8 29.6 168.2 169.6 171.4 170.8

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,790.4 1,807.9 1,808.4 1,810.8 577.7 595.2 595.6 596.8 1,373.3 1,412.6 1,421.9 1,422.5

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 948.9 952.9 953.3 954.9 249.7 251.1 252.4 251.1 691.3 703.6 707.3 705.8

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122.8 119.4 119.1 119.2 28.6 28.3 28.4 28.8 82.7 83.1 83.5 83.8

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143.2 145.0 144.6 145.0 36.7 38.1 38.3 38.8 94.2 100.8 100.5 101.9

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,210.0 1,223.4 1,224.2 1,227.9 403.0 405.9 406.2 406.9 958.1 963.9 961.5 962.3

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 598.2 596.0 595.5 594.7 138.9 138.3 139.1 139.5 342.6 349.8 351.0 350.5

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312.0 312.0 311.5 312.0 109.2 107.7 108.6 109.5 140.4 141.9 142.0 141.6

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268.8 267.2 268.1 268.4 77.0 76.2 77.2 77.3 180.0 184.3 184.8 185.3

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403.8 407.3 409.1 410.6 93.2 93.7 94.2 95.5 218.5 220.1 216.6 216.9

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380.0 380.6 381.4 381.3 90.8 90.1 89.9 90.6 214.2 215.5 214.8 216.1

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118.6 119.7 120.4 120.4 32.2 32.6 32.3 32.0 69.4 69.6 70.0 69.4

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467.0 462.9 461.8 463.0 143.8 143.1 143.6 140.9 451.5 453.5 454.1 455.9

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 576.2 579.3 578.7 578.3 221.9 223.4 223.8 224.0 586.3 589.9 593.7 593.9

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 792.5 789.4 788.6 791.8 219.0 222.0 224.0 223.9 659.2 664.0 668.1 665.1

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 537.1 532.8 532.6 535.3 184.6 185.5 186.4 187.7 377.2 377.7 375.5 374.6

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230.6 233.5 235.2 235.8 44.5 45.5 45.7 45.9 111.1 112.1 111.4 110.7

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 545.1 545.7 544.5 542.8 173.4 173.7 174.8 176.2 388.0 392.8 392.1 392.4

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94.8 95.0 95.5 96.2 24.8 26.3 26.4 26.1 42.9 44.9 45.1 45.0

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200.2 200.6 200.4 200.3 74.1 74.7 74.9 74.9 119.4 120.7 120.9 120.6

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256.5 257.2 258.2 259.5 68.4 71.4 72.2 72.4 193.1 201.7 201.1 201.5

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138.6 141.5 140.9 141.6 34.0 33.9 33.7 33.7 83.0 85.2 85.3 85.5

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 884.3 887.9 885.2 884.1 251.4 245.6 246.0 247.0 670.8 676.9 676.8 672.7

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137.8 135.7 136.3 136.3 34.3 35.2 35.5 34.9 107.6 109.2 109.5 109.0

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,556.3 1,571.7 1,572.1 1,578.7 721.7 719.9 718.0 714.6 1,345.8 1,345.3 1,351.1 1,357.4

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 828.7 856.8 856.8 860.7 239.9 247.7 247.7 248.1 635.6 646.6 650.0 652.1

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94.3 92.9 92.4 92.4 24.3 23.4 23.9 24.2 34.5 35.9 36.1 35.9

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,025.1 1,021.0 1,022.4 1,024.3 308.5 308.4 308.7 309.5 731.9 734.0 736.4 735.8

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300.7 303.9 303.8 304.7 79.4 79.9 79.9 78.9 192.2 191.7 189.6 189.9

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353.2 354.8 353.7 354.6 102.3 102.7 102.4 101.9 248.8 255.8 254.7 254.2

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,126.9 1,129.6 1,129.9 1,132.7 326.1 329.6 330.6 330.2 805.9 808.6 809.6 810.3

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77.1 78.9 79.1 78.9 35.3 36.0 36.2 36.8 68.9 67.4 67.9 69.0

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406.1 414.5 414.2 413.8 104.7 105.0 104.5 104.6 289.9 290.7 291.3 292.7

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86.6 89.7 89.2 89.6 29.1 28.8 28.9 28.9 32.9 33.8 33.6 33.6

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 627.9 633.5 633.3 633.7 164.2 168.0 168.4 169.0 418.2 422.7 425.6 426.4

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,495.0 2,533.6 2,531.9 2,524.5 780.8 805.1 807.9 809.1 1,746.7 1,778.5 1,775.4 1,785.0

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289.0 288.8 290.5 292.6 88.0 90.2 90.2 90.9 216.6 225.6 224.6 224.5

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.5 54.6 54.6 54.2 12.2 12.1 11.9 11.8 28.9 29.6 29.7 29.9

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 658.3 652.4 651.8 652.0 208.2 209.3 208.9 208.5 749.6 760.5 759.7 754.4

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 639.0 645.6 645.9 648.9 158.1 164.5 164.9 165.8 428.6 438.9 439.7 438.8

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129.1 131.3 130.8 130.4 29.2 29.7 29.8 29.3 69.6 67.9 67.9 67.9

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 543.0 547.2 547.9 549.6 152.8 154.3 153.8 152.3 324.3 321.6 322.8 322.7

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.0 54.1 53.7 53.9 11.1 10.9 10.9 11.0 18.9 18.7 18.5 18.7

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171.1 168.9 168.3 167.9 41.8 43.1 43.1 43.4 124.1 124.8 124.9 124.5

Virgin Islands1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.0 7.1 7.1 7.0 – – – – – – – –

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.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2018 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

Sept.

2018

July

2019

Aug.

2019

Sept.

2019p

Sept.

2018

July

2019

Aug.

2019

Sept.

2019p

Sept.

2018

July

2019

Aug.

2019

Sept.

2019p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245.3 252.0 252.0 251.8 205.5 212.3 212.8 215.5 387.0 388.2 388.8 388.7

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.5 50.6 50.2 50.1 35.5 35.7 35.5 35.7 80.4 80.7 80.7 80.5

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448.8 466.5 467.1 467.5 327.3 330.9 331.6 332.2 416.9 416.0 422.7 416.1

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191.8 192.2 193.1 194.4 118.5 123.3 122.7 123.4 212.1 212.8 213.2 213.6

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,742.9 2,812.9 2,822.1 2,826.2 1,986.2 2,025.0 2,031.8 2,032.6 2,583.2 2,610.1 2,624.9 2,624.2

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341.1 349.7 348.3 347.6 339.1 348.8 350.0 349.4 446.2 455.2 454.7 453.5

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334.9 341.3 340.4 344.7 158.1 160.0 160.9 161.0 237.2 235.7 235.7 235.5

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.1 82.5 82.7 83.2 51.1 52.3 52.6 53.7 66.5 68.4 68.6 68.7

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131.6 133.4 133.4 132.6 79.8 81.8 82.9 82.4 237.9 237.5 237.3 237.9

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,313.3 1,368.8 1,372.3 1,372.9 1,235.1 1,253.2 1,264.1 1,265.4 1,117.4 1,119.1 1,124.7 1,127.1

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 589.0 602.1 605.7 609.4 491.9 505.2 508.1 507.8 693.8 698.1 702.5 702.4

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85.6 86.3 87.1 86.9 123.7 126.0 126.1 126.5 125.2 126.9 125.1 127.5

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104.7 109.7 109.1 109.5 79.7 79.4 78.8 79.0 125.0 126.9 127.7 128.2

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 933.2 950.8 949.0 948.1 616.9 638.0 632.9 633.6 826.6 832.0 833.3 833.2

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474.8 493.9 494.3 493.3 310.0 307.6 307.3 305.3 430.9 430.9 425.6 430.5

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234.8 236.3 234.9 235.1 143.0 143.9 143.8 143.1 259.9 261.8 263.2 262.0

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199.9 200.7 200.7 200.3 129.2 134.5 136.2 136.1 258.4 259.5 264.6 263.0

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279.0 287.8 288.0 290.2 198.7 200.8 201.2 200.8 313.9 311.4 310.9 311.8

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315.9 323.6 326.4 328.4 237.6 236.0 236.4 236.5 327.7 326.0 326.8 326.0

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127.4 127.6 126.9 126.7 68.4 70.4 70.2 68.8 100.2 100.0 100.2 100.3

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471.1 479.7 482.5 486.9 281.9 280.6 282.2 284.0 503.8 506.2 509.1 511.5

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800.0 815.5 815.9 818.4 372.5 377.8 374.4 371.0 456.8 460.1 460.5 460.1

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 676.8 669.1 670.9 670.6 432.2 442.5 441.9 443.4 608.4 611.7 616.7 613.7

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 545.2 543.6 543.2 540.8 273.6 277.7 280.0 280.7 425.3 426.3 426.3 425.9

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145.0 147.9 147.0 146.3 134.7 140.1 138.8 140.6 240.9 241.7 243.0 242.9

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478.9 490.6 494.5 491.4 305.6 313.7 312.6 315.1 433.1 440.4 436.7 434.9

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.9 78.7 78.3 77.8 66.0 66.9 66.6 66.2 90.5 91.1 91.3 91.4

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155.6 156.8 157.2 156.9 92.4 92.9 93.0 93.3 174.1 175.9 175.8 175.6

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142.0 143.3 143.6 143.9 353.4 361.0 361.2 360.6 161.6 163.3 164.7 166.8

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126.2 130.1 130.5 130.6 71.9 74.0 73.5 72.7 90.7 92.3 92.0 88.2

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 708.3 720.6 720.8 720.4 389.7 404.9 402.4 404.6 602.2 602.9 604.5 603.4

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139.9 141.6 141.4 142.5 97.9 103.1 103.0 105.6 186.4 191.6 190.1 188.4

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,078.8 2,120.7 2,124.0 2,128.0 957.0 969.7 976.4 970.8 1,493.8 1,500.1 1,503.7 1,504.6

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610.5 624.0 625.1 626.8 492.0 517.3 516.6 520.4 733.5 737.1 736.5 736.3

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.7 66.2 66.4 66.1 40.2 38.6 39.1 39.0 82.6 82.2 82.5 82.6

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 937.3 947.0 950.6 949.6 566.7 579.2 578.4 580.8 781.8 781.9 782.2 779.3

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235.9 240.2 237.4 239.3 171.5 172.1 171.1 169.6 348.3 348.7 348.6 347.9

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296.2 304.7 304.5 306.7 210.1 212.2 213.5 213.7 296.3 297.5 298.3 296.2

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,279.7 1,284.3 1,291.6 1,288.7 569.6 574.3 575.0 573.3 704.5 705.0 709.2 708.2

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106.2 111.2 111.4 110.6 59.1 59.6 59.1 58.0 61.0 61.5 61.5 61.4

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255.3 257.9 258.9 258.1 251.4 269.4 268.7 267.0 369.8 373.1 375.0 375.1

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.0 74.1 74.3 74.1 47.3 48.1 47.2 47.5 79.8 79.7 79.8 80.1

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436.9 438.4 441.4 440.6 341.3 356.3 354.3 355.9 438.4 440.7 442.5 442.6

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,704.7 1,744.2 1,751.7 1,753.5 1,354.7 1,407.3 1,409.3 1,407.1 1,955.3 1,962.3 1,965.9 1,964.8

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205.2 215.5 215.1 214.4 150.3 155.1 156.0 156.7 248.9 250.5 251.3 253.1

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.1 66.3 66.3 66.7 36.9 40.2 39.8 39.8 55.6 56.1 56.1 56.1

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542.9 553.1 554.1 556.0 403.8 417.5 417.6 412.5 723.8 724.1 724.7 724.1

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493.6 512.4 516.1 516.9 342.4 353.5 353.0 353.3 586.9 589.6 593.9 587.0

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127.9 130.7 131.6 129.9 73.6 75.2 74.9 75.3 151.8 150.6 151.8 151.8

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457.1 458.1 458.2 459.3 281.4 287.3 284.8 285.4 406.8 407.6 404.8 405.9

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.2 27.8 27.4 27.5 36.0 35.8 36.2 36.5 68.8 69.4 70.0 69.3

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116.6 119.2 120.6 121.9 76.8 78.8 78.9 79.4 204.7 202.2 202.2 202.5

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 4.3 4.5 4.5 4.6 10.4 10.6 10.6 10.6

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NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2018 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

August September August September August September

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Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,045.3 2,083.2 2,047.2 2,093.8 10.1 9.9 10.1 9.9 90.3 94.8 90.7 95.8

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349.1 353.2 338.7 343.1 13.0 14.3 12.9 14.0 18.7 19.6 18.1 19.0

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,845.9 2,920.1 2,877.0 2,942.0 13.5 13.9 13.4 13.8 160.5 176.0 161.0 177.8

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,254.9 1,269.6 1,270.3 1,286.2 6.0 5.8 6.0 5.8 51.6 54.2 51.9 55.4

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,151.8 17,456.8 17,191.5 17,519.3 23.6 23.7 23.7 23.8 885.9 923.1 883.3 916.9

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,751.7 2,803.2 2,734.8 2,793.7 28.7 29.0 28.5 29.1 178.6 178.3 177.2 176.9

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,678.4 1,687.7 1,695.0 1,702.8 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.5 62.0 61.2 61.6 59.8

Delaware1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463.4 468.9 461.9 469.9 – – – – 22.8 23.9 22.7 23.4

District of Columbia1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 787.6 799.0 791.4 799.8 – – – – 15.7 16.1 15.6 15.9

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,767.4 8,997.5 8,774.5 8,998.9 5.8 6.0 5.8 5.9 547.1 570.0 548.0 569.7

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,560.2 4,634.5 4,557.2 4,629.0 9.5 9.4 9.5 9.4 198.5 208.0 198.8 207.3

Hawaii1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 651.0 651.8 654.0 661.4 – – – – 36.5 37.7 36.4 38.2

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 745.5 763.0 746.5 768.5 3.9 3.9 3.8 3.8 52.6 53.6 51.8 53.7

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,142.2 6,200.1 6,158.9 6,219.7 8.1 7.5 8.0 7.5 241.0 243.1 239.9 241.3

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,149.9 3,184.4 3,169.0 3,191.6 6.3 6.4 6.4 6.4 147.1 154.9 146.3 154.3

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,579.2 1,592.0 1,588.4 1,597.5 2.7 2.6 2.7 2.6 84.3 87.3 82.9 86.3

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,409.2 1,431.6 1,423.4 1,444.1 6.9 7.1 6.9 7.1 63.8 65.9 63.5 64.7

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,931.2 1,948.7 1,939.9 1,967.7 10.3 9.7 10.3 9.7 80.8 82.1 80.9 81.4

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,978.7 1,979.3 1,980.2 1,989.4 36.5 36.2 36.4 35.8 153.9 141.9 152.0 141.7

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 644.9 653.0 640.5 645.1 2.3 2.3 2.4 2.3 30.9 32.4 30.3 31.6

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,747.8 2,763.7 2,744.5 2,773.4 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 167.4 167.2 165.8 167.0

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,655.9 3,706.5 3,659.0 3,700.4 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.2 165.2 164.0 163.3 162.4

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,423.3 4,445.3 4,445.4 4,466.9 7.5 7.5 7.5 7.5 182.2 183.9 178.4 181.2

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,980.9 2,992.2 2,972.8 2,977.7 7.1 7.2 7.0 7.0 137.1 144.5 133.8 139.4

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,152.1 1,168.7 1,158.3 1,172.6 6.9 6.8 6.9 6.7 43.8 44.1 44.1 44.2

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,883.3 2,916.2 2,901.0 2,933.8 4.5 4.4 4.4 4.4 127.3 130.6 126.5 128.3

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486.1 494.6 483.6 489.0 7.5 7.5 7.4 7.4 31.5 31.4 30.9 30.6

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,025.2 1,034.6 1,027.3 1,035.7 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.1 55.4 57.9 54.2 57.2

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,391.8 1,433.3 1,400.2 1,445.3 14.9 14.4 14.7 14.1 92.1 100.2 92.1 101.9

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 684.8 699.9 682.9 691.1 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.1 28.3 30.2 27.8 30.1

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,154.5 4,213.0 4,162.9 4,198.2 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 162.1 171.6 160.9 170.1

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 843.8 860.5 845.3 865.4 24.9 26.8 24.7 26.7 47.1 50.5 47.0 51.7

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,666.0 9,789.1 9,668.0 9,791.5 5.8 5.9 5.8 5.9 417.4 428.7 413.6 421.8

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,508.2 4,573.4 4,483.3 4,582.6 5.9 5.7 5.7 5.7 224.5 222.3 222.9 221.1

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433.9 438.6 439.7 441.5 21.6 21.3 21.6 21.4 29.6 32.5 29.5 30.8

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,591.6 5,628.1 5,583.0 5,613.0 12.6 12.8 12.4 12.7 234.3 230.3 231.6 223.6

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,685.5 1,689.9 1,698.6 1,699.4 54.3 52.4 54.1 52.8 82.2 85.8 82.9 85.0

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,906.7 1,943.5 1,919.2 1,947.7 7.4 7.8 7.3 7.5 110.3 114.9 108.9 113.1

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,984.8 6,028.3 6,041.8 6,069.0 29.2 30.3 29.1 30.0 268.7 274.4 266.8 270.5

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 498.2 507.7 501.3 508.8 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 20.3 21.0 20.3 20.5

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,148.9 2,180.8 2,131.9 2,175.2 4.6 4.7 4.4 4.7 102.0 102.4 101.0 100.8

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445.5 454.4 443.4 451.6 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 25.2 25.8 24.5 25.4

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,063.9 3,110.9 3,087.3 3,133.8 4.4 4.5 4.4 4.5 127.6 126.3 128.6 125.7

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,524.9 12,817.2 12,531.6 12,832.9 251.4 257.5 252.4 254.4 749.3 793.3 745.4 797.4

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,516.6 1,562.7 1,533.5 1,578.9 9.6 10.0 9.6 10.0 107.7 113.0 106.6 111.6

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316.5 315.7 316.7 317.6 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 16.6 15.7 16.3 15.4

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,008.6 4,047.0 4,005.1 4,030.7 7.9 8.4 7.9 8.3 203.0 206.7 199.9 201.6

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,422.8 3,517.0 3,428.1 3,515.3 6.5 6.5 6.5 6.5 222.1 231.0 220.6 228.4

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 727.9 733.8 733.6 737.3 22.9 22.7 22.9 22.2 46.9 50.2 48.0 49.7

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,993.0 2,996.6 2,981.1 2,988.0 5.1 5.0 4.9 4.8 132.2 136.0 129.2 135.1

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292.5 296.8 291.4 294.1 21.0 19.8 20.9 19.7 22.1 23.2 21.5 22.3

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 852.9 867.2 864.3 872.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 26.0 26.9 26.3 26.9

Virgin Islands1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.3 34.9 33.1 35.1 – – – – 2.4 2.7 2.4 2.8

1 Mining and logging is combined with construction.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2018 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

August September August September August September

2018 2019 2018 2019p

2018 2019 2018 2019p2018 2019 2018 2019p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267.9 270.4 267.9 271.7 379.9 383.9 378.9 382.5 20.9 21.4 20.9 21.1

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.3 21.4 13.4 15.6 69.5 70.1 67.1 68.0 5.6 5.6 5.5 5.5

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171.0 180.5 171.2 180.1 531.7 540.4 533.8 541.3 47.0 46.8 46.4 46.8

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160.8 163.8 161.1 162.4 251.6 253.1 251.1 252.3 11.1 11.0 11.0 11.0

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,343.8 1,354.1 1,341.5 1,354.0 3,050.7 3,044.8 3,045.0 3,048.4 545.7 565.2 544.6 559.7

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148.8 150.4 148.1 150.7 472.2 475.9 469.1 470.9 75.4 74.3 74.8 74.1

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161.8 162.3 160.3 161.8 291.2 289.9 294.4 291.8 31.9 32.9 31.6 32.8

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.2 27.7 27.1 27.6 80.1 79.6 79.8 79.0 4.0 4.0 3.9 3.9

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.4 32.9 33.1 33.1 32.5 19.4 20.2 19.4 20.3

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373.9 384.7 373.5 379.9 1,766.4 1,793.6 1,767.7 1,788.1 139.7 135.3 137.7 135.7

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409.5 413.4 410.3 413.5 941.5 947.1 942.8 948.8 114.6 117.1 115.0 113.2

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.0 13.9 13.9 14.1 122.8 118.9 122.2 119.0 9.8 9.4 9.3 9.5

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.9 71.7 68.7 72.0 144.8 145.6 143.9 145.8 8.9 8.3 8.8 8.1

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 591.9 595.2 589.6 591.8 1,213.1 1,223.0 1,206.0 1,221.1 96.0 91.8 93.7 90.9

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 544.5 542.4 542.5 538.1 597.9 595.5 597.5 594.2 29.1 28.0 28.8 27.4

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223.9 230.2 223.7 227.3 312.6 311.7 310.0 309.8 22.1 20.9 21.9 20.6

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166.1 168.1 166.0 167.2 268.2 268.7 267.6 267.2 18.5 18.5 18.4 18.1

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252.3 253.9 250.7 257.5 403.9 407.4 402.0 410.0 22.0 21.9 22.0 21.9

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135.8 137.7 135.4 139.7 379.6 381.2 377.4 378.9 21.6 21.4 21.4 21.1

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.1 54.1 52.3 53.4 121.5 123.8 119.6 121.3 7.5 7.1 7.3 7.2

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109.6 108.4 108.8 107.9 466.6 461.9 465.3 462.2 36.4 37.2 35.5 36.6

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245.3 245.1 243.8 242.8 580.0 581.3 574.8 577.3 93.1 95.8 91.3 94.0

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 634.6 635.8 633.7 627.4 797.9 794.4 791.8 791.4 56.5 57.7 55.6 57.1

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327.7 325.0 324.8 322.8 539.3 536.3 534.2 534.9 49.8 47.3 48.7 46.3

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144.0 145.7 144.4 145.7 230.0 234.5 229.4 234.4 11.0 10.9 10.8 10.9

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274.9 278.0 274.3 277.7 545.4 543.8 542.7 541.3 50.1 49.9 49.8 50.0

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.9 20.8 20.9 20.5 95.9 96.7 94.9 96.1 6.3 5.9 6.3 5.9

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.6 100.9 100.3 100.3 201.5 200.2 199.1 198.8 17.6 17.1 17.5 17.1

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.7 61.0 57.5 61.2 255.6 257.0 255.8 257.8 15.4 15.7 15.0 15.4

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71.4 70.4 70.8 69.7 139.7 142.3 138.1 140.2 12.6 12.4 12.3 12.3

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248.4 253.1 246.8 252.4 881.7 881.7 882.0 880.0 70.7 66.6 69.2 65.7

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.7 28.0 27.7 28.0 138.4 136.5 137.3 136.4 12.2 11.6 11.8 11.3

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446.7 442.4 444.4 439.0 1,545.5 1,561.4 1,552.0 1,573.4 279.4 280.8 277.0 282.1

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477.4 472.6 476.1 468.8 834.9 856.5 824.7 854.5 79.7 81.8 79.3 81.3

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.2 26.6 26.2 26.5 94.2 92.6 93.9 92.3 6.2 6.1 6.2 6.0

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 702.6 704.5 699.4 698.3 1,024.5 1,021.9 1,017.6 1,017.7 71.0 69.9 70.1 69.4

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137.9 135.5 138.2 136.1 299.2 304.4 299.7 304.8 19.9 18.6 19.7 18.8

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198.7 206.2 197.4 204.5 354.0 355.3 354.9 355.4 34.3 33.7 34.0 33.4

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 573.8 564.3 570.8 561.5 1,116.5 1,116.3 1,122.5 1,128.8 85.9 88.6 85.6 88.0

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.3 39.1 40.2 39.1 77.0 79.1 77.3 79.3 6.0 6.1 6.0 6.1

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247.8 255.2 248.2 256.5 407.6 414.5 403.3 412.2 28.6 27.5 27.7 27.0

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.7 46.1 44.8 46.5 87.6 90.6 86.4 89.1 5.7 5.6 5.5 5.5

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353.0 359.5 353.0 359.3 626.8 631.4 626.2 630.9 44.7 46.8 44.7 46.7

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 888.1 914.2 887.3 913.9 2,487.3 2,532.7 2,482.0 2,514.9 204.2 202.1 202.7 200.5

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133.8 140.0 133.7 139.2 287.8 290.0 288.4 291.9 39.6 40.9 38.8 40.7

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.2 30.4 29.8 30.4 54.8 54.8 54.3 53.8 4.3 4.3 4.2 4.2

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241.6 247.3 241.8 246.4 659.6 650.7 654.9 648.6 67.4 63.8 66.1 63.4

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291.5 301.5 292.1 302.0 644.4 650.6 641.3 650.2 137.8 146.0 137.0 144.4

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.2 47.4 47.1 47.6 128.8 129.9 129.2 130.0 8.1 7.6 8.1 7.7

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484.5 478.9 478.3 470.6 546.8 551.1 540.3 548.3 47.5 48.8 47.0 48.6

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.8 10.2 10.0 10.1 53.1 55.1 52.3 54.1 3.5 3.6 3.5 3.5

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71.9 73.1 72.5 73.4 167.9 166.8 168.6 165.9 17.5 18.2 17.4 18.1

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 6.7 7.0 6.8 7.0 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2018 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

August September August September August September

2018 2019 2018 2019p

2018 2019 2018 2019p2018 2019 2018 2019p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96.8 98.2 96.7 98.1 246.1 256.2 245.0 256.9 245.1 249.8 246.6 252.0

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.3 12.1 11.7 11.6 28.7 29.2 28.2 28.2 50.3 49.8 50.1 49.6

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221.8 222.8 221.9 224.5 432.3 436.4 433.2 440.0 445.4 464.6 449.6 465.9

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.2 63.6 60.8 63.3 145.7 144.7 147.7 146.9 189.6 191.5 192.7 195.6

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 840.3 845.3 832.6 839.9 2,689.1 2,762.5 2,683.6 2,770.9 2,713.2 2,797.2 2,729.5 2,814.4

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172.3 173.4 170.9 170.7 433.6 459.4 428.7 457.4 340.7 344.5 340.0 347.2

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126.5 128.4 125.1 127.5 223.4 222.3 222.1 220.8 326.8 331.8 334.7 344.3

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.4 48.2 46.9 48.1 64.1 62.0 63.6 62.5 79.3 82.1 79.8 83.0

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.1 30.2 29.8 29.8 167.9 170.3 167.4 170.1 126.6 129.9 131.3 132.6

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 577.0 595.8 575.8 594.2 1,372.1 1,417.6 1,368.0 1,414.8 1,301.6 1,361.1 1,309.6 1,367.5

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249.3 253.4 249.1 250.9 697.0 705.5 693.8 703.6 587.9 604.9 589.0 611.7

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.6 28.5 28.6 28.8 82.9 83.6 82.4 83.8 84.9 86.3 85.9 87.0

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.1 38.6 36.7 38.9 96.7 102.3 95.1 102.7 104.1 106.0 104.5 108.7

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407.5 408.8 403.4 405.7 970.0 978.7 968.6 972.7 920.2 936.1 930.4 943.5

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140.6 140.8 139.2 140.2 347.1 355.9 345.0 353.7 465.4 489.5 477.5 494.4

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109.9 109.2 108.9 109.2 142.7 143.8 141.6 141.3 227.1 227.6 234.0 234.5

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77.6 77.7 76.8 77.4 181.6 186.2 180.9 186.4 197.8 199.1 199.6 199.3

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93.8 94.5 93.5 95.4 218.2 216.4 218.7 216.7 276.6 285.8 279.6 290.9

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91.3 90.3 90.8 90.6 213.2 214.4 212.3 215.8 316.3 326.0 316.3 327.9

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.6 33.0 32.3 32.2 70.9 71.4 70.0 69.9 125.1 124.8 127.7 126.8

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145.1 144.7 143.7 140.8 458.7 460.7 453.4 457.8 466.9 476.0 469.2 484.7

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225.3 228.0 221.5 224.2 598.2 604.7 589.0 598.7 784.5 805.7 796.7 816.4

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222.2 227.4 218.9 223.7 655.0 659.2 659.1 664.5 672.6 661.3 675.4 668.7

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186.8 188.0 184.5 188.1 384.2 381.3 379.3 374.5 539.6 540.8 544.5 538.3

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.6 46.1 44.5 45.9 109.5 111.8 111.2 110.8 145.1 146.0 146.2 146.5

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175.0 175.6 173.3 176.6 390.9 393.4 388.8 392.5 476.5 490.7 477.1 489.1

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.2 26.8 24.9 26.1 44.1 46.8 43.3 45.3 76.4 77.5 76.7 77.6

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.4 75.5 74.0 74.9 119.6 122.1 120.2 121.5 155.0 156.5 155.7 156.8

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.5 72.2 68.2 72.0 193.6 202.3 192.6 202.3 141.4 144.0 142.0 144.6

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.8 34.4 34.1 33.7 84.6 87.1 83.4 85.8 124.3 128.2 125.5 129.8

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254.1 249.4 251.8 248.7 677.2 683.3 679.3 675.9 688.6 707.5 705.5 715.6

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.4 35.5 34.1 34.8 107.9 110.7 107.8 110.2 137.8 139.9 140.3 142.0

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 732.0 727.8 720.0 713.1 1,363.5 1,365.1 1,347.6 1,363.0 2,001.8 2,058.4 2,050.4 2,110.7

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242.8 251.3 240.4 248.9 645.5 655.6 638.3 653.6 611.8 619.7 608.7 625.8

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.3 24.1 24.2 24.1 35.6 37.4 35.3 36.6 63.0 66.3 63.6 65.9

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311.4 312.1 307.9 310.0 741.4 750.1 735.1 739.6 930.1 941.1 936.5 948.3

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.6 80.4 79.3 78.5 193.3 191.5 193.3 191.2 235.7 237.2 236.9 240.2

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103.7 103.4 102.7 102.0 252.5 259.2 251.1 256.4 289.0 299.4 295.6 306.0

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329.0 332.9 325.9 330.4 809.0 814.7 809.2 817.7 1,241.6 1,260.4 1,281.8 1,284.6

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.3 36.1 35.2 36.8 70.0 69.1 69.7 70.4 102.2 107.2 106.4 109.8

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.6 105.8 104.4 104.6 292.8 291.2 289.3 291.0 253.5 257.7 255.2 258.9

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.3 29.0 29.1 28.8 33.3 34.3 32.8 33.6 72.5 73.9 72.8 73.9

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164.2 168.7 164.3 169.1 418.3 427.0 419.9 429.0 433.9 436.5 439.1 442.8

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 783.6 810.8 780.8 811.1 1,757.8 1,787.6 1,748.9 1,789.2 1,705.1 1,750.2 1,706.1 1,752.6

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88.8 91.2 87.9 91.0 218.8 228.7 218.2 226.6 199.7 210.1 206.7 216.1

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.4 12.2 12.3 11.9 30.1 30.5 29.3 30.5 65.5 65.3 65.9 66.1

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209.8 211.8 207.9 209.2 757.7 769.4 748.8 755.0 535.5 550.5 544.3 558.5

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160.0 166.6 158.7 166.6 435.0 446.5 433.3 444.0 485.5 508.8 491.2 513.4

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.2 29.7 29.2 29.5 70.2 68.4 69.9 68.3 127.6 130.7 128.5 130.2

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154.7 155.3 152.8 151.8 331.0 326.9 326.6 325.5 450.7 453.3 456.5 458.9

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.3 11.2 11.1 11.1 19.7 19.1 19.4 18.9 27.5 27.0 28.3 27.5

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.5 43.0 41.7 43.3 120.2 123.3 122.8 122.8 111.3 118.3 116.6 122.0

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.8 1.9 1.8 1.9 3.3 3.6 3.3 3.8 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.2

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2018 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

August September August September August September

2018 2019 2018 2019p

2018 2019 2018 2019p2018 2019 2018 2019p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211.7 217.9 206.9 216.3 96.8 99.6 96.8 100.3 379.7 381.1 386.7 389.2

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.8 43.3 39.7 39.5 11.2 10.9 11.1 11.1 76.7 76.9 80.9 81.0

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322.2 328.1 324.3 328.7 92.6 95.3 93.2 95.7 407.9 415.3 429.0 427.4

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122.1 125.4 119.9 124.6 53.8 53.7 53.9 53.1 201.4 202.8 214.2 215.8

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,019.1 2,057.4 1,992.5 2,033.8 576.8 576.6 573.9 572.8 2,463.6 2,506.9 2,541.3 2,584.7

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353.6 363.8 339.0 346.7 111.7 115.1 110.9 113.2 436.1 439.1 447.6 456.8

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166.9 172.7 160.2 162.6 66.8 66.3 65.6 64.5 220.5 219.4 238.8 236.4

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.2 58.6 53.1 55.7 18.8 18.4 18.5 18.2 62.5 64.4 66.5 68.5

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.3 82.7 80.3 82.7 76.5 79.1 76.0 77.4 237.8 236.0 237.2 237.1

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,220.6 1,252.8 1,210.9 1,242.1 353.3 360.9 353.2 364.3 1,109.9 1,119.7 1,124.3 1,136.7

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500.1 515.0 491.8 506.4 161.1 162.6 160.4 159.9 691.2 698.1 696.7 704.3

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124.4 127.5 123.3 126.3 27.9 28.5 28.1 28.5 119.2 117.5 123.9 126.2

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84.6 85.7 81.8 81.0 26.3 26.7 25.6 25.9 117.6 120.6 125.8 127.9

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 646.9 659.3 626.3 642.1 256.6 259.3 253.2 256.4 790.9 797.3 839.8 846.7

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321.3 318.6 314.0 310.2 132.7 130.4 131.7 130.0 417.9 422.0 440.1 442.7

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150.6 152.8 145.2 144.3 57.7 59.7 57.2 58.8 245.6 246.2 260.3 262.8

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132.5 140.4 130.2 136.9 51.1 52.5 50.9 53.1 245.1 247.4 262.6 266.7

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204.5 208.7 200.8 203.2 65.8 66.9 65.3 66.7 303.0 301.4 316.1 314.3

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237.9 238.0 236.3 235.7 73.8 75.6 73.8 75.5 318.8 316.6 328.1 326.7

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87.0 90.4 75.2 76.5 22.8 22.9 22.2 22.2 91.2 90.8 101.2 101.7

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302.1 304.6 287.2 290.2 115.3 116.5 113.9 115.7 478.4 485.2 500.4 509.2

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407.2 416.4 382.5 383.6 144.4 146.4 137.2 139.3 411.6 417.9 457.8 460.5

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462.1 471.5 442.8 452.4 169.1 172.9 166.5 169.4 563.6 573.7 615.7 623.6

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293.8 306.1 282.0 291.4 115.7 115.0 113.5 113.9 399.8 400.7 420.5 421.1

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138.3 141.6 135.9 140.8 41.2 41.4 41.2 41.0 237.7 239.8 243.7 245.7

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320.7 327.2 311.1 319.8 116.4 117.9 115.4 115.3 401.6 404.7 437.6 438.8

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.0 74.3 68.6 69.0 19.1 19.7 18.9 18.9 86.2 87.2 90.8 91.6

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96.4 97.5 94.0 94.9 37.0 37.2 37.1 37.4 166.5 168.5 174.1 175.7

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356.5 365.0 355.5 363.1 42.9 43.0 43.1 44.0 154.2 158.5 163.7 168.9

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82.1 85.4 73.3 74.0 25.9 26.6 25.2 25.2 80.0 81.8 91.4 89.2

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431.6 454.0 405.3 419.3 174.2 179.2 171.2 178.9 564.5 565.2 589.5 590.2

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101.0 105.2 98.1 105.3 30.3 30.1 28.7 28.8 182.1 185.7 187.8 190.2

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,008.4 1,039.7 975.1 991.5 413.8 416.1 411.1 409.2 1,451.7 1,462.8 1,471.0 1,481.8

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 525.3 541.9 496.4 523.1 156.3 160.0 153.1 158.8 704.1 706.0 737.7 741.0

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.4 40.9 40.9 40.1 15.3 14.8 15.4 14.9 76.5 76.0 82.9 82.9

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 598.2 613.2 577.7 595.0 215.9 217.1 213.5 214.4 749.6 755.1 781.2 784.0

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175.4 173.7 173.7 170.0 71.8 75.0 71.9 74.1 336.2 335.4 348.9 347.9

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221.4 224.6 216.0 219.0 64.9 63.2 64.3 63.2 270.5 275.8 287.0 287.2

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 606.4 613.4 578.4 580.7 264.6 265.5 260.4 260.4 660.1 667.5 711.3 716.4

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.8 67.3 62.2 61.7 24.0 24.6 23.1 23.9 57.1 57.9 60.7 61.0

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269.9 278.4 251.6 265.6 77.8 78.5 76.9 77.9 358.7 364.9 369.9 376.0

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.4 55.0 49.2 49.6 17.1 17.2 16.8 17.3 75.6 75.8 80.4 80.8

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350.4 366.0 343.6 357.3 119.0 118.6 119.1 119.2 421.6 425.6 444.4 449.3

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,386.5 1,430.9 1,360.1 1,403.0 438.0 455.4 434.4 451.9 1,873.6 1,882.5 1,931.5 1,944.0

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154.7 159.5 151.3 154.9 42.2 43.5 41.4 41.7 233.9 235.8 250.9 255.2

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.0 41.4 36.7 38.4 10.5 10.3 10.3 10.2 52.3 50.0 56.8 55.9

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428.9 439.2 408.4 417.7 203.4 204.6 200.6 200.4 693.8 694.6 724.5 721.6

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358.2 366.6 351.1 361.1 124.3 128.6 122.5 124.5 557.5 564.3 573.8 574.2

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.1 77.7 74.9 76.7 24.5 23.9 24.3 23.6 146.4 145.6 151.5 151.8

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305.8 312.9 289.1 291.8 153.2 155.1 152.1 153.8 381.5 373.3 404.3 398.8

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.0 43.1 38.8 39.8 16.5 17.7 16.3 17.3 66.0 66.8 69.3 69.8

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.7 78.7 76.5 79.1 17.3 17.4 17.4 17.4 203.1 201.0 204.0 202.9

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.1 4.5 4.1 4.5 1.0 1.1 0.9 1.1 10.8 10.7 10.5 10.6

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2018 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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