For release 10:00 a.m. (EDT) Friday, March 23, 2018 USDL-18-0454 

Technical information: 

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STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT — FEBRUARY 2018 

Unemployment rates were lower in February in 7 states and stable in 43 states and the District of 

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

from a year earlier and 35 states and the District had little or no change. The national unemployment rate 

was unchanged from January at 4.1 percent but was 0.6 percentage point lower than in February 2017. 

Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 11 states in February 2018 and was essentially unchanged in 

39 states and the District of Columbia. Over the year, 24 states added nonfarm payroll jobs and 26 states 

and the District were essentially unchanged. 

Unemployment 

Hawaii had the lowest unemployment rate in February, 2.1 percent. The rates in California (4.3 percent), 

Maine (2.9 percent), Mississippi (4.5 percent), and Wisconsin (2.9 percent) set new series lows. (All 

state series begin in 1976.) Alaska had the highest jobless rate, 7.3 percent. In total, 18 states had 

unemployment rates lower than the U.S. figure of 4.1 percent, 9 states and the District of Columbia had 

higher rates, and 23 states had rates that were not appreciably different from that of the nation. (See 

tables A and 1 and map 1.) 

In February, seven states had unemployment rate decreases: Kentucky, Ohio, and Wisconsin (-0.2 

percentage point each) and Maine, New Mexico, Virginia, and Wyoming (-0.1 point each). The 

remaining 43 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. 

Current Employment Statistics (CES) Data Corrections 

This news release contains corrections to previously released employment data in tables C, D, 3, 

and 4. A complete list of corrections in this news release and in the CES (State and Area) 

database can be found at www.bls.gov/bls/errata/sae_errata.htm. 
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Fifteen states had unemployment rate changes from February 2017, all of which were decreases. The 

largest declines occurred in Alabama (-1.6 percentage points) and Louisiana (-1.2 points). (See table B.) 

Nonfarm Payroll Employment 

Eleven states had over-the-month increases in nonfarm payroll employment in February 2018. The 

largest over-the-month increases in employment occurred in Texas (+40,500), New York (+28,000), and 

Florida (+26,700). In percentage terms, the largest increases occurred in Tennessee and Virginia (+0.5 

percent each), followed by Georgia, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and South Carolina (+0.4 percent 

each). (See tables C and 3.) 

Twenty-four states had over-the-year increases in nonfarm payroll employment in February. The largest 

job gains occurred in California (+383,600), Texas (+285,200), and Florida (+167,800). The largest 

percentage gain occurred in Idaho (+3.4 percent), followed by Nevada and Utah (+3.2 percent each). 

(See table D and map 2.) 

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

to be released on Wednesday, April 4, 2018, at 10:00 a.m. (EDT). The State Employment and 

Unemployment news release for March is scheduled to be released on Friday, April 20, 2018, at 

10:00 a.m. (EDT). 
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State Rate p

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

Alaska .............................................................. 7.3

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

Colorado ........................................................... 3.0

District of Columbia ........................................... 5.7

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

Idaho ................................................................ 3.0

Illinois ............................................................... 4.7

Indiana ............................................................. 3.2

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

Kansas ............................................................. 3.4

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

Massachusetts ................................................... 3.5

Minnesota ......................................................... 3.2

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

Nevada ............................................................. 4.9

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

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

New York .......................................................... 4.6

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

Pennsylvania ..................................................... 4.8

South Dakota .................................................... 3.4

Tennessee ........................................................ 3.4

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

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

Virginia ............................................................. 3.5

Washington ....................................................... 4.7

West Virginia .................................................... 5.4

Wisconsin ......................................................... 2.9

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 Data are not preliminary.

p

 = preliminary.

Table A. States with unemployment rates significantly different from that

of the U.S., February 2018, seasonally adjusted
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Table B. States with statistically significant unemployment rate changes from February 2017

to February 2018, seasonally adjusted

February 2017 February 2018 p

Alabama ..................................... 5.3 3.7 -1.6

California .................................... 5.1 4.3 -.8

Florida ........................................ 4.5 3.9 -.6

Georgia ...................................... 5.2 4.5 -.7

Hawaii ........................................ 2.7 2.1 -.6

Idaho .......................................... 3.4 3.0 -.4

Iowa ........................................... 3.4 2.9 -.5

Kentucky .................................... 5.1 4.1 -1.0

Louisiana .................................... 5.7 4.5 -1.2

Mississippi .................................. 5.4 4.5 -.9

New Mexico ................................. 6.4 5.8 -.6

Tennessee .................................. 4.4 3.4 -1.0

Texas .......................................... 4.7 4.0 -.7

Virginia ....................................... 4.0 3.5 -.5

Wyoming .................................... 4.5 4.0 -.5

p

 = preliminary.

State Rate Over-the-year 

change p

Table C. States with statistically significant employment changes from January 2018 to

February 2018, seasonally adjusted

January February

2018 2018 p Level Percent

Florida ........................................ 8,672,700 8,699,400 26,700 0.3

Georgia ...................................... 4,496,400 4,514,700 18,300 .4

Illinois ......................................... 6,079,900 6,095,100 15,200 .3

Massachusetts ............................. 3,622,700 3,636,400 13,700 .4

Michigan ..................................... 4,398,000 4,410,900 12,900 .3

New Jersey ................................. 4,162,200 4,178,000 15,800 .4

New York .................................... 9,573,900 9,601,900 28,000 .3

South Carolina ............................ 2,110,900 2,120,300 9,400 .4

Tennessee .................................. 3,031,200 3,045,800 14,600 .5

Texas .......................................... 12,381,900 12,422,400 40,500 .3

Virginia ....................................... 3,964,900 3,985,700 20,800 .5

p

 = preliminary.

Over-the-month change p

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

February 2018, seasonally adjusted

February February

2017 2018 p Level Percent

Arizona ....................................... 2,748,900 2,810,800 61,900 2.3

California .................................... 16,682,200 17,065,800 383,600 2.3

Colorado ..................................... 2,638,400 2,701,800 63,400 2.4

Florida ........................................ 8,531,600 8,699,400 167,800 2.0

Georgia ...................................... 4,426,500 4,514,700 88,200 2.0

Idaho .......................................... 708,200 732,200 24,000 3.4

Illinois ......................................... 6,046,400 6,095,100 48,700 .8

Indiana ....................................... 3,095,300 3,126,200 30,900 1.0

Massachusetts ............................. 3,597,300 3,636,400 39,100 1.1

Michigan ..................................... 4,358,900 4,410,900 52,000 1.2

 

Nevada ....................................... 1,327,900 1,370,900 43,000 3.2

New Jersey ................................. 4,114,800 4,178,000 63,200 1.5

New York .................................... 9,492,300 9,601,900 109,600 1.2

North Carolina ............................. 4,396,300 4,467,600 71,300 1.6

Ohio ........................................... 5,519,900 5,566,400 46,500 .8

Oklahoma .................................... 1,649,700 1,681,000 31,300 1.9

Oregon ....................................... 1,860,700 1,904,400 43,700 2.3

Pennsylvania ............................... 5,924,500 6,005,900 81,400 1.4

South Carolina ............................ 2,086,500 2,120,300 33,800 1.6

Tennessee .................................. 3,000,800 3,045,800 45,000 1.5

 

Texas .......................................... 12,137,200 12,422,400 285,200 2.3

Utah ........................................... 1,452,800 1,499,000 46,200 3.2

Virginia ....................................... 3,949,400 3,985,700 36,300 .9

Washington ................................. 3,293,100 3,389,900 96,800 2.9

p

 = preliminary.

Over-the-year change p

State
Technical Note

This news release presents civilian labor force and 

unemployment data for states and selected substate areas from 

the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program 

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

employment estimates by state and industry supersector from 

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

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

cooperative endeavors.

Civilian labor force and unemployment—from the 

LAUS program 

 Definitions. The civilian labor force and unemployment 

data are based on the same concepts and definitions as those 

used for the official national estimates obtained from the 

Current Population Survey (CPS), a sample survey of 

households that is conducted for the Bureau of Labor Statistics 

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

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

noninstitutional population 16 years of age and older. 

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

profit in the reference week (typically the week including the 

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

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

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

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

illness, or vacation. 

 Unemployed people are those who were not employed during 

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

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

reference week, and were currently available for work; people

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

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

employed and unemployed people. The unemployment rate is 

the number of unemployed as a percent of the civilian labor 

force.

 Method of estimation. Estimates for 48 states, the District 

of Columbia, the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale 

metropolitan division, New York City, and the balances of 

California and New York State are produced using time-series 

models. This method, which underwent substantial 

enhancement at the beginning of 2015, utilizes data from 

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

unemployment insurance (UI) programs. Estimates for the state 

of California are derived by summing the estimates for the Los 

Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale metropolitan division and the 

balance of California. Similarly, estimates for New York State

are derived by summing the estimates for New York City and 

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

substate areas contained in this release (the Cleveland-Elyria 

and Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metropolitan areas and the 

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

and their respective balances of state are produced using a 

similar model-based approach.

 Each month, estimates for the nine census divisions first are

modeled using inputs from the CPS only and controlled to the 

national totals. State estimates then are controlled to their 

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

estimates for the five areas noted above also are controlled to 

their respective state totals. This tiered process of controlling 

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

benchmarking. Estimates for Puerto Rico are derived from a 

monthly household survey similar to the CPS. A more detailed 

description of the estimation procedures is available from BLS 

upon request.

 Annual revisions. Civilian labor force and unemployment 

data for prior years reflect adjustments made after the end of 

each year. The adjusted estimates reflect updated population 

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

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

data for the most recent five years are revised near the 

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

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

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

 Seasonal adjustment. The LAUS models decompose the 

estimates of employed and unemployed people into trend, 

seasonal, and irregular components. Prior to 2018, the 

benchmarked trend component of each measure had been

smoothed using a Trend-Cycle Cascade Filter. With changes 

implemented in early 2018, the benchmarked signals of 

employed and unemployed people first are adjusted using an X11 type of seasonal adjustment filter. The adjusted data then are 

smoothed using a Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Space (RKHS) 

filter. The smoothed-seasonally adjusted estimates of employed 

and unemployed people are summed to derive the civilian labor 

force, and the unemployment rate then is calculated as the 

unemployed percent of the civilian labor force. The resulting 

smoothed-seasonally adjusted unemployment rate estimates are 

analyzed in this news release and published on the BLS website. 

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

using an asymmetric filter that incorporates information from 

previous observations only. For annual revisions, historical data 

are smoothed using a two-sided filter.

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

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

changes to the seasonal adjustment and smoothing procedures 

described above.

 Area definitions. The substate area data published in this 

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

Office of Management and Budget on July 15, 2015. A detailed 

list of the geographic definitions is available online at 

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

Employment—from the CES program

 Definitions. Employment data refer to persons on 

establishment payrolls who receive pay for any part of the pay 

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

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

those appearing on more than one payroll are counted on each 
payroll. Industries are classified on the basis of their principal 

activity in accordance with the 2017 version of the North 

American Industry Classification System. 

 Method of estimation. CES State and Area employment

data are produced using several estimation procedures. Where 

possible these data are produced using a "weighted link 

relative" estimation technique in which a ratio of current month 

weighted employment to that of the previous-month weighted 

employment is computed from a sample of establishments 

reporting for both months. The estimates of employment for the 

current month are then obtained by multiplying these ratios by 

the previous month’s employment estimates. The weighted link 

relative technique is utilized for data series where the sample 

size meets certain statistical criteria. 

 For some employment series, the sample of establishments is 

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

approach is used in estimation. These models use the direct 

sample estimates (described above), combined with forecasts of 

historical (benchmarked) data to decrease volatility in 

estimation. Two different models (Fay-Herriot Model and 

Small Domain Model) are used depending on the industry level 

being estimated. For more detailed information about each 

model, refer to the BLS Handbook of Methods.

 Annual revisions. Employment estimates are adjusted 

annually to a complete count of jobs, called benchmarks, 

derived principally from tax reports that are submitted by 

employers who are covered under state unemployment 

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

adjust the monthly estimates between the new benchmark and 

the preceding one and also to establish the level of employment 

for the new benchmark month. Thus, the benchmarking process 

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

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

subsequent months. Information on recent benchmark revisions 

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

 Seasonal adjustment. Payroll employment data are 

seasonally adjusted at the statewide expanded supersector level. 

In some cases, the seasonally adjusted payroll employment total 

is computed by aggregating the independently adjusted 

supersector series. In other cases, the seasonally adjusted 

payroll employment total is independently adjusted. Revisions 

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

year, coincident with annual benchmark adjustments.

 Beginning with the release of January 2018 preliminary 

estimates, payroll employment data are seasonally adjusted 

concurrently, using all available estimates including those for 

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

Concurrent sample-based factors are created every month for 

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

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

estimates. Previously, the sample-based seasonal factors were 

forecasted once annually at the beginning of the year and 

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

year. 

 

 Caution on aggregating state data. State estimation 

procedures are designed to produce accurate data for each 

individual state. BLS independently develops a national 

employment series; state estimates are not forced to sum to 

national totals. Because each state series is subject to larger 

sampling and nonsampling errors than the national series, 

summing them cumulates individual state-level errors and can 

cause significant distortions at an aggregate level. Due to these 

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

employment series, and cautions users that such a series is 

subject to a relatively large and volatile error structure.

Reliability of the estimates

 The estimates presented in this release are based on sample 

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

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

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

by chance because a sample rather than the entire population is 

surveyed. Survey data also are subject to nonsampling errors, 

such as those which can be introduced into the data collection 

and processing operations. Estimates not directly derived from 

sample surveys are subject to additional errors resulting from 

the specific estimation processes used.

 Use of error measures. Changes in state unemployment 

rates and state nonfarm payroll employment are cited in the 

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

statistically significant at the 90-percent confidence level. 

Furthermore, state unemployment rates for the current month 

generally are cited only if they have been determined to be 

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

confidence level. The underlying model-based standard error 

measures for unemployment rates and over-the-month and 

over-the-year changes in rates are available at 

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

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

payroll employment data at the total nonfarm and supersector 

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

Measures of nonsampling error are not available.

Additional information

 Estimates of civilian labor force and unemployment from the 

LAUS program, as well as nonfarm payroll employment from 

the CES program, for metropolitan areas and metropolitan 

divisions are available in the news release Metropolitan Area 

Employment and Unemployment. Estimates of civilian labor 

force, employed people, unemployed people, and 

unemployment rates for approximately 7,000 subnational areas 

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

from the CES program for states and metropolitan areas are 

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

release will be made available to sensory impaired individuals 

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

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

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

State and area

Civilian labor force Unemployed

Feb.

2017

Dec.

2017

Jan.

2018

Feb.

2018p

Number Percent of labor force

Feb.

2017

Dec.

2017

Jan.

2018

Feb.

2018p

Feb.

2017

Dec.

2017

Jan.

2018

Feb.

2018p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,176,238 2,163,554 2,160,683 2,161,024 115,397 82,378 80,807 80,685 5.3 3.8 3.7 3.7

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363,116 362,473 362,500 362,672 25,580 26,220 26,311 26,392 7.0 7.2 7.3 7.3

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,280,620 3,339,431 3,345,206 3,355,628 168,405 157,747 160,126 163,807 5.1 4.7 4.8 4.9

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,348,930 1,356,940 1,355,383 1,353,589 49,120 50,413 50,773 50,790 3.6 3.7 3.7 3.8

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,213,870 19,386,465 19,389,063 19,392,954 985,998 866,372 852,329 843,438 5.1 4.5 4.4 4.3

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale1. . . . 5,095,258 5,145,895 5,144,875 5,142,574 250,918 231,986 230,999 230,855 4.9 4.5 4.5 4.5

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,944,356 3,029,796 3,034,093 3,041,727 78,424 91,834 92,368 92,227 2.7 3.0 3.0 3.0

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,925,146 1,912,551 1,909,934 1,908,190 94,018 86,384 86,758 86,947 4.9 4.5 4.5 4.6

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476,175 477,882 478,399 479,024 22,048 21,694 21,514 21,136 4.6 4.5 4.5 4.4

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399,429 401,428 401,749 402,607 24,183 23,740 23,157 22,758 6.1 5.9 5.8 5.7

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,039,859 10,138,193 10,151,618 10,176,408 452,724 397,032 397,209 398,453 4.5 3.9 3.9 3.9

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall1. . . . . . . . . . . 1,371,777 1,387,964 1,385,913 1,388,210 69,251 65,218 65,820 66,627 5.0 4.7 4.7 4.8

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,021,719 5,091,491 5,100,106 5,115,780 259,072 228,219 227,629 227,684 5.2 4.5 4.5 4.5

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 688,822 682,852 683,024 683,476 18,329 14,670 14,371 14,063 2.7 2.1 2.1 2.1

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 823,579 841,774 844,203 846,448 27,962 25,163 25,220 25,000 3.4 3.0 3.0 3.0

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,491,944 6,500,446 6,491,908 6,491,774 329,711 318,122 311,505 305,322 5.1 4.9 4.8 4.7

Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights1. . . 3,773,773 3,809,750 3,803,413 3,800,753 186,121 196,375 194,929 193,008 4.9 5.2 5.1 5.1

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,316,903 3,320,260 3,313,103 3,315,598 122,046 113,473 109,362 107,119 3.7 3.4 3.3 3.2

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,682,054 1,674,894 1,673,405 1,673,505 56,435 49,267 48,331 47,921 3.4 2.9 2.9 2.9

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,479,268 1,478,476 1,476,833 1,476,150 55,857 52,249 50,990 50,524 3.8 3.5 3.5 3.4

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,044,158 2,053,713 2,049,817 2,048,867 105,274 93,188 87,876 84,655 5.1 4.5 4.3 4.1

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,110,486 2,115,536 2,120,684 2,127,933 119,694 99,639 96,568 95,099 5.7 4.7 4.6 4.5

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 698,922 700,192 699,711 699,744 23,045 22,048 21,008 20,009 3.3 3.1 3.0 2.9

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,212,117 3,221,685 3,221,345 3,223,927 137,629 130,611 132,067 133,823 4.3 4.1 4.1 4.2

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,651,878 3,657,291 3,659,563 3,669,596 141,715 128,878 127,127 127,624 3.9 3.5 3.5 3.5

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,870,505 4,900,207 4,897,006 4,897,505 233,246 230,939 231,627 232,670 4.8 4.7 4.7 4.8

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,104,927 2,119,694 2,116,269 2,114,691 102,217 93,642 94,188 94,918 4.9 4.4 4.5 4.5

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,054,729 3,069,832 3,076,674 3,085,973 112,807 101,630 100,677 99,742 3.7 3.3 3.3 3.2

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,282,615 1,277,573 1,274,795 1,274,048 68,994 60,933 58,277 57,673 5.4 4.8 4.6 4.5

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,053,600 3,048,394 3,042,751 3,040,940 121,806 111,386 112,321 111,126 4.0 3.7 3.7 3.7

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523,228 526,944 526,694 526,548 20,832 21,531 21,529 21,676 4.0 4.1 4.1 4.1

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,006,849 1,007,050 1,007,856 1,009,356 30,309 29,309 28,838 28,381 3.0 2.9 2.9 2.8

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,448,354 1,473,704 1,476,359 1,480,436 75,627 71,981 72,128 72,516 5.2 4.9 4.9 4.9

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 746,182 746,676 746,570 747,182 20,598 19,431 19,364 19,183 2.8 2.6 2.6 2.6

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,523,440 4,513,664 4,508,665 4,506,605 206,302 213,490 211,769 209,098 4.6 4.7 4.7 4.6

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 928,003 931,571 933,250 935,149 59,775 55,772 54,997 53,927 6.4 6.0 5.9 5.8

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,676,575 9,708,580 9,701,691 9,692,497 451,755 454,939 452,409 450,133 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.6

New York City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,209,184 4,226,764 4,225,586 4,228,210 193,529 186,749 183,550 179,693 4.6 4.4 4.3 4.2

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,910,423 4,966,113 4,969,893 4,974,418 236,600 221,849 222,256 222,545 4.8 4.5 4.5 4.5

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414,935 413,573 413,567 413,631 11,196 10,905 10,938 10,937 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.6

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,766,616 5,782,017 5,768,713 5,765,751 294,414 281,000 271,269 261,590 5.1 4.9 4.7 4.5

Cleveland-Elyria2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,033,041 1,028,091 1,026,114 1,024,943 61,410 55,740 54,496 52,539 5.9 5.4 5.3 5.1

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,825,759 1,841,801 1,842,471 1,845,167 83,185 76,235 76,221 75,134 4.6 4.1 4.1 4.1

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,079,640 2,120,955 2,125,221 2,129,855 85,281 87,979 87,695 87,906 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.1

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,443,096 6,418,025 6,413,906 6,410,846 331,049 309,542 310,219 309,977 5.1 4.8 4.8 4.8

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 552,941 556,267 556,621 557,339 24,868 25,118 25,159 25,332 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,305,118 2,318,724 2,321,233 2,324,714 101,774 97,879 100,182 101,416 4.4 4.2 4.3 4.4

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453,772 456,271 457,257 458,270 14,565 15,555 15,605 15,636 3.2 3.4 3.4 3.4

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,175,765 3,218,569 3,218,407 3,222,076 139,088 106,726 106,766 108,508 4.4 3.3 3.3 3.4

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,476,511 13,591,013 13,612,743 13,657,129 637,733 537,688 538,532 544,124 4.7 4.0 4.0 4.0

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,542,962 1,573,889 1,575,767 1,579,065 50,785 50,150 49,202 48,641 3.3 3.2 3.1 3.1

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344,817 344,870 345,116 345,939 10,780 10,050 9,883 9,719 3.1 2.9 2.9 2.8

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,289,357 4,318,483 4,317,044 4,320,994 170,104 156,280 153,959 149,720 4.0 3.6 3.6 3.5

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,683,212 3,754,871 3,757,119 3,759,850 176,903 176,864 177,272 177,880 4.8 4.7 4.7 4.7

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,634,636 1,666,021 1,673,831 1,681,801 60,183 64,373 65,431 65,522 3.7 3.9 3.9 3.9

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 777,036 781,852 783,071 784,769 40,012 42,251 42,138 42,215 5.1 5.4 5.4 5.4

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,139,314 3,158,257 3,157,487 3,160,968 106,759 100,861 96,670 92,793 3.4 3.2 3.1 2.9

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295,322 292,305 291,790 291,488 13,360 12,105 11,821 11,551 4.5 4.1 4.1 4.0

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,121,211 1,095,052 1,094,901 1,089,676 130,657 119,918 119,271 115,438 11.7 11.0 10.9 10.6

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

the following month.
LABOR FORCE DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

State and area

Civilian labor force Unemployed

January February Number Percent of labor force

2017 2018 2017 2018p

January February January February

2017 2018 2017 2018p 2017 2018 2017 2018p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,166,222 2,139,850 2,178,482 2,169,875 131,097 88,607 124,575 92,231 6.1 4.1 5.7 4.3

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357,885 357,667 359,585 359,577 27,889 28,945 28,553 29,632 7.8 8.1 7.9 8.2

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,269,210 3,348,673 3,286,569 3,390,909 171,978 170,241 163,885 168,236 5.3 5.1 5.0 5.0

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,324,831 1,326,319 1,342,185 1,341,114 55,766 57,895 56,098 56,703 4.2 4.4 4.2 4.2

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,134,501 19,301,532 19,248,434 19,419,512 1,075,469 894,342 1,043,639 882,062 5.6 4.6 5.4 4.5

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale1. . . . 5,066,895 5,113,770 5,114,881 5,149,793 264,074 242,707 253,587 233,327 5.2 4.7 5.0 4.5

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,921,097 3,014,993 2,942,908 3,058,285 93,987 101,013 91,000 100,269 3.2 3.4 3.1 3.3

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,913,714 1,889,316 1,915,858 1,894,970 105,609 99,682 103,807 97,101 5.5 5.3 5.4 5.1

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473,939 478,719 474,153 478,554 23,805 22,687 23,753 21,317 5.0 4.7 5.0 4.5

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397,637 401,782 400,242 406,452 24,698 22,234 25,054 23,039 6.2 5.5 6.3 5.7

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,961,431 10,136,424 10,013,460 10,228,481 478,626 417,917 442,653 389,632 4.8 4.1 4.4 3.8

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall1. . . . . . . . . . . 1,370,095 1,382,526 1,369,582 1,398,937 67,872 65,358 66,183 65,134 5.0 4.7 4.8 4.7

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,999,275 5,111,630 5,025,347 5,170,182 271,227 233,194 263,295 230,576 5.4 4.6 5.2 4.5

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 689,890 684,810 688,373 684,053 19,417 14,054 17,977 12,775 2.8 2.1 2.6 1.9

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 815,245 841,217 818,289 845,047 35,223 32,518 32,858 28,775 4.3 3.9 4.0 3.4

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,463,342 6,407,823 6,474,553 6,482,674 396,820 338,744 364,121 323,069 6.1 5.3 5.6 5.0

Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights1. . . 3,755,969 3,741,796 3,771,544 3,793,222 213,863 208,142 200,982 202,018 5.7 5.6 5.3 5.3

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,297,408 3,268,206 3,304,095 3,324,570 147,369 116,321 141,662 123,151 4.5 3.6 4.3 3.7

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,672,857 1,658,641 1,677,129 1,671,338 72,507 60,271 66,413 58,092 4.3 3.6 4.0 3.5

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,473,335 1,463,732 1,476,106 1,472,295 62,172 50,776 58,644 53,228 4.2 3.5 4.0 3.6

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,025,656 2,025,736 2,042,324 2,050,759 119,983 87,210 120,724 96,127 5.9 4.3 5.9 4.7

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,083,942 2,111,562 2,092,100 2,128,161 128,914 93,946 112,486 85,765 6.2 4.4 5.4 4.0

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 688,389 688,542 688,530 690,400 27,862 23,172 27,988 22,830 4.0 3.4 4.1 3.3

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,190,881 3,204,981 3,192,691 3,216,440 150,410 148,302 145,292 145,920 4.7 4.6 4.6 4.5

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,627,043 3,652,267 3,643,939 3,700,964 162,189 145,773 159,170 149,628 4.5 4.0 4.4 4.0

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,834,917 4,833,166 4,866,983 4,888,665 274,946 255,035 263,550 254,245 5.7 5.3 5.4 5.2

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,091,883 2,082,061 2,097,171 2,099,167 119,363 101,230 108,326 97,565 5.7 4.9 5.2 4.6

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,040,215 3,089,011 3,044,630 3,105,193 143,494 124,035 136,773 120,117 4.7 4.0 4.5 3.9

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,276,189 1,257,859 1,277,881 1,270,521 77,435 57,313 65,727 56,701 6.1 4.6 5.1 4.5

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,031,770 2,996,332 3,048,744 3,034,691 135,084 121,767 142,585 120,752 4.5 4.1 4.7 4.0

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 518,281 520,019 518,503 521,386 26,010 26,510 24,421 26,010 5.0 5.1 4.7 5.0

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 997,092 1,000,215 1,001,242 1,007,848 35,531 30,904 32,877 29,348 3.6 3.1 3.3 2.9

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,440,271 1,475,713 1,449,971 1,492,098 80,288 77,434 77,052 75,113 5.6 5.2 5.3 5.0

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 744,046 743,802 743,711 747,590 24,220 22,909 24,257 22,209 3.3 3.1 3.3 3.0

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,491,221 4,457,917 4,517,426 4,498,383 225,051 214,643 226,708 217,556 5.0 4.8 5.0 4.8

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 923,909 934,006 927,333 939,499 62,251 53,508 60,797 51,356 6.7 5.7 6.6 5.5

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,619,811 9,658,363 9,678,410 9,675,624 504,064 494,493 509,705 496,565 5.2 5.1 5.3 5.1

New York City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,198,273 4,228,216 4,239,029 4,273,566 210,580 193,381 211,800 186,232 5.0 4.6 5.0 4.4

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,862,112 4,935,590 4,904,278 4,977,646 254,184 230,509 245,129 227,582 5.2 4.7 5.0 4.6

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408,548 407,941 410,267 409,326 14,617 13,864 14,215 13,910 3.6 3.4 3.5 3.4

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,707,205 5,667,507 5,743,568 5,748,418 348,531 288,857 337,498 275,015 6.1 5.1 5.9 4.8

Cleveland-Elyria2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,020,714 1,009,625 1,034,098 1,024,989 67,500 56,439 73,882 58,121 6.6 5.6 7.1 5.7

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,814,031 1,830,211 1,818,653 1,847,979 87,175 78,526 86,677 73,498 4.8 4.3 4.8 4.0

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,046,258 2,107,516 2,062,476 2,123,329 92,291 89,604 88,807 91,976 4.5 4.3 4.3 4.3

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,404,529 6,358,460 6,423,661 6,379,288 362,867 334,035 362,398 332,473 5.7 5.3 5.6 5.2

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 550,631 554,073 550,484 556,193 30,506 29,607 28,584 29,317 5.5 5.3 5.2 5.3

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,286,257 2,309,724 2,294,785 2,322,136 111,744 116,514 106,193 106,392 4.9 5.0 4.6 4.6

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446,373 453,344 449,201 456,346 16,731 17,821 16,867 17,926 3.7 3.9 3.8 3.9

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,155,420 3,191,512 3,173,471 3,231,881 157,652 120,121 143,397 117,936 5.0 3.8 4.5 3.6

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,417,349 13,621,781 13,493,966 13,811,924 668,364 567,991 653,124 570,011 5.0 4.2 4.8 4.1

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,533,230 1,569,391 1,540,096 1,584,239 54,321 49,143 55,920 53,056 3.5 3.1 3.6 3.3

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343,487 344,429 343,284 347,745 12,709 11,292 12,092 10,604 3.7 3.3 3.5 3.0

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,250,782 4,279,442 4,276,758 4,327,829 185,374 156,702 179,163 143,326 4.4 3.7 4.2 3.3

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,663,456 3,736,225 3,685,135 3,763,800 204,904 202,978 198,423 199,299 5.6 5.4 5.4 5.3

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,619,926 1,683,272 1,642,489 1,708,744 61,630 70,884 61,791 65,472 3.8 4.2 3.8 3.8

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 768,887 776,033 773,790 785,996 47,255 45,388 47,907 50,293 6.1 5.8 6.2 6.4

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,107,321 3,125,688 3,128,779 3,165,903 125,018 96,499 130,576 105,747 4.0 3.1 4.2 3.3

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293,765 287,250 292,598 288,095 16,787 13,076 15,006 12,393 5.7 4.6 5.1 4.3

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,119,964 1,098,935 1,143,308 1,087,362 130,462 117,735 129,219 108,699 11.6 10.7 11.3 10.0

1 Metropolitan division.

2 Metropolitan statistical area.

p Preliminary

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

Management and Budget Bulletin No. 15-01, dated July 15, 2015, and are available on the BLS website at https://www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm. Estimates for the latest month are subject to revision

the following month.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Total1 Construction Manufacturing

Feb.

2017

Dec.

2017

Jan.

2018

Feb.

2018p

Feb.

2017

Dec.

2017

Jan.

2018

Feb.

2018p

Feb.

2017

Dec.

2017

Jan.

2018

Feb.

2018p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,012.4 2,020.2 2,025.8 2,029.3 85.6 85.1 85.7 85.7 263.6 265.0 264.7 266.1

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330.8 326.5 327.7 329.4 15.3 15.8 15.9 15.1 13.4 12.5 12.4 14.2

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,748.9 2,795.1 2,803.5 2,810.8 140.8 151.3 152.2 153.8 161.7 169.1 169.0 169.1

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,236.9 1,239.0 1,239.9 1,239.4 51.3 51.3 51.0 51.1 156.5 157.9 158.1 157.7

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,682.2 17,002.9 17,051.8 17,065.8 782.1 836.7 849.3 856.1 1,312.0 1,316.4 1,319.2 1,322.7

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,638.4 2,686.8 2,693.2 2,701.8 161.3 169.7 170.7 172.7 143.4 144.2 144.6 145.9

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,683.9 1,685.6 1,689.4 1,692.0 58.7 57.3 57.1 58.6 157.6 163.8 163.2 163.1

Delaware2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457.1 455.5 457.1 456.8 21.8 22.5 22.6 22.9 26.1 25.8 26.0 26.1

District of Columbia2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 787.7 794.0 794.6 794.8 15.2 15.7 15.8 15.8 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.3

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,531.6 8,660.0 8,672.7 8,699.4 500.7 519.1 525.3 532.4 362.0 366.8 367.0 369.8

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,426.5 4,487.2 4,496.4 4,514.7 183.0 189.6 189.7 193.2 395.2 399.8 399.6 401.2

Hawaii2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 652.4 657.0 659.0 661.3 36.7 37.3 37.0 36.9 14.2 14.0 14.0 14.1

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 708.2 728.1 730.5 732.2 43.9 47.3 47.5 48.0 65.7 68.2 68.4 68.7

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,046.4 6,081.2 6,079.9 6,095.1 221.0 222.7 222.0 223.6 567.3 586.0 585.6 585.4

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,095.3 3,114.9 3,119.0 3,126.2 137.2 138.7 141.4 144.2 528.3 532.7 532.9 534.0

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,572.8 1,582.6 1,580.2 1,582.7 78.7 73.5 72.6 72.0 213.5 223.0 223.4 223.9

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,405.3 1,411.3 1,412.5 1,413.0 62.2 60.1 59.6 58.9 160.7 162.5 162.3 162.5

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,920.5 1,924.0 1,924.7 1,927.7 77.8 75.8 76.0 75.5 251.0 249.7 250.9 251.9

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,974.6 1,970.3 1,971.6 1,974.4 146.4 144.4 143.2 145.2 134.9 134.2 134.8 136.7

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 622.5 623.8 623.7 626.1 28.0 28.0 27.7 27.8 51.1 51.3 51.1 51.8

Maryland2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,723.7 2,716.1 2,730.9 2,727.7 165.1 161.5 164.0 165.5 106.5 107.6 107.7 108.6

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,597.3 3,628.6 3,622.7 3,636.4 149.3 157.2 157.1 160.0 244.7 246.3 245.8 246.5

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,358.9 4,394.8 4,398.0 4,410.9 159.6 167.6 169.0 170.6 614.9 617.8 615.4 617.2

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,925.6 2,943.7 2,948.6 2,947.3 119.7 122.5 122.7 123.0 318.2 317.9 318.3 319.0

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,149.4 1,162.0 1,161.2 1,163.7 43.6 43.0 44.1 45.0 143.9 144.9 144.0 144.8

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,864.0 2,880.6 2,884.7 2,891.3 124.3 121.6 119.4 120.3 265.4 269.4 270.2 271.1

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470.9 476.7 477.1 476.2 28.0 27.8 28.3 27.7 19.9 20.1 20.0 20.1

Nebraska2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,019.9 1,021.1 1,021.3 1,021.6 52.6 51.5 50.2 50.4 97.5 99.4 99.7 99.7

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,327.9 1,359.8 1,364.3 1,370.9 81.7 86.5 89.2 90.6 45.3 50.6 51.2 51.7

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 673.4 677.9 680.0 682.8 26.5 26.9 27.5 27.6 68.8 69.8 69.8 70.4

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,114.8 4,146.8 4,162.2 4,178.0 157.0 151.5 153.7 155.8 243.8 246.5 246.7 248.4

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 829.0 835.8 838.3 840.3 44.5 47.2 48.6 48.5 26.4 27.0 27.2 27.2

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,492.3 9,573.0 9,573.9 9,601.9 385.7 386.9 389.0 396.7 447.9 444.1 445.0 443.1

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,396.3 4,449.2 4,458.6 4,467.6 207.5 210.5 212.0 211.7 466.2 468.1 469.1 470.5

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431.9 426.2 423.7 425.1 29.4 24.9 24.5 24.6 24.3 24.9 25.0 24.9

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,519.9 5,534.3 5,553.0 5,566.4 211.6 213.5 216.6 217.7 683.9 695.3 693.0 695.9

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,649.7 1,677.9 1,676.6 1,681.0 77.2 79.3 79.4 79.9 126.6 129.1 128.9 128.8

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,860.7 1,896.8 1,901.7 1,904.4 94.4 99.7 100.8 101.8 188.0 191.7 192.2 191.5

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,924.5 5,993.6 5,995.5 6,005.9 245.7 256.2 252.7 256.5 560.2 562.6 564.6 566.0

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 492.6 497.9 497.7 498.9 18.8 18.7 19.1 19.2 40.4 41.5 41.4 41.3

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,086.5 2,110.0 2,110.9 2,120.3 101.4 102.8 102.8 102.9 239.1 242.8 244.6 245.1

South Dakota2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433.8 438.2 438.8 439.9 23.6 23.6 23.8 24.0 42.5 44.1 44.1 44.7

Tennessee2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,000.8 3,027.0 3,031.2 3,045.8 123.5 124.4 125.5 125.4 348.9 349.5 349.0 350.1

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,137.2 12,352.3 12,381.9 12,422.4 706.3 731.8 734.9 740.2 843.7 858.1 859.0 859.8

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,452.8 1,490.3 1,495.9 1,499.0 94.5 101.6 102.1 102.0 128.8 130.6 131.5 132.3

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313.5 313.5 314.2 313.8 15.3 14.9 15.1 15.3 29.5 29.2 29.5 29.1

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,949.4 3,954.1 3,964.9 3,985.7 193.7 197.3 198.0 201.4 234.0 236.4 237.1 239.7

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,293.1 3,370.7 3,381.2 3,389.9 195.4 207.5 209.5 208.0 286.2 284.5 284.7 284.4

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 745.1 748.6 749.3 752.4 30.1 34.3 34.0 34.4 46.8 47.2 47.2 47.4

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,943.8 2,953.3 2,961.5 2,963.0 116.3 117.3 118.1 118.9 466.0 472.6 475.3 477.8

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280.6 283.3 285.3 285.3 20.0 19.5 19.6 19.7 9.2 9.6 9.6 9.6

Puerto Rico2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 888.5 846.4 846.9 848.3 21.8 21.1 20.2 20.4 72.8 69.8 70.0 70.3

Virgin Islands3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.0 35.3 35.6 35.4 – – – – – – – –

1

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

2 Mining and logging is combined with construction.

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

cannot be separated with sufficient precision.

p Preliminary

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

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

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

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

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2017

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2017

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2018

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2018p

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2017

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Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380.0 375.7 378.2 380.6 96.3 96.3 96.4 96.3 237.0 240.6 241.1 241.0

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.1 63.3 63.1 63.1 12.1 11.7 11.8 11.8 28.4 27.8 28.2 28.5

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522.2 523.3 527.4 530.9 210.6 215.5 217.1 218.0 417.7 422.0 421.6 422.0

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251.4 249.6 250.2 250.0 52.7 53.4 53.5 53.6 143.7 144.9 145.0 144.3

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,021.7 3,064.5 3,075.9 3,072.8 829.0 835.5 836.4 836.5 2,542.3 2,591.8 2,595.6 2,603.9

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459.5 464.2 466.4 468.3 166.5 166.6 167.7 168.7 408.9 418.1 417.7 418.7

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298.7 299.6 300.2 300.2 128.3 127.8 128.0 128.7 218.6 219.3 221.1 220.1

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.4 80.6 81.6 81.6 47.7 47.8 47.7 48.0 62.7 61.7 62.6 62.8

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.2 33.2 34.1 34.2 30.0 30.1 30.8 30.6 166.0 166.9 166.6 167.7

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,740.1 1,758.4 1,751.8 1,755.0 557.1 572.5 570.8 572.4 1,310.8 1,339.5 1,347.8 1,357.7

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 935.1 945.0 950.0 951.8 240.9 239.7 239.6 242.0 665.4 675.5 678.3 682.3

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121.3 120.7 121.6 121.2 28.7 28.4 28.5 28.4 81.8 82.0 82.9 84.2

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139.4 141.5 141.4 141.8 34.8 36.2 36.5 36.7 89.5 90.2 90.4 90.7

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,217.3 1,215.1 1,212.0 1,217.9 389.7 392.1 395.4 396.6 935.8 941.5 938.1 943.6

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 597.7 598.1 599.7 601.6 135.2 135.8 135.9 136.3 335.4 337.7 338.5 340.1

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315.7 315.5 314.1 314.9 108.6 111.3 111.0 111.1 138.6 140.7 140.6 142.0

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268.3 268.9 268.1 268.2 78.5 77.8 77.7 77.5 176.7 179.5 181.0 181.6

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400.1 406.4 407.2 408.5 93.7 93.0 92.9 93.2 215.4 213.7 214.3 215.4

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385.2 376.4 377.5 377.7 92.4 91.4 91.2 90.3 209.8 215.9 213.9 211.7

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120.4 119.9 119.7 120.6 31.2 31.5 31.6 31.3 66.3 67.5 67.8 67.8

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468.0 465.7 467.5 469.2 145.5 146.0 145.1 144.4 444.2 442.3 448.8 444.0

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579.3 577.7 577.8 579.5 221.3 221.9 221.7 221.9 562.9 571.8 573.4 574.1

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 788.0 788.2 790.1 791.7 217.4 218.8 219.1 218.9 646.2 649.8 651.5 655.5

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539.7 540.1 541.0 541.4 180.0 179.4 178.6 178.2 373.7 376.1 377.0 372.4

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231.8 233.3 232.4 231.6 44.0 44.9 45.0 45.4 107.4 112.4 112.6 112.9

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 547.8 545.4 548.7 550.1 172.2 174.2 174.6 175.7 380.6 390.8 392.1 395.8

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94.8 94.9 94.6 94.2 24.2 24.7 24.6 24.5 40.8 41.8 41.8 41.9

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203.4 203.4 203.8 204.0 73.7 74.4 74.5 74.6 117.3 117.9 117.8 117.7

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246.9 255.2 252.5 253.3 64.4 65.5 65.3 65.7 179.8 182.5 183.3 184.2

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140.5 140.4 141.9 142.5 35.0 35.1 35.0 35.2 81.3 81.5 81.5 81.1

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 878.9 891.1 896.1 902.8 248.0 246.4 247.3 247.8 666.9 667.3 674.7 675.0

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137.4 136.2 137.1 138.1 33.6 34.6 34.7 35.2 104.2 104.4 104.7 105.1

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,575.5 1,578.8 1,573.0 1,579.3 713.7 719.7 721.6 723.4 1,308.9 1,329.9 1,331.6 1,336.8

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 824.7 833.7 832.8 837.0 230.2 235.0 235.7 237.4 614.9 631.7 634.6 634.8

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95.1 94.2 93.9 94.4 24.3 24.5 24.1 24.2 34.5 34.1 33.9 34.0

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,027.3 1,021.2 1,025.0 1,030.6 305.0 310.7 311.0 312.1 726.7 714.2 720.1 722.7

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303.1 306.1 305.7 305.0 78.4 79.6 78.9 79.4 183.0 186.0 186.2 187.1

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349.3 352.0 352.8 354.8 99.0 101.2 101.4 101.3 242.5 245.8 245.4 244.5

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,128.7 1,128.2 1,130.5 1,131.4 319.7 322.5 322.6 324.5 798.0 809.5 810.6 809.9

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.7 75.9 76.1 76.6 35.8 36.7 36.5 36.7 67.0 68.9 68.5 69.1

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398.7 398.7 400.1 402.3 101.6 101.6 101.5 102.1 276.7 278.7 276.8 279.5

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87.6 86.2 86.4 86.9 29.2 29.6 29.8 29.7 31.4 31.8 32.5 32.2

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 621.1 620.5 622.4 625.4 156.9 159.4 159.5 161.4 406.0 409.6 407.4 410.2

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,440.6 2,470.4 2,475.9 2,487.7 747.1 764.5 765.0 769.9 1,654.2 1,691.9 1,705.3 1,718.5

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275.4 281.4 283.0 283.8 83.2 84.9 85.3 84.8 203.9 206.8 207.7 209.6

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.4 54.8 55.1 55.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 28.2 28.1 28.1 28.1

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 663.8 662.0 660.1 664.1 203.8 206.2 205.1 205.1 724.8 730.0 735.0 738.9

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 618.9 633.8 638.6 642.1 152.3 156.4 157.0 158.3 410.6 423.3 425.3 426.4

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132.0 131.9 131.9 133.0 26.7 26.8 26.9 26.8 66.3 66.6 65.8 65.9

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 544.4 539.6 541.4 541.4 153.2 150.8 151.1 151.5 322.2 327.9 326.0 324.4

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.1 52.4 52.7 53.2 10.8 10.9 11.0 11.0 18.0 19.1 19.3 19.0

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174.1 161.0 162.6 163.6 42.6 41.9 41.8 41.8 115.8 113.1 113.1 113.5

Virgin Islands1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.9 7.2 7.2 7.3 – – – – – – – –

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

components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.

p Preliminary

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

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

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Education and health services Leisure and hospitality Government

Feb.

2017

Dec.

2017

Jan.

2018

Feb.

2018p

Feb.

2017

Dec.

2017

Jan.

2018

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2018p

Feb.

2017

Dec.

2017

Jan.

2018

Feb.

2018p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240.6 243.0 243.1 244.5 201.3 204.9 206.4 206.2 384.1 384.4 384.5 384.1

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.3 49.7 49.8 49.9 35.1 35.5 35.8 36.0 81.6 80.4 80.9 80.8

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423.2 431.7 433.9 436.8 315.1 323.9 322.6 322.3 412.7 412.7 413.3 412.8

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186.2 188.0 187.7 187.8 116.3 115.7 116.0 116.4 210.7 211.3 211.3 211.3

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,602.3 2,675.6 2,691.6 2,694.4 1,933.4 1,979.6 1,987.1 1,989.1 2,543.1 2,579.1 2,574.8 2,572.3

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331.0 334.5 337.1 338.0 329.2 340.4 339.8 340.1 434.9 440.0 439.7 439.3

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333.5 336.1 337.6 337.9 156.2 154.6 154.7 155.8 235.0 231.1 230.7 230.8

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77.7 78.3 78.1 78.1 50.4 49.0 49.3 49.1 66.0 66.4 66.1 65.1

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134.0 137.2 136.3 133.9 75.1 76.9 77.0 77.9 241.3 238.5 238.7 238.4

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,269.2 1,279.8 1,283.6 1,287.7 1,193.4 1,221.7 1,224.7 1,219.0 1,105.6 1,111.4 1,110.7 1,111.8

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 564.7 579.0 580.2 582.2 474.5 485.6 483.6 488.2 685.3 686.4 691.0 690.4

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83.6 86.1 85.8 86.3 121.9 126.1 127.2 127.3 127.2 125.5 125.0 125.8

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101.6 104.8 105.6 105.6 74.1 76.4 77.0 77.1 121.8 125.1 125.3 125.4

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 920.8 923.7 925.2 923.4 606.2 613.9 617.3 614.4 829.9 830.8 830.6 837.9

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463.4 476.7 476.2 475.3 309.0 306.6 307.9 306.4 424.8 426.0 425.5 427.5

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233.0 232.2 232.1 232.9 143.5 146.4 145.2 145.9 259.2 259.2 260.7 259.7

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197.0 198.5 199.3 198.7 128.8 131.2 131.3 131.7 255.7 256.8 257.1 257.4

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271.5 273.0 271.7 271.5 196.5 197.6 196.1 196.3 315.8 314.6 315.5 315.1

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313.5 315.6 317.6 317.8 231.6 236.3 237.2 237.8 328.2 325.6 325.3 325.3

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126.7 128.5 129.0 128.8 67.3 66.1 66.2 66.5 100.0 99.8 99.9 100.1

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456.0 467.4 469.9 469.8 281.1 273.0 274.1 273.2 505.3 503.4 503.5 503.8

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 791.6 795.6 790.6 797.5 365.5 375.6 374.7 374.7 452.8 452.8 450.9 451.5

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 669.8 671.7 673.6 674.9 431.3 437.9 438.4 442.0 600.7 610.0 606.3 606.2

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 529.8 540.3 539.0 539.5 270.1 269.2 271.0 274.4 420.8 427.0 429.7 428.6

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142.7 145.7 145.8 145.6 134.1 136.4 136.7 137.1 242.8 243.1 242.4 242.7

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463.2 467.1 469.0 469.8 304.1 307.8 304.4 303.7 434.1 432.3 433.1 433.2

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.2 77.0 76.9 76.8 64.8 66.5 66.8 67.0 90.5 91.7 91.9 91.7

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155.0 154.9 154.9 155.0 92.1 93.5 94.2 94.3 173.1 172.0 172.7 172.4

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131.2 136.8 137.3 137.7 349.7 349.1 350.1 353.4 160.0 163.2 164.8 163.6

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123.1 124.7 125.0 125.4 70.4 71.7 71.0 72.3 90.1 89.8 89.9 90.0

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 687.0 704.5 706.7 709.1 373.6 380.8 376.1 377.8 613.8 614.0 616.0 614.8

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139.0 140.1 140.2 139.7 96.1 97.8 97.8 98.1 187.4 187.2 187.2 187.5

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,988.8 2,026.2 2,023.7 2,028.4 937.1 947.5 949.0 953.4 1,450.0 1,449.1 1,450.8 1,450.1

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 596.7 602.7 602.5 601.4 491.2 496.7 499.2 499.7 729.0 734.5 735.7 736.0

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.8 63.1 63.2 63.6 39.5 37.7 37.6 37.8 83.2 81.6 81.0 80.8

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 925.2 929.7 932.3 935.8 558.3 566.1 564.1 565.9 783.0 782.0 788.9 782.7

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233.4 236.1 235.4 236.5 165.9 171.6 171.2 172.6 349.2 351.0 351.5 351.2

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270.4 276.8 296.5 296.4 203.9 213.5 213.0 213.6 309.2 309.9 292.8 293.4

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,235.3 1,270.0 1,266.0 1,270.1 564.0 572.9 577.0 576.9 702.6 699.7 700.5 699.2

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.6 108.0 108.0 107.4 58.2 57.7 58.0 58.4 60.5 60.9 60.7 60.6

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244.8 248.7 248.8 249.9 253.1 259.6 259.3 260.7 364.2 366.8 367.2 367.3

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71.1 73.1 72.7 72.5 47.1 47.5 46.9 47.3 79.0 79.7 80.0 80.0

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429.9 436.5 436.2 438.2 326.0 335.5 339.9 342.6 429.7 430.9 430.6 431.4

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,658.4 1,674.3 1,679.6 1,683.7 1,308.4 1,359.7 1,357.2 1,353.9 1,937.4 1,942.7 1,941.4 1,939.1

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196.0 201.3 202.1 202.7 141.4 149.8 149.1 149.3 242.5 245.7 246.9 247.2

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.1 65.9 65.8 65.9 36.9 37.2 36.8 37.0 55.5 55.9 55.9 55.7

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528.7 528.9 532.1 532.6 405.5 397.9 400.5 405.4 716.6 716.1 715.6 716.4

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469.6 482.1 482.8 485.4 328.8 336.0 335.8 335.8 581.4 590.7 591.2 591.7

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130.2 130.9 132.1 131.6 73.9 74.0 74.0 75.1 155.2 153.6 153.7 154.0

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449.0 453.0 453.5 453.7 280.5 283.3 283.6 282.0 408.6 406.3 407.4 409.2

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.7 27.9 28.2 28.1 36.1 36.2 36.8 36.5 70.5 69.4 69.5 69.4

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121.7 116.4 116.0 115.8 81.6 77.0 77.8 78.3 222.5 211.6 210.8 210.1

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.4 7.7 6.1 6.0 6.1 10.8 10.5 10.6 10.4

p Preliminary

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

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Total Mining and logging Construction

January February January February January February

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

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,982.5 2,001.0 1,996.5 2,015.8 9.6 9.8 9.7 9.9 83.2 83.0 84.0 84.1

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310.5 310.1 317.3 316.5 13.1 12.4 13.1 12.9 12.2 13.5 12.8 13.0

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,731.2 2,791.7 2,758.9 2,822.8 11.3 11.6 11.4 11.6 136.8 148.8 138.5 150.5

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,216.6 1,222.9 1,230.1 1,232.1 5.8 5.5 5.9 5.5 48.7 49.0 49.5 49.8

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,457.4 16,874.9 16,576.3 16,967.4 20.9 21.4 20.7 21.2 746.5 813.5 761.1 834.5

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,591.6 2,655.5 2,613.2 2,683.1 23.5 27.7 24.0 27.8 151.9 160.8 153.6 164.7

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,657.6 1,661.8 1,656.6 1,666.1 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 53.0 50.6 52.3 51.8

Delaware1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446.5 446.9 446.6 447.5 – – – – 20.7 21.4 20.9 21.8

District of Columbia1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 779.5 786.8 784.1 792.2 – – – – 14.5 15.3 14.8 15.4

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,487.9 8,642.9 8,550.9 8,716.9 5.7 5.6 5.7 5.6 487.9 514.9 494.6 527.1

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,366.8 4,443.5 4,392.5 4,483.8 9.4 9.6 9.4 9.9 178.4 183.2 180.1 189.0

Hawaii1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 645.5 653.8 651.8 662.4 – – – – 35.9 36.5 36.1 36.6

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 688.4 713.4 695.1 720.6 3.6 3.4 3.5 3.3 39.0 43.1 39.8 44.3

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,907.3 5,943.8 5,936.3 5,991.3 7.6 7.3 7.6 7.3 191.4 193.4 194.7 196.9

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,041.8 3,061.5 3,058.9 3,082.1 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.8 124.2 126.6 124.6 128.8

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,536.3 1,548.8 1,547.4 1,559.5 1.9 1.9 2.0 2.0 66.9 61.8 66.9 60.8

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,379.9 1,391.4 1,395.5 1,404.0 6.6 6.9 6.6 6.9 57.5 55.4 58.4 54.2

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,886.7 1,894.3 1,893.8 1,903.3 10.1 10.2 10.2 10.3 71.5 70.9 72.0 71.0

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,950.3 1,951.4 1,967.8 1,966.2 34.6 33.6 34.6 33.7 141.4 139.0 144.8 144.3

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 601.7 601.6 600.6 605.0 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 25.5 25.1 24.9 25.0

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,659.8 2,666.0 2,679.1 2,688.3 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.2 156.3 156.8 157.2 158.8

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,506.7 3,538.6 3,520.2 3,561.7 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 137.5 145.6 134.7 146.2

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,281.6 4,316.8 4,297.1 4,348.5 6.6 6.9 6.5 7.0 143.5 151.2 142.0 153.2

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,866.5 2,889.2 2,872.9 2,895.9 6.1 6.1 6.2 6.2 100.7 105.1 100.8 105.8

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,137.6 1,149.4 1,147.0 1,158.0 7.0 6.6 6.9 6.6 42.4 42.2 43.0 44.3

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,802.6 2,833.5 2,826.2 2,860.5 4.0 4.0 4.1 4.1 115.5 111.5 116.7 113.1

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457.6 463.7 459.6 465.5 6.7 6.7 6.7 6.7 23.5 24.6 24.1 24.2

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 998.4 1,003.6 1,004.3 1,006.7 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.0 46.1 44.2 46.8 44.3

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,306.9 1,346.2 1,314.9 1,356.9 13.9 14.1 13.9 14.2 77.1 85.7 78.8 86.3

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 661.3 668.1 662.7 672.3 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.8 24.4 25.8 24.2 25.5

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,021.5 4,066.4 4,036.3 4,098.9 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.3 143.8 141.5 144.6 144.4

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 818.5 826.0 824.7 835.7 19.6 20.2 20.0 20.7 42.8 46.9 43.3 46.8

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,272.6 9,361.8 9,362.2 9,459.1 4.2 4.4 4.4 4.5 355.4 355.5 353.7 360.0

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,319.9 4,396.3 4,355.7 4,428.0 5.6 5.7 5.6 5.7 198.8 205.7 202.4 208.7

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421.3 415.6 422.8 418.2 15.4 17.9 15.9 17.8 23.8 20.3 23.5 20.1

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,404.8 5,433.0 5,427.1 5,483.8 10.4 11.4 10.6 11.3 187.6 194.8 189.6 197.9

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,624.6 1,655.8 1,638.8 1,673.2 44.1 49.8 45.1 50.3 75.0 76.4 74.9 78.0

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,814.8 1,867.4 1,842.5 1,884.0 6.6 6.7 6.7 6.8 87.2 95.6 90.2 97.7

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,811.5 5,879.4 5,850.0 5,925.1 24.1 26.8 24.6 27.2 221.1 231.5 220.9 232.3

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477.5 483.6 481.1 487.4 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 16.4 17.3 16.2 16.6

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,045.7 2,073.9 2,063.4 2,094.9 4.2 4.3 4.2 4.3 99.0 101.9 99.8 101.8

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421.3 425.6 422.8 428.1 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 19.2 19.9 19.1 19.9

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,947.4 2,990.6 2,973.5 3,021.1 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 113.6 116.8 115.5 118.3

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,990.6 12,267.9 12,083.1 12,371.7 208.8 232.9 212.6 240.6 688.4 722.7 699.5 735.6

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,432.0 1,473.5 1,442.1 1,487.8 8.1 8.3 8.2 8.2 88.4 96.0 89.5 96.2

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311.8 312.9 311.7 314.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 13.5 13.3 13.0 13.3

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,874.4 3,894.5 3,900.9 3,945.5 7.9 8.2 8.0 8.2 183.9 190.9 185.1 193.5

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,234.5 3,331.5 3,252.1 3,351.3 5.9 5.9 6.0 5.9 184.8 198.4 187.7 198.6

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 729.5 732.4 734.4 739.9 20.5 22.4 20.9 22.7 26.1 29.1 26.2 29.4

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,870.4 2,892.9 2,890.4 2,912.3 3.5 4.1 3.6 4.2 102.0 105.0 102.3 105.0

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272.0 276.6 273.0 277.9 18.5 20.6 18.7 20.7 17.5 17.3 17.4 17.3

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 881.2 842.4 881.3 845.1 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 20.6 19.1 20.5 19.4

Virgin Islands1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.2 35.5 38.3 35.6 – – – – 1.6 2.0 1.6 2.0

1 Mining and logging is combined with construction.

p Preliminary

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

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Manufacturing Trade, transportation, and utilities Information

January February January February January February

2017 2018 2017 2018p

2017 2018 2017 2018p2017 2018 2017 2018p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261.5 263.4 262.8 265.2 376.8 375.8 375.4 376.6 20.5 21.1 20.7 21.0

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.6 9.5 12.7 12.9 61.0 59.2 61.0 59.0 6.1 5.8 6.1 5.8

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160.9 168.8 162.1 169.4 521.8 526.8 519.4 527.4 44.6 44.7 45.3 45.2

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155.8 158.4 156.1 157.6 249.5 247.8 248.4 246.4 13.4 12.4 13.4 12.3

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,298.5 1,303.0 1,301.7 1,312.1 3,019.1 3,077.9 2,984.8 3,038.6 515.4 522.8 537.2 531.9

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142.2 143.4 142.3 145.4 456.3 464.3 453.5 463.2 71.3 73.4 71.6 74.1

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157.0 162.2 156.9 161.8 299.1 300.7 292.9 294.7 31.7 30.5 31.9 30.5

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.9 25.8 26.0 25.8 80.6 80.6 79.4 79.9 4.6 4.3 4.6 4.3

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.3 32.7 33.8 32.9 34.0 17.1 18.5 17.4 18.6

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358.6 366.4 361.2 370.8 1,742.7 1,758.1 1,734.4 1,750.4 137.8 136.9 139.6 137.8

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393.1 400.0 395.0 401.7 929.9 945.7 927.0 944.0 113.2 110.5 114.9 111.6

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.9 13.8 14.1 14.1 121.7 121.8 120.4 120.4 8.9 8.8 9.1 9.0

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.7 67.7 65.0 68.0 136.9 139.2 136.4 138.9 9.0 9.2 9.0 9.2

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563.0 580.8 564.5 583.1 1,205.0 1,198.6 1,194.1 1,192.6 98.3 94.5 98.5 93.5

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 525.2 530.0 526.8 531.8 590.1 591.1 587.4 589.6 32.4 29.8 32.2 29.7

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212.1 222.2 211.9 222.5 311.5 311.1 310.1 310.0 22.0 21.3 21.9 21.6

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159.7 161.3 160.6 162.2 266.0 266.5 265.0 265.5 20.0 19.4 19.8 19.0

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249.5 250.3 249.9 252.0 395.7 404.0 394.0 402.3 22.6 22.0 22.6 22.0

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133.6 134.0 134.2 135.3 383.4 375.7 381.0 375.0 21.9 21.6 24.2 22.8

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.9 49.9 49.7 50.4 118.0 118.0 115.4 116.4 7.6 7.2 7.5 7.2

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.2 106.7 105.5 107.9 464.2 463.7 457.1 459.7 37.5 35.5 38.2 36.0

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243.4 245.0 242.8 245.1 574.9 573.8 564.9 564.9 89.7 89.8 90.8 89.4

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610.2 611.3 611.0 614.6 776.8 780.3 770.1 774.4 56.5 55.5 56.3 55.0

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313.9 314.0 313.9 314.1 531.9 535.0 527.6 531.2 50.4 49.7 50.3 49.0

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143.6 143.6 144.2 144.8 230.9 231.9 229.5 229.4 11.7 11.1 11.8 11.3

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262.8 267.3 264.5 269.4 541.4 544.4 539.0 543.6 51.2 52.3 51.1 52.2

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.4 19.7 19.5 19.7 93.1 92.8 92.6 92.2 6.4 6.5 6.3 6.5

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96.8 99.4 97.3 99.5 200.6 201.7 200.0 200.7 18.4 17.6 18.4 17.5

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.6 50.7 45.0 51.5 245.3 251.4 243.6 249.8 14.4 14.2 14.2 14.2

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.5 69.2 68.4 69.6 140.0 141.6 137.2 138.8 12.6 12.4 12.4 12.4

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241.3 244.3 241.5 246.9 872.4 891.3 862.1 888.0 70.8 69.0 72.0 69.8

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.1 27.0 25.9 26.9 136.9 135.9 135.6 136.0 12.9 11.2 11.9 11.4

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442.4 438.1 443.2 438.6 1,566.2 1,567.4 1,543.8 1,550.9 262.9 261.3 266.4 264.3

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462.7 467.9 465.2 468.7 815.5 823.8 812.4 825.7 78.2 80.4 78.6 81.8

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.9 24.6 23.9 24.6 94.2 93.3 93.9 93.2 6.6 6.4 6.6 6.4

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 682.8 689.9 680.8 693.5 1,016.6 1,015.1 1,007.6 1,014.2 71.4 70.9 71.5 70.0

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125.4 129.2 126.6 129.4 300.9 302.5 299.0 301.4 20.9 19.9 20.9 19.8

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184.4 187.9 185.4 189.1 345.1 349.2 343.7 348.5 33.6 33.6 34.1 33.8

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 556.0 559.8 556.1 560.7 1,126.4 1,125.2 1,112.1 1,116.1 83.0 80.5 83.5 80.5

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.1 41.0 40.1 41.2 75.5 75.1 75.0 74.9 6.2 5.9 6.3 5.9

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237.9 244.1 239.2 244.6 392.6 394.9 392.1 397.0 27.3 27.4 27.5 27.6

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.9 43.1 42.2 43.8 86.3 85.5 85.7 85.3 5.8 5.7 5.7 5.7

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346.0 346.4 347.7 348.8 614.5 618.7 612.5 618.9 45.1 45.0 45.8 45.4

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 837.5 856.1 842.3 860.1 2,436.1 2,468.5 2,419.7 2,468.3 201.0 199.3 201.5 198.6

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127.1 130.6 127.9 131.6 272.7 280.2 271.8 282.0 38.0 39.0 38.7 38.9

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.3 28.8 29.1 28.5 55.2 54.8 54.1 54.2 4.6 4.2 4.6 4.3

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231.3 235.7 232.2 238.6 657.0 655.3 650.5 654.7 67.8 67.0 68.4 66.8

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282.5 281.4 282.4 281.4 609.9 632.6 606.4 631.1 123.2 127.9 123.7 128.6

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.3 46.6 46.5 46.9 130.9 130.5 129.1 130.6 9.2 8.3 8.9 8.2

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461.1 471.3 460.3 472.7 536.7 535.2 531.8 530.2 48.7 46.6 48.4 46.7

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.2 9.5 9.1 9.5 51.4 52.0 50.9 52.2 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.7

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72.4 69.8 72.4 70.5 174.7 163.7 172.3 162.6 17.5 17.2 17.4 17.2

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 8.1 7.3 8.0 7.3 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6

p Preliminary

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

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Financial activities Professional and business services Education and health services

January February January February January February

2017 2018 2017 2018p

2017 2018 2017 2018p2017 2018 2017 2018p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95.5 96.1 95.7 95.8 231.5 236.1 234.2 238.5 237.2 241.1 240.8 245.8

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.5 11.5 11.7 11.6 26.6 26.8 27.4 27.6 49.0 49.6 49.4 50.1

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210.1 216.6 210.8 218.3 415.8 419.8 415.9 422.6 420.2 434.6 424.6 439.0

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.1 53.3 52.4 53.0 139.2 141.0 143.5 143.6 185.1 186.7 186.4 187.9

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 822.3 833.0 823.9 833.9 2,497.1 2,560.3 2,521.4 2,581.7 2,576.2 2,680.2 2,611.4 2,704.8

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165.5 167.2 166.1 168.3 398.5 407.9 400.6 412.9 327.9 335.8 330.7 338.6

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127.9 127.2 127.4 127.8 212.6 214.9 213.1 214.8 330.3 333.3 333.9 340.2

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.3 47.3 47.4 47.6 61.1 61.8 60.5 61.4 76.8 77.5 77.6 78.0

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.8 30.6 30.0 30.4 164.7 165.2 165.0 167.0 134.6 136.3 136.6 137.0

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 552.9 567.0 555.5 570.0 1,300.9 1,333.4 1,308.1 1,350.0 1,261.0 1,282.0 1,272.8 1,294.6

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238.5 238.6 239.5 240.7 652.2 661.6 657.5 672.2 560.5 576.4 564.7 584.0

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.5 28.4 28.5 28.3 81.2 82.5 81.6 84.1 82.9 84.7 83.3 86.5

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.4 36.0 34.5 36.3 86.0 88.0 86.6 88.8 100.9 105.3 102.1 105.8

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385.8 394.0 386.1 396.3 907.4 907.0 910.5 915.2 913.3 917.8 922.5 927.8

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133.5 134.2 134.0 134.9 324.3 331.0 324.9 331.1 459.9 473.3 468.8 476.7

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108.0 110.4 107.9 110.3 133.8 136.8 135.3 139.4 229.0 230.4 235.1 235.3

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78.1 77.4 78.1 77.1 172.3 177.4 173.0 178.1 195.1 198.0 196.8 198.7

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93.1 92.3 93.1 92.7 213.2 211.4 210.5 210.7 267.9 269.3 271.7 272.7

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91.7 91.1 91.9 90.2 206.3 211.6 209.9 210.5 311.6 315.8 313.3 317.5

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.8 31.2 30.7 30.9 64.2 65.1 64.6 65.7 126.7 128.6 127.2 129.5

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143.9 144.0 144.4 143.6 433.7 435.8 433.8 436.5 450.3 463.8 455.3 471.3

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218.8 219.5 219.0 219.6 543.9 556.2 546.2 559.0 779.4 783.0 793.4 801.0

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215.4 216.6 215.3 216.2 637.2 640.3 638.7 648.4 663.6 667.8 669.8 676.0

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178.4 177.5 178.5 177.0 366.1 368.7 365.3 364.9 525.3 533.9 531.4 540.0

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.8 44.8 43.8 45.1 105.9 111.2 107.8 111.8 141.8 146.7 143.6 147.2

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170.2 173.4 170.8 174.6 369.5 383.7 373.9 390.0 458.2 467.0 464.7 473.4

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.0 24.3 23.9 24.1 39.2 40.6 39.5 41.0 76.2 77.0 76.5 77.0

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.2 73.6 73.3 73.9 114.9 115.6 115.1 115.6 153.2 154.6 154.7 155.7

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.5 64.7 64.2 65.3 180.6 181.4 177.8 182.2 129.7 135.9 131.0 137.3

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.8 34.7 34.7 35.1 79.1 79.1 79.4 79.3 123.3 124.5 123.6 126.2

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244.8 245.2 245.5 245.8 646.3 649.8 647.9 653.0 682.3 701.6 687.6 710.8

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.6 34.7 33.6 35.1 102.0 103.8 102.8 104.3 139.3 140.3 140.1 140.1

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 706.0 715.8 707.6 717.1 1,273.9 1,302.3 1,283.4 1,311.2 1,954.0 1,998.8 2,011.0 2,046.2

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226.9 233.4 227.7 234.8 598.0 621.2 606.0 624.6 590.2 597.7 597.2 603.5

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.1 24.0 24.1 24.2 33.4 32.9 33.3 33.3 62.6 63.0 62.8 63.5

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302.3 308.0 302.8 309.1 707.4 699.5 708.4 705.9 916.8 921.2 925.4 940.1

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77.8 78.7 78.0 79.5 178.3 182.3 180.5 184.3 231.3 234.8 232.7 237.1

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97.2 100.8 97.5 100.8 234.1 238.8 238.2 240.1 265.6 294.7 273.3 298.5

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316.5 320.0 317.7 322.0 783.0 790.2 781.2 791.8 1,219.5 1,249.5 1,249.6 1,283.2

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.5 36.4 35.6 36.4 64.2 65.9 64.8 66.7 104.2 106.3 106.8 108.8

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.2 100.7 100.5 100.9 270.2 270.3 273.5 275.6 241.7 247.4 245.0 250.5

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.0 29.6 28.9 29.4 30.6 31.9 30.6 31.6 70.4 72.0 70.8 72.2

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154.8 158.8 156.0 160.3 397.0 401.1 399.1 405.1 424.5 432.0 430.7 439.5

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 741.4 761.5 744.3 765.5 1,629.6 1,680.0 1,643.7 1,702.8 1,642.8 1,671.6 1,658.3 1,683.1

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82.7 84.9 83.0 84.3 199.6 201.3 199.4 204.3 196.5 202.2 198.5 205.5

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.9 12.2 11.9 12.2 26.9 26.9 26.9 27.1 64.5 65.1 64.6 65.9

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201.2 202.8 202.0 204.2 710.2 719.3 716.2 730.3 527.6 527.9 531.1 537.0

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149.8 155.4 150.8 156.9 399.8 415.4 402.8 419.3 465.8 482.2 472.1 489.4

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.5 26.5 26.5 26.5 64.8 64.6 65.2 65.1 130.1 131.1 130.5 131.7

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151.7 149.9 151.7 150.3 314.2 317.8 314.8 316.9 443.1 448.8 450.3 454.5

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.7 10.9 10.7 10.9 17.1 18.5 17.1 18.3 27.7 28.3 27.8 28.4

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.4 41.7 42.4 41.6 115.4 112.3 115.3 113.5 119.0 113.3 121.1 115.3

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 3.2 3.1 3.2 3.1 2.5 2.4 2.5 2.4

p Preliminary

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

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Leisure and hospitality Other services Government

January February January February January February

2017 2018 2017 2018p

2017 2018 2017 2018p2017 2018 2017 2018p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192.2 197.5 195.7 199.9 92.5 93.6 92.8 92.9 382.0 383.5 384.7 386.1

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.8 30.9 30.1 31.4 10.7 10.8 10.8 10.8 80.9 80.1 82.2 81.4

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309.5 318.7 316.8 323.2 87.3 88.6 88.2 88.4 412.9 412.7 425.9 427.2

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110.6 110.7 112.5 112.9 48.0 48.7 48.2 48.8 208.4 209.4 213.8 214.3

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,871.8 1,931.6 1,895.7 1,954.2 547.7 557.2 554.8 558.9 2,541.9 2,574.0 2,563.6 2,595.6

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324.9 338.8 325.9 338.5 106.5 107.1 107.5 106.8 423.1 429.1 437.4 442.8

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146.1 146.0 145.7 145.9 63.9 64.8 63.7 64.4 235.5 231.1 238.3 233.7

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.4 44.1 45.9 44.2 18.5 18.4 18.5 18.5 65.6 65.7 65.8 66.0

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71.3 73.6 72.7 75.9 73.0 74.4 73.7 75.8 240.6 237.8 239.8 236.8

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,179.8 1,209.8 1,202.8 1,226.9 346.1 346.3 348.2 350.6 1,114.5 1,122.5 1,128.0 1,133.1

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454.4 468.0 459.8 475.0 155.6 159.2 156.5 159.9 681.6 690.7 688.1 695.8

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120.4 126.8 121.8 127.0 27.4 27.9 27.7 28.1 124.7 122.6 129.2 128.3

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69.8 73.5 70.9 74.1 23.9 25.1 24.1 25.0 120.2 122.9 123.2 126.9

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 572.6 585.0 575.7 583.0 248.6 248.7 248.6 248.7 814.3 816.7 833.5 846.9

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292.5 291.1 295.8 292.4 124.7 123.4 124.9 123.5 429.3 425.3 433.8 437.8

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134.5 135.9 136.1 137.6 57.0 56.4 57.1 56.0 259.6 260.6 263.1 264.0

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121.8 125.5 124.4 127.3 50.0 49.3 50.8 50.4 252.8 254.3 262.0 264.6

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184.4 183.6 187.3 186.4 64.7 66.7 65.3 67.0 314.0 313.6 317.2 316.2

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226.2 231.9 229.4 234.1 73.5 73.3 73.6 74.6 326.1 323.8 330.9 328.2

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.1 54.4 55.9 55.0 21.4 20.7 21.1 21.3 99.2 99.1 101.3 101.3

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260.1 253.0 262.7 252.0 112.2 112.6 112.5 112.0 495.1 492.9 511.1 509.3

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336.3 342.9 334.3 339.9 132.8 135.9 132.4 135.6 449.0 445.9 460.7 460.0

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406.2 413.0 408.5 417.2 164.6 169.8 165.2 169.5 601.0 604.1 613.7 617.0

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254.0 252.4 255.0 256.2 115.1 114.6 114.9 115.0 424.6 432.2 429.0 436.5

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129.1 130.7 130.9 133.0 39.9 40.1 40.2 40.3 241.5 240.5 245.3 244.2

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280.7 280.8 285.0 284.6 115.1 115.7 115.1 114.6 434.0 433.4 441.3 440.9

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.8 62.2 61.1 63.1 18.1 18.6 18.3 18.8 90.2 90.7 91.1 92.2

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86.3 88.8 87.6 89.4 36.3 35.5 36.4 35.8 171.7 171.7 173.8 173.3

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341.5 343.9 344.8 348.4 39.7 41.2 39.8 41.6 156.6 163.0 161.8 166.1

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.6 66.1 65.1 67.1 23.8 24.7 23.8 24.1 88.3 89.2 93.0 93.4

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338.9 339.8 340.8 341.9 169.2 169.8 169.0 171.8 610.5 612.9 624.1 625.2

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93.4 94.5 93.6 95.9 27.3 27.7 27.6 27.9 184.6 183.8 190.3 190.6

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 872.8 880.0 885.4 896.2 405.8 409.2 406.2 413.3 1,429.0 1,429.0 1,457.1 1,456.8

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461.5 470.6 468.1 474.3 148.9 149.1 149.6 150.2 733.6 740.8 742.9 750.0

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.8 36.3 38.1 36.8 16.1 16.0 16.1 16.3 83.4 80.9 84.6 82.0

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 519.2 525.3 525.3 531.5 212.3 217.4 213.1 218.4 778.0 779.5 792.0 791.9

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158.8 165.0 160.9 167.9 65.6 68.7 66.5 70.1 346.5 348.5 353.7 355.4

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193.0 201.9 196.0 204.3 61.1 65.0 62.4 65.7 306.9 293.2 315.0 298.7

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528.0 539.8 530.3 539.0 257.3 259.4 257.3 259.6 696.6 696.7 716.7 712.7

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.9 51.8 52.6 52.6 22.4 22.5 22.5 22.9 60.9 61.2 61.0 61.2

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234.8 240.4 240.1 245.2 74.5 76.6 74.6 77.8 363.3 365.9 366.9 369.6

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.9 41.4 43.3 42.6 16.3 16.6 16.3 16.5 78.1 79.1 79.4 80.3

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310.1 322.3 312.5 327.5 111.0 113.1 111.9 114.3 426.8 432.4 437.8 439.0

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,260.7 1,316.6 1,278.8 1,326.0 413.2 423.1 419.2 427.5 1,931.1 1,935.6 1,963.2 1,963.6

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137.8 146.2 140.2 148.6 39.2 39.4 39.4 39.1 241.9 245.4 245.5 249.1

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.4 40.2 39.3 40.4 9.9 10.2 9.9 10.1 55.9 56.5 57.6 58.0

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376.9 373.0 383.4 383.1 199.2 202.4 199.7 204.6 711.4 712.0 724.3 724.5

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314.1 321.0 315.9 323.4 116.4 118.3 117.3 120.1 582.3 593.0 587.0 596.6

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70.3 69.8 71.0 71.0 53.3 52.8 53.3 52.7 151.5 150.7 156.3 155.1

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259.8 261.0 261.1 259.0 148.7 152.4 149.2 152.0 400.9 400.8 416.9 420.8

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.1 33.4 33.0 33.1 13.7 14.1 13.7 14.1 69.4 68.3 70.9 69.7

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.3 77.7 80.7 77.7 17.5 17.1 17.6 17.2 220.9 210.0 221.1 209.6

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.8 6.1 7.9 6.2 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 10.7 10.4 10.9 10.4

p Preliminary

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

preliminary and will be revised when new information becomes available.
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Map 1. Unemployment rates by state, seasonally February 2018

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Map 2. Percentage change in nonfarm employment by state,

seasonally adjusted, February 2017 - February 2018