For release 10:00 a.m. (ET) Friday, March 22, 2024 USDL-24-0547 

Technical information: 

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STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT — FEBRUARY 2024 

Unemployment rates were higher in February in 3 states, lower in 3 states, and stable in 44 states 

and the District of Columbia, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Twenty-eight 

states had jobless rate increases from a year earlier, 3 states had decreases, and 19 states and the 

District had little change. The national unemployment rate increased by 0.2 percentage point to 

3.9 percent and was 0.3 point higher than in February 2023. 

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

and the District of Columbia in February 2024. Over the year, nonfarm payroll employment 

increased in 25 states and was essentially unchanged in 25 states and the District.

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

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

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

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

payrolls defined by where the establishments are located. For more information about the 

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

Unemployment

North Dakota had the lowest jobless rate in February, 2.0 percent. The next lowest rate was in 

South Dakota, 2.1 percent. California had the highest unemployment rate, 5.3 percent, closely 

followed by Nevada, 5.2 percent. In total, 22 states had unemployment rates lower than the U.S. 

figure of 3.9 percent, 6 states and the District of Columbia had higher rates, and 22 states had 

rates that were not appreciably different from that of the nation. (See tables A and 1 and map 1.)

In February, three states had over-the-month unemployment rate increases: Rhode Island (+0.3 

percentage point) and Connecticut and Washington (+0.1 point each). Three states had rate 

decreases: Tennessee and Wisconsin (-0.2 percentage point each) and Massachusetts (-0.1 point). 

Forty-four states and the District of Columbia had jobless rates that were not notably different 

from those of a month earlier, though some had changes that were at least as large numerically as 

the significant changes. (See table B.) 
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Twenty-eight states had unemployment rate increases from February 2023, the largest of which 

was in Rhode Island (+1.1 percentage points). Three states had over-the-year rate decreases, the 

largest of which was in Massachusetts (-0.7 percentage point). Nineteen states and the District of 

Columbia had jobless rates that were not notably different from those of a year earlier, though 

some had changes that were at least as large numerically as the significant changes. (See table 

C.)

Nonfarm Payroll Employment 

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

and the District of Columbia in February 2024. Job gains occurred in Texas (+49,800, or +0.4 

percent), Illinois (+23,100, or +0.4 percent), Michigan (+15,200, or +0.3 percent), and Iowa 

(+11,000, or +0.7 percent). (See tables D and 3.) 

Over the year, nonfarm payroll employment increased in 25 states and was essentially unchanged 

in 25 states and the District of Columbia. The largest job gains occurred in Texas (+291,400), 

Florida (+226,200), and California (+179,700). The largest percentage increases occurred in 

Nevada (+3.4 percent), Alaska (+3.1 percent), and South Carolina (+3.0 percent). (See table E 

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 3, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. (ET). The State 

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

Friday, April 19, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. (ET). 
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State Rate p

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

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

California ............................................................ 5.3

District of Columbia ............................................. 5.1

Florida ................................................................ 3.1

Georgia .............................................................. 3.1

Hawaii ................................................................ 3.1

Idaho ................................................................. 3.3

Illinois ................................................................. 4.8

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

Kansas ............................................................... 2.7

Maryland ............................................................ 2.4

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

Minnesota ........................................................... 2.7

Mississippi .......................................................... 3.1

Nebraska ............................................................ 2.5

Nevada ............................................................... 5.2

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

New Jersey ........................................................ 4.8

New York ........................................................... 4.4

North Dakota ...................................................... 2.0

Pennsylvania ....................................................... 3.4

South Carolina .................................................... 3.1

South Dakota ...................................................... 2.1

Utah ................................................................... 2.8

Vermont ............................................................. 2.3

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

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

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

Wyoming ............................................................ 2.8

1

 Data are not preliminary.

p

 = preliminary.

Table A. States with unemployment rates significantly different from that

of the U.S., February 2024, seasonally adjusted
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Table B. States with statistically significant unemployment rate changes from January 2024

to February 2024, seasonally adjusted

January 2024 February 2024 p

Connecticut .................................. 4.4 4.5 0.1

Massachusetts ............................. 3.0 2.9 -.1

Rhode Island ................................ 3.6 3.9 .3

Tennessee ................................... 3.5 3.3 -.2

Washington .................................. 4.6 4.7 .1

Wisconsin ..................................... 3.2 3.0 -.2

p

 = preliminary.

State

Rate Over-the-month 

change p
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Table C. States with statistically significant unemployment rate changes from February 2023

to February 2024, seasonally adjusted

February 2023 February 2024 p

Alabama ...................................... 2.3 3.0 0.7

Alaska ......................................... 3.9 4.7 .8

Arizona ........................................ 3.7 4.1 .4

Arkansas ...................................... 2.9 3.6 .7

California ...................................... 4.5 5.3 .8

Colorado ...................................... 3.0 3.5 .5

Connecticut .................................. 3.5 4.5 1.0

Florida ......................................... 2.8 3.1 .3

Idaho ........................................... 2.9 3.3 .4

Illinois .......................................... 4.3 4.8 .5

Indiana ......................................... 3.2 3.5 .3

Louisiana ...................................... 3.6 4.2 .6

Maine .......................................... 2.4 3.4 1.0

Massachusetts ............................. 3.6 2.9 -.7

Missouri ....................................... 2.8 3.3 .5

Montana ....................................... 2.5 3.4 .9

Nebraska ..................................... 2.1 2.5 .4

New Hampshire ............................ 1.9 2.6 .7

New Jersey .................................. 4.0 4.8 .8

New Mexico ................................. 3.6 3.9 .3

New York ..................................... 4.0 4.4 .4

Oklahoma .................................... 3.0 3.6 .6

Oregon ........................................ 3.6 4.2 .6

Pennsylvania ................................ 3.7 3.4 -.3

Rhode Island ................................ 2.8 3.9 1.1

Utah ............................................. 2.5 2.8 .3

Vermont ....................................... 1.9 2.3 .4

Washington .................................. 4.0 4.7 .7

West Virginia ................................ 3.5 4.3 .8

Wisconsin ..................................... 2.6 3.0 .4

Wyoming ...................................... 3.1 2.8 -.3

p

 = preliminary.

State

Rate Over-the-year 

change p
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Table D. States with statistically significant employment changes from January 2024 to

February 2024, seasonally adjusted

January February

2024 2024 p Level Percent

Illinois .......................................... 6,099,700 6,122,800 23,100 0.4

Iowa ............................................ 1,596,200 1,607,200 11,000 .7

Michigan ...................................... 4,457,100 4,472,300 15,200 .3

Texas .......................................... 14,053,900 14,103,700 49,800 .4

p

 = preliminary.

State Over-the-month change p

Table E. States with statistically significant employment changes from February 2023 to

February 2024, seasonally adjusted

February February

2023 2024 p Level Percent

Alabama ...................................... 2,151,800 2,187,900 36,100 1.7

Alaska ......................................... 324,900 334,900 10,000 3.1

Arizona ........................................ 3,172,000 3,238,100 66,100 2.1

California ..................................... 17,791,400 17,971,100 179,700 1.0

Colorado ...................................... 2,915,500 2,975,800 60,300 2.1

Florida ......................................... 9,661,400 9,887,600 226,200 2.3

Georgia ....................................... 4,889,300 4,938,200 48,900 1.0

Idaho ........................................... 839,000 862,100 23,100 2.8

Indiana ......................................... 3,230,300 3,272,400 42,100 1.3

Minnesota .................................... 2,970,500 3,008,200 37,700 1.3

 

Missouri ....................................... 2,965,400 3,011,400 46,000 1.6

Nebraska ..................................... 1,042,200 1,060,400 18,200 1.7

Nevada ........................................ 1,523,000 1,574,200 51,200 3.4

New Jersey .................................. 4,297,700 4,370,700 73,000 1.7

New York ..................................... 9,669,600 9,802,600 133,000 1.4

North Carolina .............................. 4,909,900 4,981,500 71,600 1.5

Oklahoma .................................... 1,748,200 1,774,800 26,600 1.5

Pennsylvania ................................ 6,060,700 6,131,700 71,000 1.2

South Carolina .............................. 2,283,700 2,351,300 67,600 3.0

South Dakota ............................... 458,400 468,300 9,900 2.2

 

Texas .......................................... 13,812,300 14,103,700 291,400 2.1

Utah ............................................ 1,708,100 1,743,900 35,800 2.1

Virginia ........................................ 4,151,600 4,209,900 58,300 1.4

Washington .................................. 3,583,900 3,630,800 46,900 1.3

West Virginia ................................ 708,200 721,900 13,700 1.9

p

 = preliminary.

State Over-the-year change p
Technical Note

This news release presents civilian labor force and 

unemployment data for states and selected substate areas from 

the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program 

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

employment estimates by state and industry supersector from 

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

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

cooperative endeavors.

Civilian labor force and unemployment—from the 

LAUS program

 Definitions. The civilian labor force and unemployment 

data are based on the same concepts and definitions as those 

used for the official national estimates obtained from the 

Current Population Survey (CPS), a sample survey of 

households that is conducted for the Bureau of Labor Statistics 

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

measures employed people and unemployed people on a place

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

noninstitutional population 16 years of age and older. 

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

profit in the reference week (typically the week including the 

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

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

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

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

illness, or vacation.

 Unemployed people are those who were not employed during 

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

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

reference week, and were currently available for work; people 

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

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

employed and unemployed people. The unemployment rate is 

the number of unemployed as a percent of the civilian labor 

force.

 Method of estimation. Estimates for 48 states, the District 

of Columbia, the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale 

metropolitan division, New York City, and the balances of 

California and New York State are produced using time-series 

models. This method, which underwent substantial 

enhancement at the beginning of 2021, utilizes data from 

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

unemployment insurance (UI) programs. Estimates for the state 

of California are derived by summing the estimates for the Los 

Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale metropolitan division and the 

balance of California. Similarly, estimates for New York State 

are derived by summing the estimates for New York City and 

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

substate areas contained in this release (the Cleveland-Elyria 

and Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metropolitan areas and the 

Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights, Miami-Miami Beach

Kendall, 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 time

series models in 2021, historical data were re-estimated back to 

the series beginnings in 1976, 1990, or 1994.

 Seasonal adjustment. The LAUS models decompose the 

estimates of employed and unemployed people into trend, 

seasonal, and irregular components. The benchmarked signals 

of employed and unemployed people first are adjusted using an 

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

are smoothed using a Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Space 

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

employed and unemployed people are summed to derive the 

civilian labor force, and the unemployment rate then is 

calculated as the unemployed percent of the civilian labor force. 

The resulting smoothed-seasonally adjusted unemployment 

rate estimates are analyzed in this news release and published 

on the BLS website.

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

using an asymmetric filter that incorporates information from 

previous observations only. For annual revisions, historical data 

are smoothed using a two-sided filter.

 Area definitions. The substate area data published in this 

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

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

detailed list of the geographic definitions is available online at 

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

Employment—from the CES program

 Definitions. Employment data refer to people on 

establishment payrolls who receive pay for any part of the pay 

period that includes the 12th of the month. People 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 2022 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 estimates are produced with a model that uses direct 

sample estimates (described above) combined with other 

regressors to compensate for smaller sample sizes. 

 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 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.htm.

 Seasonal adjustment. Payroll employment data are 

seasonally adjusted at the statewide expanded supersector level. 

In some cases, the seasonally adjusted payroll employment total 

is computed by aggregating the independently adjusted 

supersector series. In other cases, the seasonally adjusted 

payroll employment total is independently adjusted. Revisions 

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

year, coincident with annual benchmark adjustments.

 Payroll employment data are seasonally adjusted 

concurrently, using all available estimates, including those for 

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

Concurrent sample-based factors are created every month for 

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

month’s final estimate.

 Caution on aggregating state data. State estimation 

procedures are designed to produce accurate data for each 

individual state. BLS independently develops a national 

employment series; state estimates are not forced to sum to 

national totals. Each state series is subject to larger relative 

sampling and nonsampling errors than the national series.

Summing state estimates cumulates individual state-level errors 

and can cause significant distortions at an aggregate level. Due 

to these statistical limitations, BLS does not compile a "sum-ofstates" employment series and cautions users that such a series 

is subject to a relatively large and volatile error structure.

Reliability of the estimates

 The estimates presented in this release are based on sample 

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

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

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

by chance because a sample rather than the entire population is 

surveyed. Survey data also are subject to nonsampling errors, 

such as those which can be introduced into the data collection 

and processing operations. Estimates not directly derived from 

sample surveys are subject to additional errors resulting from 

the specific estimation processes used.

 Use of error measures. Changes in state unemployment 

rates and state nonfarm payroll employment are cited in the 

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

statistically significant at the 90-percent confidence level. 

Furthermore, state unemployment rates for the current month 

generally are cited only if they have been determined to be 

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

confidence level. The underlying model-based standard error 

measures for unemployment rates and over-the-month and 

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 7,600 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/. If you are deaf, hard of 

hearing, or have a speech disability, please dial 7-1-1 to access 

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LABOR FORCE DATA

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

State and area

Civilian labor force Unemployed

Feb.

2023

Dec.

2023

Jan.

2024

Feb.

2024p

Number Percent of labor force

Feb.

2023

Dec.

2023

Jan.

2024

Feb.

2024p

Feb.

2023

Dec.

2023

Jan.

2024

Feb.

2024p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,288,068 2,325,305 2,327,663 2,328,083 53,034 64,101 66,558 69,086 2.3 2.8 2.9 3.0

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354,518 358,598 358,280 357,988 13,726 16,322 16,406 16,676 3.9 4.6 4.6 4.7

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,650,431 3,720,507 3,726,522 3,732,647 133,706 156,449 155,052 151,721 3.7 4.2 4.2 4.1

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,368,880 1,384,754 1,385,367 1,385,107 39,700 50,736 50,811 49,446 2.9 3.7 3.7 3.6

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,266,113 19,342,132 19,355,816 19,348,890 861,638 990,259 1,013,856 1,027,033 4.5 5.1 5.2 5.3

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale1. . . . 5,025,668 5,006,096 5,006,084 4,997,898 247,547 262,773 269,677 268,295 4.9 5.2 5.4 5.4

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,212,801 3,239,754 3,237,237 3,235,458 96,262 107,597 110,213 114,411 3.0 3.3 3.4 3.5

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,886,373 1,899,136 1,902,407 1,906,399 65,829 79,876 82,924 86,098 3.5 4.2 4.4 4.5

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 501,840 509,610 508,774 508,210 19,889 20,858 20,659 20,281 4.0 4.1 4.1 4.0

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392,754 402,006 403,524 404,645 19,531 19,863 20,312 20,785 5.0 4.9 5.0 5.1

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,872,424 11,060,978 11,076,728 11,089,148 301,476 338,662 340,168 345,211 2.8 3.1 3.1 3.1

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall1. . . . . . . . . . . 1,370,308 1,386,790 1,389,227 1,391,530 27,855 22,959 21,594 22,316 2.0 1.7 1.6 1.6

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,269,384 5,329,007 5,330,035 5,335,272 169,110 170,674 166,760 163,539 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.1

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 676,214 675,777 674,769 674,671 20,596 20,538 20,868 21,168 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.1

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 953,077 967,316 967,890 969,471 27,216 32,090 32,264 32,399 2.9 3.3 3.3 3.3

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,407,008 6,473,136 6,477,200 6,477,332 276,691 304,470 305,486 308,859 4.3 4.7 4.7 4.8

Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights1. . . 3,800,971 3,823,479 3,826,088 3,827,953 157,890 171,271 171,511 175,200 4.2 4.5 4.5 4.6

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,390,643 3,408,675 3,398,130 3,389,372 108,926 117,890 117,341 117,974 3.2 3.5 3.5 3.5

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,712,747 1,706,995 1,704,754 1,700,869 48,862 52,035 51,077 50,150 2.9 3.0 3.0 2.9

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,512,225 1,507,952 1,506,694 1,505,697 42,206 39,138 39,069 39,963 2.8 2.6 2.6 2.7

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,026,758 2,025,169 2,024,029 2,024,556 81,683 86,704 87,154 88,492 4.0 4.3 4.3 4.4

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,080,608 2,077,588 2,079,344 2,079,296 75,469 82,627 85,123 88,026 3.6 4.0 4.1 4.2

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 681,670 691,680 692,051 692,767 16,645 23,439 23,742 23,687 2.4 3.4 3.4 3.4

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,167,605 3,195,545 3,192,770 3,191,179 69,937 70,525 72,831 76,243 2.2 2.2 2.3 2.4

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,748,182 3,749,870 3,750,172 3,748,480 133,243 121,744 114,168 109,998 3.6 3.2 3.0 2.9

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,946,922 5,043,199 5,043,565 5,042,720 190,352 206,914 201,951 198,451 3.8 4.1 4.0 3.9

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,150,112 2,203,059 2,204,866 2,203,616 72,766 87,226 85,882 84,669 3.4 4.0 3.9 3.8

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,092,815 3,095,430 3,093,573 3,094,713 87,077 84,774 82,861 84,171 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.7

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,233,749 1,230,449 1,230,093 1,229,509 40,875 39,169 39,128 37,957 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.1

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,066,816 3,099,207 3,098,994 3,100,589 86,570 100,920 101,578 103,023 2.8 3.3 3.3 3.3

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 569,840 576,863 577,303 577,655 14,318 19,034 19,312 19,398 2.5 3.3 3.3 3.4

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,051,706 1,055,914 1,055,595 1,054,940 21,619 26,287 26,336 26,529 2.1 2.5 2.5 2.5

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,589,911 1,612,919 1,614,220 1,614,454 81,942 85,214 84,821 83,820 5.2 5.3 5.3 5.2

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 757,824 761,981 763,112 763,608 14,340 19,874 19,663 19,885 1.9 2.6 2.6 2.6

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,813,871 4,832,330 4,824,539 4,819,907 191,383 231,481 232,347 231,416 4.0 4.8 4.8 4.8

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 958,833 969,026 968,914 968,829 34,330 38,406 38,562 38,167 3.6 4.0 4.0 3.9

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,659,148 9,760,755 9,751,860 9,748,451 390,213 444,684 438,983 430,316 4.0 4.6 4.5 4.4

New York City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,145,106 4,163,161 4,161,783 4,165,706 219,672 221,793 216,229 211,225 5.3 5.3 5.2 5.1

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,198,413 5,248,887 5,254,063 5,255,933 177,931 187,400 185,737 184,472 3.4 3.6 3.5 3.5

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416,451 417,116 417,419 417,581 8,208 7,872 8,027 8,167 2.0 1.9 1.9 2.0

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,767,358 5,793,713 5,794,910 5,796,572 210,738 209,953 211,818 214,141 3.7 3.6 3.7 3.7

Cleveland-Elyria2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,028,856 1,038,003 1,037,629 1,033,770 39,103 38,484 39,083 38,823 3.8 3.7 3.8 3.8

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,939,926 1,980,636 1,983,646 1,987,745 58,249 69,486 70,141 71,038 3.0 3.5 3.5 3.6

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,155,578 2,168,168 2,171,088 2,176,604 78,389 85,951 88,370 91,309 3.6 4.0 4.1 4.2

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,501,070 6,538,180 6,544,313 6,558,347 239,206 220,748 220,568 220,071 3.7 3.4 3.4 3.4

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571,232 576,169 578,532 580,622 16,152 19,641 20,926 22,697 2.8 3.4 3.6 3.9

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,428,125 2,470,300 2,471,839 2,472,668 72,997 74,873 75,325 76,434 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.1

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477,452 481,702 481,606 481,452 9,194 9,887 9,899 10,042 1.9 2.1 2.1 2.1

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,360,545 3,383,917 3,386,432 3,389,473 112,235 116,637 117,040 112,547 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.3

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,950,898 15,130,593 15,143,441 15,169,176 604,152 587,784 584,580 590,461 4.0 3.9 3.9 3.9

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,770,912 1,802,956 1,802,361 1,802,490 44,150 50,023 50,263 51,086 2.5 2.8 2.8 2.8

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348,217 353,412 354,201 354,931 6,740 7,979 8,093 8,082 1.9 2.3 2.3 2.3

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,533,501 4,579,693 4,588,384 4,591,543 135,068 139,385 139,777 139,703 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,006,552 4,037,592 4,032,992 4,027,986 160,458 178,204 183,684 190,891 4.0 4.4 4.6 4.7

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,791,943 1,815,278 1,811,718 1,809,245 57,647 66,365 68,611 71,911 3.2 3.7 3.8 4.0

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780,062 790,224 790,871 790,432 27,225 33,903 34,031 34,049 3.5 4.3 4.3 4.3

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,107,846 3,150,152 3,148,178 3,143,265 81,186 105,567 100,375 95,579 2.6 3.4 3.2 3.0

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295,388 294,841 293,897 293,404 9,186 8,424 8,373 8,360 3.1 2.9 2.8 2.8

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,197,747 1,212,497 1,216,212 1,216,656 71,701 68,773 69,052 69,918 6.0 5.7 5.7 5.7

1 Metropolitan division.

2 Metropolitan statistical area.

p Preliminary

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

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

month.
LABOR FORCE DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

State and area

Civilian labor force Unemployed

January February Number Percent of labor force

2023 2024 2023 2024p

January February January February

2023 2024 2023 2024p 2023 2024 2023 2024p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,270,889 2,311,898 2,283,059 2,316,936 59,890 77,544 58,199 79,133 2.6 3.4 2.5 3.4

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349,945 352,619 352,213 354,553 15,957 18,399 16,450 19,976 4.6 5.2 4.7 5.6

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,638,353 3,733,559 3,650,815 3,746,324 130,244 141,011 130,536 135,548 3.6 3.8 3.6 3.6

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,345,984 1,365,522 1,364,095 1,379,044 45,969 53,183 44,653 48,215 3.4 3.9 3.3 3.5

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,161,412 19,342,162 19,354,958 19,394,269 898,944 1,106,617 925,636 1,078,314 4.7 5.7 4.8 5.6

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale1. . . . 5,018,445 5,013,683 5,065,888 5,014,600 252,908 296,170 257,358 252,937 5.0 5.9 5.1 5.0

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,191,138 3,205,366 3,216,732 3,226,620 99,898 122,896 108,417 133,614 3.1 3.8 3.4 4.1

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,879,503 1,904,524 1,871,467 1,902,188 75,298 95,028 77,128 102,042 4.0 5.0 4.1 5.4

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499,613 503,272 501,342 506,346 21,606 21,021 21,499 20,242 4.3 4.2 4.3 4.0

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391,712 404,669 394,275 407,086 19,205 20,992 19,845 21,716 4.9 5.2 5.0 5.3

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,780,513 11,055,271 10,856,781 11,076,701 306,387 345,180 293,635 348,220 2.8 3.1 2.7 3.1

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall1. . . . . . . . . . . 1,361,720 1,396,426 1,377,876 1,402,527 26,473 19,188 24,574 22,821 1.9 1.4 1.8 1.6

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,257,992 5,331,582 5,289,125 5,369,028 179,491 165,861 178,114 164,230 3.4 3.1 3.4 3.1

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 675,571 671,775 677,364 676,483 20,348 20,845 19,922 20,801 3.0 3.1 2.9 3.1

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 946,585 962,632 951,871 973,269 33,262 38,366 33,785 39,280 3.5 4.0 3.5 4.0

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,344,950 6,422,103 6,383,366 6,436,617 296,532 325,450 297,097 340,804 4.7 5.1 4.7 5.3

Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights1. . . 3,785,070 3,806,333 3,800,278 3,821,749 166,616 171,229 162,065 194,438 4.4 4.5 4.3 5.1

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,362,500 3,329,451 3,379,540 3,351,491 122,182 127,607 128,011 139,810 3.6 3.8 3.8 4.2

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,699,805 1,687,432 1,717,095 1,691,276 61,010 61,051 56,285 55,998 3.6 3.6 3.3 3.3

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,502,551 1,497,130 1,512,850 1,504,871 43,363 41,159 46,955 48,219 2.9 2.7 3.1 3.2

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,017,840 2,010,176 2,024,912 2,023,633 89,897 96,479 95,533 103,586 4.5 4.8 4.7 5.1

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,054,735 2,057,302 2,065,795 2,061,311 77,682 89,297 72,144 90,772 3.8 4.3 3.5 4.4

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 673,836 682,962 675,368 687,858 20,385 25,927 21,635 26,643 3.0 3.8 3.2 3.9

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,143,168 3,160,540 3,156,933 3,175,959 81,382 87,781 79,592 92,259 2.6 2.8 2.5 2.9

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,737,343 3,768,376 3,747,534 3,752,127 151,402 132,416 151,941 137,643 4.1 3.5 4.1 3.7

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,891,117 4,989,311 4,915,208 5,002,877 221,677 200,570 214,923 211,938 4.5 4.0 4.4 4.2

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,129,792 2,191,917 2,130,362 2,176,471 85,480 85,653 78,325 86,899 4.0 3.9 3.7 4.0

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,070,305 3,078,519 3,086,692 3,095,510 101,264 100,642 106,305 111,742 3.3 3.3 3.4 3.6

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,223,768 1,218,125 1,230,744 1,225,897 42,890 41,427 40,563 33,817 3.5 3.4 3.3 2.8

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,035,126 3,078,861 3,053,467 3,096,747 96,940 117,123 99,331 122,992 3.2 3.8 3.3 4.0

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 564,451 571,504 568,135 575,660 18,548 22,741 17,961 22,139 3.3 4.0 3.2 3.8

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,041,589 1,046,472 1,048,878 1,050,384 23,565 28,092 24,610 30,438 2.3 2.7 2.3 2.9

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,582,999 1,608,676 1,596,803 1,617,784 85,327 83,823 84,205 81,432 5.4 5.2 5.3 5.0

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 758,653 764,225 757,589 762,782 18,814 19,730 17,050 22,453 2.5 2.6 2.3 2.9

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,786,023 4,769,527 4,820,462 4,808,545 204,468 246,107 217,393 245,503 4.3 5.2 4.5 5.1

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 951,616 958,940 959,722 966,553 36,078 38,930 36,062 36,324 3.8 4.1 3.8 3.8

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,601,305 9,650,060 9,652,627 9,716,148 433,084 419,764 441,555 441,740 4.5 4.3 4.6 4.5

New York City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,127,193 4,135,103 4,171,938 4,192,698 225,513 189,533 232,557 204,295 5.5 4.6 5.6 4.9

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,165,082 5,238,065 5,191,260 5,244,157 194,644 189,662 193,681 194,278 3.8 3.6 3.7 3.7

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409,641 412,479 413,037 414,024 10,041 10,446 10,420 10,887 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.6

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,701,891 5,736,985 5,746,298 5,768,332 237,423 240,163 243,641 253,378 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.4

Cleveland-Elyria2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,013,432 1,017,503 1,023,033 1,003,754 41,556 43,245 48,967 45,992 4.1 4.3 4.8 4.6

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,924,273 1,979,324 1,936,290 1,995,543 62,799 73,774 63,919 78,642 3.3 3.7 3.3 3.9

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,149,706 2,163,747 2,160,157 2,191,600 94,036 106,001 88,272 106,718 4.4 4.9 4.1 4.9

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,458,764 6,504,082 6,472,469 6,568,269 257,704 228,561 265,720 237,142 4.0 3.5 4.1 3.6

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 568,939 584,073 570,610 584,005 19,815 27,124 20,937 31,442 3.5 4.6 3.7 5.4

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,406,457 2,453,933 2,430,775 2,472,915 82,654 82,551 85,188 90,238 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.6

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467,845 472,800 473,329 476,683 9,136 10,167 11,313 12,845 2.0 2.2 2.4 2.7

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,338,229 3,376,532 3,360,148 3,394,112 119,128 119,182 116,990 95,616 3.6 3.5 3.5 2.8

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,875,993 15,140,281 15,011,661 15,295,668 633,885 618,547 654,309 666,075 4.3 4.1 4.4 4.4

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,761,986 1,790,160 1,774,242 1,805,113 47,269 53,759 49,920 59,610 2.7 3.0 2.8 3.3

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345,767 354,169 347,707 355,252 8,669 9,548 8,299 9,232 2.5 2.7 2.4 2.6

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,477,788 4,558,770 4,519,896 4,567,606 135,597 125,211 131,451 132,843 3.0 2.7 2.9 2.9

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,985,362 3,991,009 4,023,491 4,027,517 180,053 214,996 181,167 230,285 4.5 5.4 4.5 5.7

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,781,914 1,785,630 1,799,376 1,810,885 60,994 79,108 51,142 76,660 3.4 4.4 2.8 4.2

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 770,042 782,473 776,427 783,805 31,311 37,239 32,133 38,940 4.1 4.8 4.1 5.0

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,073,356 3,104,921 3,100,933 3,116,144 92,370 87,159 103,059 103,938 3.0 2.8 3.3 3.3

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294,324 289,185 294,269 291,740 11,931 10,617 11,163 10,509 4.1 3.7 3.8 3.6

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,213,412 1,221,747 1,204,106 1,215,962 68,333 70,442 71,174 70,166 5.6 5.8 5.9 5.8

1 Metropolitan division.

2 Metropolitan statistical area.

p Preliminary

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

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

month.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Total1 Construction Manufacturing

Feb.

2023

Dec.

2023

Jan.

2024

Feb.

2024p

Feb.

2023

Dec.

2023

Jan.

2024

Feb.

2024p

Feb.

2023

Dec.

2023

Jan.

2024

Feb.

2024p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,151.8 2,181.0 2,181.7 2,187.9 100.2 102.5 102.6 104.5 279.8 285.4 286.2 286.3

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324.9 334.1 334.0 334.9 16.7 18.0 18.4 19.3 12.6 13.9 13.5 12.9

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,172.0 3,228.7 3,235.9 3,238.1 207.0 217.4 217.1 215.5 194.7 194.2 194.2 193.9

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,346.3 1,355.2 1,359.3 1,361.7 61.5 66.1 67.5 68.2 163.3 159.9 159.9 159.2

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,791.4 17,948.9 17,974.5 17,971.1 913.6 933.7 934.7 925.1 1,342.1 1,336.7 1,331.0 1,329.6

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,915.5 2,961.4 2,967.3 2,975.8 183.9 182.7 181.9 183.1 151.5 149.2 149.7 149.9

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,687.6 1,695.8 1,701.6 1,702.5 62.7 61.5 61.7 62.2 158.8 157.9 158.4 158.4

Delaware2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481.3 486.2 487.1 487.8 24.1 23.5 23.7 23.6 26.8 27.9 28.0 27.7

District of Columbia2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 764.6 766.6 768.6 770.4 15.3 14.8 14.8 14.8 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,661.4 9,865.8 9,893.1 9,887.6 619.5 643.0 643.7 640.5 417.3 427.7 428.7 427.8

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,889.3 4,934.5 4,935.8 4,938.2 219.0 222.8 222.1 223.0 425.1 432.2 431.7 432.3

Hawaii2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 634.1 632.6 633.1 634.6 38.3 38.8 39.7 40.0 12.8 12.7 12.5 12.7

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 839.0 855.5 858.1 862.1 66.7 70.4 70.8 71.1 75.4 75.5 76.6 78.3

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,109.3 6,100.6 6,099.7 6,122.8 234.6 233.4 229.1 235.3 578.7 581.9 582.2 581.5

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,230.3 3,260.0 3,267.8 3,272.4 161.5 165.3 167.3 167.4 538.8 532.4 531.7 533.0

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,587.7 1,598.8 1,596.2 1,607.2 82.8 84.6 85.5 86.6 226.3 228.2 228.5 228.9

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,438.8 1,449.6 1,448.2 1,451.8 67.6 68.2 67.5 69.3 173.7 172.7 172.9 173.0

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,008.3 2,023.2 2,022.4 2,029.1 88.1 90.0 88.8 90.8 253.2 256.3 256.3 256.8

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,953.5 1,950.8 1,956.8 1,956.6 131.0 132.5 133.0 133.7 138.0 138.1 139.3 139.7

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 646.8 654.1 655.5 656.2 33.5 33.5 34.4 34.0 54.6 53.4 53.6 53.6

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,738.4 2,735.4 2,741.4 2,743.2 161.2 157.6 155.5 155.9 112.0 109.0 110.0 109.8

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,714.1 3,721.1 3,732.6 3,738.9 172.7 174.2 173.9 175.0 239.1 236.3 236.7 236.0

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,434.9 4,465.9 4,457.1 4,472.3 187.5 189.7 192.7 194.7 615.2 612.4 609.3 608.3

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,970.5 3,000.2 3,008.1 3,008.2 135.0 133.9 133.1 130.1 326.9 324.2 324.2 325.0

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,179.7 1,179.7 1,183.9 1,184.4 47.4 47.7 48.7 48.8 146.3 143.7 144.9 143.9

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,965.4 3,000.6 3,003.6 3,011.4 143.4 145.3 145.8 149.5 287.1 286.4 284.7 286.5

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517.3 524.4 525.1 525.8 36.9 37.8 38.4 38.5 21.8 21.6 21.8 21.9

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,042.2 1,057.9 1,057.9 1,060.4 60.6 60.9 61.2 61.6 104.7 106.1 107.1 106.6

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,523.0 1,571.8 1,571.3 1,574.2 111.2 118.7 119.0 117.6 66.9 69.2 69.6 69.7

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 696.7 704.7 704.2 705.0 31.3 31.5 31.7 31.5 70.8 70.9 70.6 70.5

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,297.7 4,366.3 4,376.0 4,370.7 166.4 167.7 170.8 167.4 254.2 255.0 254.8 254.9

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 868.7 881.1 882.3 882.0 51.5 53.8 53.5 53.2 28.9 29.5 29.3 29.4

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,669.6 9,762.5 9,802.5 9,802.6 394.5 384.8 380.8 375.5 424.0 421.6 422.4 421.9

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,909.9 4,965.6 4,975.7 4,981.5 256.8 261.8 265.3 264.4 472.9 467.3 468.9 468.0

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436.1 440.6 440.8 440.0 28.3 27.5 26.9 26.7 28.1 28.6 29.1 28.9

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,603.4 5,630.1 5,629.8 5,632.7 239.2 237.0 231.9 233.6 688.0 688.1 688.4 690.4

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,748.2 1,769.2 1,770.1 1,774.8 81.4 86.4 86.9 87.9 137.8 140.7 141.4 141.3

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,976.2 1,975.6 1,969.9 1,974.3 117.0 117.3 117.3 118.0 193.6 187.5 188.0 187.4

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,060.7 6,115.1 6,125.9 6,131.7 262.4 256.7 256.8 257.4 567.4 565.4 566.3 566.4

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502.8 509.1 512.3 512.1 21.6 21.0 21.3 21.1 40.6 40.3 40.9 40.9

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,283.7 2,336.6 2,346.9 2,351.3 110.7 115.3 116.0 116.0 262.9 264.6 265.8 266.3

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458.4 469.6 467.9 468.3 27.4 30.6 30.7 30.8 45.3 45.7 45.6 45.6

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,308.9 3,297.8 3,305.5 3,315.6 152.6 153.8 153.0 155.0 367.1 360.0 362.6 362.0

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,812.3 14,034.5 14,053.9 14,103.7 812.6 837.9 837.0 844.8 948.6 962.0 966.2 971.5

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,708.1 1,738.3 1,743.4 1,743.9 132.0 137.7 138.5 139.0 152.8 154.0 155.6 153.9

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309.4 309.6 312.2 312.7 15.7 15.8 15.9 15.9 29.1 27.8 27.9 27.8

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,151.6 4,191.3 4,199.3 4,209.9 214.5 218.2 218.9 219.9 246.4 247.5 248.7 248.2

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,583.9 3,630.9 3,628.2 3,630.8 234.2 228.0 226.4 226.0 272.6 279.1 279.2 280.5

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 708.2 720.5 720.3 721.9 33.8 34.8 34.0 34.3 46.2 46.2 46.4 46.4

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,008.5 3,021.8 3,027.7 3,030.9 136.2 138.1 140.4 139.9 481.6 479.3 479.7 480.5

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289.4 292.4 292.0 292.2 21.9 22.7 23.2 23.1 10.6 10.5 10.5 10.5

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 934.6 950.4 956.9 957.6 34.0 35.5 35.5 35.5 82.6 83.9 84.7 84.1

Virgin Islands2, 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.7 35.6 35.5 35.5 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 – – – –

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 2023 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

Feb.

2023

Dec.

2023

Jan.

2024

Feb.

2024p

Feb.

2023

Dec.

2023

Jan.

2024

Feb.

2024p

Feb.

2023

Dec.

2023

Jan.

2024

Feb.

2024p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408.1 409.5 409.9 411.0 104.6 104.9 105.0 105.1 267.0 267.0 267.0 267.1

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.0 66.9 66.8 66.4 10.9 11.1 11.1 11.2 27.7 28.1 28.2 28.4

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 611.3 622.6 625.2 624.2 243.1 242.9 241.2 241.7 469.8 467.7 470.6 472.6

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267.3 268.2 268.6 268.1 70.3 70.9 70.8 71.4 156.9 155.0 156.8 156.6

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,113.5 3,106.5 3,101.2 3,093.9 818.7 810.4 808.2 805.5 2,808.6 2,763.1 2,773.3 2,775.2

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505.8 503.3 501.7 501.4 180.5 181.6 181.8 182.0 493.9 499.1 502.9 504.0

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297.1 299.2 297.6 297.6 118.4 117.5 118.1 118.7 222.2 220.9 224.0 222.3

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90.1 89.4 89.3 89.2 50.2 50.4 50.5 50.7 65.6 63.4 63.4 63.4

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.4 30.3 30.4 30.3 26.1 26.4 26.1 26.1 175.9 174.3 174.5 174.4

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,949.0 1,999.7 1,998.2 1,997.3 678.0 684.7 689.4 685.1 1,618.0 1,622.1 1,623.1 1,622.3

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,044.4 1,038.7 1,029.9 1,029.1 276.9 281.1 283.4 283.2 778.3 773.7 776.1 774.7

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117.6 115.5 115.1 115.1 27.9 27.1 27.0 27.0 72.1 72.1 71.8 71.5

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160.4 162.1 160.5 161.7 41.2 41.9 41.3 41.0 109.0 110.0 110.8 111.2

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,227.3 1,219.1 1,221.1 1,219.2 401.6 399.8 398.5 397.9 960.5 929.1 922.0 922.8

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 633.5 639.6 640.5 639.7 148.3 148.5 149.4 148.8 366.1 363.7 364.5 364.8

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312.8 310.4 306.5 306.4 108.1 108.6 108.8 108.7 146.2 147.2 146.8 148.4

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275.7 275.8 274.6 274.7 76.1 77.0 77.2 76.8 179.3 175.5 176.2 176.7

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427.4 426.4 425.1 426.3 97.2 96.4 95.5 95.3 229.9 226.0 226.1 226.9

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373.8 371.2 372.3 373.1 97.3 97.3 97.0 96.7 220.7 216.0 217.9 217.9

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120.3 120.8 120.7 120.3 33.9 34.0 33.7 33.6 76.5 77.6 77.8 78.0

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470.9 466.2 466.4 466.5 140.1 138.2 138.0 137.4 479.1 472.8 473.0 473.1

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563.9 560.0 558.9 560.6 229.2 230.9 230.2 230.6 636.0 628.8 632.8 633.3

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 811.8 819.0 818.4 817.9 231.4 230.8 231.1 229.8 660.3 647.8 645.4 646.7

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530.3 536.2 537.1 536.5 190.8 187.2 186.8 186.3 389.0 378.9 380.0 381.2

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248.4 245.3 244.5 244.2 45.3 45.2 45.6 45.4 118.1 115.1 117.0 117.9

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 559.7 566.3 563.8 563.2 183.6 187.7 188.6 187.5 384.1 374.2 377.3 382.6

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.1 101.7 101.2 101.0 28.0 27.9 27.9 28.0 51.2 52.1 52.1 52.4

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197.1 200.2 199.1 200.5 71.1 69.6 69.9 70.2 125.4 126.5 126.9 127.3

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294.6 299.8 301.6 302.7 76.3 77.7 77.9 77.7 213.7 219.3 215.6 218.8

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140.5 139.6 138.9 139.6 34.5 34.3 34.1 34.2 98.3 98.6 98.7 98.6

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 909.2 918.0 918.5 917.5 267.9 270.3 268.9 269.1 721.9 722.9 724.7 720.5

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145.0 147.0 146.6 145.7 35.5 35.0 35.9 36.0 119.2 122.3 122.6 122.2

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,491.6 1,472.3 1,479.0 1,481.8 742.3 749.8 750.0 748.0 1,389.7 1,397.3 1,391.1 1,391.5

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 928.8 930.9 929.4 931.1 303.8 310.2 310.7 310.9 744.9 742.4 746.6 747.8

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91.5 93.4 93.2 93.2 25.1 25.0 25.1 25.1 34.7 34.4 33.9 34.1

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,058.9 1,053.8 1,051.0 1,050.0 325.1 321.9 321.8 319.9 746.4 734.4 741.9 740.4

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323.0 321.4 320.0 319.6 83.3 83.9 84.6 84.7 211.4 206.0 206.7 207.4

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365.6 361.2 358.9 360.0 104.0 101.5 101.9 102.1 267.7 259.7 257.4 258.4

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,142.6 1,135.8 1,134.6 1,133.7 338.8 341.8 342.2 342.4 842.8 837.9 836.1 836.2

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77.5 77.3 77.4 77.6 35.1 35.2 35.0 34.9 69.5 69.7 71.0 71.5

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439.5 445.1 443.0 445.0 120.4 124.1 123.8 123.6 308.9 315.7 318.2 315.5

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90.6 92.8 91.4 91.2 27.9 27.7 27.5 27.4 37.1 37.4 37.6 37.6

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 680.9 680.2 681.1 680.6 186.2 184.2 182.5 182.7 464.9 438.6 444.4 447.1

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,748.1 2,777.2 2,769.6 2,766.7 899.9 908.4 912.1 916.4 2,119.2 2,122.1 2,132.2 2,144.1

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314.7 315.5 315.1 314.7 98.4 98.3 97.6 96.4 249.0 250.8 252.4 253.2

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.3 52.5 53.1 53.4 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.1 33.4 32.9 33.6 33.6

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 672.0 672.2 670.4 672.7 220.5 222.6 222.4 221.4 812.0 802.8 808.1 811.9

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 616.6 617.8 615.5 617.7 165.1 165.3 165.1 164.6 549.9 546.6 547.3 544.6

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123.1 122.4 121.8 122.1 25.5 26.4 26.5 26.4 72.6 73.6 74.3 73.8

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 554.5 552.9 553.2 555.1 159.6 160.3 159.4 159.7 330.1 328.6 328.7 325.0

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.2 52.7 52.2 51.9 11.6 11.3 11.3 11.3 21.4 21.4 21.0 21.5

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185.0 187.8 189.3 189.3 47.1 47.4 47.6 47.9 139.6 139.4 141.7 140.2

Virgin Islands1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.0 6.9 6.9 7.0 – – – – – – – –

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

components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2023 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

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Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255.6 263.8 263.3 266.0 204.0 205.5 205.2 204.6 397.2 405.2 405.3 405.7

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.8 52.6 52.8 52.9 35.4 35.4 34.7 34.7 78.2 79.3 79.4 79.7

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504.7 535.5 537.3 538.3 352.7 352.5 351.7 351.7 421.3 428.9 431.5 432.9

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205.1 211.1 211.7 212.8 127.0 126.6 127.3 128.1 209.5 211.6 211.9 212.0

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,031.9 3,185.0 3,196.6 3,212.0 1,991.6 2,031.3 2,031.2 2,032.4 2,581.4 2,628.2 2,642.8 2,642.5

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362.9 376.7 378.4 381.8 348.2 357.1 356.1 356.5 462.3 484.3 487.1 489.1

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350.0 356.5 360.5 360.4 153.4 153.3 153.7 153.9 230.4 233.3 233.3 233.1

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.2 84.8 85.5 85.4 51.9 53.2 53.4 54.1 68.9 70.9 70.8 71.1

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120.6 122.6 123.6 123.4 75.7 76.2 76.2 78.0 232.4 234.0 234.9 235.1

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,450.2 1,502.9 1,508.8 1,507.7 1,288.5 1,311.0 1,321.8 1,323.5 1,113.0 1,137.3 1,141.1 1,145.0

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 647.4 672.4 673.7 672.1 506.3 521.4 523.7 525.6 689.1 703.6 706.5 709.6

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88.0 89.6 89.9 90.2 118.5 118.7 119.5 119.4 122.5 124.9 125.0 125.8

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124.3 128.2 130.3 130.5 91.5 93.8 93.5 93.8 129.1 132.8 133.7 133.8

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 959.3 976.2 978.1 982.7 589.3 594.9 594.2 599.6 803.7 817.7 823.7 830.4

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490.0 509.1 510.9 512.2 312.8 313.0 314.4 314.8 417.3 425.2 425.4 427.2

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232.4 236.6 237.7 240.1 139.9 141.6 141.2 145.4 261.7 265.7 265.5 265.8

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204.2 211.7 212.3 212.5 132.4 135.0 133.2 134.6 252.4 256.0 256.9 256.7

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299.9 307.8 308.9 311.1 204.8 204.8 205.3 205.1 304.8 311.8 312.4 312.5

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331.4 335.6 335.9 337.9 221.6 220.5 220.3 218.9 314.9 317.2 318.1 316.3

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128.1 132.9 133.3 134.5 68.3 68.3 68.2 68.6 99.1 101.4 101.5 101.3

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455.7 464.2 465.9 467.9 259.0 258.3 260.5 261.9 518.8 528.8 532.5 530.7

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 820.7 835.2 839.0 841.0 360.1 359.9 364.5 366.4 457.4 459.9 461.7 461.9

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 679.6 695.3 690.6 699.8 418.1 425.6 422.7 425.2 595.7 609.7 612.9 616.7

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 556.4 576.7 578.9 579.1 264.2 269.2 269.8 269.4 414.2 428.4 432.6 434.3

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148.7 154.0 154.2 154.5 134.1 134.8 135.2 135.7 235.5 238.5 238.8 238.9

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502.2 516.2 518.0 520.4 308.4 319.6 318.8 314.1 428.8 435.8 436.9 438.2

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82.8 84.9 85.5 85.3 72.9 74.9 74.3 74.4 91.2 92.2 92.4 92.6

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159.5 165.1 165.2 165.9 95.4 99.1 98.6 98.5 173.2 175.4 174.8 175.0

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162.3 167.2 167.4 167.2 345.1 358.9 358.3 358.4 173.8 180.4 180.7 181.2

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124.4 130.3 130.5 130.7 73.1 75.1 74.4 74.3 86.2 87.4 88.1 88.1

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 738.5 770.4 774.2 776.6 394.1 408.5 406.6 407.6 596.0 600.6 602.4 603.1

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144.4 145.6 146.1 146.5 99.4 98.9 98.2 98.4 182.9 188.1 189.3 190.0

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,191.7 2,268.9 2,285.6 2,293.8 904.9 934.7 942.4 946.2 1,442.6 1,463.3 1,473.7 1,470.6

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 657.2 678.4 680.7 682.0 522.7 536.9 535.1 534.9 735.1 751.2 751.3 752.3

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.6 68.7 69.5 69.2 39.9 40.1 39.6 39.5 82.2 83.3 83.6 83.4

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 925.3 955.2 957.9 960.1 559.0 567.6 566.9 569.2 775.6 783.1 781.6 781.0

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254.7 265.4 266.5 266.9 180.8 183.5 184.8 185.5 355.1 363.1 360.8 362.0

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313.9 326.6 327.7 328.6 205.3 206.3 204.7 205.3 301.9 310.8 310.6 311.3

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,293.8 1,342.1 1,348.8 1,352.5 556.8 567.0 568.9 570.8 682.8 694.6 695.0 696.2

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107.5 110.6 111.5 112.2 58.7 61.6 63.2 60.6 64.2 65.3 64.2 65.7

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275.5 290.3 291.8 292.9 275.8 286.9 289.7 291.2 370.6 372.2 375.6 376.9

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.5 77.4 77.4 77.7 48.9 50.5 50.3 50.6 80.4 82.3 82.4 82.6

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464.6 486.1 486.7 490.8 358.7 362.1 361.7 361.4 444.9 445.0 444.4 446.4

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,870.7 1,921.7 1,926.3 1,935.6 1,472.7 1,497.4 1,498.2 1,505.9 2,022.2 2,078.0 2,083.6 2,087.7

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231.5 240.1 240.4 241.2 170.6 171.0 171.7 172.5 259.9 270.7 272.0 273.2

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.4 63.6 63.4 63.5 34.5 34.3 34.9 34.9 54.5 55.2 55.6 56.0

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 574.2 594.1 596.3 598.7 407.2 418.8 416.0 416.4 729.5 737.0 741.0 743.1

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 526.1 546.8 548.1 550.3 339.1 356.8 353.3 352.0 578.1 594.4 596.8 598.1

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131.2 136.4 136.3 137.1 71.9 72.5 72.9 73.3 150.9 155.1 155.4 155.5

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467.2 475.4 476.9 477.7 280.7 283.4 285.5 286.3 402.7 405.5 406.2 409.4

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.1 29.2 29.4 29.5 38.2 38.9 38.8 38.9 68.2 70.1 70.3 70.5

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122.3 125.4 125.4 126.6 90.4 97.2 97.7 98.1 198.6 200.4 201.7 202.4

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.4 2.5 2.4 2.5 6.6 6.5 6.5 6.6 10.9 11.1 11.0 10.9

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2023 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]

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Total Mining and logging Construction

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Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,128.2 2,161.8 2,144.1 2,183.6 9.4 9.1 9.4 9.1 98.2 101.5 99.2 104.1

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306.9 318.3 313.9 325.4 11.0 12.0 11.1 12.3 13.9 16.2 14.3 17.4

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,153.2 3,230.9 3,181.3 3,247.2 13.5 14.7 13.6 14.8 202.9 214.4 205.3 213.8

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,335.1 1,347.1 1,341.7 1,355.1 5.2 5.1 5.2 5.2 59.5 66.4 60.1 66.8

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,582.0 17,788.5 17,695.8 17,872.0 18.7 19.7 19.1 19.8 856.0 901.9 893.7 907.0

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,874.6 2,929.2 2,891.3 2,955.1 21.1 21.8 21.3 21.9 176.8 173.9 177.6 176.5

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,663.7 1,674.9 1,665.3 1,682.9 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 57.1 56.5 57.0 57.0

Delaware1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470.7 476.3 474.1 479.1 – – – – 23.1 22.8 23.4 22.7

District of Columbia1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 754.9 760.9 759.4 765.5 – – – – 15.1 14.4 15.1 14.3

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,618.9 9,859.4 9,693.0 9,911.5 5.7 5.9 5.7 6.0 611.6 638.0 618.2 640.5

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,847.4 4,906.1 4,875.8 4,925.0 9.6 9.6 9.6 9.6 214.3 219.6 217.1 221.8

Hawaii1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 623.3 627.9 634.6 635.8 – – – – 37.2 39.5 37.8 40.4

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 822.4 842.7 829.2 854.0 3.9 4.1 3.9 4.2 62.9 67.2 63.6 68.8

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,995.0 5,977.5 6,012.9 6,035.8 6.9 7.0 6.9 7.1 209.4 202.5 209.0 206.8

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,177.8 3,223.7 3,203.1 3,243.9 5.7 5.5 5.7 5.5 150.9 158.8 151.4 158.6

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,554.1 1,566.5 1,569.4 1,587.5 1.9 2.0 2.0 2.0 72.3 73.9 71.9 74.4

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,424.3 1,431.5 1,430.4 1,444.9 6.3 6.0 6.3 6.0 63.9 64.2 64.5 66.6

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,982.5 1,999.2 1,991.3 2,009.7 8.5 8.8 8.6 8.9 83.2 85.4 83.4 86.0

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,936.8 1,941.1 1,948.5 1,951.4 31.6 30.1 31.5 30.2 124.4 130.3 128.9 133.6

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 628.9 635.2 630.1 637.9 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.0 31.7 31.9 31.3 31.0

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,687.8 2,685.7 2,702.4 2,707.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 156.7 151.8 157.3 151.6

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,630.1 3,650.2 3,647.1 3,675.8 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.9 162.7 164.5 161.6 163.0

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,352.9 4,373.4 4,376.9 4,416.7 7.0 7.2 7.0 7.0 170.1 178.0 169.1 179.7

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,918.9 2,954.7 2,927.5 2,965.3 5.7 6.5 5.7 6.5 117.5 115.3 116.2 113.9

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,169.5 1,171.7 1,176.6 1,181.2 6.1 6.3 6.2 6.3 46.1 47.8 47.0 48.8

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,913.2 2,962.3 2,933.8 2,988.1 4.3 4.4 4.3 4.5 137.0 137.4 136.8 143.0

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505.3 514.3 507.8 517.4 6.9 7.0 6.9 7.0 33.5 34.8 33.5 35.0

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,021.9 1,037.4 1,029.2 1,048.9 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.0 55.8 57.1 56.1 57.6

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,496.8 1,554.4 1,511.9 1,565.4 14.6 15.2 14.7 15.5 106.7 117.0 109.0 115.3

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 683.9 693.8 690.5 700.3 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 29.6 30.4 29.4 29.6

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,216.0 4,286.4 4,232.8 4,292.6 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 156.6 160.2 157.7 157.9

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 857.8 873.7 865.8 879.5 22.6 23.0 23.0 23.4 50.2 52.1 50.5 52.4

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,474.9 9,610.9 9,560.4 9,684.5 4.9 5.2 5.0 5.2 370.1 360.5 371.4 357.6

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,854.1 4,923.1 4,886.1 4,958.7 5.5 5.7 5.6 5.6 252.2 260.3 254.3 262.1

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426.8 432.1 429.4 433.4 17.1 18.4 17.4 18.2 23.9 22.6 24.0 22.4

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,508.7 5,533.4 5,534.7 5,562.3 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.0 220.0 214.0 220.1 213.9

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,724.6 1,751.5 1,736.9 1,767.3 32.3 31.7 32.5 32.2 79.4 85.4 79.8 86.4

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,954.6 1,940.2 1,966.2 1,957.5 5.8 5.9 5.9 6.0 113.1 110.4 113.6 113.8

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,970.1 6,026.1 5,999.4 6,068.4 22.5 22.5 22.7 22.7 243.5 239.5 242.8 240.1

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486.7 496.6 493.2 502.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 20.0 20.0 20.0 19.4

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,254.4 2,314.1 2,271.3 2,337.6 4.4 4.5 4.4 4.5 109.1 115.3 109.8 115.8

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446.0 455.4 449.0 457.5 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.2 24.1 26.7 24.0 26.6

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,267.0 3,266.8 3,293.5 3,298.4 4.6 4.5 4.6 4.5 148.3 150.0 149.5 152.2

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,656.4 13,940.3 13,754.3 14,054.8 211.4 207.7 214.4 207.6 794.7 822.5 806.3 834.2

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,688.8 1,723.1 1,702.7 1,735.3 10.3 10.9 10.4 10.9 127.2 132.6 127.9 134.8

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306.3 309.3 309.4 312.1 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 14.4 14.3 14.1 14.1

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,092.4 4,147.7 4,125.2 4,182.0 7.3 7.2 7.3 7.2 209.6 213.5 210.3 215.5

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,527.9 3,580.7 3,545.0 3,597.0 5.3 5.5 5.3 5.6 224.5 215.6 226.6 218.9

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 695.9 707.7 700.5 713.0 20.7 20.7 21.0 20.9 29.7 31.3 29.7 31.2

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,943.7 2,965.0 2,965.3 2,987.1 3.6 3.9 3.6 3.9 123.9 128.7 123.9 127.7

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281.3 284.4 282.4 285.9 17.0 16.4 17.0 16.3 19.3 21.0 19.3 20.7

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 926.2 952.5 930.1 958.2 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 32.9 34.9 33.3 35.3

Virgin Islands1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.3 35.3 35.9 35.5 – – – – 2.0 2.1 2.1 2.1

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 2023 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

2023 2024 2023 2024p

2023 2024 2023 2024p2023 2024 2023 2024p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278.8 285.1 279.8 286.4 405.6 409.0 405.4 410.6 23.4 23.6 23.4 23.8

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.3 10.6 12.1 12.4 61.1 64.0 61.7 63.6 4.6 4.3 4.6 4.3

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194.7 193.2 194.5 193.1 613.4 626.6 609.5 624.5 52.0 49.4 52.6 48.9

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163.2 160.1 163.4 159.1 266.2 268.5 265.3 266.5 13.0 12.5 13.0 12.2

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,329.5 1,315.6 1,333.0 1,315.6 3,120.7 3,096.9 3,090.4 3,072.7 599.2 528.9 597.6 532.3

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151.0 148.4 150.8 149.7 506.9 502.9 503.4 500.3 79.2 77.1 79.4 76.6

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157.6 158.0 157.7 158.0 298.3 297.8 294.0 295.0 31.7 29.9 31.6 29.9

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.9 27.8 26.8 27.5 89.6 89.0 89.1 88.4 3.7 3.5 3.7 3.5

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 30.2 30.4 30.1 30.2 20.0 19.2 20.1 19.3

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415.8 424.0 417.3 426.2 1,950.1 2,001.1 1,948.3 1,996.0 160.2 157.5 160.5 158.5

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422.8 429.9 425.3 432.9 1,043.1 1,030.3 1,041.4 1,025.2 128.8 109.6 132.0 110.3

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.7 12.4 12.7 12.6 117.4 115.5 117.0 114.9 9.0 6.9 10.6 6.9

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.0 76.4 75.0 78.1 159.4 159.6 158.9 160.3 9.4 9.3 9.5 9.4

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 577.8 577.5 577.8 579.8 1,225.9 1,217.8 1,213.2 1,208.3 96.6 87.8 96.6 88.6

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532.9 528.2 539.5 530.9 631.3 637.0 628.4 633.1 26.7 26.4 26.7 26.1

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225.1 227.8 225.1 228.1 311.9 304.8 309.2 304.2 19.0 18.3 18.9 18.0

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172.5 172.6 173.6 172.6 274.7 272.7 273.6 272.6 18.1 18.1 18.1 18.2

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253.0 255.8 254.2 256.3 428.3 424.0 425.7 423.4 23.0 22.7 23.1 22.5

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137.5 138.5 137.4 139.3 374.1 371.1 372.0 370.3 20.5 17.6 20.1 17.6

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.9 52.8 53.8 52.8 119.0 119.2 117.7 117.7 8.2 8.1 8.2 8.1

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111.2 109.2 111.3 108.8 471.7 462.5 464.5 458.8 35.3 33.0 35.2 33.4

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237.8 234.7 237.6 233.8 563.3 557.7 556.1 553.6 97.4 92.4 96.9 92.1

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 612.0 604.2 614.3 603.4 805.6 811.7 799.7 807.8 58.2 57.3 58.1 57.5

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324.2 320.3 323.9 321.5 527.3 534.3 522.4 529.6 45.2 42.8 45.1 42.9

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147.0 144.4 146.7 144.3 248.0 244.4 246.7 243.1 10.2 9.4 10.1 9.4

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284.5 284.0 287.4 286.4 557.0 564.7 554.2 561.2 49.0 49.3 49.1 49.0

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.7 21.6 21.6 21.8 99.3 100.6 99.2 100.2 5.7 5.5 5.8 5.5

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104.4 106.2 104.7 106.5 195.5 197.2 195.0 198.6 17.3 17.3 17.2 17.3

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.1 69.3 66.7 69.6 294.8 301.0 292.6 301.2 18.7 19.3 19.8 19.4

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70.5 70.0 70.4 70.0 140.5 139.1 138.9 138.5 12.1 11.5 12.0 11.5

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252.2 251.7 252.8 253.3 910.3 915.0 897.7 905.1 78.3 75.4 78.7 76.7

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.6 28.7 28.6 29.1 144.7 145.7 144.2 144.4 10.8 9.0 10.9 8.8

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420.7 415.2 420.7 417.0 1,489.5 1,472.5 1,470.9 1,461.3 291.2 275.8 294.5 276.8

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472.0 466.6 473.1 467.1 924.5 922.6 921.5 922.0 85.5 82.6 85.8 83.2

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.6 28.8 27.8 28.6 90.8 92.2 90.8 92.6 5.7 5.4 5.7 5.3

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 686.4 685.0 687.4 687.1 1,057.5 1,048.2 1,048.0 1,042.1 69.1 66.4 68.6 66.0

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137.0 141.5 137.5 141.4 322.5 319.9 319.4 317.8 17.9 17.1 18.0 17.1

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192.3 185.7 192.0 184.6 365.7 356.6 362.9 356.9 37.2 33.4 37.3 33.5

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 564.8 564.0 564.5 563.6 1,149.2 1,136.7 1,135.2 1,126.5 93.7 91.5 94.1 92.3

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.3 40.5 40.5 40.8 77.1 77.2 76.7 76.8 5.8 5.5 5.9 5.5

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262.9 265.4 263.6 266.3 437.3 439.5 435.7 441.4 30.1 28.4 29.9 28.4

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.0 45.1 45.2 45.4 89.2 90.4 89.0 89.8 5.2 5.0 5.1 5.0

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366.9 361.1 366.9 362.1 679.4 683.8 679.5 679.5 56.6 54.5 56.8 54.5

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 942.0 961.0 947.2 967.7 2,740.3 2,772.6 2,728.8 2,757.5 236.8 231.7 236.7 232.4

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152.4 153.8 152.5 152.9 312.6 313.2 312.6 312.3 43.0 42.9 43.4 42.6

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.0 27.6 28.9 27.6 52.3 53.0 51.8 53.0 4.6 4.5 4.6 4.5

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244.8 247.5 246.0 247.2 670.6 670.2 665.1 667.1 70.9 68.8 70.9 69.3

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269.3 274.8 269.6 278.1 611.7 611.2 609.6 610.1 172.6 163.8 172.3 163.7

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.8 45.6 46.0 45.8 122.0 120.7 121.3 120.8 8.0 7.8 8.0 7.7

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479.7 478.6 479.0 479.2 550.6 548.2 547.2 546.7 47.0 47.5 46.9 47.5

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.4 10.4 10.4 10.4 51.8 51.6 51.4 51.3 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.1

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.5 84.2 82.2 84.3 184.4 190.1 182.9 188.8 15.6 13.7 15.4 13.7

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 6.9 6.9 7.0 7.0 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2023 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

2023 2024 2023 2024p

2023 2024 2023 2024p2023 2024 2023 2024p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103.8 104.3 104.1 104.5 264.2 263.6 267.3 267.0 252.2 261.1 255.6 266.5

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.6 10.8 10.7 11.0 26.2 27.0 26.8 27.6 50.5 52.6 50.9 53.1

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243.1 240.9 243.0 241.9 466.2 468.4 472.2 472.2 501.9 538.3 506.5 541.3

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70.1 70.3 70.1 70.3 155.5 154.2 157.0 156.7 204.3 210.4 205.4 213.2

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 814.2 805.1 814.6 804.4 2,781.9 2,742.5 2,793.8 2,762.0 2,999.7 3,181.1 3,036.1 3,219.4

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179.6 182.3 180.2 182.1 483.8 491.5 487.1 498.4 358.9 377.3 363.0 383.5

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117.6 117.7 117.8 118.4 216.5 217.5 216.9 217.9 349.9 356.5 351.7 362.6

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.1 50.6 50.1 50.7 64.2 61.3 64.6 61.8 80.6 84.7 81.0 85.1

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.2 25.7 26.1 25.8 174.4 173.4 175.1 173.8 121.4 123.1 122.2 124.5

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 673.7 683.3 676.0 680.3 1,608.1 1,609.4 1,618.2 1,618.9 1,441.9 1,502.6 1,457.8 1,514.2

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274.9 283.0 276.0 283.6 773.5 769.7 777.3 772.8 639.7 671.2 646.2 673.5

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.7 26.8 27.8 26.9 71.5 71.1 71.8 71.5 87.6 89.3 88.3 90.6

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.9 40.9 40.8 40.8 104.8 107.3 106.6 108.6 125.5 129.7 125.0 131.7

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398.1 395.6 397.8 394.8 939.4 895.9 940.9 901.5 949.2 971.0 960.7 989.0

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147.2 148.2 147.2 147.3 358.4 356.3 359.9 358.3 484.7 507.5 491.1 513.7

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107.6 108.1 107.4 108.1 143.8 143.3 144.6 145.8 227.5 236.7 238.2 243.9

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.9 77.1 75.6 76.6 176.2 172.7 176.5 174.4 203.4 211.4 204.4 213.0

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96.3 95.2 96.3 94.8 226.1 223.0 226.2 224.6 297.1 307.0 300.1 311.4

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96.7 96.7 97.0 96.2 219.5 215.0 220.6 215.1 328.9 333.5 331.0 339.0

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.5 33.3 33.5 33.5 75.1 75.7 75.4 76.4 127.4 132.3 128.7 135.0

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138.9 136.4 139.2 136.1 471.5 463.6 472.3 466.4 450.0 462.0 455.5 469.5

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227.5 228.7 227.2 229.2 619.4 617.1 621.7 619.4 810.2 828.0 824.1 846.8

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229.5 227.8 229.4 227.2 650.3 634.2 654.1 639.7 675.2 684.8 680.0 700.6

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190.3 185.8 189.9 185.4 384.3 370.5 383.9 372.3 551.6 575.1 559.7 579.4

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.1 45.2 45.3 45.0 117.7 113.7 118.0 116.5 147.2 154.1 148.7 155.1

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182.6 187.8 182.8 187.0 377.8 369.4 379.7 379.6 495.7 517.4 503.3 524.7

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.6 27.7 27.7 27.9 49.9 50.8 50.0 51.0 83.1 85.7 83.4 85.8

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70.8 69.4 70.8 69.6 122.8 123.8 123.6 125.5 159.0 164.5 159.6 166.5

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.8 77.6 76.3 77.1 213.2 213.5 211.0 216.6 160.8 168.0 162.2 167.8

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.3 33.8 34.3 33.9 96.1 97.3 96.4 98.1 121.7 129.7 126.5 132.8

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264.8 267.3 265.6 268.3 707.5 702.4 709.0 699.7 732.3 770.6 740.6 777.0

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.7 35.6 35.5 35.5 117.2 121.0 118.5 121.7 144.0 146.2 145.1 147.5

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 735.0 742.8 735.2 741.4 1,359.1 1,358.1 1,364.3 1,365.0 2,156.0 2,261.0 2,221.8 2,308.7

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300.2 307.7 301.3 308.3 736.8 735.6 743.6 745.2 653.4 676.3 660.7 683.1

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.8 25.0 24.9 25.0 33.5 32.8 33.8 33.0 67.6 69.3 67.7 69.3

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322.5 320.8 322.9 318.0 732.6 722.1 734.5 725.3 917.6 951.3 926.2 964.0

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82.6 84.4 82.6 84.3 207.9 200.7 208.9 204.0 252.1 266.1 254.2 267.4

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102.9 101.2 103.1 101.3 264.3 253.0 266.2 256.1 312.3 326.0 316.4 330.5

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336.5 340.4 336.5 340.5 830.2 820.7 831.0 823.2 1,279.5 1,330.5 1,306.1 1,361.5

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.9 34.7 34.9 34.6 67.5 68.9 67.5 69.6 104.3 109.4 108.0 113.8

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119.0 122.9 119.3 122.7 306.8 314.3 309.0 316.9 274.2 290.1 276.7 294.0

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.7 27.4 27.7 27.3 36.1 36.5 36.4 36.7 76.0 76.8 76.5 77.7

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184.2 180.6 185.1 181.0 459.0 436.3 462.6 442.9 461.4 481.4 466.5 492.3

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 891.5 907.2 895.6 911.8 2,101.6 2,104.5 2,112.9 2,134.0 1,848.9 1,913.4 1,868.6 1,937.9

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97.7 96.8 97.8 95.7 244.6 247.0 246.3 249.2 233.2 242.3 236.1 245.7

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.9 12.1 11.9 12.0 32.3 32.9 32.6 33.2 61.1 62.5 63.0 63.9

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218.9 220.4 219.3 220.6 802.7 798.4 807.2 805.0 572.2 593.0 579.0 600.3

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163.8 163.1 163.8 162.9 542.3 540.2 543.7 540.2 520.2 544.8 527.3 551.4

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.2 26.2 25.3 26.0 71.5 72.6 71.9 72.5 130.4 136.0 131.5 137.8

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158.1 159.1 158.1 159.4 323.4 319.7 326.0 317.5 465.5 473.0 466.9 476.7

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.6 11.3 11.5 11.3 20.3 20.3 20.5 20.7 29.3 29.5 29.4 29.7

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.0 47.6 47.1 47.8 139.1 140.2 139.5 140.3 119.0 122.7 121.4 126.2

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.9 1.7 1.9 1.7 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.5

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2023 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

2023 2024 2023 2024p

2023 2024 2023 2024p2023 2024 2023 2024p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196.6 197.0 200.2 200.0 101.5 103.9 102.1 104.7 394.5 403.6 397.6 406.9

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.1 29.8 30.9 30.5 11.1 12.1 11.3 12.3 77.5 78.9 79.5 80.9

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342.6 347.5 352.9 350.8 100.4 102.1 101.5 103.4 422.5 435.4 429.7 442.5

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121.5 120.5 123.0 122.8 67.1 66.7 67.0 67.5 209.5 212.4 212.2 214.8

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,924.3 1,971.1 1,957.5 1,992.0 565.3 584.9 575.0 590.5 2,572.5 2,640.8 2,585.0 2,656.3

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340.9 350.7 341.8 349.8 123.9 126.8 124.6 127.1 452.5 476.5 462.1 489.2

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141.2 142.5 142.3 142.3 61.0 62.8 61.2 64.4 232.3 235.2 234.6 236.9

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.9 48.1 47.4 48.7 18.5 18.9 18.6 18.9 67.1 69.6 69.4 71.8

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70.2 72.7 72.2 74.8 66.4 67.0 66.6 67.5 230.0 234.0 230.9 234.3

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,270.9 1,313.7 1,295.1 1,331.6 359.9 372.6 362.4 373.7 1,121.0 1,151.3 1,133.5 1,165.6

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489.0 511.2 495.1 514.8 163.5 166.0 163.8 167.6 688.2 706.0 692.0 712.9

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116.8 118.3 117.8 118.3 26.5 25.4 26.6 25.9 116.9 122.7 124.2 127.8

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86.9 89.7 88.1 90.5 27.1 26.2 27.4 26.3 126.6 132.3 130.4 135.3

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 555.2 559.9 557.3 567.2 246.6 251.8 246.5 255.3 789.9 810.7 806.2 837.4

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296.8 300.2 301.3 303.2 126.5 129.6 127.7 131.8 416.7 426.0 424.2 435.4

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130.7 132.9 132.7 137.5 55.3 54.6 55.5 56.1 259.0 264.1 263.9 269.4

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126.5 128.6 128.4 130.6 52.0 52.9 52.4 53.5 254.8 255.2 257.0 260.8

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194.2 194.9 196.3 195.8 69.6 71.8 70.4 71.9 303.2 310.6 307.0 314.1

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215.7 216.2 219.2 216.4 72.2 73.5 72.5 74.1 315.7 318.6 318.3 319.6

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.8 55.9 57.4 56.8 21.7 21.8 21.8 21.8 99.5 102.1 100.2 102.8

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240.1 243.7 241.1 243.7 103.1 103.2 103.5 103.6 507.9 518.9 521.1 534.1

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327.2 331.4 328.0 333.3 132.6 137.6 132.2 137.0 451.1 457.1 460.8 466.7

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391.4 396.4 393.7 400.1 165.9 165.5 166.5 165.4 587.7 606.3 605.0 628.3

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248.8 255.7 250.2 256.7 110.4 114.2 111.3 115.4 413.6 434.2 419.2 441.7

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129.3 129.9 131.3 132.7 39.1 39.2 39.3 39.7 233.7 237.3 237.3 240.3

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286.3 296.7 289.9 294.4 112.9 115.4 112.9 114.7 426.1 435.8 433.4 443.6

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.5 70.1 69.5 71.1 19.3 18.4 19.4 18.7 89.8 92.1 90.8 93.4

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90.2 93.0 91.4 94.3 36.3 36.4 36.6 36.2 168.9 171.5 173.2 175.8

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334.7 351.3 339.6 352.8 43.4 45.5 43.6 45.1 168.0 176.7 176.4 185.0

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.2 68.8 68.4 68.9 23.9 24.2 24.1 24.7 86.2 88.2 89.3 91.5

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358.7 370.1 360.0 370.0 165.1 172.9 166.1 171.7 588.8 599.4 603.2 611.5

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95.9 96.4 97.0 96.1 26.8 28.0 27.1 27.8 181.3 188.0 185.4 192.8

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 841.2 875.4 851.5 889.8 380.5 385.3 382.2 385.9 1,426.7 1,459.1 1,442.9 1,475.8

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 495.2 512.5 502.8 517.6 193.5 197.8 194.5 199.9 735.3 755.4 742.9 764.6

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.6 37.7 38.6 38.2 14.8 15.7 15.0 15.7 82.4 84.2 83.7 85.1

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523.9 532.2 528.6 537.4 204.3 210.3 204.7 210.0 765.8 774.0 784.5 789.5

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173.8 179.3 175.8 181.2 69.2 68.5 69.5 69.2 349.9 356.9 358.7 366.3

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196.0 194.8 198.0 196.6 62.8 62.6 63.3 62.5 302.2 310.6 307.5 315.7

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 521.2 533.0 522.8 537.7 251.5 257.2 252.3 255.7 677.5 690.1 691.4 704.6

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.8 54.6 53.3 54.0 21.2 21.4 21.6 21.4 63.6 64.2 64.7 66.2

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260.7 272.1 265.8 277.1 84.4 89.4 84.9 90.6 365.5 372.2 372.2 379.9

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.8 46.4 45.3 46.7 17.6 18.6 17.7 18.1 79.2 81.3 81.0 83.0

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340.5 345.2 344.2 347.5 125.6 128.2 126.3 129.9 440.5 441.2 451.5 452.0

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,419.4 1,459.2 1,440.2 1,476.0 454.6 482.8 461.0 484.6 2,015.2 2,077.7 2,042.6 2,111.1

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166.0 168.0 169.1 170.7 44.3 45.2 44.6 45.7 257.5 270.4 262.0 274.8

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.4 35.5 36.0 35.5 9.9 10.1 9.8 10.0 54.6 56.0 55.9 57.5

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384.4 395.1 389.6 397.7 194.5 199.5 195.4 199.3 716.5 734.1 735.1 752.8

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323.2 341.4 325.6 341.1 120.0 123.0 120.8 123.9 575.0 597.3 580.4 601.1

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69.2 69.3 69.7 69.7 23.5 23.8 23.4 23.9 149.9 153.7 152.7 156.7

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259.6 263.4 261.9 266.9 142.9 144.4 142.9 143.8 389.4 398.5 408.9 417.8

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.2 36.4 35.4 36.5 16.0 15.1 15.9 15.2 67.2 69.3 68.5 70.7

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88.7 97.7 89.7 98.3 18.8 19.0 18.7 19.1 198.6 201.8 199.3 203.8

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.7 6.5 6.8 6.6 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.9 10.6 10.8 10.9 10.8

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2023 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

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

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