For release 10:00 a.m. (EDT) Friday, October 19, 2018 USDL-18-1662 

Technical information: 

 Employment: (202) 691-6559 • sminfo@bls.gov • www.bls.gov/sae 

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STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT — SEPTEMBER 2018

Unemployment rates were lower in September in 9 states, higher in 4 states, and stable in 37 states and 

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

rate decreases from a year earlier and 34 states and the District had little or no change. The national 

unemployment rate declined by 0.2 percentage point from August to 3.7 percent and was 0.5 percentage 

point lower than in September 2017. 

Nonfarm payroll employment decreased in 3 states in September 2018, increased in 1, and was 

essentially unchanged in 46 states and the District of Columbia. Over the year, 37 states added nonfarm 

payroll jobs and 13 states and the District were essentially unchanged. 

Unemployment

Hawaii had the lowest unemployment rate in September, 2.2 percent. The rates in Arkansas (3.5 

percent), California (4.1 percent), Idaho (2.7 percent), South Carolina (3.3 percent), Texas (3.8 percent), 

and Washington (4.4 percent) set new series lows. (All state series begin in 1976.) Alaska had the 

highest jobless rate, 6.5 percent. In total, 13 states had unemployment rates lower than the U.S. figure of 

3.7 percent, 12 states and the District of Columbia had higher rates, and 25 states had rates that were not 

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

Hurricane Florence

Hurricane Florence affected parts of the East Coast during the September reference periods for the 

establishment and household surveys. Response rates for the two surveys were within normal ranges 

both nationally and for the affected areas. Information on how unusually severe weather affects the 

employment and hours estimates can be found in the Frequently Asked Questions section of the 

Employment Situation news release at www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.faq.htm. 
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In September, nine states had unemployment rate decreases, the largest of which were in Alaska, 

Florida, and Oklahoma (-0.2 percentage point each). Four states had over-the-month rate increases: 

Colorado and Wyoming (+0.2 percentage point each) and Maine and North Dakota (+0.1 point each). 

The remaining 37 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.)

Sixteen states had unemployment rate changes from September 2017, all of which were decreases. The 

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

Nonfarm Payroll Employment 

Three states had over-the-month decreases in nonfarm payroll employment in September 2018: North 

Carolina (-21,900), South Carolina (-14,500), and Kansas (-6,900). In percentage terms, the largest 

decrease occurred in South Carolina (-0.7 percent), followed by Kansas and North Carolina (-0.5 percent 

each). Georgia added jobs over the month (+15,300, or +0.3 percent). (See table 3.) 

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

largest job gains occurred in Florida (+407,300), Texas (+406,400), and California (+339,600). The 

largest percentage gain occurred in Florida (+4.8 percent), followed by Utah (+3.6 percent) and Texas 

(+3.3 percent). (See table D and map 2.) 

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

to be released on Tuesday, November 6, 2018, at 10:00 a.m. (EST). The State Employment and 

Unemployment news release for October is scheduled to be released on Friday, November 16, 

2018, at 10:00 a.m. (EST). 
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State Rate p

United States 1 ................................................ 3.7

Alaska ...................................................................... 6.5

Arizona .................................................................... 4.7

California ................................................................. 4.1

Colorado .................................................................. 3.1

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

Hawaii ...................................................................... 2.2

Idaho ........................................................................ 2.7

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

Kentucky ................................................................. 4.5

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

Minnesota ................................................................ 2.8

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

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

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

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

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

New York ................................................................. 4.1

North Dakota ........................................................... 2.7

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

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

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

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

Virginia ..................................................................... 2.9

Washington ............................................................. 4.4

West Virginia ........................................................... 5.2

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

1

 Data are not preliminary.

p

 = preliminary.

Table A. States with unemployment rates significantly different from that

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

to September 2018, seasonally adjusted

August 2018 September 2018 p

Alaska ............................................. 6.7 6.5 -0.2

Colorado ......................................... 2.9 3.1 .2

Florida ............................................. 3.7 3.5 -.2

Georgia ........................................... 3.8 3.7 -.1

Idaho ............................................... 2.8 2.7 -.1

Maine ............................................... 3.2 3.3 .1

Michigan .......................................... 4.1 4.0 -.1

New York ......................................... 4.2 4.1 -.1

North Carolina ................................. 3.9 3.8 -.1

North Dakota ................................... 2.6 2.7 .1

Oklahoma ....................................... 3.7 3.5 -.2

Washington ..................................... 4.5 4.4 -.1

Wyoming ......................................... 3.9 4.1 .2

p

 = preliminary.

State

Rate Over-the-month 

change p

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

to September 2018, seasonally adjusted

September 2017 September 2018 p

Alaska ............................................. 7.2 6.5 -0.7

California ......................................... 4.5 4.1 -.4

Delaware ......................................... 4.5 4.0 -.5

Georgia ........................................... 4.5 3.7 -.8

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

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

Michigan .......................................... 4.7 4.0 -.7

Minnesota ........................................ 3.3 2.8 -.5

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

New York ......................................... 4.7 4.1 -.6

North Carolina ................................. 4.4 3.8 -.6

Oklahoma ....................................... 4.1 3.5 -.6

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

South Carolina ................................ 4.2 3.3 -.9

South Dakota .................................. 3.4 3.0 -.4

Virginia ............................................ 3.6 2.9 -.7

p

 = preliminary.

State

Rate Over-the-year 

change p
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Table D. States with statistically significant employment changes from September 2017 to

September 2018, seasonally adjusted

September September

2017 2018 p Level Percent

Alabama .......................................... 2,018,400 2,044,200 25,800 1.3

Arizona ............................................ 2,795,200 2,876,600 81,400 2.9

California ......................................... 16,863,300 17,202,900 339,600 2.0

Colorado ......................................... 2,670,900 2,748,100 77,200 2.9

Connecticut .................................... 1,681,400 1,701,300 19,900 1.2

Delaware ........................................ 455,600 463,600 8,000 1.8

Florida ............................................. 8,435,100 8,842,400 407,300 4.8

Georgia ........................................... 4,459,100 4,570,200 111,100 2.5

Hawaii ............................................. 653,000 664,600 11,600 1.8

Idaho ............................................... 719,700 738,900 19,200 2.7

 

Illinois .............................................. 6,074,600 6,124,900 50,300 .8

Iowa ................................................ 1,572,500 1,590,100 17,600 1.1

Kansas ........................................... 1,404,300 1,423,900 19,600 1.4

Massachusetts ............................... 3,614,000 3,677,400 63,400 1.8

Michigan .......................................... 4,375,900 4,439,200 63,300 1.4

Minnesota ....................................... 2,934,600 2,972,800 38,200 1.3

Mississippi ...................................... 1,149,800 1,170,100 20,300 1.8

Missouri .......................................... 2,871,500 2,910,800 39,300 1.4

Nebraska ........................................ 1,016,800 1,034,200 17,400 1.7

Nevada ............................................ 1,350,600 1,394,100 43,500 3.2

 

New Hampshire .............................. 674,500 689,400 14,900 2.2

New Jersey ..................................... 4,137,900 4,195,900 58,000 1.4

New Mexico .................................... 829,300 850,500 21,200 2.6

New York ........................................ 9,545,200 9,640,500 95,300 1.0

North Carolina ................................. 4,422,400 4,504,700 82,300 1.9

Ohio ................................................ 5,534,300 5,638,900 104,600 1.9

Oklahoma ....................................... 1,666,900 1,700,900 34,000 2.0

Oregon ............................................ 1,879,400 1,922,600 43,200 2.3

Pennsylvania .................................. 5,956,900 6,035,600 78,700 1.3

South Carolina ................................ 2,085,400 2,113,000 27,600 1.3

 

Tennessee ...................................... 3,016,900 3,080,800 63,900 2.1

Texas .............................................. 12,232,100 12,638,500 406,400 3.3

Utah ................................................ 1,475,500 1,527,900 52,400 3.6

Virginia ............................................ 3,956,800 4,025,200 68,400 1.7

Washington .................................... 3,339,300 3,444,500 105,200 3.2

Wisconsin ....................................... 2,943,500 2,985,200 41,700 1.4

Wyoming ........................................ 282,200 288,500 6,300 2.2

p

 = preliminary.

State Over-the-year change p
Technical Note

This news release presents civilian labor force and 

unemployment data for states and selected substate areas from 

the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program 

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

employment estimates by state and industry supersector from 

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

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

cooperative endeavors.

Civilian labor force and unemployment—from the 

LAUS program 

 Definitions. The civilian labor force and unemployment 

data are based on the same concepts and definitions as those 

used for the official national estimates obtained from the 

Current Population Survey (CPS), a sample survey of 

households that is conducted for the Bureau of Labor Statistics 

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

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

noninstitutional population 16 years of age and older. 

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

profit in the reference week (typically the week including the 

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

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

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

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

illness, or vacation. 

 Unemployed people are those who were not employed during 

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

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

reference week, and were currently available for work; people

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

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

employed and unemployed people. The unemployment rate is 

the number of unemployed as a percent of the civilian labor 

force.

 Method of estimation. Estimates for 48 states, the District 

of Columbia, the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale 

metropolitan division, New York City, and the balances of 

California and New York State are produced using time-series 

models. This method, which underwent substantial 

enhancement at the beginning of 2015, utilizes data from 

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

unemployment insurance (UI) programs. Estimates for the state 

of California are derived by summing the estimates for the Los 

Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale metropolitan division and the 

balance of California. Similarly, estimates for New York State

are derived by summing the estimates for New York City and 

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

substate areas contained in this release (the Cleveland-Elyria 

and Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metropolitan areas and the 

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

and their respective balances of state are produced using a 

similar model-based approach.

 Each month, estimates for the nine census divisions first are

modeled using inputs from the CPS only and controlled to the 

national totals. State estimates then are controlled to their 

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

estimates for the five areas noted above also are controlled to 

their respective state totals. This tiered process of controlling 

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

benchmarking. Estimates for Puerto Rico are derived from a 

monthly household survey similar to the CPS. A more detailed 

description of the estimation procedures is available from BLS 

upon request.

 Annual revisions. Civilian labor force and unemployment 

data for prior years reflect adjustments made after the end of 

each year. The adjusted estimates reflect updated population 

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

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

data for the most recent five years are revised near the 

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

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

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

 Seasonal adjustment. The LAUS models decompose the 

estimates of employed and unemployed people into trend, 

seasonal, and irregular components. Prior to 2018, the 

benchmarked trend component of each measure had been

smoothed using a Trend-Cycle Cascade Filter. With changes 

implemented in early 2018, the benchmarked signals of 

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

smoothed using a Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Space (RKHS) 

filter. The smoothed-seasonally adjusted estimates of employed 

and unemployed people are summed to derive the civilian labor 

force, and the unemployment rate then is calculated as the 

unemployed percent of the civilian labor force. The resulting 

smoothed-seasonally adjusted unemployment rate estimates are 

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

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

using an asymmetric filter that incorporates information from 

previous observations only. For annual revisions, historical data 

are smoothed using a two-sided filter.

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

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

changes to the seasonal adjustment and smoothing procedures 

described above.

 Area definitions. The substate area data published in this 

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

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

list of the geographic definitions is available online at 

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

Employment—from the CES program

 Definitions. Employment data refer to persons on 

establishment payrolls who receive pay for any part of the pay 

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

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

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

activity in accordance with the 2017 version of the North 

American Industry Classification System. 

 Method of estimation. CES State and Area employment

data are produced using several estimation procedures. Where 

possible these data are produced using a "weighted link 

relative" estimation technique in which a ratio of current month 

weighted employment to that of the previous-month weighted 

employment is computed from a sample of establishments 

reporting for both months. The estimates of employment for the 

current month are then obtained by multiplying these ratios by 

the previous month’s employment estimates. The weighted link 

relative technique is utilized for data series where the sample 

size meets certain statistical criteria. 

 For some employment series, the sample of establishments is 

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

approach is used in estimation. These models use the direct 

sample estimates (described above), combined with forecasts of 

historical (benchmarked) data to decrease volatility in 

estimation. Two different models (Fay-Herriot Model and 

Small Domain Model) are used depending on the industry level 

being estimated. For more detailed information about each 

model, refer to the BLS Handbook of Methods.

 Annual revisions. Employment estimates are adjusted 

annually to a complete count of jobs, called benchmarks, 

derived principally from tax reports that are submitted by 

employers who are covered under state unemployment 

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

adjust the monthly estimates between the new benchmark and 

the preceding one and also to establish the level of employment 

for the new benchmark month. Thus, the benchmarking process 

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

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

subsequent months. Information on recent benchmark revisions 

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

 Seasonal adjustment. Payroll employment data are 

seasonally adjusted at the statewide expanded supersector level. 

In some cases, the seasonally adjusted payroll employment total 

is computed by aggregating the independently adjusted 

supersector series. In other cases, the seasonally adjusted 

payroll employment total is independently adjusted. Revisions 

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

year, coincident with annual benchmark adjustments.

 Beginning with the release of January 2018 preliminary 

estimates, payroll employment data are seasonally adjusted 

concurrently, using all available estimates including those for 

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

Concurrent sample-based factors are created every month for 

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

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

estimates. Previously, the sample-based seasonal factors were 

forecasted once annually at the beginning of the year and 

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

year. 

 

 Caution on aggregating state data. State estimation 

procedures are designed to produce accurate data for each 

individual state. BLS independently develops a national 

employment series; state estimates are not forced to sum to 

national totals. Because each state series is subject to larger 

sampling and nonsampling errors than the national series, 

summing them cumulates individual state-level errors and can 

cause significant distortions at an aggregate level. Due to these 

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

employment series, and cautions users that such a series is 

subject to a relatively large and volatile error structure.

Reliability of the estimates

 The estimates presented in this release are based on sample 

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

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

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

by chance because a sample rather than the entire population is 

surveyed. Survey data also are subject to nonsampling errors, 

such as those which can be introduced into the data collection 

and processing operations. Estimates not directly derived from 

sample surveys are subject to additional errors resulting from 

the specific estimation processes used.

 Use of error measures. Changes in state unemployment 

rates and state nonfarm payroll employment are cited in the 

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

statistically significant at the 90-percent confidence level. 

Furthermore, state unemployment rates for the current month 

generally are cited only if they have been determined to be 

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

confidence level. The underlying model-based standard error 

measures for unemployment rates and over-the-month and 

over-the-year changes in rates are available at 

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

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

payroll employment data at the total nonfarm and supersector 

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

Measures of nonsampling error are not available.

Additional information

 Estimates of civilian labor force and unemployment from the 

LAUS program, as well as nonfarm payroll employment from 

the CES program, for metropolitan areas and metropolitan 

divisions are available in the news release Metropolitan Area 

Employment and Unemployment. Estimates of civilian labor 

force, employed people, unemployed people, and 

unemployment rates for approximately 7,000 subnational areas 

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

from the CES program for states and metropolitan areas are 

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

release will be made available to sensory impaired individuals 

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

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

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

State and area

Civilian labor force Unemployed

Sept.

2017

July

2018

Aug.

2018

Sept.

2018p

Number Percent of labor force

Sept.

2017

July

2018

Aug.

2018

Sept.

2018p

Sept.

2017

July

2018

Aug.

2018

Sept.

2018p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,165,752 2,196,505 2,203,282 2,207,857 83,667 90,928 91,183 90,830 3.9 4.1 4.1 4.1

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362,660 359,825 358,293 356,972 26,283 24,919 24,098 23,339 7.2 6.9 6.7 6.5

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,334,438 3,375,231 3,374,642 3,384,351 156,097 155,473 156,162 157,377 4.7 4.6 4.6 4.7

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,357,918 1,348,451 1,346,866 1,345,646 50,504 49,550 48,135 47,244 3.7 3.7 3.6 3.5

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,380,546 19,348,114 19,351,060 19,385,393 879,226 807,518 803,256 802,959 4.5 4.2 4.2 4.1

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale1. . . . 5,146,511 5,150,289 5,151,275 5,153,694 233,986 230,939 233,403 236,455 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.6

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,023,747 3,084,859 3,090,695 3,096,024 90,771 85,492 90,508 94,532 3.0 2.8 2.9 3.1

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,912,788 1,898,520 1,899,242 1,903,612 86,351 82,750 80,869 80,072 4.5 4.4 4.3 4.2

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477,990 485,735 486,397 486,707 21,738 18,882 18,997 19,263 4.5 3.9 3.9 4.0

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401,322 409,028 408,116 406,786 24,110 22,920 23,033 23,029 6.0 5.6 5.6 5.7

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,132,775 10,246,521 10,243,298 10,240,651 398,971 382,655 375,331 358,052 3.9 3.7 3.7 3.5

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall1. . . . . . . . . . . 1,387,807 1,398,190 1,393,640 1,386,950 65,039 60,499 57,958 54,716 4.7 4.3 4.2 3.9

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,088,500 5,162,235 5,161,624 5,155,090 227,932 203,815 196,959 188,560 4.5 3.9 3.8 3.7

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 682,773 687,731 687,369 686,796 14,777 14,362 14,633 15,032 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.2

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 839,790 852,790 852,920 853,076 25,290 24,602 24,012 23,283 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.7

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,499,081 6,486,738 6,480,152 6,478,238 321,870 272,201 268,689 266,833 5.0 4.2 4.1 4.1

Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights1. . . 3,807,995 3,739,927 3,736,636 3,732,859 198,040 150,307 144,396 142,292 5.2 4.0 3.9 3.8

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,325,561 3,381,289 3,392,408 3,396,972 117,448 115,186 117,759 117,422 3.5 3.4 3.5 3.5

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,676,271 1,684,237 1,685,186 1,686,158 50,031 43,958 42,723 41,766 3.0 2.6 2.5 2.5

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,479,401 1,478,313 1,479,442 1,481,607 52,614 49,841 49,115 48,462 3.6 3.4 3.3 3.3

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,057,649 2,068,903 2,071,442 2,073,753 96,685 89,996 91,024 92,558 4.7 4.3 4.4 4.5

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,113,558 2,136,087 2,130,849 2,122,612 100,622 105,019 106,806 106,473 4.8 4.9 5.0 5.0

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 701,068 705,870 706,530 706,136 23,052 21,496 22,434 23,188 3.3 3.0 3.2 3.3

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,224,463 3,235,032 3,233,747 3,229,533 130,244 137,931 136,102 134,261 4.0 4.3 4.2 4.2

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,659,358 3,785,804 3,806,037 3,822,094 130,787 135,777 137,270 135,797 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.6

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,897,928 4,909,849 4,898,068 4,891,751 229,507 211,949 201,383 193,399 4.7 4.3 4.1 4.0

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,117,932 2,118,114 2,113,476 2,111,796 92,062 91,806 88,063 84,471 4.3 4.3 4.2 4.0

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,070,030 3,111,750 3,104,981 3,098,356 102,040 93,107 89,810 87,117 3.3 3.0 2.9 2.8

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,278,158 1,284,971 1,287,792 1,288,387 62,299 61,084 61,679 61,629 4.9 4.8 4.8 4.8

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,049,893 3,060,739 3,060,860 3,061,934 110,365 104,091 100,522 96,885 3.6 3.4 3.3 3.2

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 526,852 522,921 523,002 523,299 21,512 19,426 19,095 19,090 4.1 3.7 3.7 3.6

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,006,987 1,014,634 1,015,038 1,016,212 29,222 29,001 28,839 28,587 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.8

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,471,791 1,498,383 1,502,167 1,506,556 72,105 68,442 68,000 67,429 4.9 4.6 4.5 4.5

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 747,062 758,519 760,558 761,725 19,671 20,407 20,512 20,242 2.6 2.7 2.7 2.7

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,518,109 4,480,352 4,485,541 4,488,049 213,553 189,661 188,301 187,088 4.7 4.2 4.2 4.2

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 930,756 939,864 939,866 940,949 55,842 44,284 43,345 43,006 6.0 4.7 4.6 4.6

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,724,760 9,679,716 9,690,939 9,709,518 458,827 419,498 408,920 397,818 4.7 4.3 4.2 4.1

New York City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,233,987 4,229,037 4,228,902 4,227,355 191,763 175,700 172,850 170,939 4.5 4.2 4.1 4.0

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,964,461 5,004,054 5,002,552 4,992,604 219,879 203,428 196,916 187,386 4.4 4.1 3.9 3.8

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413,976 407,800 405,865 404,240 10,801 10,630 10,727 10,947 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.7

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,790,537 5,802,017 5,789,423 5,775,572 286,838 265,176 267,764 265,728 5.0 4.6 4.6 4.6

Cleveland-Elyria2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,030,280 1,032,229 1,034,016 1,035,347 57,021 52,251 53,121 53,044 5.5 5.1 5.1 5.1

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,840,852 1,862,880 1,864,493 1,863,389 76,257 70,403 68,324 65,300 4.1 3.8 3.7 3.5

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,119,032 2,116,629 2,112,282 2,109,677 88,215 82,521 80,612 79,525 4.2 3.9 3.8 3.8

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,418,386 6,370,918 6,381,093 6,395,927 307,969 267,322 262,391 261,922 4.8 4.2 4.1 4.1

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 555,930 561,956 562,187 561,854 24,865 23,315 22,567 22,060 4.5 4.1 4.0 3.9

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,318,235 2,309,889 2,306,520 2,304,195 97,769 82,339 78,758 76,772 4.2 3.6 3.4 3.3

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456,095 459,201 458,770 458,609 15,571 14,368 13,957 13,677 3.4 3.1 3.0 3.0

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,217,261 3,253,631 3,255,943 3,253,756 106,658 115,210 116,202 117,359 3.3 3.5 3.6 3.6

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,577,714 13,824,491 13,821,915 13,816,273 538,413 547,739 535,928 525,469 4.0 4.0 3.9 3.8

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,571,151 1,592,960 1,592,018 1,589,331 50,405 48,743 49,781 50,357 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.2

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344,932 349,036 348,192 347,135 10,142 9,851 9,895 9,900 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.9

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,320,845 4,356,114 4,356,573 4,352,999 156,843 133,325 130,071 126,589 3.6 3.1 3.0 2.9

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,751,574 3,763,188 3,765,672 3,770,883 177,609 173,372 169,006 165,162 4.7 4.6 4.5 4.4

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,662,448 1,683,494 1,683,054 1,685,009 64,636 60,907 58,821 57,661 3.9 3.6 3.5 3.4

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780,761 784,220 782,117 781,016 41,471 42,142 41,265 40,707 5.3 5.4 5.3 5.2

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,160,464 3,183,097 3,178,087 3,170,536 103,577 93,064 95,109 95,075 3.3 2.9 3.0 3.0

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292,490 286,745 285,694 285,325 12,109 10,980 11,253 11,593 4.1 3.8 3.9 4.1

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,090,040 1,104,709 1,103,638 1,099,876 115,152 100,600 96,905 92,504 10.6 9.1 8.8 8.4

1 Metropolitan division.

2 Metropolitan statistical area.

p Preliminary

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

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

the following month.
LABOR FORCE DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

State and area

Civilian labor force Unemployed

August September Number Percent of labor force

2017 2018 2017 2018p

August September August September

2017 2018 2017 2018p 2017 2018 2017 2018p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,158,653 2,203,700 2,166,431 2,206,663 93,099 91,801 79,571 84,262 4.3 4.2 3.7 3.8

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368,916 360,594 363,815 355,303 23,546 19,358 24,193 19,813 6.4 5.4 6.6 5.6

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,314,163 3,361,702 3,351,088 3,435,301 171,931 177,926 162,539 168,423 5.2 5.3 4.9 4.9

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,360,376 1,345,054 1,363,077 1,347,541 51,805 45,192 48,345 44,870 3.8 3.4 3.5 3.3

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,376,487 19,368,395 19,462,033 19,552,490 959,037 826,550 841,531 768,865 4.9 4.3 4.3 3.9

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale1. . . . 5,137,893 5,141,483 5,171,660 5,168,417 262,503 262,242 237,000 247,751 5.1 5.1 4.6 4.8

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,018,153 3,100,958 3,035,955 3,113,894 83,673 105,974 82,092 95,998 2.8 3.4 2.7 3.1

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,920,059 1,905,341 1,903,588 1,904,836 89,647 76,961 80,486 73,287 4.7 4.0 4.2 3.8

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480,786 488,882 474,481 481,892 22,830 20,810 21,221 19,795 4.7 4.3 4.5 4.1

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400,601 401,298 399,944 399,996 25,560 24,564 25,089 23,832 6.4 6.1 6.3 6.0

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,105,593 10,190,015 10,202,985 10,263,364 439,388 382,965 411,122 311,027 4.3 3.8 4.0 3.0

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall1. . . . . . . . . . . 1,377,698 1,362,268 1,387,270 1,363,766 69,890 55,801 67,082 48,994 5.1 4.1 4.8 3.6

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,060,417 5,123,370 5,099,501 5,118,621 248,105 192,371 227,050 166,285 4.9 3.8 4.5 3.2

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 682,136 684,111 679,436 680,982 14,814 14,930 15,297 16,883 2.2 2.2 2.3 2.5

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 839,691 854,684 839,287 852,550 24,036 19,685 22,497 18,115 2.9 2.3 2.7 2.1

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,504,014 6,458,387 6,496,827 6,463,340 344,193 268,814 299,985 245,991 5.3 4.2 4.6 3.8

Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights1. . . 3,806,199 3,742,524 3,797,676 3,704,103 213,637 143,440 184,964 133,694 5.6 3.8 4.9 3.6

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,332,392 3,409,790 3,326,645 3,384,737 131,017 127,377 109,414 102,351 3.9 3.7 3.3 3.0

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,679,665 1,681,524 1,677,793 1,683,554 52,490 40,271 46,234 35,892 3.1 2.4 2.8 2.1

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,477,378 1,477,034 1,476,680 1,483,368 59,507 51,230 48,648 43,628 4.0 3.5 3.3 2.9

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,047,213 2,058,681 2,056,757 2,070,045 98,105 84,493 88,035 88,048 4.8 4.1 4.3 4.3

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,118,448 2,116,152 2,120,750 2,098,287 118,483 117,218 105,383 105,069 5.6 5.5 5.0 5.0

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 718,153 722,720 702,255 702,678 20,058 20,740 19,418 21,005 2.8 2.9 2.8 3.0

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,238,148 3,237,650 3,229,574 3,210,020 136,940 134,934 124,509 124,534 4.2 4.2 3.9 3.9

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,693,503 3,866,768 3,639,953 3,814,947 134,706 136,825 126,627 120,334 3.6 3.5 3.5 3.2

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,924,856 4,875,350 4,914,046 4,884,730 251,002 185,535 221,097 169,217 5.1 3.8 4.5 3.5

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,140,596 2,114,224 2,140,148 2,126,435 108,502 88,804 98,430 79,175 5.1 4.2 4.6 3.7

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,083,928 3,086,829 3,071,191 3,072,947 104,234 78,085 87,539 68,323 3.4 2.5 2.9 2.2

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,269,033 1,281,201 1,276,196 1,280,522 63,102 60,750 59,527 58,104 5.0 4.7 4.7 4.5

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,049,843 3,040,796 3,052,192 3,056,519 129,606 104,810 99,677 80,773 4.2 3.4 3.3 2.6

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532,953 530,329 525,710 522,678 19,171 16,800 18,235 16,487 3.6 3.2 3.5 3.2

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,010,044 1,018,279 1,000,098 1,012,378 29,345 27,800 27,212 25,826 2.9 2.7 2.7 2.6

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,467,506 1,512,046 1,473,917 1,519,413 72,887 70,385 72,059 66,986 5.0 4.7 4.9 4.4

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 754,645 771,267 743,350 758,415 19,652 20,287 18,490 17,457 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.3

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,545,577 4,526,294 4,505,265 4,460,097 226,022 199,646 210,108 182,602 5.0 4.4 4.7 4.1

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 927,597 936,540 930,215 942,680 58,085 45,020 55,508 43,437 6.3 4.8 6.0 4.6

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,767,149 9,755,035 9,743,446 9,741,673 481,791 401,572 446,739 366,697 4.9 4.1 4.6 3.8

New York City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,236,696 4,227,939 4,243,249 4,216,978 215,114 179,873 191,105 169,656 5.1 4.3 4.5 4.0

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,938,611 4,959,841 4,989,623 4,954,803 238,077 194,581 211,307 152,408 4.8 3.9 4.2 3.1

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421,299 408,365 414,703 401,330 9,870 10,329 8,221 9,026 2.3 2.5 2.0 2.2

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,830,467 5,753,687 5,800,421 5,728,521 297,563 256,699 270,887 233,529 5.1 4.5 4.7 4.1

Cleveland-Elyria2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,038,865 1,041,911 1,037,329 1,040,595 61,189 54,290 53,335 46,090 5.9 5.2 5.1 4.4

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,830,593 1,856,395 1,846,157 1,855,633 78,942 64,395 75,274 55,615 4.3 3.5 4.1 3.0

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,134,652 2,124,482 2,134,310 2,118,955 95,441 84,421 85,082 77,114 4.5 4.0 4.0 3.6

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,449,859 6,438,316 6,421,837 6,419,854 341,711 286,093 283,990 249,584 5.3 4.4 4.4 3.9

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 560,123 565,725 555,698 558,952 25,123 21,748 22,433 19,462 4.5 3.8 4.0 3.5

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,330,276 2,314,155 2,317,579 2,296,892 111,007 85,401 98,002 76,436 4.8 3.7 4.2 3.3

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459,844 461,853 454,086 456,227 15,202 12,854 13,828 11,773 3.3 2.8 3.0 2.6

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,201,982 3,239,844 3,222,941 3,234,420 118,047 123,722 105,030 119,810 3.7 3.8 3.3 3.7

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,522,840 13,750,098 13,619,456 13,802,300 601,021 539,403 548,848 516,604 4.4 3.9 4.0 3.7

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,569,268 1,587,023 1,571,088 1,578,179 53,051 55,290 46,718 47,644 3.4 3.5 3.0 3.0

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348,728 348,446 343,810 342,793 10,244 9,761 9,919 9,564 2.9 2.8 2.9 2.8

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,318,478 4,342,516 4,327,531 4,323,527 170,341 132,908 155,426 119,085 3.9 3.1 3.6 2.8

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,738,990 3,769,712 3,761,882 3,792,764 178,199 153,661 168,840 148,474 4.8 4.1 4.5 3.9

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,658,270 1,686,327 1,669,438 1,697,661 68,610 54,798 67,548 59,026 4.1 3.2 4.0 3.5

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 781,215 777,026 785,351 782,678 41,517 37,896 35,865 34,986 5.3 4.9 4.6 4.5

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,176,657 3,174,685 3,166,604 3,147,406 106,386 98,776 92,134 80,389 3.3 3.1 2.9 2.6

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295,499 286,327 292,678 285,863 10,574 10,452 10,386 10,602 3.6 3.7 3.5 3.7

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,092,130 1,087,497 1,091,617 1,088,594 127,946 99,385 120,527 93,171 11.7 9.1 11.0 8.6

1 Metropolitan division.

2 Metropolitan statistical area.

p Preliminary

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

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

the following month.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Total1 Construction Manufacturing

Sept.

2017

July

2018

Aug.

2018

Sept.

2018p

Sept.

2017

July

2018

Aug.

2018

Sept.

2018p

Sept.

2017

July

2018

Aug.

2018

Sept.

2018p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,018.4 2,039.0 2,039.8 2,044.2 85.2 85.1 86.2 87.4 263.2 271.0 270.9 270.9

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328.5 326.3 326.2 326.2 15.1 15.1 15.2 15.2 13.2 13.6 13.2 13.0

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,795.2 2,843.0 2,869.8 2,876.6 147.8 160.2 162.1 163.8 165.9 172.5 173.1 174.4

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,240.5 1,249.8 1,250.5 1,253.7 51.0 52.4 51.8 52.0 157.6 160.5 160.0 160.4

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,863.3 17,147.1 17,189.7 17,202.9 821.0 850.5 855.9 853.9 1,310.0 1,315.3 1,311.9 1,310.4

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,670.9 2,739.0 2,743.0 2,748.1 164.4 170.3 172.4 172.8 144.1 147.3 146.5 147.3

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,681.4 1,698.5 1,701.8 1,701.3 58.4 61.5 62.4 63.4 159.2 163.6 164.0 164.8

Delaware2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455.6 461.9 462.6 463.6 21.8 23.0 23.1 23.4 25.8 26.3 26.1 26.2

District of Columbia2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 791.6 796.6 796.8 799.6 15.5 16.0 15.9 16.0 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.4

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,435.1 8,801.7 8,825.5 8,842.4 479.3 545.0 548.4 550.0 358.2 379.0 379.5 377.7

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,459.1 4,541.2 4,554.9 4,570.2 182.3 199.6 201.7 204.6 398.4 403.9 405.2 405.7

Hawaii2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 653.0 664.5 667.1 664.6 35.6 36.3 36.3 36.0 14.1 13.8 13.7 13.5

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 719.7 741.0 739.9 738.9 45.3 47.4 47.7 47.6 67.5 70.2 70.6 71.1

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,074.6 6,125.2 6,122.1 6,124.9 221.6 227.4 226.7 228.1 578.2 588.7 590.5 592.8

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,109.6 3,130.4 3,138.4 3,137.6 138.3 143.5 144.9 144.3 533.2 536.2 533.4 532.1

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,572.5 1,591.0 1,593.5 1,590.1 74.5 78.9 79.8 79.8 217.0 226.5 226.5 225.9

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,404.3 1,426.7 1,430.8 1,423.9 59.5 60.5 61.6 60.2 162.3 166.7 166.3 166.4

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,923.9 1,932.6 1,936.3 1,938.4 77.8 76.3 75.2 76.9 249.3 248.1 249.9 249.7

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,967.5 1,986.2 1,987.3 1,987.4 144.7 149.7 149.7 149.7 134.2 139.3 140.0 139.9

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 624.2 628.6 628.3 628.7 28.4 29.3 29.0 28.9 51.2 52.2 52.1 51.9

Maryland2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,727.4 2,745.1 2,751.4 2,752.6 163.3 164.6 164.2 163.3 106.7 108.3 108.7 108.4

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,614.0 3,679.0 3,683.6 3,677.4 153.3 163.0 163.1 163.6 243.9 249.1 248.4 247.3

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,375.9 4,429.1 4,437.0 4,439.2 164.1 177.7 177.4 175.3 613.2 622.7 623.4 624.2

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,934.6 2,976.7 2,974.2 2,972.8 119.7 123.8 125.1 125.4 318.4 327.0 325.9 324.3

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,149.8 1,165.5 1,169.5 1,170.1 43.3 44.0 43.6 43.1 143.9 144.6 144.8 145.2

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,871.5 2,904.7 2,907.5 2,910.8 123.5 122.1 122.2 123.5 266.7 268.3 268.8 271.0

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472.4 478.3 479.3 479.8 27.5 28.9 29.3 29.6 20.0 20.6 20.5 20.4

Nebraska2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,016.8 1,032.5 1,033.1 1,034.2 52.1 52.0 52.7 52.4 98.1 102.4 102.4 103.0

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,350.6 1,388.2 1,391.3 1,394.1 84.0 92.1 92.3 92.4 49.6 54.5 55.2 56.2

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 674.5 688.2 689.5 689.4 26.7 29.2 29.4 29.3 69.2 71.9 72.0 72.2

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,137.9 4,194.1 4,194.9 4,195.9 156.6 149.0 148.5 147.0 245.2 254.3 253.5 253.3

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 829.3 843.8 848.1 850.5 45.9 49.1 49.0 49.7 26.1 27.2 27.2 27.4

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,545.2 9,622.4 9,634.2 9,640.5 384.9 395.8 396.5 396.6 445.7 442.6 443.2 444.6

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,422.4 4,526.0 4,526.6 4,504.7 209.2 219.2 220.0 219.9 467.9 475.3 474.2 472.5

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430.0 434.1 435.5 434.8 25.7 27.1 27.6 27.6 24.8 25.4 25.3 25.3

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,534.3 5,611.8 5,634.6 5,638.9 219.6 226.2 225.9 225.0 685.5 696.3 698.2 701.6

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,666.9 1,694.4 1,698.1 1,700.9 77.2 76.1 77.6 78.8 128.8 130.5 130.9 130.9

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,879.4 1,919.9 1,922.3 1,922.6 99.0 107.2 108.0 108.2 190.0 194.6 193.6 193.2

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,956.9 6,023.4 6,027.9 6,035.6 249.8 251.6 250.1 253.8 562.0 566.2 565.9 565.0

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 495.1 504.3 502.1 502.1 18.3 19.1 19.0 19.2 40.4 41.2 41.1 41.7

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,085.4 2,126.2 2,127.5 2,113.0 98.6 99.3 99.0 99.3 241.7 245.9 244.2 244.4

South Dakota2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435.2 439.8 440.5 441.4 23.1 24.7 24.7 24.9 43.4 44.5 44.7 44.5

Tennessee2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,016.9 3,067.8 3,072.2 3,080.8 124.7 126.6 126.1 126.5 348.1 352.4 353.6 355.9

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,232.1 12,594.5 12,622.9 12,638.5 709.5 765.1 766.7 769.7 855.5 875.3 880.2 883.0

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,475.5 1,520.5 1,525.3 1,527.9 99.2 100.8 101.2 102.4 129.2 134.1 134.7 134.7

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314.4 313.7 313.0 312.5 15.1 15.3 15.4 15.5 29.5 29.2 29.3 29.2

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,956.8 4,005.9 4,019.6 4,025.2 193.9 200.9 202.2 201.9 233.7 241.9 242.1 243.0

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,339.3 3,430.6 3,440.0 3,444.5 201.9 208.9 211.6 210.2 281.0 288.4 288.6 290.0

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 745.8 751.6 752.0 751.7 32.3 33.8 34.0 34.2 46.6 46.6 46.9 46.9

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,943.5 2,984.7 2,986.3 2,985.2 117.6 123.0 124.0 125.1 466.9 488.1 489.2 489.7

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282.2 287.2 287.6 288.5 19.4 20.6 20.6 20.5 9.4 9.8 9.8 9.8

Puerto Rico2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 871.2 851.2 852.9 854.6 21.1 20.4 20.5 20.4 71.6 69.9 70.1 70.7

Virgin Islands3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.6 36.4 36.9 37.4 – – – – – – – –

1

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

2 Mining and logging is combined with construction.

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

cannot be separated with sufficient precision.

p Preliminary

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

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

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

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

Sept.

2017

July

2018

Aug.

2018

Sept.

2018p

Sept.

2017

July

2018

Aug.

2018

Sept.

2018p

Sept.

2017

July

2018

Aug.

2018

Sept.

2018p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378.7 380.5 379.6 380.0 97.8 97.4 97.1 97.4 240.4 247.6 248.8 251.0

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.6 63.5 63.4 63.8 11.9 11.5 11.4 11.2 27.7 27.6 27.6 27.9

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528.1 532.2 534.6 535.7 216.2 218.8 220.4 221.0 423.4 428.5 436.5 438.2

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251.2 249.9 252.2 253.5 53.2 53.9 54.2 54.0 143.9 151.0 149.8 150.5

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,050.3 3,079.8 3,084.3 3,084.0 830.4 833.2 834.7 834.7 2,577.0 2,633.1 2,643.4 2,655.2

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462.9 470.7 470.3 471.0 168.3 170.8 170.2 171.6 414.9 432.5 431.6 431.7

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298.9 298.1 297.1 294.8 127.6 127.1 127.7 128.7 218.2 222.3 222.8 222.6

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.1 82.1 82.2 82.3 48.0 47.8 47.8 48.0 62.1 63.8 64.4 64.5

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.7 34.1 33.8 34.0 30.2 31.2 31.4 31.5 166.7 167.7 167.8 168.5

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,721.8 1,768.2 1,772.3 1,770.7 560.9 580.1 582.8 580.7 1,300.4 1,353.1 1,358.7 1,367.1

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 945.9 961.9 962.8 966.2 243.8 241.3 241.7 240.5 667.2 677.6 681.2 685.0

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122.2 122.4 122.7 122.7 28.5 29.9 30.0 29.8 82.1 84.0 83.8 85.2

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140.4 141.7 141.6 141.8 35.5 36.2 36.4 36.5 90.8 94.2 94.0 94.1

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,214.4 1,214.7 1,215.3 1,214.5 392.2 399.6 399.7 400.0 943.9 947.2 948.3 945.8

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 597.2 605.7 608.2 610.6 136.1 137.5 139.8 140.5 338.3 343.3 343.3 343.8

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314.6 312.8 314.9 314.9 109.3 111.9 111.6 111.5 139.5 141.7 141.9 142.4

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269.6 272.4 272.4 271.3 78.0 79.5 79.8 79.6 177.3 183.2 181.8 182.9

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404.3 413.4 413.1 414.0 93.3 94.2 94.3 94.3 214.7 217.4 217.7 218.2

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380.8 382.0 382.8 383.6 91.5 91.2 92.6 92.0 209.8 213.6 212.5 212.0

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120.5 120.5 119.8 120.0 31.5 31.9 31.8 32.1 66.3 66.1 66.6 66.9

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467.7 470.5 472.6 470.7 146.9 140.7 139.7 139.0 444.4 459.5 463.3 462.8

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 581.8 581.2 580.8 582.4 221.6 222.7 222.9 223.4 567.5 593.5 595.2 595.8

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 790.6 791.2 791.9 789.6 218.2 219.5 219.9 221.1 647.0 658.1 659.5 660.5

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536.9 544.0 543.4 544.6 180.3 180.5 180.6 181.5 372.3 378.5 377.8 378.0

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232.2 231.3 232.7 232.8 44.1 46.2 46.0 45.2 107.0 112.8 113.4 113.4

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 545.9 549.9 548.0 547.8 173.9 176.6 177.3 176.2 384.5 393.2 396.0 396.0

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94.6 93.7 93.6 93.6 24.5 24.4 24.4 24.6 40.8 43.0 42.6 43.1

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202.2 203.7 202.7 202.6 74.4 75.2 75.5 75.4 117.4 121.1 120.8 121.3

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250.8 254.8 255.2 255.3 65.7 66.5 66.1 65.7 183.1 186.2 188.3 188.7

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140.3 142.3 142.5 142.4 34.6 35.0 35.5 35.8 82.3 83.1 82.4 80.9

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 891.0 902.1 905.3 905.3 250.2 247.3 247.1 247.7 664.9 681.0 678.6 681.4

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136.1 138.0 138.6 138.0 34.0 35.7 35.7 35.7 104.7 108.2 108.8 109.2

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,574.4 1,580.1 1,576.0 1,575.3 718.3 721.7 722.4 723.6 1,324.1 1,334.7 1,334.2 1,332.7

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 829.2 848.2 849.8 847.9 233.8 237.5 238.5 239.9 614.7 642.2 646.7 645.0

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94.8 93.4 93.4 93.5 24.4 24.5 24.4 24.8 34.2 35.5 35.5 35.4

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,026.2 1,040.2 1,044.1 1,044.6 307.4 313.6 312.2 312.1 720.9 729.0 725.4 726.7

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303.9 308.3 310.1 310.1 79.6 79.7 79.3 79.5 186.8 195.0 193.0 193.8

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351.0 357.1 358.4 356.5 100.1 101.8 102.4 102.1 243.4 245.4 245.5 246.3

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,128.4 1,128.3 1,130.5 1,128.1 322.1 325.5 324.4 325.2 802.4 813.7 814.7 820.4

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77.0 76.5 76.6 76.0 36.2 36.5 36.6 36.4 67.7 69.0 69.5 70.1

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396.5 407.9 407.4 404.8 102.5 101.7 101.9 101.7 275.6 274.7 278.0 276.6

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87.1 86.7 86.6 86.6 29.3 29.3 29.3 29.6 31.3 33.2 33.3 33.4

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 624.6 630.1 630.6 632.4 158.9 161.9 161.5 161.4 407.6 419.4 418.3 419.7

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,458.7 2,516.9 2,523.4 2,525.5 762.8 775.0 776.5 782.3 1,676.5 1,751.4 1,758.3 1,760.8

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279.3 292.1 293.1 292.6 84.3 87.2 87.4 87.7 208.4 213.3 214.4 215.0

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.0 54.5 54.2 54.0 11.9 12.4 12.5 12.5 28.3 28.4 28.4 28.5

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 663.5 670.4 672.9 674.6 206.6 211.2 211.6 212.3 731.9 746.5 751.9 748.1

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 632.1 654.4 655.0 656.9 153.7 158.7 159.0 160.7 415.9 438.0 440.3 440.3

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132.0 133.1 133.8 133.9 27.0 26.7 26.5 26.5 66.9 66.8 66.3 66.3

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542.0 544.7 544.1 541.4 152.5 150.2 149.8 149.0 323.2 322.4 322.2 323.2

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.2 52.7 52.7 53.1 11.0 11.5 11.4 11.3 18.1 19.0 18.8 18.9

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171.4 167.3 168.7 169.9 42.6 41.8 42.2 41.9 113.0 112.4 111.7 112.0

Virgin Islands1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.7 7.4 7.4 7.3 – – – – – – – –

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

components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.

p Preliminary

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

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

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Education and health services Leisure and hospitality Government

Sept.

2017

July

2018

Aug.

2018

Sept.

2018p

Sept.

2017

July

2018

Aug.

2018

Sept.

2018p

Sept.

2017

July

2018

Aug.

2018

Sept.

2018p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240.9 242.6 242.3 243.9 202.6 205.5 204.3 203.4 385.3 384.0 385.4 384.7

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.9 50.0 50.1 50.3 35.3 35.6 35.6 35.1 80.7 80.1 80.3 80.2

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429.5 440.1 441.8 444.5 322.2 328.8 331.4 332.3 415.7 415.6 422.5 418.7

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187.9 187.9 188.2 189.5 116.8 116.1 116.3 116.5 211.6 211.6 211.6 211.6

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,652.2 2,717.2 2,733.8 2,730.1 1,946.0 2,005.3 2,006.1 2,014.6 2,555.7 2,584.6 2,593.2 2,598.3

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334.8 340.4 338.1 340.1 333.5 349.8 350.4 349.0 441.1 447.4 449.4 450.1

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334.0 341.4 342.8 342.5 156.7 160.6 161.1 160.0 231.1 227.5 227.1 227.6

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78.3 79.1 78.7 78.9 49.3 50.3 50.5 50.4 66.1 66.5 66.6 66.7

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134.6 133.7 135.4 137.4 76.7 80.1 79.1 79.5 240.5 237.5 237.5 237.3

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,261.9 1,312.2 1,313.6 1,320.5 1,164.0 1,257.8 1,263.7 1,269.2 1,107.2 1,106.3 1,106.2 1,105.4

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571.3 585.8 588.7 589.6 477.8 490.4 491.5 495.0 689.0 692.9 695.1 695.9

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84.8 86.7 86.6 86.5 123.0 128.4 129.0 128.5 125.9 125.8 127.8 125.3

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102.6 106.0 105.5 104.6 76.3 79.6 78.5 77.8 123.6 127.6 127.4 127.4

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 925.1 929.4 928.0 931.3 610.7 621.7 618.9 619.6 832.6 843.9 843.2 843.5

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471.5 473.1 475.1 474.1 307.2 304.9 305.8 305.9 425.1 427.4 430.0 426.7

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231.6 232.6 233.1 233.1 143.0 144.6 143.0 141.9 261.3 262.3 263.6 260.1

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197.0 197.3 197.7 197.9 128.9 131.9 131.9 130.2 255.4 259.0 263.5 260.4

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272.6 272.0 273.4 273.5 196.9 195.6 196.0 196.3 316.2 315.5 316.9 315.9

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313.9 317.8 317.9 318.5 234.7 235.7 234.9 235.1 326.1 324.0 323.7 323.5

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127.7 129.4 129.1 129.2 67.2 68.2 68.3 68.1 100.3 100.6 100.7 100.7

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465.0 472.6 474.4 474.8 279.7 276.6 279.2 282.3 502.5 501.9 499.0 500.6

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 797.2 804.4 806.3 807.6 367.2 377.8 378.6 369.5 450.6 453.3 453.2 453.0

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 672.1 675.5 678.6 679.8 432.7 442.4 443.1 442.9 606.9 603.5 606.2 611.3

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 534.6 541.9 540.6 539.9 271.6 277.2 276.5 274.8 427.6 429.6 430.8 431.9

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144.9 145.7 146.5 148.0 133.2 138.9 139.5 138.8 242.4 243.6 244.2 245.2

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467.6 478.4 477.8 477.4 302.7 308.1 310.9 311.8 434.6 435.5 434.3 435.1

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.7 76.4 76.7 76.8 64.8 65.9 66.3 65.9 91.6 92.8 93.0 92.7

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153.8 157.5 157.6 156.7 91.5 94.2 95.5 95.9 172.8 172.6 171.9 173.2

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134.7 139.5 140.3 140.9 349.2 354.8 353.7 354.3 163.1 167.1 167.5 168.0

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123.6 124.9 125.8 126.2 70.2 73.4 72.8 74.0 90.0 90.1 90.6 90.7

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 695.2 712.9 713.4 711.3 374.2 385.1 383.4 384.3 615.4 616.6 617.4 616.5

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138.8 137.1 138.9 140.2 96.4 102.0 101.6 102.3 186.1 185.6 186.8 186.8

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,018.5 2,046.0 2,051.3 2,059.2 940.8 962.9 961.5 957.8 1,448.7 1,450.2 1,450.7 1,450.7

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 599.2 613.5 610.4 609.6 495.1 503.7 503.8 489.2 737.3 743.5 742.7 741.8

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.2 64.0 64.1 64.2 38.9 40.0 40.4 39.9 82.6 80.9 81.0 80.3

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 929.8 938.4 946.5 946.3 562.4 577.2 581.5 580.5 783.8 786.3 793.3 791.1

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235.0 236.9 237.8 237.2 167.5 171.4 173.5 175.2 351.1 351.8 351.8 352.4

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274.3 298.5 299.0 299.3 207.0 217.0 216.3 217.2 310.2 292.6 293.2 293.3

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,251.2 1,276.2 1,282.9 1,289.5 566.2 580.9 578.2 575.2 704.6 705.0 706.3 703.5

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107.0 109.6 108.8 109.0 58.3 61.2 59.7 59.2 60.8 60.6 60.5 60.4

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245.9 255.3 255.6 255.8 251.9 262.2 261.3 252.0 365.8 368.5 368.6 368.0

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72.3 71.9 72.1 72.5 46.7 46.8 46.8 46.8 79.5 79.5 79.9 80.0

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432.4 441.2 440.0 441.6 330.2 343.9 347.3 348.6 430.7 430.9 434.1 434.2

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,664.2 1,706.9 1,711.4 1,709.5 1,315.0 1,369.2 1,370.9 1,370.7 1,935.5 1,942.9 1,940.5 1,939.4

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199.9 206.6 207.4 208.5 144.3 150.5 151.0 150.2 243.5 248.3 248.3 249.5

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.9 65.7 65.7 66.1 37.6 37.3 37.0 36.3 55.8 55.9 55.4 55.5

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528.5 539.3 542.4 545.4 402.2 409.9 411.1 415.8 718.3 703.7 703.3 701.2

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480.2 487.6 489.1 491.1 331.3 338.1 339.3 336.8 590.0 594.3 594.1 594.7

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129.7 131.4 131.5 132.2 73.6 75.0 75.1 74.3 153.7 155.0 155.2 155.2

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451.1 455.5 455.7 455.6 279.2 287.1 284.6 284.5 408.5 411.2 414.5 414.3

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.7 28.5 28.7 28.8 36.3 36.7 37.2 38.1 70.2 69.6 69.7 69.3

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121.4 116.7 117.6 117.7 80.4 80.1 79.9 79.7 214.7 208.2 208.0 208.2

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.4 2.6 2.6 2.5 7.4 6.1 6.1 6.7 11.1 10.3 10.7 10.6

p Preliminary

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

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Total Mining and logging Construction

August September August September August September

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

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,016.7 2,038.9 2,021.2 2,048.0 9.8 10.1 9.9 10.1 84.9 87.2 86.0 88.8

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350.8 348.0 340.2 336.7 13.5 13.4 13.2 13.1 18.1 17.8 17.3 17.1

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,757.1 2,843.9 2,794.5 2,879.3 12.0 11.9 11.9 12.0 148.4 164.0 148.7 165.2

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,230.9 1,240.0 1,248.3 1,259.0 5.9 5.6 5.9 5.4 51.8 53.6 52.2 53.7

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,794.0 17,128.5 16,857.9 17,189.3 23.0 22.6 23.0 22.7 836.1 879.0 837.8 872.9

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,676.8 2,752.9 2,677.5 2,754.8 26.5 30.6 26.6 31.3 168.8 177.2 167.9 176.9

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,672.5 1,696.5 1,681.9 1,702.2 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 61.6 66.8 61.0 67.6

Delaware1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457.6 465.7 457.5 464.4 – – – – 22.1 24.1 22.2 23.7

District of Columbia1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780.6 789.9 792.7 799.8 – – – – 15.7 16.4 15.6 16.2

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,547.1 8,772.5 8,389.9 8,791.0 5.7 5.8 5.5 5.8 511.0 550.9 485.4 552.0

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,467.1 4,551.6 4,453.9 4,561.3 9.4 9.5 9.3 9.6 183.6 203.7 184.0 205.5

Hawaii1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 642.9 658.8 651.8 662.0 – – – – 36.2 36.7 36.0 35.8

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 721.1 745.4 727.1 745.2 3.8 4.0 3.8 3.8 48.1 51.2 47.5 49.4

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,083.1 6,139.7 6,103.6 6,159.0 7.9 7.9 7.8 7.8 236.0 243.6 235.1 243.2

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,110.9 3,155.1 3,137.1 3,167.7 6.1 6.4 6.2 6.4 143.9 152.8 144.1 151.1

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,566.3 1,588.1 1,577.8 1,593.4 2.5 2.6 2.5 2.6 80.9 86.6 79.8 84.9

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,389.0 1,421.6 1,410.1 1,430.7 6.8 7.2 6.8 7.2 61.9 64.3 60.8 62.5

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,921.6 1,938.2 1,930.6 1,944.9 10.4 10.4 10.3 10.5 80.1 78.5 80.3 79.8

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,961.6 1,979.6 1,967.2 1,983.4 35.2 35.5 35.1 35.7 148.8 149.1 146.7 149.5

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 638.6 647.2 636.5 641.5 2.3 2.4 2.4 2.4 30.2 31.3 29.9 30.3

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,730.8 2,764.3 2,733.0 2,760.5 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.2 166.1 167.7 164.6 164.9

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,629.5 3,706.9 3,629.2 3,695.8 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.3 161.1 170.9 159.2 169.2

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,366.1 4,433.1 4,401.9 4,462.2 7.5 7.7 7.4 7.4 175.3 191.0 173.0 183.9

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,951.6 3,002.2 2,953.3 2,990.6 6.8 6.8 6.8 6.7 133.1 139.6 129.8 135.4

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,146.8 1,168.5 1,152.9 1,171.6 7.0 6.7 6.9 6.6 43.5 44.1 44.0 43.6

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,859.3 2,896.8 2,883.0 2,921.8 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.3 127.3 127.3 126.3 127.8

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480.0 488.5 478.3 484.9 7.2 7.4 7.0 7.3 29.9 31.9 29.0 31.5

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,017.1 1,033.4 1,019.5 1,037.6 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 53.5 54.6 52.9 53.5

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,342.1 1,392.4 1,354.5 1,402.1 14.5 14.8 14.4 14.6 84.4 94.2 85.2 94.2

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 678.7 696.4 678.1 692.8 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 27.8 31.2 27.6 30.4

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,128.3 4,210.6 4,146.3 4,203.9 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.3 162.1 154.3 160.9 151.9

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 829.2 847.1 834.1 853.7 21.0 21.6 21.4 21.5 46.3 48.5 46.4 50.1

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,512.5 9,642.1 9,534.9 9,644.5 5.4 5.3 5.4 5.4 403.0 417.7 399.1 413.8

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,425.1 4,527.0 4,433.5 4,514.1 5.8 6.0 5.8 5.8 211.7 221.0 211.3 221.3

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430.2 435.8 435.7 440.2 18.8 21.7 18.9 21.6 30.2 31.4 29.7 31.0

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,556.2 5,659.7 5,555.2 5,660.1 11.9 13.1 11.9 13.1 232.3 241.3 229.0 236.7

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,655.6 1,691.0 1,673.0 1,704.5 49.3 55.9 49.4 55.6 78.1 78.7 79.1 79.7

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,871.3 1,923.2 1,881.6 1,927.7 7.3 7.2 7.1 7.0 103.4 113.3 102.3 111.8

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,921.1 6,010.7 5,986.6 6,063.8 27.5 29.7 27.6 29.8 263.6 265.0 261.0 265.1

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 496.6 506.6 499.5 507.4 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 19.6 20.3 19.3 20.3

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,093.3 2,131.2 2,085.1 2,113.1 4.3 4.6 4.2 4.4 99.6 99.4 98.5 98.4

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440.4 450.1 438.3 446.0 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 24.4 25.9 23.7 25.5

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,007.3 3,065.1 3,033.1 3,093.7 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.2 122.5 124.3 122.7 124.6

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,198.4 12,587.7 12,219.4 12,622.4 226.6 263.5 227.4 265.1 716.0 772.0 715.9 770.4

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,463.1 1,520.2 1,482.7 1,535.9 8.8 8.6 8.6 8.5 101.6 105.3 101.3 104.9

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311.8 310.0 315.8 312.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 16.6 17.0 16.3 16.7

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,955.4 4,021.2 3,964.9 4,032.2 8.1 8.4 8.1 8.4 197.3 206.5 196.5 204.8

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,334.2 3,446.7 3,355.1 3,457.8 6.3 6.3 6.3 6.3 207.3 219.8 207.7 216.3

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 739.5 748.2 751.4 757.6 22.1 22.1 22.0 22.1 33.6 36.7 35.0 36.8

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,961.3 3,004.2 2,957.0 2,999.1 4.8 4.9 4.7 4.8 126.9 134.5 124.1 132.5

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288.7 295.9 287.9 294.1 20.0 21.6 20.1 21.3 20.9 22.5 20.9 22.0

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 861.9 846.2 867.0 850.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 20.2 20.0 20.5 20.1

Virgin Islands1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.9 36.9 36.8 37.0 – – – – 1.7 2.4 1.7 2.5

1 Mining and logging is combined with construction.

p Preliminary

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

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Manufacturing Trade, transportation, and utilities Information

August September August September August September

2017 2018 2017 2018p

2017 2018 2017 2018p2017 2018 2017 2018p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263.6 271.8 263.6 271.8 377.4 377.2 376.5 377.8 20.7 21.2 20.5 21.3

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.8 20.9 14.3 13.7 69.4 68.4 67.1 66.0 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.7

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165.3 173.4 165.7 174.5 521.2 530.6 521.6 531.4 45.3 46.1 44.5 46.8

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157.8 159.5 157.9 160.2 251.5 251.6 250.7 252.0 13.1 12.0 13.0 12.0

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,329.8 1,332.6 1,326.2 1,326.4 3,042.3 3,074.7 3,038.1 3,070.0 531.4 546.5 533.6 542.5

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145.2 147.1 144.4 147.2 462.8 472.5 460.5 469.2 71.6 76.4 71.1 75.6

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160.4 165.3 159.0 165.1 292.3 292.9 296.7 292.3 31.6 30.9 31.3 30.3

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.8 26.4 25.8 26.3 81.2 82.3 81.3 82.2 4.6 4.3 4.5 4.2

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.4 33.3 33.6 33.5 33.6 18.1 19.0 18.1 19.2

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365.3 378.4 357.8 376.6 1,733.3 1,756.6 1,699.7 1,749.6 137.8 136.8 134.6 135.8

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399.0 403.9 397.7 404.5 939.5 958.3 936.8 959.7 117.8 116.6 115.1 117.4

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.3 13.7 14.2 13.6 121.7 122.4 121.5 122.1 10.0 9.1 9.1 9.1

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.7 71.4 67.7 71.6 141.3 143.0 141.0 142.7 9.0 9.0 9.0 8.8

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 578.7 590.9 577.5 591.8 1,211.9 1,216.8 1,210.0 1,210.7 97.0 93.5 94.9 91.8

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533.1 535.7 533.2 532.5 596.0 608.6 595.0 610.1 31.0 29.1 30.4 28.2

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216.9 228.0 217.0 225.4 314.9 314.8 312.5 313.0 22.0 22.0 21.7 21.6

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160.9 166.0 162.6 166.2 269.0 273.8 268.5 271.0 19.0 17.8 18.8 17.0

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250.0 250.1 249.7 250.2 401.2 411.6 402.3 413.0 22.7 22.4 22.6 22.3

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135.0 140.7 134.3 139.6 380.4 381.9 378.3 380.8 22.3 21.9 21.9 21.1

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.0 53.3 51.6 52.3 123.9 123.1 121.3 121.1 7.3 7.1 7.2 7.0

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107.3 109.3 106.7 108.3 466.7 472.2 465.5 469.4 37.3 36.2 37.1 36.3

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245.5 250.6 243.6 246.8 583.2 584.2 579.0 582.6 93.6 94.0 91.9 92.4

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 619.9 626.3 614.8 626.0 793.1 799.2 788.0 788.9 56.7 55.6 56.3 55.0

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323.8 331.5 320.5 326.3 539.1 547.4 534.6 543.9 50.9 49.6 50.0 49.9

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143.9 145.0 143.7 145.2 230.9 231.8 230.4 230.8 11.5 11.2 11.3 11.1

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267.1 271.1 266.7 271.4 545.0 547.3 543.4 546.7 51.5 51.3 51.3 52.0

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.1 20.8 20.1 20.6 95.6 94.9 94.9 93.5 6.6 6.4 6.5 6.4

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98.3 102.6 98.1 103.0 202.3 202.4 201.2 201.2 18.0 17.1 17.9 16.9

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.1 55.3 49.7 56.2 248.4 254.4 249.7 253.9 14.8 14.5 14.4 14.3

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69.5 72.9 69.1 72.6 141.0 144.2 139.3 141.1 12.8 12.2 12.5 12.2

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246.4 254.9 245.4 253.8 884.1 902.0 887.2 904.0 70.5 70.0 70.2 71.0

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.8 27.5 26.8 27.6 136.8 138.8 135.8 138.1 12.6 11.7 11.6 11.2

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448.6 445.9 447.0 447.5 1,561.3 1,569.3 1,569.5 1,572.7 271.8 270.5 271.3 272.5

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469.2 475.9 468.5 474.7 829.4 850.9 824.3 842.7 79.2 83.1 78.3 82.5

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.1 25.3 25.1 25.6 94.6 93.5 94.5 93.3 6.5 6.4 6.5 6.3

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 690.0 699.4 685.7 699.2 1,025.9 1,043.7 1,018.7 1,038.9 72.0 71.4 71.3 70.8

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128.8 130.7 128.9 131.2 302.4 310.9 302.6 309.8 20.2 18.8 19.9 18.5

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193.6 198.0 191.8 195.6 352.0 360.1 351.9 357.2 34.4 34.0 34.4 33.6

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 564.8 568.8 561.7 565.9 1,115.0 1,117.6 1,123.7 1,124.1 84.3 81.9 82.2 81.0

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.5 41.2 40.4 41.5 76.5 76.8 77.2 76.4 6.1 6.1 6.1 5.9

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240.8 244.0 241.7 244.3 398.4 408.7 394.2 404.0 27.4 28.0 27.3 27.1

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.6 45.2 43.4 44.9 88.0 88.2 86.5 86.3 5.7 5.8 5.7 5.6

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349.5 353.9 348.7 356.6 622.7 630.1 622.4 630.6 45.5 45.1 45.2 44.2

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 857.9 882.2 856.2 883.5 2,460.6 2,523.8 2,444.9 2,521.5 202.7 196.5 200.3 195.3

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129.6 135.6 129.6 135.0 279.2 293.0 278.7 291.5 38.8 39.1 38.3 38.3

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.7 29.7 29.4 29.5 55.2 54.3 54.7 53.5 4.4 4.2 4.4 4.1

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234.9 242.4 234.4 243.8 663.4 673.1 660.1 670.6 67.7 67.8 67.4 67.4

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285.9 292.4 285.5 294.0 634.6 660.8 634.2 658.4 129.2 138.0 128.5 136.8

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.6 47.2 46.6 47.0 130.7 133.0 131.7 133.5 8.4 8.1 8.4 8.1

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475.4 495.5 469.1 490.2 544.1 548.5 539.9 540.2 47.9 46.4 47.0 46.8

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.6 9.9 9.6 9.9 53.6 54.1 52.6 53.4 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.7

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71.2 69.8 71.7 70.7 169.6 167.2 168.2 167.8 17.5 16.9 17.5 16.8

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 7.8 7.3 7.5 7.3 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6

p Preliminary

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

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Financial activities Professional and business services Education and health services

August September August September August September

2017 2018 2017 2018p

2017 2018 2017 2018p2017 2018 2017 2018p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97.2 97.7 97.7 97.6 242.6 250.8 241.4 252.9 239.9 240.8 242.6 244.8

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.6 11.9 11.9 11.3 29.3 28.9 28.5 28.9 50.0 49.8 49.6 50.0

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215.0 220.3 215.7 220.0 417.6 434.1 421.7 437.2 426.3 439.4 431.0 443.4

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.5 54.3 52.9 53.9 142.2 148.3 145.2 151.9 185.9 186.5 189.5 190.4

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 835.3 839.5 830.7 833.9 2,588.8 2,655.8 2,583.9 2,663.9 2,621.1 2,705.1 2,644.8 2,716.5

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168.9 171.4 167.9 172.2 420.1 437.1 418.2 435.2 333.8 334.6 334.3 339.6

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129.2 128.4 127.4 128.6 219.4 225.2 218.9 223.6 327.0 334.4 334.4 341.6

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.6 48.1 48.1 48.2 62.2 64.2 61.3 63.6 78.0 78.4 78.3 78.6

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.4 31.7 30.2 31.8 166.9 167.0 165.9 167.6 125.1 129.5 137.4 138.4

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 562.5 584.2 559.7 578.9 1,322.2 1,354.7 1,292.3 1,364.8 1,271.1 1,301.3 1,260.2 1,316.3

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243.6 241.6 243.4 240.0 674.2 680.4 669.4 684.8 570.1 588.9 571.1 590.0

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.5 30.2 28.5 29.8 82.4 83.9 82.0 85.5 83.5 85.8 85.3 86.5

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.7 36.7 35.4 36.5 92.5 96.3 92.0 95.0 100.2 102.8 102.7 104.0

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395.8 403.0 391.5 398.5 955.4 963.4 952.8 958.4 912.2 915.8 922.4 928.2

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137.1 141.1 136.2 140.6 341.7 348.6 342.0 347.7 460.1 470.4 472.9 477.1

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109.9 112.3 109.0 111.2 141.7 143.6 140.3 142.3 224.1 226.5 231.1 232.9

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78.7 80.3 77.9 79.8 178.9 184.1 178.4 184.6 195.4 196.2 196.8 197.3

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93.5 94.7 93.3 94.2 213.7 217.7 215.7 218.0 270.8 272.2 273.5 273.9

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91.8 93.1 91.5 92.3 209.4 212.2 209.4 211.2 313.9 317.5 315.4 318.8

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.2 32.5 31.7 32.3 67.8 68.3 67.1 67.6 125.3 127.0 128.0 129.2

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148.7 140.1 147.2 138.8 450.8 472.2 447.4 466.7 459.7 469.0 463.5 472.5

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225.6 226.8 221.7 223.5 577.8 605.9 570.2 600.6 784.0 795.6 794.2 804.1

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220.6 223.0 218.1 221.1 641.6 650.3 648.1 658.5 666.7 669.7 670.9 678.0

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182.7 182.6 180.1 181.9 378.8 384.2 374.7 378.5 528.3 536.9 535.7 537.2

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.1 46.1 44.1 45.0 106.2 114.4 106.9 114.3 143.4 144.9 146.1 148.8

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175.0 178.3 173.7 176.0 386.7 397.0 386.0 395.7 464.3 472.8 466.6 475.7

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.7 24.7 24.5 24.6 42.4 44.2 41.3 43.2 75.9 75.8 76.5 76.6

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.5 76.0 74.2 75.3 118.1 121.5 118.2 122.6 153.1 156.5 154.1 156.5

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.6 65.9 65.6 65.4 181.0 189.8 182.4 190.8 133.9 141.1 134.8 141.5

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.3 36.3 34.8 36.0 83.4 84.0 82.4 81.2 121.9 123.6 123.0 125.4

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253.0 250.5 250.7 248.5 670.0 686.9 672.0 687.9 675.3 699.8 694.0 704.7

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.0 35.5 33.8 35.6 105.8 109.4 105.5 109.8 136.5 137.1 139.1 139.9

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 727.9 732.0 716.7 722.6 1,336.2 1,350.0 1,328.9 1,338.5 1,939.0 1,988.7 1,995.3 2,040.4

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236.5 241.5 234.7 241.7 621.7 651.5 618.9 646.7 597.6 605.6 598.8 611.2

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.6 24.6 24.4 24.6 35.5 36.6 34.8 36.1 62.7 63.7 63.3 64.0

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309.0 315.2 307.3 312.3 732.4 739.3 726.2 732.9 923.5 934.9 930.6 945.2

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.5 79.4 79.6 79.1 188.3 194.9 188.4 195.0 234.4 237.5 236.1 237.7

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101.3 103.2 100.7 102.0 247.0 250.2 245.5 249.4 266.7 293.2 274.1 298.5

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324.7 326.8 321.8 325.9 803.7 821.0 807.2 827.3 1,210.0 1,252.5 1,255.8 1,287.5

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.3 36.6 36.2 36.3 68.8 71.0 68.4 70.8 102.8 104.2 106.8 108.5

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103.5 103.3 102.4 101.9 277.5 279.8 275.5 276.7 245.6 254.1 246.0 256.5

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.5 29.5 29.3 29.5 31.6 34.3 31.2 33.7 71.6 71.6 72.2 72.3

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159.4 162.1 158.8 161.5 407.6 418.2 409.5 422.0 427.8 434.4 434.4 443.1

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 762.3 778.7 763.3 783.9 1,675.7 1,772.1 1,683.2 1,763.6 1,667.3 1,707.2 1,667.8 1,709.7

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84.7 88.3 84.1 87.8 210.3 217.3 210.1 218.0 194.3 202.0 201.6 209.9

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.3 12.6 12.0 12.6 29.4 29.2 28.8 28.9 65.3 65.2 65.5 65.6

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208.1 213.3 206.6 212.8 736.8 759.8 732.5 749.5 524.6 536.7 531.6 547.7

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155.5 161.2 154.9 161.4 421.7 447.3 422.0 445.7 471.1 480.9 478.3 487.5

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.0 26.5 27.0 26.7 67.4 66.5 67.2 66.5 126.9 129.4 131.0 133.0

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154.8 151.1 152.7 148.9 329.8 326.4 326.3 326.8 445.0 452.3 451.3 454.2

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.1 11.7 11.0 11.3 19.1 19.6 18.7 19.2 26.9 28.3 27.8 28.7

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.4 42.2 42.5 41.8 112.2 110.3 112.2 110.8 117.2 115.1 120.9 117.9

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

p Preliminary

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

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Leisure and hospitality Other services Government

August September August September August September

2017 2018 2017 2018p

2017 2018 2017 2018p2017 2018 2017 2018p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207.5 209.9 203.8 204.4 93.7 94.0 93.9 94.3 379.4 378.2 385.3 384.2

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.2 43.8 39.7 39.0 11.1 10.6 11.2 10.9 76.9 76.6 81.5 81.0

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316.8 327.9 319.4 328.9 88.3 88.6 88.4 88.2 400.9 407.6 425.9 431.7

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119.4 119.0 118.5 117.7 48.8 48.9 48.7 48.2 201.0 200.7 213.8 213.6

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,983.4 2,033.1 1,954.5 2,023.6 565.5 564.3 566.9 560.4 2,437.3 2,475.3 2,518.4 2,556.5

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346.6 364.7 334.7 345.8 110.2 109.5 109.3 108.1 422.3 431.8 442.6 453.7

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165.7 171.4 158.7 161.4 66.2 66.4 65.3 66.0 218.5 214.2 228.6 225.1

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.6 56.3 51.5 52.0 19.0 19.2 18.5 19.0 61.5 62.4 66.0 66.6

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.7 78.6 77.3 79.9 74.7 75.9 74.2 74.9 238.4 236.8 239.2 236.8

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,192.7 1,247.9 1,142.7 1,244.3 346.7 356.1 338.7 357.6 1,098.8 1,099.8 1,113.3 1,109.3

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487.5 498.0 477.9 493.3 159.6 161.0 158.1 159.9 682.8 689.7 691.1 696.6

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123.9 129.9 123.1 127.7 27.8 28.1 27.8 28.1 114.6 119.0 124.3 123.8

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.6 84.6 78.4 80.0 25.6 26.4 25.1 26.0 115.6 120.0 124.5 127.4

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 638.0 647.0 619.6 630.3 254.6 254.1 251.4 248.6 795.6 803.7 840.6 849.7

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317.6 315.9 311.6 310.4 126.6 123.9 126.0 124.5 417.7 422.6 439.5 439.1

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150.0 151.9 145.5 143.1 58.0 54.8 57.5 55.9 245.4 245.0 260.9 260.5

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131.9 135.5 129.7 130.6 50.4 50.5 50.7 50.6 236.1 245.9 259.1 263.9

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202.4 203.1 199.2 199.5 66.0 67.4 65.8 66.8 310.8 310.1 317.9 316.7

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234.7 237.6 234.2 233.7 73.9 76.4 73.6 76.3 316.2 313.7 326.8 324.4

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83.8 88.0 74.3 75.6 22.3 22.3 21.7 21.9 91.5 91.9 101.3 101.8

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298.2 302.8 285.4 288.4 114.8 114.9 113.9 114.8 479.9 478.7 500.4 499.2

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402.0 420.4 378.8 382.2 143.7 146.3 137.0 140.6 411.8 410.9 452.4 452.5

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460.3 473.1 443.2 451.2 169.9 175.7 168.0 172.6 554.5 561.5 614.1 619.6

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291.0 302.4 280.2 285.8 117.9 117.1 116.8 115.7 399.2 404.1 424.1 429.3

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137.4 143.2 134.6 138.9 40.3 40.6 40.4 40.6 238.6 240.5 244.5 246.7

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317.8 327.9 309.5 318.0 117.4 117.2 116.5 115.6 402.9 402.3 438.7 438.6

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71.8 74.3 67.6 68.8 18.7 19.6 18.6 19.7 87.1 88.5 92.3 92.7

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96.1 100.4 92.9 97.7 36.8 36.8 36.6 36.6 165.3 164.4 172.3 173.2

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352.6 358.0 352.1 358.3 41.6 43.7 41.6 43.7 156.2 160.7 164.6 169.2

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.5 85.0 73.0 76.3 24.8 26.4 24.1 24.7 79.7 79.6 91.3 91.9

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414.0 434.4 388.7 401.6 175.4 180.2 172.5 176.1 576.2 576.3 603.3 603.1

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99.0 105.2 97.3 102.4 30.2 30.2 28.2 28.3 180.2 181.6 188.2 189.2

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 996.7 1,025.3 960.8 980.5 413.7 427.6 412.4 422.0 1,408.9 1,409.8 1,428.5 1,428.6

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 516.1 528.2 499.9 492.7 152.7 153.3 151.5 149.2 705.2 710.0 741.5 745.6

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.3 41.5 39.8 40.4 16.2 16.2 16.1 16.4 75.7 74.9 82.6 80.9

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 590.5 615.8 572.7 591.8 217.9 225.7 214.9 225.5 750.8 759.9 786.9 793.7

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170.8 175.9 170.0 176.2 68.0 70.5 68.1 69.4 335.8 337.8 350.9 352.3

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216.4 228.2 212.4 223.0 64.3 65.0 63.8 66.0 284.9 270.8 297.6 283.6

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 603.4 617.9 576.0 584.2 264.8 266.4 259.7 262.6 659.3 663.1 709.9 710.4

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.9 68.2 61.4 63.4 23.9 25.0 23.0 24.0 57.0 57.0 60.5 60.1

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265.3 271.8 253.2 253.3 75.3 79.3 75.0 78.2 355.6 358.2 367.1 368.3

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.6 54.9 48.7 49.1 17.1 17.7 16.7 17.3 75.2 76.0 79.9 80.8

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339.0 360.3 333.6 351.5 114.6 116.0 114.5 115.9 414.5 416.5 439.1 439.5

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,346.5 1,392.7 1,319.5 1,367.9 430.0 441.7 424.9 439.3 1,852.8 1,857.3 1,916.0 1,922.2

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147.5 154.7 145.1 150.0 41.1 42.0 40.2 40.7 227.2 234.3 245.1 251.3

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.1 38.6 36.9 34.9 10.3 10.2 10.2 10.0 48.7 48.2 56.8 56.1

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423.0 432.7 406.7 422.4 204.3 207.4 202.6 206.9 687.2 673.1 718.4 697.9

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344.9 354.1 340.9 345.5 121.6 123.6 120.2 122.1 556.1 562.3 576.6 583.8

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.9 78.2 74.9 76.0 53.8 52.6 53.6 52.2 146.1 147.9 154.0 155.7

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304.3 313.1 286.5 293.0 151.8 152.2 150.6 150.5 376.5 379.3 404.8 411.2

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.6 44.5 39.3 41.3 14.3 13.9 14.1 13.7 66.9 66.1 70.1 69.6

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.2 79.8 80.3 79.1 17.6 17.2 17.5 17.1 212.3 207.2 215.2 208.0

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.4 6.1 6.8 6.3 1.0 0.9 0.9 1.0 11.2 10.8 11.1 10.5

p Preliminary

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

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

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Map 2. Percentage change in nonfarm employment by state,

seasonally adjusted, September 2017 - September 2018