For release 10:00 a.m. (EDT) Friday, October 21, 2016 USDL-16-2026 

Technical information:

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REGIONAL AND STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT — SEPTEMBER 2016

Unemployment rates were significantly lower in September in 7 states, higher in 1 state, and 

stable in 42 states and the District of Columbia, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported 

today. Six states had notable jobless rate decreases from a year earlier, 4 states had increases, and 

40 states and the District had no significant change. The national unemployment rate was 5.0 

percent in September, little changed from that of both August 2016 and September 2015. 

Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 14 states in September 2016, decreased in 3 states, 

and was essentially unchanged in 33 states and the District of Columbia. Over the year, 35 states

and the District added nonfarm payroll jobs, Wyoming lost jobs, and 14 states were essentially 

unchanged. 

Regional Unemployment 

In September, the only region with an unemployment rate significantly different from the U.S. 

rate of 5.0 percent was the Midwest, at 4.6 percent. Over the month, the only statistically 

significant unemployment rate change was in the South (+0.1 percentage point). Significant 

over-the-year rate changes occurred in two regions: the West (-0.4 percentage point) and South 

(-0.3 point). (See table 1.)

Among the nine geographic divisions, New England had the lowest unemployment rate, 4.1 

percent in September, followed by the West North Central, 4.2 percent. The Pacific had the 

highest rate, 5.5 percent. Over the month, no division had a statistically significant jobless rate 

change. Three divisions had significant unemployment rate declines from a year earlier: the East 

South Central and New England (-0.7 percentage point each) and South Atlantic (-0.6 point). 

Significant over-the-year rate increases occurred in the West North Central and West South 

Central (+0.3 percentage point each). 

State Unemployment

New Hampshire and South Dakota had the lowest jobless rates in September, 2.9 percent each. 

Alaska had the highest unemployment rate, 6.9 percent. In total, 20 states had unemployment 
rates significantly lower than the U.S. figure of 5.0 percent, 9 states and the District of Columbia 

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

nation. (See tables A and 3 and map 1.) 

In September, seven states had statistically significant unemployment rate decreases, the largest 

of which occurred in Nevada (-0.5 percentage point). The only notable rate increase occurred in 

New York (+0.2 percentage point). The remaining 42 states and the District of Columbia had 

jobless rates that were not significantly 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.)

Six states had statistically significant unemployment rate decreases from September 2015. The 

largest decline was in Massachusetts (-1.2 percentage points). Four states had significant 

unemployment rate increases over the year, the largest of which were in Oklahoma and 

Wyoming (+1.0 percentage point each). (See table C.)

Nonfarm Payroll Employment 

Fourteen states had statistically significant over-the-month increases in nonfarm payroll 

employment and three states had significant decreases in September 2016. The largest job gains 

occurred in Texas (+38,300), California (+30,000), and Florida (+23,000). In percentage terms, 

the largest increases occurred in Kentucky and Washington (+0.6 percent each), followed by 

Delaware, Indiana, Montana, and Tennessee (+0.5 percent each). The three significant decreases 

in employment over the month occurred in Wisconsin (-10,500), Alabama (-6,600), and New 

Mexico (-4,200). In percentage terms, the largest decreases occurred in New Mexico (-0.5 

percent), Wisconsin (-0.4 percent), and Alabama (-0.3 percent). (See tables D and 5.) 

Thirty-five states and the District of Columbia had statistically significant over-the-year 

increases in nonfarm payroll employment in September. The largest job gains occurred in 

California (+379,700), Florida (+276,300), and Texas (+206,800). The largest percentage gain 

occurred in Oregon (+3.5 percent), followed by Florida (+3.4 percent), and Idaho and 

Washington (+3.2 percent each). Only one state had a significant over-the-year decline in 

employment: Wyoming (-9,200, or -3.2 percent). (See table E and map 2.) 

_____________ 

The Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment news release for September is 

scheduled to be released on Wednesday, November 2, 2016, at 10:00 a.m. (EDT). The 

Regional and State Employment and Unemployment news release for October is scheduled 

to be released on Friday, November 18, 2016, at 10:00 a.m. (EST).
State Rate p

United States 1 ................................................ 5.0

Alaska ............................................................ 6.9

Arkansas ........................................................ 4.0

California ......................................................... 5.5

Colorado ......................................................... 3.6

Delaware ......................................................... 4.3

District of Columbia .......................................... 6.1

Hawaii ............................................................. 3.3

Idaho .............................................................. 3.8

Iowa ................................................................ 4.2

Kansas ........................................................... 4.4

Louisiana ........................................................ 6.4

Maine ............................................................. 4.1

Maryland ......................................................... 4.2

Massachusetts ................................................ 3.6

Minnesota ....................................................... 4.0

Mississippi ...................................................... 6.0

Montana .......................................................... 4.3

Nebraska ........................................................ 3.2

Nevada ............................................................ 5.8

New Hampshire ............................................... 2.9

New Mexico .................................................... 6.7

North Dakota ................................................... 3.0

Pennsylvania ................................................... 5.7

South Dakota .................................................. 2.9

Utah ............................................................... 3.4

Vermont .......................................................... 3.3

Virginia ........................................................... 4.0

Washington ..................................................... 5.6

West Virginia ................................................... 5.8

Wisconsin ....................................................... 4.1

1

 Data are not preliminary.

p

 = preliminary.

Table A. States with unemployment rates significantly different from that

of the U.S., September 2016, seasonally adjusted
Table B. States with statistically significant unemployment rate changes from August 2016

to September 2016, seasonally adjusted

August 2016 September 2016 p

Arizona ...................................... 5.8 5.5 -0.3

Hawaii ....................................... 3.4 3.3 -.1

Massachusetts .......................... 3.9 3.6 -.3

Nevada ...................................... 6.3 5.8 -.5

New York ................................... 4.8 5.0 .2

Utah .......................................... 3.7 3.4 -.3

Washington ............................... 5.7 5.6 -.1

Wyoming ................................... 5.5 5.3 -.2

p

 = preliminary.

State

Rate Over-the-month 

change p

Table C. States with statistically significant unemployment rate changes from September 2015

to September 2016, seasonally adjusted

September 2015 September 2016 p

Arkansas ................................... 5.0 4.0 -1.0

California ................................... 6.0 5.5 -.5

Iowa .......................................... 3.6 4.2 .6

Maryland ................................... 5.1 4.2 -.9

Massachusetts .......................... 4.8 3.6 -1.2

North Carolina ............................ 5.7 4.7 -1.0

Oklahoma .................................. 4.2 5.2 1.0

Pennsylvania .............................. 4.9 5.7 .8

Tennessee ................................. 5.6 4.6 -1.0

Wyoming ................................... 4.3 5.3 1.0

p

 = preliminary.

State

Rate Over-the-year 

change p
Table D. States with statistically significant employment changes from August 2016 to

September 2016, seasonally adjusted

August September

2016 2016 p Level Percent

Alabama .................................... 1,974,000 1,967,400 -6,600 -0.3

Arizona ...................................... 2,702,700 2,711,300 8,600 .3

California ................................... 16,519,600 16,549,600 30,000 .2

Delaware ................................... 460,300 462,500 2,200 .5

Florida ....................................... 8,405,000 8,428,000 23,000 .3

Georgia ..................................... 4,385,300 4,403,400 18,100 .4

Indiana ...................................... 3,068,900 3,085,200 16,300 .5

Kentucky ................................... 1,904,900 1,916,400 11,500 .6

Montana .................................... 460,000 462,400 2,400 .5

Nebraska ................................... 1,013,500 1,017,400 3,900 .4

 

New Mexico ............................... 826,600 822,400 -4,200 -.5

South Carolina ........................... 2,063,100 2,069,700 6,600 .3

Tennessee ................................. 2,965,300 2,980,100 14,800 .5

Texas ........................................ 12,046,500 12,084,800 38,300 .3

Virginia ...................................... 3,931,900 3,945,300 13,400 .3

Washington ............................... 3,248,600 3,268,600 20,000 .6

Wisconsin ................................. 2,933,700 2,923,200 -10,500 -.4

p

 = preliminary.

Over-the-month change p

State
Table E. States with statistically significant employment changes from September 2015 to

September 2016, seasonally adjusted

September September

2015 2016 p Level Percent

Arizona ...................................... 2,649,800 2,711,300 61,500 2.3

Arkansas ................................... 1,214,200 1,232,800 18,600 1.5

California ................................... 16,169,900 16,549,600 379,700 2.3

Colorado .................................... 2,552,200 2,621,400 69,200 2.7

Delaware ................................... 449,600 462,500 12,900 2.9

District of Columbia .................... 767,100 781,700 14,600 1.9

Florida ....................................... 8,151,700 8,428,000 276,300 3.4

Georgia ..................................... 4,284,700 4,403,400 118,700 2.8

Hawaii ....................................... 637,300 653,200 15,900 2.5

Idaho ......................................... 675,300 696,800 21,500 3.2

 

Illinois ........................................ 5,972,900 6,016,300 43,400 .7

Indiana ...................................... 3,041,000 3,085,200 44,200 1.5

Iowa .......................................... 1,558,200 1,587,800 29,600 1.9

Kentucky ................................... 1,890,600 1,916,400 25,800 1.4

Maryland ................................... 2,664,400 2,710,600 46,200 1.7

Massachusetts .......................... 3,500,900 3,579,200 78,300 2.2

Michigan .................................... 4,246,900 4,331,800 84,900 2.0

Minnesota .................................. 2,859,200 2,905,300 46,100 1.6

Missouri .................................... 2,794,700 2,825,800 31,100 1.1

Nevada ...................................... 1,265,300 1,299,600 34,300 2.7

 

New Hampshire .......................... 657,400 671,300 13,900 2.1

New Jersey ................................ 4,031,600 4,085,000 53,400 1.3

New York ................................... 9,278,100 9,384,700 106,600 1.1

North Carolina ............................ 4,254,700 4,337,300 82,600 1.9

Ohio .......................................... 5,424,500 5,497,900 73,400 1.4

Oregon ...................................... 1,785,500 1,847,100 61,600 3.5

Pennsylvania .............................. 5,843,700 5,895,200 51,500 .9

South Carolina ........................... 2,015,300 2,069,700 54,400 2.7

South Dakota ............................. 428,200 438,800 10,600 2.5

Tennessee ................................. 2,908,800 2,980,100 71,300 2.5

 

Texas ........................................ 11,878,000 12,084,800 206,800 1.7

Utah .......................................... 1,388,000 1,427,800 39,800 2.9

Vermont .................................... 311,500 317,700 6,200 2.0

Virginia ...................................... 3,864,200 3,945,300 81,100 2.1

Washington ............................... 3,168,100 3,268,600 100,500 3.2

Wisconsin ................................. 2,887,200 2,923,200 36,000 1.2

Wyoming ................................... 289,100 279,900 -9,200 -3.2

p

 = preliminary.

Over-the-year change p

State
Technical Note

This release presents labor force and unemployment data for 

census regions and divisions, states, and selected substate areas 

from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program 

(tables 1 to 4). Also presented are nonfarm payroll employment 

estimates by state and industry supersector from the Current 

Employment Statistics (CES) program (tables 5 and 6). The 

LAUS and CES programs are both federal-state cooperative 

endeavors.

Labor force and unemployment—from the LAUS 

program 

 Definitions. The 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 employment and 

unemployment on a place-of-residence basis. The universe for 

each is the civilian noninstitutional population 16 years of age 

and over. Employed persons are those who did any work at all 

for pay or profit in the reference week (the week including the 

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

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

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

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

illness, or vacation. Unemployed persons are those who were 

not employed during the reference week (based on the 

definition above), had actively looked for a job sometime in the 

4-week period ending with the reference week, and were 

currently available for work; persons on layoff expecting recall 

need not be looking for work to be counted as unemployed. The 

labor force is the sum of employed and unemployed persons. 

The unemployment rate is the number of unemployed as a 

percent of the labor force.

 Method of estimation. Estimates for 48 of the 50 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 nine census 

divisions, as well as the five additional substate areas contained 

in this release (the Cleveland-Elyria and Detroit-WarrenDearborn metropolitan areas and the Chicago-NapervilleArlington Heights, Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, and SeattleBellevue-Everett metropolitan divisions) and their respective 

balances of state are based on similar model-based approaches. 

Estimates for census regions are obtained by summing the 

model-based estimates for the component divisions. Each 

month, census division estimates are controlled to the national 

totals; state estimates are then controlled to their respective 

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 detailed description of 

the estimation procedures is available from BLS upon request.

 Annual revisions. Labor force and unemployment data for 

prior years reflect adjustments made after the end of each year. 

The adjusted estimates reflect updated population data from the 

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

model re-estimation. In most years, historical data for the most 

recent five years are revised near the beginning of each calendar 

year, prior to the release of January estimates. With the 

introduction of a new generation of times-series models in early 

2015, historical data were re-estimated back to the series 

beginnings in 1976, 1990, or 1994.

 Seasonal adjustment. The LAUS models decompose the 

estimates of employed and unemployed persons into trend, 

seasonal, and irregular components. The trend component of 

each measure is then smoothed using a Trend-Cycle Cascade 

Filter, which combines the Henderson trend filter with a 

seasonal filter. This combined filter suppresses variability due 

to real-time benchmarking while simultaneously removing any 

residual seasonality that may be present in the series. The 

resulting smoothed-seasonally adjusted unemployment rate 

estimates are analyzed in this news release and published on the 

BLS website. During estimation for the current year, the 

smoothed-seasonally adjusted estimates for a given month are 

created using an asymmetric filter that incorporates information 

from previous observations only. For annual revisions, 

historical data are smoothed using a two-sided filter. 

 Area definitions. The substate area data published in this 

release reflect the delineations issued by the U.S. Office of 

Management and Budget on February 28, 2013. A detailed list 

of the geographic definitions is available online at 

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

Employment—from the CES program

 Definitions. Employment data refer to persons on 

establishment payrolls who receive pay for any part of the pay 

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

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

those appearing on more than one payroll are counted on each 

payroll. Industries are classified on the basis of their principal 

activity in accordance with the 2012 version of the North 

American Industry Classification System.

 Method of estimation. CES State and Area employment 

data are produced using several estimation procedures. Where 

possible these data are produced using a "weighted link 

relative" estimation technique in which a ratio of current month 

weighted employment to that of the previous-month weighted 

employment is computed from a sample of establishments 

reporting for both months. The estimates of employment for the 
current month are then obtained by multiplying these ratios by 

the previous month’s employment estimates. The weighted link 

relative technique is utilized for data series where the sample 

size meets certain statistical criteria. 

 For some employment series, the sample of establishments 

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

approach is used in estimation. These models use the direct 

sample estimates (described above), combined with forecasts of 

historical (benchmarked) data to decrease volatility in 

estimation. Two different models (Fay-Herriot Model and 

Small Domain Model) are used depending on the industry level 

being estimated. For more detailed information about each 

model, refer to the BLS Handbook of Methods.

 Annual revisions. Employment estimates are adjusted 

annually to a complete count of jobs, called benchmarks, 

derived principally from tax reports that are submitted by 

employers who are covered under state unemployment 

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

adjust the monthly estimates between the new benchmark and 

the preceding one and also to establish the level of employment 

for the new benchmark month. Thus, the benchmarking process 

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

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

subsequent months. Information on recent benchmark revisions 

is available online at www.bls.gov/sae/benchmark2016.pdf.

 Seasonal adjustment. Payroll employment data are 

seasonally adjusted at the statewide supersector level. In some 

states, the seasonally adjusted payroll employment total is 

computed by aggregating the independently adjusted 

supersector series. In other states, the seasonally adjusted 

payroll employment total is independently adjusted. Revisions 

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

year, coincident with annual benchmark adjustments.

 Caution on aggregating state data. State estimation 

procedures are designed to produce accurate data for each 

individual state. BLS independently develops a national 

employment series; state estimates are not forced to sum to 

national totals. Because each state series is subject to larger 

sampling and nonsampling errors than the national series, 

summing them cumulates individual state level errors and can 

cause significant distortions at an aggregate level. Due to these 

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

employment series, and cautions users that such a series is 

subject to a relatively large and volatile error structure.

Reliability of the estimates

 The estimates presented in this release are based on sample 

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

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

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

by chance because a sample rather than the entire population is 

surveyed. Survey data also are subject to nonsampling errors, 

such as those which can be introduced into the data collection

and processing operations. Estimates not directly derived from

sample surveys are subject to additional errors resulting from 

the specific estimation processes used.

 Use of error measures. Changes in regional and 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, regional and state 

unemployment rates for the current month generally are cited 

only if they have been determined to be significantly different 

from the U.S. rate at the 90-percent confidence level. The 

underlying model-based standard error measures for 

unemployment rates and over-the-month and over-the-year 

changes in rates are available at www.bls.gov/lau/lastderr.htm. 

The underlying standard error measures for over-the-month and 

over-the-year changes in state payroll employment data at the 

total nonfarm and supersector levels are available at 

www.bls.gov/sae/790stderr.htm. Measures of nonsampling 

error are not available.

Additional information

 Estimates of labor force and unemployment from the LAUS 

program, as well as nonfarm employment from the CES 

program, for 394 metropolitan areas and metropolitan New 

England City and Town Areas (NECTAs) are available in the 

news release, Metropolitan Area Employment and 

Unemployment. Estimates of labor force, employment, and 

unemployment for approximately 7,500 subnational areas are 

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

the CES program for states and metropolitan areas are available 

online at www.bls.gov/sae/. Information in this release will be 

made available to sensory impaired individuals upon request. 

Voice phone: (202) 691-5200; Federal Relay Service: (800) 

877-8339.
LABOR FORCE DATA

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 1. Civilian labor force and unemployment by census region and division, seasonally adjusted1

Census region and

division

Civilian labor force Unemployed

Sept.

2015

July

2016

Aug.

2016

Sept.

2016

Number Percent of labor force

Sept.

2015

July

2016

Aug.

2016

Sept.

2016

Sept.

2015

July

2016

Aug.

2016

Sept.

2016

Northeast. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,411,324 28,564,796 28,537,973 28,571,492 1,406,118 1,377,391 1,390,965 1,411,070 4.9 4.8 4.9 4.9

New England. . . . . . . . . . 7,763,130 7,854,272 7,872,183 7,875,134 370,620 336,507 334,287 323,744 4.8 4.3 4.2 4.1

Middle Atlantic. . . . . . . . . 20,648,194 20,710,524 20,665,790 20,696,358 1,035,498 1,040,884 1,056,678 1,087,326 5.0 5.0 5.1 5.3

South. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57,373,092 58,022,028 58,030,133 58,179,494 2,945,936 2,720,220 2,718,472 2,788,979 5.1 4.7 4.7 4.8

South Atlantic. . . . . . . . . . 30,520,594 30,801,064 30,794,593 30,875,192 1,601,769 1,408,447 1,393,272 1,423,510 5.2 4.6 4.5 4.6

East South Central. . . . . 8,434,080 8,567,498 8,581,968 8,620,158 488,618 427,517 428,937 443,633 5.8 5.0 5.0 5.1

West South Central. . . . . 18,418,418 18,653,466 18,653,572 18,684,144 855,549 884,256 896,263 921,836 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9

Midwest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,533,954 34,996,432 34,968,359 34,966,320 1,606,234 1,584,576 1,585,260 1,611,591 4.7 4.5 4.5 4.6

East North Central. . . . . 23,317,347 23,734,490 23,718,409 23,710,881 1,172,420 1,140,765 1,122,306 1,139,456 5.0 4.8 4.7 4.8

West North Central. . . . . 11,216,607 11,261,942 11,249,950 11,255,439 433,814 443,811 462,954 472,135 3.9 3.9 4.1 4.2

West. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36,984,257 37,543,320 37,618,849 37,763,370 2,053,814 1,985,094 1,981,808 1,977,979 5.6 5.3 5.3 5.2

Mountain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,434,847 11,631,697 11,617,412 11,625,649 565,188 577,981 565,703 548,582 4.9 5.0 4.9 4.7

Pacific. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,549,410 25,911,623 26,001,437 26,137,721 1,488,626 1,407,113 1,416,105 1,429,397 5.8 5.4 5.4 5.5

1 Census region estimates are derived by summing the census division model-based estimates.

NOTE: Data refer to place of residence. The states (including the District of Columbia) that compose the various census divisions are: New England: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New

Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont; Middle Atlantic: New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania; South Atlantic: Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South

Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia; East South Central: Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee; West South Central: Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas; East North Central: Illinois,

Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin; West North Central: Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota; Mountain: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada,

New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming; and Pacific: Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington. Estimates for the current year are subject to revision early in the following calendar year.
LABOR FORCE DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 2. Civilian labor force and unemployment by census region and division, not seasonally adjusted1

Census region and

division

Civilian labor force Unemployed

August September Number Percent of labor force

2015 2016 2015 2016

August September August September

2015 2016 2015 2016 2015 2016 2015 2016

Northeast. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,585,519 28,784,401 28,231,058 28,527,384 1,435,483 1,454,070 1,338,492 1,373,678 5.0 5.1 4.7 4.8

New England. . . . . . . . . . 7,854,102 7,974,781 7,727,030 7,828,992 370,462 336,744 355,930 298,403 4.7 4.2 4.6 3.8

Middle Atlantic. . . . . . . . . 20,731,417 20,809,620 20,504,028 20,698,392 1,065,021 1,117,326 982,562 1,075,275 5.1 5.4 4.8 5.2

South. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57,305,944 58,141,754 57,226,028 58,351,733 3,061,467 2,920,063 2,907,708 2,889,773 5.3 5.0 5.1 5.0

South Atlantic. . . . . . . . . . 30,519,986 30,876,477 30,442,754 30,989,973 1,693,506 1,515,377 1,587,245 1,479,313 5.5 4.9 5.2 4.8

East South Central. . . . . 8,407,797 8,590,364 8,400,356 8,642,400 487,241 447,359 467,780 453,636 5.8 5.2 5.6 5.2

West South Central. . . . . 18,378,161 18,674,913 18,382,918 18,719,360 880,720 957,327 852,683 956,824 4.8 5.1 4.6 5.1

Midwest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,591,549 35,102,290 34,381,510 34,877,576 1,579,104 1,636,822 1,448,451 1,520,658 4.6 4.7 4.2 4.4

East North Central. . . . . 23,381,990 23,834,650 23,226,239 23,653,100 1,151,267 1,156,864 1,060,904 1,097,001 4.9 4.9 4.6 4.6

West North Central. . . . . 11,209,559 11,267,640 11,155,271 11,224,476 427,837 479,958 387,547 423,657 3.8 4.3 3.5 3.8

West. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37,045,775 37,771,429 36,913,131 37,879,017 2,093,690 1,985,195 1,940,753 1,874,219 5.7 5.3 5.3 4.9

Mountain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,460,830 11,622,938 11,429,585 11,644,537 584,009 551,321 542,908 511,971 5.1 4.7 4.8 4.4

Pacific. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,584,945 26,148,491 25,483,546 26,234,480 1,509,681 1,433,874 1,397,845 1,362,248 5.9 5.5 5.5 5.2

1 Census region estimates are derived by summing the census division model-based estimates.

NOTE: Data refer to place of residence. The composition of the regions and divisions is described in table 1. Estimates for the current year are subject to revision early in the following calendar year.
LABOR FORCE DATA

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 3. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state and selected area, seasonally adjusted

State and area

Civilian labor force Unemployed

Sept.

2015

July

2016

Aug.

2016

Sept.

2016p

Number Percent of labor force

Sept.

2015

July

2016

Aug.

2016

Sept.

2016p

Sept.

2015

July

2016

Aug.

2016

Sept.

2016p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,141,405 2,162,473 2,156,813 2,165,382 130,259 123,034 116,296 117,125 6.1 5.7 5.4 5.4

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363,304 359,213 359,375 359,801 23,758 24,231 24,311 24,656 6.5 6.7 6.8 6.9

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,151,273 3,223,810 3,213,513 3,222,169 186,668 192,202 186,959 178,790 5.9 6.0 5.8 5.5

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,333,300 1,357,451 1,356,091 1,357,063 66,202 52,903 53,304 54,817 5.0 3.9 3.9 4.0

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,969,397 19,161,580 19,231,079 19,348,882 1,134,763 1,048,589 1,061,209 1,070,382 6.0 5.5 5.5 5.5

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale1. . . . 4,987,536 5,053,811 5,080,142 5,118,903 311,255 244,955 249,016 256,836 6.2 4.8 4.9 5.0

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,823,136 2,893,858 2,891,295 2,898,003 102,815 110,445 109,064 104,498 3.6 3.8 3.8 3.6

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,883,624 1,900,606 1,902,402 1,904,393 100,516 108,513 106,128 103,203 5.3 5.7 5.6 5.4

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470,318 481,386 479,354 477,746 22,948 20,608 20,706 20,716 4.9 4.3 4.3 4.3

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389,712 396,827 394,920 392,881 25,958 23,357 23,689 24,118 6.7 5.9 6.0 6.1

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,665,972 9,729,520 9,718,435 9,752,600 496,045 457,478 454,291 457,394 5.1 4.7 4.7 4.7

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall1. . . . . . . . . . . 1,335,155 1,310,329 1,312,101 1,317,102 80,235 67,922 67,083 67,851 6.0 5.2 5.1 5.2

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,762,676 4,880,957 4,892,768 4,918,505 264,344 242,486 241,690 248,758 5.6 5.0 4.9 5.1

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 679,134 684,292 684,602 687,517 23,305 23,700 23,555 22,526 3.4 3.5 3.4 3.3

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800,622 811,720 812,259 813,405 32,636 30,827 30,961 31,111 4.1 3.8 3.8 3.8

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,515,482 6,592,740 6,570,831 6,565,255 381,193 383,089 363,657 360,534 5.9 5.8 5.5 5.5

Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights1. . . 3,764,930 3,853,354 3,836,454 3,825,743 211,002 215,216 204,161 204,229 5.6 5.6 5.3 5.3

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,271,886 3,375,774 3,378,244 3,376,100 148,468 155,594 152,933 151,403 4.5 4.6 4.5 4.5

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,701,273 1,711,284 1,714,812 1,722,705 60,711 70,712 72,781 72,501 3.6 4.1 4.2 4.2

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,502,001 1,490,053 1,484,958 1,483,195 60,707 60,216 63,557 65,098 4.0 4.0 4.3 4.4

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,943,011 1,967,541 1,969,189 1,981,794 104,666 97,422 97,090 99,124 5.4 5.0 4.9 5.0

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,142,310 2,153,034 2,139,606 2,132,784 127,721 134,677 134,246 137,063 6.0 6.3 6.3 6.4

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 676,900 685,619 689,365 692,000 28,719 26,702 27,753 28,128 4.2 3.9 4.0 4.1

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,153,091 3,165,381 3,164,756 3,169,611 159,333 134,646 134,975 133,036 5.1 4.3 4.3 4.2

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,565,289 3,604,621 3,610,627 3,610,885 172,116 146,118 141,781 129,125 4.8 4.1 3.9 3.6

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,747,774 4,809,426 4,804,657 4,819,281 242,200 214,044 216,470 219,815 5.1 4.5 4.5 4.6

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,993,356 2,052,767 2,054,497 2,065,606 116,084 100,001 101,464 105,847 5.8 4.9 4.9 5.1

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,015,627 3,021,572 3,003,331 2,993,747 109,083 118,673 121,563 119,475 3.6 3.9 4.0 4.0

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,278,276 1,271,958 1,269,970 1,272,088 81,733 75,820 76,059 75,902 6.4 6.0 6.0 6.0

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,118,917 3,125,282 3,119,702 3,130,335 143,723 148,107 157,920 161,391 4.6 4.7 5.1 5.2

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523,591 523,569 523,308 523,221 21,558 22,199 22,599 22,414 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.3

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,015,076 1,018,920 1,018,473 1,018,431 30,863 31,202 32,265 33,095 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.2

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,429,708 1,436,637 1,434,638 1,431,537 93,764 92,775 90,138 83,610 6.6 6.5 6.3 5.8

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 741,354 754,805 757,005 757,229 24,127 21,967 22,481 22,094 3.3 2.9 3.0 2.9

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,543,393 4,570,568 4,559,430 4,562,522 234,404 238,505 242,703 243,112 5.2 5.2 5.3 5.3

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 916,233 926,397 927,534 928,349 59,936 59,304 61,296 62,200 6.5 6.4 6.6 6.7

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,688,560 9,599,985 9,551,532 9,580,013 481,667 452,400 461,226 481,110 5.0 4.7 4.8 5.0

New York City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,197,268 4,135,091 4,114,329 4,132,775 216,404 213,576 223,177 238,898 5.2 5.2 5.4 5.8

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,767,622 4,826,962 4,810,511 4,823,741 269,535 225,554 221,706 227,377 5.7 4.7 4.6 4.7

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412,922 420,431 422,892 425,700 11,163 13,244 13,088 12,966 2.7 3.2 3.1 3.0

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,684,976 5,786,740 5,762,258 5,747,597 262,836 278,237 271,493 275,068 4.6 4.8 4.7 4.8

Cleveland-Elyria2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,019,259 1,037,246 1,033,557 1,031,120 45,180 52,342 52,900 53,445 4.4 5.0 5.1 5.2

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,845,077 1,834,543 1,821,459 1,815,411 77,780 91,496 92,255 95,271 4.2 5.0 5.1 5.2

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,980,119 2,058,547 2,066,355 2,074,725 112,964 106,913 112,269 113,200 5.7 5.2 5.4 5.5

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,429,471 6,521,718 6,515,223 6,522,225 312,116 366,778 369,679 371,193 4.9 5.6 5.7 5.7

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 553,770 555,183 556,885 557,446 31,244 30,518 30,986 31,104 5.6 5.5 5.6 5.6

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,255,239 2,303,739 2,298,223 2,297,920 125,030 120,854 117,003 112,018 5.5 5.2 5.1 4.9

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452,831 457,098 457,418 457,158 13,851 12,801 13,134 13,090 3.1 2.8 2.9 2.9

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,054,278 3,125,414 3,130,375 3,153,741 170,283 133,393 138,196 146,070 5.6 4.3 4.4 4.6

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,090,365 13,291,310 13,311,681 13,355,743 587,886 609,056 621,727 637,165 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,469,290 1,499,859 1,499,619 1,501,602 51,028 58,574 54,852 50,738 3.5 3.9 3.7 3.4

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343,674 346,243 346,186 345,470 12,569 11,226 11,447 11,512 3.7 3.2 3.3 3.3

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,227,278 4,198,727 4,201,707 4,221,397 176,993 156,740 162,418 168,636 4.2 3.7 3.9 4.0

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,549,067 3,624,519 3,631,371 3,652,840 200,742 210,236 207,664 202,932 5.7 5.8 5.7 5.6

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,583,247 1,602,545 1,609,941 1,624,846 72,690 70,159 66,150 64,056 4.6 4.4 4.1 3.9

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 783,956 783,083 787,053 790,849 51,500 45,011 44,752 45,559 6.6 5.7 5.7 5.8

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,097,985 3,125,462 3,127,874 3,132,315 141,992 129,984 131,188 129,931 4.6 4.2 4.2 4.1

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305,434 299,125 299,302 300,205 13,060 16,933 16,578 16,040 4.3 5.7 5.5 5.3

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,133,026 1,137,016 1,132,227 1,132,691 136,540 129,520 128,338 134,692 12.1 11.4 11.3 11.9

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. 13-01, dated February 28, 2013, and are available on the BLS website at 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 4. 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

2015 2016 2015 2016p

August September August September

2015 2016 2015 2016p 2015 2016 2015 2016p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,149,959 2,181,061 2,136,040 2,188,762 139,884 123,035 125,914 124,831 6.5 5.6 5.9 5.7

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369,377 366,122 363,813 360,468 20,742 21,627 21,229 22,948 5.6 5.9 5.8 6.4

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,158,214 3,210,192 3,160,727 3,249,314 210,073 190,059 194,679 182,253 6.7 5.9 6.2 5.6

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,334,052 1,352,005 1,332,722 1,355,996 65,529 52,076 61,935 53,230 4.9 3.9 4.6 3.9

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,998,452 19,357,124 18,917,335 19,437,451 1,159,388 1,076,360 1,063,374 1,029,134 6.1 5.6 5.6 5.3

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale1. . . . 4,995,982 5,115,920 4,987,547 5,150,191 335,812 271,221 308,654 268,476 6.7 5.3 6.2 5.2

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,837,374 2,904,630 2,828,252 2,906,914 100,174 97,149 90,350 87,510 3.5 3.3 3.2 3.0

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,898,857 1,919,422 1,874,414 1,898,367 106,534 107,133 96,189 96,167 5.6 5.6 5.1 5.1

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471,720 479,554 466,336 472,628 23,704 21,179 22,560 20,103 5.0 4.4 4.8 4.3

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389,855 390,102 387,821 389,711 27,026 25,430 26,332 25,401 6.9 6.5 6.8 6.5

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,691,397 9,777,323 9,696,612 9,867,408 544,540 482,596 513,732 489,607 5.6 4.9 5.3 5.0

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall1. . . . . . . . . . . 1,331,563 1,311,819 1,325,898 1,318,473 85,783 73,559 81,929 73,513 6.4 5.6 6.2 5.6

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,748,198 4,898,670 4,750,081 4,930,692 279,431 255,792 264,442 261,356 5.9 5.2 5.6 5.3

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 678,539 685,740 675,909 687,091 23,434 21,981 24,844 21,674 3.5 3.2 3.7 3.2

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 802,951 816,373 799,319 813,309 31,524 29,828 29,005 27,875 3.9 3.7 3.6 3.4

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,522,271 6,611,275 6,485,397 6,565,918 376,499 362,988 345,322 355,825 5.8 5.5 5.3 5.4

Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights1. . . 3,781,450 3,831,487 3,738,481 3,798,067 213,271 208,394 190,723 198,428 5.6 5.4 5.1 5.2

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,267,786 3,388,790 3,259,874 3,361,624 145,623 156,738 133,431 140,605 4.5 4.6 4.1 4.2

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,697,415 1,719,648 1,692,426 1,723,388 59,119 72,226 54,914 64,335 3.5 4.2 3.2 3.7

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,494,686 1,479,168 1,494,757 1,480,330 63,554 67,862 55,984 59,508 4.3 4.6 3.7 4.0

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,935,522 1,978,520 1,937,687 1,997,896 96,562 94,628 95,534 95,425 5.0 4.8 4.9 4.8

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,157,077 2,135,885 2,140,415 2,126,215 137,586 143,435 129,006 143,471 6.4 6.7 6.0 6.7

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 694,108 707,695 676,651 693,251 24,355 23,447 23,991 23,808 3.5 3.3 3.5 3.4

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,168,355 3,185,114 3,146,530 3,163,386 163,977 143,361 156,050 127,229 5.2 4.5 5.0 4.0

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,604,196 3,670,080 3,542,718 3,589,634 170,815 139,752 172,206 118,722 4.7 3.8 4.9 3.3

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,763,471 4,864,276 4,723,231 4,856,760 247,250 240,708 216,640 214,281 5.2 4.9 4.6 4.4

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,019,229 2,088,485 1,997,382 2,088,620 129,099 125,900 112,407 112,415 6.4 6.0 5.6 5.4

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,023,373 3,015,760 3,003,330 2,982,038 100,175 113,815 96,316 100,445 3.3 3.8 3.2 3.4

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,268,469 1,270,216 1,276,864 1,280,766 75,600 72,436 78,257 73,802 6.0 5.7 6.1 5.8

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,101,431 3,144,384 3,096,299 3,152,310 150,879 168,522 131,841 147,095 4.9 5.4 4.3 4.7

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 531,244 530,392 522,517 519,550 19,166 20,858 17,775 18,168 3.6 3.9 3.4 3.5

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,016,653 1,018,314 1,005,920 1,006,611 30,429 33,206 27,840 30,932 3.0 3.3 2.8 3.1

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,430,588 1,431,647 1,431,378 1,428,752 95,640 83,540 94,032 76,724 6.7 5.8 6.6 5.4

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750,215 765,095 736,887 749,994 23,619 22,287 22,307 19,585 3.1 2.9 3.0 2.6

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,554,347 4,586,752 4,501,453 4,542,898 241,436 246,354 228,213 237,401 5.3 5.4 5.1 5.2

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 917,714 923,421 913,291 922,576 61,319 63,980 58,552 61,454 6.7 6.9 6.4 6.7

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,721,758 9,655,805 9,602,631 9,630,584 482,807 474,681 458,211 487,062 5.0 4.9 4.8 5.1

New York City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,186,727 4,143,092 4,157,635 4,161,809 221,884 237,127 203,189 240,493 5.3 5.7 4.9 5.8

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,760,466 4,804,554 4,755,224 4,855,070 282,756 241,515 256,616 231,744 5.9 5.0 5.4 4.8

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419,155 430,303 412,703 427,064 10,509 12,128 8,603 10,381 2.5 2.8 2.1 2.4

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,720,997 5,804,834 5,667,021 5,732,874 250,304 269,958 243,270 277,005 4.4 4.7 4.3 4.8

Cleveland-Elyria2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,031,144 1,039,007 1,015,720 1,028,308 44,576 55,364 42,472 50,731 4.3 5.3 4.2 4.9

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,839,393 1,808,593 1,842,550 1,820,351 77,568 92,846 74,965 98,009 4.2 5.1 4.1 5.4

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,994,761 2,095,141 1,987,029 2,086,786 114,401 117,636 103,493 102,096 5.7 5.6 5.2 4.9

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,455,312 6,567,064 6,399,944 6,524,910 340,778 396,292 296,138 350,812 5.3 6.0 4.6 5.4

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 559,819 563,749 552,889 554,536 32,704 32,647 28,470 28,300 5.8 5.8 5.1 5.1

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,271,319 2,318,324 2,251,834 2,297,294 135,084 127,215 127,250 111,899 5.9 5.5 5.7 4.9

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456,845 460,063 449,835 452,736 13,171 12,199 12,049 10,962 2.9 2.7 2.7 2.4

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,053,847 3,160,568 3,049,764 3,174,976 175,194 157,260 168,074 159,578 5.7 5.0 5.5 5.0

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,047,642 13,378,431 13,067,230 13,416,799 600,039 668,970 586,777 662,114 4.6 5.0 4.5 4.9

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,474,361 1,504,559 1,469,003 1,503,152 54,485 51,211 47,280 44,013 3.7 3.4 3.2 2.9

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346,908 348,741 343,470 343,210 12,436 11,479 12,767 11,821 3.6 3.3 3.7 3.4

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,230,497 4,229,385 4,203,877 4,219,409 184,049 172,701 174,284 169,907 4.4 4.1 4.1 4.0

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,543,814 3,644,364 3,539,460 3,662,682 191,714 196,270 184,904 186,395 5.4 5.4 5.2 5.1

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,580,835 1,629,344 1,579,726 1,644,505 72,311 65,420 73,667 66,542 4.6 4.0 4.7 4.0

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 788,180 793,450 784,441 794,373 52,939 45,587 45,979 42,067 6.7 5.7 5.9 5.3

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,107,464 3,165,476 3,090,716 3,135,925 131,590 126,473 122,240 109,285 4.2 4.0 4.0 3.5

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308,384 301,724 305,097 300,970 11,628 14,697 11,235 13,975 3.8 4.9 3.7 4.6

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,119,037 1,121,107 1,129,581 1,129,793 138,885 135,875 137,518 147,595 12.4 12.1 12.2 13.1

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. 13-01, dated February 28, 2013, and are available on the BLS website at www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm. Estimates for the latest month are subject to revision the

following month.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 5. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry sector, seasonally adjusted

[In thousands]

State

Total1 Construction Manufacturing

Sept.

2015

July

2016

Aug.

2016

Sept.

2016p

Sept.

2015

July

2016

Aug.

2016

Sept.

2016p

Sept.

2015

July

2016

Aug.

2016

Sept.

2016p

Alabama2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,951.1 1,965.9 1,974.0 1,967.4 81.2 78.5 77.8 77.7 – – – –

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338.5 340.0 338.3 336.5 16.9 17.1 16.3 16.2 14.0 13.7 13.9 14.1

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,649.8 2,704.5 2,702.7 2,711.3 127.9 138.4 136.8 139.7 158.6 159.5 158.3 158.1

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,214.2 1,226.0 1,229.5 1,232.8 50.7 50.0 49.4 49.0 154.5 153.1 153.0 154.2

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,169.9 16,471.2 16,519.6 16,549.6 739.0 763.3 764.9 769.9 1,295.6 1,291.5 1,286.1 1,278.1

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,552.2 2,613.7 2,621.7 2,621.4 149.1 164.2 165.8 168.5 141.6 144.0 143.6 142.5

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,672.2 1,690.5 1,690.2 1,685.0 57.5 57.6 56.3 56.8 159.2 160.3 159.8 159.6

Delaware3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449.6 460.7 460.3 462.5 21.4 20.9 21.2 21.2 27.3 27.3 27.1 27.1

District of Columbia2, 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 767.1 773.0 779.2 781.7 14.4 14.2 14.1 14.2 – – – –

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,151.7 8,367.9 8,405.0 8,428.0 435.6 456.2 455.3 458.4 345.5 354.2 359.7 360.8

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,284.7 4,379.7 4,385.3 4,403.4 166.9 179.5 176.1 177.4 379.9 386.9 384.0 384.5

Hawaii3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 637.3 650.3 653.0 653.2 35.2 39.3 39.4 39.1 13.8 14.1 13.9 13.8

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 675.3 695.4 694.8 696.8 37.9 42.2 41.5 42.1 62.7 63.5 62.9 63.4

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,972.9 6,016.9 6,008.9 6,016.3 214.9 214.7 212.7 213.7 580.6 572.8 568.7 567.9

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,041.0 3,071.8 3,068.9 3,085.2 126.5 132.5 130.2 132.1 520.0 516.5 513.5 515.1

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,558.2 1,585.7 1,588.7 1,587.8 77.6 90.9 91.5 91.3 214.9 209.9 211.0 211.5

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,401.7 1,395.5 1,396.4 1,395.8 61.0 55.8 56.4 56.3 161.3 160.4 160.5 160.3

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,890.6 1,903.4 1,904.9 1,916.4 75.9 74.3 74.3 74.1 243.7 246.2 241.7 242.4

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,986.4 1,978.5 1,969.9 1,966.6 140.7 141.4 140.4 141.9 142.7 137.4 136.3 135.4

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610.3 617.8 614.7 613.4 26.2 25.0 24.9 24.7 50.7 50.6 51.3 51.1

Maryland3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,664.4 2,711.6 2,707.2 2,710.6 156.9 161.8 158.8 158.8 103.9 106.8 105.9 105.8

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,500.9 3,570.5 3,574.1 3,579.2 139.2 150.1 150.9 149.5 249.2 249.8 250.2 250.9

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,246.9 4,341.0 4,326.4 4,331.8 147.2 148.5 151.1 149.9 590.3 605.0 597.7 598.0

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,859.2 2,902.9 2,903.4 2,905.3 115.7 121.6 119.9 119.3 316.0 317.1 316.6 317.3

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,136.0 1,144.8 1,143.7 1,143.9 46.1 47.5 48.1 47.9 142.5 143.1 143.7 143.8

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,794.7 2,817.7 2,819.1 2,825.8 114.6 114.6 116.1 117.2 261.4 261.5 259.4 258.3

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461.4 461.3 460.0 462.4 26.2 24.6 24.5 24.4 19.1 19.6 19.7 19.7

Nebraska3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,007.8 1,017.8 1,013.5 1,017.4 50.0 50.1 49.6 49.5 97.1 97.5 96.9 96.9

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,265.3 1,296.5 1,301.1 1,299.6 70.9 75.7 76.8 77.2 42.1 42.4 42.3 42.3

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 657.4 667.1 671.3 671.3 24.6 25.6 25.5 25.5 67.2 65.9 66.3 66.3

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,031.6 4,078.6 4,082.3 4,085.0 147.6 153.3 153.9 153.3 238.6 242.5 242.1 243.7

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 825.5 830.6 826.6 822.4 43.0 43.5 43.0 43.4 27.3 26.2 26.0 25.8

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,278.1 9,397.0 9,386.1 9,384.7 360.7 367.0 360.8 365.9 454.8 454.1 452.2 448.0

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,254.7 4,341.3 4,327.6 4,337.3 190.5 196.2 196.3 199.6 461.4 460.2 461.0 460.1

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447.8 443.9 442.8 442.1 33.6 31.5 32.1 31.5 25.3 24.5 24.8 24.9

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,424.5 5,505.4 5,501.0 5,497.9 199.5 205.0 206.4 203.8 685.0 686.6 686.1 684.9

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,665.5 1,659.7 1,660.2 1,654.2 77.5 83.9 82.8 82.9 135.1 125.1 125.1 125.3

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,785.5 1,838.3 1,844.7 1,847.1 82.7 87.1 88.8 87.4 186.1 184.4 185.2 185.2

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,843.7 5,900.4 5,900.5 5,895.2 236.3 239.2 237.1 233.7 567.1 568.4 565.9 564.9

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484.9 491.5 491.1 490.2 17.1 17.2 17.2 17.2 41.2 42.4 41.9 41.7

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,015.3 2,055.1 2,063.1 2,069.7 87.5 92.3 91.1 90.1 237.1 238.0 239.9 241.4

South Dakota3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428.2 436.7 438.0 438.8 22.8 24.1 24.0 24.4 42.5 41.8 42.2 41.6

Tennessee3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,908.8 2,958.6 2,965.3 2,980.1 118.5 123.5 124.9 125.2 334.2 342.5 341.7 341.3

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,878.0 12,032.0 12,046.5 12,084.8 686.1 692.3 692.4 695.8 869.8 844.5 843.5 842.8

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,388.0 1,425.8 1,423.7 1,427.8 85.1 90.4 89.3 87.8 123.9 127.2 128.0 128.4

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311.5 318.5 318.2 317.7 15.0 15.5 15.6 15.6 30.9 30.3 30.5 30.4

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,864.2 3,920.1 3,931.9 3,945.3 184.8 185.7 187.1 188.8 233.4 229.1 230.4 229.5

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,168.1 3,249.2 3,248.6 3,268.6 172.1 184.9 185.8 187.4 290.6 286.7 284.7 284.8

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 760.3 760.2 761.1 760.9 31.9 31.4 31.5 31.0 47.5 47.2 46.8 46.8

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,887.2 2,933.6 2,933.7 2,923.2 109.2 117.2 115.4 115.0 466.9 471.9 470.9 470.8

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289.1 280.3 279.6 279.9 22.9 21.2 21.7 20.8 9.7 9.8 9.8 9.8

Puerto Rico3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 899.9 892.5 892.9 892.7 24.2 22.3 22.0 21.7 74.2 72.1 72.3 72.0

Virgin Islands2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.6 37.8 37.8 37.6 – – – – – – – –

1

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

2 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.

3 Mining and logging is combined with construction.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2015 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmark are preliminary and

will be revised when new information becomes available.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 5. 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.

2015

July

2016

Aug.

2016

Sept.

2016p

Sept.

2015

July

2016

Aug.

2016

Sept.

2016p

Sept.

2015

July

2016

Aug.

2016

Sept.

2016p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378.6 381.7 381.7 384.7 95.6 98.6 99.4 98.6 228.3 229.8 231.8 229.8

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.9 66.6 66.7 66.8 12.2 12.2 12.3 12.4 29.9 28.0 28.1 26.9

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510.9 519.0 518.9 517.9 196.7 206.1 205.1 204.4 400.4 409.8 408.3 409.0

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253.0 254.9 256.9 256.9 49.4 49.7 49.6 49.5 139.7 144.3 144.7 143.3

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,961.4 2,994.8 3,005.4 3,002.2 803.4 812.9 813.6 812.4 2,509.2 2,584.4 2,597.7 2,601.2

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448.7 452.8 452.0 452.1 160.3 163.7 164.8 163.7 400.0 405.4 407.1 409.4

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297.0 297.4 297.2 298.4 129.8 133.4 132.7 131.8 216.4 219.0 218.5 219.4

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.7 81.9 82.2 81.5 47.1 48.0 47.9 47.6 58.7 64.8 64.1 65.3

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.7 33.6 34.1 34.0 30.2 30.8 30.9 30.8 162.0 162.6 164.3 165.7

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,693.6 1,718.5 1,728.4 1,729.4 538.8 555.5 555.8 555.3 1,232.1 1,284.3 1,290.6 1,291.5

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 911.6 931.4 937.8 937.7 235.7 240.1 240.5 242.0 644.9 667.0 664.7 672.0

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119.5 118.9 119.4 118.8 28.1 28.4 28.7 28.1 83.6 84.3 84.6 84.0

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136.9 139.3 140.5 139.7 33.2 34.6 35.0 34.7 82.0 85.0 84.9 84.7

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,204.5 1,210.1 1,207.6 1,207.9 379.9 379.8 377.4 376.1 922.0 936.0 940.4 945.5

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 584.5 601.0 598.6 597.3 131.3 132.2 132.8 133.5 327.8 321.7 324.9 326.6

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315.7 316.9 317.6 318.7 106.2 108.8 110.1 109.3 138.6 137.3 136.3 136.0

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266.8 264.6 266.0 267.4 79.6 80.0 80.8 80.6 179.4 180.6 180.3 178.5

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388.2 395.2 396.3 397.5 92.5 96.5 96.8 97.1 216.4 216.3 216.2 222.4

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392.5 394.2 391.1 389.4 91.1 90.7 90.8 90.7 214.1 208.2 210.0 208.6

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119.7 121.9 121.1 120.1 30.8 32.0 31.6 31.0 64.3 65.5 64.8 64.5

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466.2 469.3 471.2 469.9 146.2 147.1 147.2 148.7 429.9 444.2 439.0 439.7

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 569.6 573.6 573.9 572.1 220.5 223.5 224.2 223.6 535.7 554.0 551.6 551.9

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 773.4 773.3 773.2 772.5 207.7 217.0 217.2 215.6 638.9 667.1 663.9 664.2

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 525.9 529.9 532.9 530.0 182.0 184.3 183.7 183.3 354.2 357.4 357.2 367.7

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225.5 228.8 230.1 229.9 43.6 41.9 42.6 42.6 105.9 100.2 100.5 100.0

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 534.1 531.3 535.3 532.7 166.3 172.0 171.6 173.0 372.2 380.8 382.8 384.7

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94.8 93.5 94.4 94.6 24.0 24.2 24.5 24.6 40.3 41.4 40.3 40.5

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207.1 204.7 205.2 204.8 72.0 72.8 72.6 72.8 117.6 119.8 119.2 120.3

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239.7 249.7 249.2 250.1 60.0 60.9 60.5 61.5 168.8 171.2 173.8 169.8

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137.8 142.0 143.3 141.9 36.0 36.9 36.6 36.8 77.4 78.2 79.8 79.2

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 859.9 875.5 876.4 877.2 252.5 257.4 257.0 256.6 650.2 652.7 653.8 662.6

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139.2 137.7 136.4 136.2 33.2 33.0 33.1 33.2 99.7 101.4 102.1 102.2

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,574.6 1,580.3 1,579.4 1,573.5 708.1 710.9 710.3 707.5 1,272.2 1,274.8 1,273.3 1,278.6

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 799.9 819.0 818.7 821.8 221.1 219.1 217.6 219.2 594.0 619.9 618.1 620.8

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102.6 96.7 96.7 96.3 24.3 23.3 23.0 23.3 36.2 36.8 36.3 36.6

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,014.9 1,026.0 1,024.4 1,023.5 293.3 297.3 297.5 300.4 714.6 721.7 715.4 717.2

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307.3 304.6 304.9 304.2 80.0 80.5 81.0 80.8 184.8 180.0 180.8 179.0

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336.6 344.3 342.2 343.3 95.2 98.2 99.2 98.3 228.7 244.4 245.8 247.0

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,126.2 1,137.2 1,134.5 1,133.7 317.1 315.1 315.4 317.0 777.3 781.8 785.7 792.4

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.7 76.2 76.2 76.9 33.0 32.7 32.5 32.5 63.5 66.1 65.7 65.0

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387.2 390.4 391.6 393.2 97.4 100.6 101.0 100.6 264.2 276.4 277.7 281.0

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87.6 91.0 91.3 90.6 29.7 30.3 30.3 30.3 30.7 31.4 31.9 31.4

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 607.7 615.5 615.7 616.7 148.7 150.9 151.7 151.7 396.1 399.7 406.8 409.2

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,408.1 2,436.9 2,441.9 2,443.8 723.2 740.3 742.6 744.3 1,598.5 1,621.9 1,622.8 1,628.8

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265.2 272.4 273.1 272.1 79.9 84.5 86.2 86.2 196.4 198.6 198.4 200.2

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.1 56.1 56.1 55.7 11.9 12.2 12.2 12.1 27.5 27.6 27.9 27.8

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 658.9 672.5 674.9 677.6 198.2 198.9 199.7 200.9 699.1 719.9 723.8 726.9

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 593.5 612.0 613.4 614.2 148.2 154.1 153.8 153.4 392.0 402.3 402.7 407.1

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134.9 133.6 134.5 134.0 36.3 36.8 36.1 35.9 66.5 66.0 66.3 67.2

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535.3 546.4 544.5 544.4 150.9 154.1 155.2 154.1 311.0 317.3 318.6 317.0

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.8 53.2 52.7 52.9 11.0 10.6 10.5 10.8 18.2 18.2 18.0 18.6

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173.0 176.1 176.9 176.7 42.3 41.2 40.9 41.3 111.7 111.5 111.9 113.0

Virgin Islands1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.1 8.1 8.2 8.1 – – – – – – – –

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 2015 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmark are

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

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 5. 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.

2015

July

2016

Aug.

2016

Sept.

2016p

Sept.

2015

July

2016

Aug.

2016

Sept.

2016p

Sept.

2015

July

2016

Aug.

2016

Sept.

2016p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227.7 231.3 234.1 232.5 189.5 193.4 192.9 191.2 378.9 377.4 378.4 376.3

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.3 49.7 49.8 50.3 35.3 36.6 36.3 35.8 81.9 83.3 82.4 82.0

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398.9 415.5 415.1 419.3 300.9 307.0 309.2 309.3 409.6 403.6 405.4 407.4

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176.1 182.0 182.2 184.5 112.9 113.3 115.5 116.5 213.3 213.6 213.9 213.8

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,483.6 2,558.5 2,564.0 2,570.2 1,840.4 1,896.0 1,893.1 1,906.7 2,470.8 2,497.8 2,519.9 2,527.1

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315.7 325.1 326.3 326.6 315.6 327.6 329.3 329.0 417.8 428.5 430.4 427.5

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325.4 327.9 329.1 328.0 150.7 154.1 155.5 154.0 239.0 239.3 241.1 238.6

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.6 77.4 77.6 78.0 49.2 51.2 50.8 52.1 65.4 65.2 65.4 65.9

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126.8 127.8 129.2 128.3 72.8 73.7 74.6 75.5 238.9 241.1 242.6 243.3

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,206.5 1,249.4 1,249.3 1,256.2 1,143.0 1,175.2 1,186.1 1,192.9 1,081.7 1,098.7 1,100.5 1,105.6

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542.8 555.7 556.0 555.2 453.3 468.3 474.8 477.7 677.8 682.9 685.5 688.9

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.2 84.3 85.2 86.0 114.5 119.4 120.1 119.7 126.2 125.9 126.2 128.1

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97.6 100.0 99.0 99.8 69.1 71.3 70.3 72.3 119.4 122.2 122.5 123.0

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 899.6 911.2 908.5 910.0 578.5 597.1 600.6 600.1 829.9 828.8 828.4 829.5

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453.9 472.6 472.9 477.2 302.0 303.9 306.6 308.4 427.7 427.7 424.3 430.5

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225.3 230.8 230.1 231.8 139.2 143.6 144.4 142.7 254.0 257.9 258.8 258.0

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194.3 196.6 195.8 194.7 126.1 127.4 127.0 127.0 256.4 255.6 255.3 256.8

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265.6 273.7 275.7 276.2 188.9 188.8 189.9 192.4 317.9 313.6 315.2 315.8

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305.5 313.6 313.5 313.6 229.4 228.9 225.1 226.1 326.9 323.3 323.8 324.3

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124.2 125.8 126.2 125.9 63.7 66.3 65.0 64.3 99.6 99.1 98.9 100.8

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437.5 447.1 444.7 442.9 267.3 280.8 280.0 278.4 503.5 499.0 505.0 509.9

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 764.0 782.0 784.0 790.6 348.9 358.7 360.5 363.0 449.8 454.8 453.8 455.5

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 651.1 667.6 668.4 670.1 415.6 425.1 418.8 424.4 591.0 601.4 598.4 598.9

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512.6 532.4 532.6 528.8 257.9 265.8 265.3 261.6 422.0 421.9 422.5 424.1

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138.1 140.0 140.5 139.8 129.8 133.6 132.7 131.9 243.5 249.7 245.9 248.0

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447.9 449.6 448.6 452.7 293.5 299.3 298.5 297.4 431.9 437.4 435.6 438.5

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71.8 74.7 73.8 74.0 62.5 63.1 61.9 62.8 90.6 89.5 89.8 90.3

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149.5 153.9 153.9 154.0 88.9 92.2 91.3 91.1 170.9 172.3 170.5 173.7

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123.7 127.6 127.2 127.3 340.9 347.4 349.8 349.0 155.6 158.9 158.6 159.5

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117.9 120.3 119.9 121.2 68.3 70.0 71.1 70.5 89.8 88.1 88.9 89.1

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 660.6 666.2 665.6 670.1 362.3 368.5 369.7 361.6 615.1 614.6 614.9 614.3

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133.3 141.3 140.8 140.1 93.2 95.5 94.4 94.5 190.4 191.2 190.7 188.2

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,891.5 1,953.7 1,957.8 1,949.8 899.5 921.3 918.6 923.0 1,442.2 1,446.6 1,447.9 1,450.9

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 573.5 583.2 584.6 583.9 459.6 469.3 468.1 464.8 720.7 737.0 726.0 727.5

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.9 62.6 62.0 62.2 40.3 40.5 40.6 42.5 80.7 86.4 86.7 83.4

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 908.5 928.8 927.1 926.1 543.5 555.3 558.7 556.1 767.8 782.4 784.7 781.9

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232.2 235.8 235.2 235.8 161.8 169.7 169.0 167.3 352.2 353.5 353.7 351.9

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260.1 269.1 271.6 272.0 192.6 196.6 197.6 196.4 301.5 308.6 308.2 311.5

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,193.5 1,217.8 1,221.7 1,215.3 548.1 556.7 557.3 562.1 705.2 714.6 715.2 708.8

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104.4 106.3 106.4 104.4 56.7 57.4 57.6 60.0 60.3 61.1 61.3 60.6

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236.4 244.6 247.4 249.9 238.8 241.4 241.8 242.6 361.9 367.9 367.9 365.1

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69.3 70.2 70.8 71.4 46.1 47.6 46.7 48.2 77.7 78.7 78.9 80.1

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415.8 432.4 433.8 437.0 311.2 314.2 314.1 313.5 424.6 424.2 421.0 429.0

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,595.4 1,654.9 1,655.8 1,655.7 1,255.9 1,296.9 1,294.7 1,312.6 1,862.1 1,895.6 1,899.6 1,906.3

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184.4 190.8 191.6 191.8 135.3 139.3 139.4 139.8 234.1 239.7 234.4 237.8

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.2 66.4 65.8 65.5 36.5 37.0 37.7 38.3 55.7 57.8 56.8 56.9

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513.2 530.0 530.9 530.7 387.3 386.5 387.4 393.2 711.8 716.4 717.1 716.0

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456.5 468.6 471.7 476.7 310.6 315.6 314.1 314.5 566.6 576.3 574.4 580.1

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127.8 132.2 132.8 132.7 74.5 76.4 77.3 76.7 151.7 152.1 151.5 152.6

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435.7 438.3 439.1 439.5 269.4 274.4 272.2 268.2 408.2 411.9 414.7 412.7

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.1 27.6 27.8 27.5 36.1 35.4 35.2 35.7 71.7 71.4 71.5 71.4

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123.1 120.9 121.5 120.1 81.7 82.6 81.9 81.9 231.4 228.6 228.2 228.6

Virgin Islands1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . – – – – 7.2 7.3 7.2 7.4 10.8 10.9 10.8 10.7

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 2015 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmark are

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 6. 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

2015 2016 2015 2016p

2015 2016 2015 2016p2015 2016 2015 2016p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,951.2 1,969.6 1,951.9 1,969.9 11.0 10.2 10.8 10.2 82.0 78.2 82.1 78.4

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360.3 360.2 351.8 348.4 17.7 15.5 17.5 15.2 20.8 19.6 19.5 18.8

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,617.4 2,675.5 2,646.4 2,708.2 12.8 12.1 12.5 12.0 129.5 136.5 128.8 139.2

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,203.1 1,220.1 1,221.4 1,235.6 7.8 6.5 7.7 6.5 51.3 51.4 52.3 51.0

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,095.2 16,435.8 16,151.0 16,513.5 29.2 25.9 28.8 25.5 758.1 785.5 754.1 784.4

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,555.3 2,630.2 2,558.0 2,626.5 29.7 25.8 29.1 25.5 153.5 171.8 152.5 172.6

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,664.7 1,682.0 1,674.0 1,683.8 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 61.1 60.7 60.5 59.8

Delaware1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451.1 462.5 450.9 462.3 – – – – 21.7 22.1 21.9 21.6

District of Columbia1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 759.1 772.7 766.6 780.4 – – – – 15.0 14.6 14.6 14.5

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,086.6 8,341.4 8,100.7 8,377.6 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.8 437.2 461.0 440.0 467.8

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,281.9 4,387.5 4,284.1 4,393.3 9.2 8.7 9.1 8.6 168.3 179.9 168.5 181.0

Hawaii1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 632.5 647.6 635.5 651.6 – – – – 35.5 40.0 35.7 39.4

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 677.1 698.6 683.0 704.3 4.1 4.0 4.1 4.0 40.8 44.0 40.0 43.7

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,985.6 6,023.2 6,008.9 6,051.6 9.6 9.1 9.5 9.2 229.5 230.6 229.2 229.2

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,043.8 3,079.8 3,068.7 3,113.0 6.9 6.2 6.7 6.2 134.1 138.4 132.6 139.8

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,554.5 1,580.3 1,567.9 1,591.3 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.3 83.7 98.1 82.6 95.8

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,387.3 1,383.1 1,404.9 1,400.8 8.4 7.6 8.1 7.6 63.3 59.4 62.6 58.5

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,887.5 1,908.4 1,895.9 1,919.2 13.8 11.1 13.6 11.2 79.2 77.3 79.1 76.1

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,980.8 1,962.9 1,983.2 1,968.8 47.4 39.7 46.3 39.3 141.9 141.8 142.9 144.0

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 626.3 631.4 623.5 624.9 2.6 2.4 2.6 2.5 28.7 27.2 28.2 26.4

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,668.9 2,714.5 2,672.7 2,714.4 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.5 159.4 160.6 158.8 160.0

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,514.5 3,593.4 3,514.0 3,592.0 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.2 148.4 161.2 145.6 156.3

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,237.2 4,329.3 4,273.5 4,358.6 7.7 7.4 7.7 7.4 159.2 165.5 158.2 162.6

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,883.9 2,926.8 2,875.5 2,916.7 7.2 6.1 6.9 5.9 131.1 136.4 126.9 133.2

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,131.7 1,141.6 1,140.7 1,146.1 7.9 7.4 7.8 7.3 46.3 48.2 46.6 48.2

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,783.4 2,807.1 2,804.6 2,840.3 4.2 4.1 4.2 4.1 119.4 121.8 118.5 122.0

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469.2 469.9 467.9 469.7 8.3 7.4 8.0 7.4 29.2 27.6 28.2 27.4

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,008.0 1,015.2 1,010.4 1,018.9 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.0 51.9 51.5 51.0 50.6

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,260.4 1,297.3 1,269.8 1,302.8 14.4 13.6 14.0 13.4 72.6 78.8 73.0 80.3

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 659.5 674.4 661.1 673.5 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.1 25.8 26.8 25.9 26.3

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,024.5 4,091.8 4,044.2 4,092.9 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.3 155.3 159.9 153.2 159.7

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 825.2 825.6 827.3 825.3 25.2 18.3 24.7 17.8 43.7 43.8 43.5 44.1

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,252.4 9,378.3 9,263.3 9,383.3 5.7 5.4 5.7 5.4 382.9 387.2 376.3 387.4

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,249.9 4,333.1 4,271.1 4,352.6 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.6 193.7 199.8 193.4 201.2

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448.3 438.7 452.9 445.9 21.7 16.5 20.8 16.8 37.7 36.1 36.9 35.2

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,450.2 5,525.2 5,449.4 5,524.4 14.0 11.3 13.5 11.2 213.9 222.2 211.6 218.6

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,662.9 1,650.5 1,668.1 1,656.4 52.7 44.0 51.6 44.1 78.9 83.8 78.7 83.5

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,778.7 1,844.4 1,792.7 1,853.4 7.8 7.8 7.9 7.8 87.4 93.8 86.8 91.9

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,810.5 5,872.3 5,867.9 5,907.9 32.9 24.7 31.9 24.1 251.1 252.2 249.4 245.7

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486.0 493.8 490.1 495.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 18.3 18.6 18.2 18.5

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,012.9 2,058.9 2,016.1 2,068.1 4.1 4.2 4.0 4.3 87.5 91.3 87.9 89.9

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434.4 446.1 431.9 440.7 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 24.4 25.5 23.5 25.2

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,895.1 2,958.9 2,922.1 2,984.8 4.5 4.4 4.5 4.4 115.5 122.4 116.5 121.9

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,830.9 12,010.7 11,862.7 12,070.2 263.8 225.5 258.2 224.8 692.0 698.2 689.3 697.2

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,376.1 1,418.2 1,394.4 1,434.2 10.3 9.4 10.1 9.3 88.3 93.0 87.9 91.0

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308.5 314.6 313.4 317.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 16.7 17.6 16.4 17.0

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,864.0 3,927.4 3,873.1 3,944.4 9.1 8.3 8.9 8.3 189.8 190.9 188.3 190.1

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,165.9 3,261.4 3,183.2 3,278.6 6.3 6.2 6.3 6.2 180.5 195.4 179.1 195.1

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 757.5 758.9 766.8 765.4 24.9 20.8 24.9 20.5 34.6 34.5 34.3 33.7

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,906.3 2,958.4 2,907.5 2,947.7 4.3 4.0 4.2 4.0 119.3 127.5 116.7 123.4

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295.9 287.2 295.2 285.9 23.2 18.5 22.8 18.5 25.2 24.0 24.7 22.9

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 883.7 881.8 892.9 886.3 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.5 23.5 22.1 23.4 21.6

Virgin Islands1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.5 37.5 36.9 37.3 – – – – 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.5

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 2015 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmark are

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 6. 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

2015 2016 2015 2016p

2015 2016 2015 2016p2015 2016 2015 2016p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258.5 263.5 258.7 263.0 378.2 381.2 377.0 383.2 21.3 21.3 21.0 21.3

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.5 21.5 15.9 15.3 70.9 71.8 69.0 68.6 6.3 6.1 6.3 6.1

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159.5 159.2 158.6 158.0 504.3 513.4 506.0 513.1 44.9 47.1 44.3 46.7

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154.8 153.1 154.8 154.1 253.4 256.2 252.7 254.6 13.4 13.7 13.4 13.6

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,317.9 1,305.1 1,312.9 1,294.9 2,951.1 2,995.9 2,949.4 2,989.5 488.8 501.0 488.7 499.8

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142.1 144.3 141.9 143.0 449.6 454.7 446.8 451.1 71.5 72.6 70.7 71.9

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159.8 160.7 159.1 159.7 291.8 294.2 295.6 296.8 32.7 33.7 32.2 33.1

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.4 27.2 27.3 27.2 81.8 82.5 81.4 81.5 4.7 5.0 4.6 4.9

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.2 32.0 33.7 32.5 33.5 17.2 16.9 17.1 16.9

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344.7 357.7 345.5 357.3 1,674.3 1,710.1 1,670.8 1,708.0 136.5 133.2 135.6 131.6

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379.8 383.6 380.4 384.1 906.1 931.2 905.9 929.2 108.1 102.5 105.2 103.3

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.0 14.1 13.9 13.9 119.1 119.5 119.0 118.8 8.6 8.6 8.5 8.6

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.8 63.7 63.0 64.4 137.7 141.7 137.5 140.5 9.3 9.7 9.2 9.5

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 582.6 570.5 580.7 569.2 1,205.2 1,209.2 1,202.9 1,205.8 102.1 97.9 100.7 97.1

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523.1 516.7 520.8 516.6 586.3 600.8 584.0 596.9 33.6 32.0 33.1 31.5

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217.1 212.0 215.2 211.2 316.1 317.9 314.1 316.1 24.5 23.5 24.2 23.1

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160.4 160.4 161.3 160.6 266.6 266.0 265.5 266.0 21.0 19.7 20.6 19.6

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243.0 242.8 243.5 243.8 387.8 396.2 387.2 396.3 25.2 24.2 24.9 24.1

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143.6 136.3 142.6 135.2 392.8 390.6 390.7 387.3 24.4 25.1 23.3 24.0

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.5 52.1 51.1 51.4 123.6 124.8 120.8 121.1 7.7 7.5 7.5 7.4

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104.9 106.4 104.1 106.0 465.5 469.6 464.7 466.3 38.2 39.1 37.5 38.6

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251.3 252.0 249.1 250.6 572.2 578.1 568.2 571.0 89.1 88.5 87.8 87.4

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 593.7 602.0 592.4 600.5 776.0 780.0 772.1 771.7 56.8 59.4 56.5 58.2

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321.4 321.4 318.5 318.0 528.4 535.0 524.4 526.3 52.9 50.9 51.7 50.8

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141.9 143.2 142.4 142.9 224.7 229.5 224.6 228.4 13.5 13.3 13.6 13.1

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262.0 261.1 261.7 259.4 534.4 535.8 532.7 533.5 54.3 51.8 53.6 51.8

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.4 19.9 19.3 19.9 95.7 95.1 95.0 94.4 6.4 6.2 6.3 6.1

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97.4 97.4 97.2 97.1 207.3 205.9 205.8 203.6 17.7 17.5 17.5 17.5

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.2 42.6 42.2 42.6 238.2 247.8 239.1 249.1 13.9 12.9 13.5 12.2

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.0 66.8 67.2 66.4 138.7 144.5 137.2 141.1 12.4 12.7 12.1 12.6

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239.6 243.5 239.7 244.6 856.8 873.6 858.2 874.6 74.9 75.2 74.2 75.8

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.2 26.5 27.9 26.4 139.3 136.5 138.6 135.5 13.6 13.3 12.7 12.4

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458.8 456.0 457.3 452.4 1,564.8 1,576.2 1,571.6 1,574.5 266.4 272.8 266.2 270.1

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462.9 462.7 462.9 461.7 799.5 820.9 797.0 819.2 76.4 75.9 75.8 74.7

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.6 24.9 25.6 25.0 102.7 96.9 102.2 96.0 6.6 6.4 6.6 6.5

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 690.2 690.2 686.4 685.7 1,015.8 1,027.5 1,009.0 1,018.1 72.0 71.0 71.1 71.0

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135.6 125.2 134.9 125.6 307.0 305.1 306.1 302.4 20.8 21.6 20.7 21.1

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190.3 190.2 189.5 188.5 338.6 344.5 338.9 345.1 34.2 35.6 33.8 35.4

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 570.9 567.6 567.1 564.5 1,116.0 1,124.7 1,121.6 1,127.6 86.0 86.2 85.0 84.7

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.3 41.8 41.3 41.5 76.2 77.0 76.9 77.1 8.6 8.5 8.7 8.4

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235.9 239.6 236.7 241.1 389.1 392.8 385.3 391.3 27.0 26.5 26.9 26.2

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.6 42.5 42.5 41.8 88.8 92.9 87.3 90.0 6.0 6.0 5.9 5.8

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334.3 341.8 334.9 342.4 606.7 614.6 605.8 612.6 44.2 45.4 43.8 45.1

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 875.5 845.6 869.9 843.1 2,403.8 2,439.9 2,397.4 2,437.9 202.8 202.6 200.3 201.6

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124.3 128.5 124.1 128.5 265.0 272.9 264.5 270.5 35.2 35.2 34.8 35.0

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.1 30.9 30.9 30.5 55.4 56.0 54.9 55.0 4.6 4.5 4.6 4.4

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234.2 231.1 234.1 229.7 657.7 675.6 655.5 671.3 69.9 69.0 69.1 67.9

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295.6 289.1 295.1 289.5 596.7 619.8 596.0 616.4 117.6 124.8 117.0 123.8

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.7 47.0 47.7 46.9 134.6 134.5 135.0 133.4 9.3 9.0 9.2 8.9

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475.3 478.8 469.1 471.7 536.5 549.3 535.0 545.1 50.0 49.2 49.1 48.7

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.7 9.8 9.8 9.9 57.0 54.1 56.0 53.1 3.8 3.7 3.7 3.6

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.3 71.7 74.1 71.8 169.7 173.5 170.3 173.0 20.7 20.0 20.6 20.0

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 7.9 8.1 7.9 8.1 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.6

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2015 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmark are

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 6. 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

2015 2016 2015 2016p

2015 2016 2015 2016p2015 2016 2015 2016p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96.0 99.6 95.3 98.5 230.2 231.6 229.4 230.3 227.8 233.1 228.9 233.4

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.7 12.7 12.3 12.5 31.3 29.3 30.7 28.1 47.2 49.2 47.0 49.9

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195.6 204.5 195.7 203.5 395.6 407.0 397.0 406.2 397.9 413.6 399.7 418.4

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.7 49.8 49.3 49.5 137.5 145.1 140.6 144.5 174.2 180.4 177.3 185.0

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 806.4 817.1 801.9 813.3 2,523.8 2,602.3 2,514.1 2,607.5 2,441.5 2,523.9 2,468.0 2,554.5

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160.7 164.9 159.7 163.7 405.7 413.5 402.9 412.4 314.0 325.0 314.5 325.5

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131.4 133.6 129.5 131.4 217.9 220.5 217.2 219.7 319.8 322.5 325.2 327.6

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.3 47.9 47.1 47.6 59.1 63.6 58.4 64.1 75.0 77.2 75.4 77.8

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.4 31.1 30.1 30.9 162.6 163.8 161.6 164.5 119.9 122.7 128.0 129.1

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 538.6 555.3 537.3 554.7 1,223.8 1,283.8 1,224.3 1,289.5 1,193.5 1,235.1 1,204.8 1,252.2

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235.8 240.4 234.9 241.5 645.3 669.2 646.1 672.1 541.4 555.0 543.9 553.9

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.3 28.8 28.1 28.2 83.1 84.4 83.1 84.2 80.2 84.6 81.3 85.6

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.6 35.4 33.2 34.9 84.1 87.2 83.5 85.9 95.1 97.0 97.2 100.0

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384.4 380.4 379.8 375.7 934.8 955.0 930.4 957.9 887.4 894.6 897.2 905.5

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132.3 134.4 131.5 133.3 333.3 327.5 331.6 329.1 442.7 464.5 457.7 478.8

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106.6 111.4 105.9 109.6 142.0 138.4 139.6 136.5 218.2 221.4 225.8 230.7

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.3 81.5 79.5 81.2 180.9 182.4 179.7 178.7 193.3 194.8 193.9 194.3

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92.8 97.0 92.6 96.9 215.6 216.6 215.6 220.7 262.3 273.9 265.8 275.5

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91.9 90.7 91.1 90.7 214.1 210.4 211.9 210.3 304.2 312.9 305.0 314.2

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.4 32.2 30.9 31.2 65.9 67.0 65.2 65.8 122.5 123.6 124.7 126.0

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147.8 148.5 146.3 148.0 438.3 443.3 432.1 441.5 430.3 440.0 435.2 441.9

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224.5 227.3 220.6 224.1 546.9 561.9 538.8 556.7 749.8 772.2 758.0 782.0

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210.5 220.3 207.7 216.1 633.2 657.0 639.6 664.6 646.6 659.6 649.1 668.8

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184.7 186.5 181.8 184.4 363.3 364.6 356.3 367.0 506.6 527.6 513.3 527.5

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.7 42.6 43.6 42.5 106.0 101.0 106.0 101.0 136.5 138.9 139.5 140.6

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168.0 173.0 166.3 173.6 372.6 384.5 372.0 385.4 445.9 444.2 446.2 453.7

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.2 24.7 24.0 24.6 41.9 42.2 40.9 40.8 70.7 73.3 71.7 74.0

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72.3 72.8 72.0 72.2 118.2 120.3 118.0 121.0 148.3 152.6 149.6 153.7

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.9 60.8 59.9 61.5 167.8 173.4 167.9 169.9 122.8 126.5 123.6 126.7

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.5 37.5 36.0 37.0 78.3 80.5 77.6 79.3 116.3 117.9 117.4 120.6

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254.6 259.1 253.4 256.7 654.5 666.3 656.9 669.1 644.7 654.4 658.1 663.8

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.3 33.0 32.9 33.1 100.8 102.2 99.7 102.3 130.2 139.3 133.9 140.0

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 717.8 718.3 706.6 709.3 1,285.9 1,288.6 1,272.9 1,281.1 1,824.4 1,881.9 1,869.7 1,927.2

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222.4 222.2 221.7 220.9 598.0 623.7 598.8 623.5 570.9 578.2 574.5 582.2

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.3 23.1 24.1 23.2 37.2 36.9 36.9 36.5 60.5 61.6 60.8 61.9

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296.0 301.4 292.9 301.7 727.5 724.2 719.0 721.5 899.4 913.0 906.2 924.0

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.1 81.4 79.8 80.8 186.4 181.5 184.5 179.8 231.0 234.5 232.9 236.2

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96.3 99.7 95.8 98.6 232.2 250.2 231.7 249.9 252.3 265.1 259.7 271.6

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320.6 319.3 316.7 317.9 780.5 793.0 779.4 795.5 1,156.7 1,190.1 1,195.4 1,210.3

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.7 33.0 33.0 32.8 64.7 67.6 64.4 66.4 101.5 101.1 104.4 103.9

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98.4 101.4 97.5 100.4 263.9 277.7 263.9 281.0 235.2 244.8 236.4 248.3

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.9 30.5 29.7 30.2 31.3 32.6 30.7 31.2 68.6 69.9 69.1 70.7

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149.2 152.1 148.7 152.0 395.9 405.0 397.1 407.6 411.4 429.5 418.1 438.1

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 724.9 746.7 723.4 745.2 1,606.6 1,635.4 1,601.6 1,635.5 1,591.0 1,648.3 1,598.2 1,658.9

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.9 86.3 79.8 86.1 198.1 201.2 197.5 202.3 178.5 186.7 185.2 193.4

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.2 12.3 12.0 12.1 28.4 28.9 27.9 28.4 62.8 65.1 63.0 65.1

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199.7 201.2 198.3 200.9 704.0 729.3 699.0 728.1 508.5 521.4 515.4 529.8

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149.5 154.9 148.9 153.6 395.5 409.1 397.0 411.4 447.5 464.7 454.4 473.1

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.6 35.8 36.3 35.9 67.4 66.6 66.7 67.3 125.8 130.8 129.1 133.5

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152.9 156.6 150.9 154.2 319.2 326.2 314.3 321.8 429.8 435.7 435.9 439.4

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.1 10.6 11.1 10.7 19.2 18.9 18.6 18.7 26.4 27.2 27.2 27.5

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.0 40.8 42.2 41.2 109.2 110.7 110.1 111.4 117.4 116.5 122.7 119.5

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.1 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 2.3 2.3 2.4 2.4

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2015 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmark are

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 6. 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

2015 2016 2015 2016p

2015 2016 2015 2016p2015 2016 2015 2016p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194.6 197.6 191.5 193.3 80.8 82.7 80.7 81.9 370.8 370.6 376.5 376.4

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.1 44.3 39.2 39.5 11.6 11.6 11.6 11.4 78.2 78.6 82.8 83.0

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295.8 305.6 297.1 305.7 87.6 86.6 87.8 86.6 393.9 389.9 418.9 418.8

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115.1 117.3 114.5 116.9 44.0 44.4 43.7 44.7 201.9 202.2 215.1 215.2

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,869.5 1,932.4 1,851.7 1,919.0 550.7 550.9 550.1 553.2 2,358.2 2,395.8 2,431.3 2,471.9

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327.6 343.3 316.9 327.4 104.4 105.6 103.4 104.3 396.5 408.7 419.6 429.1

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158.5 163.8 153.3 155.0 65.5 67.1 63.9 64.3 225.6 224.6 236.9 235.8

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.2 56.8 51.0 53.7 18.8 19.2 18.6 18.8 61.1 61.0 65.2 65.1

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.7 74.8 73.3 75.6 71.1 71.8 71.0 71.9 236.1 242.1 237.2 242.3

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,123.8 1,171.1 1,118.4 1,167.1 329.9 334.7 330.1 335.9 1,078.5 1,093.6 1,088.1 1,107.7

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458.9 481.2 453.3 472.9 157.5 155.4 156.7 155.6 671.5 680.4 680.1 691.1

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115.5 120.8 114.5 119.8 26.6 27.0 26.8 27.1 121.6 119.8 124.6 126.0

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.3 76.3 71.7 74.9 23.9 25.2 23.6 24.1 111.4 114.4 120.0 122.4

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 602.8 627.0 589.8 610.0 254.4 258.8 252.0 258.3 792.8 790.1 836.7 833.7

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312.4 317.2 307.0 312.8 127.5 128.8 127.1 126.7 411.6 413.3 436.6 441.3

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147.1 153.3 142.5 145.0 60.3 63.3 60.0 62.6 236.4 238.6 255.6 258.4

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129.7 130.4 127.2 128.3 47.8 46.7 47.9 47.1 235.6 234.2 258.6 258.9

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193.2 196.6 191.3 194.8 63.8 64.0 63.2 63.2 310.8 308.7 319.1 316.6

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229.3 226.5 227.5 225.1 74.3 74.9 74.0 73.8 316.9 314.0 327.9 324.9

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.7 83.2 71.3 72.1 21.9 22.1 21.3 21.3 90.8 89.3 99.9 99.7

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286.8 303.4 274.6 285.2 116.2 117.7 115.8 117.6 479.9 484.4 502.0 507.8

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382.5 399.9 361.2 375.2 141.1 140.5 134.6 133.7 407.6 410.7 448.9 453.8

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439.5 453.5 427.3 436.5 169.7 172.3 168.1 170.9 544.3 552.3 594.8 601.3

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276.4 285.6 267.6 271.2 116.2 116.6 114.5 116.0 395.7 396.1 413.6 416.4

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131.7 135.2 131.1 133.6 39.8 39.3 39.8 39.4 239.7 243.0 245.7 249.1

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307.0 313.7 299.7 303.2 115.9 115.2 114.9 115.0 399.7 401.9 434.8 438.6

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69.5 70.1 65.7 66.8 18.2 18.0 18.0 18.1 85.7 85.4 90.8 90.2

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92.3 96.2 90.6 92.6 37.3 36.7 37.0 36.5 164.2 163.2 170.6 173.1

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344.3 352.4 343.9 349.6 36.6 37.3 36.3 37.7 147.7 151.2 156.4 159.8

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.1 82.9 70.9 72.3 25.7 26.8 25.3 27.2 77.7 76.9 90.5 89.6

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395.8 411.2 378.2 377.8 171.8 175.7 169.1 168.6 575.1 571.6 601.8 600.9

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96.0 98.1 93.6 94.9 30.6 30.5 28.3 28.8 184.3 184.1 191.5 190.0

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 942.9 973.2 918.5 943.9 404.1 414.7 400.7 409.3 1,398.7 1,404.0 1,417.8 1,422.7

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478.8 492.7 466.7 476.5 154.1 157.7 152.4 158.7 687.6 693.7 722.3 728.4

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.1 41.1 40.9 42.5 16.6 18.0 16.5 18.1 74.3 77.2 81.6 84.2

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 570.0 591.4 556.0 567.5 215.1 220.2 212.3 219.4 736.3 752.8 771.4 785.7

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165.8 171.7 164.6 169.0 62.7 62.2 62.4 61.9 341.9 339.5 351.9 352.0

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202.0 208.3 198.9 203.1 61.3 63.7 61.0 63.7 276.3 285.5 288.7 297.8

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 581.7 593.4 559.2 570.8 259.8 260.4 255.7 257.3 654.3 660.7 706.5 709.5

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.9 64.0 59.9 62.6 23.9 24.7 23.1 23.4 56.7 57.3 60.0 60.4

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249.4 252.8 241.8 244.3 74.1 74.2 73.6 75.4 348.3 353.6 362.1 365.9

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.0 54.2 48.3 50.1 16.2 16.0 15.8 15.0 73.6 75.0 78.1 79.8

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318.8 324.5 314.7 317.4 107.7 110.2 107.6 110.5 406.9 409.0 430.4 432.8

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,270.0 1,320.7 1,261.2 1,312.2 423.4 429.1 419.3 428.6 1,777.1 1,818.7 1,843.9 1,885.2

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138.7 143.7 136.0 139.9 39.5 40.4 38.7 39.4 218.3 220.9 235.8 238.8

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.3 38.7 35.8 36.4 10.6 10.4 10.4 10.2 48.5 49.3 56.6 57.0

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407.4 410.6 394.6 401.1 201.0 205.3 199.0 204.7 682.7 684.7 710.9 712.5

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325.9 331.3 321.0 325.4 117.8 122.7 116.3 121.9 533.0 543.4 552.1 562.2

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77.1 80.3 76.0 78.2 55.4 54.8 55.2 54.7 144.1 144.8 152.4 152.4

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293.6 300.2 279.9 278.1 148.8 151.6 147.4 149.9 376.6 379.3 405.0 411.4

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.9 42.0 39.0 38.7 10.3 10.5 10.1 10.4 68.1 67.9 72.2 71.9

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.9 81.7 81.2 81.5 17.4 17.2 17.6 17.3 229.1 227.1 230.1 228.5

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.3 7.2 6.8 7.0 0.9 1.0 0.9 1.0 10.8 10.8 10.8 10.7

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2015 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmark are

preliminary and will be revised when new information becomes available.
TEXAS

N.M.

CALIF.

MONT.

NEV.

ARIZ.

ORE.

S.D.

WYO.

COLO. KAN. MO.

N.D.

NEB.

UTAH

GA.

ILL.

MINN.

LA.

IDAHO

FLA.

PA.

WIS.

N.Y.

OKLA.

N.C.

KY.

ALA.

VA.

ARK.

WASH.

IOWA

MISS.

IND.

OHIO

S.C.

MICH.

TENN.

W.VA.

VT. 

MD.

HAWAII

ALASKA

Pacific

Mountain

West

North Central

East

North Central

New England

Middle

Atlantic

East

South Central

West

South Central

Map 1. Unemployment rates by state, seasonally September 2016

(U.S. rate = 5.0 percent)