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Technical information: 

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STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT — NOVEMBER 2021

Unemployment rates were lower in November in 40 states and the District of Columbia and stable in 10 

states, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Forty-eight states and the District had jobless 

rate decreases from a year earlier and two states were little changed. The national unemployment rate, 

4.2 percent, fell by 0.4 percentage point over the month and was 2.5 points lower than in November 

2020. 

Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 16 states and was essentially unchanged in 34 states and the 

District of Columbia in November 2021. Over the year, 49 states and the District added nonfarm payroll 

jobs and 1 state was essentially unchanged. 

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

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

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

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

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

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

Unemployment

Nebraska had the lowest jobless rate in November, 1.8 percent, followed by Utah, 2.1 percent. The rates 

in Georgia (2.8 percent), Nebraska (1.8 percent), Oklahoma (2.5 percent), Utah (2.1 percent), and West 

Virginia (4.0 percent) set new series lows. (All state series begin in 1976.) California and Nevada had 

the highest unemployment rates, 6.9 percent and 6.8 percent, respectively. In total, 18 states had 

unemployment rates lower than the U.S. figure of 4.2 percent, 17 states and the District of Columbia had 

higher rates, and 15 states had rates that were not appreciably different from that of the nation. (See 

tables A and 1 and map 1.) 

In November, Arizona and Mississippi had the largest over-the-month unemployment rate decreases 

(-0.5 percentage point each), closely followed by California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Nevada, New Jersey, 

and Wyoming (-0.4 point each). Ten states had jobless rates that were not notably different from those 

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

changes. (See table B.)
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The largest unemployment rate decrease from November 2020 occurred in Hawaii (-4.3 percentage 

points). The next largest over-the-year jobless rate decreases were in New Jersey (-3.6 percentage 

points) and Massachusetts and West Virginia (-3.0 points each). (See table C.)

Nonfarm Payroll Employment 

Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 16 states and was essentially unchanged in 34 states and the 

District of Columbia in November 2021. The largest job gains occurred in Texas (+75,100), Florida 

(+51,100), and California (+45,700). The largest percentage increase occurred in North Dakota (+0.8 

percent), followed by Florida, Montana, New Jersey, and Texas (+0.6 percent each). (See tables D and 

3.) 

Over the year, nonfarm payroll employment increased in 49 states and the District of Columbia and was 

essentially unchanged in 1 state. The largest job increases occurred in California (+821,800), Texas 

(+698,700), and Florida (+485,600). The largest percentage increases occurred in Hawaii (+8.4 percent), 

Nevada (+7.4 percent), and Massachusetts (+5.8 percent). (See table E and map 2.)

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

to be released on Thursday, December 30, 2021, at 10:00 a.m. (ET). The State Employment and 

Unemployment news release for December is scheduled to be released on Tuesday, January 25, 

2022, at 10:00 a.m. (ET).
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Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic Impact on November 2021 

Establishment and Household Survey Data

Data collection for both surveys was affected by the pandemic. In the establishment survey, more data 

continued to be collected by web than in months prior to the pandemic. In the household survey, for the 

safety of both interviewers and respondents, in-person interviews were conducted only when telephone 

interviews could not be done. 

For the November 2021 estimates of household employment and unemployment from the Local Area 

Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program, BLS continued to implement level-shift outliers in the 

employment and/or unemployment inputs to the models, based on statistical evaluation of movements in 

each area's inputs. These level shifts preserved movements in the published estimates that the models 

otherwise would have discounted, without requiring changes to how the models create estimates at other 

points in the time series.

The "Frequently asked questions" document at www.bls.gov/covid19/employment-situation-covid19-

faq-november-2021.htm extensively discusses the impact of a misclassification in the household survey 

on the national estimates for November 2021. Despite the considerable decline in its degree relative to 

prior months, this misclassification continued to be widespread geographically, which in turn affected 

the official LAUS estimates for November 2021. 

Household data for Puerto Rico are not modeled, but rather are derived from a monthly household 

survey similar to the Current Population Survey. The Puerto Rico Department of Labor has reported a 

misclassification in its household survey similar in nature to the misclassification in the Current 

Population Survey.

Upcoming Changes to Current Employment Statistics Data

Effective with the release of January 2022 estimates, the Current Employment Statistics (CES) program

will implement a new generation small area model for state and metropolitan area series. The new model

will replace the CES small domain model and variants of the Fay-Herriot model in estimating private

sector series with insufficient sample for direct sample-based estimation. More information on the new 

model is detailed in the paper "Bayesian Nonparametric Joint Model for Point Estimates and Variances"

by Julie Gershunskaya and Terrance Savitsky, available on the BLS website at 

www.bls.gov/osmr/research-papers/2019/st190020.htm . 
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State Rate p

United States 1 ................................................ 4.2

Alabama ........................................................... 3.1

Alaska .............................................................. 6.0

Arkansas .......................................................... 3.4

California .......................................................... 6.9

Colorado ........................................................... 5.1

Connecticut ....................................................... 6.0

Delaware .......................................................... 5.1

District of Columbia ........................................... 6.0

Georgia ............................................................ 2.8

Hawaii .............................................................. 6.0

Idaho ................................................................ 2.6

Illinois ............................................................... 5.7

Indiana ............................................................. 3.0

Kansas ............................................................. 3.6

Louisiana .......................................................... 5.1

Maryland ........................................................... 5.4

Massachusetts ................................................... 5.4

Michigan ........................................................... 5.9

Minnesota ......................................................... 3.3

Missouri ............................................................ 3.5

Montana ............................................................ 2.8

Nebraska .......................................................... 1.8

Nevada ............................................................. 6.8

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

New Jersey ....................................................... 6.6

New Mexico ....................................................... 6.2

New York .......................................................... 6.6

North Dakota ..................................................... 3.2

Oklahoma .......................................................... 2.5

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

South Dakota .................................................... 2.7

Texas ................................................................ 5.2

Utah ................................................................. 2.1

Vermont ............................................................ 2.6

Virginia ............................................................. 3.4

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

1

 Data are not preliminary.

p

 = preliminary.

Table A. States with unemployment rates significantly different from that

of the U.S., November 2021, seasonally adjusted
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Table B. States with statistically significant unemployment rate changes from October 2021

to November 2021, seasonally adjusted

October 2021 November 2021 p

Arizona ....................................... 5.2 4.7 -0.5

Arkansas .................................... 3.7 3.4 -.3

California .................................... 7.3 6.9 -.4

Colorado ..................................... 5.4 5.1 -.3

Connecticut ................................. 6.4 6.0 -.4

District of Columbia ..................... 6.3 6.0 -.3

Georgia ...................................... 3.1 2.8 -.3

Hawaii ........................................ 6.4 6.0 -.4

Idaho .......................................... 2.8 2.6 -.2

Illinois ......................................... 6.0 5.7 -.3

Indiana ....................................... 3.3 3.0 -.3

Iowa ........................................... 3.9 3.7 -.2

Kansas ....................................... 3.9 3.6 -.3

Louisiana .................................... 5.4 5.1 -.3

Maryland ..................................... 5.6 5.4 -.2

Michigan ..................................... 6.1 5.9 -.2

Minnesota ................................... 3.5 3.3 -.2

Mississippi .................................. 5.5 5.0 -.5

Missouri ...................................... 3.7 3.5 -.2

Montana ...................................... 3.1 2.8 -.3

Nebraska .................................... 1.9 1.8 -.1

Nevada ....................................... 7.2 6.8 -.4

New Jersey ................................. 7.0 6.6 -.4

New Mexico ................................. 6.5 6.2 -.3

New York .................................... 6.9 6.6 -.3

North Carolina ............................. 4.1 3.9 -.2

Ohio ........................................... 5.1 4.8 -.3

Oklahoma .................................... 2.7 2.5 -.2

Oregon ....................................... 4.4 4.2 -.2

Pennsylvania ............................... 6.0 5.7 -.3

South Carolina ............................ 3.9 3.7 -.2

South Dakota .............................. 2.8 2.7 -.1

Tennessee .................................. 4.2 4.0 -.2

Texas .......................................... 5.4 5.2 -.2

Utah ........................................... 2.2 2.1 -.1

Vermont ...................................... 2.8 2.6 -.2

Virginia ....................................... 3.6 3.4 -.2

Washington ................................. 5.0 4.7 -.3

West Virginia .............................. 4.3 4.0 -.3

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

Wyoming .................................... 4.1 3.7 -.4

p

 = preliminary.

State

Rate Over-the-month 

change p
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Table C. States with statistically significant unemployment rate changes from November 2020

to November 2021, seasonally adjusted

November 2020 November 2021 p

Alabama ..................................... 4.7 3.1 -1.6

Alaska ........................................ 6.5 6.0 -.5

Arizona ....................................... 6.8 4.7 -2.1

Arkansas .................................... 5.3 3.4 -1.9

California .................................... 8.7 6.9 -1.8

Colorado ..................................... 6.9 5.1 -1.8

Connecticut ................................. 8.2 6.0 -2.2

Delaware .................................... 5.8 5.1 -.7

District of Columbia ..................... 8.8 6.0 -2.8

Florida ........................................ 5.4 4.5 -.9

Georgia ...................................... 5.6 2.8 -2.8

Hawaii ........................................ 10.3 6.0 -4.3

Idaho .......................................... 4.3 2.6 -1.7

Illinois ......................................... 8.1 5.7 -2.4

Indiana ....................................... 5.0 3.0 -2.0

Kansas ....................................... 4.7 3.6 -1.1

Kentucky .................................... 5.6 4.1 -1.5

Louisiana .................................... 7.9 5.1 -2.8

Maryland ..................................... 6.8 5.4 -1.4

Massachusetts ............................. 8.4 5.4 -3.0

Michigan ..................................... 8.2 5.9 -2.3

Minnesota ................................... 5.0 3.3 -1.7

Mississippi .................................. 6.7 5.0 -1.7

Missouri ...................................... 4.7 3.5 -1.2

Montana ...................................... 4.5 2.8 -1.7

Nebraska .................................... 3.4 1.8 -1.6

Nevada ....................................... 8.7 6.8 -1.9

New Hampshire ........................... 4.2 2.7 -1.5

New Jersey ................................. 10.2 6.6 -3.6

New Mexico ................................. 8.5 6.2 -2.3

New York .................................... 8.7 6.6 -2.1

North Carolina ............................. 6.4 3.9 -2.5

North Dakota ............................... 4.7 3.2 -1.5

Ohio ........................................... 5.6 4.8 -.8

Oklahoma .................................... 4.8 2.5 -2.3

Oregon ....................................... 6.6 4.2 -2.4

Pennsylvania ............................... 7.1 5.7 -1.4

Rhode Island ............................... 7.9 5.1 -2.8

South Carolina ............................ 5.6 3.7 -1.9

South Dakota .............................. 3.6 2.7 -.9

Tennessee .................................. 5.6 4.0 -1.6

Texas .......................................... 7.2 5.2 -2.0

Utah ........................................... 3.5 2.1 -1.4

Vermont ...................................... 3.7 2.6 -1.1

Virginia ....................................... 5.8 3.4 -2.4

Washington ................................. 6.7 4.7 -2.0

West Virginia .............................. 7.0 4.0 -3.0

Wisconsin ................................... 4.4 3.0 -1.4

Wyoming .................................... 5.3 3.7 -1.6

p

 = preliminary.

State

Rate Over-the-year 

change p
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Table D. States with statistically significant employment changes from October 2021 to

November 2021, seasonally adjusted

October November

2021 2021 p Level Percent

California .................................... 16,789,400 16,835,100 45,700 0.3

Florida ........................................ 8,909,100 8,960,200 51,100 .6

Georgia ...................................... 4,605,300 4,618,800 13,500 .3

Illinois ......................................... 5,857,200 5,876,700 19,500 .3

Indiana ....................................... 3,083,100 3,098,200 15,100 .5

Louisiana .................................... 1,856,800 1,865,300 8,500 .5

Massachusetts ............................. 3,544,200 3,561,000 16,800 .5

Michigan ..................................... 4,223,200 4,240,500 17,300 .4

Montana ...................................... 482,500 485,400 2,900 .6

New Jersey ................................. 4,035,100 4,060,900 25,800 .6

 

New York .................................... 9,025,600 9,049,200 23,600 .3

North Dakota ............................... 417,800 421,200 3,400 .8

Oregon ....................................... 1,887,900 1,897,900 10,000 .5

Texas .......................................... 12,923,100 12,998,200 75,100 .6

Virginia ....................................... 3,957,100 3,970,700 13,600 .3

Washington ................................. 3,435,400 3,448,200 12,800 .4

p

 = preliminary.

State Over-the-month change p
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Table E. States with statistically significant employment changes from November 2020 to

November 2021, seasonally adjusted

November November

2020 2021 p Level Percent

Alabama ..................................... 2,009,000 2,054,100 45,100 2.2

Alaska ........................................ 304,500 309,900 5,400 1.8

Arizona ....................................... 2,862,200 2,998,000 135,800 4.7

Arkansas .................................... 1,252,900 1,280,700 27,800 2.2

California .................................... 16,013,300 16,835,100 821,800 5.1

Colorado ..................................... 2,647,900 2,765,400 117,500 4.4

Connecticut ................................. 1,575,400 1,624,200 48,800 3.1

Delaware .................................... 442,100 452,600 10,500 2.4

District of Columbia ..................... 733,600 757,800 24,200 3.3

Florida ........................................ 8,474,600 8,960,200 485,600 5.7

 

Georgia ...................................... 4,426,100 4,618,800 192,700 4.4

Hawaii ........................................ 532,700 577,500 44,800 8.4

Idaho .......................................... 771,400 787,900 16,500 2.1

Illinois ......................................... 5,646,500 5,876,700 230,200 4.1

Indiana ....................................... 3,017,200 3,098,200 81,000 2.7

Iowa ........................................... 1,509,000 1,539,900 30,900 2.0

Kansas ....................................... 1,356,100 1,391,500 35,400 2.6

Kentucky .................................... 1,856,500 1,891,000 34,500 1.9

Louisiana .................................... 1,830,700 1,865,300 34,600 1.9

Maine ......................................... 602,100 613,100 11,000 1.8

 

Maryland ..................................... 2,602,700 2,694,900 92,200 3.5

Massachusetts ............................. 3,365,000 3,561,000 196,000 5.8

Michigan ..................................... 4,095,700 4,240,500 144,800 3.5

Minnesota ................................... 2,772,400 2,884,400 112,000 4.0

Mississippi .................................. 1,122,200 1,145,800 23,600 2.1

Missouri ...................................... 2,790,000 2,863,300 73,300 2.6

Montana ...................................... 475,600 485,400 9,800 2.1

Nebraska .................................... 993,300 1,023,400 30,100 3.0

Nevada ....................................... 1,273,400 1,367,500 94,100 7.4

New Hampshire ........................... 644,800 666,200 21,400 3.3

 

New Jersey ................................. 3,871,000 4,060,900 189,900 4.9

New Mexico ................................. 785,600 821,100 35,500 4.5

New York .................................... 8,753,600 9,049,200 295,600 3.4

North Carolina ............................. 4,414,300 4,554,800 140,500 3.2

North Dakota ............................... 407,300 421,200 13,900 3.4

Ohio ........................................... 5,292,300 5,391,100 98,800 1.9

Oklahoma .................................... 1,613,300 1,650,300 37,000 2.3

Oregon ....................................... 1,825,700 1,897,900 72,200 4.0

Pennsylvania ............................... 5,637,800 5,781,800 144,000 2.6

Rhode Island ............................... 463,600 482,100 18,500 4.0

 

South Carolina ............................ 2,104,400 2,158,500 54,100 2.6

South Dakota .............................. 429,600 437,400 7,800 1.8

Tennessee .................................. 3,021,100 3,108,900 87,800 2.9

Texas .......................................... 12,299,500 12,998,200 698,700 5.7

Utah ........................................... 1,559,600 1,633,300 73,700 4.7

Vermont ...................................... 287,100 295,800 8,700 3.0

Virginia ....................................... 3,888,100 3,970,700 82,600 2.1

Washington ................................. 3,272,200 3,448,200 176,000 5.4

West Virginia .............................. 675,100 692,900 17,800 2.6

Wisconsin ................................... 2,816,600 2,893,400 76,800 2.7

p

 = preliminary.

State Over-the-year change p
Technical Note

This news release presents civilian labor force and 

unemployment data for states and selected substate areas from 

the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program 

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

employment estimates by state and industry supersector from 

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

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

cooperative endeavors.

Civilian labor force and unemployment—from the 

LAUS program

 Definitions. The civilian labor force and unemployment 

data are based on the same concepts and definitions as those 

used for the official national estimates obtained from the 

Current Population Survey (CPS), a sample survey of 

households that is conducted for the Bureau of Labor Statistics 

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

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

noninstitutional population 16 years of age and older. 

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

profit in the reference week (typically the week including the 

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

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

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

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

illness, or vacation. 

 Unemployed people are those who were not employed during 

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

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

reference week, and were currently available for work; people

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

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

employed and unemployed people. The unemployment rate is 

the number of unemployed as a percent of the civilian labor 

force.

 Method of estimation. Estimates for 48 states, the District 

of Columbia, the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale 

metropolitan division, New York City, and the balances of 

California and New York State are produced using time-series 

models. This method, which underwent substantial 

enhancement at the beginning of 2021, utilizes data from 

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

unemployment insurance (UI) programs. Estimates for the state 

of California are derived by summing the estimates for the Los 

Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale metropolitan division and the 

balance of California. Similarly, estimates for New York State

are derived by summing the estimates for New York City and 

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

substate areas contained in this release (the Cleveland-Elyria 

and Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metropolitan areas and the 

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

and their respective balances of state are produced using a 

similar model-based approach.

 Each month, estimates for the nine census divisions first are

modeled using inputs from the CPS only and controlled to the 

national totals. State estimates then are controlled to their 

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

estimates for the five areas noted above also are controlled to 

their respective state totals. This tiered process of controlling 

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

benchmarking. Estimates for Puerto Rico are derived from a 

monthly household survey similar to the CPS. A more detailed 

description of the estimation procedures is available from BLS 

upon request.

 Annual revisions. Civilian labor force and unemployment 

data for prior years reflect adjustments made after the end of 

each year. The adjusted estimates reflect updated population 

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

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

data for the most recent five years are revised near the 

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

estimates. With the introduction of a new generation of timeseries models in 2021, historical data were re-estimated back to 

the series beginnings in 1976, 1990, or 1994.

 Seasonal adjustment. The LAUS models decompose the 

estimates of employed and unemployed people into trend, 

seasonal, and irregular components. The benchmarked signals 

of employed and unemployed people first are adjusted using an 

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

are smoothed using a Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Space 

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

employed and unemployed people are summed to derive the 

civilian labor force, and the unemployment rate then is 

calculated as the unemployed percent of the civilian labor force. 

The resulting smoothed-seasonally adjusted unemployment 

rate estimates are analyzed in this news release and published 

on the BLS website. 

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

using an asymmetric filter that incorporates information from 

previous observations only. For annual revisions, historical data 

are smoothed using a two-sided filter.

 Area definitions. The substate area data published in this 

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

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

detailed list of the geographic definitions is available online at 

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

Employment—from the CES program

 Definitions. Employment data refer to persons on 

establishment payrolls who receive pay for any part of the pay 

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

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

those appearing on more than one payroll are counted on each 

payroll. Industries are classified on the basis of their principal 

activity in accordance with the 2017 version of the North 

American Industry Classification System.

 Method of estimation. CES State and Area employment

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

relative" estimation technique in which a ratio of current-month 

weighted employment to that of the previous-month weighted 

employment is computed from a sample of establishments 

reporting for both months. The estimates of employment for the 

current month are then obtained by multiplying these ratios by 

the previous month’s employment estimates. The weighted link 

relative technique is utilized for data series where the sample 

size meets certain statistical criteria. 

 For some employment series, the sample of establishments is 

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

approach is used in estimation. These models use the direct 

sample estimates (described above), combined with forecasts of 

historical (benchmarked) data to decrease volatility in 

estimation. Two different models (Fay-Herriot Model and 

Small Domain Model) are used depending on the industry level 

being estimated. For more detailed information about each 

model, refer to the BLS Handbook of Methods.

 Annual revisions. Employment estimates are adjusted 

annually to a complete count of jobs, called benchmarks, 

derived principally from tax reports that are submitted by 

employers who are covered under state unemployment 

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

adjust the monthly estimates between the new benchmark and 

the preceding one and also to establish the level of employment 

for the new benchmark month. Thus, the benchmarking process 

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

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

subsequent months. Information on recent benchmark revisions 

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

 Seasonal adjustment. Payroll employment data are 

seasonally adjusted at the statewide expanded supersector level. 

In some cases, the seasonally adjusted payroll employment total 

is computed by aggregating the independently adjusted 

supersector series. In other cases, the seasonally adjusted 

payroll employment total is independently adjusted. Revisions 

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

year, coincident with annual benchmark adjustments.

 Payroll employment data are seasonally adjusted 

concurrently, using all available estimates, including those for 

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

Concurrent sample-based factors are created every month for 

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

month’s final estimate.

 Caution on aggregating state data. State estimation 

procedures are designed to produce accurate data for each 

individual state. BLS independently develops a national

employment series; state estimates are not forced to sum to 

national totals. Each state series is subject to larger relative 

sampling and nonsampling errors than the national series.

Summing state estimates cumulates individual state-level errors 

and can cause significant distortions at an aggregate level. Due 

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

is subject to a relatively large and volatile error structure.

Reliability of the estimates

 The estimates presented in this release are based on sample 

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

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

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

by chance because a sample rather than the entire population is 

surveyed. Survey data also are subject to nonsampling errors, 

such as those which can be introduced into the data collection 

and processing operations. Estimates not directly derived from 

sample surveys are subject to additional errors resulting from 

the specific estimation processes used.

 Use of error measures. Changes in state unemployment 

rates and state nonfarm payroll employment are cited in the 

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

statistically significant at the 90-percent confidence level. 

Furthermore, state unemployment rates for the current month 

generally are cited only if they have been determined to be 

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

confidence level. The underlying model-based standard error 

measures for unemployment rates and over-the-month and 

over-the-year changes in rates are available at 

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

measures for 1-month, 3-month, and 12-month changes in 

payroll employment data at the total nonfarm and supersector 

levels for states, and total nonfarm level for metropolitan areas 

and divisions, are available at 

www.bls.gov/web/laus/790stderr.htm. Measures of 

nonsampling error are not available.

Additional information

 Estimates of civilian labor force and unemployment from the 

LAUS program, as well as nonfarm payroll employment from 

the CES program, for metropolitan areas and metropolitan 

divisions are available in the news release Metropolitan Area 

Employment and Unemployment. Estimates of civilian labor 

force, employed people, unemployed people, and 

unemployment rates for approximately 7,500 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 state and selected area, seasonally adjusted

State and area

Civilian labor force Unemployed

Nov.

2020

Sept.

2021

Oct.

2021

Nov.

2021p

Number Percent of labor force

Nov.

2020

Sept.

2021

Oct.

2021

Nov.

2021p

Nov.

2020

Sept.

2021

Oct.

2021

Nov.

2021p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,263,901 2,207,728 2,212,134 2,218,608 105,558 68,576 67,860 68,673 4.7 3.1 3.1 3.1

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354,071 349,454 349,770 350,786 23,002 22,005 21,492 20,961 6.5 6.3 6.1 6.0

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,563,927 3,643,912 3,647,123 3,651,035 241,754 208,946 189,895 170,558 6.8 5.7 5.2 4.7

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,328,600 1,357,689 1,353,519 1,354,102 70,215 54,276 50,532 46,351 5.3 4.0 3.7 3.4

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,604,626 19,030,844 19,022,766 19,040,697 1,620,723 1,424,397 1,383,236 1,321,263 8.7 7.5 7.3 6.9

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale1. . . . 4,897,806 5,094,145 5,080,019 5,071,448 613,351 506,182 477,260 450,959 12.5 9.9 9.4 8.9

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,166,511 3,193,444 3,196,746 3,199,883 218,580 179,889 171,349 163,805 6.9 5.6 5.4 5.1

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,843,528 1,812,130 1,812,628 1,819,197 151,751 123,353 115,111 109,861 8.2 6.8 6.4 6.0

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481,873 489,544 489,724 490,263 27,894 26,333 25,828 25,170 5.8 5.4 5.3 5.1

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409,612 411,388 412,292 413,131 35,985 26,989 25,915 24,984 8.8 6.6 6.3 6.0

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,025,050 10,561,387 10,590,293 10,632,403 539,748 505,810 490,497 482,551 5.4 4.8 4.6 4.5

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall1. . . . . . . . . . . 1,301,585 1,347,910 1,348,373 1,351,494 111,054 85,402 76,897 69,362 8.5 6.3 5.7 5.1

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,116,371 5,175,941 5,174,434 5,174,199 285,131 171,004 158,436 146,218 5.6 3.3 3.1 2.8

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 655,912 647,210 647,059 646,466 67,544 42,971 41,113 38,473 10.3 6.6 6.4 6.0

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 901,615 906,152 907,659 908,676 38,624 25,879 25,103 23,811 4.3 2.9 2.8 2.6

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,161,356 6,214,156 6,222,934 6,243,007 499,218 383,449 370,443 354,204 8.1 6.2 6.0 5.7

Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights1. . . 3,575,997 3,625,088 3,634,358 3,651,077 330,503 253,612 241,670 226,681 9.2 7.0 6.6 6.2

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,340,983 3,336,617 3,327,745 3,319,801 167,473 117,205 110,345 100,696 5.0 3.5 3.3 3.0

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,625,043 1,660,826 1,660,994 1,660,887 64,160 66,198 64,795 61,617 3.9 4.0 3.9 3.7

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,513,503 1,514,736 1,511,907 1,505,617 70,978 58,991 58,493 54,055 4.7 3.9 3.9 3.6

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,983,374 1,987,131 1,992,238 1,997,104 110,689 84,717 84,599 81,683 5.6 4.3 4.2 4.1

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,094,642 2,062,198 2,060,752 2,061,046 164,692 120,145 111,603 104,420 7.9 5.8 5.4 5.1

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 666,706 679,325 679,468 678,802 32,749 32,945 33,057 32,921 4.9 4.8 4.9 4.8

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,113,418 3,144,128 3,139,876 3,136,676 211,459 183,610 175,761 168,535 6.8 5.8 5.6 5.4

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,721,554 3,720,738 3,726,312 3,740,406 313,308 192,897 196,990 202,935 8.4 5.2 5.3 5.4

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,855,661 4,758,679 4,758,376 4,758,519 396,682 297,643 291,279 280,255 8.2 6.3 6.1 5.9

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,123,880 2,063,353 2,065,127 2,070,910 216,858 123,627 119,774 114,286 10.2 6.0 5.8 5.5

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,057,403 3,033,786 3,032,205 3,029,630 151,951 110,939 106,378 100,247 5.0 3.7 3.5 3.3

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,272,826 1,275,246 1,272,160 1,267,179 85,575 73,934 69,792 63,234 6.7 5.8 5.5 5.0

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,061,073 3,069,954 3,064,734 3,058,638 142,939 118,051 114,530 108,380 4.7 3.8 3.7 3.5

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 534,549 540,929 542,002 543,545 23,791 18,104 16,929 15,403 4.5 3.3 3.1 2.8

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,024,861 1,022,963 1,023,281 1,023,894 35,298 20,686 19,336 18,127 3.4 2.0 1.9 1.8

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,509,102 1,562,654 1,552,350 1,549,196 131,052 117,269 112,336 106,116 8.7 7.5 7.2 6.8

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 762,163 749,681 747,298 745,335 32,075 21,842 21,329 20,273 4.2 2.9 2.9 2.7

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,500,435 4,431,993 4,438,521 4,439,249 458,438 315,672 308,582 295,168 10.2 7.1 7.0 6.6

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 960,308 952,028 951,880 951,526 82,102 65,681 61,962 58,977 8.5 6.9 6.5 6.2

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,261,209 9,315,975 9,302,678 9,274,641 803,682 663,209 639,034 614,325 8.7 7.1 6.9 6.6

New York City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,868,989 3,989,245 3,986,300 3,972,696 463,703 390,126 373,468 358,767 12.0 9.8 9.4 9.0

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,035,748 5,029,107 5,033,780 5,041,736 323,110 214,349 208,403 198,226 6.4 4.3 4.1 3.9

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404,531 402,032 401,397 401,842 18,959 14,029 13,312 12,838 4.7 3.5 3.3 3.2

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,732,818 5,658,921 5,672,587 5,682,379 319,591 297,877 289,085 275,395 5.6 5.3 5.1 4.8

Cleveland-Elyria2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,008,237 1,003,533 1,003,722 1,003,503 81,998 51,964 50,964 49,692 8.1 5.2 5.1 5.0

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,861,831 1,861,038 1,860,122 1,860,247 89,572 55,200 50,520 46,268 4.8 3.0 2.7 2.5

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,132,974 2,170,982 2,168,579 2,167,843 140,504 102,164 95,652 91,542 6.6 4.7 4.4 4.2

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,310,994 6,276,103 6,269,232 6,258,513 445,586 389,942 376,586 359,349 7.1 6.2 6.0 5.7

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 538,810 577,977 551,609 553,724 42,608 30,157 29,487 28,328 7.9 5.2 5.3 5.1

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,348,943 2,408,380 2,407,655 2,407,093 131,355 99,060 94,365 89,473 5.6 4.1 3.9 3.7

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455,436 471,061 471,217 470,997 16,424 13,460 13,345 12,833 3.6 2.9 2.8 2.7

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,314,879 3,322,498 3,313,981 3,311,732 184,368 146,888 139,818 133,507 5.6 4.4 4.2 4.0

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,992,055 14,165,255 14,204,153 14,253,815 1,002,266 796,747 769,952 742,218 7.2 5.6 5.4 5.2

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,631,847 1,670,032 1,674,166 1,679,152 57,273 40,066 37,404 34,538 3.5 2.4 2.2 2.1

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316,982 318,218 318,531 318,319 11,596 9,059 8,761 8,213 3.7 2.8 2.8 2.6

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,271,293 4,250,716 4,256,798 4,259,504 248,218 161,692 154,232 145,605 5.8 3.8 3.6 3.4

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,842,951 3,928,041 3,934,975 3,936,698 256,454 198,683 198,113 184,608 6.7 5.1 5.0 4.7

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,735,929 1,752,480 1,754,116 1,747,225 107,578 86,597 85,976 76,534 6.2 4.9 4.9 4.4

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 795,116 793,074 791,988 790,951 56,037 36,662 34,382 31,603 7.0 4.6 4.3 4.0

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,054,158 3,110,189 3,108,989 3,107,831 132,913 105,252 100,594 93,247 4.4 3.4 3.2 3.0

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295,063 293,700 293,001 292,401 15,554 13,214 12,060 10,837 5.3 4.5 4.1 3.7

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,055,012 1,076,201 1,079,309 1,088,043 96,565 89,020 85,977 84,615 9.2 8.3 8.0 7.8

1 Metropolitan division.

2 Metropolitan statistical area.

p Preliminary

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

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

month.
LABOR FORCE DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

State and area

Civilian labor force Unemployed

October November Number Percent of labor force

2020 2021 2020 2021p

October November October November

2020 2021 2020 2021p 2020 2021 2020 2021p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,262,819 2,224,857 2,260,941 2,250,369 98,147 60,465 86,643 66,751 4.3 2.7 3.8 3.0

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352,525 351,026 351,025 351,857 20,793 18,645 21,998 19,136 5.9 5.3 6.3 5.4

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,549,866 3,654,989 3,575,128 3,672,504 226,423 133,663 229,103 117,445 6.4 3.7 6.4 3.2

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,330,274 1,344,647 1,327,638 1,352,990 63,908 32,084 63,285 29,567 4.8 2.4 4.8 2.2

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,887,681 19,106,763 18,667,576 19,178,909 1,757,771 1,166,737 1,544,099 1,040,477 9.3 6.1 8.3 5.4

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale1. . . . 4,945,604 5,029,329 4,931,365 5,084,326 591,383 394,545 588,980 362,242 12.0 7.8 11.9 7.1

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,161,607 3,224,313 3,173,505 3,217,459 207,486 143,874 212,590 142,483 6.6 4.5 6.7 4.4

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,841,877 1,829,144 1,846,074 1,850,288 141,827 96,277 138,843 88,619 7.7 5.3 7.5 4.8

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480,007 487,940 481,657 490,498 24,606 22,167 24,756 19,496 5.1 4.5 5.1 4.0

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405,870 410,486 409,289 415,101 33,338 22,685 34,273 21,478 8.2 5.5 8.4 5.2

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,047,839 10,656,033 9,999,225 10,645,740 565,043 424,800 499,570 385,820 5.6 4.0 5.0 3.6

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall1. . . . . . . . . . . 1,306,434 1,341,757 1,298,144 1,352,182 110,612 51,203 106,956 49,473 8.5 3.8 8.2 3.7

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,115,883 5,176,729 5,138,700 5,191,044 278,502 127,213 273,400 112,540 5.4 2.5 5.3 2.2

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 638,773 645,241 658,233 650,007 89,652 37,875 68,363 35,011 14.0 5.9 10.4 5.4

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903,354 912,926 902,015 909,395 38,223 17,877 37,371 17,693 4.2 2.0 4.1 1.9

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,324,429 6,263,088 6,169,598 6,333,207 474,466 310,895 465,928 286,666 7.5 5.0 7.6 4.5

Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights1. . . 3,567,543 3,673,980 3,583,239 3,710,755 314,358 199,235 317,887 177,738 8.8 5.4 8.9 4.8

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,342,611 3,314,786 3,342,762 3,311,883 171,600 83,858 161,074 69,476 5.1 2.5 4.8 2.1

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,635,569 1,668,559 1,633,755 1,664,824 55,681 48,675 59,741 43,623 3.4 2.9 3.7 2.6

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,506,390 1,503,378 1,515,460 1,495,838 62,077 49,544 63,285 38,481 4.1 3.3 4.2 2.6

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,974,175 1,999,518 1,993,966 2,014,022 96,299 74,426 100,828 61,131 4.9 3.7 5.1 3.0

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,092,397 2,063,686 2,098,192 2,068,760 156,155 88,382 153,575 83,836 7.5 4.3 7.3 4.1

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 669,384 679,758 663,691 671,708 28,120 27,127 30,957 29,013 4.2 4.0 4.7 4.3

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,115,204 3,135,150 3,120,857 3,128,361 201,351 155,711 206,589 142,904 6.5 5.0 6.6 4.6

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,675,919 3,721,470 3,699,806 3,752,764 296,395 190,762 283,487 178,909 8.1 5.1 7.7 4.8

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,853,635 4,755,751 4,862,903 4,769,474 350,632 222,172 359,727 198,482 7.2 4.7 7.4 4.2

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,136,631 2,093,795 2,129,060 2,097,444 203,167 93,757 201,243 79,348 9.5 4.5 9.5 3.8

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,064,787 3,023,522 3,053,209 3,025,139 139,664 74,254 131,727 66,557 4.6 2.5 4.3 2.2

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,257,756 1,257,291 1,272,847 1,251,734 77,610 48,951 79,747 37,377 6.2 3.9 6.3 3.0

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,059,501 3,054,405 3,055,824 3,039,091 122,696 86,498 127,766 77,914 4.0 2.8 4.2 2.6

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535,846 543,180 532,562 543,375 21,997 10,543 22,824 10,265 4.1 1.9 4.3 1.9

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,026,253 1,025,009 1,023,234 1,026,382 32,565 14,121 29,853 12,032 3.2 1.4 2.9 1.2

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,545,346 1,547,260 1,513,547 1,541,975 179,300 87,786 126,448 83,274 11.6 5.7 8.4 5.4

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 757,004 736,745 759,782 740,843 31,922 16,124 30,055 14,717 4.2 2.2 4.0 2.0

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,370,856 4,429,491 4,492,693 4,431,748 310,742 240,785 433,421 235,348 7.1 5.4 9.6 5.3

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 960,387 952,226 963,799 957,643 76,687 50,208 77,740 50,218 8.0 5.3 8.1 5.2

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,195,073 9,254,848 9,231,677 9,187,419 761,164 548,869 763,468 507,912 8.3 5.9 8.3 5.5

New York City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,868,632 3,979,838 3,867,981 3,948,868 453,654 334,110 451,362 315,693 11.7 8.4 11.7 8.0

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,053,339 5,070,465 5,038,460 5,067,228 325,068 186,207 315,198 170,606 6.4 3.7 6.3 3.4

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404,500 401,862 400,126 399,386 15,099 9,291 17,049 9,987 3.7 2.3 4.3 2.5

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,707,208 5,688,836 5,719,557 5,681,834 282,046 216,864 278,828 196,218 4.9 3.8 4.9 3.5

Cleveland-Elyria2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 993,232 1,000,096 1,006,832 1,001,344 71,639 36,783 71,044 36,839 7.2 3.7 7.1 3.7

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,863,676 1,864,489 1,872,237 1,870,713 91,394 37,589 88,211 34,923 4.9 2.0 4.7 1.9

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,128,309 2,171,576 2,133,389 2,169,316 137,983 74,604 129,959 72,834 6.5 3.4 6.1 3.4

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,316,802 6,272,447 6,303,477 6,219,017 403,395 307,464 408,218 266,786 6.4 4.9 6.5 4.3

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535,404 549,525 541,086 556,025 34,464 22,709 41,554 22,728 6.4 4.1 7.7 4.1

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,429,463 2,397,314 2,339,424 2,385,048 121,135 73,978 126,142 72,034 5.0 3.1 5.4 3.0

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474,621 472,340 454,960 470,279 14,963 10,988 15,193 10,003 3.2 2.3 3.3 2.1

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,405,856 3,296,326 3,330,759 3,325,867 253,529 110,246 171,327 102,687 7.4 3.3 5.1 3.1

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,186,427 14,315,600 14,050,100 14,430,417 976,056 681,119 973,462 655,155 6.9 4.8 6.9 4.5

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,637,265 1,690,509 1,643,253 1,698,860 55,454 23,707 51,990 23,033 3.4 1.4 3.2 1.4

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317,381 318,192 316,915 317,352 9,080 5,227 10,268 5,770 2.9 1.6 3.2 1.8

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,279,784 4,269,118 4,258,549 4,262,203 243,607 127,514 233,440 115,517 5.7 3.0 5.5 2.7

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,978,552 3,941,774 3,857,075 3,934,786 250,226 173,498 249,679 134,307 6.3 4.4 6.5 3.4

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,724,314 1,743,161 1,735,724 1,727,269 111,281 80,452 105,081 53,190 6.5 4.6 6.1 3.1

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 793,957 791,333 792,065 784,672 50,108 23,193 51,605 20,477 6.3 2.9 6.5 2.6

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,055,281 3,104,408 3,059,093 3,102,498 130,864 70,726 125,598 57,445 4.3 2.3 4.1 1.9

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294,677 292,291 294,827 291,205 12,954 7,282 14,238 6,948 4.4 2.5 4.8 2.4

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,051,356 1,086,652 1,042,731 1,110,243 88,801 77,572 98,189 80,302 8.4 7.1 9.4 7.2

1 Metropolitan division.

2 Metropolitan statistical area.

p Preliminary

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

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

month.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Total1 Construction Manufacturing

Nov.

2020

Sept.

2021

Oct.

2021

Nov.

2021p

Nov.

2020

Sept.

2021

Oct.

2021

Nov.

2021p

Nov.

2020

Sept.

2021

Oct.

2021

Nov.

2021p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,009.0 2,044.1 2,058.5 2,054.1 95.0 91.2 92.5 93.6 261.4 266.7 267.9 267.4

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304.5 306.1 310.6 309.9 17.1 15.5 15.9 16.1 12.5 13.5 14.4 14.7

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,862.2 2,977.0 2,989.4 2,998.0 176.9 176.0 174.0 174.7 175.8 180.4 181.2 181.3

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,252.9 1,270.1 1,277.4 1,280.7 54.7 51.6 51.5 51.2 155.9 160.9 161.9 161.8

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,013.3 16,677.8 16,789.4 16,835.1 858.1 884.5 891.9 890.2 1,248.1 1,267.3 1,269.9 1,270.9

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,647.9 2,745.7 2,755.6 2,765.4 173.6 171.5 172.0 172.2 145.9 145.9 146.9 147.8

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,575.4 1,611.5 1,618.6 1,624.2 56.4 59.4 59.4 60.6 151.6 153.4 153.6 155.3

Delaware2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442.1 449.9 451.5 452.6 22.6 24.6 24.4 24.6 25.2 24.5 24.6 24.6

District of Columbia2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 733.6 752.7 758.2 757.8 15.5 15.9 16.0 16.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,474.6 8,860.9 8,909.1 8,960.2 558.6 576.5 577.7 585.9 378.4 386.0 384.6 388.2

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,426.1 4,584.5 4,605.3 4,618.8 200.7 205.5 206.3 207.2 384.8 394.2 396.9 400.3

Hawaii2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532.7 575.0 576.9 577.5 35.3 37.2 37.3 37.0 11.2 11.4 11.5 11.6

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 771.4 787.0 787.1 787.9 57.1 59.6 60.0 59.8 69.4 67.2 67.9 67.5

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,646.5 5,815.2 5,857.2 5,876.7 218.7 228.1 229.3 233.1 546.6 552.0 552.9 555.6

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,017.2 3,064.4 3,083.1 3,098.2 149.0 143.8 145.7 147.2 517.1 536.3 542.1 547.1

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,509.0 1,538.9 1,540.9 1,539.9 76.5 74.6 74.3 74.9 216.0 223.4 224.2 218.7

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,356.1 1,387.6 1,388.8 1,391.5 63.5 63.2 63.7 63.7 157.2 162.9 163.6 163.9

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,856.5 1,881.9 1,888.1 1,891.0 78.5 81.8 81.6 82.2 240.6 250.2 251.2 250.4

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,830.7 1,820.3 1,856.8 1,865.3 118.0 115.5 119.4 117.2 128.5 124.6 126.3 128.0

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 602.1 612.7 614.2 613.1 30.4 29.9 30.2 30.6 52.3 53.1 53.8 53.4

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,602.7 2,673.0 2,686.5 2,694.9 160.3 159.8 160.9 162.4 109.1 109.7 109.9 110.6

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,365.0 3,517.8 3,544.2 3,561.0 159.8 166.9 168.6 170.5 229.8 237.1 238.1 238.8

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,095.7 4,186.4 4,223.2 4,240.5 174.7 177.5 178.1 179.4 571.9 574.2 583.6 584.4

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,772.4 2,865.9 2,875.8 2,884.4 121.5 130.7 130.2 131.7 305.7 315.6 318.7 320.2

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,122.2 1,139.2 1,146.7 1,145.8 44.8 44.9 45.2 45.6 141.7 143.8 143.3 144.3

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,790.0 2,848.0 2,855.7 2,863.3 125.2 126.3 125.1 128.3 267.0 272.7 275.8 272.9

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475.6 481.1 482.5 485.4 30.4 29.2 29.7 30.5 20.3 21.5 21.9 21.9

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 993.3 1,018.7 1,021.5 1,023.4 54.6 56.0 56.3 56.5 98.1 100.9 100.2 100.7

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,273.4 1,352.9 1,364.9 1,367.5 90.0 91.7 90.3 90.1 56.4 59.3 59.6 59.6

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 644.8 662.1 664.6 666.2 27.7 27.9 27.4 27.6 66.5 66.9 67.1 67.0

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,871.0 4,005.3 4,035.1 4,060.9 150.7 151.9 154.4 152.6 238.5 247.0 248.1 248.8

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 785.6 812.4 819.2 821.1 46.4 49.1 49.4 49.2 26.0 28.3 29.1 29.8

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,753.6 8,986.1 9,025.6 9,049.2 378.7 362.2 365.6 368.5 400.7 414.3 415.3 416.6

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,414.3 4,523.1 4,551.3 4,554.8 230.8 241.3 243.4 241.5 453.1 471.4 472.7 474.4

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407.3 417.1 417.8 421.2 25.9 26.8 26.3 26.8 24.7 26.0 25.9 26.5

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,292.3 5,361.2 5,378.9 5,391.1 221.0 228.0 229.4 232.2 658.8 659.7 660.5 661.0

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,613.3 1,649.8 1,652.0 1,650.3 78.2 82.1 81.6 80.4 127.8 129.0 129.6 129.5

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,825.7 1,881.5 1,887.9 1,897.9 109.7 108.7 110.4 112.2 184.1 183.8 185.4 186.1

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,637.8 5,741.7 5,768.3 5,781.8 251.0 246.0 246.1 246.0 537.2 549.6 551.8 553.1

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463.6 481.3 479.8 482.1 19.5 21.2 21.1 21.4 37.9 40.3 40.6 40.8

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,104.4 2,150.8 2,153.9 2,158.5 103.9 109.6 107.3 108.4 246.1 248.7 252.9 250.9

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429.6 437.1 437.9 437.4 23.8 25.9 26.1 26.4 43.4 44.2 44.4 44.5

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,021.1 3,092.4 3,104.0 3,108.9 129.3 127.8 129.9 130.6 342.8 346.9 350.8 351.7

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,299.5 12,853.3 12,923.1 12,998.2 723.8 731.7 734.5 738.1 855.4 884.1 885.2 886.9

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,559.6 1,620.3 1,628.3 1,633.3 117.6 123.8 122.5 122.4 138.9 145.5 146.0 146.4

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287.1 295.0 295.6 295.8 14.1 14.1 14.0 14.3 28.5 30.2 30.3 30.1

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,888.1 3,938.3 3,957.1 3,970.7 205.3 204.8 204.6 205.2 234.1 238.8 236.3 237.3

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,272.2 3,435.9 3,435.4 3,448.2 220.3 228.9 227.6 229.4 261.7 265.6 267.9 269.3

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 675.1 690.3 692.3 692.9 30.1 30.8 32.0 31.8 44.4 45.4 45.6 46.0

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,816.6 2,877.8 2,883.2 2,893.4 126.6 122.2 124.0 126.6 462.1 477.8 478.7 481.4

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273.2 273.9 274.5 274.9 20.3 19.4 19.6 19.9 9.3 9.8 9.7 9.6

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 840.1 862.8 867.5 867.9 28.2 30.0 30.5 30.5 76.2 78.2 79.3 79.3

Virgin Islands3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.7 35.0 35.1 35.0 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 – – – –

1

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

2 Mining and logging is combined with construction.

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

cannot be separated with sufficient precision.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2020 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

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

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

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

Nov.

2020

Sept.

2021

Oct.

2021

Nov.

2021p

Nov.

2020

Sept.

2021

Oct.

2021

Nov.

2021p

Nov.

2020

Sept.

2021

Oct.

2021

Nov.

2021p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378.9 387.1 387.6 386.8 96.8 98.1 98.3 99.0 251.5 252.5 255.3 252.2

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.4 59.7 61.6 60.9 10.5 10.8 10.4 10.7 26.2 26.3 26.5 26.7

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 565.5 586.2 591.6 594.7 232.6 234.0 234.0 234.5 424.6 451.9 454.9 454.9

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253.4 253.3 255.4 256.0 63.5 66.6 67.1 67.9 140.0 147.9 148.7 150.2

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,939.4 3,001.2 3,020.5 3,022.6 811.7 809.9 812.4 813.3 2,591.0 2,703.9 2,746.8 2,765.6

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478.4 490.3 493.0 494.1 173.8 173.9 174.6 176.4 430.2 449.4 451.5 455.4

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288.4 290.6 290.7 290.8 119.3 118.0 119.1 118.0 204.2 210.6 213.4 214.4

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.8 83.1 84.1 83.6 46.8 46.4 47.1 47.3 60.0 60.2 60.1 59.7

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.1 29.1 29.4 29.5 27.9 27.9 27.8 27.5 163.9 166.9 170.9 170.8

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,740.0 1,810.7 1,823.9 1,825.8 594.0 621.6 624.0 625.6 1,355.7 1,425.3 1,433.0 1,446.4

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 945.2 970.6 977.6 978.6 250.9 254.9 255.2 256.0 698.9 751.8 755.6 757.1

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 105.7 106.9 106.9 26.1 27.4 27.5 27.2 64.0 69.7 70.8 71.0

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151.5 152.6 153.4 154.5 38.8 41.3 41.3 41.2 100.9 100.0 99.2 98.9

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,171.5 1,195.9 1,204.9 1,213.1 402.8 398.1 401.4 401.7 891.4 912.3 928.5 923.0

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 601.2 607.3 611.5 613.8 139.9 139.1 139.7 140.0 328.8 328.7 332.2 335.1

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304.7 307.0 308.9 309.2 109.8 110.7 110.3 110.5 134.7 134.9 133.5 134.6

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262.9 274.1 274.8 276.0 77.2 74.2 74.4 74.3 169.0 174.0 173.0 173.0

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401.6 410.1 413.2 414.7 94.0 94.9 94.7 94.3 211.3 206.2 204.8 204.2

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363.8 357.5 363.3 363.5 86.3 88.9 89.0 90.4 204.4 209.0 214.2 214.6

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113.1 117.4 117.7 117.6 32.6 32.3 32.6 32.8 68.6 70.4 70.5 70.7

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458.4 464.0 468.1 473.2 136.1 135.7 135.5 133.4 443.2 463.9 467.5 470.0

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 545.4 558.6 564.2 564.1 216.4 218.7 217.5 217.8 577.4 608.4 618.2 621.6

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 765.5 781.7 788.3 792.0 224.5 226.2 226.9 226.3 609.0 632.6 641.4 641.7

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502.2 512.6 513.1 513.7 194.2 190.0 191.1 190.7 355.3 373.9 377.0 379.1

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232.9 238.1 241.8 240.9 42.0 43.3 43.4 42.8 108.7 111.6 113.5 112.0

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539.0 544.8 548.9 551.9 175.0 167.1 165.8 165.4 365.0 383.2 387.4 390.5

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93.5 96.0 96.3 96.9 26.6 26.2 26.1 26.1 44.8 43.9 43.5 44.1

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193.4 198.0 197.8 198.2 74.4 73.1 73.4 73.4 116.5 121.5 121.7 122.8

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268.4 280.6 283.3 281.2 67.6 68.9 69.2 68.8 178.0 195.7 199.0 200.0

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135.6 137.6 138.3 137.3 33.8 33.8 34.1 34.4 83.8 84.9 86.0 87.9

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 851.2 868.2 875.1 883.6 245.3 246.4 247.8 248.5 645.3 679.9 691.3 699.9

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131.1 135.0 136.8 136.6 33.2 33.2 33.7 34.4 105.7 111.1 112.9 113.4

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,378.8 1,407.9 1,416.2 1,421.1 701.0 690.6 692.7 693.6 1,230.0 1,280.3 1,290.3 1,297.1

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 855.7 869.6 877.6 873.9 258.4 260.5 259.8 258.5 648.3 675.7 677.7 682.7

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88.7 89.5 89.9 90.4 24.6 24.6 24.9 25.0 30.7 31.5 31.5 31.8

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,025.6 1,041.5 1,048.3 1,049.7 304.2 301.9 305.5 304.4 696.9 708.8 712.5 714.7

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302.5 306.9 308.0 307.5 76.8 78.9 80.2 80.6 180.2 185.4 189.6 187.9

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356.9 360.5 364.1 366.2 100.8 105.5 105.0 105.3 243.8 258.3 260.6 262.2

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,086.5 1,101.0 1,108.2 1,113.9 323.6 330.2 329.0 329.4 753.6 773.9 779.4 784.5

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.0 75.2 75.2 75.3 34.2 34.2 34.1 34.2 65.8 65.1 64.6 65.4

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407.0 420.5 422.2 421.2 106.1 103.9 104.3 104.9 285.3 284.1 286.5 288.6

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85.7 85.6 85.4 85.3 28.4 27.9 28.1 28.2 32.5 33.7 33.1 32.9

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 636.3 649.4 652.3 654.0 170.2 174.4 174.8 175.3 423.8 442.6 445.9 444.5

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,504.7 2,604.3 2,618.5 2,624.7 811.3 834.2 839.0 848.3 1,779.1 1,926.8 1,957.0 1,979.9

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298.8 309.1 311.2 313.8 95.0 98.4 98.1 97.7 230.1 241.0 242.9 243.5

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.7 50.4 50.3 50.3 12.0 12.0 12.2 12.3 29.6 29.9 30.5 30.4

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 649.2 654.4 658.0 661.6 208.1 203.9 203.6 204.2 766.2 781.0 784.3 785.4

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 639.2 658.5 658.4 658.2 157.7 162.3 164.1 163.7 429.3 442.7 444.5 444.6

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120.6 122.9 124.7 125.4 29.5 29.5 29.1 28.9 65.4 66.9 66.9 67.4

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 519.9 530.8 530.1 530.6 150.7 150.2 150.3 150.9 313.4 319.4 319.8 320.2

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.8 51.1 51.9 52.1 10.5 10.9 11.0 11.0 18.5 19.0 19.1 18.8

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167.5 174.1 174.3 173.3 42.7 42.6 42.9 43.0 118.1 120.0 120.6 120.9

Virgin Islands1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.4 6.3 6.3 6.4 – – – – – – – –

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 2020 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

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

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Education and health services Leisure and hospitality Government

Nov.

2020

Sept.

2021

Oct.

2021

Nov.

2021p

Nov.

2020

Sept.

2021

Oct.

2021

Nov.

2021p

Nov.

2020

Sept.

2021

Oct.

2021

Nov.

2021p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236.3 242.4 245.6 244.1 185.2 196.3 201.9 200.8 384.5 387.9 387.2 388.0

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.6 50.2 50.2 50.3 26.9 28.0 29.5 28.2 77.1 75.5 75.4 75.5

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462.7 478.8 480.2 482.3 275.0 315.6 318.9 318.7 403.5 405.3 405.3 406.1

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187.2 187.4 188.9 189.8 111.2 113.1 114.7 114.8 204.8 203.3 203.0 203.1

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,727.9 2,796.1 2,803.9 2,813.4 1,432.9 1,689.4 1,716.1 1,723.0 2,415.9 2,451.5 2,446.4 2,451.7

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339.2 342.8 342.0 344.0 275.6 320.5 328.0 326.3 431.1 444.6 443.4 443.8

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324.0 332.1 333.4 333.7 119.7 134.1 135.1 135.8 225.2 224.8 224.3 225.5

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77.9 77.9 78.4 78.3 44.1 47.2 47.1 48.6 64.9 66.0 65.7 65.7

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122.2 126.6 126.4 125.2 40.3 54.7 56.0 57.6 242.5 241.8 241.5 241.1

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,307.4 1,347.5 1,353.5 1,359.5 1,000.2 1,106.5 1,123.4 1,135.0 1,086.4 1,098.7 1,097.6 1,102.0

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 587.8 606.8 609.7 612.2 417.9 445.1 447.7 450.9 670.9 674.4 673.3 672.8

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.0 81.7 81.7 82.0 69.3 94.9 94.3 95.5 118.4 117.2 117.1 117.0

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110.9 112.8 113.2 113.6 81.6 88.5 86.9 87.7 124.5 127.4 127.7 127.4

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 881.6 894.7 894.4 896.1 437.0 513.8 523.0 531.2 772.2 785.3 785.2 785.4

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460.0 470.6 469.2 469.1 272.1 284.6 288.1 291.4 406.3 408.5 409.7 409.1

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220.6 222.7 223.5 224.1 119.6 132.7 133.7 135.7 251.3 255.7 255.1 255.1

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197.5 198.0 198.6 198.7 111.3 120.0 120.5 121.4 246.8 251.0 248.9 249.2

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275.6 280.1 283.0 283.4 169.5 171.1 171.0 172.9 296.1 297.2 298.4 298.8

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311.2 310.6 317.1 319.4 194.5 189.6 204.0 206.7 311.7 312.0 309.7 310.2

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125.1 125.9 125.3 124.2 54.9 56.7 57.5 57.1 96.1 96.5 95.9 95.7

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446.1 454.5 456.5 455.1 222.9 232.5 236.5 235.9 492.9 512.9 511.3 513.9

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 746.9 767.1 771.0 773.2 263.6 305.8 312.1 317.5 424.1 442.6 440.4 442.4

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 641.0 640.4 641.0 640.4 339.4 363.1 372.6 382.0 568.1 585.3 583.8 585.9

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535.8 534.4 535.0 536.6 204.3 247.5 252.1 255.0 405.3 409.8 406.7 405.1

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139.0 141.8 142.6 143.3 123.0 125.9 127.8 126.4 234.7 232.8 232.1 233.5

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481.7 486.8 487.3 486.7 254.5 284.5 282.7 284.3 422.4 423.7 423.1 422.7

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.0 77.6 78.1 78.9 62.0 65.4 66.0 66.2 88.4 89.5 89.1 88.9

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155.0 158.4 159.3 159.3 81.6 86.6 88.5 88.8 167.5 169.9 169.5 169.0

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141.2 144.4 148.0 148.5 248.5 277.8 280.5 283.2 158.4 162.0 161.0 162.3

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118.6 119.2 119.5 120.1 61.5 69.3 70.2 70.8 82.8 86.1 85.8 85.2

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 665.3 686.3 688.9 693.1 294.7 321.9 327.2 330.5 569.0 588.2 585.9 584.7

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135.2 137.3 138.2 136.7 80.9 90.6 91.5 92.4 175.2 173.5 173.3 173.6

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,996.7 2,040.2 2,037.3 2,040.8 620.7 721.8 737.7 735.7 1,442.9 1,438.8 1,435.0 1,434.4

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 599.6 594.3 597.2 598.5 432.1 460.7 472.9 475.3 700.8 706.1 705.5 704.2

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.3 65.1 64.8 65.5 34.4 37.9 38.5 39.2 79.7 80.3 80.5 80.4

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 896.5 894.0 892.4 889.2 478.8 505.1 510.4 518.4 747.6 758.7 755.3 756.2

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236.1 239.1 239.0 239.1 161.8 170.6 167.0 170.0 342.3 346.7 345.5 345.5

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293.5 297.9 297.3 297.1 165.2 173.3 176.9 181.0 275.3 290.6 285.9 285.5

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,239.8 1,244.6 1,245.8 1,243.8 443.8 476.6 488.0 490.1 672.3 675.6 673.4 673.6

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99.7 101.9 101.7 101.5 46.1 51.5 52.0 52.4 62.2 66.1 64.4 64.5

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250.5 255.9 255.7 255.9 238.0 250.8 247.6 250.1 364.5 370.3 369.4 369.7

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.6 72.3 73.9 72.4 41.5 44.6 44.5 45.0 77.9 79.5 79.3 79.8

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430.2 426.7 424.6 424.4 292.9 315.9 316.9 319.6 429.2 436.7 434.9 433.9

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,696.4 1,745.5 1,752.2 1,761.2 1,203.3 1,312.6 1,323.9 1,336.4 1,960.1 1,991.9 1,979.8 1,981.5

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207.9 212.7 214.4 215.7 142.5 152.6 154.2 153.7 241.8 247.4 248.1 248.4

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.0 62.1 62.1 62.6 25.4 29.8 29.5 29.0 50.7 51.5 51.5 51.4

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530.0 534.9 537.3 540.6 337.0 350.6 357.2 361.0 707.3 713.9 716.8 716.8

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 496.2 521.9 522.9 522.2 255.5 304.5 307.5 312.3 539.2 566.6 556.6 561.3

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127.7 128.3 127.3 126.9 64.1 68.1 69.2 69.4 146.7 149.8 148.8 148.5

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446.4 445.3 443.3 442.9 224.3 244.8 253.4 260.1 379.8 388.3 384.9 382.8

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.7 28.3 27.9 28.1 36.2 34.7 36.1 36.1 66.2 65.5 64.7 64.7

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108.5 112.0 112.9 112.8 69.6 77.9 79.3 80.4 198.0 195.5 195.4 195.3

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.2 4.4 4.9 4.9 4.8 11.1 10.6 10.8 10.8

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2020 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Total Mining and logging Construction

October November October November October November

2020 2021 2020 2021p2020 2021 2020 2021p2020 2021 2020 2021p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,007.2 2,069.6 2,022.8 2,071.1 9.4 9.1 9.4 9.0 96.4 94.4 95.0 94.4

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299.3 305.1 291.7 297.1 10.2 10.5 10.0 10.3 17.8 17.0 16.2 15.3

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,874.6 3,015.9 2,903.4 3,043.2 12.1 12.8 12.2 13.0 175.0 175.0 177.3 175.1

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,253.5 1,286.6 1,261.6 1,291.8 5.4 5.6 5.4 5.7 54.6 53.0 54.7 51.1

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,069.2 16,914.6 16,181.7 17,027.5 19.3 19.1 19.2 18.8 878.9 907.1 864.0 894.6

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,655.1 2,761.2 2,650.3 2,770.5 19.8 20.5 19.7 20.1 177.2 175.1 173.9 173.1

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,592.7 1,636.1 1,596.3 1,648.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 59.4 61.8 57.3 61.7

Delaware1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446.9 454.5 445.0 455.8 – – – – 22.7 24.8 22.8 24.9

District of Columbia1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 739.7 762.7 738.2 762.6 – – – – 15.7 16.2 15.5 16.1

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,492.5 8,940.9 8,550.3 9,058.1 5.3 5.5 5.4 5.6 562.6 580.1 558.0 585.8

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,435.9 4,634.1 4,468.2 4,671.0 9.3 9.7 9.4 9.8 200.0 206.2 200.8 207.2

Hawaii1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522.1 578.2 536.7 581.1 – – – – 35.3 37.4 35.1 36.7

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 772.0 791.7 774.6 790.5 4.0 4.4 3.9 4.2 57.7 61.1 57.9 60.6

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,725.1 5,917.0 5,704.5 5,938.9 6.6 6.9 6.6 6.7 230.7 242.4 223.3 238.8

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,042.8 3,112.8 3,045.2 3,131.1 5.1 5.5 5.2 5.6 148.6 150.0 150.3 149.6

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,530.6 1,558.7 1,526.1 1,558.8 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.4 84.0 80.1 80.3 78.5

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,372.9 1,400.8 1,369.6 1,405.1 5.6 6.0 5.6 6.1 64.9 64.9 64.1 63.9

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,866.4 1,899.9 1,875.8 1,913.8 7.4 7.0 7.4 6.8 81.9 84.1 79.9 83.7

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,827.1 1,868.2 1,843.9 1,883.3 28.3 30.7 29.4 30.5 120.1 122.1 118.9 118.2

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610.1 621.7 601.8 612.5 2.3 2.4 2.3 2.3 31.4 31.7 30.8 31.1

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,601.7 2,705.1 2,624.2 2,718.2 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.3 160.7 163.6 161.8 164.1

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,377.5 3,584.8 3,384.9 3,591.8 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.1 161.5 173.6 164.0 175.5

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,137.4 4,268.1 4,127.4 4,277.0 6.8 7.1 6.7 7.1 182.4 187.4 177.4 182.8

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,814.4 2,906.1 2,787.2 2,901.9 6.4 6.7 6.3 6.3 133.9 139.9 122.2 132.6

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,128.6 1,155.8 1,133.2 1,158.9 5.6 5.8 5.7 5.8 45.8 46.1 45.2 46.1

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,798.5 2,877.7 2,813.5 2,891.4 4.3 4.7 4.3 4.8 131.2 129.5 127.5 130.9

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478.8 485.3 475.4 486.2 6.6 6.8 6.5 6.7 33.2 31.9 30.5 31.0

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000.2 1,028.4 999.4 1,029.8 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 55.9 57.7 54.8 56.6

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,280.1 1,376.7 1,286.8 1,380.7 15.1 14.7 15.0 14.7 94.3 92.1 89.5 88.6

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 648.7 669.2 648.6 669.6 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 28.8 28.3 28.3 28.2

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,883.9 4,059.2 3,902.0 4,101.1 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.5 155.2 158.6 152.6 154.8

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 793.9 826.3 791.8 829.8 16.8 17.7 17.0 18.4 47.4 50.1 46.9 49.6

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,832.4 9,108.7 8,865.3 9,173.4 5.4 5.7 5.3 5.7 386.9 375.8 381.3 372.4

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,438.3 4,588.1 4,460.0 4,607.8 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.7 230.2 246.1 232.1 242.2

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414.9 423.7 410.9 425.0 13.3 14.5 13.3 14.4 27.8 28.4 26.1 26.8

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,321.1 5,424.3 5,340.0 5,447.2 8.7 8.7 9.0 8.4 230.1 239.1 225.5 237.2

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,625.5 1,666.7 1,628.7 1,667.7 25.4 29.6 25.1 28.1 77.8 82.5 78.7 80.9

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,836.0 1,903.4 1,837.2 1,915.9 6.5 6.4 6.4 6.4 113.3 113.1 109.5 112.7

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,677.9 5,828.6 5,700.1 5,854.9 21.2 21.6 21.2 21.8 255.4 254.0 255.2 250.0

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467.9 486.4 467.8 487.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 20.0 22.0 20.2 22.1

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,095.4 2,160.9 2,116.9 2,176.9 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 102.9 107.1 104.2 108.3

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433.7 440.5 430.5 438.3 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.1 25.6 26.8 23.9 26.7

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,040.8 3,128.9 3,061.0 3,151.4 4.1 4.3 4.1 4.4 129.3 130.7 130.2 131.6

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,304.2 12,992.2 12,395.1 13,122.4 173.3 201.2 174.1 204.5 728.3 742.9 729.9 745.1

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,557.3 1,640.3 1,570.4 1,646.9 8.5 8.3 8.3 8.4 118.8 125.0 118.9 123.5

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291.1 299.2 291.0 299.5 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.8 15.4 15.5 14.6 14.9

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,892.8 3,980.8 3,915.0 4,009.9 6.9 7.8 6.9 7.8 205.9 206.4 205.5 205.6

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,277.1 3,455.6 3,287.1 3,464.4 5.7 5.4 5.5 5.4 223.2 231.3 220.4 230.0

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 682.5 700.3 683.6 701.8 18.1 20.0 18.1 19.5 33.0 34.3 31.2 33.0

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,847.9 2,907.6 2,836.8 2,914.3 3.4 3.7 3.4 3.7 132.3 129.9 127.7 128.6

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274.5 276.6 269.5 272.2 14.3 15.8 14.5 16.0 21.6 20.9 20.6 20.3

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 840.0 871.3 848.4 876.4 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.7 28.3 30.4 28.2 30.6

Virgin Islands1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.4 35.1 34.9 35.1 – – – – 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9

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 2020 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Manufacturing Trade, transportation, and utilities Information

October November October November October November

2020 2021 2020 2021p

2020 2021 2020 2021p2020 2021 2020 2021p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259.1 268.1 262.2 267.9 378.1 388.0 385.9 394.6 19.1 21.2 19.1 21.5

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.3 11.1 7.0 8.6 57.7 60.5 57.5 59.4 4.8 4.8 4.7 4.8

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175.1 181.4 176.6 182.1 560.2 592.7 579.1 608.8 44.5 44.5 44.0 44.9

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154.8 161.9 156.4 162.2 252.0 257.1 257.2 260.8 11.6 12.3 11.7 12.6

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,250.3 1,278.1 1,248.2 1,272.3 2,938.2 3,029.5 3,024.5 3,105.3 519.1 564.2 521.5 563.4

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146.5 147.3 146.0 148.1 473.9 491.6 485.4 502.0 72.7 74.4 72.9 73.9

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151.5 153.5 151.4 155.6 287.7 292.1 296.4 299.1 29.0 28.0 29.1 28.1

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.3 24.6 25.2 24.8 81.0 84.1 82.4 85.6 3.6 3.7 3.6 3.7

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 29.0 29.3 29.6 30.1 19.6 18.6 19.5 18.7

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374.9 383.9 378.4 388.7 1,744.2 1,821.3 1,777.6 1,867.8 129.9 137.0 128.4 139.5

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384.4 396.7 385.1 401.3 934.1 980.2 963.4 1,000.9 112.0 121.3 111.8 122.5

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.3 11.6 11.2 11.7 97.8 106.6 101.1 108.1 6.7 6.7 6.6 6.7

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.8 68.5 69.9 67.7 149.8 153.5 153.7 156.6 7.1 7.6 7.3 7.7

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 548.9 552.8 548.2 558.2 1,171.0 1,211.3 1,193.6 1,239.1 84.5 86.0 85.4 86.1

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512.8 541.9 515.4 545.5 604.4 614.9 610.3 624.0 24.8 25.1 24.5 25.5

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215.6 223.6 215.7 218.9 305.9 309.9 310.0 315.3 18.6 18.4 18.4 17.9

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157.3 163.5 157.4 164.2 264.4 276.1 266.4 280.4 16.3 16.6 16.4 17.0

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238.5 251.9 240.9 250.5 399.8 413.7 409.1 423.4 20.4 20.0 20.3 20.0

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129.3 126.9 128.6 128.5 360.5 362.8 367.7 368.3 17.4 16.3 17.4 16.9

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.4 53.9 53.0 54.0 114.4 118.7 114.5 118.9 6.3 6.5 6.3 6.4

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108.0 110.1 109.2 110.9 453.5 469.7 467.2 484.1 32.2 31.8 31.4 31.2

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229.0 238.8 229.9 239.5 537.0 565.8 551.2 572.5 86.9 93.9 87.1 93.7

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 570.4 584.7 573.4 587.4 765.2 788.0 776.0 803.4 49.1 50.7 49.2 50.6

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308.5 322.2 305.3 320.4 506.7 516.1 511.9 523.4 41.5 40.4 41.2 39.9

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141.1 143.6 142.1 145.2 232.1 242.9 236.8 245.5 9.4 9.6 9.3 9.6

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261.1 275.6 266.8 272.8 534.8 549.8 546.6 562.0 43.8 42.2 44.4 42.6

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.6 22.3 20.7 22.2 93.9 96.6 94.6 98.4 5.7 5.4 5.7 5.4

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97.9 100.1 98.4 101.0 193.0 198.1 197.1 202.2 16.0 16.5 15.7 16.4

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.2 59.8 56.6 59.6 266.2 285.0 277.4 290.5 13.5 14.2 13.7 14.3

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.3 67.2 66.5 66.9 135.2 137.7 137.9 139.3 11.4 11.9 11.5 11.7

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238.2 248.3 238.5 249.3 841.0 877.6 869.1 905.9 68.2 67.6 67.9 68.3

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.7 29.8 26.0 29.8 132.2 137.8 133.6 139.5 8.7 8.5 8.7 8.5

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402.1 415.3 399.9 416.0 1,390.3 1,423.6 1,419.1 1,465.0 265.0 282.4 263.6 287.5

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453.9 473.0 455.8 477.5 856.1 875.7 871.1 890.7 72.4 77.6 73.6 79.0

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.3 26.2 24.8 26.7 88.9 90.2 90.3 92.2 5.7 5.8 5.7 5.8

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 657.2 658.7 657.3 660.1 1,021.4 1,051.7 1,047.2 1,074.2 63.1 64.5 62.9 65.0

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128.3 129.8 127.9 129.4 304.7 309.5 308.9 314.0 17.6 18.0 17.7 18.0

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183.3 185.9 183.6 186.4 358.1 366.7 363.8 374.3 32.3 34.2 32.1 34.5

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536.0 551.6 537.4 553.9 1,086.0 1,116.6 1,115.2 1,145.5 81.7 86.7 81.3 87.6

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.6 40.6 37.8 40.9 73.0 75.6 74.6 77.0 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.3

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244.4 252.3 246.5 251.6 401.2 422.2 413.9 428.8 24.3 25.1 24.6 25.5

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.3 44.4 43.4 44.4 85.0 85.3 86.2 85.8 4.8 4.7 4.8 4.7

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341.1 349.6 342.7 352.0 634.3 653.6 648.9 667.9 43.4 45.5 44.1 46.0

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 856.1 884.7 856.1 887.6 2,499.3 2,625.7 2,552.5 2,676.4 195.9 206.9 197.3 210.5

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136.7 145.9 138.9 146.2 297.1 312.4 304.1 321.1 38.2 41.0 38.1 41.3

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.4 30.6 28.6 30.2 50.5 50.3 51.1 50.9 3.9 4.0 3.9 4.0

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234.9 236.0 234.3 237.5 649.6 659.2 663.1 676.8 65.5 67.6 64.2 67.8

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262.9 268.7 260.7 268.9 638.8 661.0 648.5 667.1 150.2 160.1 150.4 161.8

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.4 45.5 44.7 46.4 122.8 126.1 124.0 129.5 7.2 7.0 7.3 7.1

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457.8 478.6 461.3 481.1 527.0 533.3 531.0 541.5 44.5 45.8 44.4 45.5

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.6 9.8 9.4 9.7 50.5 51.7 50.9 52.3 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.8

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.3 79.5 76.8 80.0 166.4 173.4 169.9 175.3 14.6 14.8 14.5 14.9

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2020 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Financial activities Professional and business services Education and health services

October November October November October November

2020 2021 2020 2021p

2020 2021 2020 2021p2020 2021 2020 2021p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96.3 99.1 97.0 99.3 251.7 259.1 253.8 255.0 238.6 247.9 238.7 246.5

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.5 10.4 10.3 10.6 26.0 26.2 25.3 25.8 49.4 50.1 49.4 50.1

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233.4 235.1 233.7 236.2 432.3 461.5 432.2 463.5 463.7 482.6 466.2 486.3

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.8 67.3 63.5 68.2 141.2 149.5 140.4 151.5 187.5 189.9 188.6 191.4

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 809.6 816.1 813.0 815.9 2,600.1 2,773.4 2,613.0 2,793.6 2,736.0 2,821.6 2,747.8 2,837.4

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173.5 175.1 172.6 176.2 431.2 454.8 430.5 456.5 341.4 343.8 339.3 343.9

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119.8 119.1 119.4 118.3 205.3 215.4 205.5 216.5 328.1 337.5 328.6 338.8

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.8 47.1 46.7 47.3 62.2 61.2 61.3 60.2 78.4 78.8 78.4 78.8

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.8 28.0 27.9 27.3 165.5 172.0 164.9 172.0 124.4 128.1 125.2 127.0

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 595.0 625.7 597.2 629.7 1,363.2 1,442.1 1,366.4 1,458.7 1,311.8 1,361.5 1,316.1 1,369.5

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251.9 255.4 251.1 256.4 702.9 766.8 709.4 769.3 594.4 615.3 593.3 618.5

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.3 27.5 26.4 27.4 63.2 71.1 64.4 71.2 80.9 82.1 81.5 82.5

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.5 41.2 38.7 40.9 101.1 100.0 101.3 99.3 112.3 113.9 111.8 114.3

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406.8 402.5 402.1 401.5 897.2 947.4 906.8 940.0 890.7 901.1 891.1 905.5

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139.3 139.7 140.6 140.7 336.4 339.4 333.6 341.7 465.3 473.3 464.6 473.3

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110.0 110.2 109.8 110.6 136.4 135.3 136.1 135.9 223.8 226.4 223.6 227.1

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77.0 74.7 77.4 74.5 171.8 174.7 170.4 174.3 198.5 199.1 197.8 198.7

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93.3 95.0 94.3 94.5 213.7 207.1 217.6 209.9 277.3 284.7 277.5 286.2

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86.7 89.2 86.1 90.4 206.1 217.8 206.2 217.1 310.1 319.1 312.2 321.4

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.6 32.4 32.3 32.5 69.1 71.2 69.0 71.0 126.8 126.8 126.6 125.7

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136.1 136.3 136.5 133.7 442.4 470.6 446.4 473.2 443.9 459.5 450.2 458.5

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216.1 216.9 215.3 216.4 581.8 626.6 582.1 627.6 753.4 779.6 756.0 784.5

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225.2 226.4 223.8 225.5 614.1 650.3 617.3 651.1 647.9 646.5 648.7 647.4

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192.8 191.3 194.0 190.7 358.5 381.8 357.9 382.2 538.9 538.5 539.7 541.2

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.5 43.5 42.0 42.8 110.2 115.4 110.4 113.7 140.7 144.1 140.5 145.0

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174.2 165.9 174.7 165.4 364.8 390.4 366.9 394.5 484.0 492.8 488.9 493.1

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.5 26.3 26.6 26.1 44.7 43.7 44.7 44.3 78.7 78.0 79.4 79.4

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.6 73.6 74.3 73.4 118.3 122.8 117.1 123.6 155.6 160.3 156.2 160.4

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.7 69.3 67.6 68.7 180.3 202.7 180.5 203.0 142.3 148.3 140.9 148.6

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.8 34.4 33.8 34.4 84.1 87.0 84.1 88.7 118.0 120.3 119.8 121.6

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243.8 247.5 245.6 249.0 652.0 701.0 651.6 708.1 670.6 694.1 671.2 699.8

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.8 33.8 33.3 34.7 106.5 114.1 105.7 114.2 135.9 139.0 136.4 137.7

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 700.2 692.2 700.5 694.0 1,238.9 1,304.4 1,242.7 1,311.7 2,018.4 2,064.6 2,039.3 2,079.6

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259.2 261.8 258.1 258.3 653.5 687.9 653.9 690.7 602.6 601.6 605.2 604.0

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.4 24.8 24.7 25.1 31.4 31.9 30.6 31.6 66.2 64.9 65.5 65.9

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302.3 305.1 303.2 303.4 705.4 725.1 707.5 726.4 903.1 899.7 905.7 897.6

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.3 80.5 76.8 81.2 182.0 192.2 180.5 188.3 239.3 241.1 238.4 241.7

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.5 104.9 100.8 105.2 244.7 263.1 245.3 264.8 295.9 298.5 296.8 300.1

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322.8 329.0 323.5 329.3 762.7 790.1 761.4 794.9 1,258.1 1,264.1 1,260.8 1,266.2

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.4 34.1 34.0 33.9 67.2 66.5 67.3 67.3 101.2 103.5 101.8 103.6

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.8 105.0 106.2 105.3 287.9 287.7 289.6 294.1 252.7 257.8 252.9 258.1

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.3 27.9 28.4 28.3 32.8 33.4 32.8 33.1 74.2 74.4 74.6 73.5

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170.9 175.2 170.8 176.0 428.0 450.9 432.3 452.8 433.3 429.0 434.6 428.5

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 809.6 843.0 814.1 852.7 1,784.4 1,978.7 1,787.5 1,998.8 1,705.5 1,765.7 1,706.1 1,775.7

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93.9 98.1 95.0 97.5 231.6 245.8 232.0 245.5 209.3 217.5 211.5 219.5

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.1 12.2 12.0 12.3 29.5 31.0 29.9 30.9 63.0 62.9 63.4 64.0

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207.6 203.4 207.8 203.9 760.9 789.9 769.6 790.7 535.2 542.7 535.0 546.8

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157.7 165.5 157.8 164.2 424.9 448.0 432.6 448.4 496.2 524.3 498.8 523.7

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.3 29.2 29.7 29.0 65.6 67.2 65.4 67.4 128.5 128.2 129.0 127.8

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151.5 149.6 150.7 151.0 317.7 324.6 315.9 322.7 451.3 445.7 450.6 446.5

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.9 11.1 10.5 11.0 18.8 19.5 18.4 18.7 28.9 28.2 28.7 28.3

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.6 42.9 42.7 42.9 119.7 122.5 119.9 123.2 110.1 114.6 110.7 114.8

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.8 1.9 1.8 1.9 3.4 3.3 3.4 3.3 2.1 2.2 2.1 2.2

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2020 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Leisure and hospitality Other services Government

October November October November October November

2020 2021 2020 2021p

2020 2021 2020 2021p2020 2021 2020 2021p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178.4 200.2 181.5 198.1 91.0 92.0 91.4 92.3 389.1 390.5 388.8 392.5

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.7 26.8 23.3 24.7 10.3 11.5 10.2 11.5 78.6 76.2 77.8 76.0

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271.5 320.2 275.3 319.3 89.7 92.5 89.5 93.5 417.1 417.6 417.3 420.5

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108.1 115.4 109.5 113.4 65.2 68.3 65.1 67.4 209.3 206.3 209.1 207.5

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,406.9 1,726.1 1,423.0 1,722.0 457.2 505.4 452.8 507.4 2,453.6 2,474.0 2,454.7 2,496.8

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270.6 318.1 263.1 313.9 107.0 110.2 106.8 111.0 441.3 450.3 440.1 451.8

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123.6 136.4 117.9 134.4 57.4 60.7 56.8 61.5 230.4 231.1 233.4 234.0

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.6 47.0 41.8 46.6 16.7 16.4 16.1 16.4 66.6 66.8 66.7 67.5

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.7 57.6 40.4 58.8 71.9 70.7 71.9 70.6 243.1 241.2 242.3 241.0

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 972.1 1,117.1 993.6 1,136.5 319.6 349.0 321.9 349.0 1,113.9 1,117.7 1,107.3 1,127.3

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414.6 447.6 416.0 450.9 150.7 155.3 148.8 153.0 681.6 679.6 679.1 681.2

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.6 94.0 68.6 95.1 20.2 23.1 21.1 22.8 119.8 118.1 120.7 118.9

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.1 85.2 77.1 83.4 25.6 25.6 25.8 25.7 128.0 130.7 127.2 130.1

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463.2 524.0 425.3 518.2 233.2 244.7 231.8 243.8 792.3 797.9 790.3 801.0

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273.6 288.8 266.4 287.1 112.2 113.6 113.3 114.7 420.3 420.6 421.0 423.4

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120.0 134.2 116.2 132.7 55.4 56.7 54.8 56.6 258.4 261.5 258.8 262.9

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113.4 121.3 110.4 120.6 49.1 48.6 49.1 48.8 254.6 255.3 254.6 256.6

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173.0 171.9 167.6 172.2 61.2 62.7 61.5 63.3 299.9 301.8 299.7 303.3

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186.3 202.4 195.1 209.0 65.7 67.3 65.3 68.0 316.6 313.6 317.0 315.0

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.0 57.6 47.1 49.5 20.6 22.1 20.3 22.3 99.2 98.4 99.6 98.8

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217.0 235.2 214.4 229.8 101.7 107.5 101.9 108.4 505.0 519.5 504.0 523.0

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262.5 319.2 248.8 307.4 113.1 119.4 112.5 119.7 435.1 449.9 437.0 453.9

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341.5 374.7 319.5 364.0 143.4 149.4 145.4 150.6 591.4 602.9 590.0 607.1

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210.0 250.5 192.5 245.0 103.1 104.9 100.8 106.2 414.1 413.8 415.4 414.0

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121.9 128.3 122.9 126.1 40.3 41.8 40.6 41.9 239.0 234.7 237.7 237.2

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254.7 282.9 251.0 280.4 112.5 113.0 111.5 113.8 433.1 430.9 430.9 431.1

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.6 63.5 58.2 62.5 18.6 19.7 18.3 19.7 90.7 91.1 90.2 90.5

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82.6 88.8 79.1 86.3 35.4 37.3 35.2 37.0 169.9 172.2 170.5 171.9

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246.1 280.8 246.2 281.3 37.3 45.8 36.9 45.5 162.1 164.0 162.5 165.9

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.9 69.3 56.3 65.5 22.1 23.2 22.1 23.3 87.1 88.9 87.3 89.0

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289.1 322.0 281.0 317.8 142.8 147.7 141.7 149.8 581.6 593.4 581.4 596.8

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.2 92.0 79.1 91.4 26.1 27.7 26.1 28.4 179.6 175.8 179.0 177.6

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 626.5 747.2 612.0 730.7 337.4 350.3 337.3 353.5 1,461.3 1,447.2 1,464.3 1,457.3

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427.3 475.8 425.4 470.4 156.4 160.5 155.4 160.8 721.1 722.5 723.8 728.5

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.2 39.1 33.9 38.7 15.1 15.6 14.6 15.6 81.6 82.3 81.4 82.2

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472.4 511.0 464.7 507.0 194.1 191.8 190.7 192.2 763.3 768.9 766.3 775.7

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159.9 167.1 161.2 169.6 65.3 64.1 64.8 63.6 348.9 352.3 348.7 352.9

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161.5 177.7 159.4 178.5 57.7 61.6 57.9 61.4 282.2 291.3 281.6 291.6

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434.3 490.4 427.2 478.4 228.7 238.8 226.8 237.6 691.0 685.7 690.1 689.7

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.5 52.5 43.9 50.3 19.5 20.8 19.6 21.0 63.1 65.4 63.2 65.7

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229.3 246.9 230.6 245.6 72.8 78.5 73.8 79.5 369.7 373.9 370.2 375.7

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.7 44.4 39.4 43.0 17.0 17.5 16.9 16.9 80.0 80.6 79.1 80.8

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293.5 317.8 291.6 319.3 118.7 125.1 118.7 125.6 444.2 447.2 443.0 447.3

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,177.1 1,317.4 1,189.9 1,326.7 394.1 426.6 396.6 431.1 1,980.6 1,999.4 1,991.0 2,013.3

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136.4 151.6 137.6 149.0 40.0 42.3 40.4 42.2 246.8 252.4 245.6 252.7

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.0 28.0 24.2 27.3 9.4 10.5 9.5 10.7 53.1 53.3 53.0 53.5

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333.5 359.1 328.4 357.2 179.7 183.8 179.8 183.1 713.1 724.9 720.4 732.7

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254.2 306.2 249.8 308.4 117.0 121.5 116.8 119.8 546.3 563.6 545.8 566.7

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.1 70.3 63.3 68.9 21.6 21.8 21.1 21.8 148.9 150.7 149.8 151.4

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225.1 252.8 213.1 250.0 146.0 149.4 145.7 148.3 391.3 394.2 393.0 395.4

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.9 35.0 31.4 32.0 15.7 16.0 15.6 15.8 67.6 65.9 66.8 65.3

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.8 79.5 69.5 80.8 16.1 16.7 16.2 16.8 196.5 196.3 199.4 196.4

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.1 4.8 4.4 4.8 1.5 1.6 1.5 1.5 11.1 10.8 11.1 10.8

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2020 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

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

N.M.

CALIF.

NEV.

MONT.

ARIZ.

ORE.

S.D.

WYO.

KAN MO. .

N.D.

COLO.

NEB.

GA.

UTAH ILL.

MINN.

LA.

PA.

IDAHO

FLA.

N.Y.

KY.

WIS.

N.C.

VA.

OKLA.

ALA.

ARK.

IOWA

WASH.

IND.

MISS.

OHIO

S.C.

MICH.

TENN.

MAINE

W.VA.

VT.

MD.

N.H.

Map 1. Unemployment rates by state, seasonally adjusted,

November 2021

(U.S. rate = 4.2 percent)

HAWAII

ALASKA

D.C.

!

MASS.

! CONN.

!

R.I.

!

DEL.

!

N.J.

6.0% or higher

5.0% to 5.9%

4.0% to 4.9%

3.0% to 3.9%

2.9% or lower
WASH.

ORE.

CALIF.

IDAHO

NEV.

ARIZ.

MONT.

WYO.

COLO.

N.M.

N.D.

S.D.

NEB.

KAN.

OKLA.

TEXAS

MINN.

IOWA

MO.

ARK.

LA.

WIS.

ILL.

MICH.

IND. OHIO

KY.

TENN.

MISS. ALA. GA.

S.C.

N.C.

VA. W.VA.

PA.

N.Y.

MAINE

N.H.

VT.

MASS.

R.I.

N.J.

CONN.

DEL.

FLA.

MD. UTAH

ALASKA

HAWAII

D.C.

Above 5.0%

3.5% to 5.0%

2.5% to 3.4%

2.0% to 2.4%

Below 2.0%

Map 2. Percentage change in nonfarm employment by state,

seasonally adjusted, November 2020 - November 2021