For release 10:00 a.m. (EDT) Friday, October 20, 2017 USDL-17-1403 

Technical information: 

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STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT — SEPTEMBER 2017 

Unemployment rates were lower in September in 11 states, higher in 4 states, and stable in 35 states and 

the District of Columbia, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Twenty-two states had 

jobless rate decreases from a year earlier, 1 state had an increase, and 27 states and the District had little 

or no change. The national unemployment rate declined by 0.2 percentage point from August to 4.2 

percent and was 0.7 point lower than in September 2016. 

Nonfarm payroll employment decreased in 6 states in September 2017, increased in 5 states, and was 

essentially unchanged in 39 states and the District of Columbia. Over the year, 28 states added nonfarm 

payroll jobs and 22 states and the District were essentially unchanged. 

Unemployment 

North Dakota had the lowest unemployment rate in September, 2.4 percent, closely followed by 

Colorado and Hawaii, 2.5 percent each. The rates in Idaho (2.8 percent) and Tennessee (3.0 percent) set 

new series lows. (All state series begin in 1976.) Alaska had the highest jobless rate, 7.2 percent. In 

total, 15 states had unemployment rates lower than the U.S. figure of 4.2 percent, 13 states and the 

District of Columbia had higher rates, and 22 states had rates that were not appreciably different from 

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

Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria 

Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas prior to the September 2017 reference period for both the 

establishment and household surveys. Hurricane Irma made landfall in Florida during the reference 

period for both surveys. However, for both surveys, data collection rates generally were within normal 

ranges, both nationally and in the affected states. Therefore, no changes were made to the estimation 

procedures for September. 

In the establishment survey, employees who are not paid for the pay period that includes the 12th of the 

month are not counted as employed. In the household survey, persons with a job are counted as 

employed even if they miss work for the entire survey reference week (the week including the 12th of 
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the month), regardless of whether or not they are paid. For a general discussion of how unusually severe 

weather can affect the estimates, see the Frequently Asked Questions section of the Employment 

Situation news release at www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.faq.htm. 

Due to Hurricanes Irma and Maria, Puerto Rico was not able to conduct normal data collection for either 

its household or establishment surveys for September. Likewise, the U.S. Virgin Islands was not able to 

administer its establishment survey for September. National estimates do not include Puerto Rico or the 

U.S. Virgin Islands. 

More information on the effects of the recent hurricanes on BLS data collection and reporting can be 

found at www.bls.gov/bls/hurricanes-harvey-irma-maria.htm. 

In September, 11 states had unemployment rate decreases, the largest of which was in Alabama (-0.4 

percentage point), closely followed by Arizona, Kentucky, Massachusetts, and Tennessee (-0.3 point 

each). Four states had notable rate increases, the largest of which were in Michigan (+0.4 percentage 

point) and Indiana (+0.3 point). The remaining 35 states and the District of Columbia had jobless rates 

that were not notably different from those of a month earlier, though some had changes that were at least 

as large numerically as the significant changes. (See table B.) 

Twenty-two states had unemployment rate decreases from September 2016. The largest declines 

occurred in Alabama and Tennessee (-2.2 percentage points and -1.9 points, respectively). The only 

over-the-year rate increase was in South Dakota (+0.5 percentage point). (See table C.) 

Nonfarm Payroll Employment 

Six states had over-the-month decreases in nonfarm payroll employment in September 2017. The largest 

decrease in employment over the month occurred in Florida (-127,400), followed by New York 

(-34,100) and Missouri (-10,500). In percentage terms, the largest decreases occurred in Florida 

(-1.5 percent), Wyoming (-0.9 percent), and New Hampshire and Rhode Island (-0.7 percent each). Five 

states had over-the-month increases in nonfarm payroll employment in September. The largest increase 

in employment occurred in California (+52,200), followed by Washington (+13,800) and Indiana 

(+11,400). In percentage terms, the largest increase occurred in Nebraska (+0.5 percent), followed by 

Arizona, Indiana, and Washington (+0.4 percent each). (See tables D and 3.) 

Twenty-eight states had over-the-year increases in nonfarm payroll employment in September. The 

largest job gains occurred in California (+280,300), Texas (+256,100), and New York (+93,100). The 

largest percentage gains occurred in Nevada and Utah (+2.5 percent each), followed by Maryland (+2.4 

percent). (See table E and map 2.) 

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

to be released on Wednesday, November 1, 2017, at 10:00 a.m. (EDT). The State Employment and 

Unemployment news release for October is scheduled to be released on Friday, November 17, 

2017, at 10:00 a.m. (EST). 

 
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State Rate p

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

Alaska ...................................................................... 7.2

Arkansas ................................................................. 3.5

California ................................................................. 5.1

Colorado .................................................................. 2.5

Delaware ................................................................. 4.9

District of Columbia ................................................ 6.5

Hawaii ...................................................................... 2.5

Idaho ........................................................................ 2.8

Illinois ....................................................................... 5.0

Iowa ......................................................................... 3.2

Kentucky ................................................................. 5.2

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

Minnesota ................................................................ 3.7

Mississippi ............................................................... 5.2

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

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

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

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

New York ................................................................. 4.9

North Dakota ........................................................... 2.4

Ohio ......................................................................... 5.3

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

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

Tennessee .............................................................. 3.0

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

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

Virginia ..................................................................... 3.7

West Virginia ........................................................... 5.1

Wisconsin ............................................................... 3.5

1

 Data are not preliminary.

p

 = preliminary.

Table A. States with unemployment rates significantly different from that

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

to September 2017, seasonally adjusted

August 2017 September 2017 p

Alabama .......................................... 4.2 3.8 -0.4

Arizona ............................................ 5.0 4.7 -.3

Connecticut ..................................... 4.8 4.6 -.2

Florida ............................................. 4.0 3.8 -.2

Georgia ........................................... 4.7 4.5 -.2

Hawaii ............................................. 2.6 2.5 -.1

Indiana ............................................. 3.5 3.8 .3

Kentucky ......................................... 5.5 5.2 -.3

Massachusetts ............................... 4.2 3.9 -.3

Michigan .......................................... 3.9 4.3 .4

Minnesota ........................................ 3.8 3.7 -.1

New Jersey ..................................... 4.5 4.7 .2

North Dakota ................................... 2.3 2.4 .1

Tennessee ...................................... 3.3 3.0 -.3

Vermont .......................................... 3.0 2.9 -.1

p

 = preliminary.

State

Rate Over-the-month 

change p
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Table C. States with statistically significant unemployment rate changes from September 2016

to September 2017, seasonally adjusted

September 2016 September 2017 p

Alabama .......................................... 6.0 3.8 -2.2

California ......................................... 5.3 5.1 -.2

Colorado ......................................... 3.2 2.5 -.7

Florida ............................................. 4.9 3.8 -1.1

Georgia ........................................... 5.4 4.5 -.9

Hawaii ............................................. 3.0 2.5 -.5

Idaho ............................................... 3.8 2.8 -1.0

Illinois .............................................. 5.8 5.0 -.8

Louisiana ......................................... 6.1 5.1 -1.0

Missouri ........................................... 4.7 3.8 -.9

Nebraska ......................................... 3.3 2.8 -.5

New Mexico ..................................... 6.8 6.2 -.6

North Carolina ................................. 5.1 4.1 -1.0

North Dakota ................................... 3.1 2.4 -.7

Pennsylvania ................................... 5.5 4.8 -.7

Rhode Island ................................... 5.3 4.2 -1.1

South Dakota .................................. 2.9 3.4 .5

Tennessee ...................................... 4.9 3.0 -1.9

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

Washington ..................................... 5.3 4.6 -.7

West Virginia ................................... 5.9 5.1 -.8

Wisconsin ....................................... 4.2 3.5 -.7

Wyoming ......................................... 5.1 4.0 -1.1

p

 = preliminary.

State

Rate Over-the-year 

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

September 2017, seasonally adjusted

August September

2017 2017 p Level Percent

Arizona ............................................ 2,754,600 2,765,500 10,900 0.4

California ......................................... 16,778,300 16,830,500 52,200 .3

Florida ............................................. 8,646,500 8,519,100 -127,400 -1.5

Indiana ............................................ 3,122,700 3,134,100 11,400 .4

Missouri .......................................... 2,899,400 2,888,900 -10,500 -.4

Nebraska ........................................ 1,027,800 1,033,200 5,400 .5

New Hampshire .............................. 683,800 678,900 -4,900 -.7

New York ........................................ 9,553,700 9,519,600 -34,100 -.4

Rhode Island ................................... 498,800 495,100 -3,700 -.7

Washington .................................... 3,325,200 3,339,000 13,800 .4

Wyoming ........................................ 277,700 275,200 -2,500 -.9

p

 = preliminary.

Over-the-month change p

State
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Table E. States with statistically significant employment changes from September 2016 to

September 2017, seasonally adjusted

September September

2016 2017 p Level Percent

Alabama .......................................... 1,979,200 2,009,100 29,900 1.5

Arizona ............................................ 2,730,800 2,765,500 34,700 1.3

Arkansas ......................................... 1,230,200 1,254,600 24,400 2.0

California ......................................... 16,550,200 16,830,500 280,300 1.7

Colorado ......................................... 2,614,900 2,656,200 41,300 1.6

Georgia ........................................... 4,413,100 4,497,200 84,100 1.9

Idaho ............................................... 700,000 715,000 15,000 2.1

Indiana ............................................ 3,101,600 3,134,100 32,500 1.0

Kentucky ......................................... 1,919,900 1,950,100 30,200 1.6

Maryland ......................................... 2,716,800 2,780,900 64,100 2.4

 

Massachusetts ............................... 3,575,400 3,637,700 62,300 1.7

Michigan .......................................... 4,340,800 4,402,800 62,000 1.4

Minnesota ....................................... 2,903,100 2,955,300 52,200 1.8

Missouri .......................................... 2,850,600 2,888,900 38,300 1.3

Nebraska ........................................ 1,017,800 1,033,200 15,400 1.5

Nevada ............................................ 1,315,700 1,348,000 32,300 2.5

New York ........................................ 9,426,500 9,519,600 93,100 1.0

North Carolina ................................. 4,361,100 4,422,500 61,400 1.4

Ohio ................................................ 5,495,400 5,557,000 61,600 1.1

Oregon ............................................ 1,841,900 1,876,800 34,900 1.9

 

Pennsylvania .................................. 5,903,800 5,970,400 66,600 1.1

South Carolina ................................ 2,063,300 2,091,400 28,100 1.4

Tennessee ...................................... 2,982,400 3,026,600 44,200 1.5

Texas .............................................. 12,065,000 12,321,100 256,100 2.1

Utah ................................................ 1,439,300 1,475,700 36,400 2.5

Virginia ............................................ 3,928,700 3,971,100 42,400 1.1

Washington .................................... 3,267,700 3,339,000 71,300 2.2

Wisconsin ....................................... 2,923,800 2,958,400 34,600 1.2

p

 = preliminary.

Over-the-year change p

State
Technical Note

This 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 persons and unemployed persons on a 

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

noninstitutional population 16 years of age and older. 

Employed persons 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 persons are those who were not employed 

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

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

with the reference week, and were currently available for work; 

persons on layoff expecting recall need not be looking for work 

to be counted as unemployed. The civilian labor force is the 

sum of employed and unemployed persons. The unemployment 

rate is the number of unemployed as a percent of the civilian 

labor force.

Method of estimation. Estimates for 48 states, the 

District of Columbia, the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale 

metropolitan division, New York City, and the balances of 

California and New York state are produced using time-series 

models. This method, which underwent substantial 

enhancement at the beginning of 2015, utilizes data from 

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

unemployment insurance (UI) programs. Estimates for the state 

of California are derived by summing the estimates for the Los 

Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale metropolitan division and the 

balance of California. Similarly, estimates for New York state 

are derived by summing the estimates for New York City and 

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

substate areas contained in this release (the Cleveland-Elyria 

and Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metropolitan areas and the 

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

and their respective balances of state are produced using a 

similar model-based approach.

Each month, estimates for the nine census divisions first

are modeled using inputs from the CPS only and controlled to 

the national totals. State estimates then are controlled to their 

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

estimates for the five areas noted above also are controlled to 

their respective state totals. This tiered process of controlling 

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

benchmarking. Estimates for Puerto Rico are derived from a 

monthly household survey similar to the CPS. A more detailed 

description of the estimation procedures is available from BLS 

upon request. 

Annual revisions. Civilian labor force and 

unemployment data for prior years reflect adjustments made 

after the end of each year. The adjusted estimates reflect 

updated population data from the U.S. Census Bureau, any 

revisions in the other data sources, and model re-estimation. In 

most years, historical data for the most recent five years are 

revised near the beginning of each calendar year, prior to the 

release of January estimates. With the introduction of a new 

generation of times-series models in early 2015, historical data 

were re-estimated back to the series beginnings in 1976, 1990, 

or 1994.

Seasonal adjustment. The LAUS models decompose the 

estimates of employed and unemployed persons into trend, 

seasonal, and irregular components. The trend component of 

each measure is then smoothed using a Trend-Cycle Cascade 

Filter, which combines the Henderson trend filter with a 

seasonal filter. This combined filter suppresses variability due 

to real-time benchmarking while simultaneously removing any 

residual seasonality that may be present in the series. The 

resulting smoothed-seasonally adjusted unemployment rate 

estimates are analyzed in this news release and published on the 

BLS website. During estimation for the current year, the 

smoothed-seasonally adjusted estimates for a given month are 

created using an asymmetric filter that incorporates information 

from previous observations only. For annual revisions, 

historical data are smoothed using a two-sided filter. 

Area definitions. The substate area data published in this 

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

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

list of the geographic definitions is available online at 

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

Employment—from the CES program 

Definitions. Employment data refer to persons on 

establishment payrolls who receive pay for any part of the pay 

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

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

those appearing on more than one payroll are counted on each 

payroll. Industries are classified on the basis of their principal 

activity in accordance with the 2012 version of the North 

American Industry Classification System. 

Method of estimation. CES State and Area employment 

data are produced using several estimation procedures. Where 

possible these data are produced using a "weighted link 

relative" estimation technique in which a ratio of current month 
weighted employment to that of the previous-month weighted 

employment is computed from a sample of establishments 

reporting for both months. The estimates of employment for the 

current month are then obtained by multiplying these ratios by 

the previous month’s employment estimates. The weighted link 

relative technique is utilized for data series where the sample 

size meets certain statistical criteria. 

For some employment series, the sample of 

establishments is very small or highly variable. In these cases, 

a model-based approach is used in estimation. These models 

use the direct sample estimates (described above), combined 

with forecasts of historical (benchmarked) data to decrease 

volatility in estimation. Two different models (Fay-Herriot 

Model and Small Domain Model) are used depending on the 

industry level being estimated. For more detailed information 

about each model, refer to the BLS Handbook of Methods.

Annual revisions. Employment estimates are adjusted 

annually to a complete count of jobs, called benchmarks, 

derived principally from tax reports that are submitted by 

employers who are covered under state unemployment 

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

adjust the monthly estimates between the new benchmark and 

the preceding one and also to establish the level of employment 

for the new benchmark month. Thus, the benchmarking process 

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

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

subsequent months. Information on recent benchmark revisions 

is available online at www.bls.gov/sae/benchmark2017.pdf.

Seasonal adjustment. Payroll employment data are 

seasonally adjusted at the statewide supersector level. In some 

states, the seasonally adjusted payroll employment total is 

computed by aggregating the independently adjusted 

supersector series. In other states, the seasonally adjusted 

payroll employment total is independently adjusted. Revisions 

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

year, coincident with annual benchmark adjustments.

Caution on aggregating state data. State estimation 

procedures are designed to produce accurate data for each 

individual state. BLS independently develops a national 

employment series; state estimates are not forced to sum to 

national totals. Because each state series is subject to larger 

sampling and nonsampling errors than the national series, 

summing them cumulates individual state-level errors and can 

cause significant distortions at an aggregate level. Due to these 

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

employment series, and cautions users that such a series is 

subject to a relatively large and volatile error structure.

Reliability of the estimates

The estimates presented in this release are based on 

sample surveys, administrative data, and modeling and, thus, 

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

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

occurs by chance because a sample rather than the entire 

population is surveyed. Survey data also are subject to 

nonsampling errors, such as those which can be introduced into 

the data collection and processing operations. Estimates not 

directly derived from sample surveys are subject to additional 

errors resulting from the specific estimation processes used.

Use of error measures. Changes in state unemployment 

rates and state nonfarm payroll employment are cited in the 

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

statistically significant at the 90-percent confidence level. 

Furthermore, state unemployment rates for the current month 

generally are cited only if they have been determined to be 

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

confidence level. The underlying model-based standard error 

measures for unemployment rates and over-the-month and 

over-the-year changes in rates are available at 

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

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

payroll employment data at the total nonfarm and supersector 

levels are available at www.bls.gov/sae/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 persons, unemployed persons, 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

Sept.

2016

July

2017

Aug.

2017

Sept.

2017p

Number Percent of labor force

Sept.

2016

July

2017

Aug.

2017

Sept.

2017p

Sept.

2016

July

2017

Aug.

2017

Sept.

2017p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,176,963 2,160,058 2,148,116 2,151,272 131,201 96,158 90,756 82,678 6.0 4.5 4.2 3.8

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359,858 366,310 365,088 364,007 23,898 25,741 26,146 26,242 6.6 7.0 7.2 7.2

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,248,039 3,307,813 3,303,219 3,316,042 164,542 169,447 164,825 156,685 5.1 5.1 5.0 4.7

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,341,482 1,374,438 1,378,157 1,379,592 53,944 46,497 47,729 48,667 4.0 3.4 3.5 3.5

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,149,374 19,136,914 19,169,290 19,295,227 1,023,023 926,050 972,953 986,163 5.3 4.8 5.1 5.1

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale1. . . . 5,056,184 5,123,987 5,132,182 5,162,868 260,419 231,836 245,244 250,733 5.2 4.5 4.8 4.9

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,901,806 2,982,566 2,991,860 3,010,607 93,477 70,776 72,589 76,552 3.2 2.4 2.4 2.5

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,890,126 1,933,117 1,923,215 1,913,839 89,899 96,491 92,184 87,152 4.8 5.0 4.8 4.6

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471,467 477,376 478,011 478,998 20,448 22,942 23,511 23,430 4.3 4.8 4.9 4.9

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392,410 403,242 402,330 401,783 23,232 25,706 25,712 26,258 5.9 6.4 6.4 6.5

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,874,004 10,114,482 10,095,925 10,112,796 483,992 411,923 408,109 382,764 4.9 4.1 4.0 3.8

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall1. . . . . . . . . . . 1,349,672 1,391,446 1,392,300 1,393,626 73,046 65,372 63,730 62,138 5.4 4.7 4.6 4.5

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,948,008 5,038,076 5,046,000 5,071,761 266,361 236,705 235,690 225,802 5.4 4.7 4.7 4.5

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 688,516 693,272 690,397 688,761 20,371 18,668 18,038 16,945 3.0 2.7 2.6 2.5

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 818,190 818,046 819,892 823,653 30,748 24,595 23,417 23,024 3.8 3.0 2.9 2.8

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,511,253 6,438,011 6,425,845 6,424,249 376,079 308,183 323,009 321,695 5.8 4.8 5.0 5.0

Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights1. . . 3,795,387 3,747,059 3,756,616 3,763,660 222,792 167,440 182,146 190,506 5.9 4.5 4.8 5.1

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,322,398 3,332,529 3,336,497 3,342,602 142,247 104,088 116,707 126,395 4.3 3.1 3.5 3.8

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,698,596 1,682,557 1,683,061 1,686,914 61,930 54,500 55,281 54,574 3.6 3.2 3.3 3.2

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,480,592 1,482,835 1,483,721 1,487,403 63,778 55,535 57,217 56,772 4.3 3.7 3.9 3.8

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,003,566 2,067,179 2,060,365 2,061,437 99,287 110,737 112,443 106,790 5.0 5.4 5.5 5.2

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,108,789 2,092,130 2,082,352 2,083,447 128,828 109,930 107,474 105,829 6.1 5.3 5.2 5.1

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 694,721 704,650 705,160 705,242 27,571 26,216 26,770 26,107 4.0 3.7 3.8 3.7

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,175,008 3,236,987 3,242,268 3,252,526 134,272 129,147 127,133 122,930 4.2 4.0 3.9 3.8

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,586,139 3,697,674 3,680,507 3,669,704 118,764 160,699 154,238 142,540 3.3 4.3 4.2 3.9

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,843,279 4,839,530 4,832,984 4,850,273 240,948 180,006 189,919 208,599 5.0 3.7 3.9 4.3

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,075,997 2,078,026 2,076,652 2,087,103 112,800 68,291 67,418 75,912 5.4 3.3 3.2 3.6

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,000,839 3,045,413 3,054,016 3,069,155 119,967 112,421 116,241 112,207 4.0 3.7 3.8 3.7

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,281,777 1,288,999 1,282,978 1,278,219 73,479 67,429 68,318 65,994 5.7 5.2 5.3 5.2

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,106,194 3,043,881 3,042,669 3,055,726 146,002 117,061 120,183 116,240 4.7 3.8 3.9 3.8

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 527,304 524,912 524,996 525,968 21,459 20,442 20,255 20,357 4.1 3.9 3.9 3.9

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,010,991 1,006,422 1,008,161 1,010,241 33,002 28,113 28,064 27,800 3.3 2.8 2.8 2.8

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,430,839 1,442,795 1,445,620 1,451,418 77,220 69,293 70,610 71,735 5.4 4.8 4.9 4.9

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750,594 752,897 751,965 750,188 21,162 20,804 20,018 20,061 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.7

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,513,234 4,514,605 4,515,791 4,524,752 221,938 189,872 201,813 212,855 4.9 4.2 4.5 4.7

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 927,700 931,430 929,297 929,449 62,997 58,876 58,221 57,653 6.8 6.3 6.3 6.2

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,534,988 9,680,247 9,657,374 9,693,446 470,597 452,949 466,141 472,720 4.9 4.7 4.8 4.9

New York City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,129,119 4,248,481 4,233,610 4,243,804 218,803 197,677 207,175 214,627 5.3 4.7 4.9 5.1

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,889,148 4,900,264 4,902,196 4,931,333 247,318 200,547 200,167 200,905 5.1 4.1 4.1 4.1

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417,084 418,624 418,029 417,948 12,748 9,425 9,527 9,917 3.1 2.3 2.3 2.4

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,697,876 5,767,976 5,751,074 5,759,293 283,617 300,108 310,559 305,173 5.0 5.2 5.4 5.3

Cleveland-Elyria2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,029,005 1,040,065 1,037,668 1,036,532 56,561 62,138 65,714 66,097 5.5 6.0 6.3 6.4

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,823,655 1,817,149 1,819,372 1,827,099 90,835 79,202 81,521 81,706 5.0 4.4 4.5 4.5

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,063,973 2,126,643 2,128,660 2,130,543 100,449 81,603 86,405 90,116 4.9 3.8 4.1 4.2

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,453,623 6,457,527 6,429,009 6,414,162 357,009 324,048 317,632 309,318 5.5 5.0 4.9 4.8

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 552,168 557,010 556,266 554,995 28,990 24,179 23,745 23,206 5.3 4.3 4.3 4.2

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,297,637 2,319,425 2,318,954 2,324,223 104,025 91,607 93,069 91,428 4.5 3.9 4.0 3.9

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453,953 457,604 458,172 458,694 13,154 14,382 15,322 15,756 2.9 3.1 3.3 3.4

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,158,461 3,146,212 3,152,638 3,183,553 155,955 107,881 103,024 95,877 4.9 3.4 3.3 3.0

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,311,404 13,401,892 13,373,330 13,408,415 630,583 574,464 556,969 540,949 4.7 4.3 4.2 4.0

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,520,866 1,575,096 1,573,527 1,574,559 49,522 54,474 54,578 53,849 3.3 3.5 3.5 3.4

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345,244 343,837 344,342 344,687 11,121 10,638 10,447 10,129 3.2 3.1 3.0 2.9

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,251,449 4,320,245 4,320,613 4,340,369 174,613 162,046 162,184 160,000 4.1 3.8 3.8 3.7

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,664,039 3,708,947 3,725,363 3,755,344 195,780 167,333 170,081 172,287 5.3 4.5 4.6 4.6

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,630,976 1,636,213 1,641,342 1,651,100 63,043 57,047 60,180 62,346 3.9 3.5 3.7 3.8

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 783,243 778,835 778,922 780,399 46,472 36,883 39,224 39,862 5.9 4.7 5.0 5.1

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,119,731 3,159,594 3,158,412 3,161,220 130,907 100,360 106,270 109,289 4.2 3.2 3.4 3.5

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301,488 295,187 294,375 293,820 15,343 11,720 11,721 11,876 5.1 4.0 4.0 4.0

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,116,160 1,096,860 1,094,563 – 132,795 107,696 110,362 – 11.9 9.8 10.1 –

1 Metropolitan division.

2 Metropolitan statistical area.

p Preliminary

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

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

the following month.

– Data not available.
LABOR FORCE DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

State and area

Civilian labor force Unemployed

August September Number Percent of labor force

2016 2017 2016 2017p

August September August September

2016 2017 2016 2017p 2016 2017 2016 2017p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,168,460 2,162,979 2,176,728 2,170,209 134,754 92,424 134,032 72,631 6.2 4.3 6.2 3.3

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366,325 369,931 360,761 362,917 21,301 23,408 21,892 23,937 5.8 6.3 6.1 6.6

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,243,683 3,305,023 3,263,107 3,340,182 186,548 169,533 175,080 156,330 5.8 5.1 5.4 4.7

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,345,036 1,372,881 1,345,513 1,375,186 52,969 48,625 52,163 46,565 3.9 3.5 3.9 3.4

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,178,340 19,294,073 19,186,046 19,450,352 1,069,094 1,043,156 1,004,338 917,296 5.6 5.4 5.2 4.7

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale1. . . . 5,059,261 5,152,265 5,072,873 5,197,445 284,289 278,974 268,540 251,574 5.6 5.4 5.3 4.8

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,910,544 3,008,385 2,911,124 3,024,730 93,703 66,546 84,799 68,772 3.2 2.2 2.9 2.3

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,907,030 1,919,400 1,883,920 1,896,089 98,951 87,292 86,819 76,340 5.2 4.5 4.6 4.0

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474,958 481,409 467,885 475,292 21,262 24,790 20,185 22,223 4.5 5.1 4.3 4.7

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391,268 397,156 390,933 399,120 24,968 26,206 24,088 28,053 6.4 6.6 6.2 7.0

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,867,355 10,129,925 9,946,538 10,184,523 509,388 431,261 508,834 366,862 5.2 4.3 5.1 3.6

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall1. . . . . . . . . . . 1,340,860 1,380,257 1,345,375 1,386,576 77,390 67,669 76,973 64,004 5.8 4.9 5.7 4.6

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,920,833 5,055,130 4,957,356 5,091,718 273,846 242,495 274,962 216,127 5.6 4.8 5.5 4.2

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 686,674 687,161 685,456 684,329 19,978 16,527 21,042 16,447 2.9 2.4 3.1 2.4

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 821,604 828,008 817,802 827,366 30,223 21,293 27,770 20,668 3.7 2.6 3.4 2.5

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,542,874 6,460,449 6,517,022 6,418,454 380,780 335,463 364,791 294,081 5.8 5.2 5.6 4.6

Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights1. . . 3,804,720 3,772,175 3,780,509 3,743,527 223,786 204,388 212,408 179,348 5.9 5.4 5.6 4.8

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,334,171 3,354,159 3,325,272 3,340,423 147,078 135,450 134,378 119,196 4.4 4.0 4.0 3.6

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,702,436 1,688,288 1,698,623 1,688,189 62,720 55,174 57,646 50,097 3.7 3.3 3.4 3.0

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,477,686 1,482,048 1,478,192 1,486,961 67,296 61,407 60,371 50,971 4.6 4.1 4.1 3.4

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,990,054 2,055,408 2,000,277 2,063,363 95,780 107,284 96,448 88,206 4.8 5.2 4.8 4.3

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,118,794 2,090,299 2,118,949 2,090,429 138,745 117,869 134,882 110,356 6.5 5.6 6.4 5.3

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 710,951 721,879 695,467 705,244 23,400 22,156 23,693 21,357 3.3 3.1 3.4 3.0

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,191,365 3,264,665 3,177,815 3,245,132 139,987 130,838 132,464 114,486 4.4 4.0 4.2 3.5

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,622,631 3,712,378 3,568,057 3,645,775 123,037 139,164 119,229 128,050 3.4 3.7 3.3 3.5

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,874,284 4,883,648 4,860,874 4,898,001 254,249 226,281 233,070 218,842 5.2 4.6 4.8 4.5

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,095,235 2,107,495 2,095,472 2,116,392 127,250 93,032 118,095 93,658 6.1 4.4 5.6 4.4

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,016,796 3,082,486 3,001,492 3,071,661 113,799 109,837 108,951 89,367 3.8 3.6 3.6 2.9

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,272,765 1,275,891 1,282,108 1,277,442 71,743 64,775 72,753 59,780 5.6 5.1 5.7 4.7

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,107,753 3,068,354 3,108,513 3,081,861 160,287 128,881 141,820 102,076 5.2 4.2 4.6 3.3

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 534,042 532,642 525,693 524,252 19,672 17,937 17,809 17,618 3.7 3.4 3.4 3.4

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,013,673 1,010,698 1,003,800 1,000,367 32,821 28,061 31,006 25,451 3.2 2.8 3.1 2.5

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,429,173 1,449,756 1,432,348 1,457,790 79,024 72,289 77,259 72,263 5.5 5.0 5.4 5.0

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 758,169 757,359 746,963 743,752 20,933 19,423 19,415 19,449 2.8 2.6 2.6 2.6

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,545,123 4,553,612 4,500,021 4,503,328 229,302 218,851 220,483 215,945 5.0 4.8 4.9 4.8

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 928,217 924,767 925,371 926,280 66,051 59,647 62,481 56,364 7.1 6.4 6.8 6.1

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,627,104 9,728,580 9,554,863 9,738,070 474,278 472,617 471,384 461,203 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.7

New York City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,147,743 4,236,476 4,141,323 4,257,955 229,669 216,645 222,170 212,875 5.5 5.1 5.4 5.0

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,867,507 4,904,148 4,902,908 4,967,185 255,587 218,565 243,039 197,787 5.3 4.5 5.0 4.0

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424,003 422,679 417,632 417,114 12,150 9,092 10,058 7,822 2.9 2.2 2.4 1.9

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,754,445 5,791,363 5,719,701 5,770,613 278,828 307,839 281,698 270,835 4.8 5.3 4.9 4.7

Cleveland-Elyria2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,039,216 1,041,091 1,029,181 1,034,646 55,690 70,310 54,249 58,707 5.4 6.8 5.3 5.7

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,820,146 1,821,384 1,827,050 1,838,387 92,321 86,298 89,975 79,762 5.1 4.7 4.9 4.3

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,085,823 2,142,837 2,075,688 2,137,787 107,054 96,579 95,099 88,962 5.1 4.5 4.6 4.2

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,509,403 6,444,680 6,474,896 6,404,607 381,313 329,298 345,629 282,627 5.9 5.1 5.3 4.4

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 558,556 560,138 552,409 551,156 30,925 23,791 27,069 20,438 5.5 4.2 4.9 3.7

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,316,553 2,340,124 2,301,557 2,323,275 117,129 104,662 108,274 89,151 5.1 4.5 4.7 3.8

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458,179 462,308 451,351 455,919 12,510 15,635 11,406 13,919 2.7 3.4 2.5 3.1

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,149,600 3,193,004 3,160,765 3,223,416 163,305 114,558 164,593 93,431 5.2 3.6 5.2 2.9

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,295,171 13,406,493 13,359,661 13,499,113 656,216 604,778 646,980 543,637 4.9 4.5 4.8 4.0

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,521,514 1,575,870 1,521,521 1,573,459 51,814 55,242 46,235 48,027 3.4 3.5 3.0 3.1

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348,711 349,208 344,666 343,168 10,916 10,478 11,186 10,000 3.1 3.0 3.2 2.9

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,250,825 4,331,902 4,251,219 4,336,446 183,143 165,044 177,096 156,536 4.3 3.8 4.2 3.6

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,658,770 3,742,152 3,666,453 3,774,386 193,627 168,196 185,885 165,289 5.3 4.5 5.1 4.4

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,629,635 1,655,041 1,636,498 1,668,102 64,757 65,246 66,044 66,919 4.0 3.9 4.0 4.0

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 787,513 782,355 787,174 784,426 46,854 42,019 42,749 34,582 5.9 5.4 5.4 4.4

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,144,447 3,186,928 3,127,214 3,167,409 125,875 107,806 117,402 95,141 4.0 3.4 3.8 3.0

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304,511 296,742 301,548 292,551 14,322 10,264 13,574 10,244 4.7 3.5 4.5 3.5

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,106,765 1,096,951 1,119,147 – 133,047 128,054 146,222 – 12.0 11.7 13.1 –

1 Metropolitan division.

2 Metropolitan statistical area.

p Preliminary

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

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

the following month.

– Data not available.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Total1 Construction Manufacturing

Sept.

2016

July

2017

Aug.

2017

Sept.

2017p

Sept.

2016

July

2017

Aug.

2017

Sept.

2017p

Sept.

2016

July

2017

Aug.

2017

Sept.

2017p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,979.2 2,007.7 2,005.3 2,009.1 83.6 88.2 89.6 90.2 261.4 267.7 265.5 267.0

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329.9 331.7 332.0 330.6 15.7 15.7 15.7 16.0 13.1 13.4 13.2 11.5

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,730.8 2,743.9 2,754.6 2,765.5 137.5 137.3 139.1 139.7 160.0 162.7 164.4 164.8

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,230.2 1,259.1 1,253.5 1,254.6 49.9 51.9 50.2 51.3 155.0 158.4 158.6 159.9

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,550.2 16,786.0 16,778.3 16,830.5 780.2 823.5 822.3 824.8 1,301.4 1,293.5 1,299.7 1,298.4

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,614.9 2,650.9 2,652.2 2,656.2 156.5 155.2 154.4 154.9 142.5 141.6 141.6 141.5

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,681.4 1,691.1 1,686.9 1,684.9 58.7 58.7 57.7 56.2 156.4 156.4 157.0 157.2

Delaware2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454.2 456.3 456.9 457.0 21.0 21.2 20.9 20.6 25.7 25.8 26.0 25.8

District of Columbia3, 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 783.4 796.5 794.0 790.3 14.4 14.7 14.7 14.7 – – – –

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,456.7 8,629.8 8,646.5 8,519.1 480.7 511.1 514.4 493.4 357.3 368.9 368.8 367.7

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,413.1 4,490.4 4,497.7 4,497.2 179.9 176.1 177.3 173.7 389.4 385.2 388.9 386.1

Hawaii2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 650.8 658.2 655.8 658.9 37.5 37.0 37.3 37.4 14.0 14.0 13.7 13.7

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 700.0 711.7 714.4 715.0 42.8 43.4 44.1 42.8 64.7 66.8 67.0 66.6

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,030.4 6,047.5 6,044.9 6,034.1 218.0 212.8 214.1 212.2 574.6 574.0 570.9 572.0

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,101.6 3,126.6 3,122.7 3,134.1 133.3 137.0 136.1 136.1 523.0 529.8 530.3 530.5

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,572.4 1,587.8 1,590.6 1,586.6 81.4 76.3 75.2 74.8 213.0 214.9 214.8 215.4

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,415.6 1,401.1 1,405.5 1,410.5 61.4 61.9 61.9 62.5 159.9 158.6 157.1 159.6

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,919.9 1,939.0 1,947.0 1,950.1 76.6 80.2 82.3 83.4 249.2 247.8 250.1 250.0

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,965.7 1,981.8 1,983.2 1,980.4 138.4 154.0 152.9 153.1 134.4 134.1 134.6 134.3

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 617.8 624.5 621.9 621.2 26.8 29.0 28.7 28.5 50.7 50.1 50.4 50.5

Maryland2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,716.8 2,764.1 2,778.5 2,780.9 162.8 166.9 171.2 170.4 103.2 102.7 104.0 103.8

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,575.4 3,620.4 3,628.4 3,637.7 145.7 148.4 149.2 151.9 245.3 244.4 244.4 244.6

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,340.8 4,391.1 4,392.9 4,402.8 155.4 160.5 161.7 163.0 600.6 604.4 607.3 602.4

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,903.1 2,954.7 2,948.9 2,955.3 116.1 122.1 121.7 121.3 317.6 320.1 321.0 321.0

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,147.0 1,153.5 1,152.1 1,153.5 43.5 42.2 42.9 44.1 143.3 142.9 143.4 144.6

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,850.6 2,900.4 2,899.4 2,888.9 121.4 119.9 117.5 115.0 263.7 264.9 269.2 267.8

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468.7 473.2 474.6 474.5 27.2 27.0 27.1 26.9 19.5 19.4 19.4 19.6

Nebraska2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,017.8 1,029.6 1,027.8 1,033.2 52.0 51.1 50.7 52.5 96.6 97.6 97.8 97.7

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,315.7 1,345.2 1,347.8 1,348.0 76.8 85.8 87.1 86.5 43.9 45.3 45.4 45.4

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 670.0 680.4 683.8 678.9 25.6 28.5 28.7 28.2 68.1 69.0 68.6 68.6

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,095.7 4,129.2 4,130.5 4,124.2 152.8 157.9 158.1 157.7 242.5 245.3 246.4 246.2

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 830.6 833.5 839.6 838.5 42.8 44.6 45.9 45.5 26.4 26.3 26.5 26.2

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,426.5 9,547.8 9,553.7 9,519.6 374.7 375.9 373.8 370.9 451.3 432.3 432.9 433.6

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,361.1 4,414.6 4,420.0 4,422.5 202.1 198.6 199.0 200.3 464.0 464.0 462.3 463.9

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434.2 441.3 441.0 440.1 33.0 33.2 32.4 32.3 24.4 24.1 23.9 24.0

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,495.4 5,540.0 5,546.5 5,557.0 203.7 209.4 212.3 212.8 686.4 685.9 687.6 690.2

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,648.5 1,665.1 1,668.8 1,666.2 78.2 81.2 81.9 82.2 127.3 130.5 130.3 130.8

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,841.9 1,887.6 1,880.6 1,876.8 90.6 101.8 101.2 104.1 187.1 193.2 193.1 193.6

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,903.8 5,961.7 5,960.1 5,970.4 237.6 240.6 242.3 246.3 555.7 554.5 553.4 552.5

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490.6 499.7 498.8 495.1 18.3 20.3 21.2 20.8 40.0 41.8 41.2 41.1

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,063.3 2,088.7 2,095.9 2,091.4 96.3 98.1 95.2 97.5 239.4 247.9 248.0 249.3

South Dakota2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433.8 435.7 435.9 437.0 24.3 23.2 23.5 23.4 41.8 41.3 41.5 41.8

Tennessee2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,982.4 3,019.4 3,025.8 3,026.6 120.0 124.0 126.2 126.2 345.3 347.0 346.1 344.4

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,065.0 12,328.4 12,328.4 12,321.1 701.1 712.2 711.3 715.4 841.0 875.2 878.0 878.2

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,439.3 1,468.4 1,472.3 1,475.7 92.2 97.5 97.6 96.6 126.4 128.7 128.9 128.8

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314.3 316.6 316.5 317.6 15.2 14.9 15.0 15.4 29.9 28.8 28.5 28.8

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,928.7 3,979.0 3,978.0 3,971.1 187.9 191.8 191.2 191.6 232.6 232.7 233.6 233.6

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,267.7 3,322.1 3,325.2 3,339.0 190.4 195.0 197.5 197.9 287.3 284.6 284.5 284.1

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 743.8 747.3 745.9 746.8 29.5 30.9 30.5 30.4 46.7 45.4 45.2 45.6

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,923.8 2,956.9 2,949.8 2,958.4 112.1 112.7 112.3 113.5 463.3 474.3 474.7 475.9

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278.3 277.0 277.7 275.2 20.4 20.2 20.2 20.3 9.1 9.3 9.3 9.3

Puerto Rico2, 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 896.7 879.9 877.5 – 23.6 21.1 20.4 – 73.5 71.5 70.9 –

Virgin Islands3, 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.1 38.6 38.9 – – – – – – – – –

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.

4 Data not available for September 2017. Given the lack of adequate sample data, reliable September 2017 estimates for Puerto Rico and the U.S Virgin Islands cannot be

produced at this time.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2016 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

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

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

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

Sept.

2016

July

2017

Aug.

2017

Sept.

2017p

Sept.

2016

July

2017

Aug.

2017

Sept.

2017p

Sept.

2016

July

2017

Aug.

2017

Sept.

2017p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380.6 373.5 372.9 376.1 97.0 98.7 98.0 99.9 233.2 241.5 241.7 241.0

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.1 65.3 64.9 66.1 12.0 11.8 11.8 11.7 28.2 28.2 28.2 27.3

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 521.5 521.4 519.9 520.7 204.3 208.1 209.8 210.5 420.4 414.7 419.0 421.4

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252.6 257.4 255.6 255.6 51.5 51.6 51.2 51.3 143.3 149.1 147.6 147.9

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,001.6 3,014.3 3,018.8 3,031.8 825.5 831.9 831.7 832.1 2,550.2 2,560.4 2,550.3 2,546.8

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457.7 467.3 467.3 464.8 164.9 168.3 168.5 167.5 407.8 412.8 416.0 424.3

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299.3 299.9 298.0 297.7 129.7 133.0 132.1 133.0 218.9 216.4 216.5 217.6

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83.1 81.0 80.5 80.4 46.7 47.9 48.4 47.9 61.6 60.6 61.7 61.0

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.0 32.6 33.0 32.5 30.5 29.7 29.8 29.6 165.6 169.9 169.3 168.0

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,736.1 1,757.0 1,761.3 1,750.0 548.4 558.6 559.0 559.6 1,300.8 1,327.7 1,336.7 1,304.2

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 934.6 944.5 946.4 945.0 240.1 247.6 248.8 248.3 658.7 680.8 685.9 686.9

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121.0 123.9 122.8 123.2 28.5 27.9 27.6 27.8 83.7 86.1 86.7 86.9

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138.7 139.8 141.0 140.9 34.2 34.0 34.4 34.6 86.3 86.4 87.4 87.6

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,211.4 1,199.3 1,204.9 1,200.7 384.3 393.7 392.7 396.3 939.2 953.1 948.7 947.2

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 598.7 589.9 591.0 595.3 134.5 137.1 137.6 138.2 337.9 341.7 341.6 342.6

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316.5 320.2 320.9 320.4 108.5 112.9 111.5 112.7 139.2 141.5 143.3 141.8

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269.0 265.1 266.3 263.2 86.2 85.9 86.4 86.3 180.1 177.9 178.8 180.9

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400.6 404.9 404.7 405.3 93.3 95.2 95.6 95.3 217.7 225.8 229.3 230.4

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386.9 381.8 380.7 381.6 92.2 92.3 93.3 92.3 209.9 211.6 211.0 207.7

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121.3 121.2 119.8 121.1 31.1 30.1 30.4 30.7 65.7 65.3 65.1 65.2

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470.2 471.5 473.1 470.8 149.7 148.3 148.8 150.5 444.0 462.9 465.3 465.9

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 576.6 579.0 578.0 579.6 223.9 229.9 229.4 228.5 551.8 561.4 567.3 566.6

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 787.4 783.5 784.1 782.5 213.1 218.6 218.1 218.3 653.0 664.0 663.3 671.4

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533.1 535.8 538.4 539.0 176.4 175.3 175.6 176.3 373.2 375.4 376.9 380.5

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231.3 233.5 232.8 232.8 43.9 44.6 44.2 43.5 106.8 106.1 105.4 102.3

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546.1 550.9 547.3 549.6 169.8 173.1 173.7 174.0 381.1 393.2 390.3 392.9

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95.2 95.3 95.8 95.1 23.8 24.7 24.9 24.9 40.3 41.7 41.8 41.8

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204.7 206.0 204.9 205.1 73.4 75.2 74.9 74.9 117.2 122.4 122.4 123.4

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245.2 244.8 244.5 244.1 63.2 63.3 63.0 62.5 181.2 188.9 187.5 188.7

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140.8 139.3 140.2 140.4 37.1 38.0 38.1 37.7 78.4 80.0 80.1 80.0

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 872.1 871.4 870.7 868.3 249.1 253.4 252.9 252.1 667.2 670.6 667.0 667.8

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139.0 140.3 139.7 141.3 33.6 33.9 33.5 34.2 101.5 103.8 105.5 104.2

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,573.2 1,573.6 1,569.6 1,564.9 713.3 715.3 713.8 709.2 1,297.8 1,335.0 1,341.3 1,341.3

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 819.8 819.1 822.2 823.8 227.8 229.8 231.9 229.3 607.9 637.6 639.5 640.4

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95.8 95.3 95.3 95.1 24.0 24.6 24.9 24.7 34.4 35.8 36.6 36.9

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,025.4 1,017.6 1,015.9 1,022.1 301.2 309.8 309.9 307.5 725.1 732.0 730.6 729.9

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306.9 299.2 301.6 303.6 78.4 81.1 81.2 80.8 180.4 185.3 184.6 181.9

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343.4 345.9 345.3 345.1 97.6 98.4 97.4 97.9 239.2 245.7 246.2 243.1

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,130.9 1,128.1 1,127.7 1,135.0 317.3 316.9 316.2 319.1 798.3 816.8 817.3 814.6

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.4 77.2 77.1 77.2 33.6 33.1 33.1 32.6 66.0 65.4 65.2 64.6

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396.2 398.7 399.1 403.4 100.3 101.3 100.9 100.4 269.7 272.3 279.4 275.1

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88.4 87.8 87.4 88.6 29.4 30.2 30.1 29.6 31.4 31.0 31.0 31.1

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 620.9 626.2 628.1 632.0 154.0 156.4 155.8 155.3 408.4 416.4 416.8 415.3

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,427.0 2,443.4 2,450.8 2,447.5 736.0 758.2 757.3 762.3 1,639.1 1,680.3 1,674.9 1,680.8

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274.2 278.9 280.4 282.3 82.5 83.4 84.2 82.9 204.2 212.7 213.9 212.8

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.9 55.9 56.0 56.0 12.0 11.8 12.0 11.8 27.7 28.7 28.2 28.9

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 662.9 664.9 661.2 662.3 201.1 205.6 206.5 206.6 719.8 741.3 735.9 733.5

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 614.1 621.1 624.5 625.3 151.7 157.0 157.5 157.8 406.0 408.4 409.3 409.5

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133.8 130.3 129.0 129.8 27.7 27.8 28.3 27.9 65.2 66.3 65.8 65.3

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541.4 541.6 541.0 546.1 151.8 151.7 152.8 153.3 322.3 324.8 321.2 322.9

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.0 52.2 52.6 52.2 10.8 10.7 11.0 10.9 17.6 16.9 17.1 16.8

Puerto Rico1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174.2 171.7 170.7 – 42.8 42.3 42.3 – 114.6 112.4 112.7 –

Virgin Islands2, 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.1 8.0 8.0 – – – – – – – – –

1 Data not available for September 2017. Given the lack of adequate sample data, reliable September 2017 estimates for Puerto Rico and the U.S Virgin Islands cannot be

produced at this time.

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

components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2016 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are 

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

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Education and health services Leisure and hospitality Government

Sept.

2016

July

2017

Aug.

2017

Sept.

2017p

Sept.

2016

July

2017

Aug.

2017

Sept.

2017p

Sept.

2016

July

2017

Aug.

2017

Sept.

2017p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234.4 238.3 238.2 238.3 199.1 208.0 206.4 206.2 379.8 378.4 380.7 378.0

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.9 49.6 49.5 49.0 35.4 35.9 35.4 36.1 80.7 80.8 81.5 81.4

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414.4 420.6 422.7 427.4 312.5 324.2 323.2 324.9 413.4 414.2 416.3 414.6

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183.3 188.9 189.5 189.1 116.0 121.9 121.3 119.5 211.7 211.5 211.2 210.7

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,551.6 2,620.9 2,624.8 2,626.9 1,903.3 1,950.1 1,938.2 1,940.8 2,528.4 2,562.9 2,559.0 2,586.0

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329.4 335.8 334.3 339.0 325.5 333.7 331.5 330.6 429.5 430.2 433.3 429.2

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330.7 333.4 333.3 332.7 154.6 159.1 158.8 157.6 235.5 232.9 232.8 231.9

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77.5 79.2 79.4 80.0 49.8 52.0 51.9 53.1 65.5 65.5 65.2 65.4

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134.9 138.5 139.4 136.1 75.8 82.6 80.4 80.6 238.7 238.7 237.8 239.2

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,252.2 1,278.1 1,278.8 1,267.2 1,183.1 1,205.9 1,203.1 1,161.8 1,104.0 1,111.0 1,108.8 1,108.9

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 566.2 577.2 576.6 580.8 473.7 492.0 490.1 492.9 690.3 700.7 699.6 698.0

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84.3 86.0 85.0 86.1 118.5 123.0 122.1 121.5 126.8 123.5 124.2 125.8

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101.4 105.1 104.2 105.6 72.3 73.6 72.8 72.1 122.2 125.2 125.6 126.7

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 916.2 922.2 929.2 925.8 595.4 606.2 597.9 594.6 832.9 824.9 825.6 825.8

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467.5 476.1 476.1 476.4 308.7 310.4 306.5 308.3 432.8 438.1 437.2 440.4

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228.8 236.6 238.2 233.7 141.9 144.9 143.8 145.9 259.0 256.8 258.6 257.7

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196.9 195.4 196.7 199.3 127.6 124.8 125.2 125.8 256.5 256.2 256.9 256.4

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270.7 270.2 272.5 273.5 194.7 195.5 193.3 194.0 318.7 317.9 317.8 316.9

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310.4 317.3 316.8 316.3 231.3 235.7 237.2 238.1 326.8 320.6 321.4 320.9

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125.1 127.9 128.5 127.5 65.2 68.2 67.2 66.3 100.3 101.9 101.6 100.8

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459.1 474.8 475.3 476.3 272.4 276.4 275.9 276.7 504.3 507.2 511.9 512.5

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 786.4 807.2 806.9 812.9 362.8 363.8 360.9 363.5 456.1 457.4 458.3 459.0

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 667.6 671.5 669.1 673.5 426.3 433.3 431.8 435.3 603.3 615.5 617.3 615.6

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523.6 546.2 540.6 542.6 264.1 274.0 268.4 266.7 425.6 428.1 428.9 430.6

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140.5 143.9 145.4 145.2 134.0 134.6 135.1 135.1 244.6 247.6 244.7 247.7

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458.8 466.9 469.5 466.3 299.9 308.7 309.3 311.8 436.6 451.2 449.2 439.0

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.8 75.6 76.6 77.0 64.6 66.2 65.5 65.4 91.6 92.3 92.6 92.7

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153.8 155.3 155.3 155.5 91.2 92.9 93.3 93.6 173.7 171.4 171.0 173.1

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129.0 133.5 135.4 135.3 347.9 350.4 351.2 351.8 159.0 162.4 164.0 164.2

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121.4 123.6 124.0 124.1 69.9 71.6 72.5 71.3 90.8 91.4 93.4 91.3

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 679.8 686.5 689.1 693.3 371.3 388.1 390.3 384.8 615.3 611.9 613.0 612.6

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139.7 139.2 140.4 141.4 96.5 99.5 99.4 98.2 190.9 185.8 188.9 187.8

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,968.1 2,029.9 2,031.9 2,025.7 916.5 943.6 951.1 932.5 1,449.1 1,455.0 1,455.6 1,458.0

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 588.0 599.7 604.5 603.5 483.0 492.3 491.9 487.3 732.4 739.6 734.6 740.5

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.6 63.1 63.2 63.3 39.4 40.8 39.7 38.9 83.3 83.1 83.4 83.3

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 926.3 943.1 946.5 951.1 551.9 563.8 568.3 571.2 779.4 781.7 776.3 776.3

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233.7 239.0 239.6 239.2 163.6 166.6 168.4 166.9 353.6 354.5 353.9 354.3

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268.9 278.1 279.1 278.1 200.2 206.2 202.7 199.0 309.5 312.8 309.4 310.8

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,226.9 1,250.3 1,246.8 1,247.3 558.2 580.4 583.3 584.3 711.7 705.7 705.8 706.4

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106.2 107.8 108.1 106.7 57.6 61.6 61.9 60.1 61.0 60.9 60.4 60.8

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243.3 247.8 248.8 249.3 248.0 250.1 248.0 244.8 364.0 368.5 371.0 368.8

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70.9 71.1 71.6 71.9 46.8 47.9 47.8 47.1 79.0 80.5 80.4 80.9

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427.0 427.4 430.0 432.5 322.6 329.9 331.3 330.1 427.5 434.3 433.2 433.5

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,643.8 1,688.8 1,688.3 1,682.3 1,296.4 1,327.3 1,330.5 1,309.2 1,934.3 1,958.1 1,959.2 1,960.1

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194.3 197.8 198.9 198.9 139.9 142.0 142.0 143.9 240.1 243.1 242.1 244.9

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.4 66.2 66.0 65.8 37.3 38.4 38.4 37.7 56.1 55.9 56.2 56.7

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535.0 548.6 553.0 552.6 399.2 406.5 408.9 403.3 713.9 714.6 714.7 714.9

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467.2 478.8 479.6 480.2 325.4 333.5 333.3 336.7 579.4 591.5 586.9 594.7

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129.8 133.5 133.9 133.2 74.7 73.6 73.8 75.1 154.2 153.5 154.1 154.3

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447.0 449.8 451.0 451.3 274.6 282.3 282.1 278.4 409.4 417.1 412.5 415.2

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.6 27.6 27.6 27.5 35.8 34.9 34.8 34.0 71.2 69.8 69.9 69.6

Puerto Rico1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123.0 124.5 124.9 – 80.8 82.8 82.5 – 228.6 217.7 217.5 –

Virgin Islands2, 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . – – – – 7.7 7.9 7.8 – 10.6 10.9 11.2 –

1 Data not available for September 2017. Given the lack of adequate sample data, reliable September 2017 estimates for Puerto Rico and the U.S Virgin Islands cannot be

produced at this time.

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

components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2016 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are 

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Total Mining and logging Construction

August September August September August September

2016 2017 2016 2017p2016 2017 2016 2017p2016 2017 2016 2017p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,975.7 2,004.5 1,983.2 2,011.6 9.2 9.6 9.4 9.7 83.3 89.7 84.6 90.9

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352.8 353.4 342.1 342.6 14.1 13.9 13.8 13.7 19.1 18.7 18.0 18.3

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,686.1 2,725.8 2,726.3 2,762.2 11.5 11.5 11.5 11.4 138.1 139.0 137.4 140.6

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,218.7 1,242.8 1,237.4 1,258.3 6.2 6.1 6.2 6.1 50.9 52.3 51.3 53.4

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,462.4 16,721.6 16,549.2 16,807.1 24.6 23.6 24.4 23.5 797.9 842.9 796.1 840.6

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,618.3 2,663.8 2,618.4 2,662.5 23.0 22.1 22.5 21.9 160.7 161.4 160.2 161.3

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,671.7 1,680.7 1,681.6 1,682.2 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 62.5 61.9 61.4 58.7

Delaware1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455.9 458.7 455.2 457.6 – – – – 21.6 21.9 21.4 21.1

District of Columbia1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 771.9 786.5 784.0 789.5 – – – – 14.7 15.1 14.6 14.8

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,371.2 8,589.3 8,402.0 8,481.3 5.6 5.7 5.7 5.6 480.3 520.0 484.8 504.6

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,390.5 4,493.3 4,405.4 4,485.2 9.5 10.3 9.5 10.3 180.1 180.3 181.4 177.3

Hawaii1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 643.3 646.9 648.8 656.5 – – – – 38.3 37.9 37.8 37.5

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 702.1 717.8 707.9 721.7 4.2 4.0 4.1 4.0 44.7 46.7 44.5 45.0

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,029.8 6,055.2 6,057.0 6,069.3 8.2 8.4 7.9 8.2 232.8 231.4 231.2 227.6

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,086.7 3,131.1 3,123.9 3,162.4 6.3 6.4 6.3 6.4 138.2 144.3 138.9 144.6

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,566.3 1,583.1 1,579.4 1,592.2 2.5 2.7 2.5 2.7 87.9 82.5 86.7 79.7

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,396.0 1,392.2 1,418.5 1,414.7 6.9 7.2 6.8 7.0 63.2 65.2 62.9 64.3

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,916.9 1,949.0 1,924.2 1,953.5 10.1 9.6 10.1 9.6 79.2 85.3 79.1 85.1

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,950.6 1,973.4 1,967.3 1,980.7 37.4 36.9 37.1 36.9 139.1 153.3 141.7 155.5

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 634.5 640.1 630.5 633.7 2.4 2.6 2.4 2.6 29.1 30.9 28.6 30.0

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,718.0 2,782.6 2,725.4 2,782.9 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 164.9 172.5 164.2 171.7

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,583.7 3,651.3 3,587.9 3,649.3 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.2 153.7 159.5 151.5 157.7

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,316.7 4,390.9 4,365.5 4,424.3 7.4 7.7 7.2 7.7 166.1 175.1 164.9 172.5

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,924.6 2,975.2 2,923.2 2,964.6 6.7 7.4 6.7 7.3 129.7 137.0 127.0 133.3

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,140.9 1,151.4 1,149.6 1,155.8 6.8 6.9 6.8 7.0 43.9 43.4 44.4 44.7

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,834.9 2,886.7 2,861.3 2,902.3 4.1 4.4 4.1 4.4 125.1 122.1 124.6 119.6

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474.9 483.8 474.3 482.0 7.1 7.5 7.0 7.4 29.7 30.2 28.9 29.8

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,013.5 1,029.5 1,019.0 1,033.3 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.1 53.4 52.7 52.7 53.4

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,303.8 1,346.5 1,316.5 1,352.6 14.0 14.4 13.8 14.2 77.6 89.1 78.2 89.3

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 671.2 685.9 674.3 681.1 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.1 26.7 30.0 26.4 28.9

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,087.0 4,146.2 4,102.8 4,133.6 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.3 159.5 165.0 157.6 164.8

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 828.9 837.9 833.1 839.9 19.1 18.6 18.8 18.4 43.1 46.1 43.0 46.0

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,394.6 9,545.5 9,420.0 9,509.1 5.5 5.6 5.5 5.6 394.9 399.3 390.3 392.7

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,347.9 4,417.9 4,370.7 4,431.8 5.7 5.9 5.7 5.8 204.3 201.6 204.6 202.3

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433.8 440.3 439.7 444.3 14.6 19.4 14.9 19.4 37.1 36.9 36.3 36.1

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,510.2 5,571.0 5,513.9 5,583.3 11.2 11.3 11.1 11.2 216.6 227.8 214.5 225.4

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,640.2 1,659.4 1,651.7 1,667.2 43.0 46.3 43.0 46.8 78.8 83.3 79.3 83.5

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,832.5 1,881.6 1,846.4 1,883.5 8.0 8.1 7.9 8.1 95.0 106.7 94.5 108.0

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,855.2 5,939.4 5,924.5 5,986.2 24.4 24.1 24.4 24.1 251.6 259.4 249.8 257.8

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490.7 501.3 494.7 499.0 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 19.5 22.6 19.3 21.9

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,061.4 2,095.2 2,065.7 2,093.5 4.2 4.4 4.2 4.3 96.2 95.3 96.0 95.7

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439.6 444.3 436.6 439.0 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.1 25.7 24.6 24.7 23.9

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,966.8 3,017.7 2,994.7 3,037.3 4.0 4.3 4.0 4.3 116.8 123.6 117.9 122.6

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,001.2 12,282.0 12,051.0 12,307.2 216.0 243.5 215.0 248.6 705.6 716.3 707.9 718.4

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,425.2 1,465.4 1,446.0 1,481.1 8.7 8.0 8.4 7.9 95.1 101.1 94.4 99.1

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310.9 313.4 315.2 317.6 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.9 16.8 16.8 16.4 16.6

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,921.2 3,972.4 3,939.0 3,973.2 7.8 7.7 7.8 7.8 191.0 195.0 191.2 193.8

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,256.7 3,332.3 3,280.7 3,348.4 6.5 6.8 6.5 6.8 195.0 206.2 195.5 204.6

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 739.0 742.1 749.2 751.2 19.2 21.8 19.1 22.1 31.6 33.2 31.9 32.9

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,946.4 2,977.5 2,941.9 2,975.5 3.9 4.2 3.8 4.1 121.6 123.7 118.9 120.9

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285.5 285.2 284.1 281.8 18.0 20.3 17.9 20.2 22.6 22.4 22.0 22.2

Puerto Rico2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 878.6 868.0 890.9 – 0.5 0.5 0.5 – 22.4 20.5 22.6 –

Virgin Islands1, 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.0 38.6 37.5 – – – – – 1.5 1.4 1.5 –

1 Mining and logging is combined with construction.

2 Data not available for September 2017. Given the lack of adequate sample data, reliable September 2017 estimates for Puerto Rico and the U.S Virgin Islands cannot be

produced at this time.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2016 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are 

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Manufacturing Trade, transportation, and utilities Information

August September August September August September

2016 2017 2016 2017p

2016 2017 2016 2017p2016 2017 2016 2017p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261.1 266.8 261.7 267.8 379.4 371.8 379.0 374.6 20.6 19.6 20.4 19.6

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.3 20.5 14.1 12.8 70.1 70.3 67.8 68.4 6.4 6.2 6.3 6.1

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159.9 164.9 159.8 164.2 513.6 515.3 514.4 515.5 45.0 42.2 44.6 42.2

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155.1 158.9 155.5 160.2 252.4 255.5 252.2 253.5 13.5 13.3 13.4 13.1

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,323.9 1,318.8 1,318.8 1,312.6 2,996.5 3,010.1 2,990.3 3,015.8 527.0 534.8 523.0 534.2

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143.4 142.3 142.7 141.8 457.3 469.9 454.8 464.1 72.6 73.4 71.6 73.1

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157.4 158.0 156.4 157.1 293.2 294.5 296.5 295.4 33.0 31.9 32.2 31.8

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.0 26.0 25.8 25.9 82.9 81.2 82.7 80.7 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.6

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 32.5 32.7 32.7 32.5 17.1 16.8 16.9 16.7

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357.1 368.1 357.3 366.0 1,710.8 1,745.3 1,710.2 1,730.9 137.3 137.6 135.2 137.2

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389.2 387.5 388.8 385.3 923.8 941.1 924.7 937.3 110.1 112.7 111.2 113.4

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.2 13.8 14.0 13.9 119.8 122.7 120.1 122.7 9.6 9.1 9.1 9.1

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.4 67.4 64.9 67.3 139.3 142.6 139.4 141.8 9.2 9.4 9.0 9.2

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 574.7 571.6 572.2 571.5 1,212.6 1,206.3 1,207.5 1,198.7 99.9 99.8 98.4 98.7

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 525.1 532.4 522.2 531.8 596.0 593.8 595.6 593.4 32.6 30.6 32.2 30.0

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214.9 216.3 213.3 216.1 317.0 321.1 314.0 317.9 22.7 21.4 22.4 21.1

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160.2 156.9 160.1 159.5 268.2 266.3 267.0 262.9 20.6 19.0 20.3 18.9

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250.1 250.8 250.0 250.8 398.5 403.8 397.1 403.0 23.0 24.3 22.9 24.0

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134.9 134.9 134.8 134.3 385.5 379.5 384.6 378.6 23.6 21.9 22.0 21.4

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.8 51.5 51.1 51.0 124.3 124.0 121.9 122.2 7.8 7.5 7.7 7.4

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104.1 104.5 103.5 103.6 467.6 471.8 467.0 467.8 37.8 37.0 37.6 37.0

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246.8 246.1 244.6 244.6 578.6 583.2 573.5 579.0 90.7 90.4 89.7 88.4

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 603.0 610.1 603.4 604.2 788.5 790.4 783.7 781.3 57.9 58.4 57.4 58.2

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322.9 326.1 319.6 322.7 536.8 541.9 531.9 536.0 52.0 51.3 50.8 49.5

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142.9 143.5 143.0 143.7 229.1 232.5 229.3 231.4 12.2 11.4 12.0 11.4

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264.3 271.0 263.8 267.8 545.8 548.6 543.6 548.8 53.1 50.4 52.8 50.5

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.7 19.6 19.6 19.9 96.0 96.5 95.2 95.0 6.3 6.3 6.3 6.3

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97.0 98.1 96.6 97.7 204.2 204.8 203.1 202.8 18.5 18.7 18.5 18.4

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.9 45.6 43.9 45.6 242.7 243.1 243.5 243.1 14.1 14.1 14.1 14.1

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.7 69.1 68.1 68.7 140.9 141.8 139.5 139.0 12.6 12.4 12.4 12.4

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244.4 248.3 243.1 248.1 865.7 867.7 868.2 866.8 74.2 72.2 73.6 71.4

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.0 26.8 27.1 26.8 139.0 139.8 138.3 140.7 13.3 13.1 13.0 12.6

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454.8 436.7 452.7 437.0 1,560.9 1,564.5 1,570.0 1,564.1 272.9 269.9 271.6 264.7

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465.4 464.2 465.0 465.0 818.1 822.9 814.8 820.9 79.1 73.5 78.1 72.5

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.9 24.2 24.8 24.2 95.7 95.6 95.3 94.9 6.6 6.8 6.6 6.7

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 688.1 691.8 684.8 689.9 1,022.9 1,019.0 1,016.9 1,017.7 72.4 72.6 71.9 71.2

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127.3 130.2 127.1 130.8 306.4 301.2 305.0 300.6 21.3 21.0 21.1 20.9

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191.7 197.8 189.7 196.4 345.1 347.4 344.6 346.9 33.4 34.3 34.3 33.9

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 561.0 554.9 556.0 551.8 1,119.4 1,118.1 1,124.7 1,129.2 85.7 83.5 84.3 81.4

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.4 41.2 40.1 41.1 76.0 77.8 76.6 77.6 8.1 7.7 8.2 7.7

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237.9 247.9 239.1 249.1 396.2 400.3 394.1 401.4 26.8 26.3 26.6 25.9

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.3 41.9 41.8 41.9 89.7 89.1 87.7 87.3 5.8 6.1 5.7 5.9

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345.7 346.6 345.4 345.7 618.9 627.5 616.9 629.0 45.5 45.5 45.7 45.4

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 843.7 879.5 841.5 879.0 2,426.6 2,446.3 2,417.0 2,438.9 202.9 192.2 200.9 190.1

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126.5 129.6 126.7 128.9 273.3 280.1 273.2 279.6 38.1 36.2 37.2 35.5

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.0 29.0 29.9 29.0 55.7 56.1 55.5 55.5 4.6 4.4 4.7 4.4

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233.4 234.5 233.3 233.7 663.2 661.1 658.8 656.5 68.8 65.1 68.4 64.1

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293.2 288.7 292.3 289.1 616.5 630.2 615.0 626.5 123.8 127.1 123.1 126.4

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.6 45.3 46.7 45.6 132.2 128.4 133.0 128.8 9.7 9.5 9.7 9.6

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471.8 481.6 465.4 476.0 543.4 545.7 539.6 546.6 49.7 46.7 48.6 46.3

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.3 9.4 9.2 9.4 54.4 53.9 53.3 52.3 3.8 3.7 3.7 3.7

Puerto Rico1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.3 70.6 73.7 – 171.5 168.3 171.2 – 17.3 17.8 17.7 –

Virgin Islands1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.6 0.6 0.6 – 7.9 7.9 7.9 – 0.6 0.7 0.6 –

1 Data not available for September 2017. Given the lack of adequate sample data, reliable September 2017 estimates for Puerto Rico and the U.S Virgin Islands cannot be

produced at this time.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2016 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are 

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Financial activities Professional and business services Education and health services

August September August September August September

2016 2017 2016 2017p

2016 2017 2016 2017p2016 2017 2016 2017p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96.7 98.2 96.7 99.4 234.7 242.0 234.3 240.9 233.3 238.3 235.7 239.1

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.8 12.1 12.1 11.7 29.8 29.3 29.0 28.7 48.9 49.1 48.7 48.8

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203.4 209.1 204.2 209.4 413.7 417.6 417.5 419.0 411.0 420.8 415.1 426.0

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.5 51.3 51.2 51.2 141.3 146.0 144.2 148.9 180.3 187.5 185.3 190.6

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 829.2 835.9 825.8 831.5 2,550.8 2,561.6 2,556.8 2,561.5 2,513.3 2,588.3 2,544.6 2,615.2

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165.4 169.1 164.4 166.9 413.3 422.4 411.0 427.3 327.3 332.8 328.5 337.5

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131.1 132.8 129.4 131.9 220.1 218.9 219.4 218.7 323.3 327.0 331.3 332.4

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.7 48.5 46.9 48.0 61.4 60.9 60.4 60.4 76.6 78.9 77.3 79.5

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.5 29.9 30.3 29.7 165.7 168.9 165.1 167.2 125.8 132.4 136.5 136.6

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 548.2 558.5 548.6 557.4 1,289.7 1,329.2 1,292.0 1,300.7 1,237.2 1,263.8 1,248.9 1,263.9

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239.8 247.8 239.3 247.4 656.6 688.1 660.0 685.9 562.3 576.1 565.4 579.2

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.6 27.7 28.5 27.7 83.5 86.6 83.6 86.9 82.9 84.8 84.3 85.8

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.5 34.8 34.2 34.8 88.6 89.7 88.0 88.4 98.6 101.4 101.5 105.1

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387.6 395.8 383.7 395.6 946.3 963.7 947.5 960.1 905.0 912.9 912.6 921.2

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135.4 139.7 134.4 138.5 339.0 345.2 339.8 345.6 454.7 467.4 471.1 478.0

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108.9 113.2 108.4 112.8 140.7 145.3 139.7 142.0 221.7 228.6 228.9 233.9

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86.7 87.1 86.0 86.9 179.3 181.7 180.4 180.8 194.6 195.8 196.5 198.2

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93.8 95.9 93.6 95.4 215.9 228.6 218.2 229.1 267.9 270.6 271.5 273.6

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92.2 93.5 92.4 92.4 207.7 211.3 210.8 209.4 310.5 316.4 312.1 317.4

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.7 31.1 31.2 30.9 67.4 67.3 66.7 66.2 123.3 126.3 125.8 127.9

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150.5 149.9 149.8 150.8 450.0 469.5 445.9 466.7 453.9 468.8 458.0 473.9

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228.2 232.3 223.9 228.9 562.1 577.5 554.4 571.7 770.7 794.9 781.8 803.4

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216.6 221.8 213.2 217.8 642.9 655.4 653.1 670.7 660.0 661.3 665.9 671.0

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178.4 178.1 176.2 176.6 379.1 384.0 377.3 380.1 519.9 537.0 523.8 539.4

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.1 44.4 43.9 43.6 106.9 106.2 107.2 103.8 139.7 143.5 141.5 145.7

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170.5 175.2 169.7 174.8 381.8 392.1 381.2 394.4 455.6 464.3 458.5 466.4

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.1 25.2 23.8 25.0 41.9 43.6 40.9 42.3 73.5 75.9 74.7 76.7

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.9 75.2 73.3 74.4 118.5 123.6 118.1 124.3 152.3 153.8 153.6 154.9

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.9 62.9 63.0 63.0 177.1 188.9 179.8 189.4 128.2 134.9 129.0 134.2

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.8 38.9 37.3 38.0 79.1 81.1 78.4 79.9 119.6 121.6 121.2 123.4

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252.5 255.7 250.3 252.6 668.8 680.0 671.6 674.9 661.3 675.5 677.5 687.8

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.5 33.6 33.4 34.1 102.6 105.8 102.3 104.2 136.8 138.9 140.1 141.6

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 724.6 722.2 711.3 710.7 1,313.1 1,355.6 1,305.6 1,339.6 1,889.1 1,956.6 1,942.6 1,997.0

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230.4 234.5 228.7 229.8 612.1 643.5 613.2 641.4 585.8 598.3 587.1 602.4

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.1 24.9 24.0 24.5 35.7 37.2 35.1 36.8 62.2 63.0 62.6 63.1

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302.9 312.8 301.1 309.6 732.5 739.4 729.8 734.9 917.5 931.7 926.1 947.5

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78.8 81.7 78.4 80.7 181.2 185.7 181.7 183.1 233.1 238.3 234.5 239.3

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98.8 98.5 98.2 98.1 243.0 249.9 241.6 246.6 261.0 272.7 268.5 276.9

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319.9 319.8 316.9 318.8 796.6 824.4 800.4 820.3 1,184.7 1,216.7 1,229.2 1,243.0

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.6 33.5 33.5 32.9 66.7 66.8 66.6 65.5 101.5 103.0 106.0 105.7

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101.4 102.4 100.5 101.2 269.3 279.2 270.6 276.9 242.0 247.0 244.4 248.7

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.5 30.3 29.4 29.8 31.7 31.9 31.3 31.2 70.1 70.8 70.8 71.3

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153.9 156.2 154.1 155.5 407.1 416.1 408.9 415.0 422.6 425.8 428.4 433.7

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 737.0 760.5 735.5 762.4 1,638.2 1,687.4 1,640.7 1,687.6 1,640.4 1,681.9 1,647.8 1,683.9

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82.8 84.6 82.3 83.2 206.5 216.6 205.2 214.0 187.5 193.2 196.0 200.3

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.2 12.1 12.0 11.9 28.9 29.3 28.2 29.6 64.0 65.3 64.1 65.3

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203.0 207.5 201.2 206.8 721.6 740.8 719.2 732.9 527.8 545.1 538.6 552.5

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153.5 158.9 152.7 157.9 409.3 415.9 411.5 415.8 457.4 471.8 464.7 477.1

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.6 27.8 27.6 27.6 66.0 66.1 65.4 65.7 127.5 131.8 131.3 134.2

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154.0 154.5 152.2 153.4 328.1 330.2 325.6 327.4 440.1 446.1 446.5 449.8

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.9 11.1 10.8 11.0 18.7 17.8 18.1 17.1 27.0 27.1 27.7 27.4

Puerto Rico1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.2 42.2 42.6 – 111.8 111.8 114.9 – 117.4 120.3 122.7 –

Virgin Islands1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1 2.1 2.1 – 3.4 3.3 3.3 – 2.4 2.5 2.5 –

1 Data not available for September 2017. Given the lack of adequate sample data, reliable September 2017 estimates for Puerto Rico and the U.S Virgin Islands cannot be

produced at this time.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2016 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are 

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Leisure and hospitality Other services Government

August September August September August September

2016 2017 2016 2017p

2016 2017 2016 2017p2016 2017 2016 2017p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202.8 212.1 200.5 207.9 80.3 83.4 80.4 82.8 374.3 373.0 380.5 378.9

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.1 43.5 39.5 40.1 11.1 12.2 11.1 11.9 77.1 77.6 81.7 82.1

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306.1 319.3 308.9 321.0 88.8 86.3 89.2 87.0 395.0 399.8 423.7 425.9

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118.6 123.2 117.5 119.2 47.5 48.8 47.5 49.8 201.4 199.9 213.1 212.3

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,931.8 1,975.6 1,916.1 1,951.6 559.8 577.7 562.0 582.6 2,407.6 2,452.3 2,491.3 2,538.0

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339.3 345.6 327.3 328.5 107.5 111.5 106.8 109.2 408.5 413.3 428.6 430.9

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163.1 167.2 157.0 158.7 65.9 69.7 64.7 67.7 221.5 218.2 232.7 229.2

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.7 57.2 51.9 54.4 18.9 18.4 18.6 18.0 61.4 61.0 65.5 65.0

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.0 80.2 76.3 80.6 72.8 72.2 72.4 72.3 236.6 237.1 238.0 237.9

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,160.8 1,190.1 1,159.2 1,140.3 347.9 366.7 349.7 358.5 1,096.3 1,104.3 1,110.4 1,116.2

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478.4 497.2 474.9 488.7 159.3 161.2 158.3 160.6 681.4 691.0 691.9 699.8

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119.4 122.5 118.6 121.3 27.2 27.2 27.4 27.4 119.8 114.6 125.4 124.2

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78.1 78.7 75.0 75.1 25.0 25.3 24.5 24.9 114.5 117.8 122.8 126.1

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 618.9 625.9 605.6 603.4 253.1 253.7 250.4 251.5 790.7 785.7 840.0 832.8

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318.4 317.2 313.0 312.9 127.0 131.1 126.7 129.3 414.0 423.0 443.7 451.9

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150.0 153.0 145.1 148.2 59.3 60.2 58.9 59.3 240.7 238.8 259.5 258.5

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131.1 128.4 128.5 127.0 50.4 49.4 50.7 50.8 234.8 235.2 259.3 258.4

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199.8 200.2 196.8 196.9 65.6 68.1 65.3 67.6 313.0 311.8 319.6 318.4

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230.7 237.2 230.0 236.0 75.2 77.2 75.0 77.1 313.8 311.3 326.8 321.7

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82.5 86.0 72.1 73.2 22.4 21.2 21.8 21.0 91.8 91.7 101.2 101.3

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290.3 300.1 279.8 282.4 114.4 117.0 113.7 116.6 483.2 490.2 504.6 511.1

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395.9 403.4 374.5 376.0 142.2 147.7 135.1 140.2 413.7 415.1 457.8 458.2

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451.8 464.4 438.2 446.4 171.3 175.6 169.5 173.5 551.2 570.7 609.0 621.0

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284.1 290.6 273.7 275.8 117.1 119.9 116.2 120.5 397.9 401.9 420.0 423.4

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135.9 137.5 135.0 135.9 40.1 40.3 40.2 39.9 239.3 241.8 246.3 248.7

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314.1 324.9 306.5 317.5 117.3 118.6 116.3 117.6 403.2 415.1 440.2 440.5

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71.1 73.4 67.6 69.2 18.5 17.6 18.6 17.7 87.0 88.0 91.7 92.7

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94.5 98.4 92.8 95.5 36.7 38.9 36.7 38.7 163.5 164.2 172.6 172.1

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350.7 355.1 350.7 353.8 40.9 42.0 41.5 41.7 151.7 156.4 159.0 164.2

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.5 84.8 73.1 73.1 25.0 25.2 24.5 24.1 79.2 79.9 92.4 92.5

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407.3 435.3 386.1 397.1 173.5 174.6 170.2 168.4 578.4 570.6 603.2 600.4

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98.8 102.8 96.7 98.4 30.3 30.1 28.1 28.2 185.4 182.3 192.3 188.9

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 965.4 1,008.1 936.6 953.4 406.7 414.3 405.4 411.2 1,406.7 1,412.7 1,428.4 1,433.1

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500.6 515.6 489.4 495.6 152.6 156.6 151.7 155.6 693.8 701.3 732.4 740.5

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.2 40.1 40.4 39.4 16.0 15.4 16.0 15.5 76.7 76.8 83.7 83.7

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 581.2 601.5 563.6 580.7 214.8 216.0 212.7 213.0 750.1 747.1 781.4 782.2

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167.6 171.3 166.1 168.0 62.8 60.4 62.6 59.5 339.9 340.0 352.9 354.0

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208.9 214.1 206.0 206.0 64.5 64.9 64.4 64.4 283.1 287.2 296.7 298.2

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 593.4 618.2 569.8 592.3 261.4 262.5 257.6 257.1 657.1 657.8 711.4 710.4

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.5 67.8 60.8 62.8 24.0 23.9 23.0 23.3 57.2 56.8 60.4 60.3

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259.0 259.6 250.0 247.9 74.9 74.7 74.9 73.2 353.5 358.1 365.3 369.2

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.7 55.2 49.0 49.2 16.4 16.9 16.0 16.2 74.7 76.4 79.2 81.2

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329.7 342.2 326.4 333.5 110.9 113.0 111.1 111.6 411.7 416.9 435.9 441.0

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,314.9 1,353.4 1,302.3 1,309.6 430.1 445.2 427.1 446.0 1,845.8 1,875.8 1,915.3 1,942.7

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143.1 146.4 140.8 145.1 40.5 42.0 39.8 41.4 223.1 227.6 242.0 246.1

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.1 39.8 36.4 36.5 10.7 11.0 10.4 11.2 49.0 48.7 56.8 56.7

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418.4 429.7 404.6 411.5 201.7 202.2 200.1 200.4 684.5 683.7 715.8 713.2

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339.2 348.0 336.1 344.6 119.6 123.5 118.1 121.3 542.7 555.2 565.2 578.3

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77.2 76.9 76.1 76.2 54.1 54.2 53.9 53.9 147.3 147.1 154.5 154.6

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299.1 311.4 283.6 288.1 150.6 153.5 149.5 152.1 384.1 379.9 408.2 410.8

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.9 41.8 38.8 37.8 11.2 11.3 11.2 10.8 67.7 66.4 71.4 69.9

Puerto Rico1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.7 82.1 80.8 – 17.3 17.6 17.5 – 224.2 216.3 226.7 –

Virgin Islands1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.6 7.7 7.1 – 1.1 1.2 1.2 – 10.8 11.2 10.7 –

1 Data not available for September 2017. Given the lack of adequate sample data, reliable September 2017 estimates for Puerto Rico and the U.S Virgin Islands cannot be

produced at this time.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2016 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are 

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

seasonally adjusted, September 2016 - September 2017