For release 10:00 a.m. (EDT) Friday, September 20, 2019 USDL-19-1651 

Technical information: 

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STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT — AUGUST 2019

Unemployment rates were lower in August in 5 states, higher in 3 states, and stable in 42 states and the 

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

decreases from a year earlier, 2 states had increases, and 43 states and the District had little or no 

change. The national unemployment rate, 3.7 percent, was unchanged over the month and little changed 

from August 2018. 

Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 5 states in August 2019, decreased in 1 state, and was 

essentially unchanged in 44 states and the District of Columbia. Over the year, 26 states added nonfarm 

payroll jobs and 24 states and the District were essentially unchanged.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Unemployment

Vermont had the lowest unemployment rate in August, 2.1 percent. The rates in Alabama (3.1 percent), 

Alaska (6.2 percent), Illinois (4.0 percent), Maine (2.9 percent), and New Jersey (3.2 percent) set new 

series lows. (All state series begin in 1976.) Alaska had the highest jobless rate, 6.2 percent. In total, 14 

states had unemployment rates lower than the U.S. figure of 3.7 percent, 8 states and the District of

Current Employment Statistics (CES) Data Corrections

This news release contains corrections to previously released North Carolina employment 

data in table 3. A complete list of corrections in this news release and in the CES (State and 

Area) database can be found at www.bls.gov/bls/errata/sae_errata.htm.
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Columbia had higher rates, and 28 states had rates that were not appreciably different from that of the 

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

The five states with unemployment rate decreases in August were Alabama, Illinois, and South Carolina 

(-0.2 percentage point each) and Maine and Virginia (-0.1 point each). The three states with rate 

increases were Delaware, Wisconsin, and Wyoming (+0.1 percentage point each). The remaining 42 

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.

Five states had unemployment rate declines from August 2018, the largest of which were in Alabama 

and New Jersey (-0.8 percentage point each). Two states had over-the-year rate increases: Minnesota 

(+0.5 percentage point) and Nebraska (+0.4 point). (See table B.)

Nonfarm Payroll Employment 

Nonfarm payroll employment increased in five states in August 2019. The largest job gains occurred in 

California (+34,500), Florida (+22,500), and Georgia (+20,800). The largest percentage gains occurred 

in Kansas (+0.6 percent), Georgia (+0.5 percent), and Arizona (+0.4 percent). Employment decreased in 

August in Oklahoma (-8,700, or -0.5 percent). (See tables C and 3.) 

Twenty-six states had over-the-year increases in nonfarm payroll employment in August. The largest job 

gains occurred in California (+314,200), Texas (+303,500), and Florida (+221,200). The largest 

percentage gains occurred in Nevada (+3.0 percent), Utah (+2.8 percent), and Washington (+2.6 

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

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The Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment news release for August is scheduled to 

be released on Wednesday, October 2, 2019, at 10:00 a.m. (EDT). The State Employment and 

Unemployment news release for September is scheduled to be released on Friday, October 18, 

2019, at 10:00 a.m. (EDT).
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State Rate p

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

Alaska ............................................................ 6.2

Arizona ........................................................... 5.0

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

Colorado ......................................................... 2.8

District of Columbia .......................................... 5.5

Hawaii ............................................................. 2.7

Idaho .............................................................. 2.9

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

Louisiana ........................................................ 4.3

Maine ............................................................. 2.9

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

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

Nebraska ........................................................ 3.1

New Hampshire ............................................... 2.5

New Mexico .................................................... 4.9

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

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

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

Vermont .......................................................... 2.1

Virginia ........................................................... 2.8

Washington ..................................................... 4.6

West Virginia ................................................... 4.6

Wisconsin ....................................................... 3.1

1

 Data are not preliminary.

p

 = preliminary.

Table A. States with unemployment rates significantly different from that

of the U.S., August 2019, seasonally adjusted

Table B. States with statistically significant unemployment rate changes from August 2018

to August 2019, seasonally adjusted

August 2018 August 2019 p

Alabama .................................... 3.9 3.1 -0.8

Colorado .................................... 3.4 2.8 -.6

Maine ........................................ 3.5 2.9 -.6

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

Nebraska ................................... 2.7 3.1 .4

New Jersey ................................ 4.0 3.2 -.8

Vermont ..................................... 2.6 2.1 -.5

p

 = preliminary.

State

Rate Over-the-year 

change p
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Table C. States with statistically significant employment changes from July 2019 to

August 2019, seasonally adjusted

July August

2019 2019 p Level Percent

Arizona ...................................... 2,930,100 2,942,100 12,000 0.4

California ................................... 17,485,200 17,519,700 34,500 .2

Florida ....................................... 9,010,600 9,033,100 22,500 .2

Georgia ..................................... 4,616,700 4,637,500 20,800 .5

Kansas ...................................... 1,431,200 1,439,100 7,900 .6

Oklahoma .................................. 1,704,000 1,695,300 -8,700 -.5

p

 = preliminary.

State Over-the-month change p

Table D. States with statistically significant employment changes from August 2018 to

August 2019, seasonally adjusted

August August

2018 2019 p Level Percent

Alabama .................................... 2,045,600 2,087,400 41,800 2.0

Arizona ...................................... 2,870,700 2,942,100 71,400 2.5

Arkansas ................................... 1,262,200 1,277,800 15,600 1.2

California ................................... 17,205,500 17,519,700 314,200 1.8

Colorado .................................... 2,734,700 2,799,600 64,900 2.4

Florida ....................................... 8,811,900 9,033,100 221,200 2.5

Georgia ..................................... 4,552,900 4,637,500 84,600 1.9

Idaho ......................................... 741,200 756,900 15,700 2.1

Illinois ........................................ 6,120,800 6,186,300 65,500 1.1

Kansas ...................................... 1,423,600 1,439,100 15,500 1.1

 

Massachusetts .......................... 3,642,400 3,686,000 43,600 1.2

Mississippi ................................ 1,153,700 1,168,700 15,000 1.3

Missouri .................................... 2,890,500 2,928,700 38,200 1.3

Nevada ...................................... 1,391,500 1,433,600 42,100 3.0

New Hampshire .......................... 681,500 694,500 13,000 1.9

New Jersey ................................ 4,153,700 4,200,400 46,700 1.1

New Mexico ............................... 843,200 860,700 17,500 2.1

New York ................................... 9,691,700 9,783,800 92,100 1.0

North Carolina ............................ 4,500,600 4,571,600 71,000 1.6

Oregon ...................................... 1,908,300 1,945,100 36,800 1.9

 

South Carolina ........................... 2,148,400 2,180,300 31,900 1.5

South Dakota ............................. 439,400 446,600 7,200 1.6

Tennessee ................................. 3,069,700 3,115,600 45,900 1.5

Texas ........................................ 12,552,600 12,856,100 303,500 2.4

Utah .......................................... 1,525,000 1,567,100 42,100 2.8

Washington ............................... 3,416,000 3,505,000 89,000 2.6

p

 = preliminary.

State Over-the-year change p
Technical Note

This news release presents civilian labor force and 

unemployment data for states and selected substate areas from 

the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program 

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

employment estimates by state and industry supersector from 

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

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

cooperative endeavors.

Civilian labor force and unemployment—from the 

LAUS program 

 Definitions. The civilian labor force and unemployment 

data are based on the same concepts and definitions as those 

used for the official national estimates obtained from the 

Current Population Survey (CPS), a sample survey of 

households that is conducted for the Bureau of Labor Statistics 

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

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

noninstitutional population 16 years of age and older. 

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

profit in the reference week (typically the week including the 

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

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

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

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

illness, or vacation. 

 Unemployed people are those who were not employed during 

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

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

reference week, and were currently available for work; people

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

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

employed and unemployed people. The unemployment rate is 

the number of unemployed as a percent of the civilian labor 

force.

 Method of estimation. Estimates for 48 states, the District 

of Columbia, the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale 

metropolitan division, New York City, and the balances of 

California and New York State are produced using time-series 

models. This method, which underwent substantial 

enhancement at the beginning of 2015, utilizes data from 

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

unemployment insurance (UI) programs. Estimates for the state 

of California are derived by summing the estimates for the Los 

Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale metropolitan division and the 

balance of California. Similarly, estimates for New York State

are derived by summing the estimates for New York City and 

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

substate areas contained in this release (the Cleveland-Elyria 

and Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metropolitan areas and the 

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

and their respective balances of state are produced using a 

similar model-based approach.

 Each month, estimates for the nine census divisions first are

modeled using inputs from the CPS only and controlled to the 

national totals. State estimates then are controlled to their 

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

estimates for the five areas noted above also are controlled to 

their respective state totals. This tiered process of controlling 

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

benchmarking. Estimates for Puerto Rico are derived from a 

monthly household survey similar to the CPS. A more detailed 

description of the estimation procedures is available from BLS 

upon request.

 Annual revisions. Civilian labor force and unemployment 

data for prior years reflect adjustments made after the end of 

each year. The adjusted estimates reflect updated population 

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

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

data for the most recent five years are revised near the 

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

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

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

 Seasonal adjustment. The LAUS models decompose the 

estimates of employed and unemployed people into trend, 

seasonal, and irregular components. The benchmarked signals 

of employed and unemployed people first are adjusted using an 

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

are smoothed using a Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Space 

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

employed and unemployed people are summed to derive the 

civilian labor force, and the unemployment rate then is 

calculated as the unemployed percent of the civilian labor force. 

The resulting smoothed-seasonally adjusted unemployment 

rate estimates are analyzed in this news release and published 

on the BLS website. 

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

using an asymmetric filter that incorporates information from 

previous observations only. For annual revisions, historical data 

are smoothed using a two-sided filter.

 Area definitions. The substate area data published in this 

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

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

detailed list of the geographic definitions is available online at 

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

Employment—from the CES program

 Definitions. Employment data refer to persons on 

establishment payrolls who receive pay for any part of the pay 

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

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

those appearing on more than one payroll are counted on each 

payroll. Industries are classified on the basis of their principal 

activity in accordance with the 2017 version of the North 

American Industry Classification System. 

 Method of estimation. CES State and Area employment

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

relative" estimation technique in which a ratio of current month 

weighted employment to that of the previous-month weighted 

employment is computed from a sample of establishments 

reporting for both months. The estimates of employment for the 

current month are then obtained by multiplying these ratios by 

the previous month’s employment estimates. The weighted link 

relative technique is utilized for data series where the sample 

size meets certain statistical criteria. 

 For some employment series, the sample of establishments is 

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

approach is used in estimation. These models use the direct 

sample estimates (described above), combined with forecasts of 

historical (benchmarked) data to decrease volatility in 

estimation. Two different models (Fay-Herriot Model and 

Small Domain Model) are used depending on the industry level 

being estimated. For more detailed information about each 

model, refer to the BLS Handbook of Methods.

 Annual revisions. Employment estimates are adjusted 

annually to a complete count of jobs, called benchmarks, 

derived principally from tax reports that are submitted by 

employers who are covered under state unemployment 

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

adjust the monthly estimates between the new benchmark and 

the preceding one and also to establish the level of employment 

for the new benchmark month. Thus, the benchmarking process 

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

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

subsequent months. Information on recent benchmark revisions 

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

 Seasonal adjustment. Payroll employment data are 

seasonally adjusted at the statewide expanded supersector level. 

In some cases, the seasonally adjusted payroll employment total 

is computed by aggregating the independently adjusted 

supersector series. In other cases, the seasonally adjusted 

payroll employment total is independently adjusted. Revisions 

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

year, coincident with annual benchmark adjustments.

 Payroll employment data are seasonally adjusted 

concurrently, using all available estimates including those for 

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

Concurrent sample-based factors are created every month for 

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

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

estimates. 

 Caution on aggregating state data. State estimation 

procedures are designed to produce accurate data for each 

individual state. BLS independently develops a national 

employment series; state estimates are not forced to sum to 

national totals. Because each state series is subject to larger 

sampling and nonsampling errors than the national series, 

summing them cumulates individual state-level errors and can 

cause significant distortions at an aggregate level. Due to these 

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

employment series, and cautions users that such a series is 

subject to a relatively large and volatile error structure.

Reliability of the estimates

 The estimates presented in this release are based on sample 

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

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

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

by chance because a sample rather than the entire population is 

surveyed. Survey data also are subject to nonsampling errors, 

such as those which can be introduced into the data collection 

and processing operations. Estimates not directly derived from 

sample surveys are subject to additional errors resulting from 

the specific estimation processes used.

 Use of error measures. Changes in state unemployment 

rates and state nonfarm payroll employment are cited in the 

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

statistically significant at the 90-percent confidence level. 

Furthermore, state unemployment rates for the current month 

generally are cited only if they have been determined to be 

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

confidence level. The underlying model-based standard error 

measures for unemployment rates and over-the-month and 

over-the-year changes in rates are available at 

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

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

payroll employment data at the total nonfarm and supersector 

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

Measures of nonsampling error are not available.

Additional information

 Estimates of civilian labor force and unemployment from the 

LAUS program, as well as nonfarm payroll employment from 

the CES program, for metropolitan areas and metropolitan 

divisions are available in the news release Metropolitan Area 

Employment and Unemployment. Estimates of civilian labor 

force, employed people, unemployed people, and 

unemployment rates for approximately 7,000 subnational areas 

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

from the CES program for states and metropolitan areas are 

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

release will be made available to sensory impaired individuals 

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

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

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

State and area

Civilian labor force Unemployed

Aug.

2018

June

2019

July

2019

Aug.

2019p

Number Percent of labor force

Aug.

2018

June

2019

July

2019

Aug.

2019p

Aug.

2018

June

2019

July

2019

Aug.

2019p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,202,690 2,239,809 2,246,855 2,255,163 86,212 79,332 75,101 70,652 3.9 3.5 3.3 3.1

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356,450 351,995 351,414 350,708 23,333 22,358 22,054 21,814 6.5 6.4 6.3 6.2

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,456,553 3,518,914 3,534,147 3,551,973 164,742 170,782 174,131 177,831 4.8 4.9 4.9 5.0

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,350,487 1,362,757 1,363,387 1,362,514 49,101 47,294 46,906 46,865 3.6 3.5 3.4 3.4

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,421,635 19,422,150 19,387,851 19,380,070 797,849 814,255 804,042 790,818 4.1 4.2 4.1 4.1

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale1. . . . 5,137,173 5,104,392 5,099,327 5,099,359 237,127 229,100 227,598 225,272 4.6 4.5 4.5 4.4

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,111,296 3,143,389 3,149,312 3,155,538 106,891 94,189 90,535 88,352 3.4 3.0 2.9 2.8

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,911,008 1,907,471 1,905,725 1,907,402 75,503 70,833 69,034 68,147 4.0 3.7 3.6 3.6

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482,955 488,787 489,054 489,155 17,654 15,737 15,979 16,607 3.7 3.2 3.3 3.4

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403,782 411,191 412,091 411,954 21,987 23,126 22,991 22,549 5.4 5.6 5.6 5.5

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,244,189 10,338,386 10,354,282 10,386,724 347,608 349,196 343,996 341,784 3.4 3.4 3.3 3.3

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall1. . . . . . . . . . . 1,379,625 1,419,003 1,418,748 1,422,514 49,814 47,216 46,363 45,923 3.6 3.3 3.3 3.2

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,103,666 5,103,121 5,102,295 5,107,773 192,729 190,444 185,257 182,063 3.8 3.7 3.6 3.6

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 678,038 665,197 662,841 661,042 17,176 18,657 18,353 17,978 2.5 2.8 2.8 2.7

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 860,134 873,705 876,405 879,220 23,695 24,661 25,059 25,492 2.8 2.8 2.9 2.9

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,459,534 6,490,937 6,496,450 6,505,072 273,521 277,421 272,576 262,474 4.2 4.3 4.2 4.0

Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights1. . . 3,731,015 3,747,656 3,748,716 3,754,807 139,152 143,730 143,526 139,819 3.7 3.8 3.8 3.7

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,387,383 3,394,464 3,388,229 3,386,094 117,756 117,901 116,624 112,364 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.3

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,687,124 1,717,933 1,723,228 1,729,935 40,240 41,439 42,782 43,768 2.4 2.4 2.5 2.5

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,483,070 1,479,559 1,478,848 1,480,339 48,495 49,700 48,746 47,741 3.3 3.4 3.3 3.2

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,063,727 2,067,177 2,068,200 2,071,392 90,423 84,941 88,243 90,450 4.4 4.1 4.3 4.4

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,100,284 2,097,545 2,095,844 2,094,269 103,867 90,492 90,248 90,173 4.9 4.3 4.3 4.3

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 698,407 694,062 692,626 691,736 24,132 22,041 20,923 20,113 3.5 3.2 3.0 2.9

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,194,029 3,223,860 3,233,000 3,244,922 122,122 121,902 121,955 122,010 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.8

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,823,396 3,838,815 3,834,110 3,837,370 124,647 113,524 111,186 110,656 3.3 3.0 2.9 2.9

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,893,937 4,957,520 4,961,242 4,963,295 191,302 209,886 212,287 210,634 3.9 4.2 4.3 4.2

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,128,368 2,156,920 2,160,695 2,161,423 86,191 98,269 99,639 97,607 4.0 4.6 4.6 4.5

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,069,657 3,100,632 3,107,128 3,112,518 85,598 103,554 104,584 103,455 2.8 3.3 3.4 3.3

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,273,850 1,270,663 1,276,328 1,282,223 59,355 63,298 64,851 66,854 4.7 5.0 5.1 5.2

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,045,958 3,052,750 3,062,090 3,075,564 90,979 101,086 100,306 98,212 3.0 3.3 3.3 3.2

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 529,267 531,175 531,984 532,625 19,583 18,443 17,868 17,663 3.7 3.5 3.4 3.3

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,021,322 1,036,250 1,037,870 1,039,057 27,898 31,404 31,833 32,074 2.7 3.0 3.1 3.1

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,506,749 1,529,734 1,534,339 1,539,754 67,454 61,142 62,236 63,299 4.5 4.0 4.1 4.1

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 762,778 769,443 770,541 771,706 18,778 18,943 19,084 19,325 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,417,547 4,443,351 4,445,721 4,457,072 174,765 156,473 146,945 141,883 4.0 3.5 3.3 3.2

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 941,579 958,993 961,668 963,678 45,652 47,326 47,567 47,523 4.8 4.9 4.9 4.9

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,575,478 9,565,337 9,535,585 9,520,692 371,520 379,199 377,300 377,805 3.9 4.0 4.0 4.0

New York City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,112,891 4,104,176 4,095,970 4,091,362 162,530 177,571 175,122 171,583 4.0 4.3 4.3 4.2

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,981,104 5,078,853 5,097,523 5,112,139 186,624 210,777 212,095 212,218 3.7 4.2 4.2 4.2

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403,286 405,435 404,918 404,268 10,530 9,518 9,687 9,769 2.6 2.3 2.4 2.4

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,751,216 5,807,941 5,816,185 5,825,202 262,338 233,314 235,196 237,779 4.6 4.0 4.0 4.1

Cleveland-Elyria2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,035,678 1,039,632 1,040,870 1,041,558 52,170 43,828 44,583 44,068 5.0 4.2 4.3 4.2

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,838,502 1,831,640 1,838,330 1,845,434 57,650 58,277 58,522 58,954 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.2

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,102,952 2,117,282 2,115,332 2,116,429 85,345 85,720 84,275 85,004 4.1 4.0 4.0 4.0

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,428,443 6,469,132 6,470,268 6,479,402 269,953 246,401 250,187 254,613 4.2 3.8 3.9 3.9

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 555,731 552,132 553,078 554,427 21,758 19,787 19,588 19,840 3.9 3.6 3.5 3.6

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,322,496 2,374,667 2,379,328 2,382,091 75,437 83,500 81,770 77,256 3.2 3.5 3.4 3.2

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459,627 465,737 466,511 467,202 13,598 13,449 13,590 13,768 3.0 2.9 2.9 2.9

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,248,605 3,336,823 3,350,085 3,358,225 112,337 112,128 117,041 117,137 3.5 3.4 3.5 3.5

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,860,971 14,014,743 14,018,764 14,032,284 516,917 482,615 475,791 471,870 3.7 3.4 3.4 3.4

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,573,649 1,590,502 1,595,978 1,601,412 49,356 45,215 45,453 45,081 3.1 2.8 2.8 2.8

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345,864 347,742 347,799 347,140 9,109 7,246 7,268 7,413 2.6 2.1 2.1 2.1

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,329,921 4,377,438 4,390,288 4,404,492 123,238 127,927 126,144 122,593 2.8 2.9 2.9 2.8

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,802,374 3,878,853 3,884,675 3,895,556 167,572 179,380 179,247 180,102 4.4 4.6 4.6 4.6

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,688,513 1,715,985 1,717,944 1,722,341 55,992 57,035 55,038 53,487 3.3 3.3 3.2 3.1

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 782,805 791,751 793,407 795,709 40,229 37,324 36,997 36,824 5.1 4.7 4.7 4.6

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,127,025 3,118,803 3,118,477 3,121,031 94,365 90,058 93,087 96,796 3.0 2.9 3.0 3.1

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289,411 288,558 288,445 288,542 12,041 10,067 10,390 10,695 4.2 3.5 3.6 3.7

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,088,101 1,080,583 1,085,951 1,086,722 92,985 90,631 88,234 83,402 8.5 8.4 8.1 7.7

1 Metropolitan division.

2 Metropolitan statistical area.

p Preliminary

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

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

the following month.
LABOR FORCE DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

State and area

Civilian labor force Unemployed

July August Number Percent of labor force

2018 2019 2018 2019p

July August July August

2018 2019 2018 2019p 2018 2019 2018 2019p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,213,762 2,265,650 2,189,229 2,263,977 94,863 68,869 90,385 63,890 4.3 3.0 4.1 2.8

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367,529 361,505 362,321 354,897 22,002 19,960 20,467 18,763 6.0 5.5 5.6 5.3

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,439,400 3,578,913 3,431,669 3,577,836 174,013 201,603 176,800 198,702 5.1 5.6 5.2 5.6

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,368,932 1,381,647 1,352,630 1,359,602 55,349 54,577 48,951 48,726 4.0 4.0 3.6 3.6

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,498,176 19,457,570 19,378,108 19,424,889 876,833 865,997 836,713 807,413 4.5 4.5 4.3 4.2

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale1. . . . 5,152,633 5,120,939 5,122,058 5,101,837 268,361 258,799 257,546 240,424 5.2 5.1 5.0 4.7

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,126,894 3,189,419 3,114,611 3,176,175 104,258 88,007 105,339 85,373 3.3 2.8 3.4 2.7

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,942,125 1,941,247 1,913,198 1,922,148 83,401 69,796 77,488 69,215 4.3 3.6 4.1 3.6

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488,284 494,172 485,125 491,315 19,543 18,535 18,779 19,862 4.0 3.8 3.9 4.0

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411,058 418,613 401,594 406,759 24,586 24,864 23,151 22,130 6.0 5.9 5.8 5.4

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,295,785 10,470,206 10,184,034 10,454,801 389,018 363,379 372,814 368,402 3.8 3.5 3.7 3.5

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall1. . . . . . . . . . . 1,387,391 1,429,053 1,364,261 1,427,580 54,606 47,183 54,245 49,357 3.9 3.3 4.0 3.5

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,137,689 5,130,855 5,068,005 5,100,935 217,611 190,816 204,365 188,470 4.2 3.7 4.0 3.7

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 682,940 661,807 677,025 656,775 17,181 17,843 16,642 16,712 2.5 2.7 2.5 2.5

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 869,908 894,455 861,882 887,874 21,625 24,788 20,331 23,346 2.5 2.8 2.4 2.6

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,556,104 6,592,918 6,442,739 6,530,304 292,489 278,359 278,285 246,048 4.5 4.2 4.3 3.8

Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights1. . . 3,795,792 3,808,018 3,732,627 3,785,822 156,420 155,121 145,780 137,088 4.1 4.1 3.9 3.6

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,425,660 3,421,884 3,379,958 3,398,091 121,655 122,206 122,735 109,114 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.2

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,708,108 1,759,364 1,684,312 1,749,644 40,696 46,798 40,262 45,549 2.4 2.7 2.4 2.6

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,503,990 1,502,091 1,477,155 1,484,096 57,800 56,888 51,783 50,502 3.8 3.8 3.5 3.4

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,082,225 2,085,731 2,045,596 2,068,829 98,463 107,385 84,537 89,571 4.7 5.1 4.1 4.3

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,135,050 2,119,442 2,099,916 2,090,431 121,375 110,169 114,224 102,490 5.7 5.2 5.4 4.9

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 717,755 707,709 713,770 706,342 23,272 16,784 20,139 14,696 3.2 2.4 2.8 2.1

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,250,426 3,308,228 3,200,076 3,284,910 134,674 131,259 126,916 126,790 4.1 4.0 4.0 3.9

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,874,598 3,871,993 3,847,405 3,886,523 140,813 112,701 124,140 109,969 3.6 2.9 3.2 2.8

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,962,680 5,025,280 4,902,292 4,984,087 237,393 254,444 199,158 208,433 4.8 5.1 4.1 4.2

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,158,138 2,201,974 2,141,916 2,179,585 107,383 116,060 97,180 98,126 5.0 5.3 4.5 4.5

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,100,442 3,156,133 3,073,160 3,130,214 83,134 104,391 80,327 93,837 2.7 3.3 2.6 3.0

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,289,979 1,307,754 1,262,141 1,284,752 68,579 79,594 58,183 72,393 5.3 6.1 4.6 5.6

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,091,337 3,136,860 3,028,933 3,106,326 112,187 116,440 100,958 104,900 3.6 3.7 3.3 3.4

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 538,836 544,367 535,854 540,386 17,957 14,980 17,426 15,869 3.3 2.8 3.3 2.9

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,037,738 1,056,715 1,023,665 1,043,315 31,493 35,148 27,538 31,900 3.0 3.3 2.7 3.1

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,508,509 1,552,332 1,505,454 1,551,539 70,448 69,420 67,878 65,174 4.7 4.5 4.5 4.2

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775,808 786,099 770,239 781,928 19,270 19,287 18,539 19,745 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.5

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,495,703 4,537,085 4,432,697 4,527,058 208,417 157,603 186,029 155,667 4.6 3.5 4.2 3.4

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 944,247 972,884 937,988 964,243 50,437 54,884 47,020 48,810 5.3 5.6 5.0 5.1

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,712,136 9,579,695 9,579,389 9,536,915 403,152 395,762 385,791 399,272 4.2 4.1 4.0 4.2

New York City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,148,542 4,098,213 4,102,611 4,080,082 181,492 183,432 176,804 176,732 4.4 4.5 4.3 4.3

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,035,639 5,178,997 4,949,551 5,107,836 207,423 226,841 198,759 220,756 4.1 4.4 4.0 4.3

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412,149 411,362 409,703 409,110 9,813 9,299 9,782 9,026 2.4 2.3 2.4 2.2

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,830,734 5,924,591 5,762,009 5,878,198 275,579 272,438 254,959 248,093 4.7 4.6 4.4 4.2

Cleveland-Elyria2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,061,677 1,069,025 1,040,848 1,049,502 56,804 54,707 52,808 42,957 5.4 5.1 5.1 4.1

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,849,373 1,867,797 1,828,471 1,854,753 61,432 63,640 57,711 61,786 3.3 3.4 3.2 3.3

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,125,001 2,135,807 2,115,832 2,141,497 89,375 89,654 87,668 95,223 4.2 4.2 4.1 4.4

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,530,022 6,576,635 6,443,881 6,539,206 306,077 301,522 295,479 293,357 4.7 4.6 4.6 4.5

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 562,798 564,696 560,074 562,756 23,463 21,064 22,413 21,616 4.2 3.7 4.0 3.8

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,353,384 2,413,600 2,329,822 2,392,452 84,590 77,931 85,385 69,944 3.6 3.2 3.7 2.9

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466,675 475,997 462,612 471,765 12,677 12,831 13,207 13,907 2.7 2.7 2.9 2.9

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,282,461 3,403,370 3,228,446 3,351,428 129,188 145,295 118,715 113,452 3.9 4.3 3.7 3.4

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,887,986 14,063,720 13,768,541 14,015,573 567,385 523,850 546,121 506,817 4.1 3.7 4.0 3.6

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,577,161 1,621,111 1,573,609 1,615,506 50,796 48,926 52,341 45,460 3.2 3.0 3.3 2.8

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351,583 351,492 349,489 346,780 9,280 7,688 8,779 7,588 2.6 2.2 2.5 2.2

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,389,731 4,483,590 4,316,700 4,433,184 134,893 128,822 133,643 121,999 3.1 2.9 3.1 2.8

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,821,752 3,927,982 3,793,102 3,928,997 163,247 175,929 161,104 180,238 4.3 4.5 4.2 4.6

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,696,019 1,731,245 1,688,760 1,738,740 61,699 54,461 58,923 53,817 3.6 3.1 3.5 3.1

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 791,543 805,966 781,977 802,865 40,525 36,992 39,171 36,499 5.1 4.6 5.0 4.5

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,178,978 3,169,995 3,134,631 3,146,807 100,162 108,789 91,338 105,240 3.2 3.4 2.9 3.3

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294,534 293,911 292,187 292,361 11,267 11,191 10,687 10,133 3.8 3.8 3.7 3.5

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,099,040 1,099,460 1,078,694 1,073,450 104,309 86,258 98,857 75,597 9.5 7.8 9.2 7.0

1 Metropolitan division.

2 Metropolitan statistical area.

p Preliminary

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

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

the following month.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Total1 Construction Manufacturing

Aug.

2018

June

2019

July

2019

Aug.

2019p

Aug.

2018

June

2019

July

2019

Aug.

2019p

Aug.

2018

June

2019

July

2019

Aug.

2019p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,045.6 2,078.4 2,084.5 2,087.4 90.2 95.0 94.6 93.9 267.6 269.5 269.2 269.4

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327.1 332.5 331.5 330.8 15.6 17.0 16.7 16.8 12.9 13.7 13.6 13.4

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,870.7 2,927.0 2,930.1 2,942.1 159.5 175.3 175.2 174.9 170.5 177.1 179.0 179.8

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,262.2 1,275.3 1,275.5 1,277.8 50.4 53.2 53.0 52.8 160.5 163.2 162.6 164.4

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,205.5 17,469.0 17,485.2 17,519.7 866.2 901.5 902.2 900.5 1,323.1 1,336.8 1,335.1 1,336.8

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,734.7 2,779.8 2,790.6 2,799.6 174.1 174.8 174.2 174.4 147.8 148.9 149.2 149.5

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,689.6 1,692.8 1,694.4 1,697.2 58.6 57.3 57.1 57.6 160.5 161.2 161.1 160.9

Delaware2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461.1 464.6 464.5 466.0 22.2 23.2 23.0 22.9 27.1 27.7 27.6 27.6

District of Columbia2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 792.7 799.3 801.3 802.1 15.3 15.7 15.7 15.7 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.3

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,811.9 8,989.1 9,010.6 9,033.1 546.8 565.2 563.6 567.7 373.0 382.2 384.3 384.1

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,552.9 4,613.6 4,616.7 4,637.5 197.0 208.0 208.1 208.2 409.2 411.9 412.4 412.1

Hawaii2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 656.3 658.7 658.7 656.9 36.1 36.8 36.9 37.0 14.0 13.8 13.9 14.0

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 741.2 756.5 759.0 756.9 49.8 50.2 50.0 49.4 68.3 71.0 71.1 70.9

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,120.8 6,186.4 6,187.7 6,186.3 226.0 226.9 226.8 226.4 588.6 592.6 593.0 594.0

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,143.5 3,172.5 3,172.0 3,163.5 140.7 148.7 148.4 148.8 542.7 542.1 541.2 539.7

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,582.6 1,593.1 1,594.9 1,595.2 77.9 78.5 79.2 80.2 222.7 229.9 229.4 229.2

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,423.6 1,427.9 1,431.2 1,439.1 61.6 62.2 62.8 63.1 165.8 167.6 167.2 168.3

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,932.1 1,955.5 1,955.0 1,951.5 78.3 79.9 79.3 78.8 251.4 256.7 256.7 255.0

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,985.6 1,981.0 1,981.8 1,986.6 152.1 140.8 141.2 142.0 135.4 136.5 136.5 136.4

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 627.7 633.4 634.2 634.5 29.1 29.3 29.7 30.0 52.1 52.9 52.9 53.2

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,745.6 2,752.3 2,748.8 2,749.3 163.3 161.0 161.3 161.7 108.8 109.3 108.1 107.3

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,642.4 3,682.4 3,678.9 3,686.0 157.3 155.5 154.4 156.4 243.6 242.9 243.0 243.0

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,431.4 4,445.9 4,441.3 4,447.4 171.0 172.8 172.2 171.4 631.2 635.7 634.6 632.9

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,960.9 2,963.7 2,962.6 2,963.7 123.4 129.5 130.5 130.6 322.5 320.9 321.0 320.3

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,153.7 1,170.5 1,171.1 1,168.7 43.7 44.1 44.6 43.7 144.0 146.7 146.6 145.9

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,890.5 2,920.7 2,927.5 2,928.7 122.6 123.4 122.7 125.0 273.5 276.8 275.9 276.0

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478.5 484.3 485.1 484.7 29.1 28.7 28.8 28.5 20.6 20.0 20.3 20.6

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,024.4 1,030.4 1,031.9 1,032.6 52.6 53.5 53.9 54.8 100.3 100.5 100.6 100.6

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,391.5 1,423.7 1,428.2 1,433.6 89.7 97.1 97.8 100.2 56.5 60.1 60.5 61.1

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 681.5 691.0 694.3 694.5 27.0 28.0 28.0 28.5 71.0 70.1 70.1 69.9

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,153.7 4,202.5 4,199.3 4,200.4 156.2 164.9 165.4 165.0 247.0 251.0 252.1 251.5

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 843.2 857.9 861.5 860.7 46.8 50.3 50.6 51.1 27.1 27.6 27.5 27.4

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,691.7 9,778.7 9,771.9 9,783.8 398.3 405.9 405.9 408.9 443.5 441.4 441.6 440.7

North Carolina3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,500.6 4,560.5 4,569.3 4,571.6 221.3 220.8 220.6 221.2 475.9 471.7 472.8 472.5

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434.2 436.1 435.7 436.8 25.6 28.5 28.6 28.7 25.8 26.1 26.2 26.5

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,566.9 5,588.5 5,588.0 5,591.7 220.3 219.1 216.9 216.7 698.1 704.4 704.3 703.1

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,689.6 1,699.9 1,704.0 1,695.3 80.4 85.2 85.1 84.0 137.7 135.7 136.0 135.6

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,908.3 1,941.8 1,944.2 1,945.1 105.6 110.2 109.8 110.0 194.7 201.2 202.0 202.0

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,013.3 6,037.3 6,035.2 6,051.7 255.1 261.8 261.9 262.4 570.1 563.3 561.6 562.4

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 496.8 502.6 503.4 504.2 19.1 19.9 20.0 19.8 40.2 39.1 39.0 38.9

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,148.4 2,177.3 2,177.9 2,180.3 101.4 101.6 99.9 101.7 248.4 255.8 257.0 255.3

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439.4 448.3 447.4 446.6 23.0 23.7 23.5 23.8 44.5 46.6 46.2 45.9

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,069.7 3,111.6 3,114.7 3,115.6 125.3 128.4 127.0 125.1 352.1 358.4 359.2 359.0

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,552.6 12,810.7 12,837.9 12,856.1 743.5 780.2 785.2 787.4 884.6 906.5 910.6 911.3

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,525.0 1,556.4 1,567.3 1,567.1 104.6 106.6 109.4 108.9 133.5 139.7 139.3 139.3

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317.4 318.8 318.6 318.0 15.1 14.6 14.3 14.1 30.0 30.5 30.2 30.0

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,005.2 4,027.3 4,040.7 4,041.9 198.1 200.2 202.4 202.5 240.5 246.9 246.3 246.8

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,416.0 3,496.2 3,502.1 3,505.0 214.5 221.9 223.0 222.3 287.5 297.9 298.7 299.3

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 729.9 737.2 735.3 735.0 43.8 48.6 47.8 47.0 47.0 47.9 47.5 47.4

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,976.2 2,986.3 2,981.6 2,978.1 122.9 124.7 125.1 125.8 477.3 476.2 472.8 472.1

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285.3 290.0 290.2 289.1 20.0 22.2 22.4 21.7 9.7 10.3 10.1 10.2

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 866.1 874.2 873.7 872.5 26.4 26.9 27.1 26.9 72.4 73.6 73.5 73.5

Virgin Islands4

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.7 34.6 34.7 35.0 – – – – – – – –

1

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

2 Mining and logging is combined with construction.

3 The following data were corrected on September 20, 2019. See https://www.bls.gov/bls/errata/sae_errata.htm for a complete listing of impacted series and BLS products.

4 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 2018 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

Aug.

2018

June

2019

July

2019

Aug.

2019p

Aug.

2018

June

2019

July

2019

Aug.

2019p

Aug.

2018

June

2019

July

2019

Aug.

2019p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380.4 383.8 384.5 387.7 96.3 98.4 98.3 97.9 244.5 253.3 254.0 254.2

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.3 64.4 64.7 64.8 11.7 12.0 11.6 11.6 27.1 27.9 27.9 27.5

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536.7 544.2 544.9 544.7 222.2 221.8 222.2 224.4 434.1 442.8 440.9 439.2

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251.0 252.5 253.9 253.4 60.8 61.7 62.3 63.1 147.1 147.4 145.2 145.7

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,055.8 3,054.9 3,058.9 3,054.9 836.0 835.2 842.7 840.8 2,673.0 2,729.8 2,744.2 2,751.6

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470.9 472.1 472.7 474.0 171.6 168.6 169.3 170.9 426.3 450.5 453.5 454.0

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296.8 293.3 293.8 294.4 125.2 127.8 127.9 127.9 221.2 219.9 219.6 220.4

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.0 78.8 78.7 79.5 46.9 47.7 47.9 48.0 64.0 62.4 61.8 62.5

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.2 33.2 33.6 33.0 29.8 30.0 30.0 29.9 167.7 169.4 169.6 171.8

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,786.3 1,800.1 1,807.9 1,808.2 576.9 592.6 595.2 595.6 1,373.0 1,406.2 1,412.6 1,419.8

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 946.5 952.0 952.9 953.3 248.7 251.2 251.1 252.5 691.3 703.8 703.6 708.9

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123.0 120.1 119.4 119.0 28.6 28.7 28.3 28.2 82.6 83.6 83.1 83.5

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143.5 144.3 145.0 144.6 36.8 37.3 38.1 38.3 94.4 100.4 100.8 100.3

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,212.7 1,223.8 1,223.4 1,223.0 402.6 405.7 405.9 406.5 955.7 965.8 963.9 965.1

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 597.6 596.7 596.0 596.0 139.3 137.7 138.3 138.9 343.0 349.7 349.8 350.7

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312.2 311.6 312.0 311.6 109.2 108.4 107.7 108.5 140.3 140.5 141.9 142.5

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268.4 267.2 267.2 268.6 77.1 77.0 76.2 77.2 180.2 183.6 184.3 183.9

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404.7 406.2 407.3 408.8 93.3 93.5 93.7 93.8 218.5 219.1 220.1 217.1

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380.6 381.6 380.6 381.0 91.0 90.4 90.1 89.9 213.7 213.3 215.5 215.6

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118.0 119.9 119.7 120.2 31.9 32.9 32.6 32.3 69.4 69.6 69.6 70.0

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467.5 461.5 462.9 462.4 143.9 142.6 143.1 144.4 451.6 457.4 453.5 448.9

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 577.9 579.5 579.3 579.1 221.8 223.9 223.4 224.0 586.2 589.3 589.9 595.1

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 793.7 789.8 789.4 787.4 218.8 222.1 222.0 223.2 661.5 663.3 664.0 668.6

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 537.4 532.7 532.8 532.3 184.6 185.5 185.5 186.6 378.3 378.0 377.7 376.5

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230.7 233.1 233.5 234.6 44.5 45.5 45.5 45.8 110.1 111.9 112.1 111.3

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 545.1 544.4 545.7 545.0 173.5 173.1 173.7 174.3 387.9 390.8 392.8 392.4

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95.0 95.4 95.0 95.0 24.8 26.3 26.3 26.5 42.8 44.6 44.9 45.3

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201.4 199.7 200.6 200.3 74.1 74.8 74.7 74.8 118.6 120.9 120.7 120.9

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256.4 256.5 257.2 257.8 68.3 70.8 71.4 72.3 193.6 202.4 201.7 202.0

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138.8 141.9 141.5 140.7 34.1 33.9 33.9 33.8 83.1 84.6 85.2 85.2

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 885.1 887.4 887.9 887.4 251.3 245.6 245.6 246.5 671.4 684.5 676.9 677.2

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138.0 135.6 135.7 135.8 34.3 34.8 35.2 35.6 106.8 108.3 109.2 109.2

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,559.3 1,574.1 1,571.7 1,570.1 721.4 719.2 719.9 719.3 1,347.3 1,352.5 1,345.3 1,345.9

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 833.3 855.1 856.8 856.8 239.8 247.5 247.7 248.5 638.9 643.7 646.6 652.0

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94.1 93.3 92.9 92.5 24.3 23.4 23.4 23.7 34.5 36.2 35.9 36.3

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,025.0 1,022.8 1,021.0 1,020.9 308.8 308.4 308.4 309.0 732.1 735.5 734.0 736.4

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300.0 302.7 303.9 303.4 79.3 79.8 79.9 80.1 191.3 191.2 191.7 189.2

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352.1 353.7 354.8 353.4 102.3 102.5 102.7 102.5 248.2 253.4 255.8 256.9

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,127.6 1,128.3 1,129.6 1,128.2 325.6 329.6 329.6 330.4 805.0 807.9 808.6 810.6

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77.4 79.2 78.9 79.1 35.3 36.2 36.0 36.3 68.8 67.1 67.4 67.8

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406.9 412.9 414.5 413.6 104.4 105.1 105.0 104.3 291.7 291.9 290.7 291.5

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86.5 89.5 89.7 88.9 29.1 28.8 28.8 29.0 32.7 33.5 33.8 33.6

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 627.2 635.2 633.5 632.9 163.4 167.8 168.0 168.4 417.7 422.1 422.7 424.9

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,488.3 2,528.5 2,533.6 2,535.3 780.1 800.2 805.1 808.3 1,746.2 1,773.5 1,778.5 1,777.1

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287.7 289.2 288.8 290.3 87.9 89.6 90.2 90.2 216.1 222.5 225.6 225.3

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.6 54.5 54.6 54.6 12.2 11.9 12.1 12.0 29.1 29.4 29.6 29.7

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 658.9 652.8 652.4 651.3 208.2 207.3 209.3 208.9 751.2 757.9 760.5 760.9

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 638.3 647.5 645.6 646.1 158.0 163.5 164.5 164.2 429.0 437.6 438.9 439.5

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129.6 131.0 131.3 130.6 29.2 29.5 29.7 29.7 69.3 67.7 67.9 67.8

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 543.8 546.6 547.2 547.3 152.7 154.4 154.3 154.1 325.3 323.4 321.6 322.6

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.9 53.9 54.1 53.8 11.1 11.0 10.9 10.9 18.7 18.8 18.7 18.4

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170.3 169.6 168.9 168.4 41.6 43.0 43.1 43.1 123.2 124.4 124.8 125.3

Virgin Islands1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.9 7.1 7.1 7.1 – – – – – – – –

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

components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2018 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

Aug.

2018

June

2019

July

2019

Aug.

2019p

Aug.

2018

June

2019

July

2019

Aug.

2019p

Aug.

2018

June

2019

July

2019

Aug.

2019p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246.1 249.3 252.0 251.6 206.3 210.9 212.3 212.8 386.6 387.5 388.2 389.0

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.5 50.6 50.6 50.5 35.5 36.0 35.7 35.3 80.4 80.5 80.7 80.7

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447.0 463.5 466.5 466.9 326.6 328.5 330.9 330.1 420.3 417.6 416.0 425.4

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191.6 191.9 192.2 192.8 118.8 122.6 123.3 122.6 211.5 212.3 212.8 213.0

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,744.0 2,803.7 2,812.9 2,820.8 1,983.8 2,034.9 2,025.0 2,032.9 2,582.3 2,615.6 2,610.1 2,624.6

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341.3 347.5 349.7 352.0 339.9 347.8 348.8 349.7 448.9 451.6 455.2 458.9

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334.4 340.5 341.3 340.4 157.8 161.7 160.0 161.4 237.2 234.3 235.7 236.0

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.9 82.1 82.5 82.5 51.7 52.3 52.3 52.4 66.7 67.6 68.4 68.3

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131.5 132.9 133.4 132.4 79.2 81.3 81.8 82.8 239.2 238.0 237.5 237.1

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,309.3 1,358.2 1,368.8 1,372.1 1,234.4 1,252.9 1,253.2 1,257.9 1,114.5 1,123.8 1,119.1 1,122.7

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 587.6 602.5 602.1 605.6 491.8 503.9 505.2 509.2 696.5 697.7 698.1 701.0

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85.4 86.0 86.3 86.6 123.8 125.2 126.0 126.2 125.6 126.7 126.9 124.5

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106.5 109.0 109.7 109.1 79.2 79.8 79.4 79.0 124.9 126.6 126.9 127.4

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 932.5 946.9 950.8 950.4 618.4 637.3 638.0 632.7 827.5 831.4 832.0 833.1

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474.5 493.7 493.9 493.8 310.7 311.4 307.6 306.0 427.5 426.3 430.9 424.5

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234.6 236.3 236.3 234.7 143.3 143.7 143.9 143.7 260.7 261.4 261.8 262.0

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199.5 200.9 200.7 200.4 129.0 132.4 134.5 136.2 265.5 259.4 259.5 263.2

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278.2 288.0 287.8 287.7 198.6 201.4 200.8 201.7 311.5 312.7 311.4 310.7

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315.4 323.6 323.6 326.5 236.2 237.9 236.0 235.3 329.8 326.0 326.0 326.8

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127.3 127.1 127.6 127.1 68.2 69.5 70.4 70.2 100.0 100.8 100.0 100.0

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471.2 477.5 479.7 480.1 283.0 279.3 280.6 281.6 504.4 510.7 506.2 508.6

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 798.1 817.2 815.5 815.1 373.1 379.8 377.8 376.4 453.1 459.6 460.1 460.5

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 678.6 674.6 669.1 669.8 435.3 443.8 442.5 441.6 610.9 608.8 611.7 617.1

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 545.0 543.3 543.6 541.8 273.7 278.9 277.7 280.4 425.8 426.0 426.3 426.3

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145.5 147.6 147.9 146.9 135.4 141.3 140.1 138.6 240.9 241.4 241.7 242.8

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479.0 488.5 490.6 493.5 305.7 313.9 313.7 312.2 433.3 438.8 440.4 438.8

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77.0 78.0 78.7 78.3 66.0 67.2 66.9 66.8 90.7 91.2 91.1 91.2

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155.6 156.3 156.8 157.3 92.3 92.9 92.9 92.6 173.8 175.9 175.9 176.0

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141.6 143.1 143.3 143.5 353.2 360.0 361.0 360.6 159.9 161.8 163.3 163.2

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125.9 129.7 130.1 130.6 72.0 74.5 74.0 73.8 91.0 88.8 92.3 92.9

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 705.6 720.4 720.6 722.9 391.4 402.5 404.9 401.2 602.5 602.8 602.9 605.2

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139.9 142.4 141.6 141.4 97.8 102.1 103.1 102.5 186.9 189.7 191.6 191.0

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,076.2 2,123.2 2,120.7 2,124.0 956.3 965.9 969.7 974.8 1,493.8 1,500.2 1,500.1 1,503.1

North Carolina1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 613.6 623.2 624.0 624.0 504.3 518.8 517.3 515.1 733.5 735.4 737.1 736.8

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.6 65.5 66.2 66.6 40.4 38.7 38.6 38.9 83.3 82.5 82.2 82.4

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 937.4 945.5 947.0 949.9 567.6 575.6 579.2 576.0 781.0 780.8 781.9 784.4

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236.1 239.6 240.2 237.0 171.6 171.5 172.1 172.2 348.2 347.8 348.7 348.6

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295.9 302.9 304.7 304.4 210.6 213.8 212.2 213.8 293.4 299.1 297.5 297.9

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,277.9 1,284.7 1,284.3 1,292.4 570.2 576.1 574.3 575.0 706.9 706.2 705.0 709.0

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106.5 110.2 111.2 111.7 59.5 59.4 59.6 59.3 60.6 61.5 61.5 61.5

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254.4 257.5 257.9 259.4 260.4 269.5 269.4 269.4 370.3 373.3 373.1 374.7

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.0 74.3 74.1 74.5 47.6 48.5 48.1 47.4 79.6 79.9 79.7 80.0

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436.7 436.9 438.4 441.2 340.1 353.4 356.3 352.6 438.9 439.9 440.7 442.1

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,702.8 1,740.1 1,744.2 1,753.0 1,362.8 1,403.7 1,407.3 1,409.1 1,958.0 1,960.6 1,962.3 1,965.7

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204.6 213.7 215.5 214.7 150.0 154.4 155.1 154.9 250.7 249.3 250.5 251.3

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.7 66.5 66.3 66.5 37.1 39.5 40.2 39.7 58.3 56.5 56.1 56.2

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540.3 550.7 553.1 553.4 408.5 416.3 417.5 418.6 723.1 720.8 724.1 724.3

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 492.9 513.6 512.4 515.2 344.1 353.8 353.5 352.1 588.1 585.9 589.6 589.7

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128.8 131.2 130.7 131.8 73.6 75.1 75.2 74.6 153.3 151.2 150.6 151.9

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457.1 459.2 458.1 457.9 281.4 286.3 287.3 285.4 411.9 409.1 407.6 405.5

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.1 27.6 27.8 27.9 36.1 35.6 35.8 36.2 69.0 69.1 69.4 69.5

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115.3 119.3 119.2 119.0 76.0 78.6 78.8 78.4 205.6 202.7 202.2 201.8

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1 2.3 2.2 2.3 4.2 4.4 4.5 4.5 10.7 10.6 10.6 10.6

1 The following data were corrected on September 20, 2019. See https://www.bls.gov/bls/errata/sae_errata.htm for a complete listing of impacted series and BLS products.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2018 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

July August July August July August

2018 2019 2018 2019p2018 2019 2018 2019p2018 2019 2018 2019p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,037.1 2,076.7 2,045.3 2,082.6 10.0 9.9 10.1 9.9 89.3 95.1 90.3 94.7

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351.3 358.4 349.1 353.4 12.9 14.2 13.0 14.3 18.3 19.2 18.7 19.5

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,783.3 2,860.5 2,845.9 2,917.5 13.4 13.9 13.5 13.9 159.7 177.0 160.5 175.7

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,245.9 1,266.7 1,254.9 1,269.7 5.9 5.9 6.0 5.8 51.7 54.5 51.6 54.3

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,050.5 17,377.1 17,151.8 17,456.7 23.5 23.5 23.6 23.7 878.7 919.6 885.9 923.3

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,745.8 2,804.2 2,751.7 2,810.4 28.6 29.1 28.7 29.1 178.3 179.3 178.6 178.4

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,683.6 1,697.7 1,678.4 1,689.2 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.5 61.9 60.5 62.0 61.4

Delaware1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466.6 471.5 463.4 469.0 – – – – 22.8 24.0 22.8 23.8

District of Columbia1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801.5 809.7 787.6 796.9 – – – – 15.9 16.1 15.7 16.1

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,645.4 8,890.0 8,767.4 8,988.1 5.8 6.0 5.8 6.0 543.3 566.6 547.1 571.6

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,518.2 4,597.3 4,560.2 4,634.7 9.5 9.4 9.5 9.4 198.0 208.2 198.5 208.0

Hawaii1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 647.1 650.6 651.0 651.7 – – – – 36.5 37.0 36.5 37.5

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 746.9 767.6 745.5 762.0 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.9 52.3 52.9 52.6 52.7

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,132.1 6,210.5 6,142.2 6,203.7 8.1 7.6 8.1 7.6 241.2 244.6 241.0 243.2

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,105.2 3,149.5 3,149.9 3,179.6 6.4 6.4 6.3 6.4 147.5 156.3 147.1 155.1

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,578.7 1,593.6 1,579.2 1,590.5 2.7 2.6 2.7 2.6 84.2 86.7 84.3 87.3

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,398.8 1,416.4 1,409.2 1,429.5 6.8 7.1 6.9 7.1 63.8 65.9 63.8 66.1

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,919.6 1,944.2 1,931.2 1,950.4 10.3 9.9 10.3 9.7 80.9 82.3 80.8 81.5

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,966.8 1,972.6 1,978.7 1,980.2 36.3 35.9 36.5 36.1 154.4 142.3 153.9 142.2

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 647.3 654.8 644.9 652.9 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 31.0 32.3 30.9 32.6

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,751.6 2,763.0 2,747.8 2,755.9 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 167.3 164.8 167.4 166.6

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,673.6 3,719.9 3,655.9 3,707.8 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.2 166.0 163.7 165.2 164.4

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,401.1 4,430.7 4,423.3 4,441.1 7.5 7.5 7.5 7.5 181.8 183.7 182.2 183.6

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,980.5 2,997.0 2,980.9 2,992.6 7.0 7.2 7.1 7.2 136.8 144.8 137.1 144.6

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,137.6 1,160.9 1,152.1 1,167.4 6.8 6.7 6.9 6.7 44.1 44.8 43.8 44.2

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,874.5 2,907.7 2,883.3 2,917.9 4.5 4.4 4.5 4.4 127.9 127.4 127.3 130.8

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485.0 494.2 486.1 493.8 7.5 7.5 7.5 7.5 31.3 31.8 31.5 31.3

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,024.9 1,032.8 1,025.2 1,034.1 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.2 55.6 57.2 55.4 58.0

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,381.0 1,425.6 1,391.8 1,433.1 14.9 14.3 14.9 14.4 90.8 98.9 92.1 101.2

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 685.0 700.1 684.8 700.0 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.1 28.4 29.8 28.3 30.2

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,170.0 4,233.5 4,154.5 4,216.3 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 162.3 171.8 162.1 171.0

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 833.5 854.9 843.8 859.3 24.9 27.0 24.9 26.8 47.2 51.2 47.1 50.4

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,698.5 9,819.4 9,666.0 9,783.4 5.8 5.9 5.8 5.9 417.3 426.0 417.4 429.0

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,441.9 4,521.5 4,508.2 4,573.6 5.9 5.6 5.9 5.7 223.9 222.9 224.5 222.6

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434.6 436.7 433.9 438.0 21.5 21.5 21.6 21.1 29.4 32.1 29.6 32.4

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,577.1 5,614.4 5,591.6 5,622.8 12.4 12.8 12.6 12.9 234.0 229.1 234.3 231.4

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,675.1 1,691.6 1,685.5 1,689.2 53.9 53.3 54.3 52.4 80.7 87.4 82.2 85.0

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,899.7 1,943.6 1,906.7 1,945.1 7.4 7.7 7.4 7.8 108.9 113.8 110.3 114.8

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,982.3 6,023.2 5,984.8 6,030.2 29.2 30.2 29.2 30.0 269.2 277.1 268.7 275.5

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499.0 508.8 498.2 507.6 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 20.3 21.1 20.3 21.0

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,148.1 2,180.8 2,148.9 2,179.2 4.5 4.7 4.6 4.7 104.0 101.8 102.0 102.6

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443.0 455.0 445.5 455.2 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 25.2 25.8 25.2 25.9

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,029.7 3,090.0 3,063.9 3,107.3 4.4 4.5 4.4 4.5 126.9 128.4 127.6 126.2

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,475.6 12,808.5 12,524.9 12,817.8 248.9 257.2 251.4 256.8 741.3 789.9 749.3 793.9

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,503.7 1,558.6 1,516.6 1,562.5 9.6 9.9 9.6 10.1 107.5 114.0 107.7 113.5

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315.0 316.0 316.5 315.9 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 16.6 15.9 16.6 15.7

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,013.8 4,057.7 4,008.6 4,044.2 7.9 8.0 7.9 8.3 203.0 208.2 203.0 206.6

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,420.5 3,520.7 3,422.8 3,509.9 6.5 6.6 6.5 6.5 218.7 228.3 222.1 229.9

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 723.5 732.3 727.9 732.7 23.2 22.8 22.9 22.6 45.4 50.5 46.9 50.0

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,990.9 3,008.4 2,993.0 2,995.3 5.1 5.0 5.1 5.0 132.2 136.4 132.2 136.5

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292.6 298.5 292.5 296.7 20.8 20.1 21.0 19.7 21.5 23.7 22.1 23.2

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 846.7 862.7 852.9 865.8 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 25.5 26.9 26.0 27.1

Virgin Islands1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.0 34.8 33.3 34.9 – – – – 2.3 2.6 2.4 2.7

1 Mining and logging is combined with construction.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2018 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

July August July August July August

2018 2019 2018 2019p

2018 2019 2018 2019p2018 2019 2018 2019p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267.3 269.9 267.9 269.5 380.1 383.2 379.9 385.1 21.0 21.7 20.9 21.3

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.7 26.2 19.3 21.5 69.2 70.2 69.5 70.4 5.7 5.6 5.6 5.6

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170.8 179.9 171.0 180.2 530.1 539.7 531.7 540.7 47.2 46.6 47.0 46.8

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160.7 162.8 160.8 164.1 250.9 254.8 251.6 253.0 11.1 11.0 11.1 11.0

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,338.5 1,346.3 1,343.8 1,355.4 3,040.6 3,043.0 3,050.7 3,045.1 537.6 555.5 545.7 562.3

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148.9 150.2 148.8 150.3 471.7 476.9 472.2 476.0 75.8 75.5 75.4 73.9

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162.4 162.8 161.8 162.3 292.3 291.6 291.2 290.0 31.7 33.7 31.9 32.8

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.1 27.7 27.2 27.7 80.2 79.2 80.1 79.8 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.3 33.2 33.7 32.9 32.9 19.8 20.3 19.4 20.2

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372.8 384.2 373.9 384.7 1,762.7 1,792.1 1,766.4 1,793.2 138.4 136.8 139.7 135.3

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408.1 413.4 409.5 412.9 941.3 950.1 941.5 947.2 113.0 114.9 114.6 116.9

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.0 13.9 14.0 14.1 122.8 119.4 122.8 119.0 8.1 9.1 9.8 9.4

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69.0 71.8 68.9 71.7 143.7 146.2 144.8 145.7 9.0 8.3 8.9 8.3

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 592.1 596.3 591.9 595.1 1,215.0 1,223.2 1,213.1 1,222.4 95.3 91.0 96.0 91.9

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 544.2 545.4 544.5 541.3 599.0 598.3 597.9 595.9 29.4 28.0 29.1 27.9

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225.0 231.9 223.9 230.2 314.1 313.7 312.6 311.9 22.2 21.0 22.1 20.9

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166.0 167.5 166.1 168.4 268.0 267.7 268.2 269.5 18.7 18.5 18.5 18.5

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250.6 254.0 252.3 255.1 404.4 407.5 403.9 407.9 21.8 22.0 22.0 21.9

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135.4 137.6 135.8 137.7 378.3 381.5 379.6 380.8 21.7 21.6 21.6 21.7

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.5 53.5 53.1 54.3 122.1 122.9 121.5 123.5 7.5 7.1 7.5 7.1

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109.5 108.8 109.6 107.9 467.1 463.9 466.6 462.4 36.4 36.8 36.4 37.4

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246.2 244.9 245.3 245.3 581.8 583.7 580.0 581.3 92.2 93.9 93.1 95.2

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 628.2 632.8 634.6 635.8 795.3 795.0 797.9 793.8 56.6 58.1 56.5 57.7

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326.8 326.6 327.7 325.4 539.8 536.0 539.3 536.2 49.7 47.0 49.8 47.6

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144.2 146.7 144.0 145.7 229.9 233.3 230.0 234.1 11.0 11.2 11.0 10.9

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274.7 275.4 274.9 278.1 544.5 546.1 545.4 543.8 50.7 49.9 50.1 49.9

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.7 20.5 20.9 20.9 95.8 96.2 95.9 96.3 6.3 6.0 6.3 5.9

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.5 101.2 100.6 100.9 201.7 200.8 201.5 200.0 17.7 17.3 17.6 17.1

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.2 60.8 56.7 61.1 254.2 255.7 255.6 256.8 15.3 15.6 15.4 15.7

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71.4 70.6 71.4 70.4 139.6 143.2 139.7 142.2 12.7 12.4 12.6 12.4

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248.3 253.4 248.4 253.0 885.7 885.2 881.7 884.0 69.9 67.6 70.7 66.3

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.2 27.7 27.7 27.8 137.5 135.7 138.4 136.0 11.8 11.4 12.2 11.6

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446.8 443.8 446.7 442.7 1,551.1 1,568.4 1,545.5 1,560.1 278.2 280.3 279.4 280.7

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477.4 473.5 477.4 473.4 834.0 859.5 834.9 856.5 80.3 81.7 79.7 81.8

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.2 26.4 26.2 26.5 94.4 93.1 94.2 92.6 6.2 6.1 6.2 6.1

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 701.5 703.8 702.6 704.1 1,025.0 1,023.8 1,024.5 1,020.4 71.2 70.9 71.0 69.7

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138.0 136.1 137.9 135.5 298.3 303.4 299.2 304.2 20.1 18.7 19.9 18.6

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199.3 206.7 198.7 206.3 351.6 356.1 354.0 355.1 34.4 33.2 34.3 33.3

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 574.6 565.4 573.8 564.8 1,117.2 1,120.9 1,116.5 1,115.3 86.1 88.9 85.9 89.1

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.7 38.7 40.3 39.0 77.1 79.0 77.0 79.2 5.7 6.0 6.0 6.0

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249.4 257.4 247.8 254.1 407.9 416.0 407.6 413.8 28.6 27.5 28.6 27.6

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.9 46.7 44.7 46.1 87.5 91.3 87.6 90.4 5.6 5.6 5.7 5.6

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351.2 360.4 353.0 359.3 625.0 633.8 626.8 631.0 44.4 46.4 44.7 46.5

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 885.9 914.3 888.1 913.7 2,475.1 2,526.6 2,487.3 2,533.9 205.9 203.6 204.2 201.1

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133.6 140.2 133.8 140.1 286.2 288.6 287.8 290.2 39.0 41.7 39.6 40.8

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.2 30.6 30.2 30.3 54.7 55.0 54.8 54.8 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.3

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241.9 247.6 241.6 247.4 660.1 653.5 659.6 650.2 68.0 64.3 67.4 63.4

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291.4 302.4 291.5 302.0 641.4 650.5 644.4 651.1 136.8 144.3 137.8 146.1

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.0 47.9 47.2 47.4 128.9 130.6 128.8 129.7 8.1 7.7 8.1 7.7

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484.3 479.1 484.5 477.6 545.7 551.1 546.8 551.4 47.6 48.5 47.5 48.9

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.7 10.2 9.8 10.2 53.4 55.4 53.1 55.3 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.5

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71.5 73.2 71.9 73.3 167.2 167.1 167.9 166.9 17.4 18.1 17.5 18.2

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 6.8 7.0 6.7 7.0 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2018 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

July August July August July August

2018 2019 2018 2019p

2018 2019 2018 2019p2018 2019 2018 2019p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96.7 98.8 96.8 98.2 245.0 253.0 246.1 256.0 243.3 248.5 245.1 249.1

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.4 12.1 12.3 12.1 28.5 29.7 28.7 29.0 50.3 50.2 50.3 50.0

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221.6 221.3 221.8 224.8 427.5 437.4 432.3 436.5 433.9 458.6 445.4 463.6

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.0 62.9 61.2 63.4 145.0 145.6 145.7 144.5 187.5 189.0 189.6 191.5

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 841.0 846.3 840.3 845.9 2,669.9 2,749.2 2,689.1 2,766.4 2,690.8 2,778.6 2,713.2 2,795.4

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173.0 170.9 172.3 173.6 434.3 459.7 433.6 460.1 339.1 348.0 340.7 348.9

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127.2 129.8 126.5 128.3 222.8 222.6 223.4 222.7 328.2 337.2 326.8 332.6

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.9 48.4 47.4 48.2 64.6 62.5 64.1 62.2 79.6 82.1 79.3 82.1

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.2 30.2 30.1 30.1 168.9 170.7 167.9 170.7 125.6 128.3 126.6 128.1

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 576.2 596.9 577.0 596.3 1,363.0 1,401.6 1,372.1 1,414.1 1,281.1 1,353.4 1,301.6 1,359.8

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249.1 251.4 249.3 253.0 688.9 703.7 697.0 706.2 578.6 593.9 587.9 605.7

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.7 28.2 28.6 28.4 82.4 82.9 82.9 83.9 84.7 85.8 84.9 85.8

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.4 38.4 37.1 38.6 96.5 103.1 96.7 102.2 105.8 108.9 104.1 106.0

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407.0 410.4 407.5 409.4 964.0 977.0 970.0 982.2 918.2 934.2 920.2 936.2

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141.0 139.9 140.6 140.8 343.8 351.6 347.1 355.6 462.4 484.7 465.4 488.7

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110.2 109.0 109.9 109.2 143.3 143.7 142.7 144.3 225.2 228.7 227.1 227.5

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77.8 76.9 77.6 77.7 181.5 186.1 181.6 185.3 197.7 199.3 197.8 198.4

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93.5 94.6 93.8 94.4 216.3 218.9 218.2 217.1 274.8 284.6 276.6 285.8

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91.4 90.4 91.3 90.3 212.5 214.6 213.2 215.6 311.2 320.8 316.3 326.5

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.6 33.5 32.6 33.0 71.1 71.4 70.9 71.3 125.3 125.8 125.1 124.9

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145.7 144.0 145.1 145.1 458.0 461.8 458.7 455.1 469.5 475.8 466.9 473.9

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225.7 228.0 225.3 228.2 598.2 602.7 598.2 606.3 790.1 809.6 784.5 805.1

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222.5 225.9 222.2 226.4 648.7 652.9 655.0 659.9 672.3 661.4 672.6 659.9

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186.8 187.5 186.8 188.3 383.7 383.7 384.2 382.4 538.4 542.1 539.6 538.4

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.6 45.8 44.6 46.1 106.4 110.8 109.5 111.5 141.3 143.6 145.1 145.6

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175.3 175.4 175.0 175.6 389.7 394.4 390.9 393.6 477.3 485.8 476.5 489.7

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.3 26.6 25.2 26.8 43.9 46.5 44.1 46.9 76.0 77.3 76.4 77.3

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.6 75.5 74.4 75.3 120.4 122.0 119.6 122.1 154.0 155.5 155.0 156.7

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.5 71.6 68.5 72.3 189.9 200.5 193.6 203.3 139.4 143.1 141.4 144.0

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.8 34.5 34.8 34.5 84.6 87.0 84.6 87.1 124.4 128.6 124.3 128.2

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254.4 249.1 254.1 250.2 675.6 685.2 677.2 682.5 693.1 709.2 688.6 709.5

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.4 35.3 34.4 35.6 107.2 110.7 107.9 110.1 136.1 138.9 137.8 139.9

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 733.3 732.1 732.0 727.9 1,364.7 1,365.3 1,363.5 1,360.0 2,006.6 2,064.3 2,001.8 2,058.1

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242.7 251.4 242.8 251.4 639.0 648.8 645.5 658.5 607.0 616.9 611.8 618.1

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.5 23.6 24.3 23.9 35.7 37.2 35.6 37.5 63.2 66.3 63.0 66.4

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312.2 311.9 311.4 312.4 739.3 746.4 741.4 749.6 924.2 933.5 930.1 939.3

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.6 80.2 79.6 80.5 192.6 194.4 193.3 191.2 234.5 238.2 235.7 237.0

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103.7 103.3 103.7 103.4 251.0 259.3 252.5 262.0 286.9 298.3 289.0 299.2

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329.1 332.1 329.0 332.4 809.4 813.3 809.0 816.0 1,239.2 1,253.5 1,241.6 1,261.2

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.5 36.5 35.3 36.4 69.7 68.8 70.0 69.2 102.9 107.4 102.2 107.1

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106.0 107.0 105.6 105.6 287.3 289.3 292.8 291.6 250.8 254.0 253.5 258.0

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.4 29.1 29.3 29.2 33.3 34.6 33.3 34.3 71.9 73.1 72.5 74.1

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163.8 168.5 164.2 168.7 412.5 418.5 418.3 426.3 429.5 432.8 433.9 436.3

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 781.5 809.7 783.6 811.3 1,743.8 1,788.9 1,757.8 1,789.2 1,689.1 1,735.2 1,705.1 1,750.6

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88.5 91.0 88.8 91.2 217.8 229.1 218.8 229.0 196.6 209.0 199.7 209.7

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.6 12.4 12.4 12.2 29.9 30.5 30.1 30.5 66.2 66.1 65.5 65.6

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210.2 212.2 209.8 211.6 756.6 771.6 757.7 768.5 533.7 547.1 535.5 549.2

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159.6 167.0 160.0 166.0 430.5 445.5 435.0 446.2 483.2 503.4 485.5 507.6

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.2 29.7 29.2 29.6 69.8 69.0 70.2 68.3 126.3 128.8 127.6 130.4

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154.7 156.1 154.7 155.3 331.0 325.1 331.0 326.7 448.6 452.2 450.7 453.1

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.3 11.2 11.3 11.2 19.7 19.6 19.7 19.0 27.5 27.2 27.5 27.4

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.4 43.2 41.5 43.1 120.3 122.8 120.2 123.7 109.3 115.5 111.3 116.8

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.8 1.9 1.8 1.9 3.2 3.6 3.3 3.6 2.1 2.2 2.1 2.2

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2018 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

July August July August July August

2018 2019 2018 2019p

2018 2019 2018 2019p2018 2019 2018 2019p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211.5 220.0 211.7 218.3 96.6 101.0 96.8 99.6 376.3 375.6 379.7 380.9

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.7 44.0 43.8 43.2 11.3 11.0 11.2 10.9 75.3 76.0 76.7 76.9

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318.5 324.7 322.2 326.0 92.8 94.3 92.6 95.5 367.8 367.1 407.9 413.8

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120.2 127.4 122.1 125.5 53.9 53.9 53.8 53.7 198.0 198.9 201.4 202.9

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,022.1 2,063.9 2,019.1 2,056.4 577.6 579.5 576.8 577.5 2,430.2 2,471.7 2,463.6 2,505.3

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355.1 365.7 353.6 363.3 112.1 115.4 111.7 115.2 428.9 433.5 436.1 441.6

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168.8 174.0 166.9 172.9 67.3 65.8 66.8 66.3 220.4 219.2 220.5 219.4

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.4 59.2 57.2 58.8 18.9 18.7 18.8 18.4 64.1 65.7 62.5 64.0

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.5 83.0 79.3 82.8 77.3 79.4 76.5 78.7 248.7 246.6 237.8 236.0

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,218.4 1,250.4 1,220.6 1,245.5 353.5 362.8 353.3 361.6 1,030.2 1,039.2 1,109.9 1,120.0

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502.0 515.2 500.1 516.5 162.3 162.6 161.1 161.6 667.4 674.5 691.2 697.3

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124.2 126.6 124.4 127.7 28.1 28.6 27.9 28.5 117.6 119.1 119.2 117.4

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84.8 86.8 84.6 86.0 26.2 26.9 26.3 26.7 118.3 120.4 117.6 120.2

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 644.0 671.4 646.9 659.0 257.6 259.3 256.6 259.8 789.6 795.5 790.9 796.9

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321.0 320.0 321.3 316.4 133.6 133.0 132.7 131.1 376.9 385.9 417.9 420.4

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151.2 154.4 150.6 152.4 58.3 60.7 57.7 59.7 242.3 241.2 245.6 244.5

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132.9 139.1 132.5 140.4 51.1 52.8 51.1 52.4 234.5 235.5 245.1 245.7

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204.8 208.7 204.5 209.2 65.6 66.5 65.8 66.5 296.6 295.2 303.0 301.3

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236.6 239.0 237.9 236.8 73.9 75.7 73.8 75.9 315.1 313.2 318.8 316.6

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88.1 91.7 87.0 90.3 23.1 23.5 22.8 22.8 91.7 90.8 91.2 90.8

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304.0 306.5 302.1 304.7 116.0 116.9 115.3 116.4 476.8 482.4 478.4 485.1

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406.9 418.7 407.2 416.2 145.1 148.1 144.4 146.7 420.3 425.4 411.6 417.9

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460.5 475.2 462.1 471.2 168.7 172.9 169.1 172.4 559.0 565.3 563.6 572.9

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291.7 303.6 293.8 306.8 116.2 114.2 115.7 115.0 403.6 404.3 399.8 400.7

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136.2 143.5 138.3 141.5 41.4 41.3 41.2 41.3 231.7 233.2 237.7 239.8

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319.5 330.3 320.7 326.7 117.1 118.5 116.4 118.2 393.3 400.1 401.6 407.1

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.2 74.8 73.0 74.3 19.1 20.0 19.1 19.4 85.9 87.0 86.2 87.2

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95.6 97.3 96.4 97.2 37.3 38.0 37.0 37.0 166.3 166.9 166.5 168.6

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357.1 366.4 356.5 364.0 42.6 42.8 42.9 43.2 152.1 155.9 154.2 157.1

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83.2 85.6 82.1 85.1 26.0 26.8 25.9 26.6 78.9 80.5 80.0 82.2

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431.7 458.8 431.6 454.1 175.2 178.7 174.2 178.7 572.4 573.1 564.5 565.6

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101.0 107.3 101.0 105.0 31.0 30.9 30.3 30.1 175.2 178.8 182.1 186.0

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,014.6 1,039.6 1,008.4 1,040.0 415.8 419.1 413.8 416.2 1,464.3 1,474.6 1,451.7 1,462.8

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 526.7 548.2 525.3 539.9 156.9 162.9 156.3 159.6 648.1 650.1 704.1 706.1

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.9 40.1 41.4 40.7 15.4 14.5 15.3 14.8 76.2 75.8 76.5 76.0

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 598.8 617.9 598.2 611.1 216.9 215.3 215.9 215.7 741.6 749.0 749.6 756.2

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174.4 175.0 175.4 174.5 72.0 75.1 71.8 75.0 331.0 329.8 336.2 335.3

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220.8 225.0 221.4 224.9 65.1 63.8 64.9 63.0 270.6 276.4 270.5 275.3

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 606.4 615.0 606.4 612.1 266.0 267.8 264.6 266.7 655.9 659.0 660.1 667.1

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.1 68.1 65.8 67.1 24.1 24.7 24.0 24.5 57.7 58.3 57.1 57.9

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276.5 285.9 269.9 278.3 77.1 78.1 77.8 78.6 356.0 359.1 358.7 364.3

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.7 54.5 53.4 55.3 17.3 17.8 17.1 17.2 75.1 75.4 75.6 76.0

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348.6 367.9 350.4 364.5 119.4 120.2 119.0 118.6 404.0 408.6 421.6 425.4

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,384.6 1,439.1 1,386.5 1,429.2 440.1 456.7 438.0 455.7 1,879.4 1,887.3 1,873.6 1,882.4

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152.9 158.5 154.7 158.1 42.4 43.2 42.2 43.4 229.6 233.4 233.9 236.4

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.2 41.5 39.0 41.2 10.5 10.4 10.5 10.3 50.9 48.5 52.3 50.2

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430.9 440.1 428.9 439.1 204.4 206.9 203.4 205.4 697.1 698.2 693.8 694.5

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355.7 366.9 358.2 366.5 124.2 130.1 124.3 128.9 572.5 575.7 557.5 559.1

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.5 78.9 76.1 77.5 24.6 24.2 24.5 23.9 144.5 142.2 146.4 145.6

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306.6 318.2 305.8 313.8 153.2 155.7 153.2 154.8 381.9 381.0 381.5 372.2

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.8 43.4 42.0 43.2 16.7 17.9 16.5 17.9 65.6 66.2 66.0 66.1

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.7 78.9 75.7 78.3 17.1 17.3 17.3 17.4 201.8 199.2 203.1 200.5

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.1 4.5 4.1 4.5 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.1 10.6 10.8 10.8 10.7

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2018 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

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

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