For release 10:00 a.m. (EST) Friday, November 17, 2017 USDL-17-1506 

Technical information: 

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STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT — OCTOBER 2017 

Unemployment rates were lower in October in 12 states, higher in 1 state, and stable in 37 states and the 

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

rate decreases from a year earlier, 2 states and the District had increases, and 25 states had little or no 

change. The national unemployment rate edged down to 4.1 percent in October and was 0.7 percentage 

point lower than a year earlier. 

Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 9 states in October 2017, decreased in 3 states, and was 

essentially unchanged in 38 states and the District of Columbia. Over the year, 27 states added nonfarm 

payroll jobs and 23 states and the District were essentially unchanged. 

Unemployment 

Hawaii had the lowest unemployment rate in October, 2.2 percent, followed by North Dakota, 2.5 

percent. The rates in Alabama (3.6 percent), Hawaii (2.2 percent), and Texas (3.9 percent) set new series 

lows. (All state series begin in 1976.) Alaska had the highest jobless rate, 7.2 percent. In total, 14 states 

and the District of Columbia had unemployment rates higher than the U.S. figure of 4.1 percent, 13 

states had lower rates, and 23 states had rates that were not appreciably different from that of the nation. 

(See tables A and 1 and map 1.) 

Data for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands 

The Puerto Rico household survey was conducted for the October 2017 reference period. However, the 

response rate was below average, in part as a result of difficulties accessing some remote areas that were 

significantly affected by Hurricanes Irma and Maria. As more information becomes available, the 

October not-seasonally-adjusted estimates for Puerto Rico published in table 2 of this news release may 

be subject to special revision. Furthermore, BLS was not able to seasonally adjust the October estimates 

because the household survey was not conducted in September. BLS is researching how best to resume 

the seasonal adjustment process for Puerto Rico’s household data. 
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Response rates for the October 2017 establishment survey were lower than average in Puerto Rico. In 

addition, a modification was made to the estimation process that accounts for business births and deaths. 

As of this release, a sufficient amount of establishment data was collected to produce final estimates for 

September. 

The U.S. Virgin Islands was not able to administer its establishment survey for either September or 

October 2017. 

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

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

In October, 12 states had unemployment rate decreases, the largest of which was in Minnesota (-0.4 

percentage point). The only over-the-month rate increase occurred in North Dakota (+0.1 percentage 

point). The remaining 37 states and the District of Columbia had jobless rates that were not notably 

different from those of a month earlier, though some had changes that were at least as large numerically 

as the significant changes. (See table B.) 

Twenty-three states had unemployment rate decreases from October 2016. The largest declines occurred 

in Alabama and Tennessee (-2.5 percentage points and -2.0 points, respectively). The only over-the-year 

rate increases were in the District of Columbia (+0.8 percentage point) and Alaska and South Dakota 

(+0.6 point each). (See table C.) 

Nonfarm Payroll Employment 

Nine states had over-the-month increases in nonfarm payroll employment in October 2017. The largest 

increase in employment over the month occurred in Florida (+125,300), followed by Texas (+71,500) 

and California (+31,700). In percentage terms, the largest increase occurred in Florida (+1.5 percent), 

followed by Oregon and Texas (+0.6 percent each). Three states had over-the-month decreases in 

nonfarm payroll employment in October: Connecticut (-6,600, or -0.4 percent), Nebraska (-6,600, or 

-0.6 percent), and South Dakota (-2,400, or -0.5 percent). (See tables D and 3.) 

Twenty-seven states had over-the-year increases in nonfarm payroll employment in October. The 

largest job gains occurred in Texas (+316,100), California (+256,800), and Florida (+197,500). The 

largest percentage gain occurred in Nevada (+2.8 percent), followed by Utah (+2.7 percent) and Texas 

(+2.6 percent). (See table E and map 2.) 

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

be released on Thursday, November 30, 2017, at 10:00 a.m. (EST). The State Employment and 

Unemployment news release for November is scheduled to be released on Friday, December 22, 

2017, at 10:00 a.m. (EST). 
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Conversion to the 2017 North American Industry Classification System 

With the release of January 2018 data on March 12, 2018, the Current Employment Statistics (CES) 

survey will revise the basis for industry classification from the 2012 North American Industry 

Classification System (NAICS) to the 2017 NAICS for all states and metropolitan areas. The 

conversion to NAICS 2017 will result in minor revisions reflecting content and coding changes within 

the retail trade and information sectors. Several industry titles and descriptions also will be updated. 

Details of new, discontinued, and collapsed industries as a result of the NAICS 2017 update, as well as 

changes due to the annual benchmarking process, will be available on March 12, 2018. 

For more information on NAICS 2017, see www.census.gov/eos/www/naics/. 
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State Rate p

United States 1 ................................................ 4.1

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

California ................................................................. 4.9

Colorado .................................................................. 2.7

Delaware ................................................................. 4.8

District of Columbia ................................................ 6.6

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

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

Illinois ....................................................................... 4.9

Iowa ......................................................................... 3.0

Kentucky ................................................................. 5.0

Louisiana ................................................................. 4.8

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

Mississippi ............................................................... 4.9

Nebraska ................................................................. 2.7

Nevada .................................................................... 5.0

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

New Jersey ............................................................. 4.9

New Mexico ............................................................. 6.1

New York ................................................................. 4.8

North Dakota ........................................................... 2.5

Ohio ......................................................................... 5.1

Pennsylvania ........................................................... 4.7

South Dakota .......................................................... 3.5

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

Utah ......................................................................... 3.3

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

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

Wisconsin ............................................................... 3.4

1

 Data are not preliminary.

p

 = preliminary.

Table A. States with unemployment rates significantly different from that

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

to October 2017, seasonally adjusted

September 2017 October 2017 p

Alabama .......................................... 3.8 3.6 -0.2

Arizona ............................................ 4.7 4.5 -.2

California ......................................... 5.1 4.9 -.2

Florida ............................................. 3.8 3.6 -.2

Hawaii ............................................. 2.5 2.2 -.3

Iowa ................................................. 3.2 3.0 -.2

Kansas ............................................ 3.8 3.6 -.2

Minnesota ........................................ 3.7 3.3 -.4

Missouri ........................................... 3.8 3.5 -.3

North Dakota ................................... 2.4 2.5 .1

Pennsylvania ................................... 4.8 4.7 -.1

Texas .............................................. 4.0 3.9 -.1

Utah ................................................. 3.4 3.3 -.1

p

 = preliminary.

State

Rate Over-the-month 

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

to October 2017, seasonally adjusted

October 2016 October 2017 p

Alabama .......................................... 6.1 3.6 -2.5

Alaska ............................................. 6.6 7.2 .6

California ......................................... 5.3 4.9 -.4

District of Columbia ........................ 5.8 6.6 .8

Florida ............................................. 4.9 3.6 -1.3

Georgia ........................................... 5.4 4.3 -1.1

Hawaii ............................................. 2.9 2.2 -.7

Idaho ............................................... 3.7 2.9 -.8

Illinois .............................................. 5.8 4.9 -.9

Iowa ................................................. 3.6 3.0 -.6

Kansas ............................................ 4.3 3.6 -.7

Louisiana ......................................... 6.1 4.8 -1.3

Minnesota ........................................ 4.0 3.3 -.7

Missouri ........................................... 4.6 3.5 -1.1

Nebraska ......................................... 3.3 2.7 -.6

New Mexico ..................................... 6.8 6.1 -.7

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

North Dakota ................................... 3.0 2.5 -.5

Pennsylvania ................................... 5.5 4.7 -.8

Rhode Island ................................... 5.1 4.2 -.9

South Dakota .................................. 2.9 3.5 .6

Tennessee ...................................... 5.0 3.0 -2.0

Texas .............................................. 4.8 3.9 -.9

Washington ..................................... 5.3 4.5 -.8

Wisconsin ....................................... 4.2 3.4 -.8

Wyoming ......................................... 5.0 4.2 -.8

p

 = preliminary.

State

Rate Over-the-year 

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

October 2017, seasonally adjusted

September October

2017 2017 p Level Percent

California ................................... 16,828,600 16,860,300 31,700 0.2

Connecticut ............................... 1,687,200 1,680,600 -6,600 -.4

Florida ....................................... 8,529,800 8,655,100 125,300 1.5

Georgia ..................................... 4,494,300 4,510,100 15,800 .4

Idaho ......................................... 715,800 719,400 3,600 .5

Nebraska ................................... 1,034,000 1,027,400 -6,600 -.6

North Carolina ............................ 4,427,900 4,439,300 11,400 .3

Oregon ...................................... 1,879,500 1,891,100 11,600 .6

South Carolina ........................... 2,092,400 2,102,500 10,100 .5

South Dakota ............................. 437,300 434,900 -2,400 -.5

Texas ........................................ 12,323,400 12,394,900 71,500 .6

Wisconsin ................................. 2,962,000 2,972,500 10,500 .4

p

 = preliminary.

Over-the-month change p

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

October 2017, seasonally adjusted

October October

2016 2017 p Level Percent

Alabama .................................... 1,983,000 2,012,200 29,200 1.5

Arizona ...................................... 2,731,000 2,762,500 31,500 1.2

Arkansas ................................... 1,234,700 1,258,200 23,500 1.9

California ................................... 16,603,500 16,860,300 256,800 1.5

Colorado .................................... 2,621,200 2,659,000 37,800 1.4

Florida ....................................... 8,457,600 8,655,100 197,500 2.3

Georgia ..................................... 4,422,300 4,510,100 87,800 2.0

Idaho ......................................... 702,700 719,400 16,700 2.4

Kentucky ................................... 1,920,800 1,949,400 28,600 1.5

Maryland ................................... 2,721,800 2,776,200 54,400 2.0

 

Massachusetts .......................... 3,574,500 3,643,500 69,000 1.9

Michigan .................................... 4,364,900 4,410,000 45,100 1.0

Minnesota .................................. 2,908,400 2,951,000 42,600 1.5

Missouri .................................... 2,860,300 2,891,000 30,700 1.1

Nevada ...................................... 1,315,300 1,351,900 36,600 2.8

New Mexico ............................... 830,800 844,000 13,200 1.6

New York ................................... 9,420,800 9,523,400 102,600 1.1

North Carolina ............................ 4,364,100 4,439,300 75,200 1.7

Ohio .......................................... 5,491,500 5,550,900 59,400 1.1

Oregon ...................................... 1,844,800 1,891,100 46,300 2.5

 

Pennsylvania .............................. 5,908,000 5,973,800 65,800 1.1

South Carolina ........................... 2,060,000 2,102,500 42,500 2.1

Tennessee ................................. 2,988,600 3,023,400 34,800 1.2

Texas ........................................ 12,078,800 12,394,900 316,100 2.6

Utah .......................................... 1,442,700 1,481,700 39,000 2.7

Washington ............................... 3,274,900 3,343,400 68,500 2.1

Wisconsin ................................. 2,930,100 2,972,500 42,400 1.4

p

 = preliminary.

State Over-the-year change p
Technical Note

This release presents civilian labor force and 

unemployment data for states and selected substate areas from 

the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program 

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

employment estimates by state and industry supersector from 

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

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

cooperative endeavors.

Civilian labor force and unemployment—from the 

LAUS program 

Definitions. The civilian labor force and unemployment 

data are based on the same concepts and definitions as those 

used for the official national estimates obtained from the 

Current Population Survey (CPS), a sample survey of 

households that is conducted for the Bureau of Labor Statistics 

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

measures employed persons and unemployed persons on a 

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

noninstitutional population 16 years of age and older. 

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

profit in the reference week (typically the week including the 

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

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

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

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

illness, or vacation. 

Unemployed persons are those who were not employed 

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

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

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

persons on layoff expecting recall need not be looking for work 

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

sum of employed and unemployed persons. The unemployment 

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

labor force.

Method of estimation. Estimates for 48 states, the 

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

metropolitan division, New York City, and the balances of 

California and New York state are produced using time-series 

models. This method, which underwent substantial 

enhancement at the beginning of 2015, utilizes data from 

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

unemployment insurance (UI) programs. Estimates for the state 

of California are derived by summing the estimates for the Los 

Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale metropolitan division and the 

balance of California. Similarly, estimates for New York state 

are derived by summing the estimates for New York City and 

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

substate areas contained in this release (the Cleveland-Elyria 

and Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metropolitan areas and the 

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

and their respective balances of state are produced using a 

similar model-based approach.

Each month, estimates for the nine census divisions first

are modeled using inputs from the CPS only and controlled to 

the national totals. State estimates then are controlled to their 

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

estimates for the five areas noted above also are controlled to 

their respective state totals. This tiered process of controlling 

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

benchmarking. Estimates for Puerto Rico are derived from a 

monthly household survey similar to the CPS. A more detailed 

description of the estimation procedures is available from BLS 

upon request. 

Annual revisions. Civilian labor force and 

unemployment data for prior years reflect adjustments made 

after the end of each year. The adjusted estimates reflect 

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

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

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

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

release of January estimates. With the introduction of a new 

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

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

or 1994.

Seasonal adjustment. The LAUS models decompose the 

estimates of employed and unemployed persons into trend, 

seasonal, and irregular components. The trend component of 

each measure is then smoothed using a Trend-Cycle Cascade 

Filter, which combines the Henderson trend filter with a 

seasonal filter. This combined filter suppresses variability due 

to real-time benchmarking while simultaneously removing any 

residual seasonality that may be present in the series. The 

resulting smoothed-seasonally adjusted unemployment rate 

estimates are analyzed in this news release and published on the 

BLS website. During estimation for the current year, the 

smoothed-seasonally adjusted estimates for a given month are 

created using an asymmetric filter that incorporates information 

from previous observations only. For annual revisions, 

historical data are smoothed using a two-sided filter. 

Area definitions. The substate area data published in this 

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

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

list of the geographic definitions is available online at 

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

Employment—from the CES program 

Definitions. Employment data refer to persons on 

establishment payrolls who receive pay for any part of the pay 

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

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

those appearing on more than one payroll are counted on each 

payroll. Industries are classified on the basis of their principal 

activity in accordance with the 2012 version of the North 

American Industry Classification System. 

Method of estimation. CES State and Area employment 

data are produced using several estimation procedures. Where 

possible these data are produced using a "weighted link 

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

employment is computed from a sample of establishments 

reporting for both months. The estimates of employment for the 

current month are then obtained by multiplying these ratios by 

the previous month’s employment estimates. The weighted link 

relative technique is utilized for data series where the sample 

size meets certain statistical criteria. 

For some employment series, the sample of 

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

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

use the direct sample estimates (described above), combined 

with forecasts of historical (benchmarked) data to decrease 

volatility in estimation. Two different models (Fay-Herriot 

Model and Small Domain Model) are used depending on the 

industry level being estimated. For more detailed information 

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

Annual revisions. Employment estimates are adjusted 

annually to a complete count of jobs, called benchmarks, 

derived principally from tax reports that are submitted by 

employers who are covered under state unemployment 

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

adjust the monthly estimates between the new benchmark and 

the preceding one and also to establish the level of employment 

for the new benchmark month. Thus, the benchmarking process 

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

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

subsequent months. Information on recent benchmark revisions 

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

Seasonal adjustment. Payroll employment data are 

seasonally adjusted at the statewide supersector level. In some 

states, the seasonally adjusted payroll employment total is 

computed by aggregating the independently adjusted 

supersector series. In other states, the seasonally adjusted 

payroll employment total is independently adjusted. Revisions 

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

year, coincident with annual benchmark adjustments.

Caution on aggregating state data. State estimation 

procedures are designed to produce accurate data for each 

individual state. BLS independently develops a national 

employment series; state estimates are not forced to sum to 

national totals. Because each state series is subject to larger 

sampling and nonsampling errors than the national series, 

summing them cumulates individual state-level errors and can 

cause significant distortions at an aggregate level. Due to these 

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

employment series, and cautions users that such a series is 

subject to a relatively large and volatile error structure.

Reliability of the estimates

The estimates presented in this release are based on 

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

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

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

occurs by chance because a sample rather than the entire 

population is surveyed. Survey data also are subject to 

nonsampling errors, such as those which can be introduced into 

the data collection and processing operations. Estimates not 

directly derived from sample surveys are subject to additional 

errors resulting from the specific estimation processes used.

Use of error measures. Changes in state unemployment 

rates and state nonfarm payroll employment are cited in the 

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

statistically significant at the 90-percent confidence level. 

Furthermore, state unemployment rates for the current month 

generally are cited only if they have been determined to be 

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

confidence level. The underlying model-based standard error 

measures for unemployment rates and over-the-month and 

over-the-year changes in rates are available at 

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

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

payroll employment data at the total nonfarm and supersector 

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

Measures of nonsampling error are not available.

Additional information

Estimates of civilian labor force and unemployment from 

the LAUS program, as well as nonfarm payroll employment 

from the CES program, for metropolitan areas and metropolitan 

divisions are available in the news release Metropolitan Area 

Employment and Unemployment. Estimates of civilian labor 

force, employed persons, unemployed persons, and 

unemployment rates for approximately 7,500 subnational areas 

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

from the CES program for states and metropolitan areas are 

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

release will be made available to sensory impaired individuals 

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

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

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

State and area

Civilian labor force Unemployed

Oct.

2016

Aug.

2017

Sept.

2017

Oct.

2017p

Number Percent of labor force

Oct.

2016

Aug.

2017

Sept.

2017

Oct.

2017p

Oct.

2016

Aug.

2017

Sept.

2017

Oct.

2017p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,180,736 2,148,116 2,151,656 2,156,934 133,875 90,756 82,562 77,358 6.1 4.2 3.8 3.6

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359,784 365,088 364,072 363,331 23,796 26,146 26,235 26,163 6.6 7.2 7.2 7.2

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,253,295 3,303,219 3,315,109 3,317,898 163,462 164,825 156,649 147,946 5.0 5.0 4.7 4.5

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,340,169 1,378,157 1,379,610 1,378,419 53,565 47,729 48,635 49,314 4.0 3.5 3.5 3.6

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,159,462 19,169,290 19,295,733 19,358,025 1,014,757 972,953 987,010 952,152 5.3 5.1 5.1 4.9

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale1. . . . 5,058,837 5,132,182 5,163,733 5,176,447 258,979 245,244 251,214 245,523 5.1 4.8 4.9 4.7

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,905,146 2,991,860 3,010,114 3,020,646 91,049 72,589 76,526 81,366 3.1 2.4 2.5 2.7

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,888,778 1,923,215 1,913,982 1,906,087 86,887 92,184 87,100 85,647 4.6 4.8 4.6 4.5

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470,912 478,011 478,982 478,257 20,408 23,511 23,423 22,731 4.3 4.9 4.9 4.8

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392,862 402,330 402,005 400,847 22,942 25,712 26,231 26,553 5.8 6.4 6.5 6.6

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,900,774 10,095,925 10,115,461 10,117,011 487,137 408,109 385,319 368,524 4.9 4.0 3.8 3.6

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall1. . . . . . . . . . . 1,354,062 1,392,300 1,395,347 1,390,829 73,922 63,730 62,659 62,411 5.5 4.6 4.5 4.5

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,962,078 5,046,000 5,070,396 5,085,519 269,621 235,690 225,171 219,660 5.4 4.7 4.4 4.3

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 689,772 690,397 688,776 686,615 20,164 18,038 17,007 15,144 2.9 2.6 2.5 2.2

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 819,510 819,892 823,696 828,546 30,485 23,417 23,018 23,622 3.7 2.9 2.8 2.9

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,507,953 6,425,845 6,424,858 6,424,376 375,351 323,009 321,617 317,157 5.8 5.0 5.0 4.9

Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights1. . . 3,793,345 3,756,616 3,765,208 3,765,868 223,368 182,146 190,466 192,593 5.9 4.8 5.1 5.1

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,318,151 3,336,497 3,341,796 3,330,102 138,972 116,707 126,375 128,726 4.2 3.5 3.8 3.9

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,697,013 1,683,061 1,686,979 1,686,691 60,840 55,281 54,680 50,980 3.6 3.3 3.2 3.0

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,480,104 1,483,721 1,487,227 1,487,690 63,818 57,217 56,781 53,861 4.3 3.9 3.8 3.6

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,005,474 2,060,365 2,061,849 2,061,944 98,662 112,443 107,148 102,836 4.9 5.5 5.2 5.0

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,105,475 2,082,352 2,083,328 2,086,965 127,783 107,474 105,736 100,275 6.1 5.2 5.1 4.8

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 695,060 705,160 705,266 704,153 27,153 26,770 26,101 24,975 3.9 3.8 3.7 3.5

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,178,220 3,242,268 3,251,906 3,251,538 133,973 127,133 122,395 122,335 4.2 3.9 3.8 3.8

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,585,359 3,680,507 3,669,467 3,656,098 115,209 154,238 142,538 134,795 3.2 4.2 3.9 3.7

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,851,673 4,832,984 4,851,275 4,859,067 243,558 189,919 208,573 217,823 5.0 3.9 4.3 4.5

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,079,728 2,076,652 2,087,118 2,089,990 115,053 67,418 75,905 82,137 5.5 3.2 3.6 3.9

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,002,158 3,054,016 3,069,062 3,073,826 120,714 116,241 112,150 102,919 4.0 3.8 3.7 3.3

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,282,625 1,282,978 1,277,975 1,272,070 72,627 68,318 66,040 62,534 5.7 5.3 5.2 4.9

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,105,710 3,042,669 3,055,733 3,051,938 143,475 120,183 116,159 105,479 4.6 3.9 3.8 3.5

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 527,716 524,996 525,882 525,681 21,275 20,255 20,391 20,389 4.0 3.9 3.9 3.9

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,011,465 1,008,161 1,010,354 1,010,777 33,173 28,064 27,832 27,039 3.3 2.8 2.8 2.7

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,432,366 1,445,620 1,451,447 1,457,092 75,872 70,610 71,764 72,465 5.3 4.9 4.9 5.0

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750,989 751,965 750,028 747,906 20,921 20,018 20,063 20,129 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.7

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,511,792 4,515,791 4,524,302 4,520,764 218,554 201,813 212,993 220,874 4.8 4.5 4.7 4.9

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 928,137 929,297 930,322 931,506 62,861 58,221 57,652 57,127 6.8 6.3 6.2 6.1

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,530,003 9,657,374 9,693,682 9,712,825 467,406 466,141 472,629 470,688 4.9 4.8 4.9 4.8

New York City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,125,135 4,233,610 4,243,870 4,247,333 213,823 207,175 214,579 213,855 5.2 4.9 5.1 5.0

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,901,670 4,902,196 4,931,077 4,946,249 251,275 200,167 200,222 203,890 5.1 4.1 4.1 4.1

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417,273 418,029 417,976 418,521 12,661 9,527 9,924 10,315 3.0 2.3 2.4 2.5

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,694,926 5,751,074 5,757,728 5,762,217 284,596 310,559 305,213 295,949 5.0 5.4 5.3 5.1

Cleveland-Elyria2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,028,650 1,037,668 1,036,275 1,033,182 57,380 65,714 66,105 64,121 5.6 6.3 6.4 6.2

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,823,784 1,819,372 1,827,368 1,835,540 90,000 81,521 81,726 80,403 4.9 4.5 4.5 4.4

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,064,709 2,128,660 2,131,170 2,135,010 97,952 86,405 90,020 92,354 4.7 4.1 4.2 4.3

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,455,269 6,429,009 6,414,524 6,399,091 355,679 317,632 309,293 297,851 5.5 4.9 4.8 4.7

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 551,668 556,266 555,203 554,495 28,378 23,745 23,242 23,258 5.1 4.3 4.2 4.2

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,297,919 2,318,954 2,324,112 2,325,691 101,772 93,069 91,342 91,091 4.4 4.0 3.9 3.9

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454,044 458,172 458,775 459,073 13,143 15,322 15,758 15,986 2.9 3.3 3.4 3.5

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,163,163 3,152,638 3,183,060 3,208,324 158,721 103,024 95,648 95,177 5.0 3.3 3.0 3.0

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,330,692 13,373,330 13,408,314 13,427,736 633,349 556,969 541,098 517,417 4.8 4.2 4.0 3.9

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,523,918 1,573,527 1,575,177 1,575,758 49,127 54,578 53,852 51,570 3.2 3.5 3.4 3.3

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345,202 344,342 344,734 345,212 11,030 10,447 10,166 10,011 3.2 3.0 2.9 2.9

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,258,723 4,320,613 4,340,173 4,339,212 174,951 162,184 159,586 157,695 4.1 3.8 3.7 3.6

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,669,886 3,725,363 3,754,537 3,768,587 193,456 170,081 171,901 170,959 5.3 4.6 4.6 4.5

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,634,286 1,641,342 1,650,213 1,654,733 62,345 60,180 62,189 62,730 3.8 3.7 3.8 3.8

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 783,163 778,922 780,337 779,641 46,095 39,224 39,837 39,866 5.9 5.0 5.1 5.1

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,118,631 3,158,412 3,162,031 3,162,138 129,826 106,270 109,414 107,940 4.2 3.4 3.5 3.4

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301,210 294,375 293,821 293,421 14,982 11,721 11,882 12,216 5.0 4.0 4.0 4.2

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,116,212 1,094,563 – – 134,857 110,362 – – 12.1 10.1 – –

1 Metropolitan division.

2 Metropolitan statistical area.

p Preliminary

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

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

the following month.

– Data not available.
LABOR FORCE DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

State and area

Civilian labor force Unemployed

September October Number Percent of labor force

2016 2017 2016 2017p

September October September October

2016 2017 2016 2017p 2016 2017 2016 2017p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,176,728 2,171,138 2,193,487 2,178,323 134,032 72,327 136,336 76,101 6.2 3.3 6.2 3.5

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360,761 363,078 357,474 359,815 21,892 23,919 22,232 24,116 6.1 6.6 6.2 6.7

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,263,107 3,337,835 3,264,008 3,315,610 175,080 156,238 167,206 146,026 5.4 4.7 5.1 4.4

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,345,513 1,375,221 1,342,421 1,374,813 52,163 46,479 46,406 43,601 3.9 3.4 3.5 3.2

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,186,046 19,450,716 19,201,496 19,353,387 1,004,338 918,466 1,007,701 837,435 5.2 4.7 5.2 4.3

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale1. . . . 5,072,873 5,199,489 5,071,969 5,164,039 268,540 252,659 259,901 224,997 5.3 4.9 5.1 4.4

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,911,124 3,023,493 2,915,022 3,021,697 84,799 68,704 82,055 79,763 2.9 2.3 2.8 2.6

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,883,920 1,896,424 1,885,732 1,899,380 86,819 76,205 79,435 81,970 4.6 4.0 4.2 4.3

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467,885 475,250 470,204 474,839 20,185 22,205 19,814 20,723 4.3 4.7 4.2 4.4

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390,933 399,623 394,704 401,102 24,088 27,986 23,389 27,497 6.2 7.0 5.9 6.9

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,946,538 10,190,863 9,932,052 10,094,694 508,834 373,013 490,603 360,126 5.1 3.7 4.9 3.6

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall1. . . . . . . . . . . 1,345,375 1,390,750 1,357,687 1,385,367 76,973 65,231 74,553 63,285 5.7 4.7 5.5 4.6

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,957,356 5,088,267 4,972,208 5,075,140 274,962 214,507 276,234 221,641 5.5 4.2 5.6 4.4

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 685,456 684,363 687,426 681,770 21,042 16,596 20,269 12,863 3.1 2.4 2.9 1.9

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 817,802 827,472 819,947 832,290 27,770 20,654 26,793 21,829 3.4 2.5 3.3 2.6

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,517,022 6,419,956 6,520,067 6,431,632 364,791 293,870 363,282 301,911 5.6 4.6 5.6 4.7

Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights1. . . 3,780,509 3,747,227 3,783,546 3,753,860 212,408 179,252 216,835 183,914 5.6 4.8 5.7 4.9

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,325,272 3,338,417 3,328,690 3,305,053 134,378 119,137 130,358 112,589 4.0 3.6 3.9 3.4

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,698,623 1,688,336 1,702,903 1,686,191 57,646 50,349 54,397 39,727 3.4 3.0 3.2 2.4

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,478,192 1,486,519 1,483,972 1,490,265 60,371 50,985 59,924 45,235 4.1 3.4 4.0 3.0

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,000,277 2,064,324 1,997,151 2,050,783 96,448 89,043 91,044 87,272 4.8 4.3 4.6 4.3

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,118,949 2,090,122 2,118,476 2,098,942 134,882 110,115 124,482 89,835 6.4 5.3 5.9 4.3

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 695,467 705,304 697,727 704,739 23,693 21,341 23,884 21,150 3.4 3.0 3.4 3.0

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,177,815 3,243,578 3,187,678 3,242,860 132,464 113,145 133,706 122,939 4.2 3.5 4.2 3.8

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,568,057 3,645,166 3,576,746 3,624,329 119,229 128,032 101,927 119,461 3.3 3.5 2.8 3.3

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,860,874 4,900,400 4,868,988 4,863,876 233,070 218,734 234,794 206,388 4.8 4.5 4.8 4.2

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,095,472 2,116,422 2,088,594 2,097,185 118,095 93,633 118,523 89,105 5.6 4.4 5.7 4.2

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,001,492 3,071,418 3,003,265 3,058,874 108,951 89,217 103,221 72,447 3.6 2.9 3.4 2.4

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,282,108 1,276,800 1,287,090 1,269,054 72,753 59,839 73,056 56,152 5.7 4.7 5.7 4.4

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,108,513 3,081,857 3,107,424 3,042,240 141,820 101,865 126,662 75,233 4.6 3.3 4.1 2.5

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 525,693 524,037 526,549 522,363 17,809 17,701 19,296 18,750 3.4 3.4 3.7 3.6

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,003,800 1,000,642 1,011,427 1,007,339 31,006 25,525 30,561 23,541 3.1 2.6 3.0 2.3

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,432,348 1,457,856 1,432,972 1,461,238 77,259 72,336 73,890 70,685 5.4 5.0 5.2 4.8

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 746,963 743,355 748,222 742,912 19,415 19,453 18,430 17,924 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.4

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,500,021 4,502,188 4,505,268 4,489,080 220,483 216,281 205,724 211,561 4.9 4.8 4.6 4.7

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 925,371 928,397 929,347 933,259 62,481 56,362 61,112 54,760 6.8 6.1 6.6 5.9

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,554,863 9,738,498 9,548,033 9,712,111 471,384 460,959 455,099 449,212 4.9 4.7 4.8 4.6

New York City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,141,323 4,258,079 4,138,355 4,251,519 222,170 212,745 217,199 208,276 5.4 5.0 5.2 4.9

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,902,908 4,966,385 4,928,025 4,955,159 243,039 196,033 251,212 204,020 5.0 3.9 5.1 4.1

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417,632 417,181 417,255 418,634 10,058 7,839 9,260 7,277 2.4 1.9 2.2 1.7

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,719,701 5,766,709 5,722,196 5,773,564 281,698 270,913 268,016 260,672 4.9 4.7 4.7 4.5

Cleveland-Elyria2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,029,181 1,034,018 1,023,257 1,026,403 54,249 58,729 52,168 52,900 5.3 5.7 5.1 5.2

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,827,050 1,839,031 1,833,474 1,849,959 89,975 79,804 88,124 75,681 4.9 4.3 4.8 4.1

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,075,688 2,139,304 2,076,489 2,151,230 95,099 88,695 94,169 88,502 4.6 4.1 4.5 4.1

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,474,896 6,405,318 6,461,574 6,373,489 345,629 282,534 339,080 265,262 5.3 4.4 5.2 4.2

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 552,409 551,661 552,117 552,300 27,069 20,518 25,753 21,265 4.9 3.7 4.7 3.9

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,301,557 2,322,981 2,299,345 2,314,286 108,274 88,921 102,913 90,403 4.7 3.8 4.5 3.9

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451,351 456,119 454,982 458,671 11,406 13,924 11,096 13,804 2.5 3.1 2.4 3.0

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,160,765 3,222,167 3,162,841 3,214,048 164,593 92,838 157,787 97,859 5.2 2.9 5.0 3.0

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,359,661 13,498,742 13,338,725 13,392,285 646,980 543,922 612,866 470,201 4.8 4.0 4.6 3.5

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,521,521 1,574,968 1,527,871 1,572,099 46,235 48,033 47,409 45,596 3.0 3.0 3.1 2.9

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344,666 343,273 344,510 343,689 11,186 10,084 8,720 7,902 3.2 2.9 2.5 2.3

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,251,219 4,335,900 4,258,096 4,293,410 177,096 155,475 170,163 151,002 4.2 3.6 4.0 3.5

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,666,453 3,772,310 3,681,300 3,762,673 185,885 164,255 184,152 158,960 5.1 4.4 5.0 4.2

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,636,498 1,666,034 1,631,040 1,643,223 66,044 66,506 62,494 62,692 4.0 4.0 3.8 3.8

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 787,174 784,270 788,123 781,779 42,749 34,521 41,772 33,096 5.4 4.4 5.3 4.2

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,127,214 3,169,419 3,127,427 3,165,270 117,402 95,442 114,870 88,788 3.8 3.0 3.7 2.8

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301,548 292,553 300,979 292,325 13,574 10,258 13,436 11,087 4.5 3.5 4.5 3.8

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,119,147 – 1,102,730 1,061,157 146,222 – 137,831 121,137 13.1 – 12.5 11.4

1 Metropolitan division.

2 Metropolitan statistical area.

p Preliminary

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

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

the following month.

– Data not available.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Total1 Construction Manufacturing

Oct.

2016

Aug.

2017

Sept.

2017

Oct.

2017p

Oct.

2016

Aug.

2017

Sept.

2017

Oct.

2017p

Oct.

2016

Aug.

2017

Sept.

2017

Oct.

2017p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,983.0 2,005.3 2,012.2 2,012.2 84.7 89.6 90.1 89.2 261.3 265.5 266.7 267.4

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330.6 332.0 331.1 330.9 15.7 15.7 16.1 15.6 12.2 13.2 11.6 11.2

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,731.0 2,754.6 2,767.1 2,762.5 135.4 139.1 139.6 138.4 159.7 164.4 164.4 164.8

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,234.7 1,253.5 1,255.1 1,258.2 50.5 50.2 51.6 52.4 155.2 158.6 159.8 160.8

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,603.5 16,778.3 16,828.6 16,860.3 784.1 822.3 826.6 828.5 1,301.8 1,299.7 1,297.2 1,297.1

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,621.2 2,652.2 2,657.6 2,659.0 155.2 154.4 155.5 158.7 141.8 141.6 142.0 141.5

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,679.2 1,686.9 1,687.2 1,680.6 58.6 57.7 56.5 58.7 156.6 157.0 156.7 156.8

Delaware2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453.9 456.9 457.1 457.1 20.4 20.9 20.6 20.7 25.9 26.0 25.8 26.0

District of Columbia3, 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 786.4 794.0 794.1 793.8 14.6 14.7 14.7 14.5 – – – –

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,457.6 8,646.5 8,529.8 8,655.1 480.7 514.4 492.5 516.3 360.1 368.8 367.5 372.3

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,422.3 4,497.7 4,494.3 4,510.1 178.1 177.3 173.4 178.9 390.2 388.9 385.8 387.7

Hawaii2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 650.8 655.8 658.4 657.9 37.6 37.3 37.4 38.2 13.8 13.7 13.7 13.6

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 702.7 714.4 715.8 719.4 42.2 44.1 42.8 44.1 64.7 67.0 66.6 66.6

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,022.6 6,044.9 6,037.0 6,040.4 214.9 214.1 212.5 211.4 572.2 570.9 571.3 572.9

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,100.6 3,122.7 3,129.1 3,130.0 130.7 136.1 136.1 133.7 522.8 530.3 531.7 531.3

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,573.2 1,590.6 1,586.7 1,586.7 80.6 75.2 74.8 75.3 211.5 214.8 215.3 217.5

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,412.3 1,405.5 1,408.8 1,407.1 60.3 61.9 62.4 62.4 160.4 157.1 159.2 158.9

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,920.8 1,947.0 1,951.3 1,949.4 76.6 82.3 83.8 82.2 249.3 250.1 250.4 250.1

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,969.1 1,983.2 1,980.5 1,977.7 142.6 152.9 153.0 149.7 133.8 134.6 134.2 133.9

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 616.0 621.9 621.4 621.2 27.2 28.7 28.4 28.2 50.6 50.4 50.4 50.6

Maryland2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,721.8 2,778.5 2,781.7 2,776.2 162.7 171.2 170.6 171.1 103.8 104.0 104.1 104.3

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,574.5 3,628.4 3,638.7 3,643.5 145.4 149.2 152.1 152.3 244.3 244.4 244.8 245.3

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,364.9 4,392.9 4,407.0 4,410.0 158.6 161.7 162.7 161.9 602.2 607.3 601.5 603.7

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,908.4 2,948.9 2,955.5 2,951.0 114.0 121.7 121.4 119.1 318.4 321.0 321.8 322.4

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,147.1 1,152.1 1,151.5 1,153.6 43.0 42.9 44.0 43.1 142.8 143.4 144.6 143.4

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,860.3 2,899.4 2,890.0 2,891.0 120.1 117.5 115.2 114.3 262.9 269.2 267.4 269.8

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469.6 474.6 474.1 475.4 26.2 27.1 26.8 27.7 19.3 19.4 19.6 19.7

Nebraska2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,017.6 1,027.8 1,034.0 1,027.4 51.6 50.7 52.3 50.5 96.7 97.8 97.4 97.6

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,315.3 1,347.8 1,349.1 1,351.9 78.2 87.1 86.7 88.8 44.0 45.4 45.5 45.7

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 674.3 683.8 678.1 680.6 25.8 28.7 28.2 28.3 68.2 68.6 68.6 69.3

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,095.7 4,130.5 4,124.0 4,125.7 151.4 158.1 157.9 157.1 240.1 246.4 245.9 247.6

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 830.8 839.6 842.6 844.0 42.8 45.9 45.7 44.8 26.6 26.5 26.2 26.5

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,420.8 9,553.7 9,538.0 9,523.4 368.6 373.8 371.0 376.7 448.7 432.9 433.2 431.5

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,364.1 4,420.0 4,427.9 4,439.3 203.7 199.0 200.5 200.4 464.5 462.3 466.1 465.9

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435.4 441.0 440.2 438.0 33.0 32.4 32.4 31.7 24.3 23.9 24.1 23.9

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,491.5 5,546.5 5,546.6 5,550.9 202.7 212.3 213.4 212.3 688.9 687.6 687.6 691.8

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,652.0 1,668.8 1,668.0 1,672.2 77.0 81.9 82.1 82.8 127.3 130.3 130.1 130.8

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,844.8 1,880.6 1,879.5 1,891.1 92.7 101.2 103.9 103.4 187.2 193.1 193.1 194.1

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,908.0 5,960.1 5,978.1 5,973.8 238.0 242.3 245.6 246.3 555.4 553.4 552.7 551.8

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 491.2 498.8 496.0 495.8 18.3 21.2 20.7 20.5 40.0 41.2 41.1 41.1

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,060.0 2,095.9 2,092.4 2,102.5 98.1 95.2 97.7 97.9 239.1 248.0 249.4 247.2

South Dakota2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434.3 435.9 437.3 434.9 23.7 23.5 23.3 23.4 41.6 41.5 41.8 41.7

Tennessee2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,988.6 3,025.8 3,025.7 3,023.4 120.3 126.2 126.7 125.4 343.9 346.1 344.4 345.0

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,078.8 12,328.4 12,323.4 12,394.9 703.2 711.3 715.9 720.4 841.0 878.0 877.7 876.8

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,442.7 1,472.3 1,479.9 1,481.7 91.6 97.6 96.5 95.7 126.7 128.9 128.9 128.8

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313.9 316.5 317.6 317.1 15.2 15.0 15.4 15.5 29.6 28.5 28.8 28.7

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,939.4 3,978.0 3,978.9 3,973.1 190.1 191.2 192.0 192.4 231.9 233.6 233.9 233.4

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,274.9 3,325.2 3,336.5 3,343.4 190.1 197.5 197.9 200.6 285.5 284.5 284.1 283.9

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 745.5 745.9 746.9 748.7 29.2 30.5 30.6 31.6 46.4 45.2 45.5 45.8

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,930.1 2,949.8 2,962.0 2,972.5 110.7 112.3 113.4 112.5 467.1 474.7 476.7 480.1

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277.0 277.7 275.5 275.6 20.3 20.2 20.4 20.6 9.0 9.3 9.3 9.3

Puerto Rico2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 892.8 877.5 873.6 842.0 22.7 20.4 20.8 20.3 73.5 70.9 70.8 69.6

Virgin Islands3, 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.2 38.9 – – – – – – – – – –

1

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

2 Mining and logging is combined with construction.

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

cannot be separated with sufficient precision.

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

cannot be produced at this time.

p Preliminary

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

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

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

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

Oct.

2016

Aug.

2017

Sept.

2017

Oct.

2017p

Oct.

2016

Aug.

2017

Sept.

2017

Oct.

2017p

Oct.

2016

Aug.

2017

Sept.

2017

Oct.

2017p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381.0 372.9 375.2 375.8 97.9 98.0 99.8 99.4 233.8 241.7 241.4 240.1

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.1 64.9 66.2 65.9 12.0 11.8 11.7 11.5 27.4 28.2 27.5 28.1

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 520.5 519.9 521.2 520.2 206.2 209.8 210.8 210.8 419.1 419.0 423.5 424.6

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253.7 255.6 256.0 258.2 51.3 51.2 51.4 50.8 144.0 147.6 147.5 148.4

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,005.5 3,018.8 3,031.8 3,034.5 831.6 831.7 833.7 836.2 2,541.9 2,550.3 2,553.4 2,553.1

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457.3 467.3 465.5 464.3 164.9 168.5 166.9 166.3 410.7 416.0 423.0 423.8

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298.1 298.0 299.1 297.7 130.4 132.1 133.4 132.4 216.6 216.5 218.2 217.8

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82.4 80.5 79.9 80.3 47.0 48.4 47.9 48.0 60.7 61.7 61.0 62.2

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.6 33.0 32.7 33.1 30.2 29.8 29.6 29.6 166.7 169.3 169.4 169.9

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,727.1 1,761.3 1,751.4 1,765.4 551.6 559.0 560.1 562.5 1,302.2 1,336.7 1,309.6 1,341.1

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 931.0 946.4 945.3 942.7 240.8 248.8 248.3 246.6 665.9 685.9 685.6 690.8

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121.0 122.8 123.7 123.2 28.7 27.6 27.8 27.5 83.3 86.7 86.8 86.3

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138.5 141.0 141.3 142.5 34.6 34.4 34.5 35.0 87.3 87.4 87.6 87.1

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,207.8 1,204.9 1,201.8 1,204.6 383.2 392.7 396.1 397.5 941.2 948.7 947.1 946.8

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 598.2 591.0 594.5 596.6 134.9 137.6 138.0 141.4 338.0 341.6 340.4 337.4

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318.3 320.9 321.0 318.7 109.0 111.5 112.6 112.4 138.9 143.3 141.4 140.2

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267.0 266.3 263.3 261.9 85.9 86.4 86.5 86.8 180.2 178.8 180.5 180.8

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398.9 404.7 405.2 404.8 93.9 95.6 95.4 94.6 219.7 229.3 230.7 230.3

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387.6 380.7 381.9 380.5 92.2 93.3 92.3 93.2 210.7 211.0 208.6 213.5

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120.2 119.8 121.2 120.9 30.6 30.4 30.7 30.4 65.0 65.1 65.1 66.1

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467.9 473.1 471.1 467.9 150.1 148.8 150.3 149.8 444.6 465.3 465.3 462.8

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 573.2 578.0 579.8 578.6 223.1 229.4 228.0 228.6 552.3 567.3 568.0 572.8

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 784.7 784.1 783.5 782.7 214.3 218.1 218.6 219.3 659.9 663.3 671.4 669.6

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533.9 538.4 540.8 539.2 177.0 175.6 176.3 175.8 376.2 376.9 379.0 378.9

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230.3 232.8 232.9 233.4 43.4 44.2 43.5 43.8 107.8 105.4 102.4 105.5

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 547.6 547.3 549.5 548.1 169.4 173.7 174.1 175.1 383.8 390.3 393.3 393.9

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95.6 95.8 95.1 94.0 24.0 24.9 24.8 24.6 41.0 41.8 41.9 42.3

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204.7 204.9 205.7 203.2 73.8 74.9 75.0 74.2 118.9 122.4 123.1 123.2

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243.9 244.5 243.5 242.6 62.9 63.0 62.5 62.5 180.5 187.5 189.8 191.1

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141.4 140.2 140.2 141.0 37.2 38.1 37.9 38.9 78.6 80.1 79.7 78.2

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 872.8 870.7 870.0 873.1 249.1 252.9 252.3 250.3 667.9 667.0 666.8 665.7

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139.2 139.7 141.4 140.9 33.4 33.5 34.1 34.5 101.2 105.5 104.9 104.8

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,575.2 1,569.6 1,567.1 1,572.1 709.6 713.8 710.6 716.2 1,310.8 1,341.3 1,345.7 1,340.3

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 818.0 822.2 823.4 828.3 228.0 231.9 229.9 229.2 614.1 639.5 640.2 645.8

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95.5 95.3 95.1 94.5 24.2 24.9 24.7 24.9 35.1 36.6 37.0 36.7

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,021.4 1,015.9 1,019.4 1,021.7 299.8 309.9 307.4 306.2 722.9 730.6 729.9 728.6

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308.1 301.6 304.7 303.3 79.0 81.2 80.7 81.1 181.2 184.6 182.7 182.1

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343.5 345.3 345.6 345.4 97.8 97.4 97.8 98.2 238.9 246.2 243.6 248.9

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,129.9 1,127.7 1,135.8 1,130.9 315.9 316.2 319.3 317.7 796.4 817.3 814.9 820.9

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.2 77.1 77.4 77.3 33.3 33.1 32.7 33.3 66.3 65.2 64.9 65.6

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396.0 399.1 403.6 402.8 99.5 100.9 100.7 100.1 267.8 279.4 275.6 279.1

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89.1 87.4 89.1 87.5 29.3 30.1 29.7 29.8 31.4 31.0 31.3 31.9

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 619.8 628.1 631.6 630.2 154.4 155.8 154.9 155.1 409.7 416.8 415.1 411.4

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,428.5 2,450.8 2,448.2 2,458.5 738.3 757.3 762.2 765.2 1,635.9 1,674.9 1,679.6 1,685.9

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275.4 280.4 282.7 281.7 83.0 84.2 83.1 83.2 204.8 213.9 215.0 214.7

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.5 56.0 55.8 55.4 12.0 12.0 11.9 12.1 27.4 28.2 28.5 29.0

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 664.4 661.2 663.9 661.7 200.8 206.5 206.9 205.8 720.0 735.9 734.1 732.5

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 615.9 624.5 625.3 628.7 152.1 157.5 157.8 158.1 406.1 409.3 409.3 414.1

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133.4 129.0 129.8 129.0 27.2 28.3 28.0 27.3 65.1 65.8 65.3 64.7

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 538.2 541.0 543.8 542.5 151.8 152.8 153.1 151.6 321.1 321.2 323.6 327.9

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.2 52.6 52.5 52.2 10.7 11.0 10.9 10.7 17.7 17.1 16.7 17.4

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172.7 170.7 169.4 161.7 42.4 42.3 41.7 41.4 115.1 112.7 113.2 110.9

Virgin Islands1, 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.0 8.0 – – – – – – – – – –

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.

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

cannot be produced at this time.

p Preliminary

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

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

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Education and health services Leisure and hospitality Government

Oct.

2016

Aug.

2017

Sept.

2017

Oct.

2017p

Oct.

2016

Aug.

2017

Sept.

2017

Oct.

2017p

Oct.

2016

Aug.

2017

Sept.

2017

Oct.

2017p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235.3 238.2 238.9 241.2 198.7 206.4 205.9 205.7 380.5 380.7 381.8 381.7

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.0 49.5 48.9 49.2 36.0 35.4 36.2 36.7 81.0 81.5 81.4 81.0

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414.4 422.7 427.5 425.1 316.3 323.2 324.5 325.0 412.2 416.3 414.3 411.9

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184.8 189.5 189.4 189.0 116.7 121.3 119.5 118.8 211.1 211.2 210.6 210.5

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,561.6 2,624.8 2,629.5 2,638.0 1,918.2 1,938.2 1,940.4 1,955.7 2,543.5 2,559.0 2,574.1 2,578.9

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332.4 334.3 338.9 337.5 330.0 331.5 331.2 333.1 427.1 433.3 430.4 427.5

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330.7 333.3 333.2 333.7 155.3 158.8 157.0 154.0 233.9 232.8 231.9 230.9

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77.6 79.4 80.2 80.0 50.9 51.9 52.5 50.6 65.6 65.2 66.2 66.1

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136.4 139.4 137.9 137.0 76.6 80.4 81.1 81.5 239.4 237.8 239.2 238.5

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,258.9 1,278.8 1,269.5 1,276.5 1,181.1 1,203.1 1,163.1 1,196.6 1,099.2 1,108.8 1,109.0 1,106.9

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 567.6 576.6 580.9 582.9 478.2 490.1 493.3 492.7 690.9 699.6 697.8 701.0

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83.6 85.0 86.0 85.4 119.6 122.1 120.8 121.8 126.7 124.2 125.8 125.3

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102.2 104.2 105.9 106.5 72.7 72.8 72.3 73.0 123.0 125.6 126.6 126.2

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 917.2 929.2 927.9 930.1 598.2 597.9 596.6 596.3 832.8 825.6 825.1 823.3

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469.4 476.1 474.0 474.6 308.6 306.5 308.3 309.1 431.6 437.2 440.0 438.4

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227.8 238.2 234.0 233.6 143.3 143.8 145.9 147.7 258.7 258.6 257.5 258.6

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197.0 196.7 198.6 197.4 127.4 125.2 125.8 126.7 256.4 256.9 255.9 255.9

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272.2 272.5 273.8 275.2 192.9 193.3 193.6 192.8 319.0 317.8 316.9 317.2

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311.9 316.8 315.9 316.3 231.3 237.2 238.1 235.9 323.9 321.4 320.9 319.9

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125.7 128.5 127.8 127.8 64.6 67.2 66.3 66.3 100.2 101.6 100.8 99.7

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463.3 475.3 476.4 477.9 273.0 275.9 278.0 276.6 504.6 511.9 512.5 513.4

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 787.7 806.9 812.4 804.5 361.9 360.9 362.2 367.6 459.4 458.3 459.1 459.8

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 667.1 669.1 674.6 671.7 433.5 431.8 434.5 437.7 608.3 617.3 618.7 622.2

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 525.2 540.6 541.2 538.8 261.3 268.4 266.9 268.3 429.1 428.9 430.6 431.1

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140.7 145.4 145.5 144.4 134.8 135.1 135.0 137.5 245.3 244.7 245.3 244.1

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463.8 469.5 467.0 468.4 303.2 309.3 311.6 313.7 436.1 449.2 438.9 435.4

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.2 76.6 77.0 76.9 64.5 65.5 65.0 66.4 92.1 92.6 92.7 93.0

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153.8 155.3 155.6 155.8 90.8 93.3 94.1 93.3 171.6 171.0 173.2 172.1

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130.6 135.4 135.7 134.4 346.7 351.2 351.8 353.8 159.3 164.0 164.2 163.0

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122.0 124.0 124.1 124.1 72.0 72.5 71.4 72.3 91.5 93.4 90.7 90.8

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 683.3 689.1 695.4 696.8 372.8 390.3 384.9 383.4 612.3 613.0 609.1 608.2

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140.6 140.4 141.5 142.6 95.7 99.4 98.6 99.7 191.0 188.9 189.4 190.3

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,960.0 2,031.9 2,025.3 2,011.8 915.1 951.1 937.4 933.3 1,450.8 1,455.6 1,458.0 1,455.3

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 587.2 604.5 604.4 605.3 482.6 491.9 489.0 492.0 731.1 734.6 740.8 740.1

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.8 63.2 63.3 63.3 39.7 39.7 38.7 38.4 83.0 83.4 83.3 83.5

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 932.4 946.5 953.0 950.3 551.6 568.3 570.8 569.1 774.4 776.3 769.3 772.6

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234.8 239.6 239.8 240.1 165.0 168.4 167.3 169.3 353.4 353.9 354.1 354.8

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270.7 279.1 278.4 278.5 200.2 202.7 199.1 202.9 308.0 309.4 312.3 313.1

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,235.1 1,246.8 1,255.9 1,258.0 564.3 583.3 583.4 581.9 704.5 705.8 704.6 701.7

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106.9 108.1 106.7 106.6 58.4 61.9 60.3 59.4 60.7 60.4 60.8 60.7

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243.7 248.8 249.2 251.0 246.8 248.0 244.8 249.3 363.7 371.0 368.7 370.0

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71.0 71.6 71.7 71.3 47.6 47.8 47.3 46.9 78.6 80.4 80.6 80.1

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428.6 430.0 433.2 434.5 323.3 331.3 328.9 328.9 431.7 433.2 433.8 436.2

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,649.0 1,688.3 1,680.5 1,682.5 1,304.6 1,330.5 1,310.9 1,345.6 1,934.2 1,959.2 1,963.6 1,971.0

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195.3 198.9 199.7 200.7 140.9 142.0 144.2 146.3 240.4 242.1 245.0 244.8

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.7 66.0 66.0 65.8 37.8 38.4 38.0 38.7 55.5 56.2 56.7 55.5

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540.7 553.0 554.7 555.4 399.2 408.9 403.7 402.5 716.5 714.7 715.6 714.2

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468.8 479.6 482.2 478.2 330.6 333.3 335.7 334.8 578.2 586.9 591.1 592.0

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130.3 133.9 133.3 134.0 74.3 73.8 75.1 75.8 155.7 154.1 154.3 155.6

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448.8 451.0 451.6 452.7 274.6 282.1 280.1 281.7 415.6 412.5 417.6 418.6

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.6 27.6 27.6 27.4 35.1 34.8 34.1 34.0 70.9 69.9 69.6 69.6

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122.9 124.9 122.3 118.9 81.8 82.5 81.6 65.8 226.4 217.5 218.2 218.5

Virgin Islands1, 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . – – – – 7.5 7.8 – – 10.9 11.2 – –

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.

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

cannot be produced at this time.

p Preliminary

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

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Total Mining and logging Construction

September October September October September October

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

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,983.2 2,014.7 1,991.8 2,021.2 9.4 9.7 9.7 9.6 84.6 90.8 86.5 91.1

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342.1 343.1 324.6 325.0 13.8 13.7 13.6 13.5 18.0 18.4 16.8 16.7

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,726.3 2,763.8 2,750.5 2,782.5 11.5 11.4 11.5 11.4 137.4 140.5 137.5 140.5

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,237.4 1,258.8 1,243.3 1,266.8 6.2 6.1 6.1 6.0 51.3 53.7 51.9 53.9

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,549.2 16,805.3 16,686.5 16,944.7 24.4 23.5 24.0 23.4 796.1 842.5 795.2 840.3

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,618.4 2,663.9 2,628.2 2,666.5 22.5 21.8 22.5 21.9 160.2 161.9 160.1 163.7

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,681.6 1,684.6 1,691.1 1,692.2 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 61.4 59.1 61.8 61.9

Delaware1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455.2 457.7 455.1 458.2 – – – – 21.4 21.1 20.9 21.2

District of Columbia1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 784.0 793.3 790.1 797.5 – – – – 14.6 14.8 14.7 14.6

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,402.0 8,492.0 8,466.5 8,664.3 5.7 5.6 5.7 5.6 484.8 503.7 486.1 521.9

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,405.4 4,482.3 4,439.0 4,527.0 9.5 10.3 9.6 10.4 181.4 177.0 181.0 181.7

Hawaii1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 648.8 656.0 653.2 660.3 – – – – 37.8 37.5 37.8 38.4

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 707.9 722.5 709.6 726.2 4.1 4.0 4.0 3.9 44.5 45.0 43.6 45.4

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,057.0 6,072.1 6,089.2 6,107.4 7.9 8.2 7.9 8.2 231.2 227.9 230.3 226.9

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,123.9 3,157.5 3,134.2 3,163.4 6.3 6.4 6.3 6.4 138.9 144.6 139.0 142.1

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,579.4 1,592.3 1,590.6 1,602.8 2.5 2.7 2.5 2.7 86.7 79.7 85.9 80.1

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,418.5 1,413.0 1,428.2 1,423.0 6.8 7.0 6.8 7.1 62.9 64.2 62.9 65.0

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,924.2 1,954.7 1,928.4 1,957.4 10.1 9.6 10.1 9.5 79.1 85.5 79.4 85.2

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,967.3 1,980.8 1,982.8 1,992.0 37.1 36.4 36.5 36.0 141.7 155.4 147.6 155.1

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 630.5 634.0 625.7 630.9 2.4 2.6 2.4 2.6 28.6 29.9 28.7 29.7

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,725.4 2,783.8 2,732.7 2,787.2 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 164.2 171.9 163.3 171.7

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,587.9 3,650.2 3,608.3 3,677.1 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.2 151.5 157.9 151.7 158.5

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,365.5 4,428.3 4,408.7 4,453.3 7.2 7.7 7.2 7.6 164.9 172.2 170.1 173.3

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,923.2 2,964.8 2,934.1 2,976.0 6.7 7.3 6.7 7.3 127.0 133.4 125.2 130.2

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,149.6 1,153.8 1,153.0 1,159.6 6.8 6.9 6.8 6.8 44.4 44.6 44.1 44.2

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,861.3 2,903.4 2,883.7 2,914.3 4.1 4.4 4.2 4.4 124.6 119.8 124.2 118.4

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474.3 481.6 473.8 479.5 7.0 7.4 7.1 7.4 28.9 29.7 28.6 30.0

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,019.0 1,034.1 1,025.5 1,035.5 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.1 52.7 53.2 52.8 51.6

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,316.5 1,353.7 1,323.3 1,360.2 13.8 14.2 13.8 14.1 78.2 89.5 80.1 91.0

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 674.3 680.3 678.7 685.4 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.1 26.4 28.9 26.7 29.2

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,102.8 4,133.3 4,112.8 4,142.6 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.4 157.6 165.0 156.6 162.5

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 833.1 844.0 835.4 848.5 18.8 18.4 18.8 18.0 43.0 46.2 44.3 46.4

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,420.0 9,527.5 9,512.7 9,615.5 5.5 5.5 5.4 5.5 390.3 392.8 384.6 392.5

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,370.7 4,437.3 4,393.0 4,468.1 5.7 5.8 5.7 5.9 204.6 202.5 206.5 203.3

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439.7 444.4 442.8 445.5 14.9 19.4 15.4 19.0 36.3 36.2 36.3 35.1

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,513.9 5,572.9 5,539.2 5,599.2 11.1 11.2 11.4 11.3 214.5 226.1 215.4 225.6

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,651.7 1,669.0 1,662.5 1,682.6 43.0 46.8 43.0 47.2 79.3 83.4 78.2 84.0

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,846.4 1,886.2 1,860.5 1,907.2 7.9 8.1 7.8 8.1 94.5 107.8 95.6 106.6

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,924.5 5,993.7 5,963.1 6,029.0 24.4 24.0 24.4 23.7 249.8 257.1 247.9 256.0

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 494.7 499.9 497.6 502.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 19.3 21.8 19.4 21.7

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,065.7 2,094.4 2,064.4 2,106.8 4.2 4.3 4.3 4.3 96.0 95.9 98.4 98.1

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436.6 439.3 437.9 438.5 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.1 24.7 23.8 24.0 23.6

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,994.7 3,036.4 3,012.2 3,047.5 4.0 4.3 4.0 4.3 117.9 123.1 117.7 122.5

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,051.0 12,309.5 12,132.6 12,448.6 215.0 247.7 215.3 251.6 707.9 718.9 713.4 730.6

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,446.0 1,485.3 1,453.2 1,492.6 8.4 7.9 8.2 7.9 94.4 99.0 95.3 99.6

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315.2 317.7 317.1 320.4 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.9 16.4 16.6 16.3 16.6

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,939.0 3,981.1 3,960.6 3,994.8 7.8 7.8 7.6 7.8 191.2 194.2 192.0 194.3

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,280.7 3,345.9 3,297.7 3,366.3 6.5 6.8 6.6 6.7 195.5 204.6 193.9 204.4

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 749.2 751.3 755.0 758.1 19.1 22.0 20.0 21.9 31.9 33.1 31.9 34.2

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,941.9 2,979.0 2,961.6 3,004.3 3.8 4.1 3.9 4.2 118.9 120.8 117.5 119.2

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284.1 282.1 280.0 278.6 17.9 20.1 18.1 20.3 22.0 22.3 21.8 22.1

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 890.9 869.6 893.7 843.3 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 22.6 20.8 22.3 19.9

Virgin Islands1, 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.5 – 37.8 – – – – – 1.5 – 1.4 –

1 Mining and logging is combined with construction.

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

cannot be produced at this time.

p Preliminary

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

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Manufacturing Trade, transportation, and utilities Information

September October September October September October

2016 2017 2016 2017p

2016 2017 2016 2017p2016 2017 2016 2017p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261.7 267.5 261.6 267.7 379.0 373.7 382.2 377.0 20.4 19.6 20.3 19.8

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.1 12.9 9.3 8.6 67.8 68.5 64.4 64.1 6.3 6.1 6.4 6.1

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159.8 163.8 159.4 164.5 514.4 516.0 520.6 520.4 44.6 42.2 45.4 42.7

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155.5 160.1 155.0 160.7 252.2 253.9 252.7 257.1 13.4 13.1 13.5 13.2

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,318.8 1,311.4 1,305.4 1,300.5 2,990.3 3,015.7 3,008.9 3,037.5 523.0 534.5 529.0 534.5

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142.7 142.3 142.4 142.1 454.8 464.8 456.7 463.8 71.6 73.0 72.2 75.1

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156.4 156.6 156.4 156.5 296.5 296.8 299.4 299.0 32.2 31.8 32.1 31.5

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.8 25.9 25.9 26.0 82.7 80.2 82.5 80.3 4.7 4.7 4.6 4.7

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 32.7 32.7 32.4 32.9 16.9 16.7 16.9 16.6

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357.3 365.8 359.6 371.8 1,710.2 1,732.3 1,717.7 1,755.8 135.2 137.2 136.3 139.6

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388.8 385.0 389.4 387.0 924.7 937.6 932.3 944.1 111.2 112.5 112.4 113.4

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.0 13.9 13.9 13.7 120.1 123.2 120.8 123.0 9.1 9.0 9.2 9.2

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.9 67.3 65.5 67.4 139.4 142.2 139.0 143.0 9.0 9.3 9.0 9.3

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 572.2 570.8 572.7 573.4 1,207.5 1,199.8 1,213.3 1,209.8 98.4 98.0 98.4 98.1

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522.2 533.0 523.9 532.4 595.6 592.7 599.8 597.9 32.2 30.0 31.9 30.3

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213.3 216.0 211.0 216.9 314.0 318.5 319.1 319.5 22.4 21.1 22.0 20.9

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160.1 159.1 160.6 159.1 267.0 263.0 268.5 263.5 20.3 18.8 20.6 18.9

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250.0 251.2 250.7 251.5 397.1 402.9 397.3 403.3 22.9 23.9 22.8 24.3

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134.8 134.2 135.3 135.4 384.6 378.9 386.2 379.1 22.0 21.3 22.6 21.5

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.1 50.9 51.0 51.0 121.9 122.3 122.0 122.7 7.7 7.4 7.7 7.4

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103.5 103.9 103.8 104.3 467.0 468.1 467.6 467.7 37.6 36.7 37.4 36.0

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244.6 244.8 244.2 245.3 573.5 579.2 575.6 580.9 89.7 89.5 89.1 88.9

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 603.4 603.3 603.2 604.6 783.7 782.3 785.8 783.6 57.4 58.3 57.8 58.3

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319.6 323.5 319.5 323.5 531.9 537.8 536.0 541.1 50.8 49.6 51.0 50.1

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143.0 143.7 143.0 143.6 229.3 231.5 230.2 233.3 12.0 11.4 11.9 11.3

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263.8 267.4 262.7 269.6 543.6 548.7 550.0 550.7 52.8 50.8 52.9 50.3

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.6 19.9 19.6 20.0 95.2 95.0 95.6 94.0 6.3 6.4 6.4 6.2

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96.6 97.4 97.0 97.9 203.1 203.4 205.8 204.4 18.5 18.5 18.7 18.7

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.9 45.7 44.1 45.8 243.5 242.5 245.3 243.9 14.1 14.0 14.4 14.1

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.1 68.7 68.2 69.3 139.5 138.8 141.0 140.8 12.4 12.3 12.4 12.3

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243.1 247.8 241.0 248.6 868.2 868.5 872.2 872.4 73.6 71.8 72.7 71.3

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.1 26.8 27.0 26.9 138.3 140.8 139.2 141.0 13.0 12.8 12.9 12.6

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452.7 436.6 451.7 434.6 1,570.0 1,566.3 1,579.8 1,576.6 271.6 268.5 270.9 267.7

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465.0 467.2 465.8 467.2 814.8 820.5 816.2 826.1 78.1 72.8 77.5 72.3

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.8 24.3 24.8 24.4 95.3 94.9 96.2 95.2 6.6 6.8 6.7 6.7

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 684.8 687.3 686.9 689.9 1,016.9 1,014.9 1,024.6 1,024.9 71.9 71.1 73.0 70.9

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127.1 130.1 127.5 131.0 305.0 301.7 307.2 302.5 21.1 20.9 21.2 20.9

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189.7 195.9 188.3 195.2 344.6 347.4 345.4 347.3 34.3 34.3 34.2 33.6

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 556.0 552.0 555.2 551.4 1,124.7 1,130.0 1,136.2 1,137.4 84.3 83.2 84.9 83.0

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.1 41.1 40.1 41.2 76.6 77.8 76.6 77.7 8.2 7.9 7.9 7.9

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239.1 249.2 238.6 246.7 394.1 401.6 395.1 401.7 26.6 25.9 26.7 26.3

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.8 41.9 42.1 42.2 87.7 87.8 89.1 87.4 5.7 5.9 5.7 5.9

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345.4 345.7 344.8 345.8 616.9 628.6 619.2 629.5 45.7 45.4 45.6 45.5

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 841.5 878.5 842.5 878.4 2,417.0 2,439.6 2,432.0 2,462.1 200.9 190.9 200.6 189.9

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126.7 129.0 127.1 129.2 273.2 280.0 275.9 282.1 37.2 35.6 36.8 35.8

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.9 29.0 29.9 29.0 55.5 55.3 55.6 55.5 4.7 4.4 4.7 4.5

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233.3 234.0 233.1 234.6 658.8 658.1 666.2 663.5 68.4 64.5 67.8 65.0

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292.3 289.0 288.6 286.9 615.0 626.5 618.5 631.2 123.1 126.8 122.3 126.0

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.7 45.5 46.4 45.8 133.0 128.8 134.2 129.9 9.7 9.5 9.8 9.4

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465.4 476.8 466.6 479.7 539.6 544.3 544.2 548.5 48.6 46.7 48.3 46.9

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.2 9.4 9.3 9.6 53.3 52.6 53.2 52.2 3.7 3.6 3.7 3.6

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.7 70.9 73.8 69.9 171.2 166.6 171.8 160.9 17.7 17.8 17.7 17.5

Virgin Islands1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.6 – 0.6 – 7.9 – 8.0 – 0.6 – 0.6 –

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

cannot be produced at this time.

p Preliminary

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

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Financial activities Professional and business services Education and health services

September October September October September October

2016 2017 2016 2017p

2016 2017 2016 2017p2016 2017 2016 2017p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96.7 99.3 97.8 99.2 234.3 241.3 236.1 242.5 235.7 239.7 236.5 242.4

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.1 11.7 12.1 11.6 29.0 28.9 27.2 27.9 48.7 48.7 48.7 48.9

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204.2 209.7 206.0 210.6 417.5 421.1 421.6 427.1 415.1 426.1 417.1 427.9

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.2 51.3 51.5 51.0 144.2 148.5 145.8 150.2 185.3 190.9 187.3 191.5

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 825.8 833.1 832.6 837.2 2,556.8 2,568.2 2,563.1 2,574.6 2,544.6 2,617.8 2,581.3 2,657.8

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164.4 166.3 164.6 166.0 411.0 426.0 414.3 427.8 328.5 337.4 334.1 339.2

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129.4 132.3 129.9 131.9 219.4 219.3 218.3 219.4 331.3 332.9 334.5 337.5

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.9 48.0 47.1 48.1 60.4 60.4 60.5 61.9 77.3 79.7 77.8 80.2

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.3 29.7 30.2 29.6 165.1 168.6 167.4 170.7 136.5 138.4 139.9 140.5

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 548.6 557.9 551.0 561.8 1,292.0 1,306.1 1,308.8 1,347.9 1,248.9 1,266.2 1,265.4 1,283.2

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239.3 247.4 242.5 248.4 660.0 684.6 670.4 695.3 565.4 579.3 572.2 587.5

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.5 27.7 28.9 27.7 83.6 86.8 83.7 86.7 84.3 85.7 84.0 85.8

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.2 34.7 34.8 35.2 88.0 88.4 88.2 88.0 101.5 105.4 103.3 107.6

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383.7 395.4 382.8 397.1 947.5 960.0 960.1 965.7 912.6 923.2 925.2 938.4

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134.4 138.3 133.9 140.4 339.8 343.4 342.6 342.0 471.1 475.6 476.9 482.3

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108.4 112.7 109.0 112.4 139.7 141.6 141.5 142.8 228.9 234.2 231.5 237.2

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86.0 87.1 85.7 86.6 180.4 180.4 182.5 183.2 196.5 197.5 198.0 198.3

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93.6 95.5 93.6 94.3 218.2 229.4 220.9 231.5 271.5 273.9 273.0 276.0

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92.4 92.4 92.2 93.2 210.8 210.3 213.4 216.4 312.1 317.0 314.7 319.1

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.2 30.9 30.5 30.3 66.7 66.1 66.0 67.0 125.8 128.3 127.1 129.2

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149.8 150.6 150.6 150.4 445.9 466.1 448.4 466.7 458.0 474.0 466.3 481.0

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223.9 228.4 223.2 228.6 554.4 573.1 558.5 579.1 781.8 802.9 794.6 811.4

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213.2 218.1 213.6 218.6 653.1 670.7 669.6 678.9 665.9 672.1 672.6 677.2

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176.2 176.6 177.0 175.8 377.3 378.6 380.9 383.6 523.8 538.0 527.4 540.8

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.9 43.6 43.7 44.1 107.2 103.9 108.8 106.6 141.5 146.0 142.1 145.8

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169.7 174.9 169.3 174.9 381.2 394.8 387.6 397.8 458.5 467.1 467.9 472.4

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.8 24.9 24.1 24.7 40.9 42.4 41.9 43.2 74.7 76.7 75.3 77.0

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.3 74.5 73.9 74.3 118.1 124.0 119.5 123.9 153.6 155.0 154.3 156.3

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.0 63.0 63.9 63.5 179.8 190.5 182.2 193.0 129.0 134.6 130.8 134.6

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.3 38.2 36.9 38.6 78.4 79.6 79.1 78.8 121.2 123.4 123.0 125.1

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250.3 252.8 249.0 250.1 671.6 673.9 676.3 674.3 677.5 689.9 686.7 700.3

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.4 34.0 33.5 34.6 102.3 104.9 101.3 104.8 140.1 141.7 141.2 143.2

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 711.3 712.1 708.8 715.2 1,305.6 1,344.0 1,319.0 1,348.6 1,942.6 1,996.6 1,998.2 2,050.1

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228.7 230.4 228.2 229.4 613.2 641.2 620.0 651.6 587.1 603.3 590.9 609.3

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.0 24.5 24.0 24.7 35.1 36.9 35.4 37.0 62.6 63.1 63.0 63.6

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301.1 309.5 301.2 307.6 729.8 734.9 735.4 741.3 926.1 949.4 938.9 957.0

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78.4 80.6 79.1 81.2 181.7 183.9 183.1 184.0 234.5 239.9 236.4 241.7

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98.2 98.0 98.3 98.7 241.6 247.1 240.5 250.5 268.5 277.2 273.1 280.9

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316.9 319.0 316.2 317.8 800.4 820.6 803.2 828.0 1,229.2 1,251.5 1,252.7 1,275.9

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.5 33.0 33.4 33.4 66.6 65.8 67.2 66.5 106.0 105.7 109.1 108.8

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.5 101.5 100.1 100.7 270.6 277.4 269.4 280.9 244.4 248.6 245.8 253.2

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.4 29.9 29.3 29.8 31.3 31.4 31.3 31.8 70.8 71.1 71.1 71.4

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154.1 155.1 155.3 156.0 408.9 414.8 415.0 416.9 428.4 434.4 433.0 438.9

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 735.5 762.3 740.4 767.6 1,640.7 1,686.4 1,647.6 1,697.7 1,647.8 1,682.1 1,660.6 1,694.1

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82.3 83.4 83.0 83.2 205.2 216.2 207.3 217.3 196.0 201.1 198.3 203.8

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.0 12.0 12.0 12.1 28.2 29.2 27.9 29.5 64.1 65.5 65.0 66.1

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201.2 207.2 201.4 206.4 719.2 733.5 725.0 737.9 538.6 554.6 546.5 561.4

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152.7 157.9 152.0 158.0 411.5 415.6 409.5 417.5 464.7 479.1 472.2 481.8

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.6 27.7 27.4 27.5 65.4 65.7 65.8 65.4 131.3 134.3 132.3 136.0

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152.2 153.2 151.6 151.5 325.6 328.1 326.4 333.3 446.5 450.0 451.9 456.0

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.8 11.0 10.7 10.8 18.1 17.0 17.9 17.6 27.7 27.5 28.0 27.8

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.6 41.7 42.4 41.4 114.9 112.5 115.1 111.0 122.7 121.4 124.1 120.1

Virgin Islands1

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

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

cannot be produced at this time.

p Preliminary

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

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Leisure and hospitality Other services Government

September October September October September October

2016 2017 2016 2017p

2016 2017 2016 2017p2016 2017 2016 2017p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200.5 207.6 197.4 204.5 80.4 82.8 80.0 82.5 380.5 382.7 383.7 384.9

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.5 40.2 33.0 33.6 11.1 11.9 11.2 12.1 81.7 82.1 81.9 81.9

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308.9 320.6 315.0 323.9 89.2 86.8 89.2 86.5 423.7 425.6 427.2 427.0

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117.5 119.2 116.9 118.9 47.5 49.8 47.7 50.0 213.1 212.2 214.9 214.3

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,916.1 1,951.2 1,917.1 1,955.1 562.0 581.3 567.0 585.2 2,491.3 2,526.1 2,562.9 2,598.6

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327.3 329.1 318.0 320.9 106.8 109.2 107.2 109.6 428.6 432.1 436.1 436.4

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157.0 158.1 155.0 153.6 64.7 67.9 65.9 66.1 232.7 229.2 237.2 234.2

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.9 53.8 50.3 50.0 18.6 18.1 18.9 18.6 65.5 65.8 66.6 67.2

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.3 81.1 76.9 81.8 72.4 72.2 72.2 72.2 238.0 237.9 238.3 237.4

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,159.2 1,141.6 1,165.8 1,181.1 349.7 359.3 352.7 370.3 1,110.4 1,116.3 1,117.4 1,125.3

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474.9 489.1 474.8 489.2 158.3 159.9 157.4 162.7 691.9 699.6 697.0 707.3

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118.6 120.6 119.7 121.9 27.4 27.4 27.3 27.4 125.4 124.2 127.9 126.5

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.0 75.3 71.6 71.9 24.5 24.9 24.5 25.2 122.8 126.0 126.1 129.3

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 605.6 605.4 601.2 599.3 250.4 251.3 249.3 251.9 840.0 832.1 848.0 838.6

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313.0 312.9 309.5 309.9 126.7 129.1 127.9 130.5 443.7 451.5 442.5 449.2

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145.1 148.2 142.6 147.0 58.9 59.3 60.7 59.3 259.5 258.3 264.8 264.0

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128.5 127.0 127.9 127.2 50.7 51.0 51.0 51.0 259.3 257.9 263.7 263.1

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196.8 196.5 194.1 194.2 65.3 67.9 65.2 68.2 319.6 318.4 321.3 319.4

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230.0 236.0 230.2 234.8 75.0 77.2 75.9 77.3 326.8 321.7 328.2 324.1

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72.1 73.2 65.1 66.8 21.8 21.1 21.9 21.3 101.2 101.3 103.3 102.9

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279.8 283.8 268.4 271.8 113.7 116.3 113.7 115.6 504.6 511.1 511.9 520.7

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374.5 374.6 364.8 370.5 135.1 140.3 135.9 142.8 457.8 458.3 469.6 469.9

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438.2 445.5 430.8 435.0 169.5 174.0 171.7 175.7 609.0 624.1 626.3 640.5

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273.7 276.0 258.5 265.3 116.2 120.6 116.3 120.8 420.0 423.4 435.6 437.5

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135.0 135.8 134.3 137.0 40.2 40.1 39.9 39.9 246.3 246.3 248.2 247.0

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306.5 317.3 303.8 314.2 116.3 117.8 115.8 117.0 440.2 440.4 445.3 444.6

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.6 68.8 62.9 64.8 18.6 17.7 18.3 17.3 91.7 92.7 94.0 94.9

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92.8 96.0 90.5 93.0 36.7 38.8 37.0 38.8 172.6 172.2 175.0 175.5

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350.7 353.8 345.8 352.8 41.5 41.7 41.2 42.0 159.0 164.2 161.7 165.4

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.1 73.2 71.3 71.6 24.5 24.2 24.2 24.3 92.4 91.9 94.9 94.3

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386.1 397.1 365.5 375.6 170.2 168.3 169.1 168.0 603.2 596.9 622.3 618.1

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96.7 98.8 94.6 98.6 28.1 29.1 28.4 29.0 192.3 190.5 194.2 193.4

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 936.6 958.3 923.7 942.3 405.4 413.7 406.7 413.9 1,428.4 1,433.1 1,463.9 1,468.5

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489.4 497.4 482.0 491.2 151.7 155.4 151.9 154.3 732.4 740.8 748.3 757.5

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.4 39.2 40.0 38.7 16.0 15.4 16.1 15.8 83.7 83.7 84.9 85.3

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563.6 580.3 549.9 567.1 212.7 213.0 212.0 215.0 781.4 775.2 790.5 788.6

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166.1 168.4 164.3 168.5 62.6 59.5 62.9 60.6 352.9 353.8 359.6 361.0

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206.0 206.1 199.6 202.3 64.4 64.6 64.3 65.4 296.7 299.7 313.4 318.6

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 569.8 591.4 565.3 583.0 257.6 256.3 258.3 257.0 711.4 708.6 718.8 715.8

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.8 63.0 59.2 60.2 23.0 23.3 23.0 23.2 60.4 60.3 61.5 61.5

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250.0 247.8 244.9 247.3 74.9 73.1 73.9 74.1 365.3 369.1 367.2 373.5

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.0 49.4 47.9 47.3 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 79.2 80.9 80.2 81.7

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326.4 332.3 325.1 330.9 111.1 111.4 110.7 110.6 435.9 441.3 441.8 446.6

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,302.3 1,311.3 1,295.7 1,336.2 427.1 445.6 428.7 447.9 1,915.3 1,946.2 1,955.8 1,992.5

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140.8 145.4 137.4 142.8 39.8 41.5 39.6 42.0 242.0 246.2 244.3 248.9

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.4 36.9 35.8 36.7 10.4 11.2 10.7 11.1 56.8 56.7 58.4 58.4

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404.6 411.9 397.5 400.9 200.1 201.4 200.1 202.0 715.8 713.9 723.4 721.0

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336.1 343.6 329.6 333.8 118.1 121.2 119.3 120.9 565.2 574.8 585.2 599.1

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.1 76.2 74.6 76.0 53.9 53.9 54.2 53.7 154.5 154.6 158.4 158.3

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283.6 289.8 274.9 282.0 149.5 152.0 149.9 153.7 408.2 413.2 426.4 429.3

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.8 37.9 34.1 33.0 11.2 10.8 11.1 10.9 71.4 69.9 72.1 70.7

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.8 81.2 81.4 65.5 17.5 17.4 17.6 17.4 226.7 218.8 227.0 219.2

Virgin Islands1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.1 – 7.2 – 1.2 – 1.2 – 10.7 – 10.8 –

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

cannot be produced at this time.

p Preliminary

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

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

seasonally adjusted, October 2016 - October 2017