For release 10:00 a.m. (EST) Tuesday, January 23, 2018 USDL-18-0113 

Technical information: 

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STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT — DECEMBER 2017 

Unemployment rates were lower in December in 6 states and the District of Columbia, higher in 1 state, 

and stable in 43 states, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Twenty-five states had jobless 

rate decreases from a year earlier, 2 states had increases, and 23 states and the District had little or no 

change. The national unemployment rate was unchanged from November at 4.1 percent but was 0.6 

percentage point lower than in December 2016. 

Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 10 states in December 2017, decreased in 3 states, and was 

essentially unchanged in 37 states and the District of Columbia. Over the year, 25 states added nonfarm 

payroll jobs and 25 states and the District were essentially unchanged. 

Unemployment 

Hawaii had the lowest unemployment rate in December, 2.0 percent. The rates in California (4.3 

percent), Hawaii (2.0 percent), and Mississippi (4.6 percent) set new series lows. (All state series begin 

in 1976.) Alaska had the highest jobless rate, 7.3 percent. In total, 16 states had unemployment rates 

lower than the U.S. figure of 4.1 percent, 9 states and the District of Columbia had higher rates, and 25 

states had rates that were not appreciably different from that of the nation. (See tables A and 1 and 

map 1.) 

Current Employment Statistics Data for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands 

Response rates for the December 2017 establishment survey were close to average in Puerto Rico. As of 

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

November and preliminary estimates for December. No modifications were made to the estimation 

process. 

The U.S. Virgin Islands was able to produce final estimates of employment, hours, and earnings for 

September, October, and November and preliminary estimates for December. Response rates were 

lower than average in the U.S. Virgin Islands. No modifications were made to the estimation process. 
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 December, six states and the District of Columbia had unemployment rate decreases, the largest of 

which was in the District (-0.4 percentage point). The only over-the-month rate increase occurred in 

Colorado (+0.2 percentage point). The remaining 43 states had jobless rates that were not notably 

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

as the significant changes. (See table B.) 

Twenty-five states had unemployment rate decreases from December 2016. The largest declines 

occurred in Alabama and Tennessee (-2.8 percentage points and -1.9 points, respectively). The only 

over-the-year rate increases were in Alaska and South Dakota (+0.7 percentage point and +0.6 point, 

respectively). (See table C.) 

Nonfarm Payroll Employment 

Ten states had over-the-month increases in nonfarm payroll employment in December 2017. The 

largest increase in employment over the month occurred in California (+52,700), followed by Florida 

(+27,400) and Oregon (+14,700). In percentage terms, the largest increase occurred in Wyoming 

(+1.1 percent), followed by Montana and Oregon (+0.8 percent each). Three states had over-the-month 

decreases in nonfarm payroll employment in December: Maryland (-20,200, or -0.7 percent), Arkansas 

(-6,500, or -0.5 percent), and New Hampshire (-4,700, or -0.7 percent). (See tables D and 3.) 

Twenty-five states had over-the-year increases in nonfarm payroll employment in December. The 

largest job gains occurred in California (+342,500), Texas (+306,900), and Florida (+213,500). The 

largest percentage gain occurred in Nevada (+3.3 percent), followed by Oregon (+2.7 percent) and Utah 

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

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The Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment news release for December 2017 is 

scheduled to be released on Tuesday, February 6, 2018, at 10:00 a.m. (EST). The Regional and 

State Unemployment 2017 Annual Averages news release is scheduled to be released on Tuesday, 

February 27, 2018, at 10:00 a.m. (EST). The State Employment and Unemployment news release 

for January 2018 is scheduled to be released on Monday, March 12, 2018, at 10:00 a.m. (EDT). 

 
Upcoming Changes to Local Area Unemployment Statistics Data 

Effective with the release of Regional and State Unemployment 2017 Annual Averages on Tuesday, 

February 27, 2018, the civilian labor force and unemployment data for the states, the District of 

Columbia, and the modeled substate areas presented in tables 1 and 2 of this news release will be revised 

to incorporate updated inputs, new population controls, reestimation of models, and adjustment to new 

census division and national control totals. In addition, a new procedure for seasonally adjusting the data 

will be implemented. While the not seasonally adjusted data are subject to revision from 2013 forward, 

the seasonally adjusted data will be revised back to 1976. Information on the new seasonal adjustment 

procedure is available at www.bls.gov/lau/ssachanges2018.htm. 

Upcoming Changes to Current Employment Statistics Data 

Effective with the release of January 2018 estimates on March 12, 2018, all nonfarm payroll 

employment estimates for states and areas presented in tables 3 and 4 of this news release will be 

adjusted to 2017 benchmark levels. 

Also effective with the release of January 2018 estimates, the Current Employment Statistics (CES) 

program will convert to concurrent seasonal adjustment, which uses all available estimates, including 

those for the current month, in developing seasonal factors. Currently, the CES program develops 

seasonal factors once a year during the annual benchmark process. For more information on concurrent 

seasonal adjustment in the CES State and Area program, see www.bls.gov/sae/saeconcurrent.htm. 

Not seasonally adjusted data beginning with April 2016 and seasonally adjusted data beginning with 

January 2013 are subject to revision. Some seasonally adjusted series may be revised back to 1990. 

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 2017 NAICS 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 combined industries due to the 2017 NAICS updates, as 

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

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

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

Alaska ............................................................ 7.3

Colorado ......................................................... 3.1

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

Hawaii ............................................................. 2.0

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

Illinois ............................................................. 4.8

Indiana ............................................................ 3.4

Iowa ................................................................ 2.8

Kansas ........................................................... 3.4

Maine ............................................................. 3.0

Minnesota ....................................................... 3.1

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

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

New Hampshire ............................................... 2.6

New Jersey ..................................................... 5.0

New Mexico .................................................... 6.0

New York ........................................................ 4.6

North Dakota ................................................... 2.6

Ohio ............................................................... 4.7

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

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

Tennessee ...................................................... 3.2

Utah ............................................................... 3.1

Vermont .......................................................... 2.8

West Virginia ................................................... 5.5

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

1

 Data are not preliminary.

p

 = preliminary.

Table A. States with unemployment rates significantly different from that

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

to December 2017, seasonally adjusted

November 2017 December 2017 p

California .................................... 4.6 4.3 -0.3

Colorado .................................... 2.9 3.1 .2

District of Columbia ..................... 6.4 6.0 -.4

Indiana ....................................... 3.7 3.4 -.3

Iowa .......................................... 2.9 2.8 -.1

Kentucky ................................... 4.7 4.4 -.3

Maine ........................................ 3.3 3.0 -.3

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

p

 = preliminary.

State

Rate Over-the-month 

change p
   

Table C. States with statistically significant unemployment rate changes from December 2016

to December 2017, seasonally adjusted

December 2016 December 2017 p

Alabama .................................... 6.3 3.5 -2.8

Alaska ....................................... 6.6 7.3 .7

California .................................... 5.2 4.3 -.9

Florida ....................................... 4.9 3.7 -1.2

Georgia ...................................... 5.5 4.4 -1.1

Hawaii ....................................... 2.9 2.0 -.9

Idaho ......................................... 3.6 2.9 -.7

Illinois ........................................ 5.7 4.8 -.9

Iowa .......................................... 3.5 2.8 -.7

Kansas ...................................... 4.3 3.4 -.9

Louisiana ................................... 6.0 4.6 -1.4

Maine ........................................ 3.8 3.0 -.8

Minnesota .................................. 4.0 3.1 -.9

Mississippi ................................. 5.5 4.6 -.9

Missouri ..................................... 4.4 3.5 -.9

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

New Mexico ............................... 6.7 6.0 -.7

North Carolina ............................ 5.2 4.5 -.7

North Dakota .............................. 3.0 2.6 -.4

Oklahoma .................................. 4.8 4.1 -.7

Pennsylvania .............................. 5.4 4.7 -.7

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

Tennessee ................................. 5.1 3.2 -1.9

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

Washington ................................ 5.1 4.5 -.6

Wisconsin .................................. 4.1 3.0 -1.1

Wyoming ................................... 4.8 4.2 -.6

p

 = preliminary.

State

Rate Over-the-year 

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

December 2017, seasonally adjusted

November December

2017 2017 p Level Percent

Arkansas ................................... 1,255,100 1,248,600 -6,500 -0.5

California ................................... 16,927,700 16,980,400 52,700 .3

Florida ....................................... 8,678,500 8,705,900 27,400 .3

Iowa .......................................... 1,593,000 1,600,100 7,100 .4

Kansas ...................................... 1,411,500 1,416,800 5,300 .4

Maryland ................................... 2,782,400 2,762,200 -20,200 -.7

Montana .................................... 476,100 480,000 3,900 .8

Nevada ...................................... 1,357,500 1,365,100 7,600 .6

New Hampshire .......................... 683,600 678,900 -4,700 -.7

North Carolina ............................ 4,445,200 4,457,700 12,500 .3

 

Oregon ...................................... 1,887,100 1,901,800 14,700 .8

South Dakota ............................. 436,300 439,400 3,100 .7

Wyoming ................................... 274,800 277,900 3,100 1.1

p

 = preliminary.

State Over-the-month change p
Table E. States with statistically significant employment changes from December 2016 to

December 2017, seasonally adjusted

December December

2016 2017 p Level Percent

Alabama .................................... 1,983,700 2,017,800 34,100 1.7

Arizona ...................................... 2,735,400 2,770,400 35,000 1.3

California ................................... 16,637,900 16,980,400 342,500 2.1

Colorado .................................... 2,618,300 2,671,500 53,200 2.0

Florida ....................................... 8,492,400 8,705,900 213,500 2.5

Georgia ..................................... 4,435,700 4,518,900 83,200 1.9

Idaho ......................................... 707,900 722,600 14,700 2.1

Iowa .......................................... 1,571,800 1,600,100 28,300 1.8

Maryland ................................... 2,730,800 2,762,200 31,400 1.1

Massachusetts .......................... 3,586,400 3,649,400 63,000 1.8

 

Michigan .................................... 4,368,900 4,426,000 57,100 1.3

Minnesota .................................. 2,921,400 2,958,700 37,300 1.3

Mississippi ................................ 1,145,000 1,162,800 17,800 1.6

Montana .................................... 471,700 480,000 8,300 1.8

Nevada ...................................... 1,321,300 1,365,100 43,800 3.3

New York ................................... 9,458,300 9,556,600 98,300 1.0

North Carolina ............................ 4,382,700 4,457,700 75,000 1.7

Oregon ...................................... 1,852,500 1,901,800 49,300 2.7

Pennsylvania .............................. 5,916,300 5,994,700 78,400 1.3

South Carolina ........................... 2,070,700 2,117,200 46,500 2.2

 

Tennessee ................................. 2,994,100 3,022,800 28,700 1.0

Texas ........................................ 12,137,800 12,444,700 306,900 2.5

Utah .......................................... 1,449,400 1,487,300 37,900 2.6

Washington ............................... 3,291,500 3,360,000 68,500 2.1

Wisconsin ................................. 2,934,300 2,974,500 40,200 1.4

p

 = preliminary.

Over-the-year change p

State
Technical Note

This release presents civilian labor force and 

unemployment data for states and selected substate areas from 

the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program 

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

employment estimates by state and industry supersector from 

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

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

cooperative endeavors.

Civilian labor force and unemployment—from the 

LAUS program 

Definitions. The civilian labor force and unemployment 

data are based on the same concepts and definitions as those 

used for the official national estimates obtained from the 

Current Population Survey (CPS), a sample survey of 

households that is conducted for the Bureau of Labor Statistics 

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

measures employed persons and unemployed persons on a 

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

noninstitutional population 16 years of age and older. 

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

profit in the reference week (typically the week including the 

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

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

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

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

illness, or vacation. 

Unemployed persons are those who were not employed 

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

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

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

persons on layoff expecting recall need not be looking for work 

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

sum of employed and unemployed persons. The unemployment 

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

labor force.

Method of estimation. Estimates for 48 states, the 

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

metropolitan division, New York City, and the balances of 

California and New York state are produced using time-series 

models. This method, which underwent substantial 

enhancement at the beginning of 2015, utilizes data from 

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

unemployment insurance (UI) programs. Estimates for the state 

of California are derived by summing the estimates for the Los 

Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale metropolitan division and the 

balance of California. Similarly, estimates for New York state 

are derived by summing the estimates for New York City and 

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

substate areas contained in this release (the Cleveland-Elyria 

and Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metropolitan areas and the 

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

and their respective balances of state are produced using a 

similar model-based approach.

Each month, estimates for the nine census divisions first

are modeled using inputs from the CPS only and controlled to 

the national totals. State estimates then are controlled to their 

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

estimates for the five areas noted above also are controlled to 

their respective state totals. This tiered process of controlling 

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

benchmarking. Estimates for Puerto Rico are derived from a 

monthly household survey similar to the CPS. A more detailed 

description of the estimation procedures is available from BLS 

upon request. 

Annual revisions. Civilian labor force and 

unemployment data for prior years reflect adjustments made 

after the end of each year. The adjusted estimates reflect 

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

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

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

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

release of January estimates. With the introduction of a new 

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

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

or 1994.

Seasonal adjustment. The LAUS models decompose the 

estimates of employed and unemployed persons into trend, 

seasonal, and irregular components. The trend component of 

each measure is then smoothed using a Trend-Cycle Cascade 

Filter, which combines the Henderson trend filter with a 

seasonal filter. This combined filter suppresses variability due 

to real-time benchmarking while simultaneously removing any 

residual seasonality that may be present in the series. The 

resulting smoothed-seasonally adjusted unemployment rate 

estimates are analyzed in this news release and published on the 

BLS website. During estimation for the current year, the 

smoothed-seasonally adjusted estimates for a given month are 

created using an asymmetric filter that incorporates information 

from previous observations only. For annual revisions, 

historical data are smoothed using a two-sided filter. 

Area definitions. The substate area data published in this 

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

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

list of the geographic definitions is available online at 

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

Employment—from the CES program 

Definitions. Employment data refer to persons on 

establishment payrolls who receive pay for any part of the pay 

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

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

those appearing on more than one payroll are counted on each 

payroll. Industries are classified on the basis of their principal 

activity in accordance with the 2012 version of the North 

American Industry Classification System. 

Method of estimation. CES State and Area employment 

data are produced using several estimation procedures. Where 

possible these data are produced using a "weighted link 

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

employment is computed from a sample of establishments 

reporting for both months. The estimates of employment for the 

current month are then obtained by multiplying these ratios by 

the previous month’s employment estimates. The weighted link 

relative technique is utilized for data series where the sample 

size meets certain statistical criteria. 

For some employment series, the sample of 

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

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

use the direct sample estimates (described above), combined 

with forecasts of historical (benchmarked) data to decrease 

volatility in estimation. Two different models (Fay-Herriot 

Model and Small Domain Model) are used depending on the 

industry level being estimated. For more detailed information 

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

Annual revisions. Employment estimates are adjusted 

annually to a complete count of jobs, called benchmarks, 

derived principally from tax reports that are submitted by 

employers who are covered under state unemployment 

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

adjust the monthly estimates between the new benchmark and 

the preceding one and also to establish the level of employment 

for the new benchmark month. Thus, the benchmarking process 

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

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

subsequent months. Information on recent benchmark revisions 

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

Seasonal adjustment. Payroll employment data are 

seasonally adjusted at the statewide supersector level. In some 

states, the seasonally adjusted payroll employment total is 

computed by aggregating the independently adjusted 

supersector series. In other states, the seasonally adjusted 

payroll employment total is independently adjusted. Revisions 

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

year, coincident with annual benchmark adjustments.

Caution on aggregating state data. State estimation 

procedures are designed to produce accurate data for each 

individual state. BLS independently develops a national 

employment series; state estimates are not forced to sum to 

national totals. Because each state series is subject to larger 

sampling and nonsampling errors than the national series, 

summing them cumulates individual state-level errors and can 

cause significant distortions at an aggregate level. Due to these 

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

employment series, and cautions users that such a series is 

subject to a relatively large and volatile error structure.

Reliability of the estimates

The estimates presented in this release are based on 

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

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

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

occurs by chance because a sample rather than the entire 

population is surveyed. Survey data also are subject to 

nonsampling errors, such as those which can be introduced into 

the data collection and processing operations. Estimates not 

directly derived from sample surveys are subject to additional 

errors resulting from the specific estimation processes used.

Use of error measures. Changes in state unemployment 

rates and state nonfarm payroll employment are cited in the 

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

statistically significant at the 90-percent confidence level. 

Furthermore, state unemployment rates for the current month 

generally are cited only if they have been determined to be 

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

confidence level. The underlying model-based standard error 

measures for unemployment rates and over-the-month and 

over-the-year changes in rates are available at 

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

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

payroll employment data at the total nonfarm and supersector 

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

Measures of nonsampling error are not available.

Additional information

Estimates of civilian labor force and unemployment from 

the LAUS program, as well as nonfarm payroll employment 

from the CES program, for metropolitan areas and metropolitan 

divisions are available in the news release Metropolitan Area 

Employment and Unemployment. Estimates of civilian labor 

force, employed persons, unemployed persons, and 

unemployment rates for approximately 7,500 subnational areas 

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

from the CES program for states and metropolitan areas are 

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

release will be made available to sensory impaired individuals 

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

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

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

State and area

Civilian labor force Unemployed

Dec.

2016

Oct.

2017

Nov.

2017

Dec.

2017p

Number Percent of labor force

Dec.

2016

Oct.

2017

Nov.

2017

Dec.

2017p

Dec.

2016

Oct.

2017

Nov.

2017

Dec.

2017p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,185,628 2,156,951 2,163,284 2,168,761 137,875 77,231 75,775 75,698 6.3 3.6 3.5 3.5

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359,743 363,246 363,119 363,230 23,597 26,156 26,155 26,361 6.6 7.2 7.2 7.3

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,260,480 3,317,510 3,326,486 3,340,127 162,015 147,881 144,108 149,556 5.0 4.5 4.3 4.5

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,337,311 1,378,254 1,372,261 1,362,173 52,779 49,591 50,117 50,196 3.9 3.6 3.7 3.7

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,164,633 19,360,260 19,393,944 19,386,306 999,208 952,996 884,952 838,740 5.2 4.9 4.6 4.3

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale1. . . . 5,060,023 5,177,166 5,179,134 5,167,479 255,678 245,813 235,210 227,624 5.1 4.7 4.5 4.4

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,908,395 3,020,823 3,035,321 3,050,118 86,281 81,374 86,937 93,086 3.0 2.7 2.9 3.1

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,886,206 1,906,084 1,902,482 1,901,529 82,098 85,603 86,950 87,040 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.6

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470,053 478,069 476,858 475,543 20,380 22,735 22,237 21,833 4.3 4.8 4.7 4.6

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393,752 400,873 400,475 401,047 22,423 26,539 25,536 24,091 5.7 6.6 6.4 6.0

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,942,473 10,117,844 10,123,592 10,127,020 491,981 369,146 369,165 374,371 4.9 3.6 3.6 3.7

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall1. . . . . . . . . . . 1,360,429 1,390,342 1,387,683 1,388,128 75,159 62,441 64,522 64,981 5.5 4.5 4.6 4.7

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,982,691 5,085,111 5,093,295 5,095,939 273,934 219,548 221,371 224,831 5.5 4.3 4.3 4.4

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 691,547 686,589 684,398 682,184 19,859 15,172 14,051 13,561 2.9 2.2 2.1 2.0

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 821,440 828,663 835,965 842,429 29,947 23,617 24,183 24,695 3.6 2.9 2.9 2.9

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,500,846 6,425,364 6,445,372 6,464,449 372,800 317,137 313,738 309,162 5.7 4.9 4.9 4.8

Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights1. . . 3,787,945 3,766,002 3,775,711 3,781,627 222,772 192,571 194,295 191,673 5.9 5.1 5.1 5.1

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,308,196 3,330,887 3,315,610 3,301,415 132,737 128,733 123,227 112,531 4.0 3.9 3.7 3.4

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,693,623 1,686,580 1,686,701 1,684,799 59,004 50,974 49,121 47,010 3.5 3.0 2.9 2.8

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,478,785 1,487,674 1,487,343 1,482,444 63,498 53,783 52,259 50,450 4.3 3.6 3.5 3.4

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,007,499 2,062,033 2,061,892 2,063,106 97,008 103,223 97,608 90,956 4.8 5.0 4.7 4.4

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,100,414 2,087,013 2,098,549 2,116,924 125,915 100,204 98,158 97,337 6.0 4.8 4.7 4.6

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 695,036 703,846 702,240 699,973 26,095 24,970 23,136 20,702 3.8 3.5 3.3 3.0

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,182,680 3,251,304 3,245,135 3,230,359 133,157 122,106 126,066 130,247 4.2 3.8 3.9 4.0

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,583,515 3,656,009 3,647,475 3,646,947 110,093 134,792 130,515 128,042 3.1 3.7 3.6 3.5

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,862,253 4,858,302 4,874,823 4,887,450 246,327 217,830 223,810 231,363 5.1 4.5 4.6 4.7

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,084,281 2,090,114 2,100,069 2,106,186 117,772 82,155 89,763 97,387 5.7 3.9 4.3 4.6

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,003,239 3,074,081 3,079,776 3,081,549 121,394 103,060 97,079 94,227 4.0 3.4 3.2 3.1

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,283,461 1,272,309 1,272,660 1,271,691 71,107 62,561 60,771 58,051 5.5 4.9 4.8 4.6

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,102,945 3,051,590 3,044,603 3,028,178 137,545 105,404 102,985 104,688 4.4 3.5 3.4 3.5

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528,349 525,878 526,069 526,002 21,027 20,422 20,965 21,342 4.0 3.9 4.0 4.1

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,012,237 1,010,893 1,011,475 1,010,518 33,408 27,061 27,186 27,667 3.3 2.7 2.7 2.7

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,434,386 1,457,082 1,465,039 1,473,867 73,712 72,484 73,382 73,325 5.1 5.0 5.0 5.0

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 751,316 748,044 746,424 744,038 20,515 20,137 20,014 19,527 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.6

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,507,830 4,521,272 4,515,745 4,489,655 212,501 220,958 230,331 224,192 4.7 4.9 5.1 5.0

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 928,823 931,378 932,988 935,651 62,449 57,130 56,505 55,813 6.7 6.1 6.1 6.0

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,513,807 9,712,582 9,714,611 9,685,002 456,692 470,592 460,260 449,761 4.8 4.8 4.7 4.6

New York City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,113,073 4,247,213 4,235,920 4,215,133 201,137 213,803 197,041 182,416 4.9 5.0 4.7 4.3

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,920,437 4,946,506 4,952,549 4,949,223 256,852 203,783 213,361 222,116 5.2 4.1 4.3 4.5

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417,465 418,560 418,178 416,393 12,603 10,324 10,769 10,838 3.0 2.5 2.6 2.6

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,686,703 5,761,152 5,770,987 5,774,214 284,380 295,869 279,094 270,092 5.0 5.1 4.8 4.7

Cleveland-Elyria2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,027,316 1,032,559 1,030,435 1,027,686 58,303 64,099 60,190 55,865 5.7 6.2 5.8 5.4

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,823,830 1,835,578 1,841,835 1,847,899 88,312 80,430 77,211 76,004 4.8 4.4 4.2 4.1

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,064,850 2,134,176 2,138,286 2,143,455 93,177 92,300 90,718 88,634 4.5 4.3 4.2 4.1

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,454,219 6,398,872 6,397,107 6,391,884 351,535 297,886 295,624 298,953 5.4 4.7 4.6 4.7

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 550,587 554,791 554,801 554,893 27,250 23,290 24,032 24,547 4.9 4.2 4.3 4.4

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,298,087 2,326,122 2,325,372 2,323,976 98,225 91,092 92,726 96,434 4.3 3.9 4.0 4.1

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454,029 459,164 459,460 459,771 13,100 15,986 16,092 16,077 2.9 3.5 3.5 3.5

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,167,839 3,208,049 3,222,152 3,230,761 162,603 94,946 98,366 102,054 5.1 3.0 3.1 3.2

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,360,842 13,427,830 13,480,180 13,547,022 637,553 517,228 512,134 522,211 4.8 3.9 3.8 3.9

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,528,430 1,575,812 1,577,675 1,580,966 48,668 51,577 50,308 49,727 3.2 3.3 3.2 3.1

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345,093 345,184 345,600 345,756 10,894 10,031 9,951 9,850 3.2 2.9 2.9 2.8

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,268,228 4,338,624 4,327,213 4,308,950 174,273 157,562 158,983 157,466 4.1 3.6 3.7 3.7

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,677,114 3,767,779 3,772,589 3,763,136 189,172 170,572 167,843 169,548 5.1 4.5 4.4 4.5

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,638,614 1,654,423 1,658,710 1,664,719 61,206 62,569 62,656 63,129 3.7 3.8 3.8 3.8

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 782,578 779,618 780,013 783,036 45,151 39,861 41,513 43,129 5.8 5.1 5.3 5.5

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,114,899 3,162,202 3,168,279 3,170,646 126,791 108,062 102,500 95,651 4.1 3.4 3.2 3.0

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300,872 293,413 292,796 292,303 14,539 12,222 12,491 12,345 4.8 4.2 4.3 4.2

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,119,349 1,078,036 1,088,900 1,099,750 138,800 114,381 117,938 119,795 12.4 10.6 10.8 10.9

1 Metropolitan division.

2 Metropolitan statistical area.

p Preliminary

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

Management and Budget Bulletin No. 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.
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

November December Number Percent of labor force

2016 2017 2016 2017p

November December November December

2016 2017 2016 2017p 2016 2017 2016 2017p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,184,641 2,173,135 2,180,260 2,160,961 123,834 77,187 129,295 73,598 5.7 3.6 5.9 3.4

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356,778 359,189 355,793 358,213 23,006 25,504 23,311 26,146 6.4 7.1 6.6 7.3

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,265,507 3,332,881 3,261,413 3,338,531 155,867 143,337 152,384 152,125 4.8 4.3 4.7 4.6

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,334,504 1,359,008 1,327,109 1,341,053 45,836 45,158 50,559 48,860 3.4 3.3 3.8 3.6

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,157,621 19,344,853 19,098,452 19,286,476 963,869 776,409 957,110 804,575 5.0 4.0 5.0 4.2

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale1. . . . 5,067,615 5,155,294 5,047,898 5,126,155 243,819 214,816 237,504 214,019 4.8 4.2 4.7 4.2

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,899,265 3,028,874 2,892,195 3,038,542 78,408 87,732 78,247 92,411 2.7 2.9 2.7 3.0

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,882,158 1,898,288 1,875,808 1,883,974 73,411 81,972 73,548 74,080 3.9 4.3 3.9 3.9

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470,281 474,126 470,318 473,668 18,029 19,531 18,141 19,378 3.8 4.1 3.9 4.1

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394,454 401,650 392,765 400,550 22,343 23,177 21,456 20,987 5.7 5.8 5.5 5.2

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,927,342 10,082,256 9,909,607 10,062,570 473,563 387,633 467,212 368,312 4.8 3.8 4.7 3.7

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall1. . . . . . . . . . . 1,360,607 1,386,950 1,361,651 1,393,533 68,334 63,628 72,959 63,158 5.0 4.6 5.4 4.5

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,975,427 5,075,713 4,981,511 5,082,349 251,828 220,442 258,411 219,844 5.1 4.3 5.2 4.3

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 692,102 683,687 691,469 680,357 19,950 13,852 17,691 11,816 2.9 2.0 2.6 1.7

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 818,262 838,445 816,378 839,228 30,103 25,579 28,961 24,882 3.7 3.1 3.5 3.0

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,493,487 6,468,408 6,481,471 6,448,635 340,691 302,387 363,140 303,789 5.2 4.7 5.6 4.7

Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights1. . . 3,761,186 3,777,175 3,758,619 3,765,435 198,080 181,538 205,362 181,083 5.3 4.8 5.5 4.8

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,316,013 3,289,184 3,287,532 3,268,341 127,730 110,345 131,025 100,457 3.9 3.4 4.0 3.1

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,691,617 1,679,905 1,684,529 1,669,980 50,922 42,644 60,330 47,555 3.0 2.5 3.6 2.8

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,482,627 1,490,364 1,474,815 1,470,841 56,378 47,960 56,522 43,994 3.8 3.2 3.8 3.0

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,002,931 2,054,851 2,009,243 2,049,387 84,844 83,501 90,832 76,436 4.2 4.1 4.5 3.7

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,104,428 2,109,342 2,084,212 2,117,381 114,387 89,006 112,436 84,275 5.4 4.2 5.4 4.0

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 691,090 696,831 688,709 693,026 25,518 21,040 24,167 17,307 3.7 3.0 3.5 2.5

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,180,574 3,230,586 3,172,633 3,202,685 126,573 129,352 122,921 122,956 4.0 4.0 3.9 3.8

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,583,688 3,623,587 3,575,041 3,621,182 98,720 118,848 98,949 111,662 2.8 3.3 2.8 3.1

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,845,978 4,869,779 4,830,685 4,851,699 203,410 192,624 215,298 215,738 4.2 4.0 4.5 4.4

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,067,175 2,094,729 2,068,225 2,090,833 97,931 77,667 99,229 87,481 4.7 3.7 4.8 4.2

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,997,906 3,067,812 2,994,599 3,066,881 102,107 81,490 121,941 101,985 3.4 2.7 4.1 3.3

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,281,867 1,276,858 1,289,299 1,270,970 64,314 57,316 73,153 56,982 5.0 4.5 5.7 4.5

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,091,875 3,021,468 3,081,307 2,985,425 114,870 95,470 121,063 100,406 3.7 3.2 3.9 3.4

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524,923 523,614 522,823 522,053 19,879 21,302 22,261 22,166 3.8 4.1 4.3 4.2

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,010,228 1,008,567 1,007,426 1,004,603 27,976 23,909 31,903 27,983 2.8 2.4 3.2 2.8

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,433,620 1,472,939 1,429,013 1,474,324 71,570 72,108 70,178 69,115 5.0 4.9 4.9 4.7

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 749,293 743,344 747,463 737,581 19,573 18,538 18,907 16,829 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.3

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,492,794 4,484,899 4,491,251 4,434,963 186,915 217,045 187,578 180,924 4.2 4.8 4.2 4.1

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 935,046 938,880 934,596 941,340 60,388 53,902 58,415 51,342 6.5 5.7 6.3 5.5

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,496,305 9,644,018 9,437,309 9,550,946 428,310 431,485 420,764 419,359 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.4

New York City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,116,024 4,204,529 4,092,225 4,160,442 194,867 169,047 180,559 162,152 4.7 4.0 4.4 3.9

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,921,006 4,943,636 4,888,173 4,900,294 241,445 221,839 238,340 215,792 4.9 4.5 4.9 4.4

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413,729 413,798 412,466 409,589 10,765 9,378 12,674 10,789 2.6 2.3 3.1 2.6

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,692,448 5,766,217 5,663,487 5,724,031 256,301 243,994 269,865 257,647 4.5 4.2 4.8 4.5

Cleveland-Elyria2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,020,042 1,025,431 1,012,466 1,010,359 48,683 46,889 53,394 47,296 4.8 4.6 5.3 4.7

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,837,205 1,856,179 1,821,171 1,846,462 84,586 69,346 83,463 71,473 4.6 3.7 4.6 3.9

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,070,415 2,147,040 2,052,822 2,134,356 89,684 82,712 85,717 80,639 4.3 3.9 4.2 3.8

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,439,865 6,380,459 6,395,720 6,340,056 312,670 273,914 306,757 279,210 4.9 4.3 4.8 4.4

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 553,212 557,282 550,196 555,753 25,413 23,887 24,653 23,580 4.6 4.3 4.5 4.2

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,285,900 2,302,036 2,283,712 2,301,587 91,905 91,343 95,277 98,279 4.0 4.0 4.2 4.3

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454,040 458,649 450,700 456,865 12,215 15,310 13,748 16,610 2.7 3.3 3.1 3.6

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,157,185 3,206,188 3,156,140 3,207,374 148,866 106,917 155,435 99,454 4.7 3.3 4.9 3.1

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,371,089 13,500,872 13,353,321 13,545,282 599,870 499,280 605,992 501,323 4.5 3.7 4.5 3.7

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,526,692 1,574,171 1,527,220 1,574,792 40,660 42,620 44,456 44,678 2.7 2.7 2.9 2.8

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344,383 344,807 343,751 343,761 10,072 9,146 9,760 8,518 2.9 2.7 2.8 2.5

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,249,068 4,270,619 4,237,986 4,257,390 159,490 154,815 160,026 142,728 3.8 3.6 3.8 3.4

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,671,129 3,755,018 3,666,401 3,735,835 188,004 166,724 193,221 182,571 5.1 4.4 5.3 4.9

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,627,247 1,649,700 1,623,073 1,654,020 63,900 65,398 57,743 61,386 3.9 4.0 3.6 3.7

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 779,129 777,146 771,785 777,546 38,750 38,747 39,261 41,073 5.0 5.0 5.1 5.3

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,116,760 3,172,944 3,098,335 3,150,289 113,945 85,858 114,831 84,051 3.7 2.7 3.7 2.7

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300,414 291,490 299,114 289,691 13,967 12,180 14,866 11,439 4.6 4.2 5.0 3.9

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,111,068 1,114,967 1,138,998 1,120,810 121,705 115,427 136,773 110,542 11.0 10.4 12.0 9.9

1 Metropolitan division.

2 Metropolitan statistical area.

p Preliminary

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

Management and Budget Bulletin No. 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.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Total1 Construction Manufacturing

Dec.

2016

Oct.

2017

Nov.

2017

Dec.

2017p

Dec.

2016

Oct.

2017

Nov.

2017

Dec.

2017p

Dec.

2016

Oct.

2017

Nov.

2017

Dec.

2017p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,983.7 2,014.1 2,015.7 2,017.8 82.5 90.1 91.6 89.8 263.5 267.1 267.2 269.2

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329.4 330.4 327.5 327.2 15.5 15.7 16.5 17.0 13.0 11.5 10.2 9.1

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,735.4 2,762.0 2,767.9 2,770.4 136.4 139.1 142.0 143.4 161.4 164.4 164.8 167.1

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,237.3 1,256.2 1,255.1 1,248.6 50.0 52.6 53.1 52.6 156.1 160.8 161.1 160.8

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,637.9 16,874.0 16,927.7 16,980.4 783.9 832.1 832.9 839.9 1,304.3 1,298.2 1,299.3 1,302.3

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,618.3 2,661.5 2,666.4 2,671.5 156.3 158.4 161.6 164.9 141.7 141.4 143.5 143.2

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,677.5 1,681.0 1,679.2 1,685.2 58.0 58.4 57.1 56.1 156.2 157.3 158.3 160.3

Delaware2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454.4 455.6 453.8 453.8 20.6 20.7 20.8 21.1 25.9 26.0 25.9 26.0

District of Columbia3, 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 787.6 794.4 793.7 795.6 14.7 14.6 14.6 14.7 – – – –

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,492.4 8,663.3 8,678.5 8,705.9 484.5 518.4 523.8 528.4 357.7 372.5 372.4 373.9

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,435.7 4,510.4 4,513.3 4,518.9 178.0 178.9 180.4 183.5 390.9 386.9 386.2 387.1

Hawaii2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 651.9 657.8 657.0 659.1 37.7 38.1 38.8 38.8 13.8 13.6 13.8 13.8

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 707.9 720.5 722.0 722.6 43.1 43.8 44.2 44.2 66.0 66.9 67.2 67.7

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,021.3 6,046.3 6,049.4 6,050.9 210.4 211.2 214.0 216.2 569.9 573.0 575.9 577.6

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,108.6 3,133.8 3,130.5 3,136.2 128.8 134.3 139.0 139.7 526.9 531.7 529.8 534.5

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,571.8 1,586.6 1,593.0 1,600.1 81.1 75.1 74.9 73.6 210.9 217.6 219.3 222.6

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,410.5 1,408.5 1,411.5 1,416.8 60.9 62.2 62.3 63.9 160.2 158.9 159.6 158.6

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,931.3 1,948.8 1,952.1 1,952.5 76.5 81.2 81.3 80.9 250.1 249.2 251.7 252.2

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,969.0 1,978.0 1,974.9 1,974.5 142.9 150.5 151.7 153.0 132.9 133.9 133.2 134.3

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 617.6 619.2 619.7 622.6 28.1 27.7 28.0 27.9 50.3 50.6 50.7 50.9

Maryland2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,730.8 2,777.5 2,782.4 2,762.2 162.6 171.7 169.3 168.3 104.3 103.8 105.0 104.4

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,586.4 3,641.9 3,649.7 3,649.4 147.9 152.0 154.8 156.4 244.5 245.0 246.5 247.3

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,368.9 4,406.1 4,415.9 4,426.0 157.5 162.6 162.8 164.9 601.8 603.2 605.0 607.1

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,921.4 2,953.1 2,949.8 2,958.7 118.9 119.5 121.6 127.3 317.9 322.3 321.8 321.2

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,145.0 1,155.6 1,159.9 1,162.8 42.3 43.1 43.5 44.1 141.7 143.5 143.3 144.5

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,871.7 2,891.9 2,896.1 2,894.5 123.0 115.0 116.0 114.2 262.5 267.7 268.1 269.7

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471.7 476.3 476.1 480.0 27.6 27.8 27.2 28.7 19.6 19.7 19.9 19.8

Nebraska2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,021.9 1,028.7 1,032.8 1,032.8 52.1 50.6 51.9 51.5 97.0 97.4 98.9 98.4

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,321.3 1,352.1 1,357.5 1,365.1 81.3 88.1 89.7 91.7 44.4 45.8 45.8 46.1

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 673.6 681.1 683.6 678.9 26.3 28.2 28.4 27.7 68.5 69.4 69.2 69.3

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,103.7 4,130.3 4,138.0 4,126.6 150.9 157.1 158.6 154.3 239.9 247.0 246.6 248.5

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 836.4 844.3 846.4 846.8 43.7 45.6 46.6 46.7 26.5 26.5 26.6 26.4

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,458.3 9,527.7 9,557.1 9,556.6 370.3 375.6 380.2 380.2 444.0 432.0 434.1 435.3

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,382.7 4,443.6 4,445.2 4,457.7 204.0 200.4 200.6 201.9 466.8 465.5 466.8 467.5

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433.8 438.5 436.1 435.6 32.0 31.8 31.4 30.7 23.9 23.8 24.1 24.1

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,503.7 5,545.4 5,539.7 5,542.2 203.4 212.5 211.9 210.2 688.7 692.7 695.4 698.9

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,650.2 1,672.1 1,669.5 1,670.6 76.5 83.2 81.8 84.7 127.5 130.6 130.9 130.5

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,852.5 1,887.4 1,887.1 1,901.8 94.8 103.6 103.2 104.8 187.3 194.2 192.9 195.3

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,916.3 5,973.7 5,980.1 5,994.7 240.9 246.1 249.2 254.0 557.5 552.4 552.1 553.0

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 491.3 497.1 497.9 497.3 18.6 20.4 20.9 20.7 40.0 41.1 41.8 42.0

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,070.7 2,105.7 2,114.3 2,117.2 98.4 97.8 98.7 100.9 241.6 247.6 250.5 250.9

South Dakota2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435.4 435.5 436.3 439.4 23.9 23.7 23.8 24.0 41.5 41.7 42.3 42.9

Tennessee2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,994.1 3,025.0 3,024.8 3,022.8 122.2 125.0 126.9 126.1 344.9 345.7 347.3 346.4

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,137.8 12,390.7 12,444.3 12,444.7 704.9 721.2 728.5 732.8 841.9 876.7 880.6 878.2

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,449.4 1,482.3 1,486.0 1,487.3 92.2 95.8 97.5 98.7 128.1 128.9 129.8 131.6

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313.9 316.7 317.4 316.4 15.4 15.6 15.1 15.3 29.3 28.6 28.6 28.7

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,936.3 3,972.2 3,968.6 3,966.5 189.3 192.3 193.4 194.6 233.1 232.7 233.5 235.5

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,291.5 3,342.8 3,353.9 3,360.0 192.1 200.7 202.1 203.6 286.5 283.6 284.5 286.9

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 746.8 749.1 747.7 748.1 30.5 31.7 32.5 33.1 46.4 45.7 46.0 46.0

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,934.3 2,971.9 2,976.2 2,974.5 112.8 112.4 111.7 112.9 468.4 481.1 482.8 479.9

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276.8 275.4 274.8 277.9 20.4 20.7 20.2 20.8 9.1 9.4 9.3 9.4

Puerto Rico2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 893.1 840.4 850.6 847.8 24.5 20.4 20.2 21.5 73.9 69.7 70.1 69.1

Virgin Islands3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.2 36.1 35.9 35.9 – – – – – – – –

1

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

2 Mining and logging is combined with construction.

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

cannot be separated with sufficient precision.

p Preliminary

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

Dec.

2016

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2017

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2017

Dec.

2017p

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2016

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2017

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2017

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2016

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2017

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2017

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2017p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379.0 377.0 376.9 373.9 98.1 99.4 98.3 97.8 235.3 239.9 240.8 240.5

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.0 65.8 64.8 64.5 12.0 11.5 11.5 11.7 27.1 27.7 27.6 27.9

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 520.1 519.7 518.0 514.6 205.9 210.3 210.7 210.6 420.3 425.3 427.1 427.5

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254.2 256.0 254.7 251.1 51.2 50.8 51.2 51.5 144.6 148.1 148.7 147.0

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,023.1 3,038.5 3,040.8 3,037.0 831.5 835.5 838.3 844.9 2,543.7 2,552.7 2,568.7 2,577.4

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458.9 465.6 465.6 465.4 163.7 166.0 165.1 164.8 409.7 423.4 424.6 425.3

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298.1 297.7 297.7 300.3 130.2 132.6 133.2 132.4 216.4 218.1 216.3 219.0

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82.2 80.4 80.0 79.7 47.0 48.0 47.9 48.0 61.1 62.1 61.8 60.6

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.9 33.0 32.7 32.3 29.8 29.8 29.4 29.7 167.3 169.9 170.3 169.6

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,737.8 1,762.1 1,768.7 1,771.4 553.0 562.2 566.3 568.3 1,303.0 1,348.5 1,340.9 1,350.2

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 933.9 943.5 944.3 942.3 240.1 246.3 245.3 244.8 671.1 689.9 692.8 691.6

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121.9 123.1 122.9 121.8 28.5 27.5 27.8 28.1 84.3 86.4 86.2 86.6

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139.6 143.0 142.5 142.3 35.1 35.0 35.5 35.7 88.6 87.2 86.5 87.2

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,209.5 1,206.1 1,206.8 1,206.6 385.1 398.6 396.4 393.8 945.8 947.8 954.6 951.5

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 603.1 597.8 595.9 596.8 134.8 140.6 139.8 137.9 337.3 339.6 339.3 335.2

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317.0 319.2 319.3 320.7 110.0 112.5 113.9 114.6 139.2 140.5 143.0 142.5

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266.0 263.0 264.2 265.1 86.0 87.0 86.7 86.3 179.0 180.9 182.3 183.4

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402.2 406.0 404.6 402.9 95.8 94.6 95.2 95.2 225.1 230.6 229.7 230.7

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387.7 380.7 377.9 376.7 92.3 93.3 92.4 92.8 211.3 213.2 214.7 213.4

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120.1 120.7 120.3 120.8 30.4 30.6 30.4 30.8 66.0 65.8 67.2 67.7

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468.9 470.4 471.8 468.9 149.1 148.6 150.1 149.1 447.7 462.2 464.7 458.7

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 572.2 580.1 578.2 577.7 224.7 228.6 227.0 227.4 556.4 571.9 573.8 572.8

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 782.4 783.8 783.7 783.3 216.6 219.0 218.4 219.0 662.1 672.5 676.6 677.3

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535.6 539.7 540.4 542.2 177.5 175.8 176.3 176.1 375.8 379.2 381.4 380.0

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230.9 233.5 232.7 233.8 43.3 44.2 44.6 44.6 105.6 105.4 108.0 110.2

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 550.5 548.8 548.1 546.3 170.2 175.3 174.3 175.4 385.0 394.1 398.5 398.0

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95.1 94.4 94.3 94.1 24.3 24.9 24.9 25.2 41.2 42.4 42.7 43.3

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206.9 203.6 204.5 203.3 74.0 74.3 73.9 74.5 120.0 123.4 123.7 124.1

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243.2 242.9 245.9 248.8 62.6 63.3 63.5 63.7 180.1 190.5 190.6 191.3

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139.5 140.9 141.2 139.0 37.5 38.8 38.5 39.0 78.9 78.5 79.1 78.6

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 875.1 875.7 876.1 870.0 250.1 250.7 250.8 249.0 670.1 667.3 667.9 669.2

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139.3 140.8 141.0 140.9 33.2 34.4 34.7 34.9 102.8 104.6 104.0 103.4

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,578.6 1,573.5 1,575.8 1,574.3 713.0 716.5 715.1 715.8 1,320.8 1,339.9 1,346.7 1,348.5

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 820.9 828.7 827.4 829.0 229.2 229.9 228.1 230.9 619.0 647.8 651.6 655.2

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95.4 94.8 94.5 95.2 24.6 24.8 24.5 24.6 34.9 36.9 36.4 36.1

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,027.3 1,022.5 1,017.4 1,016.9 300.4 306.1 308.6 310.2 724.1 727.9 726.6 723.1

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307.6 303.7 302.1 302.5 79.5 80.9 80.9 80.7 179.8 181.3 180.8 180.4

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342.7 345.7 345.7 346.2 98.4 97.8 98.0 98.5 241.5 247.4 245.9 248.9

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,125.9 1,131.3 1,131.9 1,127.6 317.9 317.7 318.9 319.4 797.3 820.6 822.4 820.5

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.6 77.5 77.1 76.2 32.8 33.4 33.2 33.6 66.4 66.1 65.3 65.6

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399.8 403.7 407.4 404.0 99.7 100.3 100.8 100.7 268.2 279.1 282.3 280.0

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89.1 87.5 87.0 87.4 29.6 29.7 30.0 30.1 31.6 31.7 31.1 31.8

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 621.2 630.6 628.3 623.2 155.0 155.3 155.2 155.6 410.7 411.8 407.4 412.2

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,446.7 2,460.2 2,470.5 2,460.0 739.1 765.2 767.3 765.2 1,647.2 1,685.9 1,700.1 1,699.8

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276.6 281.5 282.2 280.2 82.5 83.0 83.4 82.6 207.8 214.5 212.0 211.8

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.2 55.7 55.5 55.5 11.9 11.9 11.9 12.1 27.6 29.0 28.8 28.4

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 666.5 661.3 656.4 659.2 202.1 206.4 206.8 207.1 718.6 730.5 729.9 725.3

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 619.2 628.4 630.7 627.7 152.0 158.3 158.3 158.9 406.8 414.8 418.6 415.3

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132.2 129.3 129.0 128.2 27.2 27.7 27.4 27.5 64.6 64.4 63.8 64.6

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535.8 542.8 544.5 545.4 152.2 152.0 151.8 150.6 320.3 326.6 327.2 329.1

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.4 51.8 51.8 52.2 10.4 10.7 10.9 11.0 17.6 17.4 17.6 17.7

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171.2 158.8 158.6 158.9 42.5 41.1 41.1 41.2 114.9 110.7 114.1 113.8

Virgin Islands1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.9 6.9 6.9 7.2 – – – – – – – –

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.

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

Dec.

2016

Oct.

2017

Nov.

2017

Dec.

2017p

Dec.

2016

Oct.

2017

Nov.

2017

Dec.

2017p

Dec.

2016

Oct.

2017

Nov.

2017

Dec.

2017p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235.9 240.7 240.2 240.7 199.1 205.5 205.5 208.3 379.8 382.7 383.0 384.7

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.0 49.1 49.1 49.0 36.1 36.4 35.7 36.3 80.8 81.1 80.9 80.7

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417.2 426.0 427.6 424.7 318.3 323.6 324.4 327.2 411.7 412.1 412.3 413.1

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185.1 188.8 189.9 190.4 116.3 119.4 117.3 116.5 211.2 210.5 210.3 210.2

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,570.5 2,635.9 2,649.2 2,650.5 1,922.6 1,957.6 1,975.2 1,985.3 2,545.6 2,580.4 2,583.6 2,593.9

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332.8 338.0 337.2 338.8 327.0 335.1 336.4 335.7 428.0 427.9 428.0 428.8

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331.3 333.6 334.5 334.9 155.3 153.7 151.7 153.3 233.9 231.0 230.8 230.8

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78.1 79.5 79.8 79.7 51.0 50.7 49.8 50.3 65.0 65.1 65.0 65.3

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136.4 137.4 137.9 138.6 77.5 81.6 80.1 80.9 240.3 238.5 238.3 238.0

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,262.7 1,275.3 1,279.3 1,285.0 1,194.0 1,195.9 1,199.1 1,203.1 1,100.1 1,111.5 1,111.2 1,108.9

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 569.7 584.0 584.8 589.3 481.6 492.8 494.1 495.9 691.1 701.8 701.1 698.1

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83.3 85.4 85.1 86.1 120.1 121.9 122.3 122.4 126.2 125.3 123.8 125.2

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102.3 106.7 107.2 107.2 72.5 73.4 73.8 73.3 123.0 126.0 126.5 126.5

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 918.1 929.4 927.0 924.7 596.9 597.0 595.7 595.5 831.6 826.4 823.4 827.5

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470.0 474.6 475.3 478.8 310.2 308.8 306.4 307.7 430.6 439.0 438.8 438.5

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228.2 232.4 233.6 235.1 142.7 147.6 148.3 149.3 258.5 258.7 258.2 259.5

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197.0 198.1 198.9 198.3 127.0 126.2 125.1 128.3 257.3 255.9 255.5 255.6

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272.9 274.8 274.7 274.3 190.6 193.2 195.3 196.1 318.8 317.2 316.7 316.8

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313.1 316.0 315.9 316.2 230.3 235.5 235.2 235.8 323.1 319.9 319.3 318.1

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125.9 127.7 128.1 128.3 65.6 65.2 64.8 65.6 99.5 99.7 99.4 99.3

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464.8 478.0 477.7 475.6 273.8 276.8 276.3 273.4 506.1 513.4 514.8 512.6

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 791.4 803.4 806.4 805.4 363.2 367.9 372.3 372.8 457.5 459.8 459.2 459.1

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 667.6 671.6 673.5 674.6 434.4 437.8 441.7 443.1 609.9 614.9 613.2 615.1

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 531.2 539.6 540.6 543.1 261.6 267.7 261.1 262.9 429.7 431.1 430.5 430.7

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141.1 144.7 145.8 145.7 136.5 137.8 138.5 137.5 244.9 244.6 244.7 243.8

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464.0 468.7 469.4 467.6 307.1 313.8 314.4 317.8 435.9 435.5 434.6 433.3

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.2 76.7 76.4 77.1 65.2 66.3 66.9 67.6 91.9 93.0 92.5 92.5

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154.0 155.8 155.3 155.4 91.1 93.9 95.1 96.7 171.0 172.2 172.5 172.1

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131.1 134.6 135.9 136.6 349.7 352.8 350.5 350.9 159.0 163.9 164.8 165.7

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121.8 124.5 124.6 125.0 72.5 72.4 73.3 72.3 90.6 90.8 90.8 89.9

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 686.6 696.0 698.8 696.7 375.2 384.6 386.2 389.0 611.4 608.4 609.0 607.6

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140.9 142.4 142.7 143.3 97.8 100.2 100.8 101.0 191.4 189.6 189.3 190.7

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,969.7 2,012.8 2,025.7 2,019.4 926.5 937.4 939.9 943.6 1,451.2 1,455.3 1,454.2 1,453.9

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 589.0 605.0 606.1 605.4 485.6 492.1 490.2 492.8 732.4 740.1 740.0 739.7

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.5 63.4 63.1 63.3 39.5 38.6 37.6 37.0 83.4 83.5 83.4 83.6

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 934.2 948.7 946.0 946.8 555.9 568.7 568.6 570.8 771.6 767.7 766.2 766.9

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234.6 240.0 238.6 240.1 166.2 169.8 170.3 168.8 353.5 354.8 354.3 353.9

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272.6 278.7 279.3 280.3 200.1 203.1 204.5 208.9 308.5 310.5 310.2 310.9

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,242.5 1,257.2 1,264.2 1,268.1 565.1 584.4 580.8 588.1 703.1 699.6 698.5 697.5

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106.8 107.2 107.7 108.1 58.6 59.6 60.2 59.2 60.7 60.7 60.5 60.5

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245.4 251.3 251.9 252.5 247.5 249.7 248.0 253.8 365.1 369.8 368.6 368.4

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71.1 71.6 72.3 72.3 47.8 46.9 46.9 48.2 79.0 80.3 80.5 80.7

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430.4 434.9 436.3 435.6 325.5 329.3 332.1 333.1 428.3 436.1 433.4 433.3

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,658.6 1,684.0 1,689.8 1,689.3 1,312.6 1,340.5 1,348.2 1,355.0 1,940.4 1,971.0 1,973.5 1,977.8

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195.6 200.8 200.8 201.7 140.7 146.6 149.5 149.3 240.7 244.8 244.9 245.7

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.6 65.8 65.5 65.6 37.9 38.2 40.0 38.9 55.7 55.5 55.5 55.7

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 538.1 554.9 555.4 552.5 398.4 406.6 405.2 401.8 715.1 713.2 712.0 713.1

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471.2 478.1 481.5 482.1 334.0 335.5 334.8 338.7 580.3 590.4 587.3 591.4

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131.2 133.9 134.5 134.2 74.6 75.9 75.7 75.6 155.8 155.6 154.9 154.5

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449.2 452.5 451.9 452.5 274.3 281.2 284.8 286.8 418.2 418.5 417.9 414.9

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.6 27.3 27.0 27.6 35.0 34.1 34.0 35.2 70.9 69.6 69.4 69.2

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122.8 117.7 115.8 115.7 82.0 68.7 74.1 77.3 226.3 218.3 221.7 215.4

Virgin Islands1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . – – – – 7.6 6.9 6.5 6.3 10.8 10.8 10.7 10.6

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

components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.

p Preliminary

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

November December November December November December

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

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,999.3 2,028.6 1,992.6 2,025.1 9.8 9.7 9.7 9.6 84.9 91.3 83.1 89.2

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317.3 316.0 315.0 314.6 13.2 13.2 13.1 13.0 14.8 15.5 13.9 15.3

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,767.5 2,809.8 2,773.0 2,815.5 11.4 11.4 11.5 11.2 133.9 141.9 134.0 142.5

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,242.0 1,264.0 1,240.6 1,256.7 6.1 6.1 6.1 6.0 50.1 53.3 49.1 52.2

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,780.7 17,073.8 16,763.5 17,108.2 23.6 23.1 23.1 22.3 797.5 839.4 774.2 834.2

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,623.2 2,677.2 2,631.0 2,689.2 22.3 21.8 22.2 21.7 156.6 163.5 153.5 162.9

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,698.0 1,700.9 1,693.8 1,701.8 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 59.6 59.0 56.9 55.2

Delaware1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457.6 458.0 457.4 457.2 – – – – 20.9 21.2 20.8 21.3

District of Columbia1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 791.6 798.1 788.9 797.4 – – – – 14.6 14.6 14.3 14.5

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,553.2 8,761.2 8,581.4 8,801.9 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.7 487.1 530.0 487.2 531.7

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,468.5 4,549.5 4,462.9 4,547.7 9.7 10.5 9.8 10.7 179.4 181.2 178.1 182.9

Hawaii1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 657.9 665.1 659.6 668.2 – – – – 37.5 38.8 37.8 38.9

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 708.9 726.5 707.2 721.8 4.0 3.7 3.8 3.6 42.6 45.0 42.3 43.5

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,087.7 6,120.5 6,053.6 6,091.5 8.0 8.2 7.9 8.0 220.9 221.3 201.7 208.3

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,144.8 3,169.2 3,123.4 3,152.7 6.3 6.4 6.2 6.4 134.3 142.2 125.7 137.3

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,588.2 1,609.5 1,576.7 1,603.6 2.5 2.7 2.3 2.5 84.6 77.9 77.4 70.8

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,424.9 1,429.0 1,418.3 1,428.3 6.9 7.2 6.7 7.3 61.8 63.9 58.7 62.6

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,947.4 1,969.8 1,952.4 1,971.2 10.1 9.5 10.1 9.5 79.7 83.3 76.7 81.0

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,982.4 1,997.2 1,980.1 1,989.9 35.6 36.4 34.8 35.6 145.0 155.1 142.7 153.5

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 620.6 623.6 615.5 621.3 2.4 2.6 2.4 2.6 28.5 29.2 27.8 27.6

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,737.9 2,794.7 2,745.0 2,778.1 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 163.3 169.9 160.8 166.8

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,608.7 3,676.3 3,602.0 3,667.2 1.1 1.2 1.0 1.1 149.6 158.5 146.9 154.8

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,409.4 4,458.2 4,379.6 4,439.3 7.1 7.6 6.7 7.3 165.5 168.2 151.3 160.4

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,932.1 2,967.2 2,915.0 2,959.7 6.6 7.2 6.2 6.9 120.2 125.9 109.4 118.8

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,153.3 1,167.5 1,147.9 1,166.8 6.8 6.9 6.9 6.8 43.5 44.1 41.9 44.2

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,887.6 2,919.1 2,881.0 2,909.4 4.2 4.4 4.2 4.4 125.0 118.0 121.5 114.0

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470.9 475.4 468.1 476.8 7.0 7.4 6.8 7.3 28.6 27.9 25.7 27.1

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,030.6 1,039.5 1,026.8 1,037.2 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.0 52.5 51.2 48.3 48.9

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,327.6 1,366.8 1,325.9 1,369.3 13.8 14.3 13.6 14.2 80.3 90.5 80.6 91.9

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 677.8 686.0 678.9 684.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.0 27.0 29.2 26.7 28.0

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,132.3 4,165.6 4,141.2 4,166.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.3 155.6 160.8 153.0 156.1

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 841.9 852.2 840.9 851.7 19.0 18.4 18.7 18.0 44.6 47.8 44.1 47.2

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,542.9 9,660.5 9,542.2 9,655.8 5.3 5.4 4.9 5.1 378.4 387.6 362.6 374.9

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,414.1 4,486.5 4,410.8 4,493.3 5.7 5.9 5.7 5.9 205.1 202.8 203.2 202.8

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440.1 441.5 435.2 436.3 15.6 19.5 15.4 19.1 34.2 32.0 29.4 28.3

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,542.4 5,586.8 5,515.8 5,569.8 11.1 11.1 11.2 10.4 213.1 219.1 197.1 203.9

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,662.0 1,686.4 1,661.9 1,681.9 43.1 48.7 42.6 48.9 77.0 83.4 76.0 83.9

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,863.3 1,902.7 1,856.1 1,910.5 7.7 8.1 7.6 7.9 94.7 103.8 93.1 102.7

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,972.8 6,046.9 5,958.5 6,039.2 23.7 23.9 23.1 23.6 243.0 252.8 233.1 247.1

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 496.9 503.2 493.4 499.0 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 19.6 22.3 19.1 21.2

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,079.0 2,122.1 2,081.4 2,120.7 4.3 4.3 4.2 4.2 98.6 98.2 97.4 99.6

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435.7 437.4 433.2 436.3 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.0 23.7 23.6 21.5 21.8

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,026.7 3,063.5 3,027.1 3,060.6 4.0 4.3 4.0 4.3 118.8 123.5 118.6 122.4

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,199.8 12,530.6 12,224.9 12,534.3 217.6 250.0 218.4 249.4 709.8 732.1 701.8 730.6

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,456.0 1,496.6 1,458.8 1,497.6 8.2 7.8 8.1 7.6 95.2 99.9 90.9 97.2

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315.6 320.2 320.3 322.9 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.8 15.7 16.1 15.1 15.2

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,964.4 4,000.8 3,953.8 3,991.0 7.6 7.9 7.7 7.9 189.0 194.4 186.3 192.9

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,299.4 3,369.7 3,285.9 3,362.0 6.5 6.7 6.4 6.6 190.9 200.6 186.8 198.6

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 765.4 758.8 753.6 756.2 20.7 21.6 20.7 21.9 31.6 33.9 29.5 32.2

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,961.2 3,002.9 2,935.2 2,982.6 3.9 4.1 3.6 3.8 114.8 115.5 106.3 109.6

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274.1 273.0 274.5 275.1 18.3 20.6 18.5 20.7 21.1 21.0 19.4 19.8

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 899.6 860.0 914.6 867.9 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 22.4 20.5 24.0 21.6

Virgin Islands1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.3 36.0 38.4 36.1 – – – – 1.4 1.7 1.4 1.6

1 Mining and logging is combined with construction.

p Preliminary

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

November December November December November December

2016 2017 2016 2017p

2016 2017 2016 2017p2016 2017 2016 2017p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262.2 267.9 263.8 269.6 386.4 384.5 387.7 382.9 20.4 19.9 20.5 20.2

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.9 6.6 6.7 5.0 63.0 62.4 62.8 62.4 6.3 6.1 6.2 6.1

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160.7 164.8 162.1 167.7 534.1 533.6 534.8 534.1 45.0 42.5 44.8 42.6

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156.0 161.4 155.9 161.1 254.7 256.7 257.3 255.5 13.5 13.2 13.4 13.0

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,299.9 1,294.4 1,298.4 1,295.6 3,092.8 3,126.9 3,121.8 3,142.7 532.5 540.8 524.9 546.6

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141.3 144.0 141.8 143.8 462.3 472.1 470.1 476.0 71.6 74.6 71.4 75.2

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155.9 157.9 155.8 160.0 306.9 307.3 311.3 311.8 32.0 31.4 31.7 31.0

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.8 26.0 25.8 26.1 83.7 81.9 84.8 82.3 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.7

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 32.5 33.2 32.7 33.2 16.9 16.7 16.9 16.8

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359.6 373.7 359.7 375.7 1,761.3 1,798.1 1,787.6 1,818.5 139.0 141.4 138.2 140.9

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392.1 386.6 390.8 388.0 946.8 958.8 956.9 964.5 111.7 114.5 112.3 113.6

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.0 13.9 13.9 13.9 122.0 124.5 124.2 124.6 9.3 9.3 9.2 9.2

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.5 67.8 66.1 68.0 141.4 145.1 141.2 144.0 9.2 9.4 9.2 9.4

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 572.1 577.9 572.6 579.9 1,228.4 1,231.6 1,242.9 1,242.3 98.2 98.6 98.8 98.9

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523.9 530.9 526.5 533.5 607.7 608.4 613.5 607.6 31.9 29.8 31.9 30.1

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209.6 218.8 210.1 222.0 321.5 325.1 322.3 326.3 21.9 20.9 21.7 21.0

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160.9 160.4 161.4 159.7 268.7 268.1 270.7 269.9 20.4 19.4 20.6 19.6

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251.3 252.4 252.0 252.8 406.0 411.8 413.7 413.6 23.3 24.2 23.7 24.4

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132.7 134.2 133.5 134.9 391.4 383.8 395.9 384.5 23.2 21.6 23.4 21.4

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.4 51.7 50.5 51.1 122.6 123.5 124.0 124.7 7.7 7.4 7.6 7.2

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104.9 104.9 104.4 104.4 474.7 480.4 482.8 484.4 37.5 36.1 38.2 36.6

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244.1 246.2 245.1 247.5 581.1 588.4 588.4 593.1 89.2 88.8 90.2 88.1

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 604.7 608.4 603.6 608.3 795.9 797.3 797.2 800.0 57.4 58.4 57.5 58.3

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318.3 321.6 316.6 320.5 543.7 548.8 546.2 553.2 50.9 49.9 50.7 50.0

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142.8 144.0 142.2 144.9 233.0 236.6 236.1 238.8 11.8 11.4 11.8 11.3

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262.0 267.8 262.4 269.9 555.8 558.4 560.6 558.4 52.9 51.2 53.1 50.7

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.8 20.2 19.8 20.1 96.1 95.0 96.3 95.3 6.5 6.3 6.5 6.3

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97.3 99.1 97.3 98.6 209.5 207.8 212.7 208.3 19.0 18.7 18.9 18.4

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.2 45.9 44.5 46.1 248.7 252.3 249.8 255.3 14.7 14.4 14.4 14.1

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.9 69.1 68.4 69.2 143.1 143.7 143.8 143.5 12.4 12.4 12.6 12.3

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240.9 247.3 241.3 249.2 889.6 891.8 901.2 899.4 72.1 72.3 73.1 71.6

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.4 26.5 26.5 26.3 141.2 143.7 142.5 144.7 13.2 12.9 12.9 12.5

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447.6 434.1 442.8 434.5 1,610.5 1,609.2 1,630.9 1,626.4 269.7 266.6 270.3 265.9

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467.1 469.7 467.6 469.1 830.6 840.1 840.1 849.0 78.7 74.3 78.5 74.5

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.6 24.2 24.0 24.2 96.0 96.1 97.2 96.6 6.7 6.7 6.8 6.7

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 686.2 694.4 687.5 699.6 1,042.3 1,040.6 1,050.9 1,045.0 73.6 71.3 74.1 71.5

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126.5 131.6 127.6 131.1 312.6 306.5 314.3 308.3 21.3 21.2 21.4 21.1

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186.6 192.3 184.7 194.0 350.4 353.8 352.3 356.5 34.1 33.6 34.3 33.3

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 552.7 553.0 557.2 553.9 1,153.9 1,156.4 1,166.7 1,167.8 85.3 82.5 85.6 83.6

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.0 42.0 40.1 42.2 77.8 78.6 78.8 78.5 8.0 7.9 7.9 7.8

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240.7 250.5 242.5 251.4 402.3 412.0 410.5 413.1 27.3 26.3 27.4 26.3

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.4 42.5 41.1 42.8 88.7 87.4 89.9 88.0 5.8 6.0 5.9 5.9

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344.3 347.9 344.7 347.0 630.0 640.2 636.2 638.8 46.2 46.0 45.8 46.2

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 842.5 882.1 846.5 882.8 2,473.8 2,506.9 2,506.8 2,520.2 202.6 189.7 202.0 192.8

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127.2 129.9 127.5 131.4 280.3 286.8 284.2 288.4 36.6 36.7 36.9 36.8

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.3 28.9 29.5 28.8 56.2 56.5 57.0 57.3 4.6 4.4 4.6 4.4

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232.9 233.9 233.1 236.0 679.9 673.2 687.1 680.2 66.6 64.8 65.7 65.5

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286.1 284.4 284.5 284.5 627.4 641.2 630.3 642.7 122.0 126.7 124.0 127.5

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.5 45.7 46.2 45.8 136.3 133.6 136.8 133.5 9.8 9.5 10.0 9.4

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464.6 482.0 465.7 478.7 552.2 559.7 551.2 559.9 48.0 46.8 48.0 47.2

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.3 9.6 9.3 9.6 53.5 52.3 53.8 52.6 3.7 3.6 3.7 3.6

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.5 70.3 74.5 70.3 174.9 162.6 180.9 166.4 17.6 17.5 17.7 17.4

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 8.0 6.9 8.0 7.3 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6

p Preliminary

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

November December November December November December

2016 2017 2016 2017p

2016 2017 2016 2017p2016 2017 2016 2017p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97.9 98.4 98.0 97.8 237.8 241.8 235.5 240.1 237.1 242.3 237.5 242.3

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.0 11.5 11.7 11.6 26.2 26.9 26.4 26.9 48.9 48.9 49.1 49.1

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206.8 211.2 207.7 211.9 425.3 433.3 429.3 435.3 418.0 430.9 420.4 430.4

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.3 51.2 51.5 51.7 146.2 150.3 145.0 148.2 186.0 191.9 185.7 191.5

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 830.2 837.6 834.8 845.4 2,571.2 2,579.9 2,559.7 2,586.4 2,585.5 2,664.5 2,584.9 2,668.6

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162.9 165.3 165.3 167.4 410.1 425.5 408.2 424.3 336.0 340.9 331.9 339.5

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130.0 132.9 130.4 132.3 217.8 218.8 216.1 219.7 336.3 339.3 334.2 339.0

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.0 48.0 47.0 48.2 63.0 63.5 62.5 62.4 78.4 80.1 78.5 80.1

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.9 29.6 29.8 29.8 168.7 170.8 168.4 170.2 140.1 141.7 137.8 140.2

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 552.6 566.1 556.3 569.8 1,314.1 1,360.1 1,311.6 1,368.3 1,273.5 1,288.5 1,273.8 1,293.3

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243.8 247.6 241.5 245.9 674.6 698.5 670.9 694.6 574.0 590.3 573.8 592.8

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.9 28.1 28.5 28.2 83.9 86.7 85.1 87.5 84.0 86.2 84.1 86.7

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.9 35.3 35.2 35.6 88.1 86.7 87.4 86.2 103.1 108.4 103.4 108.1

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383.2 396.4 386.3 395.1 957.0 967.5 943.6 952.0 931.7 938.4 923.2 930.8

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135.0 139.2 134.7 138.2 348.3 344.0 340.9 338.5 477.8 483.8 472.8 481.8

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109.7 113.7 110.4 114.9 140.7 143.7 138.5 141.3 232.6 238.4 232.4 239.5

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85.3 86.5 85.8 86.3 181.1 183.8 179.5 183.3 198.4 200.1 197.3 199.7

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94.8 94.9 95.8 95.5 231.1 236.3 234.4 239.6 272.8 274.6 273.7 275.5

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92.2 92.6 92.1 92.7 212.7 217.5 211.6 215.5 313.0 318.5 314.3 317.6

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.7 30.4 30.3 30.5 65.7 67.1 65.0 66.7 128.0 129.8 126.4 129.5

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149.7 149.7 149.1 148.8 447.3 465.7 445.7 458.4 467.4 482.7 469.7 480.5

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224.0 227.6 225.3 228.2 559.2 577.8 552.7 571.3 798.9 815.7 799.1 814.1

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215.0 217.7 216.0 218.8 671.5 685.7 661.3 676.7 674.7 680.3 672.5 679.6

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176.1 175.4 177.0 176.3 375.5 381.9 376.1 380.6 533.1 545.0 531.5 544.0

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.2 45.0 43.5 44.8 106.6 108.9 105.7 111.1 142.5 146.8 141.9 146.8

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169.7 174.0 169.7 174.9 384.7 401.2 385.2 399.5 467.8 474.1 465.3 470.3

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.2 25.1 24.5 25.4 40.6 42.3 40.2 42.2 75.5 76.8 75.5 77.4

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.0 73.9 74.1 74.6 120.7 124.0 120.4 123.9 155.1 156.3 154.7 156.5

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.2 63.8 62.8 63.9 182.1 192.3 181.3 190.3 131.5 136.4 130.5 137.2

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.0 38.1 37.1 38.8 78.7 79.5 78.3 78.6 123.5 126.0 122.5 125.4

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249.4 250.0 251.4 249.1 682.5 679.2 677.8 676.1 688.6 700.8 693.4 705.0

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.4 35.0 33.5 35.2 101.9 103.9 103.0 103.6 141.9 143.3 141.3 143.6

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 708.6 713.3 710.6 717.9 1,321.3 1,354.2 1,324.6 1,354.6 2,015.6 2,070.8 2,011.1 2,061.6

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228.3 228.5 228.2 230.0 622.3 655.4 618.9 656.4 594.3 611.5 594.3 611.1

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.3 24.5 24.7 24.6 35.4 36.4 34.8 35.5 63.0 63.4 62.6 63.5

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301.2 307.8 302.2 309.6 730.7 732.8 724.9 725.6 941.6 957.2 940.6 954.8

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78.9 80.9 79.8 81.1 180.4 182.6 179.6 180.7 237.0 240.7 235.6 241.1

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98.4 98.0 98.3 98.6 240.4 246.1 241.2 248.3 274.9 282.9 274.4 283.4

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316.5 319.3 317.3 320.0 805.5 827.0 798.1 819.2 1,262.7 1,287.5 1,257.1 1,281.5

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.9 33.1 32.8 33.4 67.5 66.1 66.0 65.2 109.6 110.1 108.6 109.4

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99.4 100.7 99.9 100.6 273.3 283.1 271.1 280.3 246.0 253.8 247.0 254.4

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.5 29.8 29.9 30.0 31.8 31.3 31.5 31.7 71.4 72.5 71.7 72.5

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155.6 155.5 155.3 156.0 423.1 417.6 422.4 423.1 432.3 440.1 431.8 439.1

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 740.5 768.5 742.7 768.7 1,656.7 1,712.9 1,657.3 1,710.0 1,662.5 1,699.6 1,663.2 1,696.8

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83.0 83.5 83.2 83.2 209.3 214.9 208.8 212.5 199.8 205.4 197.4 203.7

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.9 11.9 11.9 12.1 27.7 28.9 27.3 28.0 65.1 66.1 64.9 66.1

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201.2 206.8 201.9 207.6 721.9 735.2 720.2 729.6 544.8 561.4 540.0 555.4

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151.7 157.7 152.1 158.7 407.8 418.5 403.4 413.5 473.9 485.5 473.5 485.1

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.3 27.4 27.2 27.6 65.0 64.6 64.6 64.7 133.1 136.5 133.2 136.1

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151.3 152.0 151.9 150.7 324.0 330.5 317.8 327.5 453.9 455.9 452.4 455.0

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.6 10.9 10.4 11.0 17.1 17.1 17.1 17.1 27.9 27.3 27.7 27.7

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.3 41.4 42.7 41.6 116.3 115.2 119.0 117.2 125.3 118.8 126.4 119.5

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 3.3 3.2 3.4 3.2 2.6 2.4 2.6 2.4

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

November December November December November December

2016 2017 2016 2017p

2016 2017 2016 2017p2016 2017 2016 2017p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198.4 203.2 195.1 203.8 80.3 82.6 79.8 82.8 384.1 387.0 381.9 386.8

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.8 31.2 32.1 32.0 11.3 11.9 11.4 11.7 81.9 81.8 81.6 81.5

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317.1 324.6 317.7 326.7 87.3 87.0 87.5 88.3 427.9 428.6 423.2 424.8

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114.1 115.5 112.6 113.2 48.0 49.2 48.5 49.9 216.0 215.2 215.5 214.4

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,905.7 1,962.5 1,914.7 1,975.1 566.7 582.9 561.3 579.5 2,575.1 2,621.8 2,565.7 2,611.8

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315.3 322.8 326.7 335.9 106.3 107.9 106.2 108.0 438.5 438.8 433.7 434.5

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153.3 149.5 152.7 150.4 65.5 67.1 65.7 66.5 240.1 237.1 238.4 235.3

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.1 47.9 48.1 47.2 18.5 18.1 18.6 18.2 66.6 66.6 66.5 66.7

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.7 80.2 76.7 80.8 72.0 72.7 71.4 73.5 239.0 237.4 239.7 237.2

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,183.3 1,192.1 1,188.0 1,199.3 357.5 372.2 358.2 372.8 1,119.5 1,133.3 1,115.1 1,125.9

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477.8 490.8 475.2 489.9 157.2 160.5 157.5 161.8 701.4 710.2 696.1 703.0

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119.1 122.4 120.1 123.1 27.5 27.5 27.2 27.5 131.7 127.7 129.5 128.6

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70.1 71.0 70.1 70.6 24.4 25.4 24.3 25.0 125.6 128.7 124.2 127.8

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 588.6 588.8 582.8 583.3 249.2 249.3 247.9 251.0 850.4 842.5 845.9 841.9

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305.4 301.7 300.6 299.8 128.6 129.8 127.9 129.0 445.6 453.0 442.7 450.5

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139.8 144.1 136.7 142.6 59.9 59.0 60.0 58.3 265.4 265.2 264.9 264.4

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126.5 124.7 124.3 126.1 50.9 51.0 50.5 51.1 264.0 263.9 262.8 262.7

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190.5 193.1 184.3 189.8 65.4 69.4 65.8 69.5 322.4 320.3 322.2 320.0

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230.7 235.3 227.8 234.7 75.7 76.4 76.6 76.8 330.2 325.8 327.4 322.7

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.7 58.0 57.1 57.6 21.4 20.8 21.4 21.1 103.5 103.1 103.0 102.7

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261.8 263.2 262.2 260.2 115.0 117.0 115.9 115.8 515.0 523.8 514.9 520.9

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348.9 357.5 344.7 354.7 136.1 141.3 135.4 140.5 476.5 473.3 473.2 473.8

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417.1 425.0 417.1 424.8 171.1 175.5 172.1 176.8 629.4 634.1 624.3 628.3

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252.5 251.2 249.1 251.3 116.4 120.9 116.2 119.8 438.8 439.4 436.0 438.3

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135.7 137.1 133.1 134.7 40.2 40.2 39.8 40.3 247.2 246.5 245.0 243.1

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301.8 307.6 296.0 306.6 117.2 117.0 116.7 117.1 446.5 445.4 446.3 443.6

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.0 62.7 62.0 64.4 18.2 17.7 18.0 17.9 93.4 94.0 92.8 93.4

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89.4 92.9 88.5 93.6 37.2 38.7 37.1 38.9 174.9 175.8 173.8 174.5

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345.8 347.2 345.9 345.7 41.2 42.0 41.0 41.4 162.1 167.7 161.5 169.2

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.1 67.6 68.3 67.7 24.3 24.8 24.2 24.6 95.8 94.6 96.1 94.9

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358.5 370.0 356.9 369.8 167.4 168.3 168.7 168.5 626.3 623.7 623.0 620.3

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95.0 98.3 96.1 99.2 28.6 28.8 28.5 28.3 196.7 193.6 193.8 193.1

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903.2 926.9 901.4 922.9 409.6 415.5 408.6 415.7 1,473.1 1,476.9 1,474.4 1,476.3

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477.2 483.4 472.1 481.0 152.2 154.9 151.2 155.2 752.6 760.0 751.0 758.3

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.4 37.8 39.4 37.0 15.7 15.6 15.7 15.5 85.2 85.3 85.2 85.3

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 537.1 550.7 536.0 551.1 211.3 214.2 208.6 216.1 794.2 787.6 782.7 782.2

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161.9 168.3 162.8 165.0 62.5 60.7 61.4 59.8 360.8 361.8 360.8 360.9

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195.5 200.0 192.7 201.9 64.4 66.2 64.2 66.9 316.2 317.9 313.3 317.0

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 547.5 568.2 544.1 568.7 258.6 257.6 257.3 259.9 723.4 718.7 718.9 713.9

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.9 58.1 56.0 56.6 22.6 23.2 22.3 23.0 61.8 61.6 61.6 61.5

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242.7 243.9 237.2 241.9 74.0 75.3 74.1 75.6 370.4 374.0 370.1 373.3

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.8 45.1 44.4 44.8 16.1 16.3 15.9 16.1 80.5 81.9 80.5 81.7

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321.0 329.6 320.3 329.0 109.2 111.7 109.2 110.5 442.2 447.1 438.8 444.2

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,296.1 1,335.6 1,292.5 1,331.7 428.4 447.8 426.4 446.7 1,969.3 2,005.4 1,967.3 2,004.6

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134.2 142.7 139.3 147.6 39.1 41.0 39.5 40.9 243.1 248.0 243.0 248.3

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.3 37.1 40.1 41.1 10.6 11.1 11.0 11.1 58.4 58.3 58.1 58.0

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392.5 397.6 386.5 391.5 201.4 202.5 200.2 202.7 726.6 723.1 725.1 721.7

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324.5 327.5 326.7 332.2 119.2 121.4 117.8 119.8 589.4 599.5 580.4 592.8

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.3 74.3 72.6 74.0 53.8 53.5 54.1 53.6 168.0 158.2 158.7 157.4

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263.5 273.2 259.3 272.1 150.4 152.5 151.6 152.4 434.6 430.7 427.4 425.7

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.2 29.6 32.0 32.0 10.9 10.9 10.9 11.0 71.5 70.1 71.7 70.0

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82.0 74.6 83.2 78.4 17.6 17.6 18.0 17.9 227.2 221.0 227.7 217.1

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.6 6.6 7.7 6.4 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 10.9 10.7 10.8 10.6

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 1. Unemployment rates by state, seasonally December 2017

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Map 2. Percentage change in nonfarm employment by state,

seasonally adjusted, December 2016 - December 2017