For release 10:00 a.m. (EDT) Friday, June 17, 2016 USDL-16-1199 

Technical information:

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REGIONAL AND STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT — MAY 2016 

Unemployment rates were significantly higher in May in 5 states, lower in 4 states and the District of 

Columbia, and stable in 41 states, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Sixteen states and 

the District had notable unemployment rate decreases from a year earlier, 2 states had increases, and 32 

states had no significant change. The national jobless rate declined by 0.3 percentage point from April to 

4.7 percent and was 0.8 point lower than in May 2015. 

Nonfarm payroll employment decreased in 4 states in May 2016, increased in 3 states and the District of 

Columbia, and was essentially unchanged in 43 states. Over the year, 32 states and the District added 

appreciable numbers of nonfarm payroll jobs, 2 states lost jobs, and 16 states were essentially 

unchanged. 

Regional Unemployment 

In May, the only region with an unemployment rate significantly different from that of the U.S. was the 

West at 5.1 percent. Over the month, the South had the only statistically significant unemployment rate 

change (-0.1 percentage point). Significant over-the-year rate decreases occurred in three regions: the 

West (-0.8 percentage point), Northeast (-0.6 point), and South (-0.5 point). (See table 1.) 

Among the nine geographic divisions, the West North Central had the lowest unemployment rate, 3.8 

percent in May. The East North Central had the highest rate, 5.3 percent, closely followed by the Pacific, 

5.2 percent. Over the month, the South Atlantic had the only statistically significant jobless rate decline 

(-0.2 percentage point), while the Mountain had the only notable rate increase (+0.1 point). Seven of the 

9 divisions had significant rate changes from a year earlier, all of which were declines. The largest of 

these decreases occurred in the Pacific (-1.0 percentage point).

State Unemployment

South Dakota and New Hampshire had the lowest jobless rates in May, 2.5 percent and 2.7 percent, 

respectively. The rate in Arkansas (3.8 percent) set a new series low. (All region, division, and state 

series begin in 1976.) Alaska had the highest unemployment rate, 6.7 percent. In total, 16 states had 

unemployment rates significantly lower than the U.S. figure of 4.7 percent, 15 states and the District of 

Columbia had higher rates, and 19 states had rates that were not appreciably different from that of the 

nation. (See tables A and 3 and map 1.) 
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In May, five states had statistically significant unemployment rate increases. The largest of these 

increases occurred in Colorado and Nevada (+0.3 percentage point each). Four states and the District of 

Columbia had notable rate decreases, the largest of which were in North Carolina and the District (-0.3 

percentage point each). The remaining 41 states had jobless rates that were not significantly 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.)

Sixteen states and the District of Columbia had statistically significant unemployment rate decreases 

from May 2015. The largest declines were in Tennessee (-1.7 percentage points) and Arkansas (-1.6 

points). The only significant over-the-year rate increases occurred in Wyoming (+1.4 percentage points) 

and North Dakota (+0.4 point). (See table C.) 

Nonfarm Payroll Employment 

In May 2016, four states had statistically significant over-the-month decreases in nonfarm payroll 

employment and three states and the District of Columbia had significant increases. The job losses were 

in Tennessee (-13,400), Michigan (-12,700), New Hampshire (-4,000), and Montana (-2,700). In 

percentage terms, Montana and New Hampshire had the largest declines (-0.6 percent each), followed 

by Tennessee (-0.5 percent) and Michigan (-0.3 percent). The significant employment increases were in 

Florida (+24,500), Washington (+8,700), the District (+6,800), and West Virginia (+6,600). In 

percentage terms, the largest increases were in the District and West Virginia (+0.9 percent each), 

followed by Florida and Washington (+0.3 percent each). (See tables D and 5.)

Thirty-two states and the District of Columbia had statistically significant over-the-year increases in 

nonfarm payroll employment in May. The largest job gains occurred in California (+440,300), Florida 

(+253,900), and Texas (+171,800). The largest percentage gains were in Oregon (+3.4 percent) and Utah 

(+3.3 percent), followed by Florida, Idaho, and Washington (+3.2 percent each). Two states had 

significant over-the-year declines in employment: North Dakota (-15,600, or -3.4 percent) and Wyoming 

(-8,800, or -3.0 percent). (See table E and map 2.) 

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

released on Wednesday, June 29, 2016, at 10:00 a.m. (EDT). The Regional and State Employment 

and Unemployment news release for June is scheduled to be released on Friday, July 22, 2016, at 

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

United States 1 ................................................ 4.7

Alabama ............................................................. 6.1

Alaska ................................................................ 6.7

Arizona ............................................................... 5.6

Arkansas ............................................................ 3.8

California ............................................................ 5.2

Colorado ............................................................ 3.4

Connecticut ......................................................... 5.7

District of Columbia ............................................. 6.1

Hawaii ................................................................ 3.2

Idaho ................................................................. 3.7

Illinois ................................................................. 6.4

Iowa .................................................................. 3.9

Kansas ............................................................... 3.7

Louisiana ............................................................ 6.3

Maine ................................................................. 3.5

Minnesota ........................................................... 3.8

Mississippi .......................................................... 5.8

Montana ............................................................. 4.2

Nebraska ............................................................ 3.0

Nevada ............................................................... 6.1

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

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

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

Pennsylvania ....................................................... 5.5

South Carolina .................................................... 5.6

South Dakota ...................................................... 2.5

Utah ................................................................... 3.8

Vermont ............................................................. 3.1

Virginia ............................................................... 3.8

Washington ......................................................... 5.8

West Virginia ...................................................... 6.2

Wyoming ............................................................ 5.6

1

 Data are not preliminary.

p

 = preliminary.

Table A. States with unemployment rates significantly different from that

of the U.S., May 2016, seasonally adjusted
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Table B. States with statistically significant unemployment rate changes from April 2016

to May 2016, seasonally adjusted

April 2016 May 2016 p

Colorado ...................................... 3.1 3.4 0.3

District of Columbia ....................... 6.4 6.1 -.3

Florida ......................................... 4.8 4.7 -.1

Georgia ....................................... 5.5 5.3 -.2

Maryland ...................................... 4.6 4.5 -.1

Nevada ........................................ 5.8 6.1 .3

New Jersey .................................. 4.7 4.9 .2

North Carolina .............................. 5.4 5.1 -.3

Pennsylvania ................................ 5.3 5.5 .2

Utah ............................................. 3.7 3.8 .1

p

 = preliminary.

State

Rate Over-the-month 

change p

Table C. States with statistically significant unemployment rate changes from May 2015

to May 2016, seasonally adjusted

May 2015 May 2016 p

Arkansas ...................................... 5.4 3.8 -1.6

California ...................................... 6.4 5.2 -1.2

Delaware ..................................... 4.9 4.1 -.8

District of Columbia ....................... 7.0 6.1 -.9

Florida ......................................... 5.4 4.7 -.7

Georgia ....................................... 5.9 5.3 -.6

Maine .......................................... 4.5 3.5 -1.0

Maryland ...................................... 5.2 4.5 -.7

New Hampshire ............................ 3.5 2.7 -.8

New Jersey .................................. 5.8 4.9 -.9

New York ..................................... 5.4 4.7 -.7

North Dakota ................................ 2.8 3.2 .4

Oregon ........................................ 5.8 4.5 -1.3

South Dakota ............................... 3.2 2.5 -.7

Tennessee ................................... 5.8 4.1 -1.7

Vermont ....................................... 3.7 3.1 -.6

Virginia ......................................... 4.5 3.8 -.7

West Virginia ................................ 7.1 6.2 -.9

Wyoming ...................................... 4.2 5.6 1.4

p

 = preliminary.

State

Rate Over-the-year 

change p
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Table D. States with statistically significant employment changes from April 2016 to

May 2016, seasonally adjusted

April May

2016 2016 p Level Percent

District of Columbia .................... 777,900 784,700 6,800 0.9

Florida ....................................... 8,287,700 8,312,200 24,500 .3

Michigan .................................... 4,331,100 4,318,400 -12,700 -.3

Montana .................................... 466,400 463,700 -2,700 -.6

New Hampshire .......................... 665,100 661,100 -4,000 -.6

Tennessee ................................. 2,952,200 2,938,800 -13,400 -.5

Washington ............................... 3,237,400 3,246,100 8,700 .3

West Virginia ............................. 761,200 767,800 6,600 .9

p

 = preliminary.

Over-the-month change p

State
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Table E. States with statistically significant employment changes from May 2015 to

May 2016, seasonally adjusted

May May

2015 2016 p Level Percent

Alabama .................................... 1,945,900 1,967,000 21,100 1.1

Arizona ...................................... 2,616,700 2,692,400 75,700 2.9

Arkansas ................................... 1,204,100 1,226,200 22,100 1.8

California ................................... 15,966,800 16,407,100 440,300 2.8

Colorado .................................... 2,531,300 2,593,300 62,000 2.4

Delaware ................................... 447,300 458,300 11,000 2.5

District of Columbia .................... 767,000 784,700 17,700 2.3

Florida ....................................... 8,058,300 8,312,200 253,900 3.2

Georgia ..................................... 4,245,900 4,370,500 124,600 2.9

Hawaii ....................................... 634,600 648,300 13,700 2.2

 

Idaho ......................................... 670,600 692,100 21,500 3.2

Illinois ........................................ 5,958,400 6,004,800 46,400 .8

Indiana ...................................... 3,028,600 3,067,300 38,700 1.3

Iowa .......................................... 1,559,900 1,577,900 18,000 1.2

Maryland ................................... 2,658,800 2,707,400 48,600 1.8

Massachusetts .......................... 3,492,500 3,545,900 53,400 1.5

Michigan .................................... 4,238,500 4,318,400 79,900 1.9

Minnesota .................................. 2,858,300 2,888,600 30,300 1.1

Nebraska ................................... 1,002,900 1,019,400 16,500 1.6

Nevada ...................................... 1,253,400 1,278,500 25,100 2.0

 

New Jersey ................................ 4,018,100 4,066,100 48,000 1.2

New York ................................... 9,242,200 9,332,000 89,800 1.0

North Carolina ............................ 4,229,600 4,307,700 78,100 1.8

North Dakota .............................. 454,900 439,300 -15,600 -3.4

Ohio .......................................... 5,415,900 5,486,800 70,900 1.3

Oregon ...................................... 1,770,600 1,830,100 59,500 3.4

Pennsylvania .............................. 5,831,800 5,871,000 39,200 .7

South Carolina ........................... 1,996,400 2,043,700 47,300 2.4

Tennessee ................................. 2,877,900 2,938,800 60,900 2.1

Texas ........................................ 11,801,900 11,973,700 171,800 1.5

 

Utah .......................................... 1,371,500 1,416,500 45,000 3.3

Virginia ...................................... 3,834,500 3,902,400 67,900 1.8

Washington ............................... 3,145,300 3,246,100 100,800 3.2

Wisconsin ................................. 2,883,600 2,931,300 47,700 1.7

Wyoming ................................... 290,800 282,000 -8,800 -3.0

p

 = preliminary.

Over-the-year change p

State
Technical Note

This release presents labor force and unemployment data for 

census regions and divisions, states, and selected substate areas 

from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program 

(tables 1 to 4). Also presented are nonfarm payroll employment 

estimates by state and industry supersector from the Current 

Employment Statistics (CES) program (tables 5 and 6). The 

LAUS and CES programs are both federal-state cooperative 

endeavors.

Labor force and unemployment—from the LAUS 

program 

 Definitions. The 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 employment and 

unemployment on a place-of-residence basis. The universe for 

each is the civilian noninstitutional population 16 years of age 

and over. Employed persons are those who did any work at all 

for pay or profit in the reference week (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 

labor force is the sum of employed and unemployed persons. 

The unemployment rate is the number of unemployed as a 

percent of the labor force.

 Method of estimation. Estimates for 48 of the 50 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 nine census 

divisions, as well as the five additional substate areas contained 

in this release (the Cleveland-Elyria and Detroit-WarrenDearborn metropolitan areas and the Chicago-NapervilleArlington Heights, Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, and SeattleBellevue-Everett metropolitan divisions) and their respective 

balances of state are based on similar model-based approaches. 

Estimates for census regions are obtained by summing the 

model-based estimates for the component divisions. Each 

month, census division estimates are controlled to the national 

totals; state estimates are then controlled to their respective 

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 detailed description of 

the estimation procedures is available from BLS upon request.

 Annual revisions. 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 issued by the U.S. Office of 

Management and Budget on February 28, 2013. 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/benchmark2016.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 

of 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 regional and 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, regional and 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 labor force and unemployment from the LAUS 

program, as well as nonfarm employment from the CES 

program, for 394 metropolitan areas and metropolitan New 

England City and Town Areas (NECTAs) are available in the 

news release, Metropolitan Area Employment and 

Unemployment. Estimates of labor force, employment, and 

unemployment 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 census region and division, seasonally adjusted1

Census region and

division

Civilian labor force Unemployed

May

2015

Mar.

2016

Apr.

2016

May

2016

Number Percent of labor force

May

2015

Mar.

2016

Apr.

2016

May

2016

May

2015

Mar.

2016

Apr.

2016

May

2016

Northeast. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,407,147 28,677,991 28,710,337 28,682,524 1,530,264 1,349,559 1,388,692 1,386,156 5.4 4.7 4.8 4.8

New England. . . . . . . . . . 7,783,798 7,794,110 7,815,462 7,824,956 390,678 349,720 346,243 340,569 5.0 4.5 4.4 4.4

Middle Atlantic. . . . . . . . . 20,623,349 20,883,881 20,894,875 20,857,568 1,139,586 999,839 1,042,449 1,045,587 5.5 4.8 5.0 5.0

South. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57,273,096 58,063,215 58,137,428 58,088,338 3,059,044 2,873,197 2,871,588 2,782,553 5.3 4.9 4.9 4.8

South Atlantic. . . . . . . . . . 30,459,533 30,865,019 30,886,801 30,827,541 1,701,208 1,560,205 1,555,917 1,484,302 5.6 5.1 5.0 4.8

East South Central. . . . . 8,424,731 8,545,760 8,561,623 8,566,967 493,230 461,589 447,095 429,946 5.9 5.4 5.2 5.0

West South Central. . . . . 18,388,832 18,652,436 18,689,004 18,693,830 864,606 851,403 868,576 868,305 4.7 4.6 4.6 4.6

Midwest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,488,425 35,055,888 35,153,892 35,144,228 1,688,113 1,685,652 1,720,220 1,675,697 4.9 4.8 4.9 4.8

East North Central. . . . . 23,296,935 23,724,773 23,821,567 23,827,073 1,228,963 1,260,577 1,290,725 1,251,066 5.3 5.3 5.4 5.3

West North Central. . . . . 11,191,490 11,331,115 11,332,325 11,317,155 459,150 425,075 429,495 424,631 4.1 3.8 3.8 3.8

West. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36,925,864 37,320,340 37,400,669 37,417,204 2,160,675 1,888,939 1,904,141 1,898,437 5.9 5.1 5.1 5.1

Mountain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,408,744 11,566,803 11,602,800 11,628,453 589,948 513,766 528,337 548,738 5.2 4.4 4.6 4.7

Pacific. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,517,120 25,753,537 25,797,869 25,788,751 1,570,727 1,375,173 1,375,804 1,349,699 6.2 5.3 5.3 5.2

1 Census region estimates are derived by summing the census division model-based estimates.

NOTE: Data refer to place of residence. The states (including the District of Columbia) that compose the various census divisions are: New England: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New

Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont; Middle Atlantic: New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania; South Atlantic: Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South

Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia; East South Central: Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee; West South Central: Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas; East North Central: Illinois,

Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin; West North Central: Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota; Mountain: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada,

New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming; and Pacific: Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington. Estimates for the current year are subject to revision early in the following calendar year.
LABOR FORCE DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 2. Civilian labor force and unemployment by census region and division, not seasonally adjusted1

Census region and

division

Civilian labor force Unemployed

April May Number Percent of labor force

2015 2016 2015 2016

April May April May

2015 2016 2015 2016 2015 2016 2015 2016

Northeast. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,296,647 28,459,767 28,492,336 28,521,168 1,461,439 1,327,624 1,513,689 1,308,265 5.2 4.7 5.3 4.6

New England. . . . . . . . . . 7,730,238 7,764,823 7,767,634 7,781,315 376,775 324,669 379,162 318,926 4.9 4.2 4.9 4.1

Middle Atlantic. . . . . . . . . 20,566,409 20,694,944 20,724,702 20,739,853 1,084,664 1,002,955 1,134,527 989,339 5.3 4.8 5.5 4.8

South. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57,230,283 57,839,793 57,684,655 57,991,238 2,852,209 2,619,813 3,090,281 2,614,296 5.0 4.5 5.4 4.5

South Atlantic. . . . . . . . . . 30,442,952 30,709,258 30,735,295 30,775,956 1,601,466 1,415,746 1,723,733 1,363,854 5.3 4.6 5.6 4.4

East South Central. . . . . 8,399,335 8,516,122 8,482,400 8,576,615 448,748 393,641 505,755 419,516 5.3 4.6 6.0 4.9

West South Central. . . . . 18,387,996 18,614,413 18,466,960 18,638,667 801,995 810,426 860,793 830,926 4.4 4.4 4.7 4.5

Midwest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,330,151 34,927,217 34,672,194 35,029,093 1,583,185 1,601,561 1,687,578 1,512,308 4.6 4.6 4.9 4.3

East North Central. . . . . 23,151,146 23,653,984 23,435,829 23,746,540 1,136,059 1,187,384 1,237,011 1,119,330 4.9 5.0 5.3 4.7

West North Central. . . . . 11,179,005 11,273,233 11,236,365 11,282,553 447,126 414,177 450,567 392,978 4.0 3.7 4.0 3.5

West. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36,800,088 37,260,819 36,984,147 37,258,577 2,074,927 1,863,611 2,084,659 1,771,682 5.6 5.0 5.6 4.8

Mountain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,360,405 11,566,257 11,405,540 11,595,637 569,183 537,967 566,350 542,898 5.0 4.7 5.0 4.7

Pacific. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,439,683 25,694,562 25,578,607 25,662,940 1,505,744 1,325,644 1,518,309 1,228,784 5.9 5.2 5.9 4.8

1 Census region estimates are derived by summing the census division model-based estimates.

NOTE: Data refer to place of residence. The composition of the regions and divisions is described in table 1. Estimates for the current year are subject to revision early in the following calendar year.
LABOR FORCE DATA

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 3. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state and selected area, seasonally adjusted

State and area

Civilian labor force Unemployed

May

2015

Mar.

2016

Apr.

2016

May

2016p

Number Percent of labor force

May

2015

Mar.

2016

Apr.

2016

May

2016p

May

2015

Mar.

2016

Apr.

2016

May

2016p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,142,493 2,176,102 2,181,033 2,183,041 130,722 134,103 133,252 132,106 6.1 6.2 6.1 6.1

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363,934 361,713 360,705 359,720 23,410 23,871 23,960 24,177 6.4 6.6 6.6 6.7

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,135,959 3,233,768 3,244,757 3,247,655 190,712 173,083 176,881 181,209 6.1 5.4 5.5 5.6

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,327,394 1,359,091 1,361,984 1,362,030 71,863 55,132 52,800 51,773 5.4 4.1 3.9 3.8

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,947,040 19,059,286 19,085,472 19,075,812 1,203,241 1,020,822 1,013,746 994,525 6.4 5.4 5.3 5.2

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale1. . . . 5,017,332 5,012,306 5,023,598 5,020,910 351,079 268,970 259,021 243,929 7.0 5.4 5.2 4.9

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,820,095 2,877,469 2,888,536 2,897,768 110,907 83,627 88,808 97,090 3.9 2.9 3.1 3.4

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,892,424 1,901,902 1,904,932 1,902,289 106,178 107,516 109,390 108,278 5.6 5.7 5.7 5.7

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465,425 479,939 482,132 482,985 22,724 21,085 20,208 19,862 4.9 4.4 4.2 4.1

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387,485 394,238 396,620 397,663 27,025 25,694 25,259 24,113 7.0 6.5 6.4 6.1

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,606,719 9,809,893 9,802,581 9,772,774 519,171 478,345 473,381 457,086 5.4 4.9 4.8 4.7

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall1. . . . . . . . . . . 1,332,151 1,331,939 1,323,679 1,313,144 82,209 75,648 73,652 70,619 6.2 5.7 5.6 5.4

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,750,102 4,839,544 4,852,847 4,857,178 281,621 265,765 265,707 255,467 5.9 5.5 5.5 5.3

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 675,742 690,151 690,031 688,077 25,056 21,542 21,976 22,321 3.7 3.1 3.2 3.2

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 795,031 806,449 807,525 809,377 33,199 30,551 29,823 29,872 4.2 3.8 3.7 3.7

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,500,398 6,644,608 6,669,476 6,660,355 380,387 429,651 439,295 426,764 5.9 6.5 6.6 6.4

Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights1. . . 3,773,108 3,840,415 3,864,784 3,865,536 222,619 240,925 250,633 241,095 5.9 6.3 6.5 6.2

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,257,976 3,340,891 3,362,013 3,369,739 156,565 166,207 173,298 168,092 4.8 5.0 5.2 5.0

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,698,560 1,714,931 1,713,641 1,711,370 61,985 65,459 66,203 66,535 3.6 3.8 3.9 3.9

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,494,050 1,512,530 1,509,312 1,504,240 62,717 59,541 57,226 55,637 4.2 3.9 3.8 3.7

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,946,738 1,982,070 1,982,669 1,980,221 103,068 111,960 106,220 101,169 5.3 5.6 5.4 5.1

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,168,488 2,158,434 2,164,967 2,165,536 137,095 132,006 135,704 135,683 6.3 6.1 6.3 6.3

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 681,808 674,327 675,507 678,735 30,348 22,982 22,864 23,782 4.5 3.4 3.4 3.5

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,144,070 3,173,952 3,177,466 3,172,937 163,029 147,870 147,211 141,820 5.2 4.7 4.6 4.5

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,579,552 3,581,450 3,596,834 3,601,895 176,927 155,810 152,274 150,258 4.9 4.4 4.2 4.2

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,735,980 4,857,093 4,874,628 4,869,097 259,054 232,239 232,773 226,804 5.5 4.8 4.8 4.7

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,998,300 2,049,820 2,061,520 2,062,154 125,637 116,130 115,719 108,208 6.3 5.7 5.6 5.2

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,006,996 3,067,828 3,069,614 3,062,548 107,821 115,062 115,917 114,942 3.6 3.8 3.8 3.8

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,266,304 1,303,148 1,296,703 1,288,701 81,452 81,624 77,949 75,243 6.4 6.3 6.0 5.8

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,108,885 3,164,178 3,168,358 3,162,716 157,789 132,070 136,052 135,168 5.1 4.2 4.3 4.3

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522,291 524,996 524,429 523,666 21,202 22,477 22,057 21,814 4.1 4.3 4.2 4.2

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,010,803 1,019,088 1,019,897 1,020,362 29,344 30,483 30,873 30,561 2.9 3.0 3.0 3.0

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,422,032 1,432,524 1,433,247 1,434,374 96,981 83,209 83,844 87,129 6.8 5.8 5.8 6.1

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 742,044 744,253 747,099 748,895 26,169 19,298 19,359 20,114 3.5 2.6 2.6 2.7

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,539,384 4,579,686 4,586,504 4,586,769 263,842 200,748 213,869 225,814 5.8 4.4 4.7 4.9

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 920,128 918,569 920,227 920,929 60,673 57,359 56,725 56,823 6.6 6.2 6.2 6.2

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,685,826 9,808,559 9,799,689 9,760,671 520,228 475,328 476,581 461,811 5.4 4.8 4.9 4.7

New York City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,196,071 4,253,192 4,238,146 4,208,996 239,974 233,034 229,198 215,814 5.7 5.5 5.4 5.1

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,752,141 4,857,471 4,875,605 4,868,886 275,822 265,848 264,133 250,544 5.8 5.5 5.4 5.1

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414,428 417,472 417,874 418,506 11,430 13,092 13,360 13,403 2.8 3.1 3.2 3.2

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,700,928 5,789,358 5,816,701 5,825,952 281,559 293,996 302,032 299,898 4.9 5.1 5.2 5.1

Cleveland-Elyria2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,029,543 1,031,103 1,037,586 1,039,754 52,649 50,209 53,876 54,919 5.1 4.9 5.2 5.3

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,841,372 1,870,152 1,871,604 1,864,292 80,793 81,769 85,130 87,755 4.4 4.4 4.5 4.7

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,957,282 2,032,125 2,042,531 2,047,331 113,455 92,183 91,221 91,891 5.8 4.5 4.5 4.5

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,418,784 6,501,686 6,525,894 6,540,645 332,357 316,678 343,832 360,581 5.2 4.9 5.3 5.5

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 556,209 552,784 552,787 552,489 34,199 29,941 29,592 29,735 6.1 5.4 5.4 5.4

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,250,426 2,305,979 2,316,089 2,314,584 137,045 131,324 134,295 129,802 6.1 5.7 5.8 5.6

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452,337 454,451 454,468 454,673 14,498 11,572 11,375 11,558 3.2 2.5 2.5 2.5

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,055,469 3,138,742 3,147,661 3,144,785 176,922 141,666 134,435 128,241 5.8 4.5 4.3 4.1

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,035,576 13,273,521 13,302,646 13,314,716 570,261 577,053 587,049 590,085 4.4 4.3 4.4 4.4

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,459,882 1,483,888 1,490,490 1,495,064 51,996 51,414 54,785 57,403 3.6 3.5 3.7 3.8

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344,934 344,564 345,351 345,821 12,612 11,460 10,986 10,787 3.7 3.3 3.2 3.1

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,225,087 4,243,695 4,230,164 4,214,106 190,309 171,280 165,122 158,192 4.5 4.0 3.9 3.8

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,531,401 3,618,372 3,628,438 3,628,484 197,041 208,207 211,279 209,574 5.6 5.8 5.8 5.8

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,576,304 1,608,142 1,609,313 1,609,444 68,976 79,015 79,084 78,829 4.4 4.9 4.9 4.9

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 784,849 785,493 782,268 780,692 55,832 51,409 50,384 48,648 7.1 6.5 6.4 6.2

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,086,130 3,143,200 3,144,114 3,140,762 140,605 140,563 137,631 132,669 4.6 4.5 4.4 4.2

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306,740 301,120 300,413 299,782 12,821 15,703 16,474 16,887 4.2 5.2 5.5 5.6

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,124,760 1,133,638 1,136,184 1,139,930 136,340 134,037 132,988 133,176 12.1 11.8 11.7 11.7

1 Metropolitan division.

2 Metropolitan statistical area.

p Preliminary

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

Management and Budget Bulletin No. 13-01, dated February 28, 2013, and are available on the BLS website at 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 4. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state and selected area, not seasonally adjusted

State and area

Civilian labor force Unemployed

April May Number Percent of labor force

2015 2016 2015 2016p

April May April May

2015 2016 2015 2016p 2015 2016 2015 2016p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,139,605 2,158,713 2,157,591 2,177,738 117,358 117,345 132,164 124,861 5.5 5.4 6.1 5.7

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359,279 355,983 364,910 360,509 23,709 24,626 22,994 23,834 6.6 6.9 6.3 6.6

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,139,578 3,227,655 3,148,508 3,228,271 184,727 173,397 188,462 176,953 5.9 5.4 6.0 5.5

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,326,263 1,355,374 1,336,245 1,360,986 68,986 46,136 72,301 51,660 5.2 3.4 5.4 3.8

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,942,424 19,016,818 19,036,611 18,983,886 1,166,325 987,164 1,164,888 898,920 6.2 5.2 6.1 4.7

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale1. . . . 5,022,269 5,012,019 5,028,082 4,990,809 340,213 234,584 343,891 213,613 6.8 4.7 6.8 4.3

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,814,025 2,879,450 2,824,897 2,888,463 112,965 101,892 112,017 102,857 4.0 3.5 4.0 3.6

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,879,963 1,883,760 1,895,146 1,895,615 106,299 104,760 105,395 101,458 5.7 5.6 5.6 5.4

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463,717 481,406 464,051 479,822 22,429 19,090 21,514 18,810 4.8 4.0 4.6 3.9

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384,502 395,998 384,242 393,184 24,937 21,767 25,361 20,413 6.5 5.5 6.6 5.2

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,646,945 9,708,395 9,756,834 9,746,739 501,676 441,291 538,880 424,095 5.2 4.5 5.5 4.4

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall1. . . . . . . . . . . 1,335,425 1,317,021 1,343,860 1,311,975 82,299 71,721 84,825 69,772 6.2 5.4 6.3 5.3

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,757,923 4,828,104 4,798,766 4,849,941 270,502 240,956 292,266 230,319 5.7 5.0 6.1 4.7

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 675,845 685,465 675,441 682,266 24,591 21,484 24,355 21,333 3.6 3.1 3.6 3.1

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 790,441 806,594 797,300 813,380 34,004 29,389 29,932 26,738 4.3 3.6 3.8 3.3

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,461,911 6,607,497 6,520,791 6,592,749 352,068 410,252 373,226 368,590 5.4 6.2 5.7 5.6

Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights1. . . 3,753,389 3,856,099 3,779,951 3,836,125 214,887 241,682 223,585 209,219 5.7 6.3 5.9 5.5

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,243,563 3,349,782 3,286,281 3,368,037 145,075 161,437 159,838 145,849 4.5 4.8 4.9 4.3

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,697,847 1,707,135 1,699,388 1,703,523 59,771 60,898 58,649 58,226 3.5 3.6 3.5 3.4

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,491,323 1,494,120 1,491,922 1,490,225 64,074 50,435 64,431 54,431 4.3 3.4 4.3 3.7

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,952,036 1,968,567 1,967,090 1,982,988 95,575 92,168 106,942 98,065 4.9 4.7 5.4 4.9

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,172,166 2,149,589 2,179,116 2,154,642 131,433 125,147 140,130 131,950 6.1 5.8 6.4 6.1

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 674,781 667,451 678,525 677,542 32,093 25,381 30,191 24,395 4.8 3.8 4.4 3.6

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,128,513 3,150,361 3,155,474 3,147,322 153,386 137,117 164,343 130,685 4.9 4.4 5.2 4.2

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,550,470 3,581,833 3,560,302 3,573,205 167,345 137,898 174,161 135,396 4.7 3.8 4.9 3.8

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,699,774 4,810,970 4,803,409 4,860,674 238,400 205,805 284,564 218,019 5.1 4.3 5.9 4.5

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,964,019 2,023,968 2,009,816 2,055,151 107,385 91,243 133,795 99,791 5.5 4.5 6.7 4.9

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,997,380 3,041,894 3,019,576 3,042,881 108,445 115,011 106,734 101,126 3.6 3.8 3.5 3.3

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,255,374 1,268,377 1,278,144 1,284,363 71,785 63,706 86,965 77,441 5.7 5.0 6.8 6.0

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,117,600 3,140,967 3,140,540 3,149,511 160,464 132,020 166,493 127,144 5.1 4.2 5.3 4.0

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 521,095 520,541 523,271 521,314 20,794 20,382 18,810 18,692 4.0 3.9 3.6 3.6

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,011,345 1,021,267 1,015,079 1,022,121 28,650 30,658 29,549 28,547 2.8 3.0 2.9 2.8

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,422,176 1,430,240 1,425,995 1,435,625 98,157 86,769 94,018 89,376 6.9 6.1 6.6 6.2

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 734,390 743,260 737,911 743,619 25,785 19,661 24,688 19,326 3.5 2.6 3.3 2.6

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,528,655 4,560,080 4,552,979 4,562,162 260,113 222,030 262,655 225,534 5.7 4.9 5.8 4.9

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 918,110 917,299 916,941 915,803 57,116 53,086 58,686 55,075 6.2 5.8 6.4 6.0

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,651,340 9,654,837 9,709,479 9,641,256 515,375 442,929 517,567 406,577 5.3 4.6 5.3 4.2

New York City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,196,086 4,167,235 4,200,611 4,136,554 241,912 198,798 241,419 183,103 5.8 4.8 5.7 4.4

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,768,208 4,855,686 4,827,901 4,856,521 260,213 242,365 289,984 229,979 5.5 5.0 6.0 4.7

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413,193 415,295 416,074 419,575 11,622 13,425 10,432 11,853 2.8 3.2 2.5 2.8

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,678,773 5,780,320 5,736,717 5,815,205 263,032 275,325 277,383 267,896 4.6 4.8 4.8 4.6

Cleveland-Elyria2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,028,213 1,039,409 1,032,645 1,037,125 49,575 50,345 54,239 52,889 4.8 4.8 5.3 5.1

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,835,463 1,852,841 1,846,721 1,841,888 72,223 78,637 82,705 88,216 3.9 4.2 4.5 4.8

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,942,784 2,026,858 1,955,649 2,028,876 108,639 91,070 108,954 86,993 5.6 4.5 5.6 4.3

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,386,413 6,480,027 6,462,242 6,536,435 309,175 337,996 354,304 357,228 4.8 5.2 5.5 5.5

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 550,084 547,158 552,912 548,195 32,442 26,634 33,082 28,789 5.9 4.9 6.0 5.3

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,252,170 2,306,248 2,274,821 2,302,012 129,919 119,926 137,424 111,320 5.8 5.2 6.0 4.8

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450,319 452,555 453,787 454,717 14,101 11,728 14,280 11,651 3.1 2.6 3.1 2.6

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,052,320 3,120,465 3,079,575 3,131,525 164,030 120,423 179,684 119,148 5.4 3.9 5.8 3.8

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,054,103 13,256,609 13,104,878 13,281,151 529,352 560,506 565,656 559,100 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.2

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,449,907 1,485,979 1,462,672 1,494,125 48,811 55,880 52,008 56,967 3.4 3.8 3.6 3.8

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340,548 341,363 342,838 343,139 12,810 10,336 11,645 9,562 3.8 3.0 3.4 2.8

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,251,938 4,204,131 4,282,734 4,217,055 182,646 144,686 199,168 152,850 4.3 3.4 4.7 3.6

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,519,350 3,609,438 3,545,995 3,607,404 182,479 201,300 197,117 197,704 5.2 5.6 5.6 5.5

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,585,299 1,610,045 1,582,295 1,610,185 59,866 70,216 65,129 73,157 3.8 4.4 4.1 4.5

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 789,035 778,930 790,471 783,360 55,758 48,548 54,793 45,383 7.1 6.2 6.9 5.8

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,067,126 3,105,415 3,088,630 3,109,874 137,484 134,565 142,000 118,975 4.5 4.3 4.6 3.8

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305,074 298,500 305,957 298,657 12,609 17,172 12,417 16,240 4.1 5.8 4.1 5.4

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,125,808 1,136,779 1,117,784 1,138,642 141,951 129,061 138,011 128,233 12.6 11.4 12.3 11.3

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. 13-01, dated February 28, 2013, and are available on the BLS website at www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm. Estimates for the latest month are subject to revision the

following month.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 5. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry sector, seasonally adjusted

[In thousands]

State

Total1 Construction Manufacturing

May

2015

Mar.

2016

Apr.

2016

May

2016p

May

2015

Mar.

2016

Apr.

2016

May

2016p

May

2015

Mar.

2016

Apr.

2016

May

2016p

Alabama2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,945.9 1,959.0 1,966.4 1,967.0 80.8 80.9 81.0 79.5 – – – –

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341.4 338.4 337.5 339.5 18.0 17.1 16.8 17.1 14.1 14.2 13.7 13.9

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,616.7 2,691.9 2,697.0 2,692.4 126.9 134.0 133.9 135.4 157.3 159.4 157.5 159.3

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,204.1 1,224.4 1,225.0 1,226.2 48.4 48.5 48.9 48.5 154.4 153.4 153.6 153.6

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,966.8 16,321.9 16,391.9 16,407.1 720.7 753.4 763.1 760.3 1,292.2 1,285.6 1,285.1 1,280.1

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,531.3 2,595.8 2,593.0 2,593.3 147.8 158.2 159.1 158.3 140.7 143.5 143.0 143.3

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,674.2 1,686.3 1,689.5 1,688.1 58.1 57.1 58.6 59.5 159.1 159.5 159.7 160.9

Delaware3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447.3 458.6 460.2 458.3 20.9 21.5 21.2 20.8 27.1 27.8 27.6 27.6

District of Columbia2, 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 767.0 773.8 777.9 784.7 14.4 14.5 14.4 14.1 – – – –

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,058.3 8,252.8 8,287.7 8,312.2 425.6 448.3 452.5 455.0 340.9 346.7 349.1 351.8

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,245.9 4,360.7 4,370.3 4,370.5 165.4 177.8 178.4 178.8 377.1 385.7 386.7 383.8

Hawaii3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 634.6 651.4 647.2 648.3 34.0 40.2 40.0 40.7 14.1 14.2 14.0 14.2

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 670.6 691.7 694.4 692.1 38.3 39.9 41.3 41.7 61.5 63.8 64.0 63.2

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,958.4 6,006.7 6,007.3 6,004.8 213.7 219.6 218.1 217.6 582.6 574.8 575.3 574.2

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,028.6 3,062.1 3,074.9 3,067.3 127.0 129.8 130.9 130.9 517.4 516.8 519.8 517.7

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,559.9 1,576.5 1,582.1 1,577.9 77.5 86.1 89.3 87.9 216.2 211.4 211.6 208.9

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,398.7 1,399.2 1,395.4 1,398.0 60.5 57.8 57.9 57.1 161.9 160.6 159.8 160.4

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,881.4 1,908.9 1,903.9 1,904.5 75.1 76.7 74.5 74.4 240.6 243.4 242.4 243.4

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,993.8 1,977.1 1,979.9 1,975.2 138.8 145.6 144.5 142.9 144.3 138.7 137.4 136.0

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610.2 614.6 612.2 611.8 26.4 26.7 26.4 25.8 50.4 51.4 51.7 51.4

Maryland3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,658.8 2,704.6 2,704.9 2,707.4 154.3 163.9 163.9 162.7 103.7 106.7 106.2 106.8

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,492.5 3,537.1 3,552.3 3,545.9 137.9 149.8 149.5 147.8 250.9 250.1 250.4 249.8

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,238.5 4,324.9 4,331.1 4,318.4 148.1 155.8 152.9 151.1 584.5 595.5 602.5 596.0

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,858.3 2,876.2 2,890.5 2,888.6 115.9 121.2 122.5 120.6 317.3 316.9 318.6 316.3

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,132.4 1,147.1 1,144.1 1,141.9 45.8 47.6 45.8 46.3 141.7 143.2 144.5 142.2

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,785.3 2,801.2 2,815.3 2,809.4 113.7 117.8 118.3 115.6 261.6 258.9 259.5 259.7

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460.9 464.6 466.4 463.7 26.6 27.5 26.5 26.0 19.1 19.7 19.7 19.7

Nebraska3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,002.9 1,017.3 1,017.1 1,019.4 49.5 50.8 50.5 51.3 97.4 97.2 97.5 98.2

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,253.4 1,282.7 1,282.3 1,278.5 68.6 76.0 74.8 75.5 41.8 42.6 42.5 42.2

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 656.6 664.9 665.1 661.1 24.0 25.7 25.2 24.7 67.2 65.9 66.7 66.3

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,018.1 4,073.9 4,072.9 4,066.1 148.5 152.4 151.3 154.2 237.8 238.0 238.2 240.3

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 826.2 827.6 829.7 830.3 43.5 44.3 43.6 44.3 27.8 27.4 27.2 27.2

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,242.2 9,332.9 9,347.0 9,332.0 361.5 370.5 372.0 372.5 454.6 453.8 453.3 450.5

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,229.6 4,310.5 4,309.3 4,307.7 188.6 196.3 197.7 195.0 460.3 459.3 455.6 458.3

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454.9 440.0 439.0 439.3 35.1 30.4 31.3 31.4 25.6 24.5 24.1 24.2

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,415.9 5,491.4 5,477.6 5,486.8 200.0 208.4 208.7 207.4 686.4 686.6 684.7 681.6

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,666.9 1,666.0 1,664.8 1,664.1 77.1 81.4 81.4 83.2 138.2 128.9 128.2 126.2

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,770.6 1,823.2 1,828.9 1,830.1 81.7 86.5 87.6 87.5 186.4 187.8 186.3 185.9

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,831.8 5,894.6 5,881.2 5,871.0 234.8 234.1 234.8 231.9 569.9 566.3 565.2 565.9

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485.6 490.6 488.7 486.7 16.8 18.6 17.9 17.6 41.3 41.8 42.2 41.6

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,996.4 2,039.6 2,039.9 2,043.7 86.0 92.2 91.3 92.5 235.2 237.6 239.0 239.3

South Dakota3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428.2 432.3 432.3 433.9 23.4 24.6 24.5 24.3 42.6 41.5 41.0 41.9

Tennessee3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,877.9 2,951.7 2,952.2 2,938.8 116.5 124.7 121.2 119.6 331.9 341.6 341.7 342.0

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,801.9 11,961.6 11,973.5 11,973.7 677.8 688.5 689.9 686.5 883.3 852.7 848.2 846.0

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,371.5 1,411.7 1,415.5 1,416.5 83.2 89.1 89.4 88.9 123.4 125.9 126.6 125.6

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312.0 316.5 317.2 316.4 15.1 16.6 16.5 15.5 30.9 30.2 30.0 30.2

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,834.5 3,919.1 3,908.5 3,902.4 183.7 186.1 182.6 184.3 232.8 230.6 229.3 229.7

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,145.3 3,230.5 3,237.4 3,246.1 173.5 182.8 182.8 184.4 291.1 288.6 288.0 288.5

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 766.4 761.8 761.2 767.8 33.6 32.6 32.8 30.9 47.7 47.3 47.5 47.3

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,883.6 2,936.2 2,925.8 2,931.3 109.8 114.6 117.8 114.6 467.1 474.5 470.9 471.4

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290.8 284.4 282.1 282.0 23.1 22.2 21.8 21.9 9.9 9.6 9.6 9.7

Puerto Rico3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 902.4 892.5 891.7 888.6 25.9 23.0 22.7 22.2 74.7 72.2 71.9 71.7

Virgin Islands2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.7 37.5 37.7 37.9 – – – – – – – –

1

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

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

be separated with sufficient precision.

3 Mining and logging is combined with construction.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2015 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmark are preliminary and

will be revised when new information becomes available.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 5. 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

May

2015

Mar.

2016

Apr.

2016

May

2016p

May

2015

Mar.

2016

Apr.

2016

May

2016p

May

2015

Mar.

2016

Apr.

2016

May

2016p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377.5 379.9 382.5 382.8 95.3 97.1 98.4 99.6 227.6 232.1 235.8 234.8

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.0 67.4 67.1 66.0 12.1 12.5 12.4 12.4 30.2 29.4 28.6 28.0

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503.4 513.3 516.2 517.9 193.6 205.6 205.7 205.1 394.1 406.8 409.5 406.5

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251.3 257.1 257.7 257.5 49.2 49.2 49.5 49.8 137.8 142.5 143.3 143.1

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,925.2 2,988.9 2,994.9 2,993.4 795.8 802.5 808.5 810.8 2,478.3 2,531.6 2,551.2 2,564.0

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444.4 449.8 447.1 448.9 158.4 162.1 161.3 161.9 397.0 404.0 403.8 405.7

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296.8 299.2 300.2 297.6 130.2 131.1 131.8 132.5 216.4 217.5 219.1 218.7

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.1 83.2 82.6 82.6 46.4 46.6 46.5 46.9 59.1 61.3 62.8 62.5

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.6 33.1 33.6 34.4 30.2 30.8 30.7 30.5 161.9 162.2 163.5 165.7

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,676.2 1,707.3 1,712.0 1,710.5 532.7 549.1 551.4 551.6 1,215.0 1,248.7 1,252.8 1,260.3

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 900.7 926.2 928.0 927.9 234.3 238.6 237.5 240.6 637.6 663.8 670.2 667.6

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119.5 119.5 119.3 118.9 28.2 28.5 28.3 28.6 83.4 85.1 83.2 82.9

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135.9 138.6 138.0 137.9 33.3 33.9 33.8 34.3 81.0 83.8 84.9 84.1

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,200.3 1,210.3 1,209.8 1,208.9 380.0 379.4 377.7 379.3 919.7 923.0 930.8 932.4

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 581.4 594.1 597.7 601.4 130.2 131.7 131.8 132.1 330.9 322.1 326.6 323.2

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315.7 319.6 316.9 317.2 105.4 107.5 109.1 108.6 139.7 137.5 138.6 138.0

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265.3 266.9 265.0 266.1 79.4 80.2 80.6 80.5 178.3 178.1 178.3 180.1

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386.3 400.6 397.4 397.6 92.1 93.7 94.5 95.1 214.5 219.3 220.2 218.2

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393.7 393.7 392.0 392.4 92.0 89.7 89.6 89.9 213.5 207.3 212.5 210.3

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120.1 119.3 119.1 120.3 30.6 31.2 30.9 31.3 65.1 64.1 64.0 64.5

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463.1 469.3 468.4 467.8 146.1 147.6 148.2 147.1 429.4 435.6 436.6 439.9

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 568.6 572.6 573.8 572.6 218.7 221.3 222.3 221.7 533.3 539.5 546.0 545.0

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 771.5 780.3 778.1 775.5 206.5 213.6 214.1 214.7 638.8 655.6 660.3 662.2

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524.1 526.4 528.6 527.8 181.2 184.2 184.4 183.1 359.3 355.6 361.9 361.4

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224.9 230.8 229.1 229.5 43.6 43.3 42.4 41.9 104.1 102.8 103.8 102.0

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 531.7 533.7 531.9 531.2 166.2 169.8 171.2 172.2 366.6 374.0 382.3 380.2

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94.3 95.5 95.7 95.2 23.8 24.0 24.0 24.1 40.2 40.4 40.9 40.9

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206.6 207.1 207.1 206.7 71.6 72.2 71.5 72.2 116.5 119.0 118.7 118.2

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238.2 245.8 246.8 247.2 59.5 60.2 60.2 60.3 165.2 169.8 169.7 165.4

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138.0 140.6 142.3 141.9 35.2 36.6 36.6 37.0 76.4 77.1 77.4 76.8

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 853.5 869.6 872.8 871.4 249.6 254.9 255.2 254.7 650.2 657.2 651.8 653.3

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139.5 136.8 137.8 137.7 33.3 33.0 33.0 33.5 99.1 99.4 100.7 100.8

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,573.8 1,582.4 1,579.4 1,573.4 704.2 708.6 709.4 707.3 1,264.7 1,274.5 1,272.7 1,278.1

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 794.2 817.6 817.8 817.9 218.0 220.7 220.2 217.7 585.4 608.1 612.1 608.6

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104.8 98.2 97.4 96.9 24.3 23.4 23.4 23.6 36.5 36.4 35.7 35.5

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,012.6 1,025.7 1,022.6 1,023.4 292.3 297.0 300.9 301.2 715.7 716.7 711.6 711.3

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306.2 307.8 306.3 305.3 79.9 80.0 79.9 80.2 185.6 182.7 184.0 181.7

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334.3 340.4 340.7 341.9 94.6 97.3 97.5 98.3 226.8 236.7 239.6 239.9

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,121.8 1,137.9 1,135.3 1,132.4 316.5 320.5 318.1 316.4 774.0 786.8 785.0 787.1

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.3 75.4 75.7 75.0 32.8 33.3 33.0 33.1 63.6 66.4 65.0 64.9

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383.4 392.2 389.8 389.5 96.8 97.3 98.9 98.8 260.1 270.1 271.1 271.6

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87.3 89.8 89.7 89.8 29.6 29.9 29.9 30.5 30.4 31.0 30.9 31.0

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600.0 618.9 617.9 614.7 146.9 151.6 150.7 150.6 390.4 401.1 402.8 399.2

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,385.8 2,430.1 2,431.8 2,428.2 718.4 730.1 731.4 736.2 1,588.2 1,609.7 1,614.2 1,609.8

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261.6 269.4 269.9 268.8 78.7 82.2 82.8 83.4 193.9 195.8 196.4 196.8

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.5 56.1 56.3 56.0 12.1 12.2 12.2 12.3 27.5 27.9 28.5 27.9

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 650.5 673.3 673.6 671.0 197.1 201.6 200.0 200.1 694.3 716.5 710.7 712.5

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 587.2 609.6 611.5 610.8 147.3 151.7 150.9 152.1 386.2 399.5 402.3 404.6

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135.5 135.3 134.9 134.7 36.3 36.9 36.5 37.0 66.7 66.9 65.6 66.7

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 529.5 544.1 540.9 547.4 151.2 152.6 152.5 152.1 312.1 315.1 312.6 313.6

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.9 54.9 54.5 53.8 11.1 10.6 10.6 10.5 18.4 18.2 18.3 18.7

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173.6 175.2 174.8 174.5 42.1 41.6 41.4 41.4 112.7 109.9 110.9 109.2

Virgin Islands1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.1 8.0 8.0 8.0 – – – – – – – –

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

cannot be separated with sufficient precision.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2015 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmark are

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

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 5. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry sector, seasonally adjusted-Continued

[In thousands]

State

Education and health services Leisure and hospitality Government

May

2015

Mar.

2016

Apr.

2016

May

2016p

May

2015

Mar.

2016

Apr.

2016

May

2016p

May

2015

Mar.

2016

Apr.

2016

May

2016p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226.6 230.4 230.8 231.6 188.8 192.1 189.6 189.8 377.8 374.9 375.6 376.5

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.1 48.5 48.5 48.9 35.5 33.8 35.0 36.4 82.8 81.7 81.9 83.6

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394.9 410.4 412.1 411.6 296.6 305.2 304.7 304.1 404.2 408.4 408.6 404.6

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174.4 179.5 179.7 181.9 111.5 115.8 114.6 114.1 212.3 212.8 212.9 212.9

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,437.8 2,519.5 2,527.0 2,539.8 1,818.0 1,880.5 1,889.7 1,882.4 2,443.3 2,493.4 2,500.7 2,501.7

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311.5 320.9 322.0 321.1 311.1 330.8 329.1 326.6 415.6 423.7 424.4 425.2

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325.7 329.2 329.9 328.5 151.2 155.4 152.4 152.2 239.6 237.8 237.8 238.8

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.1 77.4 77.9 78.0 48.7 52.3 52.0 51.3 65.4 65.1 65.4 65.6

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128.9 129.4 130.3 134.2 72.5 75.1 75.4 74.5 238.1 239.7 241.1 242.8

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,194.0 1,231.0 1,237.6 1,240.2 1,122.5 1,158.3 1,163.7 1,171.8 1,079.2 1,087.0 1,091.1 1,094.1

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536.5 547.6 545.5 549.1 444.8 462.3 463.8 463.4 677.7 687.7 686.5 684.6

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.8 84.3 84.5 84.3 113.8 117.1 118.1 117.0 125.8 126.5 124.0 126.0

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96.5 100.3 100.8 100.6 67.9 72.5 73.3 71.1 119.4 121.8 121.2 121.5

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 896.8 911.6 914.3 912.0 573.9 593.1 592.4 592.1 828.1 833.0 829.4 827.3

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447.8 464.3 466.5 465.4 300.6 307.7 307.6 305.5 426.2 429.1 428.5 426.6

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224.5 228.5 229.5 230.2 139.4 142.2 142.0 142.1 254.6 255.3 257.2 256.7

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193.9 194.8 195.4 195.6 124.9 128.8 127.1 126.5 257.1 256.4 255.8 256.0

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263.7 272.2 272.4 272.2 186.8 189.6 188.5 190.4 318.9 313.4 315.2 315.1

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304.9 309.1 309.2 309.4 227.7 227.0 229.2 229.0 327.4 324.8 324.8 324.0

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123.2 125.7 125.8 125.4 63.9 66.2 65.1 63.8 99.0 98.9 98.3 98.2

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438.3 442.9 443.7 449.9 267.6 279.3 279.5 278.1 503.4 503.1 502.7 504.1

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 759.3 772.5 774.0 772.9 350.6 348.9 352.4 357.2 450.0 455.2 455.2 455.2

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 649.6 658.6 662.1 664.6 413.0 428.4 426.0 419.4 594.0 602.5 600.5 600.0

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507.7 522.0 523.0 526.9 258.1 260.0 261.5 260.5 421.3 419.5 419.4 422.1

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138.5 140.8 140.8 140.7 128.6 132.3 132.1 132.7 243.6 245.9 245.3 246.5

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446.2 454.1 453.3 453.5 292.0 291.8 297.8 295.9 434.2 429.2 429.2 428.7

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71.5 74.5 74.4 75.0 62.3 60.9 62.7 61.2 90.3 91.0 91.1 90.5

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148.5 153.0 154.3 153.7 87.7 92.1 92.3 93.4 170.5 172.1 171.1 171.7

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120.9 126.3 125.6 125.2 340.4 341.8 342.5 343.9 154.5 156.6 156.9 156.5

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117.8 119.7 119.4 119.5 68.8 69.7 68.3 66.7 90.7 89.5 88.8 88.2

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 656.2 672.0 670.1 668.9 360.5 367.8 368.6 366.1 616.4 613.4 616.7 618.4

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132.4 138.6 139.2 138.2 92.9 95.7 96.1 96.0 189.9 190.9 190.1 191.6

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,883.0 1,915.9 1,925.0 1,928.8 893.1 901.6 909.1 907.3 1,436.4 1,440.7 1,438.4 1,443.0

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 573.1 578.2 577.8 580.4 456.6 472.2 471.4 469.5 720.5 722.6 720.7 722.9

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.4 61.7 62.1 62.5 40.5 40.4 41.2 40.6 80.6 83.3 82.8 83.5

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 904.6 925.6 926.5 934.4 537.6 552.2 551.3 555.2 768.1 776.8 769.9 769.0

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230.6 234.2 233.7 237.0 160.0 167.8 170.0 169.9 351.4 352.2 352.5 352.8

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256.3 267.4 267.7 267.4 190.8 196.7 197.1 197.2 298.9 306.3 307.3 307.3

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,190.3 1,208.8 1,213.0 1,216.4 544.4 561.3 555.4 551.8 704.5 705.6 702.9 704.9

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.7 104.7 104.7 105.7 56.8 58.2 57.9 57.4 60.5 59.9 60.1 60.0

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234.1 241.5 240.8 242.6 236.9 239.8 241.2 241.7 359.8 362.3 362.5 363.2

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69.2 69.8 70.2 71.0 46.0 46.7 46.8 46.1 78.0 77.6 78.0 78.1

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412.6 427.3 428.0 429.8 307.0 310.5 312.5 308.8 421.5 423.4 424.0 420.2

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,575.0 1,621.1 1,633.2 1,636.9 1,231.7 1,289.9 1,288.7 1,285.7 1,851.7 1,879.0 1,880.9 1,888.0

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181.4 189.6 191.2 190.4 133.0 140.1 139.3 142.3 233.4 237.3 237.9 238.4

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.4 65.0 65.3 65.7 36.1 36.1 36.6 36.4 55.7 56.5 56.2 56.7

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507.0 520.8 522.5 522.2 380.3 396.7 396.1 392.2 712.4 712.9 712.9 714.1

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457.3 464.9 465.9 467.9 307.2 318.7 319.7 318.3 560.5 569.8 570.2 571.8

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127.8 129.3 130.2 130.3 74.4 74.7 75.6 74.3 152.2 152.7 153.4 162.8

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434.4 444.0 440.4 442.3 269.8 274.0 273.5 276.8 409.1 414.0 415.1 410.9

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.9 27.5 27.5 27.5 36.2 35.0 34.5 34.3 71.2 71.9 72.0 72.0

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123.0 121.1 120.7 121.1 81.0 81.8 81.9 81.5 230.6 229.5 229.5 229.0

Virgin Islands1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . – – – – 7.3 7.3 7.3 7.3 10.8 10.8 10.9 11.0

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

cannot be separated with sufficient precision.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2015 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmark are

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 6. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry sector, not seasonally adjusted

[In thousands]

State

Total Mining and logging Construction

April May April May April May

2015 2016 2015 2016p

2015 2016 2015 2016p2015 2016 2015 2016p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,945.9 1,972.1 1,956.3 1,976.3 11.2 10.0 11.2 10.0 80.6 81.5 81.0 80.4

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333.2 331.4 345.4 343.4 17.8 15.4 17.6 15.4 16.9 15.4 18.5 17.3

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,637.1 2,717.8 2,627.7 2,698.4 12.5 11.6 12.6 11.6 126.3 134.6 127.0 136.1

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,206.7 1,232.7 1,213.5 1,235.4 8.3 6.6 8.1 6.6 47.2 48.3 48.4 48.7

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,938.4 16,401.2 16,017.8 16,461.7 29.5 25.2 29.4 25.5 706.1 754.2 719.0 760.7

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,521.8 2,585.3 2,530.3 2,592.8 31.7 26.5 31.1 26.1 145.6 156.1 148.4 158.8

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,668.5 1,685.7 1,687.7 1,697.9 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.5 56.3 56.3 59.2 60.1

Delaware1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442.5 458.5 451.0 462.5 – – – – 20.5 20.9 21.2 21.0

District of Columbia1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 767.3 779.3 770.0 781.0 – – – – 14.1 14.3 14.4 14.2

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,088.6 8,357.4 8,093.5 8,354.1 5.8 5.8 5.9 5.8 420.6 447.3 425.8 455.7

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,241.8 4,379.5 4,267.2 4,391.8 9.0 8.8 9.0 8.8 164.5 177.0 165.6 178.1

Hawaii1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 634.9 647.7 637.0 649.8 – – – – 33.2 39.7 33.8 40.4

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 666.9 690.6 675.9 697.4 3.5 3.0 3.8 3.4 37.8 40.1 38.9 42.3

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,935.4 5,987.3 6,001.9 6,035.4 9.4 9.0 9.6 9.2 209.0 210.8 219.0 220.3

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,030.4 3,077.9 3,057.5 3,091.6 6.9 6.2 7.0 6.2 124.4 128.9 129.7 133.5

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,564.4 1,586.8 1,578.9 1,597.5 2.3 2.2 2.4 2.3 78.0 88.0 80.3 90.7

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,403.9 1,400.9 1,411.4 1,406.4 8.7 7.3 8.6 7.4 61.6 57.3 61.9 57.9

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,875.6 1,910.2 1,892.7 1,917.0 14.5 12.0 14.5 11.7 74.3 74.2 76.2 75.4

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,995.0 1,980.4 1,999.4 1,979.8 49.0 39.9 48.7 40.1 138.2 143.3 138.1 141.9

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 597.7 598.3 613.5 612.6 2.0 1.7 1.8 1.7 24.4 24.3 27.0 26.2

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,651.1 2,708.9 2,681.6 2,729.0 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.5 150.6 161.2 153.6 161.1

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,475.2 3,542.3 3,519.6 3,567.5 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 132.4 144.3 140.8 150.8

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,208.7 4,307.4 4,279.0 4,361.8 7.6 6.8 7.9 7.1 140.4 143.9 151.7 156.6

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,843.6 2,873.6 2,881.0 2,908.9 7.1 5.5 7.3 5.7 110.0 112.7 119.9 124.2

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,135.6 1,148.1 1,139.9 1,146.9 8.2 7.3 8.2 7.3 46.6 46.0 46.9 46.4

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,797.0 2,824.5 2,817.2 2,837.5 4.2 4.1 4.1 4.1 112.8 116.4 115.2 117.3

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458.5 461.5 464.4 467.0 8.1 6.8 8.3 7.0 25.5 25.6 27.4 26.7

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,004.0 1,018.6 1,013.2 1,027.8 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.0 48.2 48.8 50.0 51.3

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,253.6 1,283.0 1,260.4 1,285.8 14.4 13.5 14.4 13.5 67.1 73.5 69.0 75.3

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 649.2 659.3 660.0 665.7 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 22.9 24.1 24.5 25.4

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,993.8 4,053.9 4,049.5 4,095.3 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.3 146.0 148.6 151.0 155.9

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 829.1 830.9 830.9 833.8 26.3 20.1 25.7 19.2 43.5 42.6 43.5 44.0

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,206.8 9,331.9 9,300.8 9,382.6 5.1 4.9 5.5 5.2 348.7 360.9 366.4 377.5

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,227.7 4,322.9 4,266.8 4,340.2 5.5 5.4 5.5 5.6 186.4 196.2 190.1 195.7

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455.3 437.7 459.6 443.0 24.8 16.7 23.6 16.4 33.2 29.3 35.7 31.8

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,402.8 5,469.5 5,472.1 5,539.1 14.5 11.6 14.5 11.5 192.8 201.6 204.4 212.1

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,671.4 1,671.4 1,675.3 1,674.8 55.2 44.3 53.8 43.8 76.5 81.3 76.4 82.7

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,766.9 1,826.3 1,780.6 1,840.2 7.5 7.2 7.8 7.4 80.0 85.4 81.7 87.1

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,834.6 5,895.8 5,878.8 5,916.8 35.4 26.7 35.0 26.1 229.9 229.7 240.1 236.1

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482.8 486.7 492.0 492.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 16.2 17.0 17.3 17.8

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,996.8 2,050.1 2,015.1 2,060.5 3.9 4.1 3.9 4.1 85.1 91.9 86.4 92.4

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425.4 428.5 433.4 438.6 0.9 0.8 1.0 0.9 21.6 22.6 23.2 24.2

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,878.5 2,958.3 2,889.1 2,954.6 4.5 4.4 4.5 4.4 110.7 116.6 113.3 116.4

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,794.4 11,985.5 11,840.4 12,009.8 279.4 229.3 273.0 226.6 674.6 690.6 680.3 687.6

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,369.3 1,417.2 1,373.4 1,417.8 10.6 9.5 10.6 9.5 82.3 87.5 84.1 89.4

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308.2 313.1 310.8 314.5 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 13.8 14.6 15.6 15.7

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,832.7 3,914.0 3,852.2 3,925.4 9.1 8.3 9.0 8.3 182.8 184.1 185.9 186.9

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,130.4 3,227.5 3,156.6 3,256.4 6.2 5.5 6.3 5.7 169.7 179.5 173.2 185.1

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 767.6 763.1 773.2 777.3 27.3 20.7 27.0 20.6 32.7 31.2 34.7 32.3

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,872.9 2,907.9 2,899.8 2,943.5 4.2 3.8 4.4 4.0 105.3 112.1 112.4 117.2

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286.7 275.5 292.2 282.7 24.5 19.2 23.7 19.0 22.9 20.8 23.7 22.4

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 906.4 894.6 904.4 893.2 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 25.1 22.1 25.1 21.6

Virgin Islands1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.0 37.8 37.7 37.9 – – – – 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.5

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 2015 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmark are

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 6. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry sector, not seasonally adjustedContinued

[In thousands]

State

Manufacturing Trade, transportation, and utilities Information

April May April May April May

2015 2016 2015 2016p

2015 2016 2015 2016p2015 2016 2015 2016p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256.7 260.4 257.6 260.0 375.1 380.6 377.3 381.9 21.5 21.1 22.0 21.2

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.5 12.4 11.6 11.3 63.4 64.9 67.7 68.9 6.3 6.1 6.3 6.2

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156.6 157.5 157.1 159.6 499.2 513.3 499.9 514.1 45.0 48.8 45.5 48.4

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154.7 153.3 154.3 153.9 249.5 258.1 251.7 258.6 13.2 13.9 13.2 14.0

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,281.8 1,276.1 1,287.7 1,276.6 2,884.4 2,957.2 2,902.0 2,966.5 480.0 497.5 480.3 494.1

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139.7 142.5 140.5 142.8 439.6 443.2 441.2 445.2 70.1 71.4 70.3 71.4

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158.4 159.7 158.8 160.5 292.0 295.5 297.0 297.5 32.4 34.4 32.5 33.6

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.0 27.5 27.1 27.5 79.8 81.6 80.6 82.4 4.7 4.9 4.8 4.4

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.2 31.4 33.4 31.5 34.1 17.0 16.9 17.2 16.8

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339.6 350.7 341.6 352.5 1,666.7 1,708.8 1,669.2 1,708.7 135.6 134.3 136.4 133.7

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376.1 386.7 378.2 384.7 894.2 924.4 899.2 927.6 105.0 105.8 107.9 105.7

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.8 13.9 14.0 14.0 118.5 118.1 118.5 118.0 8.4 8.7 8.3 8.6

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.1 63.3 61.5 62.7 134.6 136.9 135.9 138.7 9.3 9.3 9.3 9.5

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579.9 572.5 582.4 573.1 1,186.0 1,196.3 1,198.8 1,205.8 100.5 97.2 102.2 97.8

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515.6 516.7 518.2 517.1 574.5 593.9 582.1 602.7 33.6 31.6 33.9 31.7

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215.8 211.5 216.4 209.8 314.4 315.5 316.7 318.7 25.3 23.4 25.6 23.7

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158.9 159.8 161.8 160.3 262.6 263.2 265.1 264.8 21.1 20.0 21.0 20.2

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236.8 242.4 240.8 243.5 381.9 396.5 385.6 397.5 25.2 24.6 25.3 24.1

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144.5 137.2 144.3 136.2 392.0 390.8 392.8 391.1 26.5 26.3 28.6 26.5

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.0 50.5 50.3 51.2 115.6 114.7 118.5 118.3 7.6 7.3 7.7 7.5

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103.4 106.0 103.7 106.9 457.0 464.8 462.0 467.3 38.9 38.1 39.0 34.2

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250.2 249.3 250.9 249.5 559.1 564.7 566.8 570.7 87.1 89.0 87.4 84.9

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 578.3 597.6 585.5 595.0 760.8 766.5 773.6 778.1 56.0 57.0 56.8 57.9

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314.4 316.1 316.1 315.9 519.4 523.5 526.0 527.6 51.2 49.8 51.6 50.3

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141.3 143.4 142.0 142.3 223.8 228.0 224.8 229.2 13.3 13.3 13.6 13.3

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260.5 260.1 261.9 261.0 527.9 528.1 532.8 531.4 54.2 52.8 54.5 52.2

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.8 19.3 18.9 19.5 93.6 95.1 94.6 96.0 6.3 6.2 6.4 6.3

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97.5 97.1 97.4 98.0 205.1 205.7 206.9 207.0 17.4 17.5 17.5 17.7

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.7 42.3 41.9 42.2 235.2 243.9 236.7 245.4 13.7 13.3 13.8 13.1

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.8 66.5 67.2 66.4 135.3 139.4 137.4 141.2 12.3 12.6 12.3 12.6

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236.2 237.0 237.9 239.7 840.1 861.7 852.4 870.5 74.1 74.3 75.1 68.1

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.4 26.9 27.6 26.9 138.7 136.7 139.3 137.1 13.0 12.8 13.4 12.8

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452.5 450.7 454.6 451.1 1,548.9 1,559.5 1,569.1 1,570.5 263.0 269.6 263.8 256.4

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458.1 454.3 459.9 456.1 787.2 812.9 793.3 816.9 74.9 74.7 76.2 75.2

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.4 23.9 25.7 24.2 105.3 96.9 105.2 97.2 6.6 6.6 6.6 6.7

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 683.9 684.4 688.0 684.4 1,001.8 1,012.2 1,013.1 1,024.3 71.6 71.8 71.6 72.1

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138.7 128.0 138.1 126.0 304.7 306.0 306.0 305.9 20.9 21.3 21.2 21.2

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183.9 184.8 185.3 185.5 329.5 336.3 332.2 339.7 32.8 34.7 32.6 35.2

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 567.5 563.9 569.9 567.5 1,109.6 1,127.3 1,122.0 1,133.1 84.3 86.8 85.0 83.0

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.1 41.9 41.3 41.8 75.1 74.5 76.1 75.0 8.6 8.6 8.6 8.0

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234.7 238.8 235.6 239.3 380.4 387.6 384.0 389.5 26.5 26.5 26.8 26.3

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.5 40.9 42.6 42.0 86.6 88.8 87.9 90.3 5.9 6.0 6.0 6.0

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329.8 341.2 331.3 341.9 594.6 613.8 598.4 614.4 43.8 44.4 44.0 45.0

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 884.0 844.8 881.5 843.0 2,361.5 2,417.1 2,374.5 2,420.2 200.4 200.0 201.7 202.4

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122.7 126.1 123.4 125.5 259.0 268.6 260.6 268.5 33.4 34.7 33.9 34.5

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.7 29.9 31.0 30.4 54.4 55.4 55.1 55.7 4.6 4.4 4.7 4.4

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232.2 228.6 232.7 229.7 641.5 665.9 648.0 669.2 69.3 68.1 70.0 65.1

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288.1 285.4 289.0 286.8 577.0 602.2 583.2 606.6 111.6 119.6 112.7 120.3

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.5 47.4 47.8 47.5 134.1 134.4 135.2 135.0 9.7 9.0 9.8 8.9

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463.3 467.9 464.8 469.9 520.6 531.9 529.1 543.5 47.9 47.8 48.2 48.5

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.5 9.4 9.7 9.5 55.1 53.1 55.8 53.6 3.8 3.6 3.8 3.7

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.2 71.9 74.3 71.7 171.9 173.9 172.7 174.4 20.6 20.3 20.9 20.4

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 8.2 8.0 8.1 8.0 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.6

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2015 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmark are

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 6. 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

April May April May April May

2015 2016 2015 2016p

2015 2016 2015 2016p2015 2016 2015 2016p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95.2 98.8 95.8 99.8 226.9 235.7 227.9 235.2 226.5 231.7 226.4 231.6

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.8 12.1 12.1 12.2 29.8 28.2 30.8 28.5 47.3 49.1 47.3 49.4

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192.5 205.0 193.2 204.7 392.9 409.5 391.5 404.1 395.2 412.7 395.2 411.8

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.0 49.4 49.3 49.8 138.6 144.1 139.1 143.4 174.6 180.5 175.0 182.0

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 792.3 806.3 796.4 809.7 2,463.8 2,548.1 2,465.1 2,559.7 2,448.3 2,543.0 2,453.1 2,552.4

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157.5 160.5 157.5 160.6 394.9 401.3 397.6 407.8 311.5 323.3 312.2 323.0

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129.4 131.6 129.8 132.5 216.8 218.9 218.2 219.9 327.8 333.0 327.1 328.9

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.2 46.5 46.3 46.9 57.8 62.6 59.0 62.7 75.0 77.9 75.4 78.2

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.0 30.6 30.1 30.4 160.8 163.2 161.7 165.6 132.1 133.0 131.3 131.5

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530.6 550.5 532.4 552.9 1,213.3 1,262.8 1,218.0 1,262.4 1,196.1 1,244.8 1,199.9 1,244.4

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233.8 237.4 234.6 239.7 631.3 669.4 639.0 671.9 536.3 548.2 538.2 551.5

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.1 28.1 28.2 28.6 83.2 83.7 83.1 82.9 81.3 84.5 81.2 84.4

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.2 33.7 33.3 34.5 80.5 84.2 81.2 84.5 97.2 101.0 97.1 100.9

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377.5 375.5 379.8 378.5 912.6 926.5 921.8 933.2 898.0 919.1 902.3 916.4

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129.2 130.6 130.4 132.1 330.6 326.6 332.3 325.7 452.8 471.0 452.2 466.1

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104.9 108.1 105.4 107.9 139.1 138.7 139.9 137.8 226.8 231.9 226.6 231.6

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.2 80.2 79.4 80.5 178.9 178.7 178.7 179.6 195.1 195.5 195.1 196.1

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91.1 94.1 91.8 95.4 210.9 218.7 213.2 217.6 264.0 273.7 263.5 272.2

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91.8 89.6 91.8 89.8 214.6 212.3 214.1 209.9 305.2 309.5 305.5 309.8

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.2 30.5 30.6 31.3 63.4 63.2 65.7 65.0 124.4 126.8 123.8 125.7

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145.1 148.0 145.9 147.5 428.1 437.4 431.1 441.4 437.9 447.6 439.2 452.0

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216.5 220.4 218.1 220.5 529.5 544.3 535.7 547.6 764.6 783.2 764.4 775.0

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203.8 212.2 206.9 215.3 636.5 659.0 648.8 671.7 648.8 664.7 652.0 667.3

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179.9 182.4 181.2 182.8 356.4 358.7 359.3 362.2 509.7 527.2 510.0 528.4

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.5 42.5 43.7 42.0 104.7 104.1 104.4 101.4 138.6 142.0 138.6 140.9

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165.0 170.5 166.3 172.2 367.6 382.5 368.2 380.2 449.6 455.3 447.9 453.3

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.5 23.8 23.7 24.0 40.4 40.7 40.4 40.9 71.7 74.6 71.7 75.3

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71.1 71.6 71.6 72.4 116.5 119.1 116.7 118.3 148.6 154.7 149.1 154.1

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.1 60.0 59.7 60.2 165.7 169.4 165.5 165.4 120.8 126.1 121.1 126.0

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.8 36.4 35.2 37.0 75.6 77.7 76.6 77.2 118.1 120.5 118.2 119.8

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247.4 253.4 249.7 254.3 646.3 647.8 653.0 658.7 659.2 674.2 663.2 675.0

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.2 33.0 33.3 33.4 99.1 100.5 98.8 100.7 133.1 139.7 133.6 138.8

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 697.8 705.0 700.6 703.2 1,255.5 1,269.7 1,265.8 1,279.0 1,915.2 1,957.6 1,898.5 1,942.6

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216.3 218.6 218.4 217.2 582.8 612.1 586.1 608.3 572.9 580.9 575.1 581.6

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.1 23.5 24.3 23.6 35.8 35.6 36.5 35.5 60.3 62.4 60.5 62.3

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290.0 297.9 292.7 299.8 711.0 707.5 717.7 712.4 908.2 931.9 909.7 936.9

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.4 79.9 79.9 80.2 186.0 184.1 185.8 182.7 230.6 234.4 230.8 236.5

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93.7 96.7 94.5 98.0 225.6 239.0 226.3 239.5 259.3 271.1 257.6 268.8

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314.1 315.9 316.4 316.1 773.2 786.0 778.0 790.0 1,206.4 1,229.3 1,192.9 1,216.9

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.8 32.5 32.9 33.0 63.5 65.3 64.6 65.8 107.5 107.5 107.4 107.1

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96.6 98.4 97.3 99.1 257.5 271.9 261.6 274.6 234.0 242.9 234.9 243.7

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.4 29.8 29.6 30.5 30.5 30.7 30.7 31.2 69.3 70.4 69.7 71.1

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146.5 150.3 147.3 150.5 386.7 400.1 389.7 398.4 413.9 430.6 411.6 429.2

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 713.6 729.6 716.9 735.3 1,585.7 1,607.6 1,583.6 1,606.3 1,571.3 1,635.9 1,578.5 1,637.6

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78.0 82.6 78.2 82.6 191.7 194.9 193.5 197.4 181.9 193.1 179.1 187.6

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.9 12.1 12.1 12.3 27.0 27.8 27.8 28.3 63.1 65.5 63.2 65.2

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195.8 199.2 197.1 199.6 692.8 711.8 695.6 717.6 511.6 527.3 503.6 521.4

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146.1 150.3 147.1 152.3 383.4 401.6 385.5 404.2 460.3 468.3 460.1 470.8

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.3 36.5 36.4 37.0 66.9 66.3 66.5 66.9 128.7 131.0 129.0 130.9

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149.9 151.8 151.0 152.3 309.2 310.2 311.5 312.4 436.3 442.4 435.7 443.7

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.1 10.6 11.0 10.4 18.2 18.1 18.7 18.8 27.0 27.7 27.2 27.8

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.2 41.4 42.0 41.3 111.9 110.8 111.6 109.7 125.7 124.0 126.0 124.2

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2 2.1 2.2 2.1 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2015 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmark are

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 6. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry sector, not seasonally adjustedContinued

[In thousands]

State

Leisure and hospitality Other services Government

April May April May April May

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Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191.0 192.5 193.7 194.2 80.6 81.3 81.2 81.7 380.6 378.5 382.2 380.3

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.7 32.3 37.6 37.6 11.7 11.5 12.0 11.5 84.0 84.0 83.9 85.1

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305.2 312.0 302.2 309.3 88.4 89.4 89.0 88.4 423.3 423.4 414.5 410.3

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111.6 117.0 114.9 117.5 43.3 44.2 43.6 44.3 216.7 217.3 215.9 216.6

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,815.2 1,888.5 1,838.5 1,899.3 544.6 553.0 548.5 556.6 2,492.4 2,552.1 2,497.8 2,560.6

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307.4 325.4 302.5 316.5 102.2 103.9 102.3 104.1 421.6 431.2 426.7 436.5

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148.1 149.3 155.7 155.8 63.4 64.6 64.3 65.5 243.4 241.9 244.5 243.1

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.8 50.5 50.8 53.1 18.6 19.2 18.8 18.8 66.1 66.9 67.0 67.5

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.0 76.4 75.0 76.4 70.8 70.5 71.1 70.3 236.0 239.8 236.6 240.5

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,147.6 1,195.7 1,139.4 1,188.4 331.6 339.7 331.6 340.2 1,101.1 1,117.0 1,093.3 1,109.4

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452.0 472.7 457.2 476.8 155.7 159.4 156.8 159.9 683.9 689.7 681.5 687.1

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113.1 117.4 113.8 116.6 26.5 26.9 26.7 27.1 128.8 126.7 129.4 129.2

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.4 70.8 68.4 71.2 23.2 24.2 23.6 24.7 121.1 124.1 122.9 125.0

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 569.1 587.0 590.4 605.3 252.1 252.5 253.4 255.3 841.3 840.9 842.2 840.5

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300.3 307.9 310.8 316.5 126.6 127.4 127.4 127.8 435.9 437.1 433.5 432.2

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138.7 141.9 144.7 148.1 59.3 62.3 59.7 63.0 259.8 263.3 261.2 263.9

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125.6 127.2 127.9 129.3 47.8 48.5 47.8 48.1 264.4 263.2 264.1 262.2

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189.8 191.6 194.6 197.1 63.4 62.9 64.0 62.9 323.7 319.5 323.2 319.6

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229.0 230.2 231.6 232.6 73.8 74.3 74.3 75.2 330.4 327.0 329.6 326.7

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.4 57.5 65.3 63.9 21.0 21.0 21.4 21.2 101.7 100.8 101.4 100.6

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262.5 275.6 277.7 287.6 113.5 117.0 114.5 116.8 512.7 511.7 513.4 512.7

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335.8 340.6 358.0 362.9 133.1 136.5 134.6 137.3 465.8 468.9 461.8 467.2

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399.8 412.9 426.1 434.5 166.1 170.1 168.3 170.8 610.6 616.7 601.4 607.5

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253.3 256.2 266.5 267.5 114.3 114.4 114.8 114.3 427.9 427.1 428.3 430.0

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129.7 134.1 131.3 136.2 39.8 39.7 39.9 39.9 246.1 247.7 246.5 248.0

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292.4 296.9 303.1 305.7 115.0 115.3 115.5 116.8 447.8 442.5 447.7 443.3

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.2 59.2 62.1 60.5 18.0 18.0 18.1 18.0 92.4 92.2 92.8 92.8

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87.4 92.5 90.4 95.8 37.1 36.7 37.3 36.4 174.0 173.9 175.2 175.8

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343.0 344.4 344.8 347.9 36.1 36.6 36.4 36.3 156.8 160.0 157.1 160.5

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.3 62.4 68.5 66.9 25.0 26.8 25.4 26.6 94.2 92.0 93.8 91.7

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346.2 353.5 370.5 373.6 168.1 171.1 170.6 171.4 628.8 631.0 624.7 626.8

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93.4 96.1 94.1 97.5 27.8 28.3 28.1 28.5 193.6 194.2 193.5 194.9

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 872.2 888.0 916.5 923.5 400.5 411.1 404.5 411.2 1,447.4 1,454.9 1,455.5 1,462.4

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453.3 467.1 469.3 481.3 150.0 155.4 152.1 156.1 740.3 745.3 740.8 746.2

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.3 40.2 41.2 41.1 16.8 17.4 16.9 17.7 82.7 85.2 83.4 86.5

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533.3 547.9 561.1 577.7 212.6 218.1 214.4 222.0 783.1 784.6 784.9 785.9

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161.3 171.1 163.4 173.1 62.0 62.5 62.2 62.4 356.1 358.5 357.7 360.3

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188.1 194.7 192.7 199.3 60.1 62.7 60.5 62.6 306.4 313.7 309.4 317.1

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536.7 549.6 564.9 572.8 253.7 257.3 257.2 257.0 723.8 723.3 717.4 718.2

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.9 55.2 58.5 58.6 22.6 23.1 23.1 23.3 61.3 60.9 62.0 61.5

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240.6 245.0 246.6 249.3 73.7 74.4 74.2 74.5 363.8 368.6 363.8 367.7

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.1 44.5 47.2 47.3 15.8 15.2 15.9 15.2 78.8 78.8 79.6 79.9

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307.6 313.2 314.8 317.1 107.1 109.7 108.1 110.3 433.3 434.0 426.1 427.0

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,236.3 1,298.5 1,257.9 1,313.1 415.1 424.5 417.1 426.9 1,872.5 1,907.6 1,875.4 1,910.8

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133.5 140.6 132.0 140.5 38.4 37.4 38.4 38.4 237.8 242.2 239.6 243.9

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.5 33.2 33.0 32.9 10.2 10.3 10.2 10.6 58.2 59.1 57.3 58.2

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378.5 393.3 392.7 402.3 196.6 203.6 198.4 204.7 722.5 723.8 719.2 720.6

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302.7 315.5 311.4 321.0 115.0 118.8 116.0 120.5 570.3 580.8 572.1 583.1

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.1 74.9 75.8 76.1 55.2 54.8 55.4 55.0 155.1 156.9 155.6 167.1

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262.5 261.9 277.5 283.0 147.1 149.7 147.8 150.0 426.6 428.4 417.4 419.0

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.8 30.3 35.3 33.6 10.1 10.0 10.2 10.3 71.7 72.7 73.1 73.6

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.3 82.1 81.3 81.8 17.9 17.6 18.0 17.6 235.1 230.0 232.0 230.0

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.5 7.4 7.4 7.4 0.9 1.0 0.9 1.0 10.8 10.9 10.7 10.9

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2015 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmark are

preliminary and will be revised when new information becomes available.
TEXAS

N.M.

CALIF.

MONT.

NEV.

ARIZ.

ORE.

S.D.

WYO.

COLO. KAN. MO.

N.D.

NEB.

UTAH

GA.

ILL.

MINN.

LA.

IDAHO

FLA.

PA.

WIS.

N.Y.

OKLA.

N.C.

KY.

ALA.

VA.

ARK.

WASH.

IOWA

MISS.

IND.

OHIO

S.C.

MICH.

TENN.

W.VA.

VT. 

MD.

HAWAII

ALASKA

Pacific

Mountain

West

North Central

East

North Central

New England

Middle

Atlantic

East

South Central

West

South Central

Map 1. Unemployment rates by state, seasonally May 2016

(U.S. rate = 4.7 percent)