For release 10:00 a.m. (EST) Friday, November 18, 2016 USDL-16-2168 

Technical information: 

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REGIONAL AND STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT — OCTOBER 2016 

Unemployment rates were significantly lower in October in 7 states, higher in 2 states, and stable in 41 

states and the District of Columbia, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Seven states had 

notable jobless rate decreases from a year earlier, 5 states had increases, and 38 states and the District 

had no significant change. The national unemployment rate was 4.9 percent in October, little changed 

from that of both September 2016 and October 2015. 

Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 11 states in October 2016, decreased in 5 states, and was 

essentially unchanged in 34 states and the District of Columbia. Over the year, 31 states and the District 

added nonfarm payroll jobs, 2 states lost jobs, and 17 states were essentially unchanged. 

Regional Unemployment 

In October, no region had an unemployment rate significantly different from the U.S. rate of 4.9 percent. 

Over the month, no region had a statistically significant unemployment rate change. However, 

significant over-the-year rate changes occurred in two regions: the West (-0.3 percentage point) and 

South (-0.2 point). (See table 1.) 

Among the nine geographic divisions, New England had the lowest unemployment rate, 3.9 percent in 

October, followed by the West North Central, 4.2 percent. The Middle Atlantic and Pacific had the 

highest rates, 5.4 percent each. Over the month, New England had the only statistically significant 

unemployment rate decline (-0.2 percentage point), while the South Atlantic had the only notable rate 

increase (+0.2 point). Three divisions had significant jobless rate declines from a year earlier: New 

England (-0.9 percentage point), East South Central (-0.6 point), and South Atlantic (-0.4 point). 

Significant over-the-year rate increases occurred in the Middle Atlantic (+0.5 percentage point) and 

West North Central (+0.4 point). 

State Unemployment 

New Hampshire and South Dakota had the lowest unemployment rates in October, 2.8 percent each. 

Alaska and New Mexico had the highest jobless rates, 6.8 percent and 6.7 percent, respectively. In total, 

18 states had unemployment rates significantly lower than the U.S. figure of 4.9 percent, 9 states and the 

District of Columbia had higher rates, and 23 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 October, seven states had statistically significant unemployment rate decreases, the largest of which 

occurred in Arizona, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Nevada, and Wyoming (-0.3 percentage point each). 

Two states had notable rate increases: Virginia (+0.2 percentage point) and Nebraska (+0.1 point). The 

remaining 41 states and the District of Columbia 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.) 

Seven states had statistically significant unemployment rate decreases from October 2015. The largest 

decline was in Massachusetts (-1.5 percentage points). Five states had significant unemployment rate 

increases over the year, the largest of which were in Oklahoma and Pennsylvania (+1.0 percentage point 

each). (See table C.) 

Nonfarm Payroll Employment 

Eleven states had statistically significant over-the-month increases in nonfarm payroll employment and 

five states had significant decreases in October 2016. The largest job gains occurred in California 

(+31,200), Michigan (+18,900), and Washington (+10,600). In percentage terms, the largest increase 

occurred in Montana (+0.5 percent), followed by Louisiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin (+0.4 percent 

each). The largest significant decreases in employment over the month occurred in Minnesota (-12,500), 

South Carolina (-9,900), and Connecticut (-7,200). In percentage terms, the largest decreases occurred in 

Vermont (-0.7 percent), Maine (-0.6 percent), and South Carolina (-0.5 percent). (See tables D and 5.) 

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

nonfarm payroll employment in October. The largest job gains occurred in California (+389,500), 

Florida (+253,300), and Texas (+207,500). The largest percentage gain occurred in Washington (+3.5 

percent), followed by Oregon (+3.3 percent) and Florida (+3.1 percent). Two states had significant overthe-year declines in employment: Wyoming (-10,200, or -3.5 percent) and North Dakota (-8,100, or -1.8 

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

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

be released on Wednesday, November 30, 2016, at 10:00 a.m. (EST). The Regional and State 

Employment and Unemployment news release for November is scheduled to be released on 

Friday, December 16, 2016, at 10:00 a.m. (EST). 
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State Rate p

United States 1 ................................................ 4.9

Alabama ............................................................. 5.7

Alaska ................................................................ 6.8

Arkansas ............................................................ 4.0

California ............................................................ 5.5

Colorado ............................................................ 3.5

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

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

Idaho ................................................................. 3.8

Illinois ................................................................. 5.6

Iowa .................................................................. 4.1

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

Maine ................................................................. 4.0

Maryland ............................................................ 4.2

Massachusetts .................................................... 3.3

Minnesota ........................................................... 4.0

Mississippi .......................................................... 5.9

Montana ............................................................. 4.3

Nebraska ............................................................ 3.3

New Hampshire ................................................... 2.8

New Mexico ........................................................ 6.7

North Dakota ...................................................... 3.0

Pennsylvania ....................................................... 5.8

South Dakota ...................................................... 2.8

Utah ................................................................... 3.2

Vermont ............................................................. 3.3

Virginia ............................................................... 4.2

West Virginia ...................................................... 6.0

Wisconsin ........................................................... 4.1

1

 Data are not preliminary.

p

 = preliminary.

Table A. States with unemployment rates significantly different from that

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

to October 2016, seasonally adjusted

September 2016 October 2016 p

Arizona ........................................ 5.5 5.2 -0.3

Connecticut .................................. 5.4 5.1 -.3

Iowa ............................................ 4.2 4.1 -.1

Massachusetts ............................. 3.6 3.3 -.3

Nebraska ..................................... 3.2 3.3 .1

Nevada ........................................ 5.8 5.5 -.3

Utah ............................................. 3.4 3.2 -.2

Virginia ......................................... 4.0 4.2 .2

Wyoming ...................................... 5.4 5.1 -.3

p

 = preliminary.

State

Rate Over-the-month 

change p

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

to October 2016, seasonally adjusted

October 2015 October 2016 p

Arkansas ...................................... 4.9 4.0 -0.9

California ...................................... 5.9 5.5 -.4

Iowa ............................................ 3.5 4.1 .6

Maryland ...................................... 5.0 4.2 -.8

Massachusetts ............................. 4.8 3.3 -1.5

Nevada ........................................ 6.5 5.5 -1.0

New York ..................................... 4.9 5.2 .3

North Carolina .............................. 5.6 4.9 -.7

Oklahoma .................................... 4.2 5.2 1.0

Pennsylvania ................................ 4.8 5.8 1.0

South Carolina .............................. 5.5 4.7 -.8

Wyoming ...................................... 4.3 5.1 .8

p

 = preliminary.

State

Rate Over-the-year 

change p
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Table D. States with statistically significant employment changes from September 2016 to October 2016,

seasonally adjusted

September October

2016 2016 p Level Percent

Alabama .................................... 1,968,000 1,974,600 6,600 0.3

Arizona ...................................... 2,708,400 2,717,700 9,300 .3

California ................................... 16,555,600 16,586,800 31,200 .2

Connecticut ............................... 1,683,600 1,676,400 -7,200 -.4

Louisiana ................................... 1,968,100 1,975,400 7,300 .4

Maine ........................................ 613,100 609,500 -3,600 -.6

Michigan .................................... 4,341,700 4,360,600 18,900 .4

Minnesota .................................. 2,905,600 2,893,100 -12,500 -.4

Missouri .................................... 2,829,200 2,838,500 9,300 .3

Montana .................................... 462,200 464,400 2,200 .5

 

Oregon ...................................... 1,849,000 1,855,100 6,100 .3

South Carolina ........................... 2,070,900 2,061,000 -9,900 -.5

Tennessee ................................. 2,981,100 2,988,600 7,500 .3

Vermont .................................... 317,500 315,400 -2,100 -.7

Washington ............................... 3,272,500 3,283,100 10,600 .3

Wisconsin ................................. 2,924,600 2,935,000 10,400 .4

p

 = preliminary.

Over-the-month change p

State
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Table E. States with statistically significant employment changes from October 2015 to October 2016,

seasonally adjusted

October October

2015 2016 p Level Percent

Alabama .................................... 1,951,400 1,974,600 23,200 1.2

Arizona ...................................... 2,664,700 2,717,700 53,000 2.0

California ................................... 16,197,300 16,586,800 389,500 2.4

Colorado .................................... 2,562,700 2,626,800 64,100 2.5

Delaware ................................... 452,700 461,200 8,500 1.9

District of Columbia .................... 768,000 781,800 13,800 1.8

Florida ....................................... 8,181,400 8,434,700 253,300 3.1

Georgia ..................................... 4,313,200 4,410,300 97,100 2.3

Hawaii ....................................... 640,200 654,200 14,000 2.2

Idaho ......................................... 680,600 695,300 14,700 2.2

 

Indiana ...................................... 3,047,500 3,077,700 30,200 1.0

Iowa .......................................... 1,565,900 1,583,900 18,000 1.1

Maryland ................................... 2,677,500 2,712,200 34,700 1.3

Massachusetts .......................... 3,505,300 3,576,700 71,400 2.0

Michigan .................................... 4,266,300 4,360,600 94,300 2.2

Minnesota .................................. 2,861,000 2,893,100 32,100 1.1

Missouri .................................... 2,787,600 2,838,500 50,900 1.8

Nevada ...................................... 1,271,000 1,299,800 28,800 2.3

New Hampshire .......................... 659,700 673,700 14,000 2.1

New York ................................... 9,281,900 9,381,900 100,000 1.1

 

North Carolina ............................ 4,259,700 4,344,400 84,700 2.0

North Dakota .............................. 449,300 441,200 -8,100 -1.8

Ohio .......................................... 5,446,100 5,496,600 50,500 .9

Oregon ...................................... 1,795,100 1,855,100 60,000 3.3

Pennsylvania .............................. 5,862,000 5,900,400 38,400 .7

South Carolina ........................... 2,021,000 2,061,000 40,000 2.0

South Dakota ............................. 428,500 439,300 10,800 2.5

Tennessee ................................. 2,917,900 2,988,600 70,700 2.4

Texas ........................................ 11,893,800 12,101,300 207,500 1.7

Utah .......................................... 1,390,700 1,432,500 41,800 3.0

 

Virginia ...................................... 3,881,400 3,948,700 67,300 1.7

Washington ............................... 3,173,400 3,283,100 109,700 3.5

Wisconsin ................................. 2,906,600 2,935,000 28,400 1.0

Wyoming ................................... 289,000 278,800 -10,200 -3.5

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

Oct.

2015

Aug.

2016

Sept.

2016

Oct.

2016

Number Percent of labor force

Oct.

2015

Aug.

2016

Sept.

2016

Oct.

2016

Oct.

2015

Aug.

2016

Sept.

2016

Oct.

2016

Northeast. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,431,070 28,537,973 28,571,492 28,582,162 1,390,693 1,390,965 1,411,070 1,420,282 4.9 4.9 4.9 5.0

New England. . . . . . . . . . 7,760,825 7,872,183 7,875,134 7,865,199 368,903 334,287 323,744 308,416 4.8 4.2 4.1 3.9

Middle Atlantic. . . . . . . . . 20,670,245 20,665,790 20,696,358 20,716,963 1,021,790 1,056,678 1,087,326 1,111,866 4.9 5.1 5.3 5.4

South. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57,434,596 58,030,133 58,179,494 58,354,279 2,950,531 2,718,472 2,788,979 2,845,472 5.1 4.7 4.8 4.9

South Atlantic. . . . . . . . . . 30,556,249 30,794,593 30,875,192 31,013,940 1,594,006 1,393,272 1,423,510 1,474,343 5.2 4.5 4.6 4.8

East South Central. . . . . 8,443,324 8,581,968 8,620,158 8,662,818 495,268 428,937 443,633 460,325 5.9 5.0 5.1 5.3

West South Central. . . . . 18,435,023 18,653,572 18,684,144 18,677,521 861,257 896,263 921,836 910,804 4.7 4.8 4.9 4.9

Midwest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,575,548 34,968,359 34,966,320 34,931,691 1,613,175 1,585,260 1,611,591 1,638,569 4.7 4.5 4.6 4.7

East North Central. . . . . 23,347,435 23,718,409 23,710,881 23,674,476 1,181,905 1,122,306 1,139,456 1,164,293 5.1 4.7 4.8 4.9

West North Central. . . . . 11,228,113 11,249,950 11,255,439 11,257,215 431,270 462,954 472,135 474,276 3.8 4.1 4.2 4.2

West. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37,012,540 37,618,849 37,763,370 37,894,487 2,042,123 1,981,808 1,977,979 1,956,721 5.5 5.3 5.2 5.2

Mountain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,442,928 11,617,412 11,625,649 11,650,472 560,070 565,703 548,582 533,260 4.9 4.9 4.7 4.6

Pacific. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,569,612 26,001,437 26,137,721 26,244,015 1,482,053 1,416,105 1,429,397 1,423,461 5.8 5.4 5.5 5.4

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

September October Number Percent of labor force

2015 2016 2015 2016

September October September October

2015 2016 2015 2016 2015 2016 2015 2016

Northeast. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,231,058 28,527,384 28,375,497 28,490,748 1,338,492 1,373,678 1,296,868 1,307,731 4.7 4.8 4.6 4.6

New England. . . . . . . . . . 7,727,030 7,828,992 7,754,359 7,824,020 355,930 298,403 338,393 260,377 4.6 3.8 4.4 3.3

Middle Atlantic. . . . . . . . . 20,504,028 20,698,392 20,621,138 20,666,728 982,562 1,075,275 958,475 1,047,354 4.8 5.2 4.6 5.1

South. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57,226,028 58,351,733 57,437,461 58,465,047 2,907,708 2,889,773 2,873,665 2,787,044 5.1 5.0 5.0 4.8

South Atlantic. . . . . . . . . . 30,442,754 30,989,973 30,551,206 31,146,351 1,587,245 1,479,313 1,567,479 1,488,709 5.2 4.8 5.1 4.8

East South Central. . . . . 8,400,356 8,642,400 8,431,354 8,685,071 467,780 453,636 461,191 452,951 5.6 5.2 5.5 5.2

West South Central. . . . . 18,382,918 18,719,360 18,454,901 18,633,625 852,683 956,824 844,995 845,384 4.6 5.1 4.6 4.5

Midwest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,381,510 34,877,576 34,600,326 34,842,308 1,448,451 1,520,658 1,466,024 1,487,935 4.2 4.4 4.2 4.3

East North Central. . . . . 23,226,239 23,653,100 23,375,728 23,604,886 1,060,904 1,097,001 1,093,867 1,092,167 4.6 4.6 4.7 4.6

West North Central. . . . . 11,155,271 11,224,476 11,224,598 11,237,422 387,547 423,657 372,157 395,768 3.5 3.8 3.3 3.5

West. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36,913,131 37,879,017 37,051,076 37,984,423 1,940,753 1,874,219 1,968,694 1,864,711 5.3 4.9 5.3 4.9

Mountain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,429,585 11,644,537 11,460,324 11,689,068 542,908 511,971 534,332 503,291 4.8 4.4 4.7 4.3

Pacific. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,483,546 26,234,480 25,590,752 26,295,355 1,397,845 1,362,248 1,434,362 1,361,420 5.5 5.2 5.6 5.2

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

Oct.

2015

Aug.

2016

Sept.

2016

Oct.

2016p

Number Percent of labor force

Oct.

2015

Aug.

2016

Sept.

2016

Oct.

2016p

Oct.

2015

Aug.

2016

Sept.

2016

Oct.

2016p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,142,579 2,156,813 2,165,629 2,182,384 131,421 116,296 117,100 123,892 6.1 5.4 5.4 5.7

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363,266 359,375 359,870 359,735 23,870 24,311 24,647 24,634 6.6 6.8 6.8 6.8

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,157,151 3,213,513 3,221,981 3,236,617 186,247 186,959 178,741 169,440 5.9 5.8 5.5 5.2

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,334,668 1,356,091 1,356,711 1,354,538 65,111 53,304 54,927 54,559 4.9 3.9 4.0 4.0

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,979,714 19,231,079 19,348,395 19,437,972 1,128,244 1,061,209 1,070,605 1,069,269 5.9 5.5 5.5 5.5

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale1. . . . 4,984,540 5,080,142 5,118,986 5,144,399 305,712 249,016 257,259 262,710 6.1 4.9 5.0 5.1

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,826,007 2,891,295 2,897,980 2,909,220 101,030 109,064 104,476 100,714 3.6 3.8 3.6 3.5

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,883,788 1,902,402 1,904,151 1,903,537 100,836 106,128 103,151 97,855 5.4 5.6 5.4 5.1

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471,552 479,354 477,623 475,662 22,967 20,706 20,721 20,644 4.9 4.3 4.3 4.3

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390,102 394,920 392,957 394,117 25,823 23,689 24,108 24,202 6.6 6.0 6.1 6.1

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,687,166 9,718,435 9,753,778 9,817,718 494,236 454,291 458,711 472,818 5.1 4.7 4.7 4.8

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall1. . . . . . . . . . . 1,337,186 1,312,101 1,317,329 1,326,347 80,644 67,083 68,112 69,815 6.0 5.1 5.2 5.3

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,770,319 4,892,768 4,918,155 4,945,950 262,703 241,690 248,467 254,789 5.5 4.9 5.1 5.2

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 679,917 684,602 687,696 692,792 22,941 23,555 22,588 21,837 3.4 3.4 3.3 3.2

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 802,074 812,259 813,204 813,017 32,283 30,961 31,104 30,924 4.0 3.8 3.8 3.8

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,524,459 6,570,831 6,565,550 6,564,448 387,310 363,657 360,500 366,647 5.9 5.5 5.5 5.6

Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights1. . . 3,769,970 3,836,454 3,825,575 3,816,353 213,221 204,161 204,207 214,472 5.7 5.3 5.3 5.6

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,274,691 3,378,244 3,374,152 3,358,100 148,432 152,933 151,425 146,178 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.4

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,702,713 1,714,812 1,722,741 1,725,517 60,196 72,781 72,581 70,326 3.5 4.2 4.2 4.1

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,504,141 1,484,958 1,483,039 1,483,372 60,603 63,557 65,004 65,435 4.0 4.3 4.4 4.4

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,945,817 1,969,189 1,981,798 1,996,795 106,919 97,090 99,225 101,291 5.5 4.9 5.0 5.1

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,137,239 2,139,606 2,132,984 2,124,132 126,467 134,246 136,999 134,203 5.9 6.3 6.4 6.3

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 675,750 689,365 691,934 693,067 28,125 27,753 28,112 27,940 4.2 4.0 4.1 4.0

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,155,537 3,164,756 3,169,351 3,179,545 158,961 134,975 132,676 134,544 5.0 4.3 4.2 4.2

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,563,481 3,610,627 3,611,102 3,608,821 172,720 141,781 129,148 117,294 4.8 3.9 3.6 3.3

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,755,510 4,804,657 4,820,887 4,843,110 241,939 216,470 219,776 227,802 5.1 4.5 4.6 4.7

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,996,267 2,054,497 2,065,569 2,071,271 117,194 101,464 105,818 108,761 5.9 4.9 5.1 5.3

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,017,725 3,003,331 2,993,784 2,986,393 109,810 121,563 119,645 118,049 3.6 4.0 4.0 4.0

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,282,066 1,269,970 1,271,609 1,278,310 83,431 76,059 75,885 74,953 6.5 6.0 6.0 5.9

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,122,055 3,119,702 3,130,428 3,140,311 141,142 157,920 161,227 158,985 4.5 5.1 5.2 5.1

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523,772 523,308 523,264 524,360 21,590 22,599 22,445 22,301 4.1 4.3 4.3 4.3

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,015,843 1,018,473 1,018,467 1,017,919 30,910 32,265 33,097 34,030 3.0 3.2 3.2 3.3

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,430,736 1,434,638 1,431,456 1,430,208 92,633 90,138 83,634 78,967 6.5 6.3 5.8 5.5

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 740,968 757,005 757,233 755,995 23,694 22,481 22,107 21,085 3.2 3.0 2.9 2.8

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,549,186 4,559,430 4,562,736 4,561,406 228,746 242,703 243,335 239,328 5.0 5.3 5.3 5.2

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 915,593 927,534 928,594 928,563 59,947 61,296 62,205 62,360 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.7

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,695,941 9,551,532 9,579,173 9,608,227 479,679 461,226 480,960 495,163 4.9 4.8 5.0 5.2

New York City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,202,854 4,114,329 4,132,112 4,146,349 216,250 223,177 238,818 245,435 5.1 5.4 5.8 5.9

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,772,467 4,810,511 4,823,630 4,853,891 268,787 221,706 227,110 237,205 5.6 4.6 4.7 4.9

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412,896 422,892 425,730 428,005 11,108 13,088 13,030 12,784 2.7 3.1 3.1 3.0

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,686,668 5,762,258 5,747,606 5,728,641 265,213 271,493 275,126 279,863 4.7 4.7 4.8 4.9

Cleveland-Elyria2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,018,337 1,033,557 1,031,375 1,029,854 44,422 52,900 53,452 55,394 4.4 5.1 5.2 5.4

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,845,974 1,821,459 1,815,694 1,815,604 77,087 92,255 95,325 94,976 4.2 5.1 5.3 5.2

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,985,738 2,066,355 2,075,204 2,082,275 111,787 112,269 113,462 110,958 5.6 5.4 5.5 5.3

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,432,474 6,515,223 6,522,960 6,531,339 307,467 369,679 371,148 375,905 4.8 5.7 5.7 5.8

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 553,097 556,885 557,568 557,258 30,712 30,986 31,144 30,624 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.5

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,258,065 2,298,223 2,298,073 2,301,525 124,395 117,003 111,941 108,508 5.5 5.1 4.9 4.7

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452,914 457,418 457,143 456,923 13,614 13,134 13,082 12,898 3.0 2.9 2.9 2.8

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,058,556 3,130,375 3,153,967 3,174,634 170,717 138,196 146,024 151,217 5.6 4.4 4.6 4.8

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,109,532 13,311,681 13,355,657 13,377,024 596,088 621,727 637,095 631,513 4.5 4.7 4.8 4.7

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,470,663 1,499,619 1,501,873 1,507,295 50,604 54,852 50,742 48,561 3.4 3.7 3.4 3.2

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343,456 346,186 345,445 344,886 12,417 11,447 11,513 11,322 3.6 3.3 3.3 3.3

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,231,844 4,201,707 4,220,958 4,247,959 176,354 162,418 168,437 176,503 4.2 3.9 4.0 4.2

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,555,934 3,631,371 3,653,170 3,676,122 202,544 207,664 202,915 199,003 5.7 5.7 5.6 5.4

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,585,257 1,609,941 1,624,779 1,639,262 74,781 66,150 63,939 62,010 4.7 4.1 3.9 3.8

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 783,351 787,053 790,854 794,701 50,229 44,752 45,548 47,929 6.4 5.7 5.8 6.0

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,102,026 3,127,874 3,132,449 3,135,033 142,461 131,188 129,955 129,299 4.6 4.2 4.1 4.1

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304,996 299,302 300,142 301,394 13,102 16,578 16,058 15,497 4.3 5.5 5.4 5.1

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,137,606 1,132,227 1,132,691 1,124,112 138,249 128,338 134,692 136,506 12.2 11.3 11.9 12.1

1 Metropolitan division.

2 Metropolitan statistical area.

p Preliminary

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

Management and Budget Bulletin No. 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

September October Number Percent of labor force

2015 2016 2015 2016p

September October September October

2015 2016 2015 2016p 2015 2016 2015 2016p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,136,040 2,189,369 2,148,602 2,212,911 125,914 124,763 124,703 132,840 5.9 5.7 5.8 6.0

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363,813 360,640 361,078 356,491 21,229 22,926 22,367 22,621 5.8 6.4 6.2 6.3

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,160,727 3,248,843 3,171,338 3,260,826 194,679 182,125 189,172 169,943 6.2 5.6 6.0 5.2

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,332,722 1,355,110 1,335,461 1,348,580 61,935 53,485 57,984 46,233 4.6 3.9 4.3 3.4

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,917,335 19,435,024 18,995,347 19,463,437 1,063,374 1,028,577 1,094,641 1,031,052 5.6 5.3 5.8 5.3

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale1. . . . 4,987,547 5,150,253 4,992,899 5,141,965 308,654 269,395 300,484 261,022 6.2 5.2 6.0 5.1

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,828,252 2,906,858 2,833,658 2,919,356 90,350 87,455 90,094 89,463 3.2 3.0 3.2 3.1

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,874,414 1,897,757 1,882,726 1,896,552 96,189 96,029 95,007 85,546 5.1 5.1 5.0 4.5

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466,336 472,321 471,473 473,343 22,560 20,116 22,355 19,981 4.8 4.3 4.7 4.2

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387,821 389,882 390,409 399,144 26,332 25,377 25,983 24,607 6.8 6.5 6.7 6.2

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,696,612 9,870,136 9,698,746 9,887,458 513,732 492,692 495,501 488,986 5.3 5.0 5.1 4.9

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall1. . . . . . . . . . . 1,325,898 1,319,008 1,338,131 1,339,329 81,929 74,133 80,539 71,911 6.2 5.6 6.0 5.4

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,750,081 4,929,794 4,772,874 4,948,431 264,442 260,606 265,087 256,725 5.6 5.3 5.6 5.2

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 675,909 687,529 676,437 694,772 24,844 21,823 22,709 21,392 3.7 3.2 3.4 3.1

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 799,319 812,813 803,823 811,589 29,005 27,857 28,286 26,810 3.6 3.4 3.5 3.3

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,485,397 6,566,619 6,529,418 6,561,428 345,322 355,724 366,098 364,025 5.3 5.4 5.6 5.5

Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights1. . . 3,738,481 3,797,621 3,763,177 3,794,855 190,723 198,375 198,353 217,567 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.7

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,259,874 3,356,777 3,283,775 3,334,449 133,431 140,653 139,610 128,834 4.1 4.2 4.3 3.9

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,692,426 1,723,464 1,706,137 1,724,006 54,914 64,521 53,403 59,243 3.2 3.7 3.1 3.4

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,494,757 1,479,930 1,504,437 1,491,746 55,984 59,264 55,675 59,552 3.7 4.0 3.7 4.0

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,937,687 1,997,899 1,938,168 2,004,254 95,534 95,662 93,529 92,265 4.9 4.8 4.8 4.6

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,140,415 2,126,692 2,150,874 2,120,716 129,006 143,305 126,997 124,426 6.0 6.7 5.9 5.9

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 676,651 693,086 678,333 695,794 23,991 23,769 24,059 23,838 3.5 3.4 3.5 3.4

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,146,530 3,162,738 3,162,575 3,195,793 156,050 126,330 156,868 135,163 5.0 4.0 5.0 4.2

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,542,718 3,590,161 3,557,973 3,584,892 172,206 118,770 158,980 97,878 4.9 3.3 4.5 2.7

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,723,231 4,860,588 4,754,223 4,858,107 216,640 214,153 223,097 224,961 4.6 4.4 4.7 4.6

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,997,382 2,088,499 2,010,141 2,078,802 112,407 112,339 122,750 111,928 5.6 5.4 6.1 5.4

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,003,330 2,982,084 3,015,656 2,974,717 96,316 100,824 90,896 95,510 3.2 3.4 3.0 3.2

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,276,864 1,279,603 1,283,181 1,292,579 78,257 73,755 79,922 73,619 6.1 5.8 6.2 5.7

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,096,299 3,152,466 3,116,491 3,148,836 131,841 146,636 125,554 130,159 4.3 4.7 4.0 4.1

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522,517 519,654 522,181 523,004 17,775 18,242 19,326 20,094 3.4 3.5 3.7 3.8

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,005,920 1,006,695 1,015,740 1,013,569 27,840 30,930 27,346 31,293 2.8 3.1 2.7 3.1

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,431,378 1,428,550 1,432,183 1,429,737 94,032 76,783 89,743 75,664 6.6 5.4 6.3 5.3

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 736,887 750,006 738,395 749,416 22,307 19,618 21,514 17,453 3.0 2.6 2.9 2.3

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,501,453 4,543,411 4,537,695 4,536,158 228,213 237,947 216,593 220,679 5.1 5.2 4.8 4.9

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 913,291 923,175 918,660 928,567 58,552 61,466 58,327 60,306 6.4 6.7 6.3 6.5

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,602,631 9,628,422 9,668,199 9,623,563 458,211 486,668 457,318 476,427 4.8 5.1 4.7 5.0

New York City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,157,635 4,160,139 4,197,197 4,162,179 203,189 240,282 214,728 235,161 4.9 5.8 5.1 5.6

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,755,224 4,854,750 4,786,211 4,897,108 256,616 231,057 260,600 237,804 5.4 4.8 5.4 4.9

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412,703 427,140 412,906 428,444 8,603 10,540 7,962 9,237 2.1 2.5 1.9 2.2

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,667,021 5,732,869 5,703,746 5,716,385 243,270 277,133 243,005 264,423 4.3 4.8 4.3 4.6

Cleveland-Elyria2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,015,720 1,028,930 1,013,298 1,024,773 42,472 50,750 38,981 51,489 4.2 4.9 3.8 5.0

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,842,550 1,821,032 1,854,140 1,829,773 74,965 98,138 77,457 89,947 4.1 5.4 4.2 4.9

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,987,029 2,087,905 1,995,937 2,092,696 103,493 102,687 105,083 100,129 5.2 4.9 5.3 4.8

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,399,944 6,526,559 6,415,244 6,507,007 296,138 350,660 284,564 350,249 4.6 5.4 4.4 5.4

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 552,889 554,828 553,739 553,837 28,470 28,392 28,373 26,535 5.1 5.1 5.1 4.8

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,251,834 2,297,671 2,261,830 2,298,744 127,250 111,702 127,480 106,069 5.7 4.9 5.6 4.6

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449,835 452,699 453,231 456,102 12,049 10,943 11,320 10,773 2.7 2.4 2.5 2.4

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,049,764 3,175,531 3,061,405 3,175,327 168,074 159,457 163,038 154,227 5.5 5.0 5.3 4.9

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,067,230 13,416,525 13,114,424 13,334,556 586,777 661,895 582,556 584,778 4.5 4.9 4.4 4.4

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,469,003 1,503,819 1,473,640 1,513,045 47,280 44,020 47,435 47,097 3.2 2.9 3.2 3.1

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343,470 343,154 343,193 343,529 12,767 11,824 10,460 9,127 3.7 3.4 3.0 2.7

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,203,877 4,218,301 4,221,613 4,245,351 174,284 169,396 169,890 174,634 4.1 4.0 4.0 4.1

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,539,460 3,663,383 3,561,952 3,687,960 184,904 186,236 189,562 186,226 5.2 5.1 5.3 5.0

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,579,726 1,644,271 1,579,458 1,642,936 73,667 66,224 74,879 62,024 4.7 4.0 4.7 3.8

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 784,441 794,380 785,475 800,977 45,979 42,038 43,716 44,739 5.9 5.3 5.6 5.6

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,090,716 3,136,247 3,104,566 3,134,516 122,240 109,338 122,057 109,924 4.0 3.5 3.9 3.5

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305,097 300,824 304,839 302,944 11,235 14,022 11,948 13,914 3.7 4.7 3.9 4.6

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,129,581 1,129,793 1,150,518 1,112,969 137,518 147,595 162,851 139,369 12.2 13.1 14.2 12.5

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

Oct.

2015

Aug.

2016

Sept.

2016

Oct.

2016p

Oct.

2015

Aug.

2016

Sept.

2016

Oct.

2016p

Oct.

2015

Aug.

2016

Sept.

2016

Oct.

2016p

Alabama2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,951.4 1,974.0 1,968.0 1,974.6 81.3 77.8 77.8 78.7 – – – –

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339.3 338.3 337.2 338.9 16.7 16.3 16.3 16.2 14.3 13.9 14.1 14.6

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,664.7 2,702.7 2,708.4 2,717.7 127.7 136.8 139.7 139.7 159.4 158.3 158.1 158.1

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,219.6 1,229.5 1,230.8 1,231.1 50.3 49.4 48.2 49.9 154.9 153.0 154.0 153.4

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,197.3 16,519.6 16,555.6 16,586.8 738.3 764.9 770.9 772.4 1,291.2 1,286.1 1,278.9 1,275.4

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,562.7 2,621.7 2,620.8 2,626.8 152.1 165.8 168.7 168.5 142.3 143.6 142.6 141.1

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,673.2 1,690.2 1,683.6 1,676.4 57.0 56.3 56.4 57.2 158.4 159.8 159.2 159.8

Delaware3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452.7 460.3 461.6 461.2 21.8 21.2 21.1 20.5 27.3 27.1 27.1 27.1

District of Columbia2, 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 768.0 779.2 782.8 781.8 14.3 14.1 14.1 14.2 – – – –

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,181.4 8,405.0 8,429.0 8,434.7 433.4 455.3 458.3 461.8 346.3 359.7 361.0 360.6

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,313.2 4,385.3 4,403.6 4,410.3 168.2 176.1 177.5 177.8 383.5 384.0 384.5 384.2

Hawaii3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 640.2 653.0 654.2 654.2 36.9 39.4 39.0 39.4 13.8 13.9 13.9 13.8

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 680.6 694.8 695.7 695.3 38.8 41.5 42.1 41.0 62.9 62.9 63.4 64.3

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,993.1 6,008.9 6,020.4 6,022.6 215.9 212.7 213.7 210.4 578.5 568.7 566.9 568.5

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,047.5 3,068.9 3,075.9 3,077.7 126.8 130.2 131.7 131.6 521.2 513.5 514.6 514.0

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,565.9 1,588.7 1,588.4 1,583.9 78.6 91.5 91.2 89.0 214.9 211.0 211.4 209.7

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,402.0 1,396.4 1,395.8 1,396.7 61.6 56.4 56.6 56.9 161.2 160.5 160.2 160.9

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,895.9 1,904.9 1,914.4 1,914.4 77.6 74.3 74.1 74.1 242.9 241.7 242.2 244.6

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,982.2 1,969.9 1,968.1 1,975.4 142.5 140.4 141.8 146.4 142.7 136.3 135.4 134.6

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 609.7 614.7 613.1 609.5 26.6 24.9 24.7 24.6 50.6 51.3 51.0 51.0

Maryland3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,677.5 2,707.2 2,711.5 2,712.2 158.6 158.8 159.6 158.7 105.2 105.9 106.1 107.0

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,505.3 3,574.1 3,582.2 3,576.7 139.4 150.9 149.7 149.6 250.0 250.2 251.0 251.1

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,266.3 4,326.4 4,341.7 4,360.6 146.9 151.1 150.5 156.5 589.6 597.7 598.3 600.7

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,861.0 2,903.4 2,905.6 2,893.1 113.6 119.9 118.2 117.7 316.5 316.6 317.1 315.8

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,140.9 1,143.7 1,140.6 1,139.9 46.5 48.1 48.0 46.7 142.9 143.7 143.7 141.8

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,787.6 2,819.1 2,829.2 2,838.5 115.6 116.1 117.8 117.5 259.7 259.4 258.3 259.0

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460.8 460.0 462.2 464.4 26.4 24.5 24.2 25.3 19.2 19.7 19.8 19.6

Nebraska3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,012.4 1,013.5 1,017.9 1,016.3 50.8 49.6 49.6 49.4 97.2 96.9 96.8 97.4

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,271.0 1,301.1 1,298.8 1,299.8 71.3 76.8 76.9 80.5 42.2 42.3 42.3 42.5

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 659.7 671.3 671.2 673.7 25.2 25.5 25.5 25.5 66.8 66.3 66.3 66.8

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,051.4 4,082.3 4,087.2 4,081.6 147.5 153.9 153.8 153.6 238.5 242.1 243.2 241.3

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 826.2 826.6 823.4 823.1 43.8 43.0 43.5 43.7 27.3 26.0 25.8 26.0

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,281.9 9,386.1 9,388.1 9,381.9 363.3 360.8 364.9 366.0 454.9 452.2 448.1 448.9

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,259.7 4,327.6 4,338.7 4,344.4 193.3 196.3 199.7 201.6 459.1 461.0 460.4 460.3

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449.3 442.8 441.5 441.2 33.7 32.1 31.3 32.1 25.3 24.8 24.9 24.3

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,446.1 5,501.0 5,499.4 5,496.6 202.3 206.4 204.0 206.5 691.7 686.1 686.1 689.6

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,668.3 1,660.2 1,655.9 1,656.0 78.0 82.8 82.9 80.9 132.9 125.1 125.1 125.6

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,795.1 1,844.7 1,849.0 1,855.1 83.0 88.8 87.4 89.2 187.2 185.2 184.9 185.2

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,862.0 5,900.5 5,902.2 5,900.4 236.0 237.1 233.8 233.0 565.3 565.9 565.5 564.4

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485.8 491.1 490.7 492.4 17.2 17.2 17.2 17.3 41.6 41.9 41.8 41.3

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,021.0 2,063.1 2,070.9 2,061.0 88.1 91.1 89.9 90.4 236.7 239.9 241.5 239.6

South Dakota3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428.5 438.0 438.9 439.3 22.7 24.0 24.4 24.0 42.4 42.2 41.6 42.0

Tennessee3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,917.9 2,965.3 2,981.1 2,988.6 120.0 124.9 125.3 125.0 334.4 341.7 341.3 341.3

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,893.8 12,046.5 12,087.6 12,101.3 690.3 692.4 695.8 692.6 865.4 843.5 843.7 845.7

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,390.7 1,423.7 1,429.1 1,432.5 86.3 89.3 88.1 88.0 124.3 128.0 128.1 128.1

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313.6 318.2 317.5 315.4 15.1 15.6 15.5 15.5 30.6 30.5 30.5 30.4

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,881.4 3,931.9 3,943.8 3,948.7 185.2 187.1 188.8 189.6 234.1 230.4 229.5 228.7

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,173.4 3,248.6 3,272.5 3,283.1 172.2 185.8 187.6 189.5 289.6 284.7 284.4 282.7

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 761.2 761.1 761.8 761.4 30.6 31.5 31.2 30.6 47.2 46.8 46.7 46.5

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,906.6 2,933.7 2,924.6 2,935.0 109.3 115.4 115.0 113.9 470.6 470.9 471.4 473.8

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289.0 279.6 279.0 278.8 23.0 21.7 20.9 21.3 9.6 9.8 9.8 9.7

Puerto Rico3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 899.2 892.9 892.1 889.0 23.6 22.0 22.0 21.7 74.3 72.3 72.1 71.6

Virgin Islands2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.3 37.8 37.8 38.1 – – – – – – – –

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

Oct.

2015

Aug.

2016

Sept.

2016

Oct.

2016p

Oct.

2015

Aug.

2016

Sept.

2016

Oct.

2016p

Oct.

2015

Aug.

2016

Sept.

2016

Oct.

2016p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378.7 381.7 384.4 386.4 95.1 99.4 98.8 100.3 229.3 231.8 229.6 229.7

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.0 66.7 66.8 66.8 12.3 12.3 12.4 12.6 29.7 28.1 27.1 26.7

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513.0 518.9 517.9 518.6 198.3 205.1 204.4 205.0 404.9 408.3 408.0 411.1

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255.2 256.9 257.2 255.2 49.7 49.6 50.0 50.5 140.5 144.7 143.2 145.0

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,960.4 3,005.4 3,003.0 3,008.8 801.8 813.6 812.5 817.3 2,524.4 2,597.7 2,602.0 2,605.4

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447.6 452.0 453.3 456.2 162.0 164.8 161.5 161.0 400.7 407.1 407.4 407.7

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297.2 297.2 296.6 295.7 130.2 132.7 131.9 132.1 216.4 218.5 219.3 216.7

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.3 82.2 81.3 80.8 47.0 47.9 47.6 47.5 60.5 64.1 65.4 65.3

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.0 34.1 34.0 33.4 30.2 30.9 30.8 30.6 162.8 164.3 165.9 166.3

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,692.6 1,728.4 1,731.1 1,724.4 538.9 555.8 555.5 557.8 1,248.5 1,290.6 1,290.6 1,300.1

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 915.7 937.8 937.5 937.6 238.2 240.5 242.7 244.5 651.9 664.7 671.9 676.3

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118.8 119.4 119.2 119.2 27.8 28.7 28.2 28.6 83.6 84.6 84.5 83.9

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137.3 140.5 140.0 139.5 33.5 35.0 34.7 35.3 81.7 84.9 84.4 84.3

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,208.0 1,207.6 1,208.2 1,207.2 381.0 377.4 375.6 375.9 918.6 940.4 945.2 950.0

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 584.9 598.6 595.9 596.7 132.5 132.8 133.7 133.3 328.3 324.9 325.4 324.7

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316.9 317.6 318.1 319.2 106.5 110.1 109.6 110.0 139.9 136.3 136.2 136.3

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267.6 266.0 267.7 268.0 79.0 80.8 80.7 80.9 179.8 180.3 178.7 178.7

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388.8 396.3 395.6 396.3 93.7 96.8 97.3 97.5 218.2 216.2 222.1 221.0

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391.8 391.1 390.7 389.4 90.1 90.8 90.7 90.4 211.0 210.0 209.6 212.0

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118.6 121.1 120.2 119.7 30.6 31.6 31.1 30.7 64.1 64.8 64.5 63.9

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464.4 471.2 469.8 468.7 147.5 147.2 149.1 147.9 433.5 439.0 440.1 442.7

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 567.5 573.9 573.5 571.1 220.2 224.2 223.8 222.9 536.0 551.6 552.4 554.1

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 770.7 773.2 774.1 772.2 209.1 217.2 215.1 215.7 645.7 663.9 665.1 668.9

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524.0 532.9 532.2 529.7 181.9 183.7 183.3 184.4 356.3 357.2 367.0 364.6

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226.7 230.1 229.6 228.8 43.6 42.6 42.6 42.2 105.7 100.5 99.8 101.7

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530.9 535.3 533.1 535.5 165.6 171.6 172.9 172.7 373.3 382.8 386.3 391.4

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95.3 94.4 94.6 94.6 24.0 24.5 24.6 24.8 40.1 40.3 40.7 41.4

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207.0 205.2 205.5 206.6 72.0 72.6 72.8 72.1 119.3 119.2 120.1 120.9

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240.8 249.2 249.6 250.2 60.2 60.5 61.3 62.0 171.0 173.8 171.9 170.9

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137.8 143.3 142.1 143.6 35.7 36.6 36.8 36.8 78.7 79.8 78.8 79.7

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 863.5 876.4 878.5 872.8 254.2 257.0 256.8 256.1 661.0 653.8 660.8 665.2

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139.5 136.4 136.2 135.9 32.9 33.1 33.2 33.4 99.9 102.1 102.3 101.6

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,571.6 1,579.4 1,576.1 1,583.1 706.7 710.3 708.2 705.1 1,271.4 1,273.3 1,278.9 1,282.7

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 802.2 818.7 822.7 821.8 218.7 217.6 219.3 219.7 598.4 618.1 620.3 625.8

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102.4 96.7 96.4 96.7 24.4 23.0 22.9 22.9 36.9 36.3 36.5 36.5

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,016.6 1,024.4 1,025.6 1,023.6 291.8 297.5 300.2 300.1 716.7 715.4 715.8 710.8

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310.3 304.9 304.8 305.8 80.3 81.0 80.8 81.2 184.2 180.8 179.3 177.1

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337.3 342.2 343.6 344.1 96.0 99.2 98.3 98.7 232.0 245.8 247.7 246.5

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,126.7 1,134.5 1,133.8 1,133.5 315.0 315.4 317.2 316.5 778.0 785.7 792.1 790.1

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.2 76.2 77.1 76.9 33.0 32.5 32.5 32.6 63.3 65.7 65.2 66.1

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385.8 391.6 393.5 392.2 96.8 101.0 100.4 98.8 268.2 277.7 282.5 283.0

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88.3 91.3 90.2 90.8 29.3 30.3 30.5 30.3 30.7 31.9 31.5 31.3

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 607.6 615.7 617.4 615.9 149.0 151.7 152.1 152.3 398.2 406.8 408.7 411.6

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,406.1 2,441.9 2,445.9 2,454.1 726.0 742.6 744.1 748.5 1,599.6 1,622.8 1,628.5 1,627.0

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264.2 273.1 272.6 273.8 80.6 86.2 86.6 87.5 196.0 198.4 199.7 200.2

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.2 56.1 55.7 54.9 12.3 12.2 12.1 12.1 27.4 27.9 27.7 27.2

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 663.7 674.9 678.3 677.4 198.6 199.7 200.8 200.2 705.7 723.8 724.9 731.8

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 593.5 613.4 615.1 616.5 148.2 153.8 153.3 153.0 394.5 402.7 407.7 409.3

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134.6 134.5 134.2 134.5 36.7 36.1 35.9 34.7 67.3 66.3 67.0 67.2

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535.8 544.5 545.5 544.7 151.2 155.2 154.4 154.4 314.6 318.6 317.3 318.2

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.9 52.7 52.2 52.4 11.1 10.5 10.8 10.6 18.6 18.0 18.6 18.5

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174.0 176.9 176.7 174.6 42.1 40.9 41.2 40.9 111.9 111.9 112.4 112.3

Virgin Islands1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.0 8.2 8.1 8.2 – – – – – – – –

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

cannot be separated with sufficient precision.

p Preliminary

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

Oct.

2015

Aug.

2016

Sept.

2016

Oct.

2016p

Oct.

2015

Aug.

2016

Sept.

2016

Oct.

2016p

Oct.

2015

Aug.

2016

Sept.

2016

Oct.

2016p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229.3 234.1 231.5 232.0 191.2 192.9 190.2 189.7 376.3 378.4 379.0 381.4

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.6 49.8 50.3 49.6 34.6 36.3 36.2 36.2 81.5 82.4 82.0 84.0

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403.4 415.1 418.4 419.1 302.7 309.2 309.3 311.0 407.4 405.4 406.5 407.2

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176.7 182.2 183.8 184.1 113.3 115.5 115.6 114.9 213.1 213.9 213.8 213.3

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,486.7 2,564.0 2,570.5 2,577.4 1,852.8 1,893.1 1,905.3 1,916.1 2,478.5 2,519.9 2,533.5 2,533.3

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316.8 326.3 327.6 330.6 317.8 329.3 330.5 332.6 419.8 430.4 427.0 426.1

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326.7 329.1 329.2 327.5 152.7 155.5 153.6 152.2 237.5 241.1 238.7 235.7

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.8 77.6 77.5 77.5 49.9 50.8 51.8 52.8 65.9 65.4 65.9 65.7

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127.2 129.2 129.2 128.7 72.8 74.6 75.6 75.3 238.8 242.6 243.3 244.0

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,212.7 1,249.3 1,254.8 1,261.3 1,146.9 1,186.1 1,194.1 1,188.7 1,086.2 1,100.5 1,105.6 1,102.4

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 544.7 556.0 555.1 556.1 457.7 474.8 477.9 476.3 681.5 685.5 688.5 688.9

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82.1 85.2 85.9 84.8 114.9 120.1 119.7 121.5 127.2 126.2 128.1 127.4

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98.4 99.0 99.2 99.9 70.5 70.3 72.5 72.9 120.9 122.5 122.3 121.1

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 909.4 908.5 913.1 913.6 583.3 600.6 598.6 599.8 834.0 828.4 834.2 836.2

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458.8 472.9 472.5 476.1 303.0 306.6 307.3 307.7 425.3 424.3 430.2 428.6

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225.6 230.1 232.9 230.5 140.1 144.4 142.9 144.1 255.7 258.8 258.0 255.2

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194.5 195.8 195.1 194.8 125.7 127.0 126.1 126.1 256.1 255.3 256.5 256.5

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266.4 275.7 277.1 275.5 190.0 189.9 191.7 192.3 316.7 315.2 315.8 314.2

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304.3 313.5 313.8 314.9 231.2 225.1 224.7 226.0 325.6 323.8 324.3 323.1

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124.6 126.2 125.9 125.3 64.6 65.0 64.0 63.9 99.2 98.9 100.7 99.3

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437.3 444.7 443.3 445.8 273.4 280.0 276.9 275.5 503.3 505.0 509.9 508.4

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 766.3 784.0 793.2 789.1 349.6 360.5 359.7 358.1 451.0 453.8 455.5 456.2

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 654.5 668.4 669.9 669.9 417.7 418.8 426.2 434.4 597.4 598.4 603.9 603.4

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 514.7 532.6 529.0 526.8 258.6 265.3 261.7 257.8 421.3 422.5 424.1 424.3

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138.0 140.5 139.6 140.5 130.6 132.7 131.7 132.1 245.7 245.9 245.7 246.3

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450.6 448.6 451.8 454.7 287.6 298.5 299.2 299.8 432.2 435.6 438.5 437.1

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72.3 73.8 74.0 73.8 61.4 61.9 62.7 63.9 90.2 89.8 90.3 90.1

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150.7 153.9 154.0 153.6 89.1 91.3 90.8 89.1 171.5 170.5 174.0 172.5

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124.3 127.2 126.6 128.2 340.7 349.8 349.2 344.6 156.0 158.6 157.8 157.8

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118.6 119.9 121.2 121.7 68.2 71.1 71.0 71.7 89.8 88.9 88.7 87.3

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 666.4 665.6 672.6 672.8 363.1 369.7 361.7 360.5 613.7 614.9 614.7 613.7

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134.5 140.8 140.7 140.7 93.0 94.4 94.6 94.0 189.9 190.7 188.4 188.8

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,890.0 1,957.8 1,951.8 1,944.4 902.6 918.6 920.2 918.6 1,444.6 1,447.9 1,450.9 1,448.7

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 574.3 584.6 585.1 583.9 459.8 468.1 465.1 468.7 719.0 726.0 727.5 726.9

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.4 62.0 62.2 62.0 40.6 40.6 42.6 42.0 81.5 86.7 83.4 82.2

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 914.1 927.1 925.5 926.1 546.3 558.7 556.0 557.6 767.1 784.7 782.4 779.2

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233.5 235.2 236.2 237.0 164.1 169.0 167.2 168.5 352.5 353.7 351.9 352.7

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261.0 271.6 271.8 273.7 194.1 197.6 196.8 197.8 302.3 308.2 311.8 312.8

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,203.1 1,221.7 1,221.7 1,220.8 556.7 557.3 561.0 563.5 706.2 715.2 710.8 709.3

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.3 106.4 104.6 106.0 56.8 57.6 59.9 59.8 60.4 61.3 60.6 60.5

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238.3 247.4 249.9 247.9 240.0 241.8 243.6 241.8 362.4 367.9 364.5 363.1

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69.3 70.8 71.4 71.0 46.3 46.7 48.3 49.4 78.0 78.9 80.1 79.5

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419.1 433.8 435.9 438.7 311.7 314.1 315.0 318.0 426.6 421.0 429.0 430.8

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,598.3 1,655.8 1,658.1 1,660.9 1,269.3 1,294.7 1,311.6 1,310.9 1,861.9 1,899.6 1,906.3 1,906.7

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184.2 191.6 191.8 192.4 137.6 139.4 140.5 141.3 235.1 234.4 237.8 237.1

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.2 65.8 65.4 65.0 37.0 37.7 38.2 38.2 56.1 56.8 57.0 56.5

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 516.7 530.9 530.7 532.0 389.2 387.4 394.0 397.4 711.1 717.1 716.0 712.7

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459.9 471.7 475.9 477.0 312.8 314.1 314.5 321.9 562.9 574.4 583.5 581.9

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128.8 132.8 133.3 133.8 75.0 77.3 77.1 76.9 152.5 151.5 152.7 152.0

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440.7 439.1 438.4 440.5 270.0 272.2 273.1 275.5 412.2 414.7 408.3 412.7

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.0 27.8 27.6 27.5 35.6 35.2 35.7 35.3 71.7 71.5 71.1 71.1

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123.6 121.5 119.5 119.9 81.5 81.9 82.1 82.7 229.9 228.2 228.9 227.9

Virgin Islands1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . – – – – 7.1 7.2 7.6 7.6 10.8 10.8 10.7 10.7

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

September October September October September October

2015 2016 2015 2016p

2015 2016 2015 2016p2015 2016 2015 2016p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,951.9 1,970.5 1,957.9 1,982.4 10.8 10.1 10.9 10.4 82.1 78.5 82.1 79.9

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351.8 349.1 332.9 333.1 17.5 15.2 17.0 14.9 19.5 18.9 17.4 17.6

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,646.4 2,705.4 2,683.8 2,733.4 12.5 12.0 12.0 12.0 128.8 139.2 129.1 139.6

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,221.4 1,233.5 1,226.1 1,237.8 7.7 6.5 7.7 6.4 52.3 50.1 51.4 51.0

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,151.0 16,519.5 16,290.8 16,658.4 28.8 25.5 29.0 25.1 754.1 785.4 753.9 783.1

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,558.0 2,625.8 2,564.5 2,628.7 29.1 25.6 29.2 25.7 152.5 172.8 156.0 172.3

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,674.0 1,682.4 1,687.7 1,690.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 60.5 59.4 60.4 59.6

Delaware1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450.9 461.4 454.4 462.6 – – – – 21.9 21.5 22.4 21.1

District of Columbia1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 766.6 781.5 772.0 785.6 – – – – 14.6 14.4 14.5 14.4

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,100.7 8,378.5 8,182.0 8,440.3 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.9 440.0 467.6 439.1 466.8

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,284.1 4,393.4 4,334.4 4,428.1 9.1 8.6 9.2 8.7 168.5 181.1 171.0 180.7

Hawaii1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 635.5 652.6 642.5 656.7 – – – – 35.7 39.3 37.2 39.7

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 683.0 703.2 689.5 704.0 4.1 4.0 4.0 3.9 40.0 43.7 40.4 42.7

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,008.9 6,055.7 6,059.3 6,090.0 9.5 9.2 9.5 9.0 229.2 229.2 231.0 225.6

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,068.7 3,103.7 3,082.2 3,111.5 6.7 6.2 6.7 6.2 132.6 139.4 135.0 139.2

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,567.9 1,591.9 1,583.1 1,600.3 2.4 2.3 2.4 2.3 82.6 95.7 83.6 94.0

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,404.9 1,400.8 1,416.8 1,411.4 8.1 7.6 8.3 7.5 62.6 58.8 63.8 59.1

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,895.9 1,917.2 1,908.6 1,921.9 13.6 11.2 13.6 11.2 79.1 76.1 80.1 76.8

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,983.2 1,970.3 1,994.3 1,988.3 46.3 39.7 45.5 39.6 142.9 143.9 145.2 149.2

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 623.5 624.6 620.1 620.2 2.6 2.5 2.6 2.5 28.2 26.4 28.2 26.6

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,672.7 2,715.2 2,695.6 2,725.8 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.5 158.8 160.8 160.2 159.8

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,514.0 3,595.0 3,542.8 3,613.0 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.1 145.6 156.5 147.2 157.1

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,273.5 4,368.5 4,314.9 4,402.4 7.7 7.4 7.7 7.3 158.2 163.2 158.2 168.3

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,875.5 2,917.0 2,891.8 2,923.1 6.9 5.9 6.8 5.8 126.9 132.1 125.9 130.4

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,140.7 1,142.7 1,148.2 1,145.5 7.8 7.3 7.7 7.2 46.6 48.3 47.6 47.8

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,804.6 2,843.6 2,814.8 2,862.8 4.2 4.1 4.2 4.2 118.5 122.6 120.2 122.1

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467.9 469.5 465.2 468.6 8.0 7.4 7.8 7.5 28.2 27.2 28.4 27.7

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,010.4 1,019.3 1,022.1 1,024.7 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.0 51.0 50.7 52.0 50.7

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,269.8 1,302.0 1,281.7 1,306.6 14.0 13.4 14.2 13.4 73.0 80.0 72.4 82.1

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 661.1 673.3 664.0 677.7 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.1 25.9 26.3 26.2 26.5

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,044.2 4,095.0 4,074.8 4,104.2 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.3 153.2 160.2 153.0 159.1

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 827.3 826.3 831.6 828.7 24.7 17.7 24.5 18.0 43.5 44.2 45.4 45.3

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,263.3 9,386.7 9,372.8 9,466.9 5.7 5.4 5.6 5.3 376.3 386.4 380.5 380.9

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,271.1 4,354.0 4,298.7 4,379.6 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.6 193.4 201.3 196.3 203.2

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452.9 445.3 456.3 448.4 20.8 16.8 19.7 17.3 36.9 35.0 36.5 34.8

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,449.4 5,525.9 5,497.2 5,547.1 13.5 11.2 13.3 11.6 211.6 218.8 215.6 219.8

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,668.1 1,658.1 1,678.5 1,667.1 51.6 44.3 50.2 44.1 78.7 83.5 79.3 82.3

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,792.7 1,855.3 1,810.1 1,871.8 7.9 7.7 7.8 7.7 86.8 91.9 85.7 92.6

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,867.9 5,914.9 5,922.2 5,959.2 31.9 24.0 31.2 24.4 249.4 245.8 246.7 243.7

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490.1 495.6 491.6 498.8 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 18.2 18.5 18.3 18.5

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,016.1 2,069.3 2,027.0 2,069.7 4.0 4.3 4.0 4.4 87.9 89.7 88.3 91.4

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431.9 440.8 432.2 442.1 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 23.5 25.2 23.7 24.7

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,922.1 2,985.7 2,938.2 3,007.9 4.5 4.4 4.5 4.5 116.5 122.0 117.6 122.4

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,862.7 12,073.0 11,949.1 12,153.6 258.2 224.5 257.2 225.4 689.3 697.2 698.2 700.4

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,394.4 1,435.5 1,401.8 1,443.7 10.1 9.3 10.4 9.2 87.9 91.3 89.9 91.7

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313.4 316.8 317.9 318.4 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 16.4 16.9 16.4 16.8

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,873.1 3,942.8 3,901.0 3,967.5 8.9 8.3 8.9 8.0 188.3 190.1 186.6 190.8

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,183.2 3,282.4 3,196.3 3,303.8 6.3 6.2 6.1 6.2 179.1 195.3 176.9 194.0

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 766.8 766.3 771.0 771.0 24.9 20.1 24.1 21.0 34.3 33.9 34.0 34.0

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,907.5 2,949.3 2,938.8 2,968.3 4.2 4.0 4.2 4.0 116.7 123.4 116.9 121.9

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295.2 285.0 291.6 281.1 22.8 18.5 22.9 18.7 24.7 23.0 24.5 22.8

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 892.9 885.7 897.8 888.8 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.5 23.4 21.9 23.1 21.3

Virgin Islands1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.9 37.5 37.0 37.7 – – – – 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

September October September October September October

2015 2016 2015 2016p

2015 2016 2015 2016p2015 2016 2015 2016p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258.7 263.3 257.4 263.9 377.0 382.9 378.8 387.0 21.0 21.3 21.0 21.3

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.9 15.3 11.0 10.9 69.0 68.6 66.1 65.1 6.3 6.1 6.2 6.2

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158.6 158.0 159.3 158.2 506.0 513.1 514.1 518.2 44.3 46.7 45.7 47.6

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154.8 153.9 155.2 153.7 252.7 254.9 254.3 254.2 13.4 13.5 13.5 13.6

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,312.9 1,295.7 1,295.8 1,280.8 2,949.4 2,990.3 2,970.8 3,016.4 488.7 497.8 488.2 500.8

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141.9 143.1 143.0 141.9 446.8 452.3 445.6 454.1 70.7 71.9 70.5 72.2

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159.1 159.3 158.8 159.6 295.6 295.0 298.3 297.8 32.2 33.1 32.8 33.3

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.3 27.2 27.4 27.2 81.4 81.3 81.7 81.1 4.6 4.9 4.7 4.9

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.2 32.5 33.5 33.0 33.4 17.1 16.9 17.0 16.8

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345.5 357.5 345.2 359.4 1,670.8 1,709.7 1,685.7 1,717.1 135.6 131.6 135.7 133.0

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380.4 384.1 383.0 383.8 905.9 929.0 918.1 938.5 105.2 103.4 106.1 105.4

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.9 14.0 14.0 13.9 119.0 119.2 118.7 119.6 8.5 8.6 8.5 8.7

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.0 64.4 63.9 65.3 137.5 140.8 138.1 140.2 9.2 9.5 9.2 9.5

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580.7 568.2 579.7 569.7 1,202.9 1,206.1 1,216.4 1,215.8 100.7 97.1 100.7 96.5

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 520.8 516.1 522.7 515.6 584.0 595.5 587.0 598.9 33.1 31.5 32.8 31.2

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215.2 211.1 214.5 209.3 314.1 315.5 317.0 319.2 24.2 23.1 23.9 22.7

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161.3 160.5 161.4 161.0 265.5 266.3 268.3 268.8 20.6 19.1 20.6 19.2

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243.5 243.6 243.8 245.3 387.2 394.4 390.0 395.8 24.9 24.1 24.7 24.2

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142.6 135.2 143.6 135.7 390.7 388.6 391.0 389.8 23.3 24.4 23.4 24.8

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.1 51.3 50.9 51.3 120.8 121.2 120.6 121.6 7.5 7.4 7.4 7.4

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104.1 106.3 105.4 107.2 464.7 466.2 466.1 469.2 37.5 38.7 38.6 38.6

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249.1 250.7 249.6 250.8 568.2 572.4 571.3 574.5 87.8 88.4 87.7 88.1

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 592.4 600.8 591.0 600.3 772.1 773.3 774.0 773.9 56.5 58.2 57.0 58.8

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318.5 317.8 318.4 317.1 524.4 528.5 526.4 531.9 51.7 50.8 51.7 50.9

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142.4 142.8 143.5 142.2 224.6 228.1 226.2 229.0 13.6 13.1 13.5 13.1

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261.7 259.3 259.5 258.8 532.7 533.9 533.8 538.7 53.6 51.9 52.6 51.5

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.3 20.0 19.6 20.0 95.0 94.4 95.6 94.5 6.3 6.1 6.4 6.2

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97.2 96.9 97.2 97.4 205.8 204.3 208.4 207.9 17.5 17.5 17.7 17.8

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.2 42.6 42.3 42.7 239.1 248.6 242.7 251.8 13.5 12.4 14.2 12.5

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.2 66.4 66.8 66.7 137.2 141.2 137.4 143.2 12.1 12.6 12.5 12.6

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239.7 244.1 239.0 242.1 858.2 875.9 864.6 875.1 74.2 75.7 73.9 74.9

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.9 26.4 27.8 26.4 138.6 135.5 139.4 136.1 12.7 12.5 12.5 12.2

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457.3 452.5 458.1 451.7 1,571.6 1,577.1 1,579.2 1,586.5 266.2 271.8 269.7 270.3

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462.9 462.0 461.7 461.8 797.0 820.1 800.7 821.6 75.8 74.0 76.1 73.1

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.6 25.0 25.7 24.8 102.2 96.1 103.1 97.1 6.6 6.4 6.5 6.6

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 686.4 686.9 690.2 688.1 1,009.0 1,020.2 1,020.5 1,027.8 71.1 71.1 71.3 71.8

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134.9 125.4 132.8 125.5 306.1 303.0 310.0 305.6 20.7 21.6 20.6 21.7

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189.5 188.2 187.6 186.7 338.9 345.4 339.0 345.6 33.8 35.5 33.6 35.7

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 567.1 565.1 565.7 565.0 1,121.6 1,127.7 1,133.3 1,138.9 85.0 84.7 86.0 86.2

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.3 41.6 41.6 41.5 76.9 77.3 76.4 77.2 8.7 8.4 8.7 8.4

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236.7 241.2 236.6 239.9 385.3 391.6 386.6 391.9 26.9 26.1 27.0 26.1

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.5 41.8 42.6 42.2 87.3 89.6 88.1 90.7 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.9

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334.9 342.4 334.9 341.7 605.8 613.3 608.2 615.9 43.8 45.1 43.5 45.0

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 869.9 844.0 866.5 846.7 2,397.4 2,440.0 2,407.6 2,455.8 200.3 201.7 200.1 201.0

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124.1 128.2 124.8 128.6 264.5 271.0 265.1 274.6 34.8 35.2 34.1 35.4

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.9 30.6 30.7 30.5 54.9 55.0 55.5 55.2 4.6 4.4 4.5 4.3

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234.1 229.7 234.2 229.4 655.5 672.0 665.2 679.9 69.1 67.8 69.2 67.6

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295.1 289.1 292.0 285.8 596.0 617.3 595.5 620.1 117.0 123.7 116.8 122.6

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.7 46.8 47.3 46.6 135.0 133.6 135.4 135.0 9.2 8.9 9.1 8.8

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469.1 472.3 470.3 472.2 535.0 546.2 543.3 550.9 49.1 48.4 49.0 48.3

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.8 9.9 10.0 10.0 56.0 52.4 55.6 52.1 3.7 3.6 3.7 3.6

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.1 71.9 74.3 71.8 170.3 173.0 171.8 173.2 20.6 19.8 20.7 20.0

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 7.9 8.1 8.0 8.2 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

September October September October September October

2015 2016 2015 2016p

2015 2016 2015 2016p2015 2016 2015 2016p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95.3 98.7 94.9 100.1 229.4 230.1 232.4 232.4 228.9 232.4 229.8 233.3

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.3 12.5 12.3 12.6 30.7 28.3 29.6 26.6 47.0 49.9 47.2 49.5

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195.7 203.5 197.8 205.1 397.0 405.3 407.1 413.3 399.7 417.5 405.9 421.7

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.3 50.0 49.5 50.6 140.6 144.4 141.3 145.9 177.3 184.3 178.5 186.0

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801.9 813.4 801.3 817.4 2,514.1 2,608.3 2,540.0 2,621.1 2,468.0 2,554.8 2,508.2 2,596.0

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159.7 161.5 161.8 160.8 402.9 410.3 403.5 410.3 314.5 326.5 317.0 331.2

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129.5 131.5 129.8 131.8 217.2 219.6 218.1 218.2 325.2 328.8 330.4 332.1

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.1 47.6 47.0 47.6 58.4 64.2 60.3 65.0 75.4 77.3 76.3 77.9

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.1 30.9 30.3 30.7 161.6 164.7 162.9 166.3 128.0 130.0 130.4 132.3

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 537.3 554.9 539.6 557.5 1,224.3 1,288.6 1,248.1 1,303.4 1,204.8 1,250.8 1,218.8 1,266.3

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234.9 242.2 239.2 245.0 646.1 672.0 657.7 681.7 543.9 553.8 549.0 560.9

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.1 28.3 27.8 28.6 83.1 84.7 84.2 84.5 81.3 85.5 82.4 85.2

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.2 34.9 33.7 35.5 83.5 85.6 83.0 85.7 97.2 99.4 99.7 101.3

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379.8 375.2 380.8 375.8 930.4 957.6 935.0 966.3 897.2 908.6 916.2 920.8

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131.5 133.5 131.8 132.7 331.6 327.9 333.3 329.3 457.7 474.1 464.9 482.4

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.9 109.9 106.2 110.1 139.6 136.7 143.0 138.8 225.8 231.8 230.3 235.1

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.5 81.3 78.8 80.6 179.7 178.9 181.4 180.4 193.9 194.7 196.1 196.4

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92.6 97.1 93.8 97.3 215.6 220.4 220.5 222.8 265.8 276.4 268.2 276.5

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91.1 90.7 90.1 90.4 211.9 211.3 213.2 214.3 305.0 314.4 307.0 317.4

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.9 31.3 30.6 30.7 65.2 65.8 65.2 64.9 124.7 126.0 126.2 127.0

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146.3 148.4 147.7 148.1 432.1 441.9 437.0 446.3 435.2 442.3 439.1 448.4

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220.6 224.3 220.4 223.8 538.8 557.2 542.6 559.8 758.0 784.6 773.1 795.5

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207.7 215.6 208.5 215.6 639.6 665.5 655.1 678.9 649.1 668.6 660.7 675.2

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181.8 184.4 181.2 185.0 356.3 366.3 361.7 368.3 513.3 527.7 519.2 530.9

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.6 42.5 43.6 42.4 106.0 100.7 107.0 101.9 139.5 140.4 140.3 142.2

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166.3 173.5 165.7 172.8 372.0 387.0 376.4 395.1 446.2 452.8 455.2 458.1

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.0 24.6 23.8 24.7 40.9 41.0 40.9 41.9 71.7 74.0 72.5 74.0

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72.0 72.2 72.1 72.1 118.0 120.8 120.7 121.3 149.6 153.7 151.6 154.5

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.9 61.3 60.6 62.0 167.9 172.0 173.1 172.0 123.6 126.0 124.9 128.3

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.0 37.0 35.4 36.4 77.6 78.9 79.0 80.1 117.4 120.6 119.1 122.4

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253.4 256.9 254.3 256.1 656.9 667.3 666.7 670.8 658.1 666.3 671.5 676.5

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.9 33.1 32.8 33.3 99.7 102.4 100.0 101.7 133.9 140.6 135.1 141.3

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 706.6 710.0 708.0 706.3 1,272.9 1,281.4 1,278.8 1,289.6 1,869.7 1,929.2 1,921.6 1,977.2

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221.7 221.0 219.8 220.7 598.8 623.0 605.0 632.6 574.5 583.4 580.3 587.2

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.1 22.8 24.1 22.9 36.9 36.4 37.1 36.8 60.8 61.9 61.8 62.5

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292.9 301.5 293.2 301.2 719.0 720.1 728.4 722.3 906.2 923.4 921.5 933.5

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.8 80.8 80.3 81.2 184.5 180.1 186.6 179.5 232.9 236.6 234.6 238.6

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95.8 98.6 96.3 98.8 231.7 250.6 233.7 249.0 259.7 271.4 264.4 276.4

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316.7 318.1 315.7 317.1 779.4 795.3 787.8 798.3 1,195.4 1,216.6 1,219.7 1,239.8

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.0 32.8 33.2 32.6 64.4 66.6 64.5 67.3 104.4 104.1 107.3 108.0

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97.5 100.2 96.7 99.5 263.9 282.5 270.1 285.0 236.4 248.3 240.2 249.9

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.7 30.4 29.3 30.3 30.7 31.3 30.5 31.5 69.1 70.7 69.6 71.2

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148.7 152.4 149.7 153.1 397.1 407.1 403.0 416.7 418.1 436.9 422.5 442.4

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 723.4 745.0 728.3 750.8 1,601.6 1,635.2 1,614.2 1,639.0 1,598.2 1,661.3 1,611.6 1,674.9

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.8 86.5 80.8 87.7 197.5 201.8 198.7 202.9 185.2 193.4 187.2 195.6

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.0 12.1 12.3 12.1 27.9 28.3 28.0 27.9 63.0 65.0 64.8 65.6

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198.3 200.8 199.7 201.0 699.0 726.0 709.8 734.9 515.4 529.8 521.3 536.7

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148.9 153.5 148.9 153.0 397.0 412.0 397.4 412.4 454.4 472.3 462.6 480.1

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.3 35.9 36.9 35.1 66.7 67.1 67.7 67.7 129.1 134.1 130.8 135.5

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150.9 154.5 150.7 154.2 314.3 322.1 320.5 323.1 435.9 438.3 442.5 443.5

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.1 10.7 11.0 10.6 18.6 18.7 18.8 18.6 27.2 27.6 27.6 28.0

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.2 41.1 42.0 40.8 110.1 110.8 111.3 111.7 122.7 118.9 124.8 120.9

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 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

September October September October September October

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Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191.5 192.3 190.6 188.8 80.7 81.8 81.2 81.2 376.5 379.1 378.8 384.1

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.2 39.9 31.7 33.3 11.6 11.4 11.7 11.4 82.8 83.0 82.7 85.0

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297.1 305.7 301.3 309.3 87.8 86.5 89.2 86.9 418.9 417.9 422.3 421.5

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114.5 116.0 112.9 114.5 43.7 44.7 44.7 44.8 215.1 215.2 217.1 217.1

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,851.7 1,917.6 1,855.4 1,912.6 550.1 552.4 551.3 557.8 2,431.3 2,478.3 2,496.9 2,547.3

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316.9 328.9 305.7 319.9 103.4 104.3 103.4 104.6 419.6 428.6 428.8 435.7

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153.3 154.6 153.3 151.7 63.9 64.6 63.6 65.7 236.9 235.9 241.6 240.2

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.0 53.4 49.3 52.1 18.6 18.9 18.4 19.1 65.2 65.1 66.9 66.6

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.3 75.7 73.8 75.9 71.0 71.9 71.1 71.6 237.2 242.3 237.9 243.0

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,118.4 1,168.3 1,126.4 1,173.4 330.1 336.0 332.7 337.9 1,088.1 1,107.7 1,104.9 1,119.6

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453.3 473.0 456.0 473.6 156.7 155.5 156.2 154.4 680.1 690.7 688.9 695.4

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114.5 119.8 114.7 121.2 26.8 27.2 26.9 27.0 124.6 126.0 128.1 128.3

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71.7 75.1 69.6 71.5 23.6 24.1 23.8 24.1 120.0 121.7 124.1 124.3

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 589.8 608.5 586.9 603.4 252.0 257.6 254.7 256.1 836.7 838.4 848.4 851.0

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307.0 311.7 304.3 308.9 127.1 126.8 127.3 127.7 436.6 441.0 436.4 439.4

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142.5 145.2 138.7 142.4 60.0 62.2 61.3 64.7 255.6 258.4 262.2 261.7

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127.2 127.4 126.1 126.5 47.9 47.6 48.2 47.8 258.6 258.6 263.8 264.1

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191.3 194.1 191.4 192.4 63.2 63.2 63.5 63.3 319.1 316.6 319.0 316.3

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227.5 223.7 230.1 224.8 74.0 73.5 74.4 74.4 327.9 324.9 330.8 327.9

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71.3 71.8 65.3 64.9 21.3 21.3 20.8 21.3 99.9 99.6 102.3 102.0

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274.6 283.6 272.0 272.2 115.8 117.7 116.0 118.4 502.0 507.8 511.9 516.1

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361.2 371.9 353.5 362.0 134.6 134.1 136.2 135.2 448.9 453.8 460.0 465.1

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427.3 438.3 417.6 430.2 168.1 171.3 170.3 172.8 594.8 606.3 614.8 621.1

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267.6 271.3 257.4 256.9 114.5 115.8 115.9 115.8 413.6 416.4 427.2 430.1

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131.1 133.4 130.9 132.3 39.8 39.3 39.7 39.0 245.7 246.8 248.2 248.4

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299.7 305.0 290.9 301.2 114.9 114.9 114.8 114.6 434.8 438.6 441.5 445.7

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.7 66.7 59.8 62.3 18.0 17.9 18.0 17.5 90.8 90.2 92.4 92.3

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90.6 92.3 89.3 89.5 37.0 36.5 37.0 36.7 170.6 173.4 175.0 175.8

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343.9 349.8 342.5 344.5 36.3 37.8 36.3 37.5 156.4 158.1 158.5 159.8

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70.9 72.8 67.9 71.0 25.3 27.2 25.5 27.0 90.5 89.2 93.2 90.7

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378.2 377.8 359.5 357.1 169.1 168.2 167.2 168.1 601.8 601.3 623.7 623.1

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93.6 95.0 92.3 93.3 28.3 28.7 28.2 28.7 191.5 190.2 193.6 192.4

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 918.5 941.1 911.3 926.9 400.7 409.1 402.7 410.7 1,417.8 1,422.7 1,457.3 1,461.5

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466.7 476.8 460.3 470.3 152.4 158.4 153.8 157.7 722.3 728.4 739.1 745.8

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.9 42.6 40.6 42.1 16.5 18.1 16.9 18.7 81.6 84.2 84.3 84.8

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 556.0 567.4 546.5 557.8 212.3 219.1 214.1 218.4 771.4 786.2 782.6 794.8

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164.6 168.9 163.1 167.6 62.4 61.9 62.2 62.1 351.9 352.0 358.8 358.9

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198.9 203.5 193.4 197.2 61.0 64.4 61.2 64.1 288.7 298.1 307.4 318.0

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 559.2 569.7 555.7 563.6 255.7 256.4 258.3 258.2 706.5 711.5 722.1 724.0

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.9 62.4 57.5 60.3 23.1 23.3 22.9 23.3 60.0 60.4 61.0 61.5

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241.8 245.3 238.1 240.1 73.6 74.8 73.3 73.6 362.1 365.3 366.1 367.9

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.3 50.2 46.3 48.7 15.8 15.0 15.6 15.1 78.1 79.8 79.7 80.9

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314.7 318.9 311.3 318.5 107.6 110.4 107.2 109.4 430.4 432.8 435.8 438.3

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,261.2 1,311.2 1,260.7 1,299.7 419.3 427.7 420.8 429.6 1,843.9 1,885.2 1,883.9 1,930.3

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136.0 140.6 134.0 137.6 38.7 39.4 37.6 39.2 235.8 238.8 239.2 241.2

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.8 36.3 35.0 35.6 10.4 10.2 10.3 10.4 56.6 57.1 59.5 59.1

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394.6 401.9 388.4 395.5 199.0 203.9 198.6 203.3 710.9 712.5 719.1 720.4

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321.0 325.4 312.0 318.5 116.3 122.1 117.8 122.9 552.1 565.5 570.3 588.2

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.0 78.6 75.5 77.4 55.2 54.8 55.3 55.1 152.4 152.5 154.9 154.8

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279.9 283.1 270.2 275.6 147.4 149.9 149.9 149.6 405.0 407.1 421.3 425.0

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.0 38.7 34.2 33.9 10.1 10.3 10.2 10.3 72.2 71.6 73.1 72.5

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.2 81.7 81.0 82.3 17.6 17.3 17.6 17.4 230.1 228.8 230.6 228.9

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.8 7.2 6.8 7.3 0.9 1.0 0.9 1.0 10.8 10.7 10.8 10.7

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 October 2016

(U.S. rate = 4.9 percent)