For release 10:00 a.m. (EST) Friday, December 21, 2018 USDL-18-1979 

Technical information: 

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STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT — NOVEMBER 2018

Unemployment rates were lower in November in 6 states, higher in 2 states, and stable in 42 states and 

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

rate decreases from a year earlier and 32 states and the District had little or no change. The national 

unemployment rate remained unchanged from October at 3.7 percent but was 0.4 percentage point lower 

than in November 2017. 

Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 4 states in November 2018 and was essentially unchanged in 

46 states and the District of Columbia. Over the year, 37 states added nonfarm payroll jobs and 13 states 

and the District were essentially unchanged.

Unemployment

Hawaii and Iowa had the lowest unemployment rates in November, 2.4 percent each. The rates in Idaho 

(2.6 percent), Missouri (3.0 percent), and New York (3.9 percent) set new series lows. (All state series 

begin in 1976.) Alaska had the highest jobless rate, 6.3 percent. In total, 13 states had unemployment 

rates lower than the U.S. figure of 3.7 percent, 12 states and the District of Columbia had higher rates, 

and 25 states had rates that were not appreciably different from that of the nation. (See tables A and 1 

and map 1.) 

In November, six states had unemployment rate decreases: Connecticut, Florida, Maryland, New York, 

Oklahoma, and Vermont (-0.1 percentage point each). Two states had over-the-month rate increases: 

Colorado and Hawaii (+0.1 percentage point each). The remaining 42 states and the District of 

Columbia had jobless rates that were not notably different from those of a month earlier, though some 

had changes that were at least as large numerically as the significant changes.

Eighteen states had unemployment rate changes from November 2017, all of which were decreases. The 

largest decline occurred in New Mexico (-1.4 percentage points). (See table B.)

Nonfarm Payroll Employment 

Nonfarm payroll employment increased in four states in November 2018. The job gains occurred in 

California (+30,700), Florida (+23,600), Wisconsin (+10,600), and South Dakota (+2,900). In 
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percentage terms, the largest increase occurred in South Dakota (+0.7 percent), followed by Wisconsin 

(+0.4 percent), Florida (+0.3 percent), and California (+0.2 percent). (See table 3.) 

Thirty-seven states had over-the-year increases in nonfarm payroll employment in November. The 

largest job gains occurred in Texas (+365,400), California (+299,800), and Florida (+241,600). The 

largest percentage gain occurred in Nevada (+3.8 percent), followed by Arizona (+3.6 percent) and 

Wyoming (+3.2 percent). (See table C and map 2.) 

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The Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment news release for November 2018 is 

scheduled to be released on Thursday, January 3, 2019, at 10:00 a.m. (EST). The State 

Employment and Unemployment news release for December 2018 is scheduled to be released on 

Friday, January 18, 2019, at 10:00 a.m. (EST).
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State Rate p

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

Alaska ...................................................................... 6.3

Arizona .................................................................... 4.7

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

District of Columbia ................................................ 5.6

Hawaii ...................................................................... 2.4

Idaho ........................................................................ 2.6

Illinois ....................................................................... 4.2

Iowa ......................................................................... 2.4

Kentucky ................................................................. 4.5

Louisiana ................................................................. 5.0

Minnesota ................................................................ 2.8

Mississippi ............................................................... 4.7

Missouri ................................................................... 3.0

Nebraska ................................................................. 2.8

Nevada .................................................................... 4.4

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

New Mexico ............................................................. 4.6

North Dakota ........................................................... 2.8

Ohio ......................................................................... 4.6

South Dakota .......................................................... 3.0

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

Vermont ................................................................... 2.7

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

Washington ............................................................. 4.3

West Virginia ........................................................... 5.2

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

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 Data are not preliminary.

p

 = preliminary.

Table A. States with unemployment rates significantly different from that

of the U.S., November 2018, seasonally adjusted
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Table B. States with statistically significant unemployment rate changes from November 2017

to November 2018, seasonally adjusted

November 2017 November 2018 p

Alaska ............................................. 7.2 6.3 -0.9

California ......................................... 4.5 4.1 -.4

Delaware ......................................... 4.5 3.8 -.7

Florida ............................................. 3.9 3.3 -.6

Georgia ........................................... 4.5 3.5 -1.0

Illinois .............................................. 4.9 4.2 -.7

Iowa ................................................. 2.9 2.4 -.5

Michigan .......................................... 4.7 3.9 -.8

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

New Jersey ..................................... 4.7 4.0 -.7

New Mexico ..................................... 6.0 4.6 -1.4

New York ......................................... 4.7 3.9 -.8

North Carolina ................................. 4.5 3.6 -.9

Oklahoma ....................................... 4.1 3.3 -.8

Pennsylvania ................................... 4.8 4.2 -.6

South Carolina ................................ 4.2 3.3 -.9

South Dakota .................................. 3.4 3.0 -.4

Virginia ............................................ 3.6 2.8 -.8

p

 = preliminary.

State

Rate Over-the-year 

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

November 2018, seasonally adjusted

November November

2017 2018 p Level Percent

Alabama .................................... 2,020,000 2,054,800 34,800 1.7

Arizona ...................................... 2,791,000 2,892,600 101,600 3.6

California ................................... 16,967,900 17,267,700 299,800 1.8

Colorado .................................... 2,680,700 2,749,800 69,100 2.6

Connecticut ............................... 1,679,900 1,702,900 23,000 1.4

Florida ....................................... 8,631,400 8,873,000 241,600 2.8

Georgia ..................................... 4,482,200 4,581,200 99,000 2.2

Hawaii ....................................... 652,800 666,100 13,300 2.0

Idaho ......................................... 726,100 739,300 13,200 1.8

Illinois ........................................ 6,081,900 6,136,500 54,600 .9

 

Indiana ...................................... 3,111,300 3,141,400 30,100 1.0

Kansas ...................................... 1,408,900 1,428,600 19,700 1.4

Maryland ................................... 2,727,100 2,763,800 36,700 1.3

Massachusetts .......................... 3,626,000 3,686,500 60,500 1.7

Michigan .................................... 4,389,300 4,441,200 51,900 1.2

Minnesota .................................. 2,941,200 2,976,400 35,200 1.2

Missouri .................................... 2,879,500 2,911,900 32,400 1.1

Nebraska ................................... 1,019,300 1,032,200 12,900 1.3

Nevada ...................................... 1,353,300 1,405,200 51,900 3.8

New Hampshire .......................... 679,900 695,000 15,100 2.2

 

New Jersey ................................ 4,150,500 4,211,400 60,900 1.5

New Mexico ............................... 836,300 854,000 17,700 2.1

New York ................................... 9,567,600 9,682,000 114,400 1.2

North Carolina ............................ 4,437,200 4,537,900 100,700 2.3

Ohio .......................................... 5,532,500 5,648,900 116,400 2.1

Oklahoma .................................. 1,676,000 1,704,200 28,200 1.7

Oregon ...................................... 1,887,000 1,933,700 46,700 2.5

Pennsylvania .............................. 5,976,800 6,055,500 78,700 1.3

South Carolina ........................... 2,105,200 2,138,000 32,800 1.6

South Dakota ............................. 436,800 446,100 9,300 2.1

 

Tennessee ................................. 3,028,300 3,089,000 60,700 2.0

Texas ........................................ 12,338,000 12,703,400 365,400 3.0

Utah .......................................... 1,485,700 1,529,400 43,700 2.9

Virginia ...................................... 3,956,600 4,031,700 75,100 1.9

Washington ............................... 3,362,100 3,461,100 99,000 2.9

Wisconsin ................................. 2,946,200 2,990,000 43,800 1.5

Wyoming ................................... 281,900 290,900 9,000 3.2

p

 = preliminary.

Over-the-year change p

State
Technical Note

This news release presents civilian labor force and 

unemployment data for states and selected substate areas from 

the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program 

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

employment estimates by state and industry supersector from 

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

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

cooperative endeavors.

Civilian labor force and unemployment—from the 

LAUS program 

 Definitions. The civilian labor force and unemployment 

data are based on the same concepts and definitions as those 

used for the official national estimates obtained from the 

Current Population Survey (CPS), a sample survey of 

households that is conducted for the Bureau of Labor Statistics 

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

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

noninstitutional population 16 years of age and older. 

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

profit in the reference week (typically the week including the 

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

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

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

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

illness, or vacation. 

 Unemployed people are those who were not employed during 

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

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

reference week, and were currently available for work; people

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

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

employed and unemployed people. The unemployment rate is 

the number of unemployed as a percent of the civilian labor 

force.

 Method of estimation. Estimates for 48 states, the District 

of Columbia, the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale 

metropolitan division, New York City, and the balances of 

California and New York State are produced using time-series 

models. This method, which underwent substantial 

enhancement at the beginning of 2015, utilizes data from 

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

unemployment insurance (UI) programs. Estimates for the state 

of California are derived by summing the estimates for the Los 

Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale metropolitan division and the 

balance of California. Similarly, estimates for New York State

are derived by summing the estimates for New York City and 

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

substate areas contained in this release (the Cleveland-Elyria 

and Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metropolitan areas and the 

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

and their respective balances of state are produced using a 

similar model-based approach.

 Each month, estimates for the nine census divisions first are

modeled using inputs from the CPS only and controlled to the 

national totals. State estimates then are controlled to their 

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

estimates for the five areas noted above also are controlled to 

their respective state totals. This tiered process of controlling 

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

benchmarking. Estimates for Puerto Rico are derived from a 

monthly household survey similar to the CPS. A more detailed 

description of the estimation procedures is available from BLS 

upon request.

 Annual revisions. Civilian labor force and unemployment 

data for prior years reflect adjustments made after the end of 

each year. The adjusted estimates reflect updated population 

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

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

data for the most recent five years are revised near the 

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

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

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

 Seasonal adjustment. The LAUS models decompose the 

estimates of employed and unemployed people into trend, 

seasonal, and irregular components. Prior to 2018, the 

benchmarked trend component of each measure had been

smoothed using a Trend-Cycle Cascade Filter. With changes 

implemented in early 2018, the benchmarked signals of 

employed and unemployed people first are adjusted using an X11 type of seasonal adjustment filter. The adjusted data then are 

smoothed using a Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Space (RKHS) 

filter. The smoothed-seasonally adjusted estimates of employed 

and unemployed people are summed to derive the civilian labor 

force, and the unemployment rate then is calculated as the 

unemployed percent of the civilian labor force. The resulting 

smoothed-seasonally adjusted unemployment rate estimates are 

analyzed in this news release and published on the BLS website. 

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

using an asymmetric filter that incorporates information from 

previous observations only. For annual revisions, historical data 

are smoothed using a two-sided filter.

 In early 2018, historical data were re-estimated back to the 

series beginnings in 1976, 1990, or 1994 to incorporate the 

changes to the seasonal adjustment and smoothing procedures 

described above.

 Area definitions. The substate area data published in this 

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

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

list of the geographic definitions is available online at 

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

Employment—from the CES program

 Definitions. Employment data refer to persons on 

establishment payrolls who receive pay for any part of the pay 

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

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

those appearing on more than one payroll are counted on each 
payroll. Industries are classified on the basis of their principal 

activity in accordance with the 2017 version of the North 

American Industry Classification System. 

 Method of estimation. CES State and Area employment

data are produced using several estimation procedures. Where 

possible these data are produced using a "weighted link 

relative" estimation technique in which a ratio of current month 

weighted employment to that of the previous-month weighted 

employment is computed from a sample of establishments 

reporting for both months. The estimates of employment for the 

current month are then obtained by multiplying these ratios by 

the previous month’s employment estimates. The weighted link 

relative technique is utilized for data series where the sample 

size meets certain statistical criteria. 

 For some employment series, the sample of establishments is 

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

approach is used in estimation. These models use the direct 

sample estimates (described above), combined with forecasts of 

historical (benchmarked) data to decrease volatility in 

estimation. Two different models (Fay-Herriot Model and 

Small Domain Model) are used depending on the industry level 

being estimated. For more detailed information about each 

model, refer to the BLS Handbook of Methods.

 Annual revisions. Employment estimates are adjusted 

annually to a complete count of jobs, called benchmarks, 

derived principally from tax reports that are submitted by 

employers who are covered under state unemployment 

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

adjust the monthly estimates between the new benchmark and 

the preceding one and also to establish the level of employment 

for the new benchmark month. Thus, the benchmarking process 

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

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

subsequent months. Information on recent benchmark revisions 

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

 Seasonal adjustment. Payroll employment data are 

seasonally adjusted at the statewide expanded supersector level. 

In some cases, the seasonally adjusted payroll employment total 

is computed by aggregating the independently adjusted 

supersector series. In other cases, the seasonally adjusted 

payroll employment total is independently adjusted. Revisions 

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

year, coincident with annual benchmark adjustments.

 Beginning with the release of January 2018 preliminary 

estimates, payroll employment data are seasonally adjusted 

concurrently, using all available estimates including those for 

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

Concurrent sample-based factors are created every month for 

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

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

estimates. Previously, the sample-based seasonal factors were 

forecasted once annually at the beginning of the year and 

applied to the sample-based estimates for the 12 months of the 

year. 

 

 Caution on aggregating state data. State estimation 

procedures are designed to produce accurate data for each 

individual state. BLS independently develops a national 

employment series; state estimates are not forced to sum to 

national totals. Because each state series is subject to larger 

sampling and nonsampling errors than the national series, 

summing them cumulates individual state-level errors and can 

cause significant distortions at an aggregate level. Due to these 

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

employment series, and cautions users that such a series is 

subject to a relatively large and volatile error structure.

Reliability of the estimates

 The estimates presented in this release are based on sample 

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

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

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

by chance because a sample rather than the entire population is 

surveyed. Survey data also are subject to nonsampling errors, 

such as those which can be introduced into the data collection 

and processing operations. Estimates not directly derived from 

sample surveys are subject to additional errors resulting from 

the specific estimation processes used.

 Use of error measures. Changes in state unemployment 

rates and state nonfarm payroll employment are cited in the 

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

statistically significant at the 90-percent confidence level. 

Furthermore, state unemployment rates for the current month 

generally are cited only if they have been determined to be 

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

confidence level. The underlying model-based standard error 

measures for unemployment rates and over-the-month and 

over-the-year changes in rates are available at 

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

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

payroll employment data at the total nonfarm and supersector 

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

Measures of nonsampling error are not available.

Additional information

 Estimates of civilian labor force and unemployment from the 

LAUS program, as well as nonfarm payroll employment from 

the CES program, for metropolitan areas and metropolitan 

divisions are available in the news release Metropolitan Area 

Employment and Unemployment. Estimates of civilian labor 

force, employed people, unemployed people, and 

unemployment rates for approximately 7,000 subnational areas 

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

from the CES program for states and metropolitan areas are 

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

release will be made available to sensory impaired individuals 

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

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

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

State and area

Civilian labor force Unemployed

Nov.

2017

Sept.

2018

Oct.

2018

Nov.

2018p

Number Percent of labor force

Nov.

2017

Sept.

2018

Oct.

2018

Nov.

2018p

Nov.

2017

Sept.

2018

Oct.

2018

Nov.

2018p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,163,722 2,208,177 2,212,672 2,215,839 81,970 90,818 89,745 87,757 3.8 4.1 4.1 4.0

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362,458 356,985 356,349 356,014 26,234 23,337 22,777 22,471 7.2 6.5 6.4 6.3

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,340,656 3,384,701 3,400,870 3,423,805 157,536 157,347 158,128 159,924 4.7 4.6 4.6 4.7

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,357,161 1,345,675 1,346,590 1,348,194 50,451 47,230 47,447 48,184 3.7 3.5 3.5 3.6

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,390,563 19,384,803 19,441,591 19,517,171 864,790 802,744 804,301 806,633 4.5 4.1 4.1 4.1

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale1. . . . 5,147,347 5,153,516 5,159,362 5,168,623 231,749 236,506 239,824 243,161 4.5 4.6 4.6 4.7

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,031,291 3,095,724 3,101,129 3,108,570 92,220 94,519 98,159 102,402 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,912,251 1,903,469 1,909,333 1,916,590 86,247 80,049 79,978 77,678 4.5 4.2 4.2 4.1

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477,911 486,631 486,709 486,594 21,675 19,264 19,128 18,677 4.5 4.0 3.9 3.8

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401,402 406,600 405,221 404,500 23,708 23,021 22,857 22,646 5.9 5.7 5.6 5.6

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,139,552 10,240,585 10,246,102 10,256,029 396,170 358,608 345,107 334,952 3.9 3.5 3.4 3.3

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall1. . . . . . . . . . . 1,387,698 1,387,076 1,378,646 1,372,039 65,122 54,803 52,417 50,553 4.7 4.0 3.8 3.7

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,093,090 5,155,254 5,152,449 5,147,980 227,826 188,376 184,567 182,367 4.5 3.7 3.6 3.5

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 682,710 686,851 686,178 685,139 14,606 15,067 15,751 16,350 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 842,083 853,045 853,478 854,243 25,132 23,282 22,825 22,392 3.0 2.7 2.7 2.6

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,501,460 6,478,147 6,488,104 6,499,474 318,377 266,832 270,067 273,841 4.9 4.1 4.2 4.2

Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights1. . . 3,810,955 3,732,569 3,738,728 3,747,034 196,841 142,298 143,812 144,914 5.2 3.8 3.8 3.9

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,320,822 3,397,226 3,402,196 3,404,412 113,726 117,344 119,668 121,790 3.4 3.5 3.5 3.6

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,674,753 1,686,130 1,688,173 1,689,547 49,153 41,764 41,165 40,610 2.9 2.5 2.4 2.4

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,478,545 1,481,564 1,485,048 1,487,125 52,219 48,444 48,455 48,319 3.5 3.3 3.3 3.2

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,053,968 2,073,661 2,075,387 2,075,664 92,954 92,597 94,029 92,601 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,115,739 2,122,778 2,117,244 2,113,665 99,270 106,412 105,949 105,222 4.7 5.0 5.0 5.0

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 700,226 706,160 705,416 704,531 22,033 23,189 23,831 23,957 3.1 3.3 3.4 3.4

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,221,982 3,229,082 3,227,308 3,226,295 130,500 134,095 131,380 127,991 4.1 4.2 4.1 4.0

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,657,358 3,822,056 3,832,804 3,837,011 128,589 135,803 134,070 130,022 3.5 3.6 3.5 3.4

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,901,592 4,891,713 4,891,985 4,892,962 231,758 193,398 191,347 191,729 4.7 4.0 3.9 3.9

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,120,369 2,111,777 2,113,557 2,114,557 94,017 84,470 84,083 84,758 4.4 4.0 4.0 4.0

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,070,156 3,098,407 3,095,093 3,092,176 101,459 87,156 86,131 85,295 3.3 2.8 2.8 2.8

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,277,521 1,288,211 1,286,545 1,284,203 60,818 61,624 60,832 60,052 4.8 4.8 4.7 4.7

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,048,438 3,061,961 3,065,464 3,065,723 111,187 96,853 94,361 93,460 3.6 3.2 3.1 3.0

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 526,986 523,380 524,250 525,582 21,559 19,096 19,151 19,280 4.1 3.6 3.7 3.7

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,007,038 1,016,175 1,018,320 1,020,836 29,308 28,600 28,706 28,638 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.8

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,474,055 1,506,524 1,512,276 1,518,755 71,891 67,459 67,145 67,089 4.9 4.5 4.4 4.4

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 746,717 761,794 762,411 763,039 19,431 20,246 19,724 19,178 2.6 2.7 2.6 2.5

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,513,889 4,487,632 4,492,649 4,495,074 213,938 187,032 183,999 178,639 4.7 4.2 4.1 4.0

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 931,671 941,119 943,172 945,769 55,748 43,011 43,154 43,675 6.0 4.6 4.6 4.6

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,709,880 9,709,285 9,736,073 9,757,109 455,011 397,637 387,542 379,379 4.7 4.1 4.0 3.9

New York City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,227,145 4,227,055 4,230,397 4,229,407 186,661 170,846 168,390 167,105 4.4 4.0 4.0 4.0

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,967,600 4,993,059 4,992,207 4,991,328 221,920 187,346 181,524 177,230 4.5 3.8 3.6 3.6

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413,548 404,220 403,110 402,466 10,932 10,948 11,103 11,072 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.8

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,782,715 5,775,488 5,770,527 5,765,713 280,917 265,755 265,842 263,197 4.9 4.6 4.6 4.6

Cleveland-Elyria2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,028,059 1,035,184 1,037,393 1,038,484 55,717 53,050 53,035 53,037 5.4 5.1 5.1 5.1

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,842,189 1,863,224 1,861,846 1,856,913 76,153 65,294 62,669 60,360 4.1 3.5 3.4 3.3

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,121,596 2,110,339 2,111,671 2,113,854 88,076 79,841 81,126 82,965 4.2 3.8 3.8 3.9

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,418,195 6,396,578 6,420,029 6,440,610 309,445 262,160 265,515 268,878 4.8 4.1 4.1 4.2

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 556,343 561,911 561,241 560,961 25,133 22,072 21,340 21,307 4.5 3.9 3.8 3.8

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,319,133 2,304,338 2,307,307 2,311,983 97,944 76,741 76,220 76,694 4.2 3.3 3.3 3.3

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456,318 458,661 458,734 459,239 15,578 13,677 13,602 13,552 3.4 3.0 3.0 3.0

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,219,852 3,253,703 3,253,312 3,256,050 106,378 117,337 119,000 118,653 3.3 3.6 3.7 3.6

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,593,505 13,816,243 13,833,006 13,859,678 536,176 525,550 516,686 511,831 3.9 3.8 3.7 3.7

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,574,271 1,589,104 1,584,648 1,581,408 50,123 50,359 49,973 50,028 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344,895 347,167 346,058 345,102 10,042 9,901 9,636 9,379 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.7

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,319,320 4,353,016 4,353,411 4,354,945 156,151 126,469 124,756 123,967 3.6 2.9 2.9 2.8

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,756,204 3,770,743 3,781,532 3,795,834 176,900 165,027 162,764 163,225 4.7 4.4 4.3 4.3

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,666,584 1,684,811 1,687,653 1,692,132 64,439 57,604 56,436 56,117 3.9 3.4 3.3 3.3

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 782,030 781,017 780,919 780,996 42,337 40,700 40,511 40,250 5.4 5.2 5.2 5.2

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,158,682 3,170,493 3,163,914 3,156,454 100,952 95,127 95,113 94,354 3.2 3.0 3.0 3.0

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292,293 285,315 285,523 286,299 12,131 11,593 11,726 11,758 4.2 4.1 4.1 4.1

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,092,451 1,099,876 1,092,360 1,081,694 118,481 92,504 87,305 83,828 10.8 8.4 8.0 7.7

1 Metropolitan division.

2 Metropolitan statistical area.

p Preliminary

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

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

the following month.
LABOR FORCE DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

State and area

Civilian labor force Unemployed

October November Number Percent of labor force

2017 2018 2017 2018p

October November October November

2017 2018 2017 2018p 2017 2018 2017 2018p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,168,171 2,226,023 2,161,741 2,220,114 78,653 84,699 74,457 75,461 3.6 3.8 3.4 3.4

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359,848 354,094 359,192 352,824 24,543 20,497 25,753 22,053 6.8 5.8 7.2 6.3

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,336,707 3,454,477 3,349,772 3,491,136 155,387 155,987 151,672 154,954 4.7 4.5 4.5 4.4

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,359,086 1,353,831 1,352,672 1,349,735 43,597 44,668 44,046 45,040 3.2 3.3 3.3 3.3

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,374,412 19,630,287 19,383,662 19,715,573 816,310 780,216 812,588 777,497 4.2 4.0 4.2 3.9

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale1. . . . 5,146,520 5,182,512 5,151,157 5,201,293 224,494 243,284 221,228 240,021 4.4 4.7 4.3 4.6

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,034,052 3,118,588 3,032,759 3,123,331 83,759 96,332 87,030 105,604 2.8 3.1 2.9 3.4

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,900,360 1,915,283 1,902,380 1,925,885 78,219 73,396 77,595 58,407 4.1 3.8 4.1 3.0

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476,851 484,576 477,363 484,648 20,735 17,188 19,340 14,416 4.3 3.5 4.1 3.0

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401,245 402,040 401,397 404,168 23,895 22,356 22,642 21,205 6.0 5.6 5.6 5.2

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,128,026 10,263,880 10,116,131 10,250,622 390,619 312,722 389,257 312,635 3.9 3.0 3.8 3.0

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall1. . . . . . . . . . . 1,386,660 1,357,748 1,391,504 1,364,342 65,325 48,817 62,595 44,158 4.7 3.6 4.5 3.2

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,082,865 5,138,743 5,088,573 5,121,879 223,205 185,251 215,282 171,400 4.4 3.6 4.2 3.3

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 678,823 680,060 683,241 682,094 13,948 17,239 14,520 17,697 2.1 2.5 2.1 2.6

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 843,654 855,609 843,194 854,841 21,928 19,111 25,158 22,062 2.6 2.2 3.0 2.6

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,483,672 6,527,364 6,494,157 6,521,690 294,392 273,187 296,032 270,382 4.5 4.2 4.6 4.1

Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights1. . . 3,788,939 3,751,052 3,795,425 3,755,034 183,508 148,134 181,316 135,870 4.8 3.9 4.8 3.6

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,315,355 3,402,618 3,310,187 3,392,369 103,227 120,403 105,283 123,865 3.1 3.5 3.2 3.7

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,675,691 1,696,686 1,671,857 1,689,790 39,065 31,909 41,027 31,752 2.3 1.9 2.5 1.9

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,477,351 1,496,462 1,480,776 1,493,084 45,079 44,848 46,579 43,653 3.1 3.0 3.1 2.9

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,038,572 2,063,909 2,043,061 2,064,591 81,100 86,931 78,663 72,733 4.0 4.2 3.9 3.5

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,117,409 2,109,188 2,118,485 2,106,680 91,126 98,509 89,197 94,454 4.3 4.7 4.2 4.5

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 702,650 704,471 695,326 697,330 19,379 22,289 20,619 22,640 2.8 3.2 3.0 3.2

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,224,637 3,227,379 3,217,600 3,220,921 127,143 121,143 128,111 113,352 3.9 3.8 4.0 3.5

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,637,788 3,820,489 3,644,703 3,812,801 111,544 109,714 110,579 98,415 3.1 2.9 3.0 2.6

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,884,824 4,909,236 4,886,970 4,890,244 204,681 185,677 199,719 173,935 4.2 3.8 4.1 3.6

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,121,865 2,137,100 2,113,382 2,113,775 91,876 93,167 82,264 80,815 4.3 4.4 3.9 3.8

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,059,916 3,085,916 3,065,061 3,077,123 73,290 66,651 85,587 67,695 2.4 2.2 2.8 2.2

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,272,072 1,273,269 1,275,900 1,275,411 56,161 53,942 54,914 52,875 4.4 4.2 4.3 4.1

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,031,234 3,069,723 3,031,261 3,045,706 82,841 71,186 94,198 76,711 2.7 2.3 3.1 2.5

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524,892 524,818 524,065 526,634 19,394 17,321 21,236 18,714 3.7 3.3 4.1 3.6

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,005,465 1,023,830 1,005,855 1,024,489 25,672 27,086 25,431 24,653 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.4

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,474,068 1,527,285 1,476,492 1,533,674 68,899 63,736 68,989 63,610 4.7 4.2 4.7 4.1

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 744,206 758,309 744,516 760,857 17,199 15,547 17,953 16,528 2.3 2.1 2.4 2.2

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,498,988 4,486,205 4,493,166 4,474,249 198,549 160,112 194,923 138,695 4.4 3.6 4.3 3.1

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 933,360 951,417 938,165 957,396 53,585 42,978 53,171 43,831 5.7 4.5 5.7 4.6

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,683,391 9,788,200 9,636,664 9,733,109 429,759 351,374 427,162 338,979 4.4 3.6 4.4 3.5

New York City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,226,863 4,243,716 4,205,495 4,201,981 184,876 166,351 171,135 156,410 4.4 3.9 4.1 3.7

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,972,021 5,012,886 4,966,393 4,994,057 211,534 171,362 222,302 172,384 4.3 3.4 4.5 3.5

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413,442 401,123 408,808 397,379 7,532 7,920 9,368 8,787 1.8 2.0 2.3 2.2

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,780,912 5,783,945 5,766,426 5,756,917 252,102 247,491 251,694 237,216 4.4 4.3 4.4 4.1

Cleveland-Elyria2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,022,335 1,039,192 1,020,176 1,033,553 48,185 46,421 46,137 45,866 4.7 4.5 4.5 4.4

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,848,467 1,862,409 1,854,292 1,848,830 73,847 56,274 71,883 52,607 4.0 3.0 3.9 2.8

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,130,000 2,129,357 2,127,353 2,123,381 84,155 86,564 83,663 84,725 4.0 4.1 3.9 4.0

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,383,896 6,454,652 6,392,642 6,457,667 274,047 253,329 280,809 244,871 4.3 3.9 4.4 3.8

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 556,526 558,445 559,063 562,705 22,789 17,268 23,787 20,804 4.1 3.1 4.3 3.7

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,316,025 2,316,812 2,304,383 2,308,434 96,947 76,761 92,499 72,509 4.2 3.3 4.0 3.1

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457,090 459,267 456,151 460,117 13,567 12,011 14,904 12,833 3.0 2.6 3.3 2.8

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,213,444 3,250,995 3,210,614 3,260,912 101,958 120,156 101,299 107,760 3.2 3.7 3.2 3.3

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,536,215 13,866,839 13,613,780 13,936,886 501,634 478,672 515,473 482,612 3.7 3.5 3.8 3.5

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,574,321 1,571,660 1,579,016 1,576,122 46,298 43,216 43,482 43,508 2.9 2.7 2.8 2.8

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344,217 342,373 344,178 342,058 7,783 6,228 9,085 7,845 2.3 1.8 2.6 2.3

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,302,973 4,345,249 4,290,731 4,335,900 146,155 119,682 146,405 117,205 3.4 2.8 3.4 2.7

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,757,972 3,820,193 3,755,206 3,830,301 163,671 151,373 174,366 169,654 4.4 4.0 4.6 4.4

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,656,221 1,684,045 1,662,530 1,692,974 64,004 54,911 67,597 60,994 3.9 3.3 4.1 3.6

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 783,319 785,686 778,514 777,766 36,014 36,169 38,899 35,999 4.6 4.6 5.0 4.6

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,159,058 3,149,356 3,154,455 3,131,536 86,267 81,754 87,480 81,841 2.7 2.6 2.8 2.6

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292,185 287,308 291,608 288,681 10,771 10,095 11,649 11,005 3.7 3.5 4.0 3.8

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,055,201 1,082,287 1,106,581 1,074,567 120,289 89,486 114,449 81,206 11.4 8.3 10.3 7.6

1 Metropolitan division.

2 Metropolitan statistical area.

p Preliminary

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

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

the following month.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Total1 Construction Manufacturing

Nov.

2017

Sept.

2018

Oct.

2018

Nov.

2018p

Nov.

2017

Sept.

2018

Oct.

2018

Nov.

2018p

Nov.

2017

Sept.

2018

Oct.

2018

Nov.

2018p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,020.0 2,046.2 2,053.0 2,054.8 85.9 87.1 87.2 87.2 263.2 271.7 273.8 273.7

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326.5 327.2 327.4 326.0 15.5 15.4 15.5 15.4 11.9 13.0 13.3 12.1

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,791.0 2,875.3 2,884.9 2,892.6 149.9 163.9 166.5 168.4 167.3 174.6 175.8 177.1

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,241.9 1,253.5 1,252.3 1,254.1 51.8 52.1 52.4 52.9 158.0 160.5 160.2 160.2

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,967.9 17,200.2 17,237.0 17,267.7 831.5 855.2 857.8 861.1 1,314.6 1,311.3 1,318.2 1,319.8

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,680.7 2,742.3 2,748.0 2,749.8 167.2 171.7 170.6 169.5 144.0 147.5 147.5 147.6

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,679.9 1,700.4 1,703.4 1,702.9 58.0 62.9 63.7 64.4 161.9 164.4 164.7 164.3

Delaware2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457.2 463.0 464.2 464.3 22.2 23.4 23.7 23.9 25.7 26.1 26.1 26.2

District of Columbia2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 793.5 795.5 795.2 793.7 15.6 16.0 16.1 16.1 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.4

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,631.4 8,829.5 8,849.4 8,873.0 514.1 549.7 550.8 547.0 365.8 377.3 377.3 377.4

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,482.2 4,573.4 4,576.7 4,581.2 188.3 205.3 207.0 206.5 399.7 405.5 403.7 402.4

Hawaii2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 652.8 664.4 665.2 666.1 37.3 36.1 36.8 35.9 14.2 13.5 13.7 13.7

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 726.1 738.5 738.9 739.3 46.8 47.8 48.1 47.6 67.9 70.9 70.8 71.1

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,081.9 6,123.8 6,130.6 6,136.5 222.7 227.9 228.5 227.7 583.3 593.0 594.4 593.6

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,111.3 3,136.0 3,138.1 3,141.4 137.3 144.7 146.2 147.5 531.2 531.3 531.9 535.0

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,577.1 1,591.4 1,593.8 1,593.0 74.8 80.0 81.4 80.8 220.4 226.7 227.9 229.0

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,408.9 1,425.0 1,427.1 1,428.6 59.5 60.2 59.8 60.3 162.6 166.3 165.9 166.1

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,923.2 1,934.2 1,935.0 1,940.2 76.2 76.6 76.6 75.8 249.9 249.7 251.4 252.6

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,968.0 1,989.7 1,992.2 1,991.1 142.9 149.3 147.3 146.4 132.9 139.8 139.2 138.8

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 622.2 629.1 628.0 628.3 28.3 29.0 28.6 28.1 51.1 51.9 51.9 52.2

Maryland2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,727.1 2,750.9 2,755.9 2,763.8 162.3 163.6 163.6 163.0 107.7 108.2 108.4 107.2

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,626.0 3,679.1 3,681.9 3,686.5 156.0 162.9 162.6 162.1 245.3 247.6 247.1 247.0

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,389.3 4,438.0 4,442.1 4,441.2 165.2 175.3 175.1 176.0 616.4 623.7 625.4 623.8

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,941.2 2,974.7 2,977.2 2,976.4 120.9 125.5 126.8 126.8 318.5 324.8 324.6 324.7

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,158.7 1,168.1 1,170.0 1,172.8 42.6 42.9 42.4 42.8 143.8 144.8 145.2 145.6

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,879.5 2,913.2 2,913.1 2,911.9 123.2 123.5 123.0 119.9 268.2 271.1 272.2 274.1

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474.1 479.6 479.5 481.5 27.4 29.3 29.1 29.6 20.1 20.4 20.5 20.4

Nebraska2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,019.3 1,033.3 1,030.9 1,032.2 51.2 52.5 52.6 52.9 99.1 103.0 102.7 102.4

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,353.3 1,392.8 1,400.0 1,405.2 84.7 92.3 93.5 94.6 50.3 56.2 57.0 57.3

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 679.9 690.9 694.4 695.0 27.3 29.5 29.7 29.4 69.9 72.3 72.7 73.1

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,150.5 4,195.9 4,213.2 4,211.4 153.3 147.5 149.3 151.1 244.9 252.8 254.7 255.4

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 836.3 852.6 855.4 854.0 47.1 49.6 49.6 50.0 26.9 27.4 27.4 27.2

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,567.6 9,646.8 9,676.0 9,682.0 386.7 397.0 399.6 399.7 444.5 444.0 443.5 443.7

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,437.2 4,511.0 4,534.5 4,537.9 209.5 219.6 218.2 216.7 467.5 474.0 473.8 473.9

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427.0 435.0 434.8 434.4 25.5 27.4 27.7 28.4 24.9 25.2 25.5 25.5

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,532.5 5,636.3 5,643.7 5,648.9 214.8 225.3 225.4 225.3 692.7 700.8 701.9 703.3

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,676.0 1,699.7 1,702.0 1,704.2 77.6 78.5 77.6 78.7 129.5 130.8 130.8 131.5

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,887.0 1,927.0 1,931.3 1,933.7 98.3 108.6 108.5 108.8 190.0 194.0 195.0 195.0

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,976.8 6,044.9 6,060.9 6,055.5 253.4 254.7 256.4 258.3 560.8 566.1 567.6 564.3

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497.6 502.6 503.6 502.7 18.7 19.1 19.4 18.7 41.0 41.6 41.2 41.0

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,105.2 2,115.1 2,134.6 2,138.0 101.7 99.2 98.6 98.6 241.9 244.3 244.9 245.5

South Dakota2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436.8 442.3 443.2 446.1 23.5 24.8 24.6 24.6 43.5 44.8 45.0 45.0

Tennessee2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,028.3 3,078.4 3,085.6 3,089.0 125.3 127.5 129.3 128.7 350.2 355.1 354.5 355.2

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,338.0 12,653.4 12,689.4 12,703.4 727.1 769.8 771.5 774.2 857.2 883.0 884.1 893.2

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,485.7 1,524.8 1,528.0 1,529.4 100.3 102.4 102.4 101.9 129.8 134.5 135.5 135.5

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314.5 312.7 312.7 313.2 15.0 15.4 15.2 15.3 29.3 29.3 29.4 29.4

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,956.6 4,025.0 4,025.1 4,031.7 196.1 202.9 203.6 203.6 234.3 243.1 243.3 244.6

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,362.1 3,448.3 3,456.0 3,461.1 205.7 211.6 214.1 213.0 282.4 290.1 291.9 294.8

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 747.1 752.0 753.9 753.6 33.9 34.0 34.4 35.2 47.0 47.2 47.4 47.6

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,946.2 2,982.2 2,979.4 2,990.0 116.5 124.9 125.3 124.9 471.6 489.9 490.1 490.6

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281.9 288.5 289.2 290.9 19.1 20.5 21.0 22.0 9.5 9.9 9.8 9.9

Puerto Rico2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 842.2 853.5 853.7 850.6 20.3 20.1 20.1 19.5 70.2 70.5 70.7 70.9

Virgin Islands3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.9 37.3 37.2 37.4 – – – – – – – –

1

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

2 Mining and logging is combined with construction.

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

cannot be separated with sufficient precision.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2017 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

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

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

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

Nov.

2017

Sept.

2018

Oct.

2018

Nov.

2018p

Nov.

2017

Sept.

2018

Oct.

2018

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2018p

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2017

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2018

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2018

Nov.

2018p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378.0 379.6 379.9 379.3 96.4 97.7 98.4 98.2 240.9 250.9 251.6 252.4

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.5 63.7 62.7 62.9 11.7 11.3 11.5 11.3 27.9 27.9 27.9 27.4

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524.5 534.1 534.2 536.0 217.6 221.2 221.6 219.2 422.1 438.6 440.7 442.3

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250.9 252.3 251.8 252.4 53.1 54.3 54.0 54.4 145.2 150.6 150.2 148.8

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,062.1 3,081.0 3,079.6 3,080.2 834.0 836.0 837.2 838.3 2,582.3 2,652.9 2,665.8 2,673.4

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463.2 470.8 472.4 475.3 167.4 169.2 168.9 167.8 417.6 431.3 435.4 438.7

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297.6 296.2 295.4 295.0 128.0 128.8 129.9 130.2 216.9 222.3 223.3 222.8

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.2 82.3 82.0 81.7 48.0 47.7 47.9 48.0 62.7 64.8 65.5 64.8

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.6 34.0 34.1 33.5 30.0 31.5 31.7 31.9 166.6 168.5 167.3 167.0

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,754.8 1,770.9 1,773.9 1,780.2 571.2 581.5 586.2 589.1 1,336.1 1,363.2 1,370.4 1,381.5

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 944.3 967.3 967.5 972.3 241.2 240.4 240.7 239.6 674.5 685.9 691.7 694.3

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121.1 122.7 121.9 121.4 28.3 29.9 30.0 30.1 81.5 85.0 85.3 85.7

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140.9 142.0 141.4 141.6 36.0 36.5 36.2 36.4 90.2 94.0 94.8 95.5

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,215.3 1,213.9 1,217.2 1,218.2 392.9 400.6 400.6 400.7 941.9 944.0 939.9 944.0

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 597.5 610.7 611.1 609.1 137.3 140.1 140.0 139.9 340.0 343.7 344.5 345.0

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313.8 313.9 313.8 314.3 110.1 111.6 111.8 112.0 140.6 142.6 142.4 142.7

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268.8 272.4 274.2 273.9 77.8 80.0 80.4 80.5 179.9 182.6 183.4 184.2

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405.5 413.7 413.8 414.8 92.5 94.4 94.9 94.1 214.0 217.4 215.5 218.2

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377.1 382.7 381.7 381.5 91.6 92.5 93.1 93.4 216.1 211.5 212.2 212.0

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119.1 120.3 120.2 120.3 31.3 31.8 31.9 32.0 67.1 66.8 66.8 67.4

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468.1 470.6 468.6 470.0 146.4 138.8 138.2 137.8 445.5 459.9 460.9 465.6

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 578.8 582.2 582.4 585.5 221.5 222.9 222.9 222.2 570.5 596.0 596.4 598.1

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 788.5 790.0 790.8 790.8 218.7 221.0 221.5 222.8 648.4 659.4 659.6 659.6

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 537.8 543.8 544.9 545.1 179.5 181.5 182.0 182.2 376.1 378.6 378.2 379.7

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232.5 232.3 232.3 233.6 45.0 45.2 44.8 44.6 110.8 114.3 116.1 116.3

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 545.2 547.9 547.0 548.7 173.3 176.0 175.5 175.7 391.2 397.6 397.2 396.9

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94.5 93.5 93.7 93.8 24.4 24.5 24.5 24.5 41.4 43.0 42.8 43.4

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203.7 201.4 200.5 201.1 74.1 75.6 75.4 75.1 117.3 121.2 122.1 122.3

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252.8 255.1 255.1 255.0 65.6 65.8 65.4 66.0 179.2 187.7 191.3 192.6

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141.1 142.6 142.9 142.6 35.3 35.9 36.1 36.2 81.7 81.1 81.9 81.3

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 893.8 905.3 909.7 911.0 248.1 247.7 247.6 246.8 665.9 686.4 690.7 687.1

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136.3 138.1 138.1 138.3 34.4 35.6 35.4 35.3 105.0 109.5 109.4 108.1

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,579.6 1,576.6 1,584.0 1,587.5 719.4 723.4 723.7 722.6 1,327.6 1,333.8 1,338.6 1,336.6

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 831.4 848.6 852.2 857.0 234.2 240.2 242.2 242.8 627.2 647.1 652.2 650.5

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93.9 93.4 93.2 92.8 24.3 24.8 24.6 24.7 34.4 35.2 35.3 35.4

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,021.1 1,044.6 1,046.3 1,047.8 308.2 311.8 311.1 310.7 719.5 725.2 728.0 730.8

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306.0 310.3 311.8 312.4 79.8 79.5 79.6 79.6 186.0 193.2 194.0 193.0

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351.2 357.0 358.2 356.3 100.8 102.3 101.3 101.5 244.9 247.4 248.9 252.2

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,127.1 1,130.2 1,131.7 1,132.3 322.2 325.4 328.0 328.4 809.4 826.2 831.9 831.8

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.6 76.3 76.9 77.5 36.5 36.5 36.7 36.9 68.6 69.9 69.5 69.9

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399.1 405.6 409.8 411.3 101.9 102.0 101.9 102.8 280.5 277.6 283.9 282.8

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86.4 86.5 86.4 88.4 29.4 29.4 29.4 29.7 31.4 33.5 34.0 34.4

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 622.0 632.7 635.2 638.4 159.3 161.2 160.4 161.1 406.2 418.1 418.8 418.9

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,470.4 2,528.2 2,539.2 2,548.1 765.5 783.1 784.8 784.4 1,689.2 1,763.1 1,766.0 1,767.8

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281.4 293.3 293.7 295.7 84.8 87.3 87.6 87.2 207.3 212.8 211.7 212.5

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.7 54.0 53.9 53.8 12.1 12.5 12.3 12.3 28.4 28.4 28.3 28.3

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 660.1 675.4 673.8 673.3 206.1 210.9 210.9 211.1 732.8 750.8 753.1 753.9

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 634.8 656.2 655.0 656.0 156.6 161.1 162.3 161.9 422.9 439.8 440.6 441.6

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132.2 134.2 134.3 133.6 26.9 26.6 26.8 27.0 65.8 65.8 65.8 65.9

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 538.6 540.2 537.2 538.9 151.6 149.6 150.7 150.1 326.5 323.2 322.1 323.0

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.2 52.9 52.9 52.9 11.0 11.3 11.2 11.3 18.9 18.8 18.6 19.0

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160.3 169.9 169.3 168.6 41.9 42.0 42.4 42.5 113.0 111.9 112.2 111.4

Virgin Islands1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.1 7.4 7.3 7.4 – – – – – – – –

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 2017 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

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

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Education and health services Leisure and hospitality Government

Nov.

2017

Sept.

2018

Oct.

2018

Nov.

2018p

Nov.

2017

Sept.

2018

Oct.

2018

Nov.

2018p

Nov.

2017

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2018

Oct.

2018

Nov.

2018p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243.4 243.3 244.6 245.9 202.4 203.0 204.9 205.0 384.8 387.5 386.6 386.9

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.9 50.4 50.4 50.7 35.5 35.6 35.9 36.0 80.8 80.3 80.6 80.6

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431.3 444.0 445.2 447.5 320.5 332.8 335.2 334.2 412.7 417.8 416.5 417.3

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187.7 189.8 189.8 189.8 116.8 116.7 116.9 118.3 211.4 211.4 211.6 211.6

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,671.3 2,731.1 2,731.3 2,734.6 1,974.5 2,007.9 2,012.7 2,025.1 2,574.6 2,601.4 2,603.4 2,606.1

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333.7 340.1 341.9 338.6 339.3 349.4 350.8 349.6 439.7 447.7 445.5 446.6

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335.8 341.8 342.1 341.5 153.5 159.7 159.4 159.3 231.2 227.5 227.9 227.9

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78.6 78.9 79.2 79.6 49.1 49.6 49.0 49.1 66.5 66.9 67.4 67.2

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137.4 134.0 134.1 134.6 76.9 78.9 78.9 78.5 239.0 237.3 237.0 236.4

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,275.0 1,320.4 1,324.6 1,325.7 1,214.0 1,262.9 1,264.1 1,267.2 1,109.2 1,102.5 1,099.0 1,099.6

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 575.3 592.4 591.5 592.1 481.7 495.2 494.1 494.3 691.0 693.1 692.4 693.4

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85.3 86.6 87.0 87.0 125.3 128.3 128.2 128.0 123.2 125.2 125.0 126.8

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104.5 104.7 105.3 106.1 76.6 77.6 76.8 75.8 125.0 126.7 127.0 127.0

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 925.7 929.7 931.3 934.0 613.9 619.5 621.1 621.1 831.2 845.4 845.5 846.0

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474.7 474.2 476.1 478.0 304.5 305.3 302.4 301.4 426.1 426.2 426.1 426.6

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231.3 233.2 233.1 232.5 144.9 143.3 143.6 142.2 259.6 260.0 259.6 259.9

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198.2 198.0 198.7 198.7 129.5 130.3 131.3 131.2 256.6 260.3 259.4 259.4

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272.9 273.2 274.0 274.8 197.3 194.1 194.7 195.4 314.9 315.6 314.3 314.6

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315.3 318.9 320.4 321.9 234.5 237.3 238.4 238.3 326.2 323.8 323.7 324.1

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128.3 129.2 129.3 129.0 66.0 68.2 67.5 67.4 100.1 100.6 100.3 100.3

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467.6 474.9 477.0 478.6 275.8 282.1 281.4 283.7 503.5 501.7 503.6 504.1

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 796.7 808.2 809.9 811.1 374.6 372.5 373.8 373.8 452.2 452.5 452.0 452.0

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 671.1 679.2 677.7 676.3 439.0 443.3 444.4 443.5 609.4 610.8 612.5 613.7

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 538.9 540.7 540.8 538.1 269.5 275.9 277.7 279.2 428.0 431.7 430.6 430.2

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145.8 145.9 146.1 146.7 136.6 138.8 139.1 139.3 243.2 245.3 244.8 245.2

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468.1 477.8 478.7 476.9 305.5 313.1 314.5 316.0 432.8 434.6 434.2 434.0

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.5 76.8 76.9 77.1 66.0 66.1 66.0 66.9 91.7 92.7 92.3 92.4

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154.6 156.8 156.7 156.7 92.6 95.8 95.6 96.0 172.4 173.3 172.3 172.9

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136.0 141.0 141.1 140.2 350.5 354.7 357.3 358.5 163.8 167.3 166.7 168.3

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124.4 126.9 127.1 126.9 72.1 74.0 75.2 76.0 89.9 90.7 90.6 90.9

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 705.2 711.9 712.6 714.7 378.4 380.8 384.7 384.0 615.3 616.1 615.3 614.3

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140.2 140.8 141.2 141.3 97.8 103.2 105.2 104.6 187.0 187.0 187.3 187.6

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,026.6 2,064.9 2,071.5 2,076.0 944.2 960.0 964.7 964.9 1,448.4 1,450.6 1,450.1 1,450.9

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 601.8 610.5 615.7 615.9 494.8 492.5 503.5 503.8 734.5 740.5 738.0 738.3

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.0 64.4 64.3 64.7 38.2 40.3 40.1 39.3 81.7 80.5 80.6 80.7

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 928.9 947.1 949.2 950.9 564.0 578.5 580.7 580.3 782.3 791.3 790.9 790.3

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235.2 237.3 237.2 238.3 171.6 174.4 175.2 175.2 351.2 352.3 352.0 352.0

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276.3 298.6 297.9 297.9 210.4 217.4 218.2 218.3 309.0 295.3 296.0 296.7

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,265.7 1,287.0 1,292.0 1,287.2 568.0 578.1 578.6 578.5 701.3 702.7 701.5 701.5

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107.9 109.0 108.9 109.1 58.0 59.4 59.4 58.5 60.9 60.5 60.6 60.7

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248.3 254.9 254.1 254.6 255.1 252.4 262.6 262.7 366.5 368.7 368.9 369.8

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.3 72.9 72.5 72.4 46.8 47.1 47.7 48.0 79.8 80.1 80.3 80.5

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437.0 441.0 441.1 437.9 335.0 348.4 350.4 352.4 432.4 433.9 433.7 434.0

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,674.0 1,713.2 1,716.3 1,714.5 1,355.2 1,375.0 1,384.2 1,375.6 1,940.8 1,939.7 1,940.5 1,942.5

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200.4 207.4 207.3 207.0 148.5 150.1 151.4 150.2 245.4 249.8 250.7 250.9

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.9 66.3 66.6 66.3 38.1 36.5 36.5 36.9 55.8 55.6 55.8 55.9

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532.0 545.9 546.0 548.3 400.1 414.2 415.2 416.0 716.3 699.9 697.6 700.2

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481.6 491.4 491.0 492.2 332.6 337.8 340.2 341.8 590.1 595.5 594.0 592.7

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130.9 132.1 132.5 132.6 73.9 74.4 74.8 75.1 153.6 155.3 155.4 155.2

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452.3 457.8 458.5 459.7 281.5 284.0 284.8 290.4 404.8 410.0 407.4 408.1

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.6 28.8 28.6 28.5 36.0 38.0 38.3 39.3 69.5 69.4 69.5 69.3

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116.3 117.0 117.3 117.4 72.9 79.9 79.9 79.3 212.9 208.2 207.8 207.0

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.4 2.5 2.5 2.5 6.3 6.7 6.6 6.4 10.7 10.6 10.6 10.7

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2017 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Total Mining and logging Construction

October November October November October November

2017 2018 2017 2018p2017 2018 2017 2018p2017 2018 2017 2018p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,028.2 2,063.4 2,034.4 2,069.8 9.8 10.1 9.9 10.0 87.2 89.4 86.7 87.9

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322.9 321.7 314.1 312.8 13.0 13.2 12.7 13.1 15.8 16.8 14.6 14.7

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,813.8 2,904.9 2,834.4 2,937.6 11.8 11.9 11.8 12.0 149.8 168.3 150.4 169.4

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,254.1 1,263.7 1,252.3 1,264.8 5.8 5.6 5.8 5.5 52.6 53.9 52.2 53.6

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,008.5 17,323.2 17,119.2 17,427.2 22.9 22.7 22.6 22.2 839.7 868.5 835.1 864.2

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,683.0 2,755.5 2,692.0 2,759.3 26.9 31.5 27.3 31.2 169.1 175.0 169.4 170.9

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,688.0 1,711.7 1,696.9 1,718.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 62.3 66.9 59.7 66.3

Delaware1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460.0 465.7 460.7 467.9 – – – – 22.5 24.0 22.6 24.3

District of Columbia1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 797.5 799.4 798.4 797.4 – – – – 15.6 16.2 15.6 16.0

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,619.2 8,849.2 8,711.5 8,954.0 5.6 5.8 5.6 5.8 513.7 555.4 520.7 551.8

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,500.8 4,596.8 4,524.6 4,624.2 9.4 9.4 9.4 9.4 188.6 209.9 190.3 207.8

Hawaii1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 656.2 667.5 661.4 673.4 – – – – 36.9 37.0 37.4 36.0

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 732.2 747.2 731.1 743.5 3.8 3.9 3.6 3.7 47.6 49.7 47.6 48.2

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,147.9 6,203.4 6,156.3 6,212.4 7.7 7.8 7.7 7.8 234.2 243.8 229.1 233.7

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,146.3 3,170.9 3,150.0 3,180.2 6.1 6.4 6.1 6.4 141.7 153.1 141.5 151.8

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,588.7 1,609.4 1,595.1 1,611.0 2.5 2.6 2.5 2.5 80.0 87.0 78.1 84.4

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,422.2 1,443.5 1,427.7 1,447.7 6.8 7.2 6.9 7.2 61.2 61.8 60.6 61.6

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,930.7 1,942.4 1,943.2 1,960.3 10.2 10.5 10.3 10.5 79.2 79.3 78.1 77.2

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,982.0 2,002.0 1,986.7 2,007.4 34.4 36.6 35.2 35.4 146.7 150.1 145.2 147.4

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 629.7 635.9 623.9 628.8 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.3 29.1 30.1 29.2 28.7

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,736.9 2,769.8 2,744.6 2,784.1 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.2 164.8 165.5 162.4 162.7

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,654.3 3,718.3 3,653.4 3,714.0 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 160.5 168.2 160.8 166.1

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,423.6 4,485.5 4,433.2 4,483.6 7.4 7.3 7.3 7.2 175.1 184.9 169.2 179.7

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,966.5 3,003.1 2,956.6 2,990.2 6.8 6.5 6.7 6.3 127.1 135.7 122.5 128.8

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,161.2 1,175.6 1,167.9 1,183.3 6.8 6.6 6.9 6.6 43.5 43.0 43.1 43.1

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,897.3 2,938.3 2,905.1 2,935.1 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.2 127.5 127.4 126.1 121.9

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476.0 482.8 471.7 480.1 7.1 7.4 7.0 7.3 29.2 31.1 27.3 29.7

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,023.6 1,037.8 1,027.0 1,040.0 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 51.5 53.5 51.0 52.9

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,362.2 1,411.5 1,362.4 1,414.9 14.3 14.5 14.4 14.5 85.6 95.8 85.5 95.6

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 683.7 699.4 683.6 699.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 27.8 30.6 28.0 30.1

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,160.3 4,229.8 4,182.3 4,244.9 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.3 158.6 154.3 156.9 155.2

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 837.6 861.2 842.8 860.9 21.3 21.9 21.3 21.3 47.4 50.5 47.9 50.9

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,624.5 9,756.6 9,666.6 9,783.5 5.3 5.3 5.2 5.2 398.6 414.2 395.3 408.3

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,465.4 4,566.3 4,480.5 4,581.0 5.8 5.5 5.8 5.5 212.3 221.1 211.9 217.8

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436.4 442.0 431.7 438.9 18.5 21.5 19.0 21.1 28.5 30.4 25.9 28.9

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,578.3 5,688.5 5,576.4 5,691.7 12.1 13.0 12.0 12.8 228.5 237.3 220.2 229.9

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,687.1 1,713.5 1,693.9 1,722.2 49.7 56.1 51.1 56.0 79.3 78.4 78.2 79.5

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,898.4 1,944.9 1,898.1 1,944.2 7.1 7.1 7.1 7.0 101.5 111.5 98.3 108.3

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,022.7 6,114.4 6,039.7 6,118.8 27.5 30.2 27.8 30.6 259.7 265.0 256.9 262.1

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502.6 509.9 502.4 507.8 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 19.2 20.4 20.0 19.9

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,102.1 2,140.3 2,114.3 2,149.0 4.2 4.4 4.3 4.5 100.7 98.4 100.9 97.8

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438.7 445.7 436.5 446.4 1.0 0.9 1.0 0.9 23.9 24.8 23.3 24.4

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,047.8 3,108.0 3,066.3 3,126.9 4.1 4.2 4.1 4.2 121.5 126.5 122.6 126.0

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,352.5 12,740.3 12,432.0 12,792.0 228.8 266.6 230.2 267.3 730.4 779.9 731.6 778.5

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,490.9 1,539.5 1,499.6 1,542.6 8.6 8.5 8.5 8.4 102.1 105.3 102.0 103.2

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318.6 315.9 317.5 315.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 16.3 16.3 15.8 15.9

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,977.7 4,044.3 3,986.5 4,059.3 8.1 8.4 8.3 8.4 197.0 206.1 196.9 204.3

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,374.0 3,479.7 3,381.2 3,480.6 6.2 6.3 6.1 6.1 207.8 218.9 204.0 212.1

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 756.7 764.7 758.4 765.9 21.9 22.0 21.6 21.3 36.1 37.1 35.4 37.0

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,979.5 3,011.1 2,975.4 3,019.1 4.7 4.8 4.7 4.7 122.2 131.7 118.5 126.5

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284.4 291.1 278.9 288.3 20.2 21.4 20.5 21.1 20.8 22.5 19.5 22.5

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 836.3 854.8 854.0 861.8 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 19.7 19.7 20.5 19.6

Virgin Islands1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.7 37.0 35.8 37.4 – – – – 1.9 2.5 2.0 2.5

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 2017 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Manufacturing Trade, transportation, and utilities Information

October November October November October November

2017 2018 2017 2018p

2017 2018 2017 2018p2017 2018 2017 2018p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263.2 273.9 263.8 274.0 380.5 382.4 387.2 388.4 20.9 21.1 21.1 21.3

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.9 10.1 7.9 7.5 62.6 61.3 61.4 60.6 5.8 5.6 5.8 5.6

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166.1 175.1 166.8 177.0 525.9 534.3 540.8 552.0 44.7 47.1 44.8 49.1

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157.7 160.0 158.5 160.5 251.9 252.0 253.6 255.2 13.0 12.0 13.0 12.2

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,317.2 1,321.6 1,310.3 1,316.0 3,064.8 3,083.4 3,149.5 3,167.6 540.0 551.5 540.1 548.1

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143.5 147.9 145.1 148.5 461.5 470.6 468.5 481.3 72.8 75.5 72.8 75.8

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159.9 164.5 161.4 163.7 298.1 295.9 306.2 302.8 31.0 30.7 31.0 30.9

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.8 26.3 25.9 26.4 81.2 81.8 83.1 83.2 4.4 4.1 4.5 4.2

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.4 33.6 34.0 34.1 33.7 18.0 19.4 18.5 19.4

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365.6 377.1 366.6 377.9 1,738.7 1,761.8 1,786.6 1,814.3 136.8 137.7 138.6 140.7

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399.5 402.5 400.6 402.2 945.0 966.7 959.7 987.8 118.5 119.2 119.4 119.0

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.0 13.8 14.2 13.8 121.5 122.1 123.0 123.1 9.0 9.2 9.2 9.5

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.3 71.6 68.4 71.7 142.3 142.7 143.7 144.3 9.1 8.7 9.1 8.5

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 581.2 595.0 585.7 596.8 1,222.8 1,223.8 1,243.3 1,246.6 95.4 94.5 96.5 93.1

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532.6 531.5 530.7 534.4 600.7 614.4 611.6 623.5 30.6 28.8 30.2 29.0

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218.1 227.0 220.0 228.8 314.6 314.1 319.6 319.8 21.7 21.7 21.9 21.2

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162.5 166.3 164.2 167.3 270.2 276.1 273.9 279.1 18.8 17.2 19.3 17.4

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249.1 252.2 250.6 253.8 405.2 412.6 412.5 422.0 22.6 21.9 22.6 22.0

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135.0 140.0 133.6 138.9 378.8 380.2 383.3 387.1 22.5 22.7 22.0 22.4

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.6 52.1 52.2 53.2 120.8 121.6 121.9 122.8 7.3 6.9 7.2 6.8

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106.3 108.4 108.2 107.7 467.2 467.3 477.7 479.1 36.4 36.5 36.5 37.8

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244.0 246.7 245.0 246.6 582.7 584.8 588.3 595.1 90.4 92.5 90.8 93.0

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 615.1 625.7 619.1 626.4 790.6 792.7 803.9 805.6 55.8 55.1 55.9 55.7

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320.5 325.9 318.3 324.2 539.3 546.5 546.7 554.1 50.4 50.4 50.5 50.9

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143.8 145.4 144.2 146.0 232.6 231.7 236.2 237.7 11.3 11.1 11.4 11.2

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265.5 272.3 267.7 273.8 546.7 547.6 554.6 557.9 51.3 51.6 51.7 51.5

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.2 20.8 20.4 20.8 94.4 93.5 94.9 94.4 6.4 6.4 6.5 6.2

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98.4 102.8 99.6 102.7 203.5 200.7 207.0 204.6 18.1 16.9 18.0 16.9

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.1 57.2 50.2 57.2 252.1 256.4 260.3 262.6 14.5 14.5 14.5 14.7

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70.0 72.7 69.8 73.1 141.2 142.8 144.0 145.4 12.5 12.1 12.5 12.3

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245.9 255.2 245.1 255.1 893.3 910.9 910.9 928.8 69.5 69.0 70.4 68.4

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.1 27.7 26.9 27.2 136.0 138.4 138.8 140.8 11.6 11.3 11.8 11.7

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445.5 446.0 443.9 443.5 1,583.2 1,589.0 1,616.7 1,626.7 270.3 269.3 271.4 269.3

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468.2 474.9 470.6 476.6 831.8 850.7 846.0 872.1 79.6 81.9 80.0 83.2

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.1 25.8 25.0 25.6 95.0 93.7 95.5 94.2 6.4 6.3 6.4 6.3

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 687.5 700.1 691.8 703.7 1,028.2 1,049.4 1,045.7 1,071.1 71.3 70.7 71.4 69.9

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129.7 130.7 130.5 132.6 305.4 312.4 311.0 318.4 20.0 18.5 20.1 18.5

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191.6 196.0 188.7 193.7 352.5 359.5 359.3 363.3 34.6 33.8 34.4 34.4

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 561.5 568.4 561.9 565.1 1,132.7 1,137.0 1,151.5 1,157.1 81.0 79.8 81.2 80.1

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.5 41.2 41.2 41.1 77.2 77.3 77.9 79.0 6.0 6.1 6.1 6.1

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239.5 244.8 242.5 246.2 395.4 409.5 405.1 418.2 27.8 27.4 27.9 27.5

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.6 45.5 43.9 45.4 86.4 86.2 86.3 88.5 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.7

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349.7 355.1 350.9 355.6 624.2 634.6 634.8 652.0 45.1 45.0 46.2 45.8

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 855.2 885.4 856.9 892.7 2,469.0 2,544.7 2,514.6 2,595.2 199.8 195.5 199.9 197.3

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129.8 136.3 130.4 136.0 281.2 294.0 286.6 301.1 39.0 38.5 39.4 39.0

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.4 29.7 29.5 29.7 55.1 53.9 55.7 54.5 4.4 4.1 4.3 4.2

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234.4 243.6 234.7 245.4 664.4 675.7 674.8 686.9 66.8 66.4 67.0 65.4

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283.8 293.4 281.6 294.3 636.4 657.6 647.4 668.0 127.8 137.6 128.5 137.0

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.9 47.5 46.9 47.6 133.3 135.6 137.1 138.5 8.4 8.2 8.4 8.1

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470.3 490.8 471.7 491.1 542.3 541.5 553.0 552.9 47.3 47.3 47.0 47.7

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.8 10.1 9.8 10.2 52.1 52.7 52.7 53.3 3.6 3.7 3.6 3.6

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70.2 70.9 70.8 71.6 158.4 168.4 164.2 171.9 17.2 16.7 17.1 16.8

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 7.0 7.3 7.1 7.4 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2017 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Financial activities Professional and business services Education and health services

October November October November October November

2017 2018 2017 2018p

2017 2018 2017 2018p2017 2018 2017 2018p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97.3 98.7 96.4 98.2 242.2 253.7 241.8 253.7 245.2 246.6 245.1 248.3

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.7 11.6 11.7 11.2 27.4 27.7 26.9 26.3 49.7 50.1 49.7 50.6

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216.2 221.3 218.1 219.6 430.3 444.7 428.8 449.8 433.4 448.1 435.4 451.7

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.0 54.2 53.1 54.4 147.7 153.2 147.5 150.9 189.0 192.4 189.3 191.5

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 832.4 838.1 833.7 838.7 2,591.9 2,685.3 2,598.9 2,690.5 2,679.0 2,748.6 2,687.0 2,748.1

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167.7 168.7 167.3 166.8 422.3 440.9 419.4 440.7 336.4 344.5 337.5 342.0

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127.1 129.6 128.0 130.4 219.0 224.6 218.0 223.8 339.1 345.8 340.7 345.9

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.0 47.9 48.0 47.9 64.2 65.9 64.5 66.8 78.6 79.4 78.9 80.1

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.2 31.8 29.9 31.9 167.5 168.0 167.5 167.8 140.0 137.4 141.1 138.7

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 567.1 585.2 571.9 591.0 1,345.8 1,379.6 1,349.8 1,396.1 1,278.1 1,330.2 1,283.6 1,333.8

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244.1 242.7 243.2 241.4 678.0 699.2 681.4 704.5 578.8 596.2 581.1 597.4

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.3 30.0 28.5 30.3 81.7 85.7 81.8 86.0 85.5 87.3 86.3 88.0

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.9 36.4 36.0 36.4 91.8 95.6 90.3 95.5 105.5 106.4 105.6 107.1

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394.1 400.3 392.4 399.4 958.6 960.9 958.4 961.7 936.6 939.2 936.8 945.6

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137.5 139.6 137.0 139.6 345.3 348.9 345.4 350.6 479.8 482.2 481.6 485.7

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109.0 111.5 110.1 112.0 141.7 143.9 142.0 143.8 233.3 236.6 235.4 236.5

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78.0 80.6 77.7 80.4 181.5 185.8 181.9 186.5 198.7 199.8 199.4 200.2

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92.3 94.8 92.8 94.2 217.5 217.3 220.9 225.3 274.6 275.6 274.1 276.3

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92.2 93.3 91.6 93.5 216.6 214.3 218.3 213.8 317.8 322.8 317.2 324.1

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.4 31.7 31.1 31.8 67.4 67.4 67.3 67.7 128.9 130.2 129.4 129.9

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146.3 138.6 146.3 137.8 447.1 464.1 446.7 468.4 471.2 481.8 473.6 486.1

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222.4 223.1 221.4 221.6 575.8 603.4 575.4 602.8 801.7 817.2 806.7 821.3

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218.5 220.6 218.0 222.3 656.3 668.6 659.5 669.7 675.4 683.9 679.2 684.4

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179.6 182.1 179.1 181.8 380.1 383.9 378.0 382.3 538.6 541.3 542.9 540.9

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.8 45.1 45.4 44.9 109.7 117.2 112.1 117.9 146.2 147.0 146.8 147.7

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173.8 175.4 172.6 174.6 390.5 400.9 395.4 399.9 471.1 483.9 472.7 481.3

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.5 24.7 24.6 24.7 41.9 43.4 40.8 42.8 76.6 76.9 76.6 77.2

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.1 75.5 74.1 75.1 118.3 123.3 117.6 122.6 155.6 157.4 155.7 157.8

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.2 65.7 65.9 66.3 184.3 194.8 180.9 195.1 135.0 141.6 136.6 140.6

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.2 35.9 34.9 35.9 82.0 82.6 82.4 81.8 125.2 128.4 125.7 128.2

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247.7 246.7 247.2 245.5 672.3 698.8 676.8 698.4 707.5 716.8 709.1 719.9

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.3 35.4 34.7 35.5 104.8 110.2 105.7 108.2 140.3 142.0 140.7 142.2

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 719.4 723.3 717.5 720.2 1,331.2 1,346.8 1,336.3 1,344.4 2,046.8 2,101.8 2,066.7 2,117.8

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234.2 242.8 232.6 241.5 630.4 660.1 632.0 656.0 605.4 620.9 607.8 622.5

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.5 24.5 24.4 24.8 35.0 35.9 34.3 35.4 63.7 64.5 63.3 65.1

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307.4 311.1 308.0 310.4 732.1 739.1 724.9 736.0 937.0 956.6 939.3 961.5

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.9 79.7 79.9 79.6 188.0 196.0 187.7 194.2 237.3 238.3 236.9 239.9

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.9 101.5 100.7 101.4 246.8 250.1 244.2 252.2 277.7 300.2 279.7 301.3

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321.1 327.9 322.4 328.9 814.8 841.1 814.2 838.1 1,277.7 1,307.9 1,287.9 1,308.6

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.6 36.8 36.3 36.8 70.0 70.3 69.3 70.6 109.5 111.2 110.2 111.8

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102.0 102.2 101.7 102.6 280.5 286.3 282.5 286.2 250.6 256.4 250.7 256.7

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.2 29.2 29.2 29.5 31.4 33.9 31.1 34.5 72.8 72.7 73.8 72.9

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159.7 160.8 159.2 161.0 412.4 423.0 414.0 425.9 439.4 446.2 441.7 442.4

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 766.6 789.7 767.4 786.3 1,697.1 1,775.4 1,705.7 1,779.9 1,681.3 1,726.5 1,683.7 1,721.7

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84.8 88.0 85.4 87.6 210.0 214.0 210.2 214.9 203.2 210.7 205.2 211.6

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.2 12.3 12.1 12.2 29.1 28.7 28.5 28.5 66.4 67.1 66.3 66.7

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206.0 211.6 205.9 210.8 737.9 757.6 736.9 758.2 537.6 552.1 538.6 554.9

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155.4 162.2 156.2 161.5 424.7 445.0 424.6 443.3 483.0 495.0 487.1 497.7

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.2 27.1 26.7 26.9 66.4 66.2 66.2 66.3 132.2 134.4 132.5 134.5

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152.0 150.7 152.0 150.4 330.9 326.9 329.4 325.5 457.1 462.3 456.3 464.3

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.8 11.2 10.9 11.2 19.1 18.8 18.6 18.8 28.2 28.9 27.7 28.5

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.9 42.3 42.2 42.8 111.2 112.4 115.2 113.5 118.3 118.0 117.5 118.8

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 3.1 3.6 3.1 3.7 2.4 2.5 2.4 2.5

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2017 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Leisure and hospitality Other services Government

October November October November October November

2017 2018 2017 2018p

2017 2018 2017 2018p2017 2018 2017 2018p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200.2 202.7 199.5 201.7 93.5 94.6 93.7 94.9 388.2 390.2 389.2 391.4

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.9 32.9 30.9 31.3 11.2 10.9 11.1 10.7 81.9 81.5 81.4 81.2

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320.5 333.8 320.3 334.1 87.8 89.4 88.5 89.8 427.3 430.9 428.7 433.1

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119.1 117.3 114.9 116.6 49.0 47.8 48.2 48.0 215.3 215.3 216.2 216.4

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,962.2 2,010.3 1,965.6 2,018.7 569.8 565.2 566.2 566.0 2,588.6 2,628.0 2,610.2 2,647.1

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327.4 338.7 327.0 336.4 109.9 109.1 107.9 108.8 445.5 453.1 449.8 456.9

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153.7 158.1 150.3 155.9 63.8 65.1 64.8 65.7 233.4 229.9 236.2 232.8

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.7 48.2 46.7 46.5 19.0 19.4 18.5 19.6 67.6 68.7 68.0 68.9

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78.2 79.6 76.7 78.0 74.4 74.9 74.9 74.7 238.7 236.7 238.8 235.8

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,192.7 1,242.1 1,207.1 1,260.3 348.2 358.8 350.4 362.5 1,126.9 1,115.5 1,130.6 1,119.8

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478.6 491.9 479.7 492.3 161.2 160.9 158.7 159.0 699.1 698.2 701.1 703.4

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124.9 128.0 125.0 127.4 27.7 28.2 27.8 28.3 126.7 126.2 128.2 131.0

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.1 75.8 74.1 72.9 25.5 26.3 25.6 26.0 127.3 130.1 127.1 129.2

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 615.6 624.4 605.4 612.8 252.0 249.8 250.1 249.6 849.7 863.9 850.9 865.3

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307.1 303.5 298.7 295.0 126.9 124.9 126.3 123.3 438.0 437.6 440.9 440.9

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143.6 142.9 141.0 138.5 57.6 56.0 57.0 55.8 266.6 266.1 267.5 267.7

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129.5 131.4 127.8 129.6 50.7 50.2 50.8 50.3 264.3 267.1 265.2 268.1

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197.1 195.1 195.6 193.6 66.0 66.9 67.3 67.6 316.9 316.2 318.4 317.8

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233.6 237.4 234.2 237.8 73.9 77.1 73.7 77.1 330.5 327.5 332.4 329.9

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.4 67.8 58.3 59.4 21.6 22.6 21.4 22.5 102.8 103.1 103.6 103.7

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272.7 278.5 264.0 272.0 113.4 117.4 114.6 117.2 510.2 510.5 513.3 514.1

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374.3 377.7 360.5 360.5 139.4 141.2 138.4 140.4 461.9 462.3 464.9 465.4

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433.1 442.5 422.9 426.8 168.7 172.9 169.2 171.3 627.6 631.3 629.0 634.5

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270.3 275.8 256.8 265.6 117.3 115.3 116.5 114.5 436.5 439.7 438.6 440.8

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136.2 139.3 136.3 139.7 40.3 41.4 40.3 40.9 246.0 247.8 245.2 247.6

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306.4 315.6 299.2 311.0 116.2 114.8 116.1 113.8 444.0 444.5 444.7 445.2

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.7 64.3 61.8 62.9 18.3 20.0 18.6 20.0 93.7 94.3 93.2 94.1

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90.8 94.9 90.3 93.8 36.5 36.1 36.7 36.1 175.7 175.6 175.9 176.4

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351.3 357.7 345.7 353.8 41.9 44.0 41.5 43.5 166.9 169.3 166.9 171.0

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71.4 74.5 66.9 70.9 24.2 25.1 24.8 25.7 93.2 93.7 93.6 94.7

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368.3 377.4 361.7 367.9 172.1 176.2 172.6 175.8 623.7 623.2 630.2 628.6

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96.1 104.2 95.4 102.4 28.1 28.4 28.0 28.2 190.6 191.2 191.6 192.5

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 948.0 971.2 928.7 948.1 414.1 426.9 415.6 428.4 1,462.1 1,462.8 1,469.3 1,471.6

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 494.9 501.8 487.1 496.1 150.6 151.1 150.6 149.5 752.2 755.5 756.1 760.2

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.4 40.6 38.2 39.0 16.4 16.3 16.4 16.1 83.9 82.5 83.3 82.4

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 560.9 580.4 546.2 563.9 217.2 226.5 216.2 225.1 796.1 804.3 800.7 807.4

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171.3 175.5 170.6 174.1 69.2 69.8 69.4 70.1 357.3 358.1 358.5 359.3

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208.0 217.4 205.3 212.9 64.5 67.0 65.4 66.4 313.2 300.8 315.0 303.3

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 569.9 580.7 554.0 564.7 260.8 261.6 260.7 262.5 716.0 714.8 721.2 721.0

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.7 60.3 56.4 56.6 23.0 24.7 23.0 24.0 61.7 61.4 61.8 61.7

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253.0 260.7 249.4 256.5 77.4 77.6 77.4 77.1 371.0 372.6 371.9 375.7

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.8 47.5 44.3 45.7 17.0 17.6 16.9 17.2 80.9 81.7 81.0 81.7

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334.4 351.4 332.9 350.4 113.9 116.6 114.6 116.6 443.4 444.6 445.3 447.0

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,338.0 1,376.5 1,342.7 1,362.8 427.5 441.4 429.6 438.9 1,958.8 1,958.7 1,969.7 1,971.4

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142.8 148.5 143.5 145.1 40.8 40.9 39.7 41.2 248.6 254.8 248.7 254.5

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.1 34.5 35.7 34.5 10.2 9.8 10.1 10.0 58.6 58.7 58.7 58.7

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399.5 413.8 391.9 407.2 203.0 206.8 204.1 207.3 723.0 702.2 727.4 710.5

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332.0 339.2 324.7 334.3 120.0 123.7 120.7 124.2 596.9 600.8 600.3 602.1

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.4 75.6 73.0 74.3 53.4 52.5 53.2 52.2 156.5 158.5 157.4 159.2

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280.5 284.8 270.5 280.3 152.3 151.1 151.1 152.2 419.9 419.2 421.2 423.5

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.4 36.7 30.9 34.6 14.3 14.4 14.4 14.2 71.1 70.7 70.3 70.3

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.4 79.9 73.6 80.1 17.4 17.3 17.4 17.3 214.1 208.7 215.0 208.9

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.5 6.4 6.4 6.5 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9 10.7 10.5 10.6 10.6

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2017 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

preliminary and will be revised when new information becomes available.
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Map 1. Unemployment rates by state, seasonally November 2018

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Map 2. Percentage change in nonfarm employment by state,

seasonally adjusted, November 2017 - November 2018