For release 10:00 a.m. (EST) Tuesday, November 19, 2019 USDL-19-2049 

Technical information: 

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STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT — OCTOBER 2019

Unemployment rates were lower in October in 4 states, higher in 2 states, and stable in 44 states and the 

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

decreases from a year earlier, 3 states had increases, and 39 states and the District had little or no 

change. The national unemployment rate, 3.6 percent, was little changed over the month and from 

October 2018. 

Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 4 states in October 2019, decreased in 1, and was essentially 

unchanged in 45 states and the District of Columbia. Over the year, 27 states added nonfarm payroll jobs 

and 23 states and the District were essentially unchanged. 

This news release presents statistics from two monthly programs. The civilian labor force and 

unemployment data are modeled based largely on a survey of households. These data pertain to 

individuals by where they reside. The employment data are from an establishment survey that measures 

nonfarm employment, hours, and earnings by industry. These data pertain to jobs on payrolls defined by 

where the establishments are located. For more information about the concepts and statistical 

methodologies used by these two programs, see the Technical Note. 

Unemployment

Vermont had the lowest unemployment rate in October, 2.2 percent. The rates in Alabama (2.8 percent), 

California (3.9 percent), Maine (2.8 percent), and South Carolina (2.6 percent) set new series lows. (All 

state series begin in 1976.) Alaska had the highest jobless rate, 6.2 percent. In total, 15 states had 

unemployment rates lower than the U.S. figure of 3.6 percent, 12 states and the District of Columbia had 

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

tables A and 1 and map 1.) 

South Carolina had the largest over-the-month unemployment rate decrease (-0.3 percentage point) in 

October, closely followed by Alabama and Utah (-0.2 point each) and Georgia (-0.1 point). Delaware 

and Pennsylvania had the only rate increases (+0.2 percentage point each). The remaining 44 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.
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Alabama and Colorado had the largest over-the-year unemployment rate decreases (-1.0 percentage 

point each). The largest rate increase from October 2018 occurred in Mississippi (+0.8 percentage 

point). (See table B.) 

Nonfarm Payroll Employment 

Nonfarm payroll employment increased in four states in October 2019. The job gains occurred in Texas 

(+30,100, or +0.2 percent), Maryland (+10,700, or +0.4 percent), Utah (+6,700, or +0.4 percent), and 

Nebraska (+5,200, or +0.5 percent). Employment decreased in October in Michigan (-21,800, or -0.5 

percent). (See tables C and 3.) 

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

job gains occurred in California (+308,000), Texas (+297,100), and Florida (+228,600). The largest 

percentage gains occurred in Utah (+3.2 percent), Florida (+2.6 percent), and Arizona (+2.5 percent). 

(See table D and map 2.)

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

be released on Wednesday, November 27, 2019, at 10:00 a.m. (EST). The State Employment and 

Unemployment news release for November is scheduled to be released on Friday, December 20, 

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

United States 1 ................................................ 3.6

Alabama ......................................................... 2.8

Alaska ............................................................ 6.2

Arizona ........................................................... 4.8

California ......................................................... 3.9

Colorado ......................................................... 2.6

District of Columbia .......................................... 5.4

Hawaii ............................................................. 2.7

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

Iowa ................................................................ 2.6

Kentucky ........................................................ 4.3

Louisiana ........................................................ 4.5

Maine ............................................................. 2.8

Massachusetts ................................................ 2.9

Mississippi ...................................................... 5.5

Nebraska ........................................................ 3.1

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

New Mexico .................................................... 4.8

New York ........................................................ 4.0

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

Ohio ............................................................... 4.2

Pennsylvania ................................................... 4.2

South Carolina ................................................. 2.6

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

Utah ............................................................... 2.5

Vermont .......................................................... 2.2

Virginia ........................................................... 2.6

Washington ..................................................... 4.5

West Virginia ................................................... 4.8

1

 Data are not preliminary.

p

 = preliminary.

Table A. States with unemployment rates significantly different from that

of the U.S., October 2019, seasonally adjusted
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Table B. States with statistically significant unemployment rate changes from October 2018

to October 2019, seasonally adjusted

October 2018 October 2019 p

Alabama .................................... 3.8 2.8 -1.0

California .................................... 4.1 3.9 -.2

Colorado .................................... 3.6 2.6 -1.0

Maine ........................................ 3.5 2.8 -.7

Mississippi ................................. 4.7 5.5 .8

Nebraska ................................... 2.7 3.1 .4

New Jersey ................................ 3.9 3.2 -.7

New York ................................... 3.8 4.0 .2

South Carolina ............................ 3.2 2.6 -.6

Utah .......................................... 3.2 2.5 -.7

Vermont ..................................... 2.6 2.2 -.4

p

 = preliminary.

State

Rate Over-the-year 

change p

Table C. States with statistically significant employment changes from September 2019 to

October 2019, seasonally adjusted

September October

2019 2019 p Level Percent

Maryland ..................................... 2,765,500 2,776,200 10,700 0.4

Michigan ..................................... 4,446,300 4,424,500 -21,800 -.5

Nebraska .................................... 1,033,300 1,038,500 5,200 .5

Texas .......................................... 12,867,300 12,897,400 30,100 .2

Utah ........................................... 1,574,100 1,580,800 6,700 .4

p

 = preliminary.

State Over-the-month change p
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Table D. States with statistically significant employment changes from October 2018 to

October 2019, seasonally adjusted

October October

2018 2019 p Level Percent

Alabama ..................................... 2,050,200 2,091,800 41,600 2.0

Arizona ....................................... 2,881,400 2,952,000 70,600 2.5

Arkansas .................................... 1,264,300 1,282,200 17,900 1.4

California .................................... 17,259,500 17,567,500 308,000 1.8

Colorado ..................................... 2,738,800 2,791,500 52,700 1.9

Florida ........................................ 8,850,400 9,079,000 228,600 2.6

Georgia ...................................... 4,568,900 4,641,400 72,500 1.6

Idaho .......................................... 740,900 757,300 16,400 2.2

Illinois ......................................... 6,135,300 6,192,300 57,000 .9

Kansas ....................................... 1,419,700 1,437,800 18,100 1.3

 

Kentucky .................................... 1,933,400 1,964,500 31,100 1.6

Maryland ..................................... 2,746,200 2,776,200 30,000 1.1

Massachusetts ............................. 3,642,900 3,694,600 51,700 1.4

Missouri ...................................... 2,888,900 2,923,500 34,600 1.2

Nebraska .................................... 1,022,400 1,038,500 16,100 1.6

Nevada ....................................... 1,404,900 1,435,700 30,800 2.2

New Mexico ................................. 844,900 862,200 17,300 2.0

New York .................................... 9,700,300 9,804,000 103,700 1.1

North Carolina ............................. 4,498,300 4,589,100 90,800 2.0

Oregon ....................................... 1,918,400 1,951,000 32,600 1.7

 

Rhode Island ............................... 496,900 505,800 8,900 1.8

South Carolina ............................ 2,154,200 2,185,000 30,800 1.4

South Dakota .............................. 441,300 449,500 8,200 1.9

Tennessee .................................. 3,081,000 3,119,900 38,900 1.3

Texas .......................................... 12,600,300 12,897,400 297,100 2.4

Utah ........................................... 1,531,900 1,580,800 48,900 3.2

Washington ................................. 3,426,900 3,503,900 77,000 2.2

p

 = preliminary.

State Over-the-year change p
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. The benchmarked signals 

of employed and unemployed people first are adjusted using an 

X-11 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.

 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 April 10, 2018. 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.

 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. 

 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

Oct.

2018

Aug.

2019

Sept.

2019

Oct.

2019p

Number Percent of labor force

Oct.

2018

Aug.

2019

Sept.

2019

Oct.

2019p

Oct.

2018

Aug.

2019

Sept.

2019

Oct.

2019p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,203,946 2,255,088 2,260,992 2,264,014 83,400 70,608 66,883 63,333 3.8 3.1 3.0 2.8

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356,285 350,689 350,040 349,051 23,069 21,808 21,701 21,496 6.5 6.2 6.2 6.2

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,485,838 3,552,043 3,567,149 3,580,647 170,670 177,808 175,783 172,828 4.9 5.0 4.9 4.8

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,352,808 1,362,512 1,362,180 1,363,806 49,532 46,869 47,105 47,794 3.7 3.4 3.5 3.5

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,499,464 19,380,103 19,401,250 19,442,090 798,652 791,357 774,414 765,252 4.1 4.1 4.0 3.9

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale1. . . . 5,155,479 5,099,073 5,107,255 5,119,526 241,123 225,714 225,417 227,059 4.7 4.4 4.4 4.4

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,128,227 3,155,105 3,160,273 3,164,826 113,544 88,343 85,275 83,555 3.6 2.8 2.7 2.6

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,920,665 1,907,301 1,911,013 1,917,279 73,303 68,094 68,246 69,510 3.8 3.6 3.6 3.6

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483,335 489,167 489,244 489,844 17,175 16,624 17,212 17,928 3.6 3.4 3.5 3.7

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403,252 412,006 411,878 411,405 21,532 22,541 22,154 22,029 5.3 5.5 5.4 5.4

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,286,418 10,386,745 10,421,251 10,465,204 341,843 341,797 336,039 330,576 3.3 3.3 3.2 3.2

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall1. . . . . . . . . . . 1,383,225 1,422,441 1,427,187 1,437,796 48,747 45,925 45,140 44,355 3.5 3.2 3.2 3.1

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,113,332 5,107,560 5,111,935 5,119,654 190,380 182,066 177,275 172,031 3.7 3.6 3.5 3.4

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 677,592 661,065 660,342 661,387 17,726 17,995 17,763 17,678 2.6 2.7 2.7 2.7

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 862,494 879,308 882,107 884,545 23,650 25,490 25,624 25,736 2.7 2.9 2.9 2.9

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,467,597 6,504,503 6,506,151 6,504,414 274,651 262,464 255,927 250,957 4.2 4.0 3.9 3.9

Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights1. . . 3,737,072 3,754,657 3,753,608 3,748,614 137,088 139,816 136,227 133,289 3.7 3.7 3.6 3.6

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,391,482 3,386,363 3,383,285 3,383,852 117,021 112,364 109,437 108,040 3.5 3.3 3.2 3.2

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,690,847 1,730,041 1,738,484 1,748,465 40,008 43,770 44,221 45,084 2.4 2.5 2.5 2.6

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,486,053 1,480,417 1,483,887 1,488,607 49,365 47,722 46,871 46,715 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.1

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,062,404 2,071,338 2,073,254 2,077,025 88,927 90,564 90,533 90,048 4.3 4.4 4.4 4.3

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,098,880 2,094,179 2,094,212 2,095,516 102,277 90,154 90,939 94,173 4.9 4.3 4.3 4.5

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 698,226 691,780 691,011 690,827 24,461 20,114 19,697 19,524 3.5 2.9 2.9 2.8

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,193,198 3,245,247 3,255,152 3,268,141 118,228 121,940 120,825 118,714 3.7 3.8 3.7 3.6

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,833,725 3,837,444 3,839,908 3,845,542 119,673 110,690 111,492 111,312 3.1 2.9 2.9 2.9

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,899,554 4,963,440 4,960,980 4,957,782 193,583 210,604 207,654 202,323 4.0 4.2 4.2 4.1

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,131,518 2,161,434 2,162,563 2,163,715 86,011 97,593 95,070 90,360 4.0 4.5 4.4 4.2

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,075,869 3,112,506 3,118,239 3,125,428 87,146 103,476 101,327 100,759 2.8 3.3 3.2 3.2

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,274,268 1,282,318 1,287,378 1,289,812 59,466 66,877 69,324 70,823 4.7 5.2 5.4 5.5

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,051,523 3,075,373 3,091,770 3,110,068 92,572 98,189 95,066 95,332 3.0 3.2 3.1 3.1

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 529,785 532,702 533,083 533,934 19,717 17,669 17,780 17,955 3.7 3.3 3.3 3.4

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,022,354 1,039,103 1,040,639 1,042,741 28,048 32,094 32,177 32,549 2.7 3.1 3.1 3.1

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,514,236 1,539,817 1,545,422 1,551,588 67,251 63,327 63,219 62,966 4.4 4.1 4.1 4.1

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 763,601 771,678 772,815 774,536 18,322 19,327 19,562 19,936 2.4 2.5 2.5 2.6

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,422,755 4,456,892 4,475,460 4,501,703 171,389 141,858 140,690 145,017 3.9 3.2 3.1 3.2

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 944,693 963,765 965,306 966,460 46,926 47,519 46,944 46,488 5.0 4.9 4.9 4.8

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,606,317 9,520,731 9,518,658 9,529,815 368,874 377,563 375,787 379,132 3.8 4.0 3.9 4.0

New York City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,120,234 4,091,232 4,087,394 4,088,541 163,393 171,470 167,072 166,306 4.0 4.2 4.1 4.1

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,985,120 5,111,917 5,120,287 5,128,605 184,536 212,216 208,427 204,151 3.7 4.2 4.1 4.0

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402,876 404,311 403,933 403,957 10,343 9,769 9,911 9,998 2.6 2.4 2.5 2.5

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,754,622 5,825,387 5,828,584 5,831,229 264,945 237,808 242,878 246,043 4.6 4.1 4.2 4.2

Cleveland-Elyria2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,035,692 1,041,413 1,041,105 1,040,299 52,487 44,073 44,536 43,583 5.1 4.2 4.3 4.2

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,836,660 1,845,520 1,850,818 1,853,560 56,901 58,978 59,591 60,713 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.3

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,110,174 2,116,118 2,116,309 2,116,423 89,290 84,875 86,066 85,728 4.2 4.0 4.1 4.1

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,448,603 6,479,546 6,492,745 6,516,164 269,915 254,881 260,488 271,289 4.2 3.9 4.0 4.2

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 556,191 554,449 555,269 556,349 22,052 19,857 20,010 19,853 4.0 3.6 3.6 3.6

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,329,300 2,382,215 2,380,757 2,381,125 74,930 77,309 69,186 62,363 3.2 3.2 2.9 2.6

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460,863 467,132 467,960 468,825 13,554 13,768 13,960 14,231 2.9 2.9 3.0 3.0

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,254,694 3,358,260 3,361,014 3,362,068 108,111 117,046 115,734 114,214 3.3 3.5 3.4 3.4

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,914,226 14,032,289 14,055,795 14,099,457 513,286 471,861 471,072 478,037 3.7 3.4 3.4 3.4

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,579,635 1,601,441 1,606,085 1,610,885 49,824 45,083 43,367 41,043 3.2 2.8 2.7 2.5

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345,587 347,131 345,844 344,398 9,022 7,413 7,584 7,714 2.6 2.1 2.2 2.2

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,337,213 4,404,389 4,414,206 4,427,753 120,744 122,574 119,008 116,640 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.6

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,822,081 3,895,830 3,907,085 3,922,288 169,597 179,681 178,988 178,341 4.4 4.6 4.6 4.5

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,695,622 1,722,204 1,727,957 1,734,984 55,873 53,371 52,493 51,593 3.3 3.1 3.0 3.0

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 784,238 795,713 798,093 801,008 40,224 36,836 37,153 38,052 5.1 4.6 4.7 4.8

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,124,072 3,121,000 3,121,112 3,121,409 93,198 96,805 100,681 102,858 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289,238 288,559 289,262 290,238 12,014 10,696 10,908 10,957 4.2 3.7 3.8 3.8

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,079,179 1,086,722 1,083,923 1,079,789 90,062 83,402 82,009 82,894 8.3 7.7 7.6 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. 18-03, dated April 10, 2018, 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

September October Number Percent of labor force

2018 2019 2018 2019p

September October September October

2018 2019 2018 2019p 2018 2019 2018 2019p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,192,040 2,264,263 2,212,503 2,268,807 80,600 56,924 81,676 55,198 3.7 2.5 3.7 2.4

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357,350 349,424 354,262 344,086 21,107 19,674 21,539 19,302 5.9 5.6 6.1 5.6

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,477,406 3,599,212 3,491,620 3,600,272 171,484 160,003 170,174 155,592 4.9 4.4 4.9 4.3

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,353,432 1,363,893 1,355,060 1,371,506 46,919 45,710 44,065 43,543 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.2

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,478,378 19,567,536 19,542,699 19,587,530 756,608 690,859 772,789 718,288 3.9 3.5 4.0 3.7

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale1. . . . 5,151,806 5,153,201 5,165,359 5,161,499 240,751 230,236 240,088 233,025 4.7 4.5 4.6 4.5

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,124,018 3,177,825 3,135,286 3,178,070 101,808 70,003 106,223 75,930 3.3 2.2 3.4 2.4

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,903,862 1,913,778 1,915,336 1,929,656 69,691 65,606 66,683 67,400 3.7 3.4 3.5 3.5

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478,645 484,873 481,871 490,070 17,069 18,227 16,101 18,747 3.6 3.8 3.3 3.8

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400,542 407,982 402,446 408,359 22,194 21,705 21,315 21,847 5.5 5.3 5.3 5.3

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,280,409 10,532,471 10,305,265 10,565,454 342,076 317,695 340,078 307,338 3.3 3.0 3.3 2.9

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall1. . . . . . . . . . . 1,376,079 1,433,319 1,381,547 1,462,938 52,205 44,799 50,415 42,483 3.8 3.1 3.6 2.9

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,090,466 5,112,295 5,112,773 5,132,691 182,202 156,470 191,762 156,161 3.6 3.1 3.8 3.0

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 673,932 657,524 673,215 663,485 18,180 18,240 17,405 17,433 2.7 2.8 2.6 2.6

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 858,931 885,920 862,938 887,724 18,905 20,304 19,220 20,729 2.2 2.3 2.2 2.3

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,435,664 6,482,734 6,477,162 6,483,880 248,531 230,385 263,231 235,466 3.9 3.6 4.1 3.6

Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights1. . . 3,705,981 3,721,644 3,732,976 3,714,650 128,020 120,786 134,188 126,791 3.5 3.2 3.6 3.4

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,370,504 3,366,755 3,393,074 3,378,649 104,423 95,452 112,491 101,383 3.1 2.8 3.3 3.0

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,684,670 1,758,902 1,695,446 1,773,729 34,932 38,677 31,524 38,106 2.1 2.2 1.9 2.1

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,478,994 1,491,504 1,488,086 1,502,615 44,157 41,041 44,868 42,716 3.0 2.8 3.0 2.8

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,054,993 2,070,290 2,050,539 2,074,620 84,562 78,396 79,263 76,865 4.1 3.8 3.9 3.7

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,093,336 2,095,218 2,105,178 2,102,691 102,970 95,158 97,073 99,047 4.9 4.5 4.6 4.7

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 697,191 688,370 699,745 692,392 19,790 15,506 20,500 16,376 2.8 2.3 2.9 2.4

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,185,520 3,266,964 3,198,764 3,299,699 113,462 109,198 115,284 106,909 3.6 3.3 3.6 3.2

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,795,770 3,816,437 3,817,350 3,840,588 115,381 110,593 104,354 94,491 3.0 2.9 2.7 2.5

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,882,449 4,943,788 4,909,341 4,941,096 172,631 184,659 181,296 174,138 3.5 3.7 3.7 3.5

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,139,652 2,177,830 2,149,643 2,174,309 84,818 89,540 93,159 81,543 4.0 4.1 4.3 3.8

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,062,746 3,122,799 3,077,928 3,138,214 70,277 77,470 68,733 79,545 2.3 2.5 2.2 2.5

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,265,313 1,289,580 1,270,344 1,283,542 54,900 71,742 54,552 66,433 4.3 5.6 4.3 5.2

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,034,664 3,125,516 3,045,583 3,141,572 78,485 73,820 70,459 78,975 2.6 2.4 2.3 2.5

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528,163 531,565 528,418 534,345 16,612 15,756 17,784 16,642 3.1 3.0 3.4 3.1

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,013,831 1,036,023 1,022,354 1,046,966 25,238 29,521 25,751 31,102 2.5 2.8 2.5 3.0

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,511,305 1,558,504 1,516,177 1,566,286 67,608 59,196 64,664 58,314 4.5 3.8 4.3 3.7

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 757,972 770,546 759,725 774,289 16,354 18,093 15,191 17,912 2.2 2.3 2.0 2.3

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,383,803 4,507,912 4,412,319 4,557,982 164,888 144,697 154,190 150,031 3.8 3.2 3.5 3.3

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 939,873 963,823 948,513 968,393 46,039 43,703 46,182 43,833 4.9 4.5 4.9 4.5

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,547,754 9,539,775 9,603,222 9,582,441 347,563 353,170 347,452 374,217 3.6 3.7 3.6 3.9

New York City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,098,363 4,078,048 4,127,111 4,107,289 157,237 152,869 163,272 170,936 3.8 3.7 4.0 4.2

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,965,574 5,122,133 5,007,407 5,153,112 172,031 178,368 181,089 185,142 3.5 3.5 3.6 3.6

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403,172 403,489 402,879 404,046 8,020 7,829 7,157 6,951 2.0 1.9 1.8 1.7

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,730,788 5,811,297 5,774,153 5,828,745 238,820 240,276 246,996 227,965 4.2 4.1 4.3 3.9

Cleveland-Elyria2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,037,428 1,042,674 1,035,215 1,034,543 46,577 42,193 46,825 33,520 4.5 4.0 4.5 3.2

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,834,606 1,857,552 1,844,742 1,856,561 53,843 57,971 56,342 61,510 2.9 3.1 3.1 3.3

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,112,722 2,124,764 2,117,663 2,118,914 77,800 82,620 83,429 74,575 3.7 3.9 3.9 3.5

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,414,056 6,522,663 6,444,551 6,571,225 249,244 255,958 248,016 284,607 3.9 3.9 3.8 4.3

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 556,243 555,580 556,208 558,187 19,927 18,240 19,182 16,156 3.6 3.3 3.4 2.9

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,316,250 2,362,736 2,330,794 2,379,312 75,024 42,459 75,373 50,111 3.2 1.8 3.2 2.1

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457,620 467,128 461,575 470,748 11,976 12,794 12,065 13,366 2.6 2.7 2.6 2.8

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,238,611 3,348,862 3,259,609 3,355,432 108,475 104,662 106,795 106,353 3.3 3.1 3.3 3.2

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,849,870 14,113,138 13,901,088 14,189,091 512,839 471,527 489,204 467,991 3.7 3.3 3.5 3.3

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,575,536 1,612,660 1,581,739 1,620,643 46,039 32,753 45,535 29,939 2.9 2.0 2.9 1.8

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343,991 339,404 344,338 339,367 8,567 7,532 6,419 5,426 2.5 2.2 1.9 1.6

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,315,374 4,414,738 4,332,241 4,444,906 118,118 108,209 115,281 107,036 2.7 2.5 2.7 2.4

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,805,427 3,935,912 3,829,284 3,960,349 151,394 161,428 156,123 160,530 4.0 4.1 4.1 4.1

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,695,957 1,747,935 1,688,061 1,739,007 59,706 55,439 57,768 48,643 3.5 3.2 3.4 2.8

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 785,466 806,147 788,391 810,421 35,285 33,630 35,784 36,480 4.5 4.2 4.5 4.5

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,112,050 3,108,570 3,121,149 3,110,345 73,637 91,401 74,734 85,869 2.4 2.9 2.4 2.8

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289,631 292,446 289,628 293,213 10,693 9,715 10,831 9,570 3.7 3.3 3.7 3.3

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,080,804 1,062,293 1,073,873 1,062,590 93,881 87,206 89,194 95,462 8.7 8.2 8.3 9.0

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. 18-03, dated April 10, 2018, 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

Oct.

2018

Aug.

2019

Sept.

2019

Oct.

2019p

Oct.

2018

Aug.

2019

Sept.

2019

Oct.

2019p

Oct.

2018

Aug.

2019

Sept.

2019

Oct.

2019p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,050.2 2,087.5 2,090.5 2,091.8 89.9 94.2 94.0 93.6 269.2 270.3 270.6 271.3

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328.8 330.7 330.2 329.9 16.4 16.9 17.0 16.7 12.5 13.5 13.6 13.1

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,881.4 2,940.3 2,944.0 2,952.0 162.4 175.3 176.9 176.8 172.4 180.0 179.8 180.2

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,264.3 1,278.4 1,279.7 1,282.2 50.1 52.9 53.6 53.9 160.7 163.9 162.4 164.3

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,259.5 17,517.2 17,543.9 17,567.5 868.7 899.7 901.0 903.1 1,331.9 1,335.6 1,341.2 1,343.5

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,738.8 2,791.0 2,788.4 2,791.5 171.9 174.0 173.3 171.9 148.2 149.7 150.6 149.8

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,694.0 1,695.6 1,700.3 1,698.8 59.1 57.3 57.0 57.7 160.5 161.0 161.3 161.8

Delaware2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462.8 466.7 469.4 468.9 22.8 23.0 23.3 23.3 27.1 27.6 27.5 27.5

District of Columbia2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 793.9 803.4 801.1 801.6 15.5 15.7 15.8 15.8 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.3

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,850.4 9,041.6 9,057.6 9,079.0 547.2 566.2 567.9 572.5 375.6 383.5 381.8 383.4

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,568.9 4,637.7 4,636.0 4,641.4 199.3 207.9 207.0 205.4 409.0 412.7 412.8 412.0

Hawaii2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 656.4 658.6 662.1 662.0 36.7 37.4 38.3 37.9 14.0 13.9 13.9 13.8

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 740.9 758.0 760.3 757.3 50.1 50.3 51.4 51.3 67.8 70.9 71.2 70.4

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,135.3 6,181.9 6,190.4 6,192.3 226.5 226.4 226.4 224.9 591.9 593.5 591.9 590.0

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,146.1 3,166.7 3,166.5 3,163.2 143.4 148.9 151.2 152.5 541.9 540.4 539.7 534.3

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,588.3 1,595.6 1,596.1 1,596.1 79.0 80.2 80.7 80.6 225.8 228.7 228.6 228.6

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,419.7 1,440.6 1,438.3 1,437.8 60.5 62.8 62.1 61.4 165.9 167.9 167.6 165.4

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,933.4 1,951.8 1,961.5 1,964.5 78.3 79.2 79.2 79.7 252.2 254.3 256.9 254.9

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,987.0 1,986.6 1,991.8 1,990.6 150.5 141.6 140.6 140.8 134.8 136.7 139.1 137.9

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 627.3 634.3 631.6 633.8 28.7 29.8 30.0 30.0 51.9 53.0 53.2 53.3

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,746.2 2,757.8 2,765.5 2,776.2 163.8 162.7 164.3 165.9 108.8 107.7 108.3 108.3

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,642.9 3,682.4 3,684.3 3,694.6 157.1 156.1 156.6 156.7 243.8 242.8 242.9 243.5

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,426.7 4,449.5 4,446.3 4,424.5 170.1 171.7 172.8 174.1 633.4 631.9 628.6 606.6

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,962.1 2,963.0 2,964.6 2,972.0 126.5 130.4 129.9 130.7 322.2 320.1 321.3 322.6

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,159.5 1,169.8 1,170.9 1,171.2 42.8 43.6 43.7 44.0 145.2 145.9 146.4 147.1

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,888.9 2,926.9 2,924.2 2,923.5 122.1 124.5 123.4 123.4 274.9 276.3 277.4 275.1

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478.4 484.8 484.1 484.7 28.5 28.5 28.5 29.1 20.6 20.4 20.5 20.4

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,022.4 1,032.9 1,033.3 1,038.5 52.5 54.7 55.1 56.0 99.8 100.5 100.0 100.4

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,404.9 1,434.2 1,437.5 1,435.7 91.7 99.7 101.8 103.7 58.2 60.8 60.8 61.0

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 682.2 693.2 690.3 689.9 27.3 28.6 29.1 29.5 70.6 69.8 69.6 69.7

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,175.6 4,197.4 4,195.6 4,205.8 158.4 165.5 165.8 166.1 248.6 251.7 251.7 250.3

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 844.9 861.4 861.2 862.2 46.8 51.2 51.2 52.1 27.1 27.6 27.7 27.7

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,700.3 9,790.1 9,796.2 9,804.0 401.2 408.1 405.3 402.3 443.3 439.7 438.3 437.3

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,498.3 4,570.0 4,581.9 4,589.1 220.9 220.6 219.6 219.2 473.5 471.1 469.0 472.3

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434.6 436.8 435.5 434.6 26.4 28.5 27.5 28.0 26.3 26.4 26.3 26.4

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,572.5 5,592.7 5,593.1 5,592.1 221.1 215.0 213.5 212.5 701.5 702.2 701.8 699.5

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,692.2 1,695.9 1,695.6 1,696.6 81.3 84.5 83.7 83.3 137.7 135.7 135.7 135.6

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,918.4 1,943.3 1,946.6 1,951.0 105.3 109.6 109.2 108.5 196.3 201.9 202.3 201.9

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,030.7 6,049.5 6,051.3 6,059.4 257.5 261.5 260.2 262.1 572.5 561.9 562.4 562.8

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 496.9 504.0 503.4 505.8 19.5 19.8 19.5 19.9 39.9 39.0 39.2 39.1

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,154.2 2,180.1 2,180.8 2,185.0 101.7 101.5 102.2 102.7 249.1 256.0 256.5 255.8

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441.3 446.2 448.6 449.5 23.0 23.8 23.9 23.8 44.8 45.9 46.1 45.8

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,081.0 3,119.2 3,125.0 3,119.9 128.9 125.0 125.2 125.1 352.2 358.8 358.8 352.7

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,600.3 12,852.4 12,867.3 12,897.4 744.9 788.4 794.8 796.3 888.4 912.4 911.9 909.8

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,531.9 1,568.0 1,574.1 1,580.8 104.7 108.9 109.5 111.3 134.9 139.3 139.3 138.6

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316.7 317.9 317.7 317.7 14.8 14.1 14.3 14.6 29.8 30.2 30.1 30.2

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,000.1 4,040.5 4,021.7 4,029.7 197.5 202.3 198.7 199.2 241.0 246.7 245.7 243.6

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,426.9 3,510.9 3,505.5 3,503.9 218.1 223.1 222.9 223.6 290.2 298.6 299.7 298.6

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 730.1 735.5 732.8 733.3 45.7 47.1 46.8 46.2 47.6 47.4 47.8 47.9

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,962.8 2,978.7 2,980.5 2,979.3 123.1 125.7 127.4 127.7 476.7 473.2 470.3 469.0

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287.0 289.0 288.5 287.7 20.8 21.6 21.3 21.1 10.0 10.1 10.0 10.2

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 871.3 874.3 875.9 874.1 26.3 26.8 26.8 26.9 72.4 73.4 73.4 73.3

Virgin Islands3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.8 35.0 35.3 35.7 – – – – – – – –

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 2018 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

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

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

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

Oct.

2018

Aug.

2019

Sept.

2019

Oct.

2019p

Oct.

2018

Aug.

2019

Sept.

2019

Oct.

2019p

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2018

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2019

Sept.

2019

Oct.

2019p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380.9 386.4 384.9 383.8 97.7 97.6 98.0 97.9 244.1 254.4 255.4 257.1

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.6 64.5 64.9 64.9 11.7 11.6 11.3 11.3 27.3 27.6 26.9 27.1

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536.9 544.9 546.8 549.6 223.1 222.9 224.5 225.6 436.9 439.2 441.2 441.8

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251.8 253.6 253.8 253.7 60.7 63.3 63.0 62.7 146.5 145.7 145.8 146.9

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,055.5 3,055.7 3,057.9 3,062.6 835.8 840.2 844.0 849.3 2,690.3 2,749.7 2,758.5 2,752.9

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472.6 473.7 473.6 476.7 170.1 170.6 170.5 172.0 431.1 453.7 454.1 455.5

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296.3 294.1 293.9 292.9 126.5 128.0 127.8 127.3 221.3 219.9 220.1 219.7

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.6 79.3 79.3 79.8 47.2 48.0 48.2 48.3 64.2 62.6 63.6 62.5

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.8 33.1 33.2 32.8 29.5 29.8 29.7 30.1 168.4 171.4 171.0 172.3

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,793.5 1,808.4 1,811.8 1,814.9 583.1 595.6 596.7 598.7 1,379.4 1,421.9 1,421.2 1,421.2

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 948.2 953.3 955.3 957.4 249.0 252.4 250.9 251.0 698.8 707.3 705.2 703.4

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121.9 119.1 119.3 118.6 28.7 28.4 28.7 28.8 82.6 83.5 83.4 83.9

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142.8 144.6 144.9 145.3 36.5 38.3 38.7 38.0 95.5 100.5 101.7 101.6

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,217.6 1,224.2 1,226.0 1,224.9 405.4 406.2 407.0 407.1 952.8 961.5 963.1 960.8

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 599.0 595.5 594.4 592.3 138.7 139.1 139.9 140.8 340.5 351.0 350.5 352.0

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311.9 311.5 312.4 312.4 109.4 108.6 109.5 109.1 141.4 142.0 141.8 142.3

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270.4 268.1 268.2 268.5 77.0 77.2 77.4 77.2 180.3 184.8 185.4 186.4

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403.1 409.1 411.2 411.6 94.2 94.2 95.3 95.5 215.5 216.6 217.7 219.4

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378.9 381.4 381.2 381.1 91.3 89.9 90.6 90.6 213.6 214.8 216.2 216.8

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118.4 120.4 120.6 120.1 32.0 32.3 32.0 32.4 69.5 70.0 69.7 69.7

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466.0 461.8 462.8 468.6 143.1 143.6 142.9 143.1 450.1 454.1 455.9 463.1

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 575.9 578.7 578.8 579.9 220.6 223.8 223.9 223.2 584.6 593.7 594.1 596.5

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 794.8 788.6 793.8 796.4 218.9 224.0 224.4 224.8 661.8 668.1 663.8 659.7

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535.6 532.6 535.2 537.7 184.5 186.4 187.9 186.9 378.2 375.5 374.4 374.4

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231.2 235.2 236.1 236.4 44.5 45.7 45.9 45.3 112.1 111.4 110.2 109.4

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542.7 544.5 542.7 544.4 172.9 174.8 176.3 176.8 386.8 392.1 393.1 391.7

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95.2 95.5 96.1 96.4 25.1 26.4 26.3 26.4 42.9 45.1 44.9 44.9

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199.6 200.4 200.5 200.8 74.1 74.9 75.1 75.5 119.7 120.9 121.0 121.5

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257.8 258.2 259.6 260.1 68.3 72.2 72.3 72.2 196.0 201.1 201.7 199.7

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139.5 140.9 142.0 141.5 34.1 33.7 33.7 33.9 83.9 85.3 85.4 85.3

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 890.9 885.2 886.6 888.5 249.1 246.0 246.6 246.6 673.4 676.8 671.5 672.6

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137.4 136.3 136.9 138.2 33.9 35.5 34.9 35.0 107.3 109.5 109.0 108.9

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,565.3 1,572.1 1,579.3 1,581.0 719.4 718.0 715.0 715.7 1,346.6 1,351.1 1,359.2 1,367.3

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 834.3 856.8 859.8 859.0 241.7 247.7 248.6 251.4 642.4 650.0 652.9 649.4

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94.0 92.4 92.6 91.9 24.3 23.9 24.1 24.0 34.7 36.1 35.9 35.9

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,027.5 1,022.4 1,023.2 1,021.5 306.8 308.7 309.2 309.2 731.3 736.4 736.4 734.7

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301.6 303.8 304.8 306.1 79.4 79.9 79.0 78.4 191.1 189.6 189.2 190.5

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355.6 353.7 355.4 356.2 102.0 102.4 102.4 102.7 248.9 254.7 253.8 253.8

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,127.4 1,129.9 1,133.8 1,135.3 326.8 330.6 330.7 331.5 807.5 809.6 811.2 813.7

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77.3 79.1 78.8 78.9 35.4 36.2 36.6 36.4 68.6 67.9 68.8 69.7

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408.9 414.2 414.6 416.8 104.5 104.5 104.5 105.6 295.5 291.3 292.7 290.1

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86.9 89.2 89.8 90.2 29.1 28.9 28.9 29.0 33.1 33.6 33.8 34.2

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 630.5 633.3 634.1 636.3 163.2 168.4 168.8 168.4 418.9 425.6 426.6 425.5

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,499.3 2,531.9 2,525.4 2,535.1 782.1 807.9 809.0 809.1 1,751.6 1,775.4 1,787.3 1,793.6

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289.3 290.5 293.0 294.3 88.3 90.2 90.9 90.9 215.5 224.6 224.7 226.1

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.4 54.6 54.4 54.3 12.0 11.9 11.8 11.6 28.5 29.7 29.9 30.1

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 657.4 651.8 652.4 653.2 207.4 208.9 208.7 209.0 749.4 759.7 754.4 752.4

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 639.1 645.9 648.3 648.5 159.3 164.9 165.8 166.4 426.2 439.7 438.8 438.5

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129.7 130.8 130.6 131.0 29.0 29.8 29.3 29.1 69.5 67.9 67.8 68.5

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 537.9 547.9 549.5 547.4 153.5 153.8 152.7 152.4 321.9 322.8 323.9 324.1

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.3 53.7 53.8 53.7 10.9 10.9 11.1 11.4 18.8 18.5 18.8 18.8

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171.8 168.3 168.0 167.6 42.5 43.1 43.3 43.5 124.1 124.9 124.3 122.8

Virgin Islands1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.0 7.1 7.0 7.2 – – – – – – – –

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

components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2018 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

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

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Education and health services Leisure and hospitality Government

Oct.

2018

Aug.

2019

Sept.

2019

Oct.

2019p

Oct.

2018

Aug.

2019

Sept.

2019

Oct.

2019p

Oct.

2018

Aug.

2019

Sept.

2019

Oct.

2019p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246.2 252.0 251.4 249.7 208.1 212.8 215.4 216.9 385.5 388.8 389.4 389.3

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.6 50.2 50.1 50.4 36.0 35.5 35.9 35.9 80.5 80.7 80.5 80.4

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451.7 467.1 468.6 468.6 329.6 331.6 334.1 335.8 413.6 422.7 415.1 415.0

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192.0 193.1 194.3 194.0 119.0 122.7 123.4 123.5 212.9 213.2 213.6 213.4

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,745.4 2,822.1 2,829.7 2,836.2 1,987.6 2,031.8 2,031.8 2,036.4 2,594.5 2,624.9 2,625.8 2,631.2

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343.1 348.3 348.1 349.4 343.7 350.0 349.2 347.0 442.9 454.7 452.9 451.8

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336.5 340.4 345.0 344.7 159.2 160.9 161.1 161.5 236.9 235.7 235.7 235.2

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.8 82.7 83.2 83.3 51.2 52.6 53.8 54.0 67.4 68.6 68.3 67.8

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130.6 133.4 132.2 131.9 80.3 82.9 82.4 81.8 238.3 237.3 237.8 237.3

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,320.2 1,372.3 1,372.8 1,380.0 1,236.1 1,264.1 1,270.3 1,276.4 1,112.5 1,124.7 1,127.3 1,125.9

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 589.7 605.7 610.1 613.5 494.3 508.1 510.1 514.5 695.3 702.5 701.5 701.4

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86.1 87.1 87.0 87.4 123.7 126.1 126.1 126.3 125.3 125.1 127.6 127.6

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.2 109.1 109.3 108.5 79.1 78.8 78.6 78.0 125.6 127.7 127.1 126.8

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 936.4 949.0 950.5 951.9 619.7 632.9 635.0 637.2 827.0 833.3 834.7 838.7

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479.2 494.3 492.6 491.6 307.5 307.3 304.7 306.8 428.1 425.6 428.9 429.0

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234.3 234.9 235.1 234.9 144.5 143.8 143.5 143.5 260.0 263.2 262.4 262.8

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201.5 200.7 200.4 200.7 130.8 136.2 136.6 137.6 258.1 264.6 262.4 262.6

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280.5 288.0 290.5 291.6 197.6 201.2 201.0 202.6 314.1 310.9 312.0 311.7

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318.6 326.4 327.7 326.0 238.0 236.4 237.5 238.8 327.8 326.8 326.2 325.9

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127.6 126.9 126.1 126.6 67.6 70.2 68.4 69.6 100.3 100.2 100.2 100.2

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472.3 482.5 484.9 478.9 282.2 282.2 284.1 284.3 506.0 509.1 508.7 510.0

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801.2 815.9 819.5 825.4 371.1 374.4 372.7 373.2 457.1 460.5 459.8 459.3

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 676.7 670.9 670.4 668.2 436.0 441.9 444.1 448.5 605.3 616.7 613.6 613.4

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 547.1 543.2 541.4 541.3 274.9 280.0 282.1 287.0 424.9 426.3 426.1 426.3

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145.9 147.0 146.3 146.7 136.2 138.8 140.4 140.5 241.8 243.0 242.9 242.3

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480.5 494.5 492.9 493.4 306.9 312.6 313.1 314.6 432.4 436.7 435.4 434.9

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77.0 78.3 78.2 78.2 65.5 66.6 66.1 65.6 90.7 91.3 91.4 91.2

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155.7 157.2 156.6 156.9 92.9 93.0 93.4 95.8 173.0 175.8 175.7 175.8

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143.4 143.6 143.8 143.8 355.1 361.2 359.6 359.1 162.6 164.7 164.5 163.0

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126.1 130.5 130.6 130.0 72.2 73.5 72.6 72.1 89.5 92.0 88.3 88.4

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 712.4 720.8 719.7 722.0 395.9 402.4 405.0 410.9 603.1 604.5 603.0 600.9

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140.7 141.4 141.5 141.5 99.5 103.0 104.4 104.6 185.9 190.1 188.8 187.8

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,076.3 2,124.0 2,128.1 2,134.6 959.7 976.4 971.5 972.9 1,489.9 1,503.7 1,503.7 1,498.2

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610.6 625.1 626.2 626.1 504.1 516.6 523.3 530.8 730.0 736.5 735.9 734.5

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.5 66.4 66.0 66.0 40.4 39.1 39.0 38.8 82.4 82.5 82.6 82.2

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 940.6 950.6 950.9 953.2 570.2 578.4 580.2 582.6 777.0 782.2 780.4 783.4

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235.9 237.4 239.7 240.2 173.4 171.1 170.6 172.3 346.0 348.6 347.6 346.0

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296.3 304.5 306.9 306.1 210.9 213.5 213.8 216.2 296.6 298.3 298.2 300.5

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,289.7 1,291.6 1,293.1 1,294.9 570.8 575.0 572.3 569.9 703.0 709.2 708.4 708.7

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107.1 111.4 110.3 110.5 58.2 59.1 58.7 60.0 61.1 61.5 61.4 61.2

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255.0 258.9 258.2 258.9 261.8 268.7 267.5 269.8 369.2 375.0 375.2 375.8

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.3 74.3 74.0 74.0 47.7 47.2 47.9 48.4 79.9 79.8 80.3 80.1

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436.2 441.4 440.5 440.7 344.7 354.3 356.7 358.3 435.9 442.5 442.3 441.5

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,709.2 1,751.7 1,757.5 1,762.8 1,373.7 1,409.3 1,407.1 1,412.0 1,956.4 1,965.9 1,965.0 1,968.9

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205.7 215.1 214.5 214.9 153.4 156.0 157.4 158.2 250.2 251.3 252.7 253.4

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.6 66.3 66.6 66.6 38.5 39.8 39.4 39.4 57.0 56.1 56.2 55.8

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542.3 554.1 553.2 553.0 406.8 417.6 415.8 424.7 723.5 724.7 719.9 720.7

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 496.2 516.1 515.1 514.1 345.0 353.0 352.5 352.5 585.5 593.9 587.3 587.2

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128.3 131.6 129.9 130.0 74.0 74.9 75.3 75.4 150.8 151.8 151.8 151.8

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456.8 458.2 458.4 460.5 282.0 284.8 285.0 285.5 406.0 404.8 405.4 405.3

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.3 27.4 27.2 27.1 35.7 36.2 36.6 36.1 69.1 70.0 69.3 69.2

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117.5 120.6 121.7 121.6 77.0 78.9 79.4 79.4 203.9 202.2 202.5 202.7

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.6 10.6 10.6 10.6 10.7

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2018 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Total Mining and logging Construction

September October September October September October

2018 2019 2018 2019p2018 2019 2018 2019p2018 2019 2018 2019p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,047.2 2,093.9 2,059.9 2,101.8 10.1 9.9 10.1 9.8 90.7 95.3 92.0 95.5

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338.7 342.1 323.6 323.6 12.9 14.0 12.9 13.9 18.1 19.0 17.7 17.9

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,877.0 2,944.2 2,903.6 2,975.8 13.4 13.8 13.4 13.8 161.0 177.6 163.8 177.8

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,270.3 1,285.9 1,273.2 1,291.7 6.0 5.8 6.1 5.7 51.9 55.3 51.7 55.5

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,191.5 17,524.2 17,344.3 17,652.6 23.7 23.8 23.5 23.5 883.3 917.8 878.8 913.1

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,734.8 2,792.4 2,744.8 2,798.2 28.5 29.0 28.7 28.8 177.2 176.9 175.9 175.2

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,695.0 1,704.2 1,704.3 1,709.8 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 61.6 59.7 61.6 60.2

Delaware1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461.9 469.8 464.1 470.6 – – – – 22.7 23.4 23.1 23.6

District of Columbia1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 791.4 799.4 797.6 805.3 – – – – 15.6 15.9 15.6 15.9

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,774.5 9,004.2 8,855.3 9,088.3 5.8 5.9 5.8 5.9 548.0 569.2 551.7 576.6

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,557.2 4,629.5 4,588.2 4,661.4 9.5 9.3 9.4 9.4 198.8 207.6 201.4 206.9

Hawaii1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 654.0 660.5 658.7 664.5 – – – – 36.4 38.2 37.1 38.6

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 746.5 766.9 748.5 763.8 3.8 3.8 3.9 3.8 51.8 53.7 51.6 53.0

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,158.9 6,225.5 6,197.8 6,251.9 8.0 7.5 8.1 7.5 239.9 241.5 241.6 239.5

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,169.0 3,188.9 3,177.3 3,194.1 6.4 6.4 6.4 6.3 146.3 154.8 148.5 157.8

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,588.4 1,598.3 1,603.5 1,611.9 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.5 82.9 86.0 84.9 86.9

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,423.4 1,443.7 1,434.1 1,452.7 6.9 7.1 6.9 7.1 63.5 64.6 62.6 63.1

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,939.9 1,968.0 1,940.5 1,974.0 10.3 9.2 10.4 8.6 80.9 82.1 80.6 82.0

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,980.2 1,989.9 1,998.2 2,002.3 36.4 36.0 36.7 36.5 152.0 141.5 153.8 143.8

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 640.5 644.7 634.7 640.5 2.4 2.3 2.3 2.3 30.3 31.6 30.2 31.6

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,744.5 2,768.7 2,758.7 2,792.5 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 165.8 167.2 166.5 169.2

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,659.0 3,702.9 3,679.6 3,731.1 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.2 163.3 162.6 162.6 162.4

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,445.4 4,470.0 4,470.2 4,469.6 7.5 7.4 7.4 7.4 178.4 180.8 179.2 183.8

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,972.8 2,977.8 2,987.0 2,999.5 7.0 7.0 6.8 7.0 133.8 139.1 134.9 139.2

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,158.3 1,172.4 1,165.8 1,176.9 6.9 6.7 6.9 6.9 44.1 44.5 43.4 44.5

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,901.0 2,934.5 2,912.9 2,946.9 4.4 4.4 4.5 4.3 126.5 128.3 126.2 128.0

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483.6 489.4 481.9 488.4 7.4 7.5 7.5 7.4 30.9 30.4 30.6 31.7

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,027.3 1,036.2 1,028.3 1,046.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 54.2 57.1 54.1 58.2

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,400.2 1,442.7 1,413.5 1,444.4 14.7 14.1 14.6 14.3 92.1 102.0 92.9 105.0

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 682.9 692.0 687.5 694.5 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.1 27.8 30.1 28.0 30.4

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,162.9 4,194.1 4,192.3 4,224.0 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 160.9 169.7 163.3 170.9

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 845.3 863.3 850.6 868.4 24.7 26.7 25.1 26.5 47.0 51.4 47.5 52.8

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,668.0 9,788.1 9,780.5 9,883.9 5.8 5.9 5.8 5.9 413.6 420.2 414.2 414.0

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,483.3 4,586.7 4,527.9 4,617.0 5.7 5.6 5.7 5.6 222.9 221.1 223.1 220.8

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439.7 441.2 441.8 442.2 21.6 21.3 21.7 20.8 29.5 30.7 29.0 30.6

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,583.0 5,616.2 5,614.8 5,635.4 12.4 12.7 12.6 12.8 231.6 224.3 232.1 222.8

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,698.6 1,699.1 1,705.0 1,709.4 54.1 52.6 54.3 52.0 82.9 84.9 82.1 84.0

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,919.2 1,951.2 1,931.6 1,963.5 7.3 7.5 7.5 7.7 108.9 113.1 108.2 111.0

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,041.8 6,076.7 6,087.0 6,118.2 29.1 29.7 29.1 29.7 266.8 270.5 266.3 270.6

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 501.3 508.4 503.0 512.4 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 20.3 20.4 20.4 20.9

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,131.9 2,176.3 2,158.5 2,188.1 4.4 4.6 4.4 4.6 101.0 101.7 101.7 102.8

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443.4 451.9 443.3 452.1 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.1 24.5 25.4 23.8 24.7

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,087.3 3,136.1 3,102.8 3,142.9 4.4 4.5 4.4 4.5 128.6 126.2 130.0 125.9

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,531.6 12,841.7 12,651.0 12,950.8 252.4 256.5 256.0 254.5 745.4 796.7 752.7 804.8

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,533.5 1,579.2 1,542.0 1,593.2 9.6 10.0 9.7 10.0 106.6 111.4 107.2 114.1

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316.7 316.8 319.5 320.0 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 16.3 15.4 15.9 15.8

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,005.1 4,023.4 4,018.1 4,047.3 7.9 8.3 7.9 8.3 199.9 201.4 199.7 201.1

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,428.1 3,515.2 3,449.2 3,525.5 6.5 6.5 6.5 6.4 220.6 227.4 223.0 228.2

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 733.6 737.0 740.3 743.1 22.9 22.1 22.8 22.3 48.0 49.5 48.8 49.1

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,981.1 2,987.7 2,992.5 3,006.3 4.9 4.8 4.8 4.8 129.2 135.1 129.1 133.9

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291.4 294.1 289.0 289.1 20.9 19.6 21.0 19.5 21.5 22.5 22.1 22.1

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864.3 872.3 870.9 873.6 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 26.3 27.0 26.0 26.6

Virgin Islands1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.1 35.1 33.6 35.5 – – – – 2.4 2.8 2.4 2.9

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 2018 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Manufacturing Trade, transportation, and utilities Information

September October September October September October

2018 2019 2018 2019p

2018 2019 2018 2019p2018 2019 2018 2019p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267.9 271.1 269.4 271.6 378.9 382.7 383.3 385.8 20.9 21.2 21.0 21.3

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.4 15.3 9.7 9.9 67.1 68.0 63.0 63.1 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171.2 179.9 171.9 179.9 533.8 542.1 537.6 551.1 46.4 46.7 47.1 47.2

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161.1 162.1 160.5 164.2 251.1 252.5 252.0 253.9 11.0 10.8 11.1 10.9

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,341.5 1,354.7 1,334.7 1,346.9 3,045.0 3,046.3 3,060.9 3,069.1 544.6 560.6 558.6 559.4

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148.1 150.7 148.5 149.9 469.1 470.9 471.2 475.7 74.8 74.2 74.7 74.9

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160.3 161.4 160.3 161.7 294.4 292.0 296.8 293.2 31.6 32.8 31.9 33.3

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.1 27.5 27.2 27.6 79.8 79.3 79.4 79.8 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.9

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.3 33.1 32.9 33.6 32.7 19.4 20.1 19.7 20.7

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373.5 380.5 375.0 382.5 1,767.7 1,788.7 1,783.3 1,806.1 137.7 135.5 140.2 137.0

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410.3 413.3 407.9 410.6 942.8 948.8 947.2 956.7 115.0 113.5 116.8 115.0

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.9 14.0 14.1 13.9 122.2 119.1 122.1 118.6 9.3 9.4 9.3 9.3

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.7 71.9 68.6 71.0 143.9 145.7 144.0 146.3 8.8 8.1 8.8 8.1

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 589.6 591.6 592.7 590.1 1,206.0 1,219.7 1,222.1 1,229.5 93.7 90.7 94.5 91.2

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542.5 538.3 542.2 534.2 597.5 594.5 602.5 595.7 28.8 27.6 28.8 27.8

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223.7 227.5 225.1 227.8 310.0 310.2 311.7 312.4 21.9 20.5 22.0 20.4

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166.0 167.6 166.1 165.7 267.6 266.9 271.2 269.5 18.4 18.2 18.4 18.3

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250.7 257.1 253.0 255.7 402.0 410.4 402.1 411.5 22.0 21.8 21.6 21.5

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135.4 139.5 135.5 138.5 377.4 378.9 377.4 379.7 21.4 21.1 22.7 21.1

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.3 53.5 52.2 53.5 119.6 121.8 119.6 121.0 7.3 7.2 7.1 7.4

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108.8 108.3 109.0 108.7 465.3 461.1 464.5 468.2 35.5 35.8 36.1 35.9

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243.8 242.7 243.6 243.4 574.8 577.6 578.0 581.7 91.3 93.7 92.1 94.0

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 633.7 627.8 634.3 607.0 791.8 792.7 796.0 798.7 55.6 57.4 55.6 57.1

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324.8 323.0 323.4 324.3 534.2 534.1 537.7 540.6 48.7 46.0 48.7 45.1

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144.4 145.8 145.2 147.2 229.4 234.7 230.9 236.3 10.8 10.8 10.9 10.9

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274.3 277.5 274.9 275.1 542.7 541.2 543.7 545.1 49.8 50.1 50.0 48.9

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.9 20.7 20.9 20.8 94.9 95.8 95.2 96.5 6.3 5.9 6.3 5.8

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.3 100.2 99.9 100.5 199.1 198.8 199.9 201.3 17.5 17.2 17.5 17.0

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.5 61.1 58.6 61.5 255.8 257.6 258.7 261.1 15.0 15.4 15.3 15.6

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70.8 69.7 70.8 69.8 138.1 140.7 139.5 141.4 12.3 12.3 12.3 12.4

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246.8 252.1 249.1 250.4 882.0 882.2 892.6 891.6 69.2 65.8 68.5 65.8

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.7 28.0 27.5 28.2 137.3 136.8 137.8 139.0 11.8 11.3 12.0 11.3

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444.4 440.4 445.2 438.6 1,552.0 1,573.9 1,570.0 1,587.2 277.0 280.2 278.1 278.1

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476.1 470.5 474.5 473.2 824.7 854.1 832.5 856.6 79.3 81.7 79.5 81.4

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.2 26.5 26.7 26.8 93.9 92.4 94.5 92.3 6.2 6.1 6.1 6.1

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 699.4 700.7 699.8 697.1 1,017.6 1,017.1 1,029.8 1,023.5 70.1 69.4 70.3 70.0

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138.2 136.1 137.7 135.6 299.7 304.2 302.6 307.9 19.7 18.8 19.9 18.9

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197.4 204.7 197.2 202.7 354.9 356.2 357.2 357.8 34.0 33.4 34.1 33.8

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 570.8 562.0 572.5 563.5 1,122.5 1,129.7 1,133.8 1,142.5 85.6 87.8 86.3 87.8

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.2 39.2 39.9 39.1 77.3 79.1 77.9 79.3 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.1

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248.2 256.6 248.7 254.9 403.3 412.6 407.8 416.3 27.7 27.1 28.0 27.0

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.8 46.3 45.2 46.1 86.4 89.2 86.7 90.1 5.5 5.5 5.6 5.5

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353.0 359.2 352.5 352.7 626.2 630.8 630.1 636.4 44.7 46.7 45.5 47.0

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 887.3 913.6 889.4 909.7 2,482.0 2,514.9 2,505.8 2,542.7 202.7 200.7 202.1 201.9

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133.7 139.2 135.3 138.5 288.4 292.1 289.6 295.1 38.8 40.6 39.2 41.2

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.8 30.3 30.0 30.3 54.3 53.9 54.4 54.4 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.2

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241.8 246.4 240.9 243.1 654.9 649.1 658.4 654.3 66.1 62.9 65.8 63.3

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292.1 303.5 291.8 299.9 641.3 649.6 641.0 650.1 137.0 145.1 137.9 145.4

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.1 47.7 47.7 47.9 129.2 130.1 131.2 132.6 8.1 7.7 8.2 7.6

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478.3 470.5 477.6 469.0 540.3 548.8 541.5 550.1 47.0 48.6 47.6 48.7

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.4 52.3 54.0 52.0 53.5 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.5

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72.5 73.4 72.6 73.5 168.6 165.8 170.7 166.3 17.4 18.2 17.5 18.2

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 6.8 7.0 7.0 7.2 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 2018 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Financial activities Professional and business services Education and health services

September October September October September October

2018 2019 2018 2019p

2018 2019 2018 2019p2018 2019 2018 2019p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96.7 98.2 97.8 97.9 245.0 256.7 246.4 259.7 246.6 252.0 248.3 251.7

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.7 11.4 11.8 11.3 28.2 27.9 27.2 26.9 50.1 49.6 50.3 50.2

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221.9 223.7 223.0 225.9 433.2 439.6 440.6 445.7 449.6 467.6 454.7 471.6

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.8 63.3 60.8 62.8 147.7 147.0 148.0 148.8 192.7 195.6 194.3 196.3

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 832.6 842.4 836.6 851.7 2,683.6 2,768.0 2,711.7 2,773.7 2,729.5 2,818.5 2,762.2 2,853.1

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170.9 170.8 169.8 172.4 428.7 456.4 435.7 460.5 340.0 347.3 345.2 351.7

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125.1 127.5 126.4 127.0 222.1 221.7 223.2 221.7 334.7 344.5 340.0 349.1

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.9 48.2 47.2 48.3 63.6 62.5 64.8 63.1 79.8 82.9 81.0 83.5

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.8 29.9 29.7 30.3 167.4 169.7 169.0 173.2 131.3 132.3 134.0 135.0

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 575.8 593.6 582.1 598.0 1,368.0 1,415.1 1,389.4 1,430.6 1,309.6 1,367.4 1,325.5 1,386.3

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249.1 250.6 251.2 252.8 693.8 703.7 706.5 710.1 589.0 611.1 594.4 619.3

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.6 28.7 28.7 28.8 82.4 83.2 82.8 84.1 85.9 87.1 86.4 87.8

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.7 38.9 36.7 38.2 95.1 102.7 96.2 102.2 104.5 108.6 106.3 109.4

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403.4 405.9 405.0 406.9 968.6 976.3 973.4 978.3 930.4 945.7 944.5 959.6

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139.2 139.8 138.4 141.2 345.0 353.4 345.2 356.4 477.5 492.7 484.5 496.2

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108.9 109.1 109.1 108.8 141.6 141.5 142.7 143.7 234.0 234.6 237.9 238.1

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.8 77.5 77.2 77.5 180.9 186.2 182.2 188.3 199.6 199.3 202.7 201.9

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93.5 95.3 94.1 95.7 218.7 217.1 217.1 221.4 279.6 291.0 281.9 293.4

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90.8 90.6 91.5 91.0 212.3 215.9 216.0 219.3 316.3 327.5 320.8 327.9

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.3 32.2 31.8 32.2 70.0 70.3 70.1 70.1 127.7 126.1 128.6 127.5

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143.7 143.0 143.5 143.5 453.4 456.7 452.6 466.2 469.2 482.8 476.7 483.0

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221.5 224.1 220.8 223.1 589.0 598.8 591.3 603.7 796.7 816.5 809.2 834.0

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218.9 224.2 217.9 223.9 659.1 664.2 671.5 668.6 675.4 669.6 682.0 672.4

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184.5 188.3 184.6 187.2 379.3 375.1 384.2 379.5 544.5 539.0 549.1 543.4

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.5 45.8 44.6 45.3 111.2 110.4 114.0 110.3 146.2 146.4 146.9 147.6

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173.3 176.5 172.9 177.2 388.8 393.9 390.6 394.8 477.1 491.0 485.0 498.2

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.9 26.3 25.2 26.5 43.3 45.2 43.5 45.4 76.7 78.1 77.0 78.1

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.0 75.1 74.0 75.5 120.2 122.0 121.0 122.9 155.7 156.4 156.6 157.8

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.2 72.0 68.5 72.5 192.6 203.0 198.8 202.5 142.0 144.5 143.8 144.2

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.1 33.7 34.0 33.9 83.4 85.8 84.8 86.2 125.5 130.0 127.5 131.1

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251.8 248.2 248.4 246.1 679.3 674.4 681.2 679.4 705.5 714.4 717.1 726.5

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.1 34.8 33.9 35.0 107.8 110.3 108.2 109.8 140.3 140.9 141.4 142.1

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 720.0 713.3 719.6 716.0 1,347.6 1,362.1 1,355.9 1,378.3 2,050.4 2,110.2 2,106.5 2,164.2

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240.4 249.0 241.9 252.3 638.3 654.8 650.1 656.7 608.7 626.1 615.4 630.3

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.2 24.0 24.2 23.9 35.3 36.5 35.2 36.5 63.6 65.8 63.8 66.4

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307.9 309.6 306.7 308.8 735.1 741.1 742.8 744.8 936.5 950.0 947.8 960.8

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.3 78.6 79.5 78.4 193.3 190.5 193.3 192.9 236.9 240.6 237.5 241.8

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102.7 102.6 101.7 102.5 251.1 256.2 250.9 255.8 295.6 306.4 298.1 307.8

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325.9 330.9 326.7 331.5 809.2 818.9 817.4 824.7 1,281.8 1,289.9 1,307.1 1,313.7

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.2 36.6 35.5 36.5 69.7 70.0 69.5 71.0 106.4 109.6 109.2 112.7

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104.4 104.4 104.5 105.6 289.3 291.0 298.3 292.1 255.2 259.0 257.3 261.0

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.1 28.8 28.9 28.8 32.8 33.8 33.0 34.2 72.8 73.7 73.4 74.1

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164.3 168.9 163.4 168.6 419.9 429.4 422.6 429.8 439.1 442.9 442.2 447.0

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780.8 811.6 786.2 813.9 1,748.9 1,791.2 1,761.8 1,804.5 1,706.1 1,756.8 1,718.2 1,771.9

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87.9 90.9 88.6 91.2 218.2 226.6 217.7 228.7 206.7 216.2 208.9 218.5

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.3 11.9 12.1 11.7 29.3 30.4 29.0 30.7 65.9 66.1 67.0 67.0

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207.9 209.3 208.0 210.0 748.8 754.3 754.4 757.0 544.3 555.6 548.8 559.1

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158.7 166.5 159.4 166.8 433.3 444.5 431.1 443.1 491.2 511.9 499.5 517.0

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.2 29.5 29.3 29.4 69.9 68.0 70.1 69.2 128.5 130.4 129.7 131.1

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152.8 152.2 153.6 152.3 326.6 326.7 326.8 328.3 456.5 457.4 461.0 465.1

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.1 11.1 10.9 11.4 19.4 19.0 19.0 19.0 28.3 27.3 28.5 27.3

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.7 43.1 42.4 43.4 122.8 123.0 124.1 122.3 116.6 121.7 118.2 122.8

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.8 1.9 1.8 1.9 3.3 3.8 3.3 3.8 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.3

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2018 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Leisure and hospitality Other services Government

September October September October September October

2018 2019 2018 2019p

2018 2019 2018 2019p2018 2019 2018 2019p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206.9 216.0 205.6 214.7 96.8 100.3 96.9 100.7 386.7 390.5 389.1 393.1

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.7 39.6 33.0 32.9 11.1 10.8 11.0 10.8 80.9 81.0 81.5 81.2

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324.3 330.3 328.5 335.9 93.2 95.5 94.2 98.0 429.0 427.4 428.8 428.9

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119.9 124.7 119.2 123.8 53.9 53.0 53.4 53.2 214.2 215.8 216.1 216.6

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,992.5 2,032.4 1,984.3 2,030.6 573.9 573.3 575.2 576.1 2,541.3 2,586.4 2,617.8 2,655.4

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339.0 346.9 331.7 335.2 110.9 112.9 112.5 114.4 447.6 456.4 450.9 459.5

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160.2 162.7 157.6 160.0 65.6 64.9 64.7 63.5 238.8 236.5 241.3 239.6

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.1 55.8 50.3 53.2 18.5 18.2 18.7 18.6 66.5 68.1 68.5 69.0

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.3 82.8 80.9 82.2 76.0 77.3 76.5 77.7 237.2 237.1 237.3 236.3

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,210.9 1,246.8 1,215.4 1,257.8 353.2 364.4 355.8 362.4 1,124.3 1,137.1 1,131.1 1,145.1

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 491.8 507.9 491.6 512.9 160.4 159.8 160.6 160.0 696.7 703.9 701.2 707.7

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123.3 125.9 123.7 126.2 28.1 28.5 28.1 28.4 123.9 126.4 126.4 128.8

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.8 80.7 77.7 76.3 25.6 25.9 25.9 25.7 125.8 126.9 128.8 129.8

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 626.3 643.4 622.2 639.6 253.2 256.5 255.3 257.9 839.8 846.7 838.4 851.8

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314.0 309.7 308.1 307.3 131.7 130.0 132.8 129.9 440.1 441.7 439.9 441.3

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145.2 144.8 144.1 143.2 57.2 58.6 57.5 58.9 260.3 262.9 265.9 269.2

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130.2 137.2 130.7 138.1 50.9 53.2 50.4 52.9 262.6 265.9 265.7 270.3

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200.8 203.1 197.6 202.6 65.3 66.6 65.4 67.0 316.1 314.3 316.7 314.6

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236.3 236.6 237.3 238.2 73.8 75.6 74.4 76.0 328.1 326.7 332.1 330.3

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.2 75.9 67.5 69.4 22.2 22.2 22.3 22.5 101.2 101.6 103.0 103.0

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287.2 290.1 278.2 281.1 113.9 115.8 116.4 116.8 500.4 506.6 513.9 518.6

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382.5 385.6 375.5 376.9 137.2 139.6 138.1 141.4 457.8 460.5 467.3 469.3

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442.8 452.9 434.5 447.5 166.5 169.8 166.8 168.1 615.7 623.2 625.0 635.1

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282.0 291.6 271.5 285.4 113.5 113.5 113.3 113.4 420.5 421.1 432.8 434.4

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135.9 140.5 136.1 140.4 41.2 41.1 41.8 41.7 243.7 245.7 245.1 245.8

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311.1 317.0 307.1 315.3 115.4 115.7 115.1 115.9 437.6 438.9 442.9 444.1

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.6 69.1 63.8 63.6 18.9 18.8 19.2 19.4 90.8 91.6 92.7 93.2

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94.0 95.0 91.7 95.1 37.1 37.4 36.5 37.8 174.1 175.9 176.0 178.9

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355.5 362.0 355.2 358.9 43.1 44.2 42.3 43.8 163.7 166.8 164.8 165.0

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.3 74.1 71.4 70.9 25.2 25.2 25.4 25.9 91.4 89.3 92.7 91.4

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405.3 418.2 387.8 404.5 171.2 177.5 172.2 179.3 589.5 590.2 610.7 608.1

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98.1 104.1 98.6 104.0 28.7 28.7 28.8 28.3 187.8 190.3 189.8 191.4

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 975.1 991.7 965.3 977.8 411.1 408.4 415.9 412.2 1,471.0 1,481.8 1,504.0 1,511.6

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 496.4 524.2 502.4 529.7 153.1 158.6 155.5 159.2 737.7 741.0 747.3 751.2

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.9 40.1 41.0 39.5 15.4 14.9 15.4 15.1 82.9 82.9 84.2 84.2

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 577.7 593.5 569.5 583.5 213.5 213.9 213.8 212.9 781.2 783.9 789.6 798.4

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173.7 170.8 173.9 173.0 71.9 74.1 72.2 73.5 348.9 347.9 352.0 351.4

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216.0 218.7 209.7 214.9 64.3 63.3 65.5 64.2 287.0 289.1 301.5 305.3

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 578.4 580.3 572.1 569.6 260.4 260.4 258.5 261.3 711.3 716.6 717.2 723.3

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.2 62.4 58.9 60.9 23.1 23.9 23.6 23.7 60.7 61.0 61.9 62.0

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251.6 266.0 259.0 266.6 76.9 77.5 76.1 77.7 369.9 375.8 372.7 379.5

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.2 49.9 47.5 48.4 16.8 17.2 17.0 17.5 80.4 81.0 81.2 81.6

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343.6 358.1 344.0 358.4 119.1 120.3 120.2 119.8 444.4 449.1 447.9 452.8

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,360.1 1,403.9 1,366.8 1,404.5 434.4 451.8 437.4 453.9 1,931.5 1,944.0 1,974.6 1,988.5

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151.3 155.7 150.1 155.1 41.4 41.7 41.4 42.7 250.9 254.8 254.3 258.1

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.7 37.8 36.2 37.1 10.3 10.1 10.2 10.1 56.8 55.9 59.7 57.9

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408.4 420.2 405.1 424.1 200.6 200.6 200.6 201.7 724.5 715.3 728.5 725.3

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351.1 360.3 343.5 350.6 122.5 124.8 123.6 123.7 573.8 575.1 591.9 594.3

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.9 76.7 74.6 76.0 24.3 23.6 24.6 23.5 151.5 151.7 153.3 154.4

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289.1 291.3 281.5 284.8 152.1 153.7 152.3 153.3 404.3 398.6 416.7 416.0

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.8 39.9 34.7 35.1 16.3 17.3 16.8 17.0 69.3 69.8 70.3 70.3

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.5 79.1 76.8 79.2 17.4 17.5 17.7 17.5 204.0 202.9 204.4 203.3

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.1 4.5 4.3 4.5 0.9 1.1 1.0 1.1 10.5 10.6 10.5 10.6

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2018 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

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

seasonally adjusted, October 2018 - October 2019