For release 10:00 a.m. (EDT) Tuesday, September 20, 2016 USDL-16-1866 

Technical information:

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REGIONAL AND STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT — AUGUST 2016 

Unemployment rates were significantly higher in August in 6 states, lower in 3 states, and stable in 41 

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

notable jobless rate decreases from a year earlier, 5 states had increases, and 35 states and the District 

had no significant change. The national unemployment rate remained at 4.9 percent in August and was 

little different from that of August 2015.

Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 4 states and the District of Columbia in August 2016, 

decreased in 3 states, and was essentially unchanged in 43 states. Over the year, 35 states added 

appreciable numbers of nonfarm payroll jobs, North Dakota and Wyoming lost jobs, and 13 states and 

the District were essentially unchanged.

Regional Unemployment 

In August, two regions had unemployment rates significantly different than the U.S. rate of 4.9 percent: 

the Midwest, at 4.5 percent, and West, at 5.3 percent. Over the month, no region had a statistically 

significant unemployment rate change. Significant over-the-year rate decreases occurred in two regions: 

the South (-0.5 percentage point) and West (-0.3 point). (See table 1.)

Among the nine geographic divisions, the West North Central had the lowest unemployment rate, 4.1 

percent in August, followed by New England, 4.2 percent, and the South Atlantic, 4.5 percent. The 

Pacific had the highest rate, 5.4 percent. Over the month, the West North Central had the only 

statistically significant jobless rate change (+0.2 percentage point). Four of the 9 divisions had

significant rate changes from a year earlier, all of which were declines. The largest of these decreases 

occurred in the East South Central and South Atlantic (-0.8 percentage point each).

State Unemployment

South Dakota and New Hampshire had the lowest jobless rates in August, 2.9 percent and 3.0 percent, 

respectively. Alaska had the highest unemployment rate, 6.8 percent. In total, 20 states had 

unemployment rates significantly lower than the U.S. figure of 4.9 percent, 11 states and the District of 

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

nation. (See tables A and 3 and map 1.) 
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In August, six states had statistically significant unemployment rate increases, the largest of which 

occurred in Missouri (+0.4 percentage point) and Kansas (+0.3 point). Three states had notable rate 

decreases: Alabama and Illinois (-0.3 percentage point each) and Utah (-0.2 point). The remaining 41 

states and the District of Columbia had jobless rates that were not significantly different from those of a 

month earlier, though some had changes that were at least as large numerically as the significant 

changes. (See table B.)

Ten states had statistically significant unemployment rate decreases from August 2015. The largest 

declines were in Arkansas and Tennessee (-1.2 percentage points each), followed by North Carolina 

 (-1.1 points) and West Virginia (-1.0 point). Five states had significant unemployment rate increases 

over the year. The largest increase was in Wyoming (+1.2 percentage points), followed by Oklahoma 

and Pennsylvania (+0.8 point each). (See table C.)

Nonfarm Payroll Employment 

Four states and the District of Columbia had statistically significant over-the-month increases in 

nonfarm payroll employment and 3 states had significant decreases in August 2016. The largest job 

gains occurred in California (+63,100), Florida (+24,500), and Virginia (+13,100). In percentage terms, 

the largest increase occurred in the District (+0.8 percent), followed by New Hampshire (+0.7 percent) 

and California (+0.4 percent). The three significant decreases in employment over the month occurred in 

Michigan (-16,400), North Carolina (-14,100), and Louisiana (-7,800). In percentage terms, the largest 

decreases occurred in Louisiana and Michigan (-0.4 percent each), followed by North Carolina (-0.3 

percent). (See tables D and 5.) 

Thirty-seven states had statistically significant over-the-year changes in nonfarm payroll employment in 

August, 35 of which were increases. The largest job gains occurred in California (+378,000), Florida 

(+259,800), and Texas (+190,600). The largest percentage gains occurred in Idaho and Oregon (+3.3 

percent each), followed by Florida (+3.2 percent). Two states had significant over-the-year declines in 

employment: Wyoming (-9,400, or -3.3 percent) and North Dakota (-7,500, or -1.7 percent). (See table E 

and map 2.) 

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

be released on Wednesday, September 28, 2016, at 10:00 a.m. (EDT). The Regional and State 

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

Friday, October 21, 2016, at 10:00 a.m. (EDT). 
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State Rate p

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

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

Arizona ........................................................... 5.8

Arkansas ........................................................ 3.9

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

Colorado ......................................................... 3.8

Delaware ......................................................... 4.3

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

Hawaii ............................................................. 3.4

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

Iowa ................................................................ 4.2

Kansas ........................................................... 4.3

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

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

Maryland ......................................................... 4.3

Massachusetts ................................................ 3.9

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

Mississippi ...................................................... 6.0

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

Nebraska ........................................................ 3.2

Nevada ............................................................ 6.3

New Hampshire ............................................... 3.0

New Mexico .................................................... 6.6

North Dakota ................................................... 3.1

Pennsylvania ................................................... 5.7

South Dakota .................................................. 2.9

Utah ............................................................... 3.7

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

Virginia ........................................................... 3.9

Washington ..................................................... 5.7

West Virginia ................................................... 5.7

Wisconsin ....................................................... 4.2

Wyoming ........................................................ 5.5

1

 Data are not preliminary.

p

 = preliminary.

Table A. States with unemployment rates significantly different from that

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

to August 2016, seasonally adjusted

July 2016 August 2016 p

Alabama .................................... 5.7 5.4 -0.3

Illinois ........................................ 5.8 5.5 -.3

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

Kansas ...................................... 4.0 4.3 .3

Missouri .................................... 4.7 5.1 .4

Nebraska ................................... 3.1 3.2 .1

New Mexico ............................... 6.4 6.6 .2

Oregon ...................................... 5.2 5.4 .2

Utah .......................................... 3.9 3.7 -.2

p

 = preliminary.

State

Rate Over-the-month 

change p

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

to August 2016, seasonally adjusted

August 2015 August 2016 p

Arkansas ................................... 5.1 3.9 -1.2

California ................................... 6.0 5.5 -.5

Georgia ..................................... 5.6 4.9 -.7

Iowa .......................................... 3.6 4.2 .6

Maryland ................................... 5.1 4.3 -.8

Massachusetts .......................... 4.8 3.9 -.9

New York ................................... 5.0 4.8 -.2

North Carolina ............................ 5.7 4.6 -1.1

North Dakota .............................. 2.7 3.1 .4

Oklahoma .................................. 4.3 5.1 .8

Pennsylvania .............................. 4.9 5.7 .8

Tennessee ................................. 5.6 4.4 -1.2

Vermont .................................... 3.7 3.3 -.4

West Virginia ............................. 6.7 5.7 -1.0

Wyoming ................................... 4.3 5.5 1.2

p

 = preliminary.

State

Rate Over-the-year 

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

August 2016, seasonally adjusted

July August

2016 2016 p Level Percent

California ................................... 16,471,200 16,534,300 63,100 0.4

District of Columbia .................... 773,000 778,900 5,900 .8

Florida ....................................... 8,367,900 8,392,400 24,500 .3

Louisiana ................................... 1,978,500 1,970,700 -7,800 -.4

Michigan .................................... 4,341,000 4,324,600 -16,400 -.4

New Hampshire .......................... 667,100 671,500 4,400 .7

North Carolina ............................ 4,341,300 4,327,200 -14,100 -.3

Virginia ...................................... 3,920,100 3,933,200 13,100 .3

p

 = preliminary.

Over-the-month change p

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

August 2016, seasonally adjusted

August August

2015 2016 p Level Percent

Alabama .................................... 1,952,500 1,971,100 18,600 1.0

Arizona ...................................... 2,644,800 2,698,800 54,000 2.0

Arkansas ................................... 1,212,700 1,229,400 16,700 1.4

California ................................... 16,156,300 16,534,300 378,000 2.3

Colorado .................................... 2,546,200 2,617,800 71,600 2.8

Connecticut ............................... 1,672,200 1,690,800 18,600 1.1

Delaware ................................... 449,100 461,600 12,500 2.8

Florida ....................................... 8,132,600 8,392,400 259,800 3.2

Georgia ..................................... 4,283,200 4,387,200 104,000 2.4

Hawaii ....................................... 640,600 651,400 10,800 1.7

 

Idaho ......................................... 673,500 695,500 22,000 3.3

Illinois ........................................ 5,968,600 6,008,700 40,100 .7

Indiana ...................................... 3,043,200 3,075,000 31,800 1.0

Iowa .......................................... 1,559,400 1,590,600 31,200 2.0

Maryland ................................... 2,665,500 2,712,300 46,800 1.8

Massachusetts .......................... 3,508,300 3,576,400 68,100 1.9

Michigan .................................... 4,248,800 4,324,600 75,800 1.8

Minnesota .................................. 2,862,700 2,901,400 38,700 1.4

Nevada ...................................... 1,264,100 1,301,300 37,200 2.9

New Hampshire .......................... 658,500 671,500 13,000 2.0

 

New Jersey ................................ 4,028,600 4,080,800 52,200 1.3

New York ................................... 9,283,400 9,385,900 102,500 1.1

North Carolina ............................ 4,252,400 4,327,200 74,800 1.8

North Dakota .............................. 450,000 442,500 -7,500 -1.7

Ohio .......................................... 5,425,100 5,503,400 78,300 1.4

Oregon ...................................... 1,783,800 1,842,900 59,100 3.3

Pennsylvania .............................. 5,843,700 5,899,500 55,800 1.0

South Carolina ........................... 2,010,300 2,060,800 50,500 2.5

South Dakota ............................. 427,700 437,900 10,200 2.4

Tennessee ................................. 2,901,900 2,965,900 64,000 2.2

 

Texas ........................................ 11,862,800 12,053,400 190,600 1.6

Utah .......................................... 1,383,600 1,426,400 42,800 3.1

Vermont .................................... 311,700 318,200 6,500 2.1

Virginia ...................................... 3,860,700 3,933,200 72,500 1.9

Washington ............................... 3,163,000 3,251,800 88,800 2.8

Wisconsin ................................. 2,889,600 2,930,700 41,100 1.4

Wyoming ................................... 289,200 279,800 -9,400 -3.3

p

 = preliminary.

Over-the-year change p

State
Technical Note

This release presents labor force and unemployment data for 

census regions and divisions, states, and selected substate areas 

from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program 

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

estimates by state and industry supersector from the Current 

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

LAUS and CES programs are both federal-state cooperative 

endeavors.

Labor force and unemployment—from the LAUS 

program 

 Definitions. The labor force and unemployment data are 

based on the same concepts and definitions as those used for the 

official national estimates obtained from the Current Population 

Survey (CPS), a sample survey of households that is conducted 

for the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) by the U.S. Census 

Bureau. The LAUS program measures employment and 

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

each is the civilian noninstitutional population 16 years of age 

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

for pay or profit in the reference week (the week including the 

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

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

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

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

illness, or vacation. Unemployed persons are those who were 

not employed during the reference week (based on the 

definition above), had actively looked for a job sometime in the 

4-week period ending with the reference week, and were 

currently available for work; persons on layoff expecting recall 

need not be looking for work to be counted as unemployed. The 

labor force is the sum of employed and unemployed persons. 

The unemployment rate is the number of unemployed as a 

percent of the labor force.

 Method of estimation. Estimates for 48 of the 50 states, the 

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

metropolitan division, New York City, and the balances of 

California and New York State are produced using time-series 

models. This method, which underwent substantial 

enhancement at the beginning of 2015, utilizes data from 

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

unemployment insurance (UI) programs. Estimates for the state 

of California are derived by summing the estimates for the Los 

Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale metropolitan division and the 

balance of California. Similarly, estimates for New York State 

are derived by summing the estimates for New York City and 

the balance of New York State. Estimates for the nine census 

divisions, as well as the five additional substate areas contained 

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

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

Estimates for census regions are obtained by summing the 

model-based estimates for the component divisions. Each 

month, census division estimates are controlled to the national 

totals; state estimates are then controlled to their respective 

division totals. Substate and balance-of-state estimates for the 

five areas noted above also are controlled to their respective 

state totals. This tiered process of controlling model-based 

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

Estimates for Puerto Rico are derived from a monthly 

household survey similar to the CPS. A detailed description of 

the estimation procedures is available from BLS upon request.

 Annual revisions. Labor force and unemployment data for 

prior years reflect adjustments made after the end of each year. 

The adjusted estimates reflect updated population data from the 

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

model re-estimation. In most years, historical data for the most 

recent five years are revised near the beginning of each calendar 

year, prior to the release of January estimates. With the 

introduction of a new generation of times-series models in early 

2015, historical data were re-estimated back to the series 

beginnings in 1976, 1990, or 1994.

 Seasonal adjustment. The LAUS models decompose the 

estimates of employed and unemployed persons into trend, 

seasonal, and irregular components. The trend component of 

each measure is then smoothed using a Trend-Cycle Cascade 

Filter, which combines the Henderson trend filter with a 

seasonal filter. This combined filter suppresses variability due 

to real-time benchmarking while simultaneously removing any 

residual seasonality that may be present in the series. The 

resulting smoothed-seasonally adjusted unemployment rate 

estimates are analyzed in this news release and published on the 

BLS website. During estimation for the current year, the 

smoothed-seasonally adjusted estimates for a given month are 

created using an asymmetric filter that incorporates information 

from previous observations only. For annual revisions, 

historical data are smoothed using a two-sided filter. 

 Area definitions. The substate area data published in this 

release reflect the delineations issued by the U.S. Office of 

Management and Budget on February 28, 2013. A detailed list 

of the geographic definitions is available online at 

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

Employment—from the CES program

 Definitions. Employment data refer to persons on 

establishment payrolls who receive pay for any part of the pay 

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

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

those appearing on more than one payroll are counted on each 

payroll. Industries are classified on the basis of their principal 

activity in accordance with the 2012 version of the North 

American Industry Classification System.

 Method of estimation. CES State and Area employment 

data are produced using several estimation procedures. Where 

possible these data are produced using a "weighted link 

relative" estimation technique in which a ratio of current month 

weighted employment to that of the previous-month weighted 

employment is computed from a sample of establishments 

reporting for both months. The estimates of employment for the 
current month are then obtained by multiplying these ratios by 

the previous month’s employment estimates. The weighted link 

relative technique is utilized for data series where the sample 

size meets certain statistical criteria. 

 For some employment series, the sample of establishments 

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

approach is used in estimation. These models use the direct 

sample estimates (described above), combined with forecasts of 

historical (benchmarked) data to decrease volatility in 

estimation. Two different models (Fay-Herriot Model and 

Small Domain Model) are used depending on the industry level 

being estimated. For more detailed information about each 

model, refer to the BLS Handbook of Methods.

 Annual revisions. Employment estimates are adjusted 

annually to a complete count of jobs, called benchmarks, 

derived principally from tax reports that are submitted by 

employers who are covered under state unemployment 

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

adjust the monthly estimates between the new benchmark and 

the preceding one and also to establish the level of employment 

for the new benchmark month. Thus, the benchmarking process 

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

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

subsequent months. Information on recent benchmark revisions 

is available online at www.bls.gov/sae/benchmark2016.pdf.

 Seasonal adjustment. Payroll employment data are 

seasonally adjusted at the statewide supersector level. In some 

states, the seasonally adjusted payroll employment total is 

computed by aggregating the independently adjusted 

supersector series. In other states, the seasonally adjusted 

payroll employment total is independently adjusted. Revisions 

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

year, coincident with annual benchmark adjustments.

 Caution on aggregating state data. State estimation 

procedures are designed to produce accurate data for each 

individual state. BLS independently develops a national 

employment series; state estimates are not forced to sum to 

national totals. Because each state series is subject to larger 

sampling and nonsampling errors than the national series, 

summing them cumulates individual state level errors and can 

cause significant distortions at an aggregate level. Due to these 

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

employment series, and cautions users that such a series is 

subject to a relatively large and volatile error structure.

Reliability of the estimates

 The estimates presented in this release are based on sample 

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

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

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

by chance because a sample rather than the entire population is 

surveyed. Survey data also are subject to nonsampling errors, 

such as those which can be introduced into the data collection

and processing operations. Estimates not directly derived from

sample surveys are subject to additional errors resulting from 

the specific estimation processes used.

 Use of error measures. Changes in regional and state 

unemployment rates and state nonfarm payroll employment are 

cited in the analysis of this release only if they have been 

determined to be statistically significant at the 90-percent 

confidence level. Furthermore, regional and state 

unemployment rates for the current month generally are cited 

only if they have been determined to be significantly different 

from the U.S. rate at the 90-percent confidence level. The 

underlying model-based standard error measures for 

unemployment rates and over-the-month and over-the-year 

changes in rates are available at www.bls.gov/lau/lastderr.htm. 

The underlying standard error measures for over-the-month and 

over-the-year changes in state payroll employment data at the 

total nonfarm and supersector levels are available at 

www.bls.gov/sae/790stderr.htm. Measures of nonsampling 

error are not available.

Additional information

 Estimates of labor force and unemployment from the LAUS 

program, as well as nonfarm employment from the CES 

program, for 394 metropolitan areas and metropolitan New 

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

news release, Metropolitan Area Employment and 

Unemployment. Estimates of labor force, employment, and 

unemployment for approximately 7,500 subnational areas are 

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

the CES program for states and metropolitan areas are available 

online at www.bls.gov/sae/. Information in this release will be 

made available to sensory impaired individuals upon request. 

Voice phone: (202) 691-5200; Federal Relay Service: (800) 

877-8339.
LABOR FORCE DATA

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 1. Civilian labor force and unemployment by census region and division, seasonally adjusted1

Census region and

division

Civilian labor force Unemployed

Aug.

2015

June

2016

July

2016

Aug.

2016

Number Percent of labor force

Aug.

2015

June

2016

July

2016

Aug.

2016

Aug.

2015

June

2016

July

2016

Aug.

2016

Northeast. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,399,434 28,621,752 28,564,796 28,537,973 1,428,392 1,380,918 1,377,391 1,390,965 5.0 4.8 4.8 4.9

New England. . . . . . . . . . 7,766,842 7,834,427 7,854,272 7,872,183 373,536 341,107 336,507 334,287 4.8 4.4 4.3 4.2

Middle Atlantic. . . . . . . . . 20,632,592 20,787,325 20,710,524 20,665,790 1,054,856 1,039,811 1,040,884 1,056,678 5.1 5.0 5.0 5.1

South. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57,325,970 58,060,194 58,022,028 58,030,133 2,953,624 2,753,524 2,720,220 2,718,472 5.2 4.7 4.7 4.7

South Atlantic. . . . . . . . . . 30,492,522 30,814,335 30,801,064 30,794,593 1,616,234 1,447,991 1,408,447 1,393,272 5.3 4.7 4.6 4.5

East South Central. . . . . 8,428,180 8,571,059 8,567,498 8,581,968 485,338 432,538 427,517 428,937 5.8 5.0 5.0 5.0

West South Central. . . . . 18,405,268 18,674,800 18,653,466 18,653,572 852,052 872,995 884,256 896,263 4.6 4.7 4.7 4.8

Midwest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,504,190 35,072,750 34,996,432 34,968,359 1,609,797 1,642,212 1,584,576 1,585,260 4.7 4.7 4.5 4.5

East North Central. . . . . 23,296,876 23,780,338 23,734,490 23,718,409 1,171,550 1,207,803 1,140,765 1,122,306 5.0 5.1 4.8 4.7

West North Central. . . . . 11,207,314 11,292,412 11,261,942 11,249,950 438,247 434,409 443,811 462,954 3.9 3.8 3.9 4.1

West. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36,963,048 37,465,016 37,543,320 37,618,849 2,072,602 1,950,705 1,985,094 1,981,808 5.6 5.2 5.3 5.3

Mountain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,427,839 11,636,589 11,631,697 11,617,412 571,113 569,574 577,981 565,703 5.0 4.9 5.0 4.9

Pacific. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,535,209 25,828,427 25,911,623 26,001,437 1,501,489 1,381,131 1,407,113 1,416,105 5.9 5.3 5.4 5.4

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

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

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

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

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

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

Census region and

division

Civilian labor force Unemployed

July August Number Percent of labor force

2015 2016 2015 2016

July August July August

2015 2016 2015 2016 2015 2016 2015 2016

Northeast. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,804,061 28,951,273 28,585,519 28,784,401 1,574,680 1,493,034 1,435,483 1,454,070 5.5 5.2 5.0 5.1

New England. . . . . . . . . . 7,896,068 8,001,325 7,854,102 7,974,781 398,395 349,630 370,462 336,744 5.0 4.4 4.7 4.2

Middle Atlantic. . . . . . . . . 20,907,993 20,949,948 20,731,417 20,809,620 1,176,285 1,143,404 1,065,021 1,117,326 5.6 5.5 5.1 5.4

South. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57,763,457 58,518,950 57,305,944 58,141,754 3,253,400 2,993,101 3,061,467 2,920,063 5.6 5.1 5.3 5.0

South Atlantic. . . . . . . . . . 30,740,734 31,110,342 30,519,986 30,876,477 1,778,824 1,540,177 1,693,506 1,515,377 5.8 5.0 5.5 4.9

East South Central. . . . . 8,510,831 8,642,453 8,407,797 8,590,364 539,504 468,980 487,241 447,359 6.3 5.4 5.8 5.2

West South Central. . . . . 18,511,892 18,766,155 18,378,161 18,674,913 935,072 983,944 880,720 957,327 5.1 5.2 4.8 5.1

Midwest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,923,526 35,379,657 34,591,549 35,102,290 1,770,848 1,678,274 1,579,104 1,636,822 5.1 4.7 4.6 4.7

East North Central. . . . . 23,587,129 24,004,660 23,381,990 23,834,650 1,300,308 1,197,025 1,151,267 1,156,864 5.5 5.0 4.9 4.9

West North Central. . . . . 11,336,397 11,374,997 11,209,559 11,267,640 470,540 481,249 427,837 479,958 4.2 4.2 3.8 4.3

West. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37,165,225 37,854,619 37,045,775 37,771,429 2,213,010 2,102,954 2,093,690 1,985,195 6.0 5.6 5.7 5.3

Mountain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,495,392 11,681,981 11,460,830 11,622,938 605,166 593,262 584,009 551,321 5.3 5.1 5.1 4.7

Pacific. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,669,833 26,172,638 25,584,945 26,148,491 1,607,844 1,509,692 1,509,681 1,433,874 6.3 5.8 5.9 5.5

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

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

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

State and area

Civilian labor force Unemployed

Aug.

2015

June

2016

July

2016

Aug.

2016p

Number Percent of labor force

Aug.

2015

June

2016

July

2016

Aug.

2016p

Aug.

2015

June

2016

July

2016

Aug.

2016p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,141,051 2,175,271 2,162,473 2,156,308 129,780 130,298 123,034 116,361 6.1 6.0 5.7 5.4

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363,407 359,195 359,213 359,539 23,641 24,099 24,231 24,370 6.5 6.7 6.7 6.8

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,145,525 3,236,807 3,223,810 3,213,207 187,177 187,270 192,202 187,003 6.0 5.8 6.0 5.8

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,331,901 1,359,740 1,357,451 1,355,931 67,487 52,439 52,903 53,170 5.1 3.9 3.9 3.9

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,961,412 19,101,665 19,161,580 19,230,962 1,145,558 1,023,035 1,048,589 1,060,636 6.0 5.4 5.5 5.5

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale1. . . . 4,992,268 5,032,954 5,053,811 5,077,593 318,655 244,426 244,955 248,412 6.4 4.9 4.8 4.9

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,820,964 2,898,602 2,893,858 2,890,843 104,849 106,058 110,445 109,097 3.7 3.7 3.8 3.8

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,884,172 1,900,603 1,900,606 1,902,338 100,634 110,500 108,513 106,135 5.3 5.8 5.7 5.6

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469,046 482,629 481,386 479,507 22,915 20,174 20,608 20,701 4.9 4.2 4.3 4.3

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389,252 397,981 396,827 394,931 26,138 23,662 23,357 23,703 6.7 5.9 5.9 6.0

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,645,121 9,747,437 9,729,520 9,716,629 499,068 455,197 457,478 453,772 5.2 4.7 4.7 4.7

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall1. . . . . . . . . . . 1,333,616 1,308,586 1,310,329 1,312,163 80,162 69,028 67,922 67,002 6.0 5.3 5.2 5.1

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,755,872 4,869,223 4,880,957 4,893,136 266,742 249,102 242,486 241,737 5.6 5.1 5.0 4.9

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 678,256 685,603 684,292 684,431 23,683 23,038 23,700 23,547 3.5 3.4 3.5 3.4

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 799,228 810,374 811,720 812,388 33,005 30,354 30,827 30,973 4.1 3.7 3.8 3.8

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,508,588 6,625,690 6,592,740 6,570,617 377,003 409,294 383,089 363,672 5.8 6.2 5.8 5.5

Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights1. . . 3,762,765 3,862,609 3,853,354 3,837,060 210,721 232,802 215,216 204,157 5.6 6.0 5.6 5.3

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,269,063 3,371,767 3,375,774 3,379,290 149,142 163,036 155,594 152,905 4.6 4.8 4.6 4.5

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,699,964 1,710,968 1,711,284 1,714,963 61,229 68,212 70,712 72,703 3.6 4.0 4.1 4.2

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,499,618 1,497,423 1,490,053 1,484,753 60,977 56,698 60,216 63,718 4.1 3.8 4.0 4.3

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,941,430 1,974,022 1,967,541 1,969,093 103,133 99,408 97,422 97,004 5.3 5.0 5.0 4.9

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,148,076 2,161,299 2,153,034 2,139,776 129,181 134,593 134,677 134,319 6.0 6.2 6.3 6.3

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 678,174 681,792 685,619 689,629 29,271 25,053 26,702 27,844 4.3 3.7 3.9 4.0

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,150,667 3,167,714 3,165,381 3,165,825 159,750 136,745 134,646 135,245 5.1 4.3 4.3 4.3

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,567,795 3,599,918 3,604,621 3,610,483 172,022 149,651 146,118 141,715 4.8 4.2 4.1 3.9

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,741,432 4,838,206 4,809,426 4,804,096 243,711 221,805 214,044 216,398 5.1 4.6 4.5 4.5

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,992,347 2,057,662 2,052,767 2,054,207 116,362 105,463 100,001 101,491 5.8 5.1 4.9 4.9

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,013,670 3,044,167 3,021,572 3,002,727 108,466 116,757 118,673 121,424 3.6 3.8 3.9 4.0

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,274,804 1,279,998 1,271,958 1,270,452 80,600 75,536 75,820 75,960 6.3 5.9 6.0 6.0

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,115,657 3,143,614 3,125,282 3,119,993 146,789 139,993 148,107 157,951 4.7 4.5 4.7 5.1

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523,345 523,294 523,569 523,106 21,516 21,861 22,199 22,558 4.1 4.2 4.2 4.3

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,014,122 1,019,792 1,018,920 1,018,845 30,723 30,828 31,202 32,286 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.2

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,428,308 1,436,238 1,436,637 1,434,665 94,845 91,379 92,775 90,117 6.6 6.4 6.5 6.3

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 741,743 752,144 754,805 757,070 24,606 21,013 21,967 22,485 3.3 2.8 2.9 3.0

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,538,814 4,579,338 4,570,568 4,559,103 240,595 232,499 238,505 242,500 5.3 5.1 5.2 5.3

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 916,990 924,195 926,397 927,810 60,015 57,537 59,304 61,292 6.5 6.2 6.4 6.6

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,683,821 9,685,870 9,599,985 9,551,911 486,567 451,560 452,400 461,366 5.0 4.7 4.7 4.8

New York City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,193,377 4,172,375 4,135,091 4,114,849 218,414 210,164 213,576 223,252 5.2 5.0 5.2 5.4

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,763,508 4,853,581 4,826,962 4,810,538 270,988 238,887 225,554 221,746 5.7 4.9 4.7 4.6

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413,024 419,430 420,431 422,801 11,244 13,492 13,244 13,022 2.7 3.2 3.2 3.1

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,685,988 5,811,130 5,786,740 5,762,530 263,160 291,116 278,237 271,585 4.6 5.0 4.8 4.7

Cleveland-Elyria2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,021,063 1,039,108 1,037,246 1,033,478 46,514 54,116 52,342 52,919 4.6 5.2 5.0 5.1

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,844,305 1,850,770 1,834,543 1,821,239 78,796 89,724 91,496 92,200 4.3 4.8 5.0 5.1

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,974,211 2,053,372 2,058,547 2,065,478 114,053 99,274 106,913 111,889 5.8 4.8 5.2 5.4

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,426,326 6,535,738 6,521,718 6,515,123 316,940 364,166 366,778 369,715 4.9 5.6 5.6 5.7

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 554,599 553,540 555,183 556,771 31,898 30,205 30,518 30,945 5.8 5.5 5.5 5.6

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,252,788 2,310,722 2,303,739 2,297,874 126,465 125,646 120,854 116,998 5.6 5.4 5.2 5.1

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452,765 456,145 457,098 457,442 14,102 12,255 12,801 13,133 3.1 2.7 2.8 2.9

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,051,584 3,133,200 3,125,414 3,130,463 170,724 129,697 133,393 138,277 5.6 4.1 4.3 4.4

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,071,794 13,299,225 13,291,310 13,311,880 580,362 593,259 609,056 621,806 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,467,570 1,498,437 1,499,859 1,500,135 51,502 59,208 58,574 54,828 3.5 4.0 3.9 3.7

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343,933 346,387 346,243 346,182 12,670 11,008 11,226 11,446 3.7 3.2 3.2 3.3

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,223,832 4,203,409 4,198,727 4,202,123 178,506 154,491 156,740 162,545 4.2 3.7 3.7 3.9

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,542,860 3,624,161 3,624,519 3,631,871 199,228 208,703 210,236 207,961 5.6 5.8 5.8 5.7

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,581,211 1,603,744 1,602,545 1,610,523 70,856 74,009 70,159 66,376 4.5 4.6 4.4 4.1

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 784,605 780,961 783,083 787,083 52,948 47,121 45,011 44,751 6.7 6.0 5.7 5.7

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,093,859 3,132,149 3,125,462 3,127,291 141,460 131,201 129,984 131,141 4.6 4.2 4.2 4.2

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305,871 299,512 299,125 299,322 13,057 17,050 16,933 16,574 4.3 5.7 5.7 5.5

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,128,102 1,135,026 1,137,016 1,132,227 134,835 127,322 129,520 128,338 12.0 11.2 11.4 11.3

1 Metropolitan division.

2 Metropolitan statistical area.

p Preliminary

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

Management and Budget Bulletin No. 13-01, dated February 28, 2013, and are available on the BLS website at www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm. Estimates for the latest month are subject to revision the

following month.
LABOR FORCE DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 4. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state and selected area, not seasonally adjusted

State and area

Civilian labor force Unemployed

July August Number Percent of labor force

2015 2016 2015 2016p

July August July August

2015 2016 2015 2016p 2015 2016 2015 2016p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,163,395 2,182,935 2,149,959 2,179,827 145,435 126,104 139,884 123,207 6.7 5.8 6.5 5.7

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374,602 371,469 369,377 366,534 21,798 22,790 20,742 21,776 5.8 6.1 5.6 5.9

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,152,919 3,222,638 3,158,214 3,209,430 208,387 204,476 210,073 190,170 6.6 6.3 6.7 5.9

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,348,400 1,369,163 1,334,052 1,351,630 75,833 59,267 65,529 51,766 5.6 4.3 4.9 3.8

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,057,223 19,367,432 18,998,452 19,357,891 1,246,352 1,135,902 1,159,388 1,076,250 6.5 5.9 6.1 5.6

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale1. . . . 5,024,785 5,114,278 4,995,982 5,109,709 363,699 281,511 335,812 269,874 7.2 5.5 6.7 5.3

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,849,681 2,912,812 2,837,374 2,903,499 110,346 104,732 100,174 97,233 3.9 3.6 3.5 3.3

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,916,729 1,940,528 1,898,857 1,919,257 112,056 109,097 106,534 107,156 5.8 5.6 5.6 5.6

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473,057 484,275 471,720 479,936 23,868 21,998 23,704 21,167 5.0 4.5 5.0 4.4

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395,770 399,472 389,855 390,128 28,021 24,760 27,026 25,464 7.1 6.2 6.9 6.5

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,711,437 9,824,169 9,691,397 9,772,984 562,696 501,181 544,540 481,373 5.8 5.1 5.6 4.9

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall1. . . . . . . . . . . 1,336,441 1,321,695 1,331,563 1,311,986 85,013 71,944 85,783 73,371 6.4 5.4 6.4 5.6

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,788,247 4,938,883 4,748,198 4,899,595 302,965 267,584 279,431 255,915 6.3 5.4 5.9 5.2

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 680,749 689,164 678,539 685,319 23,749 23,740 23,434 21,965 3.5 3.4 3.5 3.2

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 810,236 824,383 802,951 816,696 32,004 29,997 31,524 29,859 3.9 3.6 3.9 3.7

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,595,668 6,686,086 6,522,271 6,610,759 407,418 374,088 376,499 363,043 6.2 5.6 5.8 5.5

Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights1. . . 3,824,350 3,902,573 3,781,450 3,832,895 235,598 217,686 213,271 208,403 6.2 5.6 5.6 5.4

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,293,928 3,417,617 3,267,786 3,391,395 154,257 149,065 145,623 156,677 4.7 4.4 4.5 4.6

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,717,216 1,734,691 1,697,415 1,720,042 59,751 70,354 59,119 72,048 3.5 4.1 3.5 4.2

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,517,337 1,503,880 1,494,686 1,478,677 70,921 73,144 63,554 68,277 4.7 4.9 4.3 4.6

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,962,414 1,984,764 1,935,522 1,978,305 114,080 104,036 96,562 94,435 5.8 5.2 5.0 4.8

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,191,112 2,184,116 2,157,077 2,136,309 144,599 150,127 137,586 143,624 6.6 6.9 6.4 6.7

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 696,566 705,650 694,108 708,351 27,596 26,074 24,355 23,672 4.0 3.7 3.5 3.3

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,202,007 3,211,748 3,168,355 3,187,784 171,878 145,042 163,977 144,034 5.4 4.5 5.2 4.5

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,615,813 3,670,323 3,604,196 3,669,716 187,310 148,517 170,815 139,593 5.2 4.0 4.7 3.8

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,806,242 4,874,473 4,763,471 4,862,947 308,129 262,712 247,250 240,582 6.4 5.4 5.2 4.9

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,031,156 2,088,674 2,019,229 2,087,795 149,511 126,955 129,099 125,996 7.4 6.1 6.4 6.0

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,045,681 3,043,388 3,023,373 3,014,302 111,560 113,915 100,175 113,521 3.7 3.7 3.3 3.8

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,292,721 1,290,596 1,268,469 1,271,426 89,836 83,890 75,600 72,240 6.9 6.5 6.0 5.7

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,143,569 3,166,650 3,101,431 3,145,173 169,456 164,318 150,879 168,683 5.4 5.2 4.9 5.4

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533,994 535,923 531,244 529,893 19,988 21,165 19,166 20,758 3.7 3.9 3.6 3.9

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,029,880 1,033,591 1,016,653 1,019,246 34,713 35,905 30,429 33,267 3.4 3.5 3.0 3.3

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,435,075 1,443,699 1,430,588 1,431,716 99,876 93,134 95,640 83,488 7.0 6.5 6.7 5.8

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 754,624 768,732 750,215 765,254 24,782 22,135 23,619 22,295 3.3 2.9 3.1 2.9

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,597,134 4,635,131 4,554,347 4,585,947 275,535 260,242 241,436 245,856 6.0 5.6 5.3 5.4

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 923,461 928,853 917,714 924,095 66,166 65,698 61,319 63,970 7.2 7.1 6.7 6.9

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,787,363 9,698,982 9,721,758 9,656,788 525,205 480,613 482,807 475,048 5.4 5.0 5.0 4.9

New York City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,209,553 4,151,712 4,186,727 4,144,394 238,563 233,632 221,884 237,323 5.7 5.6 5.3 5.7

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,814,508 4,856,329 4,760,466 4,804,648 301,598 240,197 282,756 241,620 6.3 4.9 5.9 5.0

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421,375 428,095 419,155 430,080 10,792 12,042 10,509 11,965 2.6 2.8 2.5 2.8

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,761,791 5,854,031 5,720,997 5,805,519 286,359 279,386 250,304 270,200 5.0 4.8 4.4 4.7

Cleveland-Elyria2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,048,634 1,058,491 1,031,144 1,038,807 53,850 56,324 44,576 55,408 5.1 5.3 4.3 5.3

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,851,923 1,826,818 1,839,393 1,808,057 81,421 95,113 77,568 92,714 4.4 5.2 4.2 5.1

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,991,272 2,084,808 1,994,761 2,093,033 118,871 118,155 114,401 116,760 6.0 5.7 5.7 5.6

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,523,495 6,615,834 6,455,312 6,566,886 375,545 402,548 340,778 396,423 5.8 6.1 5.3 6.0

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 562,430 564,762 559,819 563,473 33,731 31,687 32,704 32,551 6.0 5.6 5.8 5.8

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,285,684 2,331,591 2,271,319 2,317,456 138,460 124,894 135,084 127,203 6.1 5.4 5.9 5.5

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461,337 464,703 456,845 460,120 13,346 11,572 13,171 12,197 2.9 2.5 2.9 2.7

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,092,301 3,184,157 3,053,847 3,160,806 190,154 154,949 175,194 157,478 6.1 4.9 5.7 5.0

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,120,456 13,386,057 13,047,642 13,378,918 633,218 679,437 600,039 669,223 4.8 5.1 4.6 5.0

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,479,230 1,510,795 1,474,361 1,505,838 56,399 58,432 54,485 51,158 3.8 3.9 3.7 3.4

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349,908 351,329 346,908 348,731 12,920 12,119 12,436 11,478 3.7 3.4 3.6 3.3

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,276,693 4,268,491 4,230,497 4,230,425 193,661 170,964 184,049 173,019 4.5 4.0 4.4 4.1

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,565,987 3,659,765 3,543,814 3,645,713 197,074 209,105 191,714 197,123 5.5 5.7 5.4 5.4

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,591,623 1,618,445 1,580,835 1,630,683 74,886 72,869 72,311 65,988 4.7 4.5 4.6 4.0

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 793,331 795,382 788,180 793,521 55,677 43,557 52,939 45,583 7.0 5.5 6.7 5.7

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,129,499 3,172,453 3,107,464 3,164,030 144,145 131,773 131,590 126,361 4.6 4.2 4.2 4.0

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310,796 302,879 308,384 301,770 12,000 15,629 11,628 14,686 3.9 5.2 3.8 4.9

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,113,609 1,136,095 1,119,037 1,121,107 125,022 142,857 138,885 135,875 11.2 12.6 12.4 12.1

1 Metropolitan division.

2 Metropolitan statistical area.

p Preliminary

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

Management and Budget Bulletin No. 13-01, dated February 28, 2013, and are available on the BLS website at www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm. Estimates for the latest month are subject to revision the

following month.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Total1 Construction Manufacturing

Aug.

2015

June

2016

July

2016

Aug.

2016p

Aug.

2015

June

2016

July

2016

Aug.

2016p

Aug.

2015

June

2016

July

2016

Aug.

2016p

Alabama2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,952.5 1,963.0 1,965.9 1,971.1 81.1 79.3 78.5 77.6 – – – –

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338.1 339.7 340.0 339.1 17.2 17.1 17.1 16.4 14.0 13.7 13.7 14.0

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,644.8 2,700.1 2,704.5 2,698.8 127.9 137.5 138.4 135.9 159.0 160.2 159.5 158.2

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,212.7 1,228.1 1,226.0 1,229.4 50.0 48.7 50.0 49.1 154.6 154.2 153.1 152.9

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,156.3 16,452.6 16,471.2 16,534.3 736.0 759.3 763.3 765.3 1,296.7 1,286.0 1,291.5 1,288.1

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,546.2 2,602.0 2,613.7 2,617.8 148.5 161.5 164.2 165.3 141.1 144.4 144.0 143.5

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,672.2 1,691.3 1,690.5 1,690.8 57.6 58.6 57.6 56.0 159.4 159.6 160.3 160.0

Delaware3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449.1 461.7 460.7 461.6 21.0 21.5 20.9 21.1 27.4 27.4 27.3 27.1

District of Columbia2, 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 765.7 775.2 773.0 778.9 14.4 14.2 14.2 14.1 – – – –

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,132.6 8,331.2 8,367.9 8,392.4 433.0 454.2 456.2 455.0 343.8 353.4 354.2 359.0

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,283.2 4,384.1 4,379.7 4,387.2 166.5 178.8 179.5 176.0 379.6 385.1 386.9 384.8

Hawaii3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 640.6 651.2 650.3 651.4 35.1 40.1 39.3 39.4 14.0 14.0 14.1 13.9

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 673.5 692.5 695.4 695.5 38.0 40.9 42.2 41.5 62.4 63.4 63.5 63.3

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,968.6 6,002.3 6,016.9 6,008.7 213.9 217.0 214.7 213.0 580.2 574.2 572.8 568.4

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,043.2 3,059.4 3,071.8 3,075.0 126.4 133.1 132.5 130.2 519.4 515.5 516.5 515.1

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,559.4 1,581.3 1,585.7 1,590.6 77.1 90.2 90.9 91.5 215.4 209.2 209.9 210.4

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,401.2 1,401.3 1,395.5 1,392.9 60.8 56.5 55.8 56.1 160.4 160.6 160.4 161.0

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,885.3 1,904.7 1,903.4 1,904.7 75.8 75.8 74.3 73.9 242.2 243.1 246.2 241.9

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,989.6 1,979.1 1,978.5 1,970.7 140.4 142.5 141.4 140.9 143.1 136.9 137.4 136.0

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 611.3 614.1 617.8 616.0 26.3 24.7 25.0 24.9 50.3 51.2 50.6 51.4

Maryland3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,665.5 2,711.6 2,711.6 2,712.3 156.5 162.6 161.8 159.1 104.1 106.6 106.8 106.6

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,508.3 3,564.7 3,570.5 3,576.4 139.3 149.5 150.1 151.0 250.5 250.4 249.8 250.4

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,248.8 4,330.2 4,341.0 4,324.6 146.8 150.5 148.5 151.1 588.0 598.1 605.0 597.1

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,862.7 2,891.8 2,902.9 2,901.4 117.2 121.1 121.6 119.7 316.0 317.7 317.1 316.1

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,135.5 1,139.0 1,144.8 1,147.5 45.7 46.4 47.5 48.0 142.4 143.6 143.1 144.0

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,794.8 2,814.5 2,817.7 2,821.9 114.3 116.1 114.6 116.2 261.3 259.2 261.5 259.2

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461.0 462.3 461.3 459.3 26.5 25.4 24.6 24.6 19.2 19.7 19.6 19.8

Nebraska3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,007.9 1,016.4 1,017.8 1,016.2 50.0 49.9 50.1 50.0 97.4 97.1 97.5 96.9

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,264.1 1,285.4 1,296.5 1,301.3 70.5 75.5 75.7 76.8 42.0 42.5 42.4 42.3

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 658.5 667.1 667.1 671.5 24.5 24.8 25.6 25.5 67.4 66.2 65.9 66.1

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,028.6 4,086.4 4,078.6 4,080.8 148.4 155.6 153.3 153.5 238.7 241.4 242.5 241.5

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 826.4 832.0 830.6 828.0 43.0 43.9 43.5 42.7 27.4 26.7 26.2 26.0

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,283.4 9,360.6 9,397.0 9,385.9 361.2 369.7 367.0 362.4 455.3 452.8 454.1 452.1

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,252.4 4,328.6 4,341.3 4,327.2 190.2 196.2 196.2 196.1 461.8 461.6 460.2 461.6

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450.0 438.6 443.9 442.5 33.9 30.8 31.5 31.7 25.3 24.4 24.5 24.9

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,425.1 5,494.9 5,505.4 5,503.4 199.5 209.1 205.0 207.1 686.0 684.9 686.6 687.0

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,666.8 1,664.4 1,659.7 1,659.3 77.6 84.0 83.9 82.8 135.7 125.5 125.1 125.1

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,783.8 1,833.3 1,838.3 1,842.9 82.6 88.0 87.1 87.7 185.9 185.3 184.4 185.1

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,843.7 5,883.2 5,900.4 5,899.5 236.6 235.5 239.2 237.2 567.4 568.3 568.4 565.5

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485.0 489.5 491.5 490.8 17.0 16.8 17.2 17.3 41.2 42.0 42.4 41.9

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,010.3 2,050.6 2,055.1 2,060.8 87.1 93.2 92.3 92.5 236.4 238.9 238.0 238.4

South Dakota3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427.7 436.6 436.7 437.9 22.9 24.1 24.1 23.8 42.4 42.4 41.8 42.1

Tennessee3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,901.9 2,951.3 2,958.6 2,965.9 118.2 121.0 123.5 125.2 333.6 343.3 342.5 342.3

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,862.8 11,997.9 12,032.0 12,053.4 684.8 685.4 692.3 693.6 873.2 846.4 844.5 844.3

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,383.6 1,418.1 1,425.8 1,426.4 84.4 89.7 90.4 89.8 123.7 126.7 127.2 128.0

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311.7 315.7 318.5 318.2 15.1 15.6 15.5 15.6 30.8 30.3 30.3 30.6

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,860.7 3,911.7 3,920.1 3,933.2 184.8 185.6 185.7 187.2 233.4 228.0 229.1 230.4

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,163.0 3,247.3 3,249.2 3,251.8 173.2 186.7 184.9 185.5 290.8 288.7 286.7 285.0

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 760.0 762.6 760.2 761.5 32.3 31.5 31.4 31.5 47.5 46.8 47.2 46.7

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,889.6 2,926.0 2,933.6 2,930.7 109.2 116.0 117.2 115.6 467.3 474.1 471.9 467.4

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289.2 281.0 280.3 279.8 23.0 21.5 21.2 21.7 9.7 9.6 9.8 9.8

Puerto Rico3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 899.5 891.3 892.5 891.8 24.5 22.2 22.3 22.0 74.0 72.0 72.1 72.5

Virgin Islands2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.9 37.7 37.8 38.0 – – – – – – – –

1

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

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

be separated with sufficient precision.

3 Mining and logging is combined with construction.

p Preliminary

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

will be revised when new information becomes available.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

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

Aug.

2015

June

2016

July

2016

Aug.

2016p

Aug.

2015

June

2016

July

2016

Aug.

2016p

Aug.

2015

June

2016

July

2016

Aug.

2016p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378.7 380.9 381.7 382.1 95.7 98.9 98.6 99.1 227.9 231.4 229.8 232.3

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.7 67.2 66.6 66.8 12.2 12.5 12.2 12.2 29.9 28.0 28.0 28.3

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509.4 518.7 519.0 518.7 195.9 206.4 206.1 204.7 399.0 408.6 409.8 406.2

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253.1 257.3 254.9 257.5 49.4 49.1 49.7 49.6 139.5 144.8 144.3 144.7

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,955.5 2,986.9 2,994.8 3,005.1 802.2 813.4 812.9 813.6 2,508.9 2,578.1 2,584.4 2,598.8

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448.0 449.4 452.8 451.9 159.9 161.0 163.7 164.0 398.8 407.4 405.4 406.7

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296.4 296.5 297.4 297.3 130.0 133.9 133.4 132.8 216.3 218.2 219.0 218.2

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.7 83.1 81.9 82.1 46.9 47.6 48.0 47.8 59.0 64.2 64.8 64.8

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.4 33.5 33.6 34.0 30.3 30.2 30.8 31.1 161.8 162.7 162.6 164.1

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,691.9 1,719.6 1,718.5 1,729.0 537.4 552.4 555.5 553.9 1,228.0 1,266.5 1,284.3 1,287.8

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 908.6 927.9 931.4 938.9 235.3 240.7 240.1 239.7 642.8 671.3 667.0 668.6

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119.6 119.9 118.9 119.0 28.3 28.4 28.4 28.5 83.2 84.7 84.3 85.5

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136.5 139.0 139.3 140.7 33.2 34.2 34.6 35.0 82.0 85.3 85.0 84.9

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,203.9 1,208.1 1,210.1 1,209.3 380.4 381.1 379.8 377.2 921.0 936.5 936.0 938.0

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 584.4 602.1 601.0 599.7 131.1 132.1 132.2 132.6 329.2 319.6 321.7 327.0

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315.9 317.4 316.9 318.2 106.0 109.2 108.8 109.8 139.6 136.2 137.3 136.7

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266.3 265.8 264.6 265.9 79.6 80.4 80.0 80.9 179.7 182.8 180.6 179.5

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388.2 397.0 395.2 395.5 92.2 95.0 96.5 97.0 215.1 217.8 216.3 216.3

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394.0 392.7 394.2 390.5 91.5 89.5 90.7 90.7 214.0 208.9 208.2 211.0

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120.1 121.3 121.9 121.2 30.7 31.5 32.0 31.6 64.2 65.4 65.5 65.0

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465.9 470.5 469.3 471.5 146.5 146.5 147.1 147.1 431.8 439.9 444.2 439.3

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571.7 573.5 573.6 574.3 221.0 222.7 223.5 224.2 537.3 548.9 554.0 552.6

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 772.3 775.6 773.3 772.3 207.1 216.2 217.0 217.1 640.0 667.2 667.1 663.5

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 525.8 528.0 529.9 532.2 182.4 183.9 184.3 183.6 355.3 356.3 357.4 357.2

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225.5 227.6 228.8 230.8 43.6 42.4 41.9 42.9 105.5 100.2 100.2 100.8

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533.4 531.3 531.3 534.3 166.3 171.9 172.0 171.7 370.3 380.3 380.8 383.3

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94.5 94.4 93.5 94.2 23.8 24.3 24.2 24.4 40.2 40.8 41.4 40.2

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207.3 205.5 204.7 205.1 72.0 72.2 72.8 72.7 117.4 118.7 119.8 119.3

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239.3 246.7 249.7 249.0 59.9 61.6 60.9 60.3 168.4 168.4 171.2 173.5

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138.1 142.8 142.0 143.6 35.9 37.7 36.9 36.6 77.2 78.1 78.2 79.8

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 859.5 875.7 875.5 877.1 251.9 257.4 257.4 256.8 648.3 654.1 652.7 652.6

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139.1 137.4 137.7 136.6 33.3 33.0 33.0 32.9 99.7 102.1 101.4 102.2

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,574.6 1,575.8 1,580.3 1,577.3 708.0 707.5 710.9 710.1 1,272.3 1,274.1 1,274.8 1,272.4

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 798.3 819.8 819.0 818.7 219.9 217.0 219.1 217.5 593.5 615.2 619.9 618.6

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102.8 96.4 96.7 96.5 24.2 23.4 23.3 23.0 36.4 36.0 36.8 36.8

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,015.0 1,023.6 1,026.0 1,023.6 293.6 298.6 297.3 298.9 716.2 719.3 721.7 716.2

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307.4 305.8 304.6 304.7 79.8 80.7 80.5 80.9 185.2 179.8 180.0 180.8

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337.1 343.5 344.3 343.7 95.0 98.3 98.2 99.2 228.3 243.2 244.4 244.7

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,126.8 1,132.2 1,137.2 1,133.5 317.4 316.8 315.1 315.4 774.5 785.6 781.8 782.5

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.5 76.1 76.2 76.2 32.6 33.2 32.7 32.4 63.6 65.2 66.1 65.5

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387.3 390.8 390.4 391.8 97.1 100.1 100.6 100.8 263.4 274.1 276.4 276.5

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87.4 90.8 91.0 91.1 29.7 30.3 30.3 30.2 30.8 31.1 31.4 31.9

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 606.7 615.6 615.5 615.8 148.5 150.9 150.9 151.8 395.3 399.5 399.7 405.8

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,403.4 2,434.2 2,436.9 2,440.9 722.3 737.5 740.3 746.5 1,598.3 1,605.2 1,621.9 1,624.3

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264.8 271.0 272.4 273.8 79.3 83.3 84.5 86.4 196.6 196.0 198.6 198.1

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.3 55.8 56.1 56.0 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.2 27.5 27.3 27.6 27.8

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 657.9 673.9 672.5 675.5 197.8 201.3 198.9 200.0 697.6 718.2 719.9 723.0

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 592.4 612.9 612.0 613.4 148.0 153.6 154.1 153.7 390.8 404.4 402.3 402.8

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134.6 134.8 133.6 134.8 36.5 36.3 36.8 36.3 66.7 66.4 66.0 66.4

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 534.7 543.7 546.4 544.9 150.9 154.2 154.1 155.0 312.9 315.6 317.3 318.0

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.9 53.3 53.2 52.9 11.0 10.7 10.6 10.6 18.1 18.3 18.2 18.0

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172.9 175.7 176.1 176.9 42.3 40.9 41.2 40.8 111.4 112.4 111.5 111.3

Virgin Islands1

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

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

cannot be separated with sufficient precision.

p Preliminary

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

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

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Education and health services Leisure and hospitality Government

Aug.

2015

June

2016

July

2016

Aug.

2016p

Aug.

2015

June

2016

July

2016

Aug.

2016p

Aug.

2015

June

2016

July

2016

Aug.

2016p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228.4 230.5 231.3 232.9 189.6 191.1 193.4 191.5 379.9 375.3 377.4 377.8

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.3 49.4 49.7 49.9 35.1 36.3 36.6 36.6 81.8 83.1 83.3 82.5

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398.6 415.9 415.5 415.6 300.6 304.3 307.0 309.0 408.9 400.3 403.6 404.5

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175.9 180.5 182.0 182.4 112.3 114.8 113.3 114.9 213.3 213.4 213.6 213.9

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,479.8 2,549.7 2,558.5 2,563.4 1,834.4 1,899.5 1,896.0 1,896.7 2,480.5 2,509.5 2,497.8 2,525.7

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314.8 323.6 325.1 325.4 312.9 326.2 327.6 329.5 418.3 425.7 428.5 429.2

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325.9 329.3 327.9 329.9 150.6 152.9 154.1 155.2 238.7 240.6 239.3 241.1

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.3 78.2 77.4 77.8 49.2 51.3 51.2 50.7 65.3 64.3 65.2 65.2

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127.0 128.2 127.8 128.8 73.4 74.3 73.7 74.5 237.3 243.4 241.1 242.6

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,203.3 1,243.0 1,249.4 1,251.2 1,138.8 1,169.5 1,175.2 1,176.8 1,082.1 1,097.1 1,098.7 1,100.6

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542.2 551.6 555.7 554.5 451.2 470.1 468.3 474.1 683.5 686.7 682.9 684.9

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.0 83.9 84.3 84.4 114.8 118.1 119.4 119.1 129.3 126.6 125.9 126.1

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97.6 100.1 100.0 98.6 68.5 70.9 71.3 70.4 118.9 121.4 122.2 122.8

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 898.9 902.5 911.2 909.3 577.5 593.5 597.1 600.5 829.6 827.3 828.8 828.4

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454.3 470.4 472.6 472.4 301.5 307.0 303.9 307.4 429.9 416.7 427.7 425.3

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225.5 229.1 230.8 230.4 139.2 144.5 143.6 145.0 254.0 257.3 257.9 258.8

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194.6 196.7 196.6 196.4 126.1 127.6 127.4 126.5 256.5 256.1 255.6 252.4

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263.9 273.6 273.7 275.4 188.4 188.8 188.8 190.5 317.2 315.3 313.6 315.2

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305.6 312.3 313.6 314.1 228.3 230.6 228.9 225.5 327.1 325.0 323.3 323.8

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124.4 125.7 125.8 126.4 63.6 65.6 66.3 65.6 100.4 97.7 99.1 98.9

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437.4 446.9 447.1 444.8 267.5 281.2 280.8 282.7 502.9 503.4 499.0 505.0

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 763.0 783.4 782.0 783.2 350.5 355.3 358.7 360.9 451.0 454.6 454.8 453.8

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 653.0 666.5 667.6 669.2 414.4 424.0 425.1 418.9 595.8 594.4 601.4 597.4

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 511.4 530.3 532.4 533.1 257.9 263.3 265.8 265.1 423.3 421.0 421.9 422.5

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138.1 140.6 140.0 139.7 129.3 131.2 133.6 133.6 244.3 246.7 249.7 248.2

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448.4 449.5 449.6 453.1 291.8 298.0 299.3 297.1 436.1 436.9 437.4 435.5

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71.6 74.2 74.7 73.6 62.6 62.7 63.1 61.8 90.2 89.9 89.5 89.8

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149.1 153.7 153.9 154.3 88.6 92.6 92.2 90.9 171.3 172.5 172.3 172.9

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123.1 127.0 127.6 127.2 341.1 347.7 347.4 350.0 155.6 153.7 158.9 159.1

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118.0 119.8 120.3 120.1 68.4 69.4 70.0 71.1 90.7 88.4 88.1 88.8

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 659.0 667.6 666.2 664.7 361.2 372.0 368.5 370.8 616.9 614.8 614.6 614.9

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133.1 141.3 141.3 141.6 93.1 96.7 95.5 94.8 190.3 190.4 191.2 191.0

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,898.8 1,934.5 1,953.7 1,958.8 896.4 915.4 921.3 919.3 1,442.9 1,444.9 1,446.6 1,447.9

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 573.5 580.7 583.2 585.1 459.9 469.2 469.3 467.0 721.4 731.8 737.0 726.0

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.7 63.1 62.6 62.0 40.3 40.6 40.5 40.1 81.9 82.7 86.4 86.8

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 908.3 923.1 928.8 927.2 540.2 556.9 555.3 557.9 768.2 777.3 782.4 785.4

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231.6 237.7 235.8 236.2 161.9 170.8 169.7 168.3 352.0 353.3 353.5 353.7

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259.7 267.9 269.1 270.9 192.3 195.7 196.6 197.9 300.5 306.6 308.6 308.0

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,192.0 1,214.3 1,217.8 1,219.9 546.3 554.9 556.7 556.8 708.8 703.3 714.6 718.6

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.6 106.0 106.3 106.5 56.4 57.8 57.4 57.4 60.3 60.1 61.1 61.3

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236.0 242.9 244.6 247.2 238.9 240.5 241.4 241.0 359.1 365.9 367.9 367.9

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69.1 70.5 70.2 70.7 46.0 45.9 47.6 46.8 77.6 79.7 78.7 79.5

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415.2 431.9 432.4 433.1 309.8 313.0 314.2 315.3 423.1 421.6 424.2 421.0

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,591.3 1,646.9 1,654.9 1,652.8 1,248.3 1,291.0 1,296.9 1,296.7 1,858.8 1,896.5 1,895.6 1,898.5

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183.3 190.6 190.8 192.1 134.9 140.8 139.3 140.4 232.9 237.1 239.7 234.4

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.1 65.6 66.4 65.6 36.2 36.9 37.0 37.9 55.9 56.9 57.8 57.0

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512.7 526.6 530.0 531.9 386.0 388.7 386.5 387.0 713.3 710.4 716.4 717.1

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455.6 465.7 468.6 472.5 310.9 315.1 315.6 313.9 564.3 571.5 576.3 577.1

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127.7 132.4 132.2 132.8 74.4 77.0 76.4 77.0 151.0 152.9 152.1 151.5

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435.8 440.2 438.3 438.8 269.5 274.2 274.4 272.6 408.4 406.3 411.9 415.2

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.9 27.5 27.6 27.8 36.1 35.1 35.4 35.1 71.5 71.9 71.4 71.3

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122.6 121.0 120.9 121.4 81.4 82.3 82.6 81.2 232.1 227.3 228.6 228.2

Virgin Islands1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . – – – – 7.4 7.3 7.3 7.4 10.6 10.9 10.9 10.8

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

cannot be separated with sufficient precision.

p Preliminary

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

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Total Mining and logging Construction

July August July August July August

2015 2016 2015 2016p

2015 2016 2015 2016p2015 2016 2015 2016p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,945.3 1,958.8 1,951.2 1,966.8 11.1 10.2 11.0 10.2 81.8 79.3 82.0 78.0

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364.7 364.6 360.3 361.2 17.8 15.8 17.7 15.5 21.0 19.9 20.8 19.8

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,564.7 2,642.0 2,617.4 2,671.6 12.9 11.7 12.8 11.9 129.1 140.0 129.5 135.6

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,193.7 1,215.0 1,203.1 1,220.0 7.9 6.7 7.8 6.5 50.8 51.1 51.3 51.1

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,995.6 16,361.3 16,095.2 16,450.8 29.6 26.2 29.2 25.9 748.3 778.3 758.1 785.9

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,550.3 2,624.6 2,555.3 2,626.3 30.3 26.1 29.7 25.7 154.0 170.6 153.5 171.3

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,670.0 1,690.6 1,664.7 1,682.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 60.6 60.8 61.1 60.4

Delaware1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454.8 466.7 451.1 463.7 – – – – 21.7 21.8 21.7 22.0

District of Columbia1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775.6 784.1 759.1 772.4 – – – – 14.8 14.6 15.0 14.6

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,981.9 8,237.6 8,086.6 8,328.9 5.9 5.8 5.8 5.8 434.4 458.2 437.2 460.7

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,248.6 4,369.1 4,281.9 4,389.4 9.1 8.5 9.2 8.7 167.9 181.4 168.3 179.8

Hawaii1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 629.3 642.4 632.5 646.0 – – – – 35.4 39.7 35.5 40.0

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 680.0 700.6 677.1 699.3 4.2 3.9 4.1 4.0 40.5 44.6 40.8 44.0

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,986.8 6,032.9 5,985.6 6,022.9 9.5 9.3 9.6 9.1 228.0 232.3 229.5 230.9

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,001.4 3,046.4 3,043.8 3,085.9 7.0 6.3 6.9 6.2 133.2 140.5 134.1 138.4

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,554.8 1,581.5 1,554.5 1,582.2 2.5 2.4 2.5 2.4 84.0 97.6 83.7 98.1

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,385.2 1,382.4 1,387.3 1,379.6 8.5 7.5 8.4 7.5 63.9 59.4 63.3 59.1

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,871.7 1,900.0 1,887.5 1,908.2 14.2 11.3 13.8 11.2 79.9 77.9 79.2 76.9

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,978.0 1,969.0 1,980.8 1,963.7 47.7 39.4 47.4 39.7 141.7 143.0 141.9 142.3

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 627.0 634.1 626.3 632.7 2.6 2.5 2.6 2.4 28.7 27.3 28.7 27.2

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,668.5 2,728.7 2,668.9 2,719.8 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.5 158.3 163.4 159.4 160.9

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,533.3 3,603.4 3,514.5 3,595.8 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.1 147.8 160.6 148.4 161.3

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,223.4 4,325.8 4,237.2 4,327.5 7.7 7.4 7.7 7.4 158.8 163.4 159.2 165.5

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,880.6 2,924.3 2,883.9 2,924.8 7.6 6.0 7.2 6.1 130.6 136.6 131.1 136.2

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,123.2 1,134.8 1,131.7 1,145.5 7.9 7.3 7.9 7.4 47.2 47.7 46.3 48.1

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,775.0 2,794.3 2,783.4 2,810.0 4.1 4.0 4.2 4.1 119.1 119.9 119.4 121.9

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468.5 471.6 469.2 469.2 8.4 7.3 8.3 7.4 29.3 27.7 29.2 27.7

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,005.1 1,017.4 1,008.0 1,017.9 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 52.1 52.3 51.9 51.9

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,251.2 1,291.1 1,260.4 1,297.5 14.6 13.7 14.4 13.6 70.4 77.2 72.6 78.8

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 660.6 672.0 659.5 674.7 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.1 25.7 27.3 25.8 26.8

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,036.8 4,107.5 4,024.5 4,090.4 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.3 154.8 159.0 155.3 159.5

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 815.7 825.4 825.2 827.0 25.4 18.8 25.2 18.4 44.1 44.6 43.7 43.5

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,283.1 9,413.7 9,252.4 9,378.1 5.8 5.4 5.7 5.4 380.0 389.0 382.9 388.8

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,184.0 4,271.4 4,249.9 4,332.4 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.6 193.3 200.4 193.7 199.6

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450.5 440.2 448.3 438.4 22.1 16.6 21.7 16.6 37.7 35.3 37.7 35.7

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,440.4 5,535.2 5,450.2 5,527.6 14.1 11.2 14.0 11.3 213.1 221.3 213.9 222.9

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,658.9 1,644.0 1,662.9 1,649.6 53.2 43.2 52.7 43.3 78.9 85.5 78.9 83.8

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,774.8 1,832.6 1,778.7 1,842.5 8.0 7.8 7.8 7.8 86.4 90.5 87.4 92.6

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,810.4 5,886.2 5,810.5 5,871.0 34.1 24.9 32.9 24.7 249.2 254.1 251.1 252.3

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488.3 493.9 486.0 493.5 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 18.3 18.6 18.3 18.7

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,007.7 2,055.0 2,012.9 2,056.6 4.0 4.2 4.1 4.2 87.8 93.6 87.5 92.7

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433.4 445.2 434.4 446.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 24.7 26.0 24.4 25.3

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,871.1 2,936.7 2,895.1 2,959.6 4.5 4.4 4.5 4.4 115.6 122.0 115.5 122.7

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,814.0 12,001.2 11,830.9 12,017.8 266.7 225.6 263.8 226.3 689.7 695.9 692.0 699.4

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,369.8 1,414.4 1,376.1 1,420.9 10.4 9.3 10.3 9.4 87.7 93.8 88.3 93.6

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307.8 313.0 308.5 314.6 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 16.8 17.6 16.7 17.6

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,865.6 3,933.1 3,864.0 3,928.7 9.1 8.3 9.1 8.3 190.2 191.4 189.8 191.0

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,169.4 3,272.1 3,165.9 3,264.6 6.5 6.1 6.3 6.2 179.8 192.5 180.5 195.1

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 756.9 757.0 757.5 759.3 25.5 20.7 24.9 20.9 34.2 33.8 34.6 34.5

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,903.8 2,952.1 2,906.3 2,955.4 4.4 4.0 4.3 4.0 120.0 128.3 119.3 127.7

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297.2 289.0 295.9 287.4 23.3 18.9 23.2 18.6 25.0 23.1 25.2 24.0

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 879.9 877.7 883.7 880.7 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 24.0 21.8 23.5 22.1

Virgin Islands1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.1 37.9 37.5 37.7 – – – – 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.5

1 Mining and logging is combined with construction.

p Preliminary

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

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Manufacturing Trade, transportation, and utilities Information

July August July August July August

2015 2016 2015 2016p

2015 2016 2015 2016p2015 2016 2015 2016p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258.3 261.7 258.5 263.4 378.1 381.7 378.2 381.6 21.6 21.5 21.3 21.4

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.8 25.1 21.5 21.6 70.6 72.0 70.9 71.9 6.3 6.1 6.3 6.1

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159.4 160.2 159.5 159.1 501.3 512.7 504.3 513.2 45.4 47.7 44.9 47.2

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155.0 153.6 154.8 153.0 251.9 255.3 253.4 256.8 13.7 13.9 13.4 13.8

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,309.9 1,302.7 1,317.9 1,307.2 2,934.3 2,985.0 2,951.1 2,995.6 484.5 496.1 488.8 502.2

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142.2 144.5 142.1 144.2 449.5 456.3 449.6 454.6 71.2 72.6 71.5 72.6

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160.0 161.8 159.8 160.9 292.7 295.2 291.8 294.3 32.4 33.5 32.7 33.7

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.3 27.4 27.4 27.2 81.7 82.4 81.8 82.4 4.7 5.1 4.7 5.1

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.2 32.1 33.6 32.0 33.6 17.3 17.1 17.2 17.0

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343.9 352.6 344.7 357.0 1,666.6 1,703.0 1,674.3 1,710.7 136.5 133.8 136.5 132.8

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379.5 386.7 379.8 384.4 903.2 929.5 906.1 932.3 111.6 103.4 108.1 102.7

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.1 14.1 14.0 14.1 119.1 118.7 119.1 119.1 8.6 8.6 8.6 8.6

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.5 63.9 62.8 64.1 137.8 140.9 137.7 141.9 9.4 9.5 9.3 9.7

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 585.0 573.8 582.6 570.2 1,202.0 1,213.0 1,205.2 1,210.9 101.9 98.1 102.1 97.9

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522.4 519.5 523.1 518.3 584.6 604.4 586.3 601.9 34.0 32.0 33.6 31.9

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217.8 212.1 217.1 211.4 317.6 319.2 316.1 318.5 24.8 23.7 24.5 23.5

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161.2 160.6 160.4 160.9 266.3 266.1 266.6 265.9 21.1 19.6 21.0 19.9

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237.7 244.1 243.0 243.0 385.4 395.6 387.8 395.4 25.3 23.9 25.2 24.2

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143.9 137.8 143.6 136.0 392.2 393.9 392.8 390.0 26.0 26.3 24.4 24.4

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.3 51.5 51.5 52.2 123.3 124.7 123.6 124.9 7.8 7.5 7.7 7.5

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104.8 107.6 104.9 107.1 465.6 470.5 465.5 469.9 38.7 39.2 38.2 40.0

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251.8 251.4 251.3 252.2 572.7 577.7 572.2 578.5 89.4 89.5 89.1 89.8

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 589.3 598.1 593.7 601.4 774.6 780.5 776.0 779.1 57.8 59.8 56.8 59.8

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321.1 321.3 321.4 320.9 527.3 533.6 528.4 534.3 52.0 50.5 52.9 50.8

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141.9 143.2 141.9 143.5 223.9 228.9 224.7 230.2 13.6 13.3 13.5 13.2

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263.3 261.7 262.0 260.9 533.3 531.5 534.4 534.9 54.8 53.3 54.3 52.7

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.4 19.9 19.4 20.0 95.5 95.2 95.7 94.9 6.4 6.2 6.4 6.3

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97.1 97.7 97.4 97.4 207.0 205.1 207.3 205.8 17.6 17.3 17.7 17.3

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.2 42.7 42.2 42.6 237.3 247.7 238.2 247.6 13.7 13.2 13.9 13.2

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.0 66.2 68.0 66.6 138.4 144.0 138.7 144.9 12.5 12.7 12.4 12.7

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239.6 242.3 239.6 242.9 856.7 874.6 856.8 874.3 75.4 75.4 74.9 75.2

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.0 26.5 28.2 26.5 139.2 137.5 139.3 136.7 13.2 13.3 13.6 13.3

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459.0 455.4 458.8 455.9 1,565.9 1,575.6 1,564.8 1,574.1 267.8 274.6 266.4 273.8

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462.4 460.3 462.9 463.3 798.4 822.1 799.5 820.9 76.6 76.4 76.4 75.6

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.4 24.7 25.6 25.0 104.1 97.0 102.7 96.7 6.6 6.5 6.6 6.4

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 687.4 688.9 690.2 691.1 1,013.7 1,029.6 1,015.8 1,026.7 72.0 71.7 72.0 71.0

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136.7 125.6 135.6 125.2 307.0 305.1 307.0 304.9 21.0 21.5 20.8 21.3

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190.4 188.5 190.3 190.1 336.4 344.2 338.6 346.1 33.8 35.8 34.2 35.6

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 573.2 571.4 570.9 567.2 1,114.5 1,127.1 1,116.0 1,123.7 85.7 86.7 86.0 86.8

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.9 41.8 41.3 41.8 76.3 76.5 76.2 77.0 8.7 8.5 8.6 8.5

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235.8 238.1 235.9 238.1 389.0 393.0 389.1 393.0 27.1 26.5 27.0 26.5

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.6 42.3 42.6 42.4 88.6 92.5 88.8 92.7 5.9 6.0 6.0 6.0

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332.2 342.4 334.3 342.4 604.8 617.1 606.7 614.7 44.1 44.5 44.2 45.0

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 879.2 846.7 875.5 846.4 2,390.9 2,434.7 2,403.8 2,438.9 203.2 202.3 202.8 203.5

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124.4 127.9 124.3 128.5 263.1 271.4 265.0 273.6 34.8 35.1 35.2 35.2

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.1 30.8 31.1 31.0 55.4 56.0 55.4 55.9 4.7 4.4 4.6 4.4

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234.5 230.6 234.2 231.1 656.9 674.8 657.7 676.2 70.6 69.8 69.9 69.5

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295.5 290.8 295.6 289.4 593.3 618.8 596.7 619.8 116.5 123.8 117.6 124.8

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.9 47.6 47.7 46.9 135.0 133.8 134.6 134.8 9.3 9.1 9.3 9.0

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475.9 478.7 475.3 475.3 534.0 547.7 536.5 549.7 49.6 48.9 50.0 49.7

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.9 9.8 9.7 9.8 57.5 54.6 57.0 54.3 3.8 3.7 3.8 3.7

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.8 71.6 73.3 71.9 170.1 173.0 169.7 173.5 20.6 19.8 20.7 20.1

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 8.0 8.0 7.9 8.1 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.6

p Preliminary

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

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Financial activities Professional and business services Education and health services

July August July August July August

2015 2016 2015 2016p

2015 2016 2015 2016p2015 2016 2015 2016p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96.3 99.0 96.0 99.3 228.5 228.7 230.2 232.1 225.7 229.1 227.8 232.0

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.1 12.7 12.7 12.6 31.5 29.3 31.3 29.5 47.4 49.0 47.2 49.3

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194.6 205.5 195.6 204.1 393.1 408.5 395.6 404.9 389.6 408.6 397.9 414.1

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.6 50.0 49.7 49.8 136.2 145.2 137.5 145.1 171.9 179.2 174.2 180.6

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 806.4 815.4 806.4 817.1 2,506.5 2,583.9 2,523.8 2,603.4 2,429.9 2,518.2 2,441.5 2,523.5

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160.4 163.8 160.7 164.1 404.6 413.3 405.7 413.1 312.3 323.0 314.0 324.1

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131.7 134.7 131.4 133.7 218.5 221.9 217.9 220.2 322.0 323.6 319.8 323.2

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.0 48.1 47.3 47.8 60.4 65.1 59.1 64.3 75.6 77.2 75.0 77.4

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.6 30.9 30.4 31.3 163.0 164.5 162.6 163.6 121.0 123.0 119.9 122.3

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 537.4 556.6 538.6 553.4 1,219.3 1,276.6 1,223.8 1,281.0 1,180.5 1,229.4 1,193.5 1,237.0

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236.0 240.8 235.8 239.6 640.7 672.3 645.3 673.1 533.0 548.9 541.4 553.5

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.3 28.4 28.3 28.6 83.5 83.8 83.1 85.3 80.1 83.6 80.2 83.8

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.9 34.9 33.6 35.4 83.5 86.7 84.1 87.2 97.1 99.3 95.1 96.6

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384.4 382.6 384.4 380.2 934.1 946.7 934.8 952.6 886.9 895.6 887.4 895.4

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132.0 134.8 132.3 134.2 331.8 323.3 333.3 329.6 438.0 461.4 442.7 464.0

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106.6 110.0 106.6 111.1 141.2 139.5 142.0 138.8 218.3 222.3 218.2 221.7

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.5 80.9 80.3 81.6 180.2 182.1 180.9 181.6 193.3 195.7 193.3 195.4

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92.7 96.8 92.8 97.2 214.0 216.4 215.6 216.7 261.1 272.4 262.3 273.6

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91.9 91.1 91.9 90.6 213.5 208.1 214.1 211.4 301.6 310.8 304.2 313.5

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.4 32.8 31.4 32.2 66.0 67.4 65.9 67.2 122.4 123.8 122.5 123.8

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148.0 148.6 147.8 148.4 437.3 447.7 438.3 443.6 432.4 443.3 430.3 440.1

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224.3 227.3 224.5 227.3 547.5 564.5 546.9 562.9 753.6 774.6 749.8 771.4

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210.2 220.6 210.5 220.2 628.2 655.4 633.2 656.6 643.3 659.2 646.6 660.3

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184.7 186.8 184.7 186.4 362.2 363.7 363.3 364.6 504.5 525.3 506.6 528.1

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.9 42.0 43.7 42.9 103.4 99.5 106.0 101.3 134.5 135.8 136.5 138.1

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168.4 173.2 168.0 173.1 371.4 383.0 372.6 385.0 446.2 445.5 445.9 448.7

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.2 24.6 24.2 24.6 42.0 42.9 41.9 42.1 70.3 73.8 70.7 73.1

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72.3 73.2 72.3 72.9 118.7 121.1 118.2 120.4 147.6 152.0 148.3 153.0

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.9 61.0 59.9 60.6 163.7 169.7 167.8 173.1 121.8 127.2 122.8 126.5

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.2 37.6 36.5 37.5 77.9 79.2 78.3 80.5 116.9 118.6 116.3 118.1

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254.0 259.6 254.6 258.9 652.2 664.2 654.5 665.1 648.6 658.5 644.7 653.5

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.4 33.1 33.3 32.8 100.6 102.4 100.8 102.3 128.6 140.0 130.2 140.1

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 718.0 720.9 717.8 718.1 1,288.0 1,297.1 1,285.9 1,287.7 1,830.2 1,882.8 1,824.4 1,882.9

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222.4 223.5 222.4 222.0 592.3 621.7 598.0 624.2 568.7 574.4 570.9 578.7

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.3 23.5 24.3 23.1 37.4 37.8 37.2 37.4 60.3 62.3 60.5 61.6

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295.7 300.5 296.0 302.8 725.4 729.3 727.5 725.0 896.4 916.3 899.4 913.1

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.4 80.8 80.1 81.3 186.5 180.3 186.4 181.5 230.0 233.1 231.0 235.5

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96.0 99.1 96.3 99.7 231.2 247.8 232.2 249.0 251.4 261.7 252.3 264.4

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320.7 318.6 320.6 319.3 780.6 791.4 780.5 789.7 1,162.0 1,191.9 1,156.7 1,188.4

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.8 33.3 32.7 32.9 64.7 67.2 64.7 67.4 102.9 101.8 101.5 101.2

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98.3 101.1 98.4 101.2 262.9 277.8 263.9 276.5 232.8 241.3 235.2 244.6

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.1 30.7 29.9 30.4 31.4 32.4 31.3 32.6 68.6 69.7 68.6 69.8

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148.8 151.2 149.2 152.2 390.9 395.6 395.9 404.0 409.5 427.1 411.4 428.8

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 723.9 743.4 724.9 750.6 1,599.5 1,628.1 1,606.6 1,636.9 1,577.3 1,639.5 1,591.0 1,645.3

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.6 84.8 79.9 86.5 196.5 200.5 198.1 200.9 176.5 185.0 178.5 187.1

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.3 12.3 12.2 12.3 28.2 28.3 28.4 28.8 64.2 66.2 62.8 64.9

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200.1 201.4 199.7 201.5 703.4 727.3 704.0 728.5 505.2 521.2 508.5 522.4

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149.4 155.6 149.5 154.8 392.8 408.8 395.5 409.2 448.0 462.8 447.5 465.5

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.5 36.5 36.6 36.0 67.3 66.3 67.4 66.7 124.9 129.8 125.8 130.8

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153.3 156.0 152.9 156.4 316.8 322.1 319.2 325.6 428.1 435.2 429.8 435.4

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.3 10.8 11.1 10.7 19.3 19.3 19.2 18.9 26.3 27.0 26.4 27.2

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.0 41.1 42.0 40.7 109.8 109.9 109.2 110.1 115.0 115.1 117.4 116.4

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2 2.1 2.2 2.1 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3

p Preliminary

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

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Leisure and hospitality Other services Government

July August July August July August

2015 2016 2015 2016p

2015 2016 2015 2016p2015 2016 2015 2016p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194.6 198.3 194.6 196.2 81.0 82.2 80.8 82.6 368.3 367.1 370.8 370.0

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.7 44.6 42.1 44.7 11.8 11.9 11.6 11.5 77.7 78.2 78.2 78.7

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292.4 301.7 295.8 305.4 88.1 87.5 87.6 87.1 358.8 357.9 393.9 389.0

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113.7 116.0 115.1 116.7 44.3 45.0 44.0 44.4 198.7 199.0 201.9 202.2

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,867.7 1,932.1 1,869.5 1,936.0 552.6 554.5 550.7 552.4 2,325.9 2,368.9 2,358.2 2,401.6

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327.9 344.9 327.6 343.5 104.5 105.7 104.4 105.6 393.4 403.8 396.5 407.5

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161.5 166.2 158.5 163.5 65.5 68.9 65.5 67.4 224.5 223.4 225.6 224.6

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.7 57.9 54.2 56.6 18.9 19.4 18.8 20.1 62.8 62.3 61.1 60.8

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.4 74.6 73.7 74.7 72.0 71.7 71.1 72.0 250.3 252.9 236.1 242.1

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,125.1 1,171.6 1,123.8 1,161.9 329.6 335.4 329.9 334.9 1,002.7 1,014.6 1,078.5 1,093.7

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457.4 480.1 458.9 480.5 158.7 158.0 157.5 155.0 651.5 659.5 671.5 679.8

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114.7 119.7 115.5 119.8 26.6 26.9 26.6 27.0 118.9 118.9 121.6 119.7

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.1 76.5 74.3 76.4 24.2 25.2 23.9 25.3 112.8 115.2 111.4 114.7

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600.5 623.6 602.8 626.8 255.2 261.4 254.4 258.8 799.3 796.5 792.8 790.1

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310.5 316.4 312.4 318.0 128.3 128.0 127.5 129.1 379.6 379.8 411.6 414.3

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147.0 153.4 147.1 153.9 60.4 64.4 60.3 64.2 234.6 236.9 236.4 238.6

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129.4 131.6 129.7 129.9 47.6 47.1 47.8 46.5 233.2 231.8 235.6 231.3

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194.4 196.9 193.2 197.2 63.6 63.9 63.8 64.1 303.4 300.8 310.8 308.7

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230.5 231.3 229.3 226.9 74.7 75.8 74.3 74.9 314.3 311.5 316.9 314.0

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.4 84.5 79.7 83.8 22.1 22.7 21.9 22.2 91.0 89.4 90.8 89.3

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288.6 308.0 286.8 306.3 115.7 118.3 116.2 117.6 477.5 480.6 479.9 484.4

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383.8 396.3 382.5 400.4 142.3 141.0 141.1 140.2 418.9 419.4 407.6 410.7

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439.0 458.4 439.5 453.6 170.0 170.7 169.7 172.2 544.5 552.3 544.3 551.4

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274.9 284.9 276.4 285.4 116.3 116.2 116.2 115.9 399.4 399.4 395.7 396.1

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130.9 136.3 131.7 136.1 40.0 39.6 39.8 39.4 236.0 241.2 239.7 245.3

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306.5 315.4 307.0 312.3 116.3 114.8 115.9 114.6 391.6 392.0 399.7 401.8

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69.4 70.8 69.5 70.0 18.2 17.9 18.2 17.7 85.4 85.3 85.7 85.4

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91.5 96.6 92.3 95.8 37.4 37.3 37.3 36.7 162.7 163.7 164.2 165.6

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344.4 351.6 344.3 352.6 36.7 36.6 36.6 37.2 146.5 150.5 147.7 151.7

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.5 82.2 79.1 82.9 25.8 27.2 25.7 26.8 78.7 76.0 77.7 76.8

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397.9 413.3 395.8 412.4 172.8 177.1 171.8 175.7 583.4 582.2 575.1 571.6

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96.2 99.0 96.0 98.5 30.8 30.8 30.6 30.5 176.2 179.4 184.3 184.4

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 951.1 980.8 942.9 973.9 405.6 415.2 404.1 413.5 1,411.7 1,416.9 1,398.7 1,404.0

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480.5 495.1 478.8 491.5 155.2 158.4 154.1 157.3 628.6 633.5 687.6 693.7

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.2 41.2 41.1 40.6 16.7 18.1 16.6 18.0 74.7 77.2 74.3 77.3

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571.8 594.2 570.0 590.6 216.3 223.3 215.1 219.6 734.5 748.9 736.3 753.5

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164.5 173.3 165.8 171.0 63.5 62.4 62.7 62.3 337.2 333.2 341.9 339.5

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201.8 208.2 202.0 208.6 61.4 62.7 61.3 63.3 278.0 286.3 276.3 285.3

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579.2 597.3 581.7 593.0 260.7 262.0 259.8 262.2 650.5 660.8 654.3 663.7

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.2 64.1 61.9 63.8 24.2 24.3 23.9 24.7 57.1 57.6 56.7 57.3

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251.3 254.5 249.4 252.0 74.2 73.3 74.1 74.2 344.5 351.6 348.3 353.6

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.2 53.6 52.0 54.4 16.3 16.0 16.2 15.9 74.0 75.0 73.6 75.6

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319.5 325.9 318.8 325.8 108.7 112.1 107.7 110.6 392.5 394.4 406.9 409.0

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,271.0 1,329.7 1,270.0 1,322.8 424.9 427.1 423.4 430.0 1,787.7 1,828.2 1,777.1 1,817.7

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137.8 143.6 138.7 144.7 39.5 40.3 39.5 40.5 219.5 222.7 218.3 220.9

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.7 38.0 37.3 38.9 10.6 10.7 10.6 10.4 46.9 47.8 48.5 49.5

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408.4 413.4 407.4 410.2 201.5 206.8 201.0 205.3 685.7 688.1 682.7 684.7

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323.2 331.3 325.9 331.1 117.9 123.0 117.8 122.6 546.5 558.6 533.0 546.1

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77.4 80.2 77.1 80.0 55.7 55.1 55.4 54.9 143.2 144.1 144.1 144.8

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292.6 299.9 293.6 300.7 149.2 151.4 148.8 151.2 379.9 379.9 376.6 379.7

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.4 43.2 41.9 41.9 10.5 10.5 10.3 10.6 67.9 68.1 68.1 67.7

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.1 81.8 80.9 81.0 17.4 17.3 17.4 17.3 225.6 225.8 229.1 227.1

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.4 7.3 7.3 7.4 0.9 1.0 0.9 1.0 11.1 11.2 10.8 10.8

p Preliminary

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

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

N.M.

CALIF.

MONT.

NEV.

ARIZ.

ORE.

S.D.

WYO.

COLO. KAN. MO.

N.D.

NEB.

UTAH

GA.

ILL.

MINN.

LA.

IDAHO

FLA.

PA.

WIS.

N.Y.

OKLA.

N.C.

KY.

ALA.

VA.

ARK.

WASH.

IOWA

MISS.

IND.

OHIO

S.C.

MICH.

TENN.

W.VA.

VT. 

MD.

HAWAII

ALASKA

Pacific

Mountain

West

North Central

East

North Central

New England

Middle

Atlantic

East

South Central

West

South Central

Map 1. Unemployment rates by state, seasonally August 2016

(U.S. rate = 4.9 percent)