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Idaho has largest percentage increase in employment since March 2015

April 21, 2016

From March 2015 to March 2016, 37 states had statistically significant increases in employment. Among those, the largest percentage increases occurred in Idaho (3.6 percent), Oregon (3.3 percent), Utah (3.3 percent), Tennessee (3.2 percent), and Washington (3.2 percent). North Dakota (−4.5 percent) and Wyoming (−3.2 percent) had statistically significant percentage decreases in employment.

Change in nonfarm employment by state, seasonally adjusted, March 2015–March 2016

2.7% and higher

1.9% to 2.6%

1.3% to 1.8%

0.0% to 1.2%

-0.1% and lower

Hover over a state to see data.
Hover over legend items to see states in a category.
(p) = preliminary.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Change in nonfarm employment by state, seasonally adjusted, March 2015–March 2016
State	Percent change^(p)	March 2015 employment	March 2016 employment^(p)	Net change^(p)	Statistically significant
Idaho	3.6%	667,800	691,800	24,000	Yes
Oregon	3.3	1,764,700	1,823,300	58,600	Yes
Utah	3.3	1,366,000	1,411,000	45,000	Yes
Tennessee	3.2	2,859,000	2,950,800	91,800	Yes
Washington	3.2	3,132,000	3,231,700	99,700	Yes
Arizona	3.1	2,612,400	2,694,000	81,600	Yes
Georgia	3.1	4,229,100	4,359,100	130,000	Yes
Florida	2.9	8,014,500	8,248,800	234,300	Yes
Hawaii	2.9	634,400	653,000	18,600	Yes
Colorado	2.8	2,523,300	2,594,300	71,000	Yes
Nevada	2.8	1,247,700	1,283,200	35,500	Yes
Virginia	2.8	3,813,200	3,921,200	108,000	Yes
South Carolina	2.7	1,987,200	2,040,000	52,800	Yes
California	2.6	15,900,100	16,320,900	420,800	Yes
Delaware	2.6	446,200	457,900	11,700	Yes
North Carolina	2.5	4,204,400	4,308,700	104,300	Yes
Maryland	2.4	2,641,200	2,703,600	62,400	Yes
Michigan	2.3	4,223,500	4,320,800	97,300	Yes
Arkansas	2.2	1,197,900	1,223,900	26,000	Yes
Kentucky	2.0	1,871,400	1,908,300	36,900	Yes
New Jersey	2.0	3,991,300	4,069,200	77,900	Yes
Massachusetts	1.8	3,476,000	3,537,400	61,400	Yes
Mississippi	1.8	1,125,900	1,146,600	20,700	Yes
Ohio	1.8	5,399,100	5,493,800	94,700	Yes
Rhode Island	1.8	482,100	490,900	8,800	Yes
Wisconsin	1.8	2,883,200	2,934,400	51,200	Yes
Nebraska	1.6	1,002,100	1,018,500	16,400	Yes
New Hampshire	1.6	653,800	664,300	10,500	Yes
Texas	1.6	11,774,000	11,959,000	185,000	Yes
New York	1.4	9,202,100	9,334,400	132,300	Yes
Pennsylvania	1.4	5,810,700	5,891,700	81,000	Yes
Vermont	1.4	311,700	316,100	4,400	No
District Of Columbia	1.3	764,600	774,500	9,900	No
Illinois	1.3	5,929,100	6,009,000	79,900	Yes
Indiana	1.3	3,019,600	3,058,500	38,900	Yes
Alabama	1.2	1,936,100	1,959,700	23,600	Yes
Minnesota	1.1	2,845,500	2,876,500	31,000	Yes
Iowa	1.0	1,560,100	1,575,400	15,300	No
Maine	1.0	608,600	614,600	6,000	No
South Dakota	1.0	427,900	432,300	4,400	No
Connecticut	0.9	1,670,600	1,685,600	15,000	No
Missouri	0.9	2,774,600	2,798,300	23,700	No
Montana	0.7	461,300	464,700	3,400	No
New Mexico	0.3	826,000	828,300	2,300	No
Kansas	0.0	1,398,800	1,398,800	0	No
Oklahoma	-0.4	1,670,100	1,664,000	-6,100	No
Alaska	-0.5	340,000	338,200	-1,800	No
Louisiana	-0.7	1,991,300	1,978,100	-13,200	No
West Virginia	-0.7	766,200	761,000	-5,200	No
Wyoming	-3.2	293,600	284,300	-9,300	Yes
North Dakota	-4.5	461,000	440,300	-20,700	Yes
Footnotes: ^(p) = preliminary.

Over the year, the largest statistically significant job increases occurred in California (420,800), Florida (234,300) and Texas (185,000). North Dakota (−20,700) and Wyoming (−9,300) had significant employment decreases.

These data are from the Current Employment Statistics (State and Metro Area) program. Data for the most recent month are preliminary and subject to revision. To learn more, see "Regional and State Employment and Unemployment — March 2016" (HTML) (PDF).

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