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Employment up 3.3 percent in Utah over the year ending May 2017
June 21, 2017
From May 2016 to May 2017, nonfarm payroll employment increases occurred in 28 states. The largest percentage gain, an increase of 3.3 percent, occurred in Utah (where employment increased 46,600), followed by increases of 2.7 percent in both Florida (employment increase: 228,000) and Nevada (employment increase: 35,000). Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington all had increases of 2.4 percent.
States with statistically significant employment changes from May 2016 to May 2017, seasonally adjusted
State
12-month change in employment
12-month percentage change
Employment, May 2017
Alabama
35,800
1.8%
2,007,200
Arizona
49,300
1.8
2,744,600
Arkansas
22,000
1.8
1,246,700
California
242,600
1.5
16,697,500
Colorado
62,000
2.4
2,645,600
Florida
228,000
2.7
8,582,000
Georgia
103,100
2.4
4,465,300
Idaho
16,800
2.4
708,800
Indiana
41,700
1.4
3,114,600
Kentucky
26,400
1.4
1,937,500
Maryland
43,100
1.6
2,744,000
Massachusetts
58,300
1.6
3,607,900
Michigan
74,400
1.7
4,382,600
Minnesota
47,700
1.7
2,938,500
Missouri
47,000
1.7
2,877,800
Nevada
35,000
2.7
1,327,100
New Jersey
43,100
1.1
4,103,600
New York
149,100
1.6
9,512,700
North Carolina
69,200
1.6
4,397,900
Oregon
43,300
2.4
1,871,800
Pennsylvania
54,000
0.9
5,921,700
South Carolina
32,700
1.6
2,080,900
Tennessee
57,500
1.9
3,011,200
Texas
266,600
2.2
12,261,500
Utah
46,600
3.3
1,468,400
Virginia
44,400
1.1
3,951,500
Washington
76,200
2.4
3,311,200
Wisconsin
40,400
1.4
2,957,100
Note: Data for the most recent month are preliminary.
The largest job gains in terms of number of jobs was 266,600 in Texas (an increase of 2.2 percent), followed by an increase of 242,600 (or 1.5 percent) in California, and 228,000 in Florida.
United States Department of Labor
