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Mining and logging leads most states with largest 12-month increase in employment since October 2016
November 28, 2017
From October 2016 to October 2017, the largest percentage increases in statewide employment were mostly in mining and logging. In most states, the information industry held the largest percentage decrease in employment.
Among the industries with the largest percentage increase in employment in each state from October 2016 to October 2017, mining and logging in North Dakota experienced the largest increase, with 23.4 percent. Among the states with industries having the largest percentage increases in employment, mining and logging had the largest percentage increase in 16 of the top 20.
Among industries having the largest percentage decreases in employment in each state, the information industry in Kansas experienced the largest decrease, with an 8.3-percent decrease from October 2016 to October 2017. This was followed by a 7.5-percent decrease in manufacturing employment for Alaska, a 6.8-percent decrease in construction for Iowa, and a 6.7-percent decrease in information employment in North Carolina.
These data are from the Current Employment Statistics (State and Metro Area) program and are not seasonally adjusted. Data for the most recent month are preliminary and subject to revision. To learn more, see “State Employment and Unemployment — October 2017” (HTML) (PDF).
United States Department of Labor
