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Nevada employment up 3.8 percent over the year, June 2017
July 25, 2017
Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 33 states over the year ending June 2017. The largest percentage gain, 3.8 percent, occurred in Nevada (where employment increased 48,700), followed by Utah, 3.0 percent (an employment increases of 43,400), and Florida, 2.9 percent (an employment increase of 238,600).
States with statistically significant employment changes from June 2016 to June 2017, seasonally adjusted
State
Over-the-year change, June 2016 to June 2017
Employment, June 2017
Percentage change in employment
Change in employment
Nevada
3.8%
48,700
1,342,100
Utah
3.0
43,400
1,468,100
Florida
2.9
238,600
8,602,700
Georgia
2.8
122,600
4,496,000
Oregon
2.7
50,200
1,880,000
Texas
2.7
319,300
12,306,300
Washington
2.4
76,400
3,315,200
Idaho
2.2
15,200
709,200
Minnesota
2.2
62,600
2,947,200
Alabama
2.1
40,600
2,010,700
Arizona
2.1
56,900
2,753,400
Colorado
2.1
54,900
2,647,000
Maryland
2.1
56,100
2,757,400
Arkansas
2.0
24,900
1,249,800
Tennessee
2.0
59,300
3,018,200
Massachusetts
1.9
65,900
3,617,000
New Hampshire
1.7
11,000
677,200
North Carolina
1.7
72,200
4,406,900
California
1.6
261,400
16,703,300
Iowa
1.6
25,600
1,591,800
Kentucky
1.6
30,900
1,939,500
Missouri
1.6
46,600
2,886,300
Nebraska
1.6
16,200
1,031,000
New York
1.6
148,300
9,530,800
Indiana
1.5
45,200
3,121,600
Michigan
1.4
60,800
4,383,000
South Carolina
1.4
29,700
2,080,000
Pennsylvania
1.3
74,000
5,936,400
Virginia
1.3
50,000
3,961,900
Wisconsin
1.3
38,400
2,955,200
New Jersey
1.2
48,300
4,118,200
Ohio
1.0
56,800
5,528,800
Illinois
0.9
54,100
6,049,100
Georgia, Oregon, and Texas also had over-the-year employment increases of 2.7 percent or more.
From June 2016 to June 2017, the largest job gains occurred in Texas, where employment increased 319,300 (or 2.7 percent). This was followed by California, with an increase of 261,400 (or 1.6 percent), and Florida (238,600 or 2.9 percent).
New York and Georgia also had employment changes of more than 100,000.
United States Department of Labor
