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State and Metro Area Employment, Hours, & Earnings

Change in total nonfarm employment by state, over-the-month and over-the-year, seasonally adjusted

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State Sep. 2023
(thousands)
Aug. 2024
(thousands)
Sep. 2024 (p) (thousands) Over-the-month net change (thousands) Over-the-month
percent change
(%)
Over-the-year net change (thousands) Over-the-year
percent change
(%)

Alabama

2,171.2 2,217.0 2,217.1 0.1 0.0 45.9 2.1

Alaska

330.4 338.6 339.9 1.3 0.4 9.5 2.9

Arizona

3,205.5 3,260.3 3,271.5 11.2 0.3 66.0 2.1

Arkansas

1,354.0 1,372.1 1,372.5 0.4 0.0 18.5 1.4

California

17,832.4 18,083.0 18,097.7 14.7 0.1 265.3 1.5

Colorado

2,962.6 2,997.0 3,009.7 12.7 0.4 47.1 1.6

Connecticut

1,698.5 1,710.6 1,710.3 -0.3 0.0 11.8 0.7

Delaware

485.8 489.0 489.8 0.8 0.2 4.0 0.8

District of Columbia

766.1 770.4 775.3 4.9 0.6 9.2 1.2

Florida

9,792.4 9,980.1 9,997.1 17.0 0.2 204.7 2.1

Georgia

4,923.4 4,983.5 4,990.3 6.8 0.1 66.9 1.4

Hawaii

630.2 638.4 639.2 0.8 0.1 9.0 1.4

Idaho

850.0 873.4 879.2 5.8 0.7 29.2 3.4

Illinois

6,132.3 6,160.6 6,167.7 7.1 0.1 35.4 0.6

Indiana

3,252.5 3,302.5 3,302.0 -0.5 0.0 49.5 1.5

Iowa

1,592.0 1,608.4 1,603.6 -4.8 -0.3 11.6 0.7

Kansas

1,445.9 1,462.4 1,465.1 2.7 0.2 19.2 1.3

Kentucky

2,026.6 2,040.6 2,045.4 4.8 0.2 18.8 0.9

Louisiana

1,956.7 1,961.0 1,958.7 -2.3 -0.1 2.0 0.1

Maine

651.3 656.6 656.9 0.3 0.0 5.6 0.9

Maryland

2,751.2 2,766.5 2,769.2 2.7 0.1 18.0 0.7

Massachusetts

3,709.6 3,746.3 3,743.7 -2.6 -0.1 34.1 0.9

Michigan

4,464.5 4,486.6 4,491.6 5.0 0.1 27.1 0.6

Minnesota

2,995.9 3,025.4 3,031.7 6.3 0.2 35.8 1.2

Mississippi

1,181.9 1,190.8 1,191.7 0.9 0.1 9.8 0.8

Missouri

2,978.3 3,065.7 3,064.8 -0.9 0.0 86.5 2.9

Montana

521.8 538.1 539.6 1.5 0.3 17.8 3.4

Nebraska

1,053.4 1,072.7 1,076.3 3.6 0.3 22.9 2.2

Nevada

1,548.9 1,582.0 1,582.0 0.0 0.0 33.1 2.1

New Hampshire

700.4 712.0 714.1 2.1 0.3 13.7 2.0

New Jersey

4,341.5 4,373.9 4,393.1 19.2 0.4 51.6 1.2

New Mexico

872.7 886.6 888.7 2.1 0.2 16.0 1.8

New York

9,749.6 9,883.3 9,885.3 2.0 0.0 135.7 1.4

North Carolina

4,957.1 5,025.7 5,033.7 8.0 0.2 76.6 1.5

North Dakota

439.1 446.3 448.7 2.4 0.5 9.6 2.2

Ohio

5,637.1 5,662.1 5,675.6 13.5 0.2 38.5 0.7

Oklahoma

1,761.5 1,783.4 1,786.2 2.8 0.2 24.7 1.4

Oregon

1,985.2 1,988.7 1,989.5 0.8 0.0 4.3 0.2

Pennsylvania

6,102.3 6,198.2 6,205.0 6.8 0.1 102.7 1.7

Rhode Island

506.4 509.6 512.9 3.3 0.6 6.5 1.3

South Carolina

2,319.7 2,390.3 2,396.1 5.8 0.2 76.4 3.3

South Dakota

464.1 464.5 466.2 1.7 0.4 2.1 0.5

Tennessee

3,305.7 3,333.5 3,336.8 3.3 0.1 31.1 0.9

Texas

13,962.5 14,260.7 14,289.9 29.2 0.2 327.4 2.3

Utah

1,734.0 1,763.5 1,765.4 1.9 0.1 31.4 1.8

Vermont

310.1 315.7 315.8 0.1 0.0 5.7 1.8

Virginia

4,187.4 4,248.8 4,250.9 2.1 0.0 63.5 1.5

Washington

3,604.3 3,671.3 3,669.3 -2.0 -0.1 65.0 1.8

West Virginia

712.9 718.9 719.3 0.4 0.1 6.4 0.9

Wisconsin

3,014.0 3,048.8 3,044.8 -4.0 -0.1 30.8 1.0

Wyoming

291.9 294.2 294.8 0.6 0.2 2.9 1.0
Footnotes:

(p) Data are preliminary.

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Data have been revised to reflect 2023 benchmarks and updated seasonal adjustment factors. Seasonally adjusted data from January 2019 are subject to revision. Some seasonally adjusted series may have been revised back to 1990. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmark are preliminary and will be revised when new information becomes available.

 

Last Modified Date: October 22, 2024