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BRS Charts

Percentage of establishments that made various employment and payroll changes in response to the coronavirus pandemic, by state, compared to the national average
State	Hired additional employees		Told employees not to work, with or without pay		Increased employees hours of work		Reduced employees' hours of work [employees worked at least some hours]		Increased salaries and wages		Reduced salaries and wages		No changes
State	Compared with U.S. private sector average	Percentage	Compared with U.S. private sector average	Percentage	Compared with U.S. private sector average	Percentage	Compared with U.S. private sector average	Percentage	Compared with U.S. private sector average	Percentage	Compared with U.S. private sector average	Percentage	Compared with U.S. private sector average	Percentage
Total U.S., private sector	N/A	6.19%	N/A	51.85%	N/A	4.91%	N/A	29.94%	N/A	5.60%	N/A	10.58%	N/A	39.22%
Alabama	Relatively similar	6.15	Relatively similar	47.65	Relatively similar	5.00	Relatively similar	25.53	Relatively similar	5.92	Relatively similar	7.51	Substantially higher	48.31
Alaska	Relatively similar	6.41	Relatively similar	52.27	Relatively similar	5.47	Substantially higher	35.24	Relatively similar	6.10	Relatively similar	7.76	Relatively similar	36.36
Arizona	Relatively similar	6.09	Substantially lower	46.23	Relatively similar	4.78	Relatively similar	26.50	Relatively similar	4.95	Relatively similar	9.21	Substantially higher	45.65
Arkansas	Relatively similar	6.51	Substantially lower	43.05	Relatively similar	4.85	Substantially lower	23.27	Relatively similar	4.97	Relatively similar	8.43	Substantially higher	51.02
California	Relatively similar	5.61	Relatively similar	56.72	Relatively similar	4.31	Substantially higher	35.02	Relatively similar	5.55	Relatively similar	12.90	Substantially lower	32.45
Colorado	Relatively similar	5.72	Relatively similar	48.66	Relatively similar	4.25	Relatively similar	28.43	Relatively similar	4.64	Relatively similar	11.48	Relatively similar	44.16
Connecticut	Relatively similar	7.00	Relatively similar	52.76	Relatively similar	5.26	Relatively similar	28.46	Relatively similar	7.47	Relatively similar	10.58	Relatively similar	37.10
Delaware	Relatively similar	5.43	Relatively similar	49.01	Relatively similar	3.90	Relatively similar	28.44	Relatively similar	4.82	Relatively similar	10.43	Relatively similar	43.44
District of Columbia	Relatively similar	4.92	Substantially lower	45.08	Relatively similar	3.03	Relatively similar	24.97	Relatively similar	2.23	Substantially higher	15.73	Substantially higher	47.22
Florida	Relatively similar	5.49	Relatively similar	49.94	Relatively similar	3.58	Relatively similar	28.99	Relatively similar	2.72	Relatively similar	11.89	Relatively similar	43.22
Georgia	Relatively similar	6.85	Relatively similar	47.88	Relatively similar	4.58	Relatively similar	28.81	Relatively similar	4.52	Relatively similar	11.72	Substantially higher	44.52
Hawaii	Relatively similar	5.13	Relatively similar	56.57	Relatively similar	3.23	Substantially higher	35.45	Relatively similar	3.14	Relatively similar	14.83	Relatively similar	34.68
Idaho	Relatively similar	6.76	Substantially lower	45.56	Relatively similar	5.17	Relatively similar	26.71	Relatively similar	5.06	Relatively similar	6.40	Substantially higher	47.04
Illinois	Relatively similar	5.38	Relatively similar	50.49	Relatively similar	5.11	Relatively similar	30.46	Relatively similar	5.13	Relatively similar	12.30	Relatively similar	39.80
Indiana	Relatively similar	7.61	Relatively similar	48.40	Relatively similar	6.36	Relatively similar	28.67	Relatively similar	6.45	Relatively similar	9.12	Relatively similar	39.81
Iowa	Relatively similar	5.55	Substantially lower	46.59	Relatively similar	5.40	Relatively similar	26.57	Relatively similar	6.21	Relatively similar	6.52	Substantially higher	46.56
Kansas	Relatively similar	6.97	Substantially lower	44.63	Relatively similar	5.46	Relatively similar	27.25	Relatively similar	5.23	Relatively similar	7.59	Substantially higher	45.52
Kentucky	Relatively similar	7.16	Relatively similar	50.27	Relatively similar	6.02	Relatively similar	26.04	Relatively similar	6.48	Relatively similar	7.22	Relatively similar	40.20
Louisiana	Relatively similar	5.67	Relatively similar	56.21	Relatively similar	4.38	Relatively similar	29.89	Relatively similar	4.96	Relatively similar	10.06	Relatively similar	40.59
Maine	Relatively similar	6.04	Relatively similar	49.42	Relatively similar	5.14	Relatively similar	25.67	Relatively similar	8.35	Relatively similar	6.72	Relatively similar	39.08
Maryland	Relatively similar	7.02	Relatively similar	52.52	Relatively similar	5.38	Relatively similar	28.36	Relatively similar	6.09	Relatively similar	9.97	Relatively similar	40.60
Massachusetts	Relatively similar	5.98	Relatively similar	55.33	Relatively similar	5.33	Relatively similar	27.90	Relatively similar	6.70	Relatively similar	9.67	Relatively similar	36.10
Michigan	Relatively similar	6.90	Substantially higher	63.32	Relatively similar	6.50	Relatively similar	34.30	Relatively similar	8.40	Relatively similar	10.44	Substantially lower	27.87
Minnesota	Relatively similar	8.25	Relatively similar	49.52	Relatively similar	7.05	Relatively similar	27.52	Relatively similar	7.31	Relatively similar	8.81	Relatively similar	39.01
Mississippi	Relatively similar	5.46	Relatively similar	47.10	Relatively similar	4.31	Relatively similar	26.30	Relatively similar	5.69	Relatively similar	6.82	Substantially higher	47.41
Missouri	Relatively similar	7.29	Relatively similar	46.97	Relatively similar	5.74	Relatively similar	26.94	Relatively similar	6.15	Relatively similar	8.37	Relatively similar	44.16
Montana	Relatively similar	5.37	Substantially lower	45.98	Relatively similar	4.78	Relatively similar	26.18	Relatively similar	6.32	Relatively similar	7.60	Substantially higher	46.55
Nebraska	Relatively similar	5.74	Substantially lower	42.89	Relatively similar	4.91	Relatively similar	25.02	Relatively similar	5.08	Relatively similar	6.23	Substantially higher	50.50
Nevada	Relatively similar	6.06	Relatively similar	52.29	Relatively similar	4.44	Relatively similar	32.07	Relatively similar	3.83	Relatively similar	11.06	Relatively similar	38.56
New Hampshire	Relatively similar	6.85	Relatively similar	49.06	Relatively similar	5.47	Relatively similar	26.13	Relatively similar	6.67	Relatively similar	8.97	Relatively similar	39.84
New Jersey	Relatively similar	5.73	Substantially higher	59.01	Relatively similar	5.13	Relatively similar	33.31	Relatively similar	5.95	Relatively similar	11.83	Substantially lower	31.62
New Mexico	Relatively similar	6.70	Relatively similar	49.59	Relatively similar	4.48	Relatively similar	29.31	Relatively similar	4.85	Relatively similar	9.98	Relatively similar	39.65
New York	Relatively similar	4.19	Substantially higher	59.61	Relatively similar	4.04	Relatively similar	32.56	Relatively similar	5.79	Relatively similar	13.54	Substantially lower	31.51
North Carolina	Relatively similar	6.38	Substantially lower	45.76	Relatively similar	4.62	Relatively similar	28.56	Relatively similar	5.66	Relatively similar	11.53	Relatively similar	41.80
North Dakota	Relatively similar	5.57	Substantially lower	43.66	Relatively similar	4.03	Relatively similar	28.26	Relatively similar	4.59	Relatively similar	8.84	Substantially higher	48.25
Ohio	Relatively similar	8.24	Relatively similar	52.29	Relatively similar	6.67	Relatively similar	28.47	Relatively similar	8.16	Relatively similar	8.82	Relatively similar	34.93
Oklahoma	Relatively similar	5.78	Substantially lower	46.37	Relatively similar	4.56	Relatively similar	26.07	Relatively similar	4.32	Relatively similar	9.25	Substantially higher	47.33
Oregon	Relatively similar	7.37	Relatively similar	50.21	Relatively similar	5.87	Relatively similar	30.01	Relatively similar	9.21	Relatively similar	8.54	Relatively similar	38.05
Pennsylvania	Relatively similar	5.34	Substantially higher	59.56	Relatively similar	5.29	Relatively similar	30.98	Relatively similar	7.85	Relatively similar	10.14	Substantially lower	31.81
Puerto Rico	Relatively similar	7.81	Substantially higher	71.97	Relatively similar	5.08	Substantially higher	48.77	Relatively similar	2.80	Relatively similar	12.37	Substantially lower	20.02
Rhode Island	Relatively similar	6.77	Relatively similar	54.74	Relatively similar	5.27	Relatively similar	25.88	Relatively similar	7.87	Relatively similar	8.83	Relatively similar	37.29
South Carolina	Relatively similar	6.00	Substantially lower	44.55	Relatively similar	4.27	Substantially lower	24.52	Relatively similar	4.17	Relatively similar	9.03	Substantially higher	49.20
South Dakota	Relatively similar	5.45	Substantially lower	40.35	Relatively similar	5.52	Substantially lower	21.92	Relatively similar	5.71	Relatively similar	5.72	Substantially higher	52.99
Tennessee	Relatively similar	6.80	Relatively similar	48.86	Relatively similar	4.78	Relatively similar	26.28	Relatively similar	5.96	Relatively similar	8.82	Relatively similar	43.69
Texas	Relatively similar	6.66	Relatively similar	48.59	Relatively similar	4.53	Relatively similar	29.82	Relatively similar	4.40	Relatively similar	11.22	Substantially higher	44.66
Utah	Relatively similar	7.27	Substantially lower	43.95	Relatively similar	5.65	Relatively similar	25.50	Relatively similar	3.91	Relatively similar	9.43	Substantially higher	46.61
Vermont	Relatively similar	5.73	Relatively similar	56.81	Relatively similar	4.61	Relatively similar	26.13	Relatively similar	6.75	Relatively similar	8.85	Relatively similar	35.92
Virginia	Relatively similar	7.02	Substantially lower	43.99	Relatively similar	5.90	Relatively similar	27.94	Relatively similar	5.55	Relatively similar	9.43	Relatively similar	43.29
Washington	Relatively similar	6.71	Relatively similar	56.63	Relatively similar	5.37	Relatively similar	33.40	Relatively similar	6.13	Relatively similar	8.03	Substantially lower	33.74
West Virginia	Relatively similar	4.71	Relatively similar	52.74	Relatively similar	4.09	Relatively similar	29.35	Relatively similar	5.58	Relatively similar	7.95	Relatively similar	38.41
Wisconsin	Relatively similar	7.97	Relatively similar	49.72	Relatively similar	6.51	Relatively similar	30.66	Relatively similar	7.65	Relatively similar	8.24	Relatively similar	39.40
Wyoming	Relatively similar	6.39	Substantially lower	42.81	Relatively similar	4.98	Substantially lower	24.93	Relatively similar	4.44	Relatively similar	8.17	Substantially higher	49.77