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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Business Response Survey to the Coronavirus Pandemic > Data > Charts

BRS Charts

Percentage of establishments that continued paying employees who were told not to work during the coronavirus pandemic while they were not working, by state, compared to the national average
State	Compared with U.S. private sector average	Percentage
Total U.S., private sector	N/A	51.25%
Alabama	Substantially higher	64.26
Alaska	Relatively similar	48.58
Arizona	Substantially higher	57.80
Arkansas	Relatively similar	53.64
California	Substantially lower	42.46
Colorado	Relatively similar	54.72
Connecticut	Relatively similar	48.13
Delaware	Relatively similar	49.96
District of Columbia	Relatively similar	54.37
Florida	Substantially higher	62.44
Georgia	Relatively similar	56.21
Hawaii	Substantially lower	44.27
Idaho	Relatively similar	54.39
Illinois	Relatively similar	53.05
Indiana	Relatively similar	56.19
Iowa	Relatively similar	54.40
Kansas	Substantially higher	61.09
Kentucky	Relatively similar	47.26
Louisiana	Substantially higher	58.99
Maine	Relatively similar	46.77
Maryland	Relatively similar	53.07
Massachusetts	Relatively similar	46.98
Michigan	Substantially lower	40.81
Minnesota	Substantially lower	45.91
Mississippi	Substantially higher	65.79
Missouri	Substantially higher	56.51
Montana	Relatively similar	48.57
Nebraska	Substantially higher	60.42
Nevada	Relatively similar	50.39
New Hampshire	Relatively similar	47.54
New Jersey	Substantially lower	42.93
New Mexico	Relatively similar	51.73
New York	Substantially lower	42.32
North Carolina	Relatively similar	49.68
North Dakota	Relatively similar	55.63
Ohio	Relatively similar	47.59
Oklahoma	Substantially higher	62.85
Oregon	Substantially lower	44.59
Pennsylvania	Substantially lower	44.53
Puerto Rico	Relatively similar	54.16
Rhode Island	Substantially lower	43.60
South Carolina	Substantially higher	56.90
South Dakota	Substantially higher	60.79
Tennessee	Relatively similar	55.60
Texas	Substantially higher	60.93
Utah	Relatively similar	54.48
Vermont	Substantially lower	43.01
Virginia	Relatively similar	53.92
Washington	Substantially lower	44.63
West Virginia	Relatively similar	46.70
Wisconsin	Relatively similar	47.85
Wyoming	Relatively similar	53.23