Employment by state, seasonally adjusted

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Employment by state, August 2026, seasonally adjusted
State	Total employment (thousands)	12-month percent change in employment	12-month net change in employment (thousands)
Alabama	2,221.0	1.1	23.7
Alaska	341.8	1.3	4.4
Arizona	3,279.5	0.6	21.0
Arkansas	1,348.5	0.6	7.8
California	18,177.2	0.8	138.5
Colorado	2,970.3	0.2	6.6
Connecticut	1,730.5	0.9	15.7
Delaware	496.4	0.1	0.4
District of Columbia	719.9	-3.6	-27.0
Florida	10,051.6	0.6	59.0
Georgia	4,985.7	-0.1	-7.3
Hawaii	643.0	0.2	1.3
Idaho	890.7	0.9	7.8
Illinois	6,175.6	0.2	15.0
Indiana	3,266.5	-0.5	-16.1
Iowa	1,585.8	0.0	0.7
Kansas	1,472.3	0.5	7.3
Kentucky	2,034.2	-0.1	-1.8
Louisiana	2,022.0	1.6	32.1
Maine	660.2	-0.1	-0.6
Maryland	2,806.2	-0.2	-5.5
Massachusetts	3,706.0	0.2	8.3
Michigan	4,496.1	0.2	8.0
Minnesota	3,068.6	1.5	43.9
Mississippi	1,199.8	0.4	5.3
Missouri	3,015.7	1.1	34.1
Montana	522.1	-0.9	-5.0
Nebraska	1,062.7	0.2	1.8
Nevada	1,619.4	1.3	20.7
New Hampshire	703.3	0.2	1.3
New Jersey	4,359.6	-0.2	-9.9
New Mexico	907.4	1.6	14.5
New York	9,946.0	0.0	-0.5
North Carolina	5,128.4	1.3	65.6
North Dakota	448.3	0.5	2.2
Ohio	5,688.7	0.2	9.9
Oklahoma	1,799.6	0.7	12.7
Oregon	1,964.7	-0.8	-16.1
Pennsylvania	6,206.7	0.6	34.6
Rhode Island	515.1	0.1	0.3
South Carolina	2,426.3	1.6	38.6
South Dakota	470.2	0.2	1.0
Tennessee	3,384.3	0.5	16.4
Texas	14,469.3	1.1	159.4
Utah	1,791.5	1.0	18.3
Vermont	310.6	-0.4	-1.1
Virginia	4,240.3	-0.9	-37.7
Washington	3,647.0	0.4	15.2
West Virginia	717.1	-0.3	-1.8
Wisconsin	3,057.3	0.6	19.4
Wyoming	295.7	0.8	2.3
Puerto Rico	958.8	0.9	8.7