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State Employment and Unemployment (Monthly) News Release

For release 10:00 a.m. (ET) Monday, March 15, 2021			                USDL-21-0435

Technical information: 
 Employment:		sminfo@bls.gov  *  www.bls.gov/sae
 Unemployment:		lausinfo@bls.gov  *  www.bls.gov/lau

Media contact:		(202) 691-5902  *  PressOffice@bls.gov


		     STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT -- JANUARY 2021


Unemployment rates were lower in January in 33 states and the District of Columbia and stable
in 17 states, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Forty-eight states and the
District had jobless rate increases from a year earlier and two states had little change. The
national unemployment rate, 6.3 percent, fell by 0.4 percentage point over the month, but was
2.8 points higher than in January 2020.

Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 20 states, decreased in 2 states, and was essentially
unchanged in 28 states and the District of Columbia in January 2021. Over the year, nonfarm
payroll employment decreased in 48 states and the District and was essentially unchanged in
2 states.

This news release presents statistics from two monthly programs. The civilian labor force and
unemployment data are modeled based largely on a survey of households. These data pertain to
individuals by where they reside. The employment data are from an establishment survey that
measures nonfarm employment, hours, and earnings by industry. These data pertain to jobs on
payrolls defined by where the establishments are located. For more information about the concepts
and statistical methodologies used by these two programs, see the Technical Note.

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|											      |
|                          Changes to Employment and Unemployment Data                        |
|											      |
| In accordance with standard practices, historical data in the tables of this news release   |
| have been revised. For detailed information on changes to the data, see the box notes at    |
| the end of the news release.								      |
|_____________________________________________________________________________________________|


Unemployment

Hawaii and California had the highest unemployment rates in January, 10.2 percent and 9.0 percent,
respectively, while South Dakota and Utah had the lowest rates, 3.1 percent each. In total, 26
states had unemployment rates lower than the U.S. figure of 6.3 percent, 11 states and the
District of Columbia had higher rates, and 13 states had rates that were not appreciably different
from that of the nation. (See tables A and 1.)

In January, Michigan had the largest over-the-month unemployment rate decrease (-2.5 percentage 
points). Four additional states had rate decreases of at least 0.5 percentage point: Kansas 
(-1.2 points), Rhode Island (-0.7 point), Massachusetts (-0.6 point), and Tennessee (-0.5 point).
Seventeen states had jobless rates that were not notably different from those of a month earlier, 
though some had changes that were at least as large numerically as the significant changes. 
(See table B.)

The largest unemployment rate increase from January 2020 occurred in Hawaii (+8.2 percentage
points). The next largest over-the-year jobless rate increases were in Massachusetts and New 
York (+5.0 percentage points each), with another 10 states and the District of Columbia 
experiencing rate increases of at least 3.0 points. (See table C.)

Nonfarm Payroll Employment

Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 20 states, decreased in 2 states, and was essentially
unchanged in 28 states and the District of Columbia in January 2021. The largest job gains occurred
in Minnesota (+51,800), New York (+42,700), and Pennsylvania (+35,700). The largest percentage
increases occurred in Minnesota (+1.9 percent), New Hampshire (+1.4 percent), and Colorado (+1.2
percent). Employment decreased in California (-69,900, or -0.4 percent) and South Carolina
(-12,900, or -0.6 percent). (See tables D and 3.)

Over the year, nonfarm payroll employment decreased in 48 states and the District of Columbia and
was essentially unchanged in 2 states. The largest job declines occurred in California (-1,752,800),
New York (-1,065,200), and Florida (-571,800). The largest percentage decline occurred in Hawaii 
(-18.4 percent), followed by Nevada and New York (-10.8 percent each). (See table E.)

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The Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment news release for January is scheduled to be 
released on Friday, March 19, 2021, at 10:00 a.m. (ET). The State Employment and Unemployment 
news release for February is scheduled to be released on Friday, March 26, 2021, at 10:00 a.m. (ET).


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| 												|
|                      Changes to Local Area Unemployment Statistics Data                       |
| 												|
| Effective with the release of Regional and State Unemployment 2020 Annual Averages on		|
| March 3, 2021, the civilian labor force and unemployment data for states, the District	|
| of Columbia, and the modeled substate areas presented in tables 1 and 2 of this news release	|
| were replaced with data produced using a new generation of time-series models. Data were	|
| re-estimated back to January 1976 for census regions, census divisions, states, the District	|
| of Columbia, the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale metropolitan division, New York City, and 	|
| the balances of California and New York states. Data for the five remaining modeled substate	|
| and balance-of-state areas were re-estimated back to their series beginnings in January 1990 	|
| or 1994. Both seasonally adjusted and not seasonally adjusted data were affected. Information	|
| on the changes to model-based estimation is available on the BLS website at			|
| www.bls.gov/lau/gen-5-changes-in-2021.htm.							|
| 												|
| The revisions to model-based data at the state level and below for 2019 and 2020 also 	|
| incorporated updated covariate inputs, while the revisions for all model-based data from 	|
| April 2010 forward also reflected new population controls from the U.S. Census Bureau.	|
|_______________________________________________________________________________________________|

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|												|
|                          Changes to Current Employment Statistics Data                        |
|												|
| Effective with this news release, all nonfarm payroll employment estimates for states and     |
| areas presented in tables 3 and 4 of this news release have been adjusted to 2020 benchmark   |
| levels. Not seasonally adjusted data beginning with April 2019 and seasonally adjusted data   |
| beginning with January 2016 were subject to revision. Some not seasonally adjusted and        |
| seasonally adjusted series may have been revised as far back as 1990.                         |
|_______________________________________________________________________________________________|

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|												|
|                     Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic Impact on January 2021                    |
|			      Establishment and Household Survey Data       			|
|												|
| BLS has continued to review all estimation and methodological procedures for the establish-	|
| ment survey, which included the review of data, estimation processes, the application of	|
| the birth-death model, and seasonal adjustment. Business births and deaths cannot be 		|
| adequately captured by the establishment survey as they occur. Therefore, the Current 	|
| Employment Statistics (CES) program uses a model to account for the relatively stable net	|
| employment change generated by business births and deaths. Due to the impact of COVID-19,	|
| the relationship between business births and deaths is no longer stable. Typically,		|
| reports with zero employment are not included in estimation. For the December 2020 bench-	|
| marked and January 2021 preliminary estimates, CES included a portion of these reports in	|
| the estimates and made modifications to the birth-death model. In addition for both months,	|
| the establishment survey included a portion of the reports that returned to reporting		|
| positive employment from reporting zero employment. For more information,			|
| see www.bls.gov/web/empsit/cesbd.htm.								|
| 												|
| In the establishment survey, workers who are paid by their employer for all or any part of	|
| the pay period including the 12th of the month are counted as employed, even if they were	|
| not actually at their jobs. Workers who are temporarily or permanently absent from their	|
| jobs and are not being paid are not counted as employed, even if they are continuing to	|
| receive benefits. The length of the reference period does vary across the respondents in the	|
| establishment survey; one-third of businesses have a weekly pay period, slightly over 40	|
| percent a bi-weekly, about 20 percent semi-monthly, and a small amount monthly.		|
| 												|
| For the January 2021 estimates of household employment and unemployment from the Local Area	|
| Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program, BLS continued to implement level-shift outliers in	|
| the employment and/or unemployment inputs to the models, based on statistical evaluation of	|
| movements in each area's inputs. Both the Current Population Survey inputs, which serve as	|
| the primary inputs to the LAUS models, and the nonfarm payroll employment and unemployment	|
| insurance claims covariates were examined for outliers. The resulting implementation of level	|
| shifts preserved movements in the published estimates that the models otherwise would have	|
| discounted, without requiring changes to how the models create estimates at other points in	|
| the time series.										|
| 												|
| The "Frequently asked questions" document at							|
| www.bls.gov/covid19/employment-situation-covid19-faq-january-2021.htm extensively discusses	|
| the impact of a misclassification in the household survey on the national estimates for 	|
| January 2021. Despite the considerable decline in its degree relative to prior months, this	|
| misclassification continued to be widespread geographically, with BLS analysis indicating 	|
| that most states again were affected to at least some extent. However, according to usual 	|
| practice, the data from the household survey are accepted as recorded. To maintain data	|
| integrity, no ad hoc actions are taken to reclassify survey responses. Hence, the household	|
| survey estimates of employed and unemployed people that serve as the primary inputs to the	|
| state models were affected to varying degrees by the misclassification, which in turn         |
| affected the official LAUS estimates for January 2021.					|
| 												|
| Household data for Puerto Rico are not modeled, but rather are derived from a monthly         |
| household survey similar to the Current Population Survey. Due to the effects of the 		|
| pandemic and efforts to contain the virus, Puerto Rico had not been able to conduct its	|
| household survey for March or April 2020. Since data collection resumed effective May 2020,	|
| the Puerto Rico Department of Labor has reported a misclassification in its household survey 	|
| similar in nature to the misclassification in the Current Population Survey.			|
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Table A. States with unemployment rates significantly different
from that of the U.S., January 2021, seasonally adjusted
--------------------------------------------------------------
                State                |          Rate(p)
--------------------------------------------------------------
United States (1) ...................|           6.3
                                     |              
Alabama .............................|           4.3
Arkansas ............................|           4.6
California ..........................|           9.0
Connecticut .........................|           8.1
District of Columbia ................|           8.4
Florida .............................|           4.8
Georgia .............................|           5.1
Hawaii ..............................|          10.2
Idaho ...............................|           3.4
Illinois ............................|           7.7
                                     |              
Indiana .............................|           4.2
Iowa ................................|           3.5
Kansas ..............................|           3.5
Kentucky ............................|           5.3
Louisiana ...........................|           7.6
Maine ...............................|           5.2
Massachusetts .......................|           7.8
Minnesota ...........................|           4.5
Missouri ............................|           4.3
Montana .............................|           4.0
                                     |              
Nebraska ............................|           3.2
Nevada ..............................|           8.1
New Hampshire .......................|           3.6
New Jersey ..........................|           7.9
New Mexico ..........................|           8.7
New York ............................|           8.8
North Dakota ........................|           4.5
Ohio ................................|           5.3
Oklahoma ............................|           4.3
Pennsylvania ........................|           7.3
                                     |              
South Carolina ......................|           5.3
South Dakota ........................|           3.1
Tennessee ...........................|           5.1
Utah ................................|           3.1
Vermont .............................|           3.2
Virginia ............................|           5.3
Wisconsin ...........................|           3.8
Wyoming .............................|           5.1
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   (1) Data are not preliminary.
   (p) = preliminary.


Table B. States with statistically significant unemployment rate changes
from December 2020 to January 2021, seasonally adjusted
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                |          Rate         |
                                |-----------|-----------| Over-the-month
             State              |  December |  January  |    change(p)
                                |    2020   |  2021(p)  |
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Alabama ........................|     4.7   |     4.3   |      -0.4
Arkansas .......................|     4.9   |     4.6   |       -.3
California .....................|     9.3   |     9.0   |       -.3
Colorado .......................|     6.9   |     6.6   |       -.3
District of Columbia ...........|     8.8   |     8.4   |       -.4
Florida ........................|     5.1   |     4.8   |       -.3
Georgia ........................|     5.3   |     5.1   |       -.2
Idaho ..........................|     3.8   |     3.4   |       -.4
Illinois .......................|     8.0   |     7.7   |       -.3
Indiana ........................|     4.6   |     4.2   |       -.4
                                |           |           |          
Iowa ...........................|     3.7   |     3.5   |       -.2
Kansas .........................|     4.7   |     3.5   |      -1.2
Kentucky .......................|     5.6   |     5.3   |       -.3
Louisiana ......................|     7.9   |     7.6   |       -.3
Maryland .......................|     6.8   |     6.4   |       -.4
Massachusetts ..................|     8.4   |     7.8   |       -.6
Michigan .......................|     8.2   |     5.7   |      -2.5
Minnesota ......................|     4.7   |     4.5   |       -.2
Montana ........................|     4.2   |     4.0   |       -.2
Nebraska .......................|     3.4   |     3.2   |       -.2
                                |           |           |          
New Hampshire ..................|     3.8   |     3.6   |       -.2
North Carolina .................|     6.1   |     5.9   |       -.2
North Dakota ...................|     4.7   |     4.5   |       -.2
Ohio ...........................|     5.6   |     5.3   |       -.3
Rhode Island ...................|     7.9   |     7.2   |       -.7
South Carolina .................|     5.6   |     5.3   |       -.3
South Dakota ...................|     3.3   |     3.1   |       -.2
Tennessee ......................|     5.6   |     5.1   |       -.5
Utah ...........................|     3.3   |     3.1   |       -.2
Vermont ........................|     3.5   |     3.2   |       -.3
                                |           |           |          
Virginia .......................|     5.6   |     5.3   |       -.3
Washington .....................|     6.3   |     6.0   |       -.3
West Virginia ..................|     6.7   |     6.5   |       -.2
Wisconsin ......................|     4.0   |     3.8   |       -.2
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
   (p) = preliminary.


Table C. States with statistically significant unemployment rate changes
from January 2020 to January 2021, seasonally adjusted
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                |          Rate         |
                                |-----------|-----------|  Over-the-year
             State              |  January  |  January  |    change(p)
                                |    2020   |  2021(p)  |
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Alabama ........................|     2.7   |     4.3   |       1.6
Alaska .........................|     5.0   |     6.6   |       1.6
Arizona ........................|     4.8   |     6.7   |       1.9
Arkansas .......................|     3.7   |     4.6   |        .9
California .....................|     4.2   |     9.0   |       4.8
Colorado .......................|     2.7   |     6.6   |       3.9
Connecticut ....................|     3.7   |     8.1   |       4.4
Delaware .......................|     4.3   |     6.0   |       1.7
District of Columbia ...........|     4.9   |     8.4   |       3.5
Florida ........................|     3.3   |     4.8   |       1.5
                                |           |           |          
Georgia ........................|     3.3   |     5.1   |       1.8
Hawaii .........................|     2.0   |    10.2   |       8.2
Idaho ..........................|     2.6   |     3.4   |        .8
Illinois .......................|     3.5   |     7.7   |       4.2
Indiana ........................|     3.2   |     4.2   |       1.0
Iowa ...........................|     2.8   |     3.5   |        .7
Kentucky .......................|     4.1   |     5.3   |       1.2
Louisiana ......................|     5.1   |     7.6   |       2.5
Maine ..........................|     3.0   |     5.2   |       2.2
Maryland .......................|     3.4   |     6.4   |       3.0
                                |           |           |          
Massachusetts ..................|     2.8   |     7.8   |       5.0
Michigan .......................|     3.7   |     5.7   |       2.0
Minnesota ......................|     3.2   |     4.5   |       1.3
Mississippi ....................|     5.6   |     6.4   |        .8
Missouri .......................|     3.6   |     4.3   |        .7
Montana ........................|     3.7   |     4.0   |        .3
Nebraska .......................|     2.9   |     3.2   |        .3
Nevada .........................|     3.7   |     8.1   |       4.4
New Hampshire ..................|     2.6   |     3.6   |       1.0
New Jersey .....................|     3.7   |     7.9   |       4.2
                                |           |           |          
New Mexico .....................|     5.1   |     8.7   |       3.6
New York .......................|     3.8   |     8.8   |       5.0
North Carolina .................|     3.5   |     5.9   |       2.4
North Dakota ...................|     2.2   |     4.5   |       2.3
Ohio ...........................|     4.5   |     5.3   |        .8
Oklahoma .......................|     3.1   |     4.3   |       1.2
Oregon .........................|     3.4   |     6.2   |       2.8
Pennsylvania ...................|     4.8   |     7.3   |       2.5
Rhode Island ...................|     3.8   |     7.2   |       3.4
South Carolina .................|     2.6   |     5.3   |       2.7
                                |           |           |          
Tennessee ......................|     3.7   |     5.1   |       1.4
Texas ..........................|     3.6   |     6.8   |       3.2
Utah ...........................|     2.4   |     3.1   |        .7
Vermont ........................|     2.5   |     3.2   |        .7
Virginia .......................|     2.5   |     5.3   |       2.8
Washington .....................|     4.0   |     6.0   |       2.0
West Virginia ..................|     5.0   |     6.5   |       1.5
Wisconsin ......................|     3.3   |     3.8   |        .5
Wyoming ........................|     4.4   |     5.1   |        .7
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   (p) = preliminary.


Table D. States with statistically significant employment changes from
December 2020 to January 2021, seasonally adjusted
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                              |             |             | Over-the-month change(p)
           State              |   December  |   January   |---------------------------
                              |     2020    |    2021(p)  |    Level    |   Percent
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Arizona ......................|   2,860,300 |   2,874,000 |      13,700 |      0.5
California ...................|  15,937,900 |  15,868,000 |     -69,900 |      -.4
Colorado .....................|   2,626,700 |   2,658,700 |      32,000 |      1.2
Idaho ........................|     776,400 |     780,900 |       4,500 |       .6
Kansas .......................|   1,354,700 |   1,364,700 |      10,000 |       .7
Kentucky .....................|   1,841,800 |   1,854,600 |      12,800 |       .7
Massachusetts ................|   3,356,300 |   3,391,800 |      35,500 |      1.1
Michigan .....................|   4,027,900 |   4,051,700 |      23,800 |       .6
Minnesota ....................|   2,719,600 |   2,771,400 |      51,800 |      1.9
Nevada .......................|   1,277,500 |   1,284,900 |       7,400 |       .6
                              |             |             |             |       
New Hampshire ................|     639,300 |     648,100 |       8,800 |      1.4
New York .....................|   8,723,300 |   8,766,000 |      42,700 |       .5
North Dakota .................|     407,900 |     410,500 |       2,600 |       .6
Ohio .........................|   5,277,800 |   5,306,700 |      28,900 |       .5
Oklahoma .....................|   1,614,100 |   1,622,500 |       8,400 |       .5
Oregon .......................|   1,798,200 |   1,806,500 |       8,300 |       .5
Pennsylvania .................|   5,602,400 |   5,638,100 |      35,700 |       .6
Rhode Island .................|     457,800 |     462,300 |       4,500 |      1.0
South Carolina ...............|   2,117,300 |   2,104,400 |     -12,900 |      -.6
Texas ........................|  12,365,200 |  12,396,000 |      30,800 |       .2
Virginia .....................|   3,881,100 |   3,895,200 |      14,100 |       .4
Wisconsin ....................|   2,831,100 |   2,842,200 |      11,100 |       .4
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   (p) = preliminary.


Table E. States with statistically significant employment changes from
January 2020 to January 2021, seasonally adjusted
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                              |             |             | Over-the-year change(p)
           State              |   January   |   January   |---------------------------
                              |     2020    |    2021(p)  |    Level    |    Percent
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Alabama ......................|   2,087,500 |   2,013,400 |     -74,100 |     -3.5
Alaska .......................|     329,400 |     303,900 |     -25,500 |     -7.7
Arizona ......................|   2,988,500 |   2,874,000 |    -114,500 |     -3.8
Arkansas .....................|   1,293,400 |   1,259,800 |     -33,600 |     -2.6
California ...................|  17,620,800 |  15,868,000 |  -1,752,800 |     -9.9
Colorado .....................|   2,819,500 |   2,658,700 |    -160,800 |     -5.7
Connecticut ..................|   1,698,000 |   1,570,700 |    -127,300 |     -7.5
Delaware .....................|     467,900 |     444,500 |     -23,400 |     -5.0
District of Columbia .........|     804,700 |     733,000 |     -71,700 |     -8.9
Florida ......................|   9,063,000 |   8,491,200 |    -571,800 |     -6.3
                              |             |             |             |       
Georgia ......................|   4,663,200 |   4,448,100 |    -215,100 |     -4.6
Hawaii .......................|     662,300 |     540,200 |    -122,100 |    -18.4
Illinois .....................|   6,151,800 |   5,647,000 |    -504,800 |     -8.2
Indiana ......................|   3,165,700 |   3,029,000 |    -136,700 |     -4.3
Iowa .........................|   1,593,800 |   1,516,400 |     -77,400 |     -4.9
Kansas .......................|   1,431,100 |   1,364,700 |     -66,400 |     -4.6
Kentucky .....................|   1,956,500 |   1,854,600 |    -101,900 |     -5.2
Louisiana ....................|   1,992,200 |   1,831,100 |    -161,100 |     -8.1
Maine ........................|     641,000 |     603,200 |     -37,800 |     -5.9
Maryland .....................|   2,779,700 |   2,610,700 |    -169,000 |     -6.1
                              |             |             |             |       
Massachusetts ................|   3,726,000 |   3,391,800 |    -334,200 |     -9.0
Michigan .....................|   4,449,200 |   4,051,700 |    -397,500 |     -8.9
Minnesota ....................|   2,997,200 |   2,771,400 |    -225,800 |     -7.5
Mississippi ..................|   1,162,400 |   1,125,500 |     -36,900 |     -3.2
Missouri .....................|   2,929,900 |   2,805,100 |    -124,800 |     -4.3
Montana ......................|     489,100 |     477,100 |     -12,000 |     -2.5
Nebraska .....................|   1,033,900 |     997,300 |     -36,600 |     -3.5
Nevada .......................|   1,441,000 |   1,284,900 |    -156,100 |    -10.8
New Hampshire ................|     687,200 |     648,100 |     -39,100 |     -5.7
New Jersey ...................|   4,227,100 |   3,865,800 |    -361,300 |     -8.5
                              |             |             |             |       
New Mexico ...................|     863,600 |     778,100 |     -85,500 |     -9.9
New York .....................|   9,831,200 |   8,766,000 |  -1,065,200 |    -10.8
North Carolina ...............|   4,623,500 |   4,432,600 |    -190,900 |     -4.1
North Dakota .................|     440,700 |     410,500 |     -30,200 |     -6.9
Ohio .........................|   5,613,700 |   5,306,700 |    -307,000 |     -5.5
Oklahoma .....................|   1,704,700 |   1,622,500 |     -82,200 |     -4.8
Oregon .......................|   1,969,300 |   1,806,500 |    -162,800 |     -8.3
Pennsylvania .................|   6,093,100 |   5,638,100 |    -455,000 |     -7.5
Rhode Island .................|     505,800 |     462,300 |     -43,500 |     -8.6
South Carolina ...............|   2,198,700 |   2,104,400 |     -94,300 |     -4.3
                              |             |             |             |       
South Dakota .................|     442,200 |     431,900 |     -10,300 |     -2.3
Tennessee ....................|   3,151,200 |   3,028,400 |    -122,800 |     -3.9
Texas ........................|  12,956,200 |  12,396,000 |    -560,200 |     -4.3
Vermont ......................|     314,800 |     287,100 |     -27,700 |     -8.8
Virginia .....................|   4,089,100 |   3,895,200 |    -193,900 |     -4.7
Washington ...................|   3,502,700 |   3,271,200 |    -231,500 |     -6.6
West Virginia ................|     720,600 |     674,800 |     -45,800 |     -6.4
Wisconsin ....................|   2,995,100 |   2,842,200 |    -152,900 |     -5.1
Wyoming ......................|     289,600 |     273,600 |     -16,000 |     -5.5
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   (p) = preliminary.




Technical Note

   Special technical note: This technical note describes the procedures regularly 
   used on a monthly basis to develop estimates from the CES survey and the LAUS 
   program. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, some of the procedures described in this
   technical note have been modified. The modifications are briefly described in 
   the box note of this news release. More information on the changes to the CES
   business birth-death model is available at www.bls.gov/web/empsit/cesbd.htm.
   
   This news release presents civilian labor force and unemployment data for states
   and selected substate areas from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS)
   program (tables 1 and 2). Also presented are nonfarm payroll employment estimates
   by state and industry supersector from the Current Employment Statistics (CES)
   program (tables 3 and 4). The LAUS and CES programs are both federal-state cooperative
   endeavors.

Civilian labor force and unemployment--from the LAUS program

   Definitions. The civilian labor force and unemployment data are based on the same
   concepts and definitions as those used for the official national estimates obtained
   from the Current Population Survey (CPS), a sample survey of households that is
   conducted for the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) by the U.S. Census Bureau.
   The LAUS program measures employed people and unemployed people on a place-of-
   residence basis. The universe for each is the civilian noninstitutional population
   16 years of age and older. Employed people are those who did any work at all for
   pay or profit in the reference week (typically the week including the 12th of the
   month) or worked 15 hours or more without pay in a family business or farm, plus
   those not working who had a job from which they were temporarily absent, whether
   or not paid, for such reasons as bad weather, labor-management dispute, illness,
   or vacation. 
     
   Unemployed people are those who were not employed during the reference week
   (based on the definition above), had actively looked for a job sometime in the
   4-week period ending with the reference week, and were currently available for
   work; people on layoff expecting recall need not be looking for work to be counted 
   as unemployed. The civilian labor force is the sum of employed and unemployed people.
   The unemployment rate is the number of unemployed as a percent of the civilian labor
   force.

   Method of estimation. Estimates for 48 states, the District of Columbia, the Los
   Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale metropolitan division, New York City, and the balances
   of California and New York State are produced using time-series models. This method,
   which underwent substantial enhancement at the beginning of 2021, utilizes data from
   several sources, including the CPS, the CES, and state unemployment insurance (UI) 
   programs. Estimates for the state of California are derived by summing the estimates
   for the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale metropolitan division and the balance of
   California. Similarly, estimates for New York State are derived by summing the estimates
   for New York City and the balance of New York State. Estimates for the five additional
   substate areas contained in this release (the Cleveland-Elyria and Detroit-Warren-
   Dearborn metropolitan areas and the Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights, Miami-
   Miami Beach-Kendall, and Seattle-Bellevue-Everett metropolitan divisions) and their
   respective balances of state are produced using a similar model-based approach.
    
   Each month, estimates for the nine census divisions first are modeled using inputs
   from the CPS only and controlled to the national totals. State estimates then are
   controlled to their respective census division totals. Substate and balance-of-state
   estimates for the five areas noted above also are controlled to their respective state
   totals. This tiered process of controlling model-based estimates to the U.S. totals is 
   called real-time benchmarking. Estimates for Puerto Rico are derived from a monthly
   household survey similar to the CPS. A more detailed description of the estimation
   procedures is available from BLS upon request.
   
   Annual revisions. Civilian labor force and unemployment data for prior years reflect
   adjustments made after the end of each year. The adjusted estimates reflect updated
   population data from the U.S. Census Bureau, any revisions in the other data sources,
   and model re-estimation. In most years, historical data for the most recent five years
   are revised near the beginning of each calendar year, prior to the release of January
   estimates. With the introduction of a new generation of times-series models in 2021,
   historical data were re-estimated back to the series beginnings in 1976, 1990, or 1994.

   Seasonal adjustment. The LAUS models decompose the estimates of employed and unemployed 
   people into trend, seasonal, and irregular components. The benchmarked signals of 
   employed and unemployed people first are adjusted using an X-11 type of seasonal 
   adjustment filter. The adjusted data then are smoothed using a Reproducing Kernel 
   Hilbert Space (RKHS) filter. The smoothed-seasonally adjusted estimates of employed and 
   unemployed people are summed to derive the civilian labor force, and the unemployment 
   rate then is calculated as the unemployed percent of the civilian labor force. The 
   resulting smoothed-seasonally adjusted unemployment rate estimates are analyzed in this 
   news release and published on the BLS website.  

   During estimation for the current year, the smoothed-seasonally adjusted estimates
   for a given month are created using an asymmetric filter that incorporates information
   from previous observations only. For annual revisions, historical data are smoothed
   using a two-sided filter.
   
   Area definitions. The substate area data published in this release reflect the
   delineations that were issued by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget on April 10,
   2018. A detailed list of the geographic definitions is available online at
   www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm. 

Employment--from the CES program

   Definitions. Employment data refer to persons on establishment payrolls who receive
   pay for any part of the pay period that includes the 12th of the month. Persons are
   counted at their place of work rather than at their place of residence; those appearing
   on more than one payroll are counted on each payroll. Industries are classified on
   the basis of their principal activity in accordance with the 2017 version of the North 
   American Industry Classification System. 

   Method of estimation. CES State and Area employment data are produced using several
   estimation procedures. Where possible these data are produced using a "weighted link
   relative" estimation technique in which a ratio of current-month weighted employment
   to that of the previous-month weighted employment is computed from a sample of
   establishments reporting for both months. The estimates of employment for the current 
   month are then obtained by multiplying these ratios by the previous month's employment
   estimates. The weighted link relative technique is utilized for data series where
   the sample size meets certain statistical criteria. 

   For some employment series, the sample of establishments is very small or highly
   variable. In these cases, a model-based approach is used in estimation. These models
   use the direct sample estimates (described above), combined with forecasts of
   historical (benchmarked) data to decrease volatility in estimation. Two different 
   models (Fay-Herriot Model and Small Domain Model) are used depending on the industry
   level being estimated.For more detailed information about each model, refer to
   the BLS Handbook of Methods.
    
   Annual revisions. Employment estimates are adjusted annually to a complete count
   of jobs, called benchmarks, derived principally from tax reports that are submitted
   by employers who are covered under state unemployment insurance (UI) laws. The
   benchmark information is used to adjust the monthly estimates between the new
   benchmark and the preceding one and also to establish the level of employment
   for the new benchmark month. Thus, the benchmarking process establishes the
   level of employment, and the sample is used to measure the month-to-month
   changes in the level for the subsequent months. Information on recent benchmark
   revisions is available online at www.bls.gov/web/laus/benchmark.pdf.

   Seasonal adjustment. Payroll employment data are seasonally adjusted at the
   statewide expanded supersector level. In some cases, the seasonally adjusted
   payroll employment total is computed by aggregating the independently adjusted
   supersector series. In other cases, the seasonally adjusted payroll employment
   total is independently adjusted. Revisions to historical data for the most recent
   five years are made once a year, coincident with annual benchmark adjustments.
     
   Payroll employment data are seasonally adjusted concurrently, using all available 
   estimates including those for the current month, to develop sample-based seasonal
   factors. Concurrent sample-based factors are created every month for the current 
   month's preliminary estimate as well as the previous month's final estimate.

   Caution on aggregating state data. State estimation procedures are designed to
   produce accurate data for each individual state. BLS independently develops a
   national employment series; state estimates are not forced to sum to national
   totals. Each state series is subject to larger relative sampling and nonsampling
   errors than the national series. Summing state estimates cumulates individual 
   state-level errors and can cause significant distortions at an aggregate level.
   Due to these statistical limitations, BLS does not compile a "sum-of-states" 
   employment series, and cautions users that such a series is subject to a relatively
   large and volatile error structure.

Reliability of the estimates

   The estimates presented in this release are based on sample surveys, administrative
   data, and modeling and, thus, are subject to sampling and other types of errors.
   Sampling error is a measure of sampling variability—that is, variation that occurs
   by chance because a sample rather than the entire population is surveyed. Survey
   data also are subject to nonsampling errors, such as those which can be introduced
   into the data collection and processing operations. Estimates not directly derived
   from sample surveys are subject to additional errors resulting from the specific
   estimation processes used.

   Use of error measures. Changes in state unemployment rates and state nonfarm payroll
   employment are cited in the analysis of this release only if they have been determined
   to be statistically significant at the 90-percent confidence level. Furthermore, state
   unemployment rates for the current month generally are cited only if they have been
   determined to be significantly different from the U.S. rate at the 90-percent confidence
   level. The underlying model-based standard error measures for unemployment rates
   and over-the-month and over-the-year changes in rates are available at 
   www.bls.gov/lau/lastderr.htm. The underlying standard error measures for 1-month,
   3-month, and 12-month changes in payroll employment data at the total nonfarm and
   supersector levels for states, and total nonfarm level for metropolitan areas and
   divisions, are available at www.bls.gov/web/laus/790stderr.htm. Measures of nonsampling
   error are not available.

Additional information

   Estimates of civilian labor force and unemployment from the LAUS program, as well
   as nonfarm payroll employment from the CES program, for metropolitan areas and
   metropolitan divisions are available in the news release Metropolitan Area Employment
   and Unemployment. Estimates of civilian labor force, employed people, unemployed
   people, and unemployment rates for approximately 7,500 subnational areas are
   available online at www.bls.gov/lau/. Employment data from the CES program for
   states and metropolitan areas are available online at www.bls.gov/sae/. Information
   in this release will be made available to sensory impaired individuals upon request.
   Voice phone: (202) 691-5200; Federal Relay Service: (800) 877-8339.
   
   
   

LABOR FORCE DATA
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 1. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state and selected area, seasonally adjusted
State and area Civilian labor force Unemployed
Jan.
2020
Nov.
2020
Dec.
2020
Jan.
2021(p)
Number Percent of labor force
Jan.
2020
Nov.
2020
Dec.
2020
Jan.
2021(p)
Jan.
2020
Nov.
2020
Dec.
2020
Jan.
2021(p)

Alabama

2,240,277 2,263,901 2,264,054 2,258,073 59,405 105,558 106,318 97,726 2.7 4.7 4.7 4.3

Alaska

353,349 354,071 354,035 354,957 17,657 23,002 23,147 23,583 5.0 6.5 6.5 6.6

Arizona

3,581,294 3,563,927 3,569,317 3,570,652 171,670 241,754 242,410 239,372 4.8 6.8 6.8 6.7

Arkansas

1,372,291 1,328,600 1,379,313 1,375,953 50,132 70,215 67,171 63,536 3.7 5.3 4.9 4.6

California

19,437,115 18,604,626 18,705,475 18,668,972 823,824 1,620,723 1,748,456 1,680,127 4.2 8.7 9.3 9.0

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale(1)

5,192,929 4,897,806 4,878,866 4,877,297 249,996 613,351 614,852 613,169 4.8 12.5 12.6 12.6

Colorado

3,154,544 3,166,511 3,176,560 3,183,214 84,380 218,580 219,269 210,956 2.7 6.9 6.9 6.6

Connecticut

1,921,041 1,843,528 1,842,967 1,839,774 70,295 151,751 152,007 149,241 3.7 8.2 8.2 8.1

Delaware

493,327 481,873 481,840 487,441 21,021 27,894 28,203 29,469 4.3 5.8 5.9 6.0

District of Columbia

420,360 409,612 409,328 409,164 20,533 35,985 36,038 34,365 4.9 8.8 8.8 8.4

Florida

10,458,937 10,025,050 10,043,992 10,068,788 342,027 539,748 515,114 481,732 3.3 5.4 5.1 4.8

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall(1)

1,368,636 1,301,585 1,301,270 1,288,836 27,545 111,054 111,342 107,720 2.0 8.5 8.6 8.4

Georgia

5,198,431 5,116,371 5,100,297 5,112,468 173,827 285,131 271,108 258,574 3.3 5.6 5.3 5.1

Hawaii

673,017 655,912 655,587 655,039 13,780 67,544 67,419 66,978 2.0 10.3 10.3 10.2

Idaho

889,944 901,615 900,245 900,205 22,827 38,624 34,596 31,043 2.6 4.3 3.8 3.4

Illinois

6,370,035 6,161,356 6,150,544 6,146,616 221,025 499,218 490,873 472,985 3.5 8.1 8.0 7.7

Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights(1)

3,692,502 3,575,997 3,574,703 3,572,643 127,263 330,503 330,458 317,589 3.4 9.2 9.2 8.9

Indiana

3,372,996 3,340,983 3,343,929 3,347,732 106,458 167,473 153,888 141,188 3.2 5.0 4.6 4.2

Iowa

1,734,173 1,625,043 1,619,441 1,625,122 49,313 64,160 59,879 57,367 2.8 3.9 3.7 3.5

Kansas

1,500,177 1,513,503 1,518,416 1,502,433 47,148 70,978 71,556 51,921 3.1 4.7 4.7 3.5

Kentucky

2,081,086 1,983,374 1,982,759 1,989,741 85,765 110,689 110,912 106,434 4.1 5.6 5.6 5.3

Louisiana

2,150,907 2,094,642 2,095,025 2,083,974 109,270 164,692 165,493 158,548 5.1 7.9 7.9 7.6

Maine

699,646 666,706 666,913 671,418 20,773 32,749 33,360 35,054 3.0 4.9 5.0 5.2

Maryland

3,298,221 3,113,418 3,112,292 3,104,901 111,061 211,459 211,907 197,290 3.4 6.8 6.8 6.4

Massachusetts

3,763,790 3,721,554 3,753,070 3,756,697 106,651 313,308 314,487 294,774 2.8 8.4 8.4 7.8

Michigan

4,936,707 4,855,661 4,855,353 4,736,277 183,525 396,682 400,370 270,791 3.7 8.2 8.2 5.7

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn(2)

2,157,446 2,123,880 2,123,759 2,023,652 90,056 216,858 218,613 105,014 4.2 10.2 10.3 5.2

Minnesota

3,116,174 3,057,403 3,048,729 3,026,226 98,843 151,951 143,923 136,271 3.2 5.0 4.7 4.5

Mississippi

1,284,171 1,272,826 1,276,640 1,279,985 72,217 85,575 83,848 82,178 5.6 6.7 6.6 6.4

Missouri

3,099,592 3,061,073 3,051,663 3,044,856 110,541 142,939 135,112 130,822 3.6 4.7 4.4 4.3

Montana

542,553 534,549 532,934 532,819 19,826 23,791 22,462 21,156 3.7 4.5 4.2 4.0

Nebraska

1,044,199 1,024,861 1,023,600 1,024,694 30,755 35,298 34,528 32,617 2.9 3.4 3.4 3.2

Nevada

1,597,920 1,509,102 1,516,397 1,530,200 58,633 131,052 124,624 124,669 3.7 8.7 8.2 8.1

New Hampshire

773,561 762,163 763,394 762,943 19,904 32,075 29,220 27,152 2.6 4.2 3.8 3.6

New Jersey

4,580,764 4,500,435 4,377,299 4,407,335 167,403 458,438 337,731 347,602 3.7 10.2 7.7 7.9

New Mexico

965,005 960,308 960,113 958,761 49,446 82,102 82,423 83,143 5.1 8.5 8.6 8.7

New York

9,518,110 9,261,209 9,290,419 9,284,186 359,918 803,682 805,934 816,699 3.8 8.7 8.7 8.8

New York City

4,071,802 3,868,989 3,868,206 3,867,286 148,093 463,703 464,800 488,899 3.6 12.0 12.0 12.6

North Carolina

5,108,053 5,035,748 5,040,047 5,038,645 179,605 323,110 308,883 297,599 3.5 6.4 6.1 5.9

North Dakota

407,647 404,531 404,240 404,500 9,148 18,959 18,986 18,270 2.2 4.7 4.7 4.5

Ohio

5,895,125 5,732,818 5,763,310 5,769,606 267,554 319,591 320,707 306,861 4.5 5.6 5.6 5.3

Cleveland-Elyria(2)

1,067,324 1,008,237 1,014,542 1,017,294 48,664 81,998 82,186 74,197 4.6 8.1 8.1 7.3

Oklahoma

1,850,300 1,861,831 1,861,928 1,864,367 56,894 89,572 83,938 80,861 3.1 4.8 4.5 4.3

Oregon

2,108,977 2,132,974 2,141,252 2,149,501 71,746 140,504 134,749 132,409 3.4 6.6 6.3 6.2

Pennsylvania

6,532,104 6,310,994 6,310,050 6,295,363 315,155 445,586 447,888 458,164 4.8 7.1 7.1 7.3

Rhode Island

562,012 538,810 538,617 540,279 21,243 42,608 42,758 39,077 3.8 7.9 7.9 7.2

South Carolina

2,366,322 2,348,943 2,355,062 2,360,986 62,138 131,355 131,582 125,683 2.6 5.6 5.6 5.3

South Dakota

463,997 455,436 471,631 470,523 13,462 16,424 15,502 14,464 2.9 3.6 3.3 3.1

Tennessee

3,338,446 3,314,879 3,313,650 3,316,943 124,263 184,368 186,041 170,307 3.7 5.6 5.6 5.1

Texas

14,178,765 13,992,055 14,133,518 14,063,094 505,056 1,002,266 971,008 958,746 3.6 7.2 6.9 6.8

Utah

1,630,818 1,631,847 1,626,916 1,630,940 39,910 57,273 53,338 50,071 2.4 3.5 3.3 3.1

Vermont

343,628 316,982 316,150 314,630 8,464 11,596 10,924 10,113 2.5 3.7 3.5 3.2

Virginia

4,453,855 4,271,293 4,255,079 4,253,627 109,989 248,218 236,204 227,284 2.5 5.8 5.6 5.3

Washington

3,957,004 3,842,951 3,830,416 3,835,228 157,051 256,454 239,459 228,604 4.0 6.7 6.3 6.0

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett(1)

1,742,609 1,735,929 1,735,758 1,737,816 42,725 107,578 101,540 100,399 2.5 6.2 5.8 5.8

West Virginia

805,300 795,116 796,614 796,344 40,305 56,037 53,698 51,534 5.0 7.0 6.7 6.5

Wisconsin

3,084,954 3,054,158 3,053,836 3,056,452 102,166 132,913 121,607 116,908 3.3 4.4 4.0 3.8

Wyoming

298,600 295,063 294,630 295,089 13,280 15,554 15,284 15,080 4.4 5.3 5.2 5.1

Puerto Rico

1,064,306 1,055,012 1,054,469 1,050,739 96,343 96,565 96,982 98,128 9.1 9.2 9.2 9.3

Footnotes
(1) Metropolitan division.
(2) Metropolitan statistical area.
(p) Preliminary

NOTE: Data refer to place of residence. Data for Puerto Rico are derived from a monthly household survey similar to the Current Population Survey. Area definitions are based on Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 18-03, dated April 10, 2018, and are available on the BLS website at https://www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm. Estimates for the latest month are subject to revision the following month.


LABOR FORCE DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
Table 2. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state and selected area, not seasonally adjusted
State and area Civilian labor force Unemployed
December January Number Percent of labor force
2019 2020 2020 2021(p) December January December January
2019 2020 2020 2021(p) 2019 2020 2020 2021(p)

Alabama

2,240,957 2,240,352 2,225,417 2,228,724 54,718 78,752 69,939 90,226 2.4 3.5 3.1 4.0

Alaska

349,567 350,219 348,829 348,865 17,841 23,032 18,985 23,876 5.1 6.6 5.4 6.8

Arizona

3,574,368 3,566,534 3,587,269 3,570,326 159,900 239,544 173,912 244,196 4.5 6.7 4.8 6.8

Arkansas

1,362,346 1,366,653 1,356,254 1,349,640 45,631 64,314 56,515 68,999 3.3 4.7 4.2 5.1

California

19,384,074 18,660,835 19,438,620 18,623,527 765,587 1,702,248 873,455 1,721,723 3.9 9.1 4.5 9.2

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale(1)

5,171,306 4,867,991 5,210,574 4,916,561 224,411 597,356 253,528 626,370 4.3 12.3 4.9 12.7

Colorado

3,146,158 3,172,790 3,144,882 3,170,455 76,218 219,804 90,641 218,205 2.4 6.9 2.9 6.9

Connecticut

1,912,280 1,831,338 1,916,553 1,823,229 57,926 140,974 81,459 154,481 3.0 7.7 4.3 8.5

Delaware

491,675 482,293 492,355 487,753 17,389 27,797 22,838 31,288 3.5 5.8 4.6 6.4

District of Columbia

416,329 413,158 421,801 407,132 18,940 36,459 21,026 32,268 4.5 8.8 5.0 7.9

Florida

10,423,772 9,968,835 10,455,017 10,105,513 304,578 419,587 354,946 537,512 2.9 4.2 3.4 5.3

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall(1)

1,377,214 1,301,119 1,386,935 1,294,241 23,646 103,260 25,413 104,856 1.7 7.9 1.8 8.1

Georgia

5,195,256 5,139,816 5,212,231 5,111,994 162,723 289,866 186,424 256,546 3.1 5.6 3.6 5.0

Hawaii

673,732 648,758 677,385 654,614 12,584 60,478 13,926 64,054 1.9 9.3 2.1 9.8

Idaho

886,637 899,652 885,293 897,952 22,443 36,070 29,056 39,323 2.5 4.0 3.3 4.4

Illinois

6,369,025 6,105,476 6,333,145 6,092,375 212,093 479,837 254,485 514,858 3.3 7.9 4.0 8.5

Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights(1)

3,687,479 3,541,085 3,663,216 3,533,906 112,643 308,282 137,709 322,011 3.1 8.7 3.8 9.1

Indiana

3,374,517 3,321,235 3,364,647 3,335,764 97,376 146,233 119,356 155,689 2.9 4.4 3.5 4.7

Iowa

1,735,817 1,622,138 1,729,632 1,625,569 50,677 66,280 61,834 74,994 2.9 4.1 3.6 4.6

Kansas

1,497,874 1,508,734 1,493,578 1,516,800 41,336 62,911 48,671 81,488 2.8 4.2 3.3 5.4

Kentucky

2,082,085 1,983,657 2,067,955 1,967,759 76,944 107,709 93,839 104,351 3.7 5.4 4.5 5.3

Louisiana

2,130,487 2,083,161 2,133,698 2,049,340 95,963 151,178 110,789 155,784 4.5 7.3 5.2 7.6

Maine

692,823 662,097 689,271 664,657 16,472 34,564 22,849 42,315 2.4 5.2 3.3 6.4

Maryland

3,283,554 3,105,593 3,284,785 3,076,762 98,132 206,860 119,220 193,504 3.0 6.7 3.6 6.3

Massachusetts

3,766,273 3,694,508 3,755,504 3,693,776 95,012 271,380 127,991 276,694 2.5 7.3 3.4 7.5

Michigan

4,933,081 4,855,603 4,909,663 4,711,442 169,426 400,934 206,791 288,821 3.4 8.3 4.2 6.1

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn(2)

2,163,473 2,135,505 2,151,704 2,028,213 82,728 219,701 98,336 108,333 3.8 10.3 4.6 5.3

Minnesota

3,105,118 3,036,842 3,102,006 2,985,747 99,584 148,543 117,779 151,502 3.2 4.9 3.8 5.1

Mississippi

1,282,497 1,278,959 1,269,573 1,260,891 65,099 83,701 70,055 78,318 5.1 6.5 5.5 6.2

Missouri

3,086,813 3,055,793 3,077,693 3,043,385 102,478 141,939 121,737 155,450 3.3 4.6 4.0 5.1

Montana

537,622 524,275 538,957 525,411 20,055 23,912 24,873 26,155 3.7 4.6 4.6 5.0

Nebraska

1,038,731 1,015,391 1,037,068 1,012,219 27,326 30,738 33,639 31,702 2.6 3.0 3.2 3.1

Nevada

1,589,050 1,513,944 1,595,413 1,531,451 55,326 123,484 62,083 130,744 3.5 8.2 3.9 8.5

New Hampshire

773,238 757,970 774,595 755,558 17,912 27,997 23,709 30,681 2.3 3.7 3.1 4.1

New Jersey

4,570,393 4,372,811 4,568,369 4,371,552 148,482 316,353 186,718 346,956 3.2 7.2 4.1 7.9

New Mexico

969,717 963,668 962,250 951,500 45,510 80,079 49,768 85,626 4.7 8.3 5.2 9.0

New York

9,468,903 9,228,985 9,529,605 9,185,239 332,618 782,807 394,915 863,972 3.5 8.5 4.1 9.4

New York City

4,055,234 3,856,031 4,083,553 3,844,278 122,776 447,885 156,782 503,064 3.0 11.6 3.8 13.1

North Carolina

5,072,982 5,017,316 5,072,275 4,971,267 163,544 307,133 184,959 296,669 3.2 6.1 3.6 6.0

North Dakota

403,011 397,541 402,870 397,508 8,741 18,974 11,895 20,099 2.2 4.8 3.0 5.1

Ohio

5,853,909 5,684,962 5,846,906 5,692,585 230,950 300,053 304,717 344,508 3.9 5.3 5.2 6.1

Cleveland-Elyria(2)

1,049,216 997,566 1,056,664 1,008,741 39,491 76,279 52,752 73,937 3.8 7.6 5.0 7.3

Oklahoma

1,847,173 1,853,534 1,847,668 1,862,494 52,253 85,689 60,105 92,743 2.8 4.6 3.3 5.0

Oregon

2,097,067 2,127,775 2,090,607 2,124,001 60,562 131,658 77,971 148,835 2.9 6.2 3.7 7.0

Pennsylvania

6,506,211 6,255,815 6,505,710 6,247,478 286,497 430,100 325,704 504,703 4.4 6.9 5.0 8.1

Rhode Island

564,399 539,265 559,850 540,668 18,854 41,962 24,384 45,582 3.3 7.8 4.4 8.4

South Carolina

2,355,306 2,348,040 2,359,513 2,341,477 58,112 138,256 73,251 126,775 2.5 5.9 3.1 5.4

South Dakota

460,688 467,353 457,217 461,467 13,881 16,585 14,934 15,215 3.0 3.5 3.3 3.3

Tennessee

3,343,512 3,324,493 3,332,953 3,306,113 109,254 185,878 132,499 177,419 3.3 5.6 4.0 5.4

Texas

14,169,618 14,139,874 14,161,146 14,027,811 464,113 948,550 526,436 1,027,759 3.3 6.7 3.7 7.3

Utah

1,626,689 1,629,656 1,629,243 1,640,170 35,456 49,109 43,232 56,085 2.2 3.0 2.7 3.4

Vermont

343,495 313,167 343,783 311,724 8,116 10,278 10,327 11,493 2.4 3.3 3.0 3.7

Virginia

4,434,983 4,239,603 4,437,563 4,217,727 100,081 243,507 123,101 240,004 2.3 5.7 2.8 5.7

Washington

3,936,216 3,830,175 3,954,032 3,845,972 152,241 251,637 180,264 260,462 3.9 6.6 4.6 6.8

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett(1)

1,724,567 1,722,800 1,747,143 1,744,408 41,446 103,497 46,424 115,109 2.4 6.0 2.7 6.6

West Virginia

797,624 792,568 799,650 782,866 37,201 56,722 45,180 55,204 4.7 7.2 5.6 7.1

Wisconsin

3,075,658 3,038,277 3,057,272 3,031,292 91,617 122,911 107,294 136,724 3.0 4.0 3.5 4.5

Wyoming

295,794 292,809 296,026 294,006 12,002 15,512 14,396 18,028 4.1 5.3 4.9 6.1

Puerto Rico

1,067,435 1,040,875 1,049,920 1,037,203 98,182 109,601 100,999 93,665 9.2 10.5 9.6 9.0

Footnotes
(1) Metropolitan division.
(2) Metropolitan statistical area.
(p) Preliminary

NOTE: Data refer to place of residence. Data for Puerto Rico are derived from a monthly household survey similar to the Current Population Survey. Area definitions are based on Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 18-03, dated April 10, 2018, and are available on the BLS website at https://www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm. Estimates for the latest month are subject to revision the following month.


ESTABLISHMENT DATA
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
Table 3. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry sector, seasonally adjusted
[In thousands]
State Total(1) Construction Manufacturing
Jan.
2020
Nov.
2020
Dec.
2020
Jan.
2021(p)
Jan.
2020
Nov.
2020
Dec.
2020
Jan.
2021(p)
Jan.
2020
Nov.
2020
Dec.
2020
Jan.
2021(p)

Alabama

2,087.5 2,009.0 2,012.5 2,013.4 96.2 95.0 96.4 96.6 269.7 261.4 260.6 262.6

Alaska

329.4 304.5 304.1 303.9 16.5 17.1 17.1 17.1 12.4 12.5 13.6 12.7

Arizona

2,988.5 2,862.2 2,860.3 2,874.0 175.5 176.9 172.4 173.5 180.4 175.8 176.4 176.9

Arkansas

1,293.4 1,252.9 1,257.5 1,259.8 53.8 54.7 54.4 55.3 160.8 155.9 156.7 157.4

California

17,620.8 16,013.3 15,937.9 15,868.0 905.2 858.1 881.1 877.1 1,327.6 1,248.1 1,246.9 1,242.3


Colorado

2,819.5 2,647.9 2,626.7 2,658.7 179.9 173.6 173.2 173.5 151.4 145.9 145.4 145.1

Connecticut

1,698.0 1,575.4 1,570.8 1,570.7 58.8 56.4 56.7 56.1 160.8 151.6 152.9 152.7

Delaware(2)

467.9 442.1 442.3 444.5 23.5 22.6 22.5 22.6 27.3 25.2 25.2 25.0

District of Columbia(2)

804.7 733.6 733.9 733.0 15.3 15.5 15.7 15.5 1.3 1.0 1.0 1.0

Florida

9,063.0 8,474.6 8,492.0 8,491.2 575.3 558.6 561.9 565.4 389.0 378.4 379.2 378.7


Georgia

4,663.2 4,426.1 4,449.8 4,448.1 207.9 200.7 200.2 201.4 404.3 384.8 389.2 387.5

Hawaii(2)

662.3 532.7 541.7 540.2 37.3 35.3 36.0 36.7 13.8 11.2 11.2 11.2

Idaho

772.6 771.4 776.4 780.9 54.8 57.1 57.6 59.5 69.0 69.4 69.7 69.5

Illinois

6,151.8 5,646.5 5,637.3 5,647.0 229.5 218.7 222.7 219.5 580.7 546.6 548.4 547.9

Indiana

3,165.7 3,017.2 3,024.8 3,029.0 148.7 149.0 150.3 150.5 536.9 517.1 519.5 520.9


Iowa

1,593.8 1,509.0 1,513.4 1,516.4 80.6 76.5 77.9 78.9 224.3 216.0 218.2 218.9

Kansas

1,431.1 1,356.1 1,354.7 1,364.7 64.5 63.5 64.6 64.2 171.5 157.2 157.0 158.2

Kentucky

1,956.5 1,856.5 1,841.8 1,854.6 82.0 78.5 79.0 80.1 251.2 240.6 242.1 239.0

Louisiana

1,992.2 1,830.7 1,834.6 1,831.1 136.4 118.0 118.2 117.8 137.6 128.5 130.1 127.0

Maine

641.0 602.1 601.2 603.2 30.5 30.4 30.7 30.6 53.9 52.3 52.7 52.9


Maryland

2,779.7 2,602.7 2,603.9 2,610.7 167.5 160.3 162.4 161.5 113.0 109.1 109.8 108.9

Massachusetts

3,726.0 3,365.0 3,356.3 3,391.8 165.2 159.8 161.8 163.6 243.1 229.8 230.2 229.6

Michigan

4,449.2 4,095.7 4,027.9 4,051.7 176.5 174.7 175.0 174.9 620.9 571.9 572.2 572.4

Minnesota

2,997.2 2,772.4 2,719.6 2,771.4 127.9 121.5 122.8 122.7 323.1 305.7 306.3 307.7

Mississippi

1,162.4 1,122.2 1,125.9 1,125.5 45.5 44.8 44.9 44.7 146.8 141.7 142.0 142.7


Missouri

2,929.9 2,790.0 2,799.2 2,805.1 129.1 125.2 125.5 125.9 277.0 267.0 268.4 269.6

Montana

489.1 475.6 476.4 477.1 30.6 30.4 31.0 31.2 21.2 20.3 20.5 20.4

Nebraska

1,033.9 993.3 998.3 997.3 56.4 54.6 55.9 56.2 99.7 98.1 99.0 98.9

Nevada

1,441.0 1,273.4 1,277.5 1,284.9 98.5 90.0 90.7 91.2 59.0 56.4 56.5 56.3

New Hampshire

687.2 644.8 639.3 648.1 28.6 27.7 28.1 27.6 70.8 66.5 66.4 66.4


New Jersey

4,227.1 3,871.0 3,864.9 3,865.8 162.9 150.7 151.5 150.9 251.0 238.5 238.8 239.1

New Mexico

863.6 785.6 778.4 778.1 52.0 46.4 47.7 48.2 29.0 26.0 25.7 25.8

New York

9,831.2 8,753.6 8,723.3 8,766.0 409.4 378.7 382.1 382.2 435.8 400.7 403.8 400.9

North Carolina

4,623.5 4,414.3 4,435.8 4,432.6 234.7 230.8 230.7 231.9 475.5 453.1 457.7 456.6

North Dakota

440.7 407.3 407.9 410.5 28.6 25.9 26.9 26.9 26.5 24.7 24.9 25.7


Ohio

5,613.7 5,292.3 5,277.8 5,306.7 231.4 221.0 222.2 223.6 695.0 658.8 657.6 658.0

Oklahoma

1,704.7 1,613.3 1,614.1 1,622.5 82.8 78.2 77.5 79.9 139.6 127.8 129.5 128.4

Oregon

1,969.3 1,825.7 1,798.2 1,806.5 111.7 109.7 109.6 108.8 196.4 184.1 184.4 185.2

Pennsylvania

6,093.1 5,637.8 5,602.4 5,638.1 264.3 251.0 251.4 250.4 571.2 537.2 538.7 538.6

Rhode Island

505.8 463.6 457.8 462.3 20.2 19.5 19.7 19.9 39.7 37.9 37.7 37.8


South Carolina

2,198.7 2,104.4 2,117.3 2,104.4 106.7 103.9 105.5 102.3 257.5 246.1 247.6 246.6

South Dakota

442.2 429.6 431.6 431.9 23.9 23.8 24.0 24.0 44.5 43.4 43.6 43.5

Tennessee

3,151.2 3,021.1 3,030.5 3,028.4 132.3 129.3 129.0 128.7 354.5 342.8 343.9 344.5

Texas

12,956.2 12,299.5 12,365.2 12,396.0 778.5 723.8 725.8 728.8 911.6 855.4 858.2 855.5

Utah

1,570.9 1,559.6 1,565.1 1,568.3 113.5 117.6 118.5 117.5 137.1 138.9 140.1 139.9


Vermont

314.8 287.1 286.1 287.1 15.5 14.1 14.5 15.0 30.0 28.5 28.7 28.5

Virginia

4,089.1 3,888.1 3,881.1 3,895.2 207.5 205.3 207.1 207.5 243.3 234.1 235.9 233.8

Washington

3,502.7 3,272.2 3,266.8 3,271.2 219.3 220.3 222.2 222.1 292.7 261.7 261.2 260.5

West Virginia

720.6 675.1 671.9 674.8 33.2 30.1 30.6 30.7 46.8 44.4 44.5 44.7

Wisconsin

2,995.1 2,816.6 2,831.1 2,842.2 126.7 126.6 126.7 123.7 479.6 462.1 467.1 468.8

Wyoming

289.6 273.2 273.7 273.6 23.2 20.3 20.7 20.7 10.0 9.3 9.2 9.2


Puerto Rico

881.9 840.1 837.3 846.2 27.7 28.2 27.4 29.2 75.4 76.2 76.3 76.4

Virgin Islands(2)(3)

39.6 34.7 33.9 34.0 4.8 2.9 2.8 2.8 - - - -

Footnotes
(1) Includes mining and logging, information, and other services (except public administration), not shown separately.
(2) Mining and logging is combined with construction.
(3) Missing series (denoted by '-') are not published seasonally adjusted because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
(p) Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Data have been revised to reflect 2020 benchmarks and updated seasonal adjustment factors. Seasonally adjusted data from January 2016 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.

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
Table 3. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry sector, seasonally adjusted-Continued
[In thousands]
State Trade, transportation, and utilities Financial activities Professional and business services
Jan.
2020
Nov.
2020
Dec.
2020
Jan.
2021(p)
Jan.
2020
Nov.
2020
Dec.
2020
Jan.
2021(p)
Jan.
2020
Nov.
2020
Dec.
2020
Jan.
2021(p)

Alabama

383.4 378.9 379.1 376.0 97.7 96.8 97.0 96.1 253.3 251.5 250.4 251.1

Alaska

64.6 59.4 59.0 58.8 11.4 10.5 10.6 10.4 28.2 26.2 26.4 26.6

Arizona

552.9 565.5 565.8 563.6 233.2 232.6 231.4 230.6 451.8 424.6 426.1 430.9

Arkansas

253.1 253.4 253.7 253.7 64.2 63.5 63.6 64.0 147.1 140.0 142.5 143.2

California

3,065.2 2,939.4 2,941.6 2,955.3 847.4 811.7 810.0 810.6 2,758.2 2,591.0 2,611.1 2,614.7


Colorado

482.7 478.4 483.4 484.6 175.8 173.8 174.3 176.1 446.9 430.2 434.7 438.9

Connecticut

293.9 288.4 287.5 289.9 122.9 119.3 119.8 119.5 219.4 204.2 203.6 202.9

Delaware

80.7 80.8 81.9 81.5 47.8 46.8 46.5 46.9 64.6 60.0 60.6 61.8

District of Columbia

33.3 29.1 29.3 29.3 29.9 27.9 27.9 28.3 174.4 163.9 164.2 164.8

Florida

1,821.2 1,740.0 1,742.4 1,746.8 603.0 594.0 597.6 596.1 1,403.4 1,355.7 1,366.2 1,366.7


Georgia

951.9 945.2 947.2 945.3 254.5 250.9 252.7 251.0 730.4 698.9 704.2 706.4

Hawaii

126.4 100.0 100.9 100.3 30.0 26.1 26.4 26.4 75.0 64.0 65.0 66.0

Idaho

147.2 151.5 153.7 153.1 37.1 38.8 39.0 39.6 99.5 100.9 100.8 101.1

Illinois

1,206.2 1,171.5 1,174.9 1,177.0 414.2 402.8 403.6 397.2 948.2 891.4 906.3 917.8

Indiana

598.9 601.2 605.1 606.5 143.0 139.9 141.0 140.9 347.0 328.8 333.9 333.4


Iowa

311.2 304.7 308.2 307.0 110.1 109.8 109.6 109.9 140.3 134.7 136.4 136.1

Kansas

267.0 262.9 263.4 267.8 78.2 77.2 76.9 76.9 176.2 169.0 170.3 171.0

Kentucky

405.6 401.6 404.5 404.5 94.5 94.0 94.0 95.6 217.1 211.3 209.1 212.2

Louisiana

378.6 363.8 363.9 362.3 93.9 86.3 86.4 86.9 217.0 204.4 204.0 202.0

Maine

119.2 113.1 113.4 113.5 33.4 32.6 32.7 32.7 70.1 68.6 68.8 69.2


Maryland

472.0 458.4 460.2 461.5 142.5 136.1 135.7 137.4 462.8 443.2 448.1 451.2

Massachusetts

580.4 545.4 549.6 552.7 223.0 216.4 216.3 218.4 612.6 577.4 583.0 587.6

Michigan

797.3 765.5 769.9 773.6 228.1 224.5 224.5 223.9 652.9 609.0 609.4 612.7

Minnesota

532.6 502.2 502.8 503.3 195.9 194.2 194.8 194.4 384.3 355.3 355.9 356.8

Mississippi

230.9 232.9 233.0 232.6 44.3 42.0 42.4 42.5 109.0 108.7 108.9 107.6


Missouri

542.3 539.0 543.7 542.7 176.4 175.0 176.0 172.4 386.1 365.0 368.4 370.2

Montana

94.4 93.5 94.2 94.5 26.6 26.6 26.3 26.2 44.4 44.8 45.0 45.3

Nebraska

197.0 193.4 195.9 194.9 75.3 74.4 74.6 74.5 121.6 116.5 117.5 117.7

Nevada

265.6 268.4 271.2 271.6 70.4 67.6 67.6 67.9 202.0 178.0 179.7 180.7

New Hampshire

140.0 135.6 136.7 136.4 34.2 33.8 33.9 33.6 84.7 83.8 84.5 87.0


New Jersey

889.1 851.2 848.1 841.0 252.0 245.3 244.3 248.2 691.2 645.3 648.8 650.2

New Mexico

137.7 131.1 131.5 131.9 35.8 33.2 32.7 32.0 113.1 105.7 107.4 108.8

New York

1,549.0 1,378.8 1,383.0 1,386.9 733.9 701.0 701.9 702.9 1,355.8 1,230.0 1,232.7 1,239.1

North Carolina

858.2 855.7 861.2 861.6 256.5 258.4 258.9 257.5 655.0 648.3 657.3 657.4

North Dakota

93.8 88.7 89.4 89.3 25.0 24.6 24.5 24.6 33.4 30.7 31.1 30.9


Ohio

1,036.4 1,025.6 1,028.4 1,029.8 308.2 304.2 306.1 307.8 732.0 696.9 696.2 697.0

Oklahoma

306.3 302.5 302.6 304.1 78.6 76.8 77.4 77.1 196.3 180.2 182.4 184.8

Oregon

360.9 356.9 356.6 358.3 105.3 100.8 101.3 102.0 256.8 243.8 246.8 247.8

Pennsylvania

1,128.7 1,086.5 1,093.2 1,098.8 333.0 323.6 323.7 323.4 812.9 753.6 758.1 770.2

Rhode Island

77.3 73.0 73.2 74.5 35.6 34.2 34.3 34.3 68.9 65.8 65.2 63.8


South Carolina

411.2 407.0 408.3 408.6 106.9 106.1 106.3 105.6 294.3 285.3 287.4 285.3

South Dakota

86.0 85.7 86.4 85.8 28.8 28.4 28.6 28.3 33.5 32.5 32.5 32.1

Tennessee

641.7 636.3 640.4 642.2 174.7 170.2 170.9 171.1 433.7 423.8 427.7 426.3

Texas

2,537.0 2,504.7 2,514.7 2,515.9 816.3 811.3 807.0 815.4 1,826.6 1,779.1 1,807.8 1,820.6

Utah

290.6 298.8 298.7 299.0 92.6 95.0 96.3 97.0 225.2 230.1 233.9 236.6


Vermont

53.8 50.7 51.1 50.9 12.3 12.0 11.8 11.8 29.9 29.6 29.6 29.5

Virginia

660.2 649.2 649.7 654.4 214.5 208.1 208.4 208.0 776.1 766.2 766.1 767.5

Washington

650.6 639.2 643.8 642.1 162.6 157.7 158.5 157.3 442.2 429.3 438.1 434.7

West Virginia

126.5 120.6 120.3 121.2 29.8 29.5 29.3 28.8 68.7 65.4 65.7 66.6

Wisconsin

536.3 519.9 525.8 529.2 154.8 150.7 150.9 150.6 327.3 313.4 316.5 318.6

Wyoming

51.8 50.8 50.8 50.7 11.2 10.5 11.0 11.0 19.2 18.5 18.6 18.8


Puerto Rico

173.1 167.5 167.9 168.1 45.0 42.7 42.8 43.1 123.9 118.1 117.0 119.6

Virgin Islands(1)

7.1 6.4 6.4 6.5 - - - - - - - -

Footnotes
(1) Missing series (denoted by '-') are not published seasonally adjusted because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
(p) Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Data have been revised to reflect 2020 benchmarks and updated seasonal adjustment factors. Seasonally adjusted data from January 2016 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.

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
Table 3. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry sector, seasonally adjusted-Continued
[In thousands]
State Education and health services Leisure and hospitality Government
Jan.
2020
Nov.
2020
Dec.
2020
Jan.
2021(p)
Jan.
2020
Nov.
2020
Dec.
2020
Jan.
2021(p)
Jan.
2020
Nov.
2020
Dec.
2020
Jan.
2021(p)

Alabama

252.7 236.3 237.2 240.4 209.1 185.2 188.8 187.7 394.8 384.5 383.4 383.6

Alaska

51.3 49.6 49.2 49.2 35.9 26.9 26.1 26.9 79.4 77.1 77.0 76.7

Arizona

479.6 462.7 464.7 465.6 337.0 275.0 276.6 278.7 420.3 403.5 401.4 407.2

Arkansas

194.4 187.2 187.9 187.4 122.5 111.2 111.6 111.3 213.3 204.8 205.2 205.3

California

2,859.3 2,727.9 2,734.8 2,724.8 2,055.5 1,432.9 1,326.7 1,256.1 2,615.4 2,415.9 2,403.4 2,407.0


Colorado

354.2 339.2 338.2 337.9 347.1 275.6 244.8 266.0 461.4 431.1 432.9 436.5

Connecticut

350.8 324.0 323.0 324.2 157.6 119.7 118.9 118.5 236.2 225.2 221.1 220.6

Delaware

81.4 77.9 77.7 77.3 52.8 44.1 43.6 44.0 67.1 64.9 64.9 65.4

District of Columbia

131.4 122.2 122.9 123.2 82.5 40.3 39.4 38.0 238.1 242.5 242.7 242.0

Florida

1,364.8 1,307.4 1,306.1 1,309.3 1,274.9 1,000.2 1,000.6 990.8 1,133.4 1,086.4 1,083.3 1,080.8


Georgia

616.3 587.8 589.1 588.3 507.1 417.9 425.6 421.4 694.0 670.9 671.2 672.4

Hawaii

88.3 81.0 81.5 82.2 127.6 69.3 75.0 73.9 126.7 118.4 116.9 116.3

Idaho

114.5 110.9 112.0 113.1 84.5 81.6 83.4 83.1 127.3 124.5 124.1 126.0

Illinois

948.7 881.6 883.2 883.3 628.8 437.0 407.1 412.2 836.7 772.2 767.4 765.6

Indiana

484.1 460.0 461.3 459.6 316.0 272.1 270.7 272.3 427.9 406.3 401.7 402.6


Iowa

236.6 220.6 220.6 221.3 144.9 119.6 117.7 118.1 264.0 251.3 248.7 250.9

Kansas

204.9 197.5 196.5 198.0 130.7 111.3 109.9 110.6 261.8 246.8 245.4 247.1

Kentucky

290.7 275.6 277.2 278.1 205.2 169.5 158.2 167.1 311.1 296.1 289.0 288.9

Louisiana

325.8 311.2 311.9 312.8 238.9 194.5 195.0 193.2 332.3 311.7 313.5 316.5

Maine

129.7 125.1 125.3 124.9 70.2 54.9 53.9 54.5 102.5 96.1 94.2 95.4


Maryland

476.7 446.1 446.9 446.3 284.4 222.9 217.0 213.6 509.0 492.9 490.2 495.7

Massachusetts

822.2 746.9 740.3 750.3 382.3 263.6 255.0 256.9 460.2 424.1 419.4 428.6

Michigan

691.7 641.0 638.4 640.5 434.4 339.4 276.6 285.4 618.2 568.1 562.2 569.7

Minnesota

560.9 535.8 533.1 539.8 277.0 204.3 160.9 196.4 427.3 405.3 399.6 402.5

Mississippi

146.9 139.0 139.0 139.7 138.2 123.0 123.8 124.0 243.2 234.7 236.6 236.6


Missouri

498.4 481.7 482.9 486.5 312.1 254.5 253.5 256.0 439.0 422.4 421.4 421.1

Montana

80.0 79.0 78.9 78.4 67.7 62.0 61.8 61.8 91.9 88.4 88.2 88.5

Nebraska

157.1 155.0 155.3 154.8 95.1 81.6 79.5 81.7 175.8 167.5 168.1 165.8

Nevada

149.0 141.2 142.9 143.4 356.2 248.5 247.3 247.8 166.9 158.4 157.0 160.8

New Hampshire

126.2 118.6 116.9 117.5 73.6 61.5 59.2 61.1 90.1 82.8 79.4 84.4


New Jersey

729.2 665.3 665.0 666.9 398.7 294.7 289.1 293.2 605.6 569.0 568.1 565.8

New Mexico

141.7 135.2 135.0 134.8 101.0 80.9 72.7 71.0 187.5 175.2 174.3 172.9

New York

2,161.5 1,996.7 1,994.2 2,002.5 965.5 620.7 593.6 602.4 1,505.0 1,442.9 1,429.2 1,442.5

North Carolina

633.3 599.6 597.8 594.9 521.8 432.1 433.9 434.6 737.6 700.8 701.7 700.1

North Dakota

68.1 65.3 65.5 65.2 40.6 34.4 33.8 34.6 82.4 79.7 78.5 79.9


Ohio

947.6 896.5 890.9 897.7 574.1 478.8 470.3 480.6 795.4 747.6 742.9 749.0

Oklahoma

242.8 236.1 232.9 234.5 175.5 161.8 161.1 162.2 355.2 342.3 342.5 342.2

Oregon

314.9 293.5 291.9 293.5 215.7 165.2 136.8 138.9 300.4 275.3 274.5 274.8

Pennsylvania

1,307.5 1,239.8 1,223.8 1,234.3 583.0 443.8 415.3 425.8 712.9 672.3 670.3 670.1

Rhode Island

109.5 99.7 98.5 99.3 60.3 46.1 43.4 45.9 65.4 62.2 61.4 61.6


South Carolina

260.9 250.5 251.6 251.9 273.4 238.0 241.5 237.7 377.2 364.5 365.9 362.7

South Dakota

74.3 73.6 74.2 74.3 47.9 41.5 41.7 41.9 79.7 77.9 77.5 78.4

Tennessee

448.2 430.2 429.4 431.5 351.2 292.9 294.6 291.5 440.6 429.2 428.1 426.1

Texas

1,772.7 1,696.4 1,703.0 1,705.1 1,415.1 1,203.3 1,214.5 1,217.4 1,999.4 1,960.1 1,961.1 1,959.3

Utah

212.5 207.9 207.0 207.2 155.7 142.5 141.1 141.3 252.7 241.8 242.8 242.8


Vermont

65.7 62.0 62.1 62.3 36.5 25.4 23.9 24.4 55.7 50.7 50.7 50.6

Virginia

556.4 530.0 528.5 529.4 421.4 337.0 335.6 339.8 737.1 707.3 698.8 704.0

Washington

507.0 496.2 495.2 499.9 349.7 255.5 231.4 236.2 591.7 539.2 542.9 544.5

West Virginia

132.4 127.7 127.6 127.8 74.8 64.1 62.2 62.5 155.9 146.7 145.4 145.6

Wisconsin

468.2 446.4 448.3 449.7 288.3 224.3 224.0 225.5 409.5 379.8 378.2 382.3

Wyoming

28.9 28.7 28.7 28.8 37.7 36.2 35.8 35.6 68.3 66.2 66.0 65.9


Puerto Rico

119.7 108.5 108.7 110.7 80.9 69.6 70.5 71.7 198.8 198.0 195.4 195.9

Virgin Islands

2.3 2.1 2.1 2.1 6.1 4.4 4.4 4.4 10.6 11.1 10.4 10.4

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Data have been revised to reflect 2020 benchmarks and updated seasonal adjustment factors. Seasonally adjusted data from January 2016 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.


ESTABLISHMENT DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
Table 4. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry sector, not seasonally adjusted
[In thousands]
State Total Mining and logging Construction
December January December January December January
2019 2020 2020 2021(p) 2019 2020 2020 2021(p) 2019 2020 2020 2021(p)

Alabama

2,096.5 2,021.8 2,062.7 1,993.2 10.1 9.4 9.9 9.7 95.2 95.9 93.5 93.1

Alaska

314.5 288.8 310.9 287.2 13.5 10.0 13.1 10.1 14.9 15.8 13.8 14.5

Arizona

3,034.2 2,906.2 2,985.3 2,864.5 12.5 12.3 13.0 12.4 174.9 172.1 173.0 171.0

Arkansas

1,299.2 1,263.8 1,282.0 1,245.8 5.8 5.3 5.7 5.2 53.2 54.0 51.9 53.7

California

17,737.6 16,092.3 17,481.8 15,745.8 22.0 18.3 21.5 18.5 888.0 871.5 876.1 851.8


Colorado

2,830.5 2,645.4 2,786.6 2,628.8 26.9 19.1 26.6 19.2 179.3 171.9 173.6 167.3

Connecticut

1,715.9 1,590.2 1,676.7 1,547.3 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 58.2 56.1 53.6 51.2

Delaware(1)

470.9 444.0 458.0 435.0 - - - - 22.8 22.6 22.5 21.8

District of Columbia(1)

802.0 735.9 796.6 726.1 - - - - 14.4 15.5 15.0 15.2

Florida

9,163.4 8,581.5 9,045.9 8,463.1 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.4 574.1 561.1 567.9 556.1


Georgia

4,695.2 4,488.3 4,626.7 4,413.7 9.6 9.5 9.5 9.6 207.0 199.7 203.8 197.5

Hawaii(1)

669.6 551.2 659.2 538.9 - - - - 37.6 36.3 36.4 36.2

Idaho

770.1 773.5 757.4 763.1 3.7 3.6 3.7 3.6 53.3 56.3 51.3 55.3

Illinois

6,176.9 5,675.1 6,032.5 5,532.0 8.0 6.5 7.3 6.4 223.9 213.5 204.0 192.3

Indiana

3,197.8 3,047.5 3,120.3 2,976.9 6.1 5.1 6.0 5.0 146.1 149.1 138.6 140.8


Iowa

1,599.2 1,517.3 1,561.9 1,486.4 2.4 2.3 2.0 2.0 76.6 74.4 68.9 67.1

Kansas

1,443.7 1,365.3 1,413.3 1,345.3 6.6 5.8 6.4 5.7 62.9 63.9 60.5 60.1

Kentucky

1,975.1 1,859.6 1,929.3 1,829.0 9.8 7.4 8.9 7.2 80.5 78.4 76.3 76.6

Louisiana

2,001.8 1,846.1 1,977.7 1,812.8 36.2 29.2 35.0 27.7 137.1 117.4 133.1 114.6

Maine

636.8 598.0 621.2 583.8 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.2 30.0 29.9 28.5 27.6


Maryland

2,797.6 2,624.2 2,725.7 2,565.9 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.2 167.3 162.2 162.6 158.2

Massachusetts

3,740.0 3,365.6 3,643.7 3,308.1 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.9 162.4 160.0 154.3 151.8

Michigan

4,482.1 4,032.6 4,373.4 3,971.5 7.0 6.7 6.6 6.7 171.8 168.8 161.0 160.4

Minnesota

2,993.8 2,716.3 2,946.7 2,717.7 6.4 6.0 6.2 5.8 120.8 116.2 111.3 106.3

Mississippi

1,165.7 1,132.6 1,151.3 1,114.4 6.6 5.6 6.5 5.6 45.1 45.0 43.9 43.1


Missouri

2,949.1 2,808.4 2,881.7 2,759.1 4.5 4.3 4.3 4.3 128.6 124.7 121.9 119.0

Montana

487.1 474.0 477.1 464.8 7.1 6.5 6.8 6.4 29.5 29.8 27.1 27.5

Nebraska

1,036.3 1,003.0 1,016.7 982.3 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 54.6 54.9 51.8 51.8

Nevada

1,452.8 1,287.3 1,424.9 1,268.7 14.9 14.7 14.7 14.4 97.8 90.0 96.9 88.1

New Hampshire

693.3 642.5 673.9 636.5 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 27.9 27.7 27.1 25.8


New Jersey

4,259.6 3,900.2 4,147.1 3,793.6 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.3 161.2 150.5 153.9 140.1

New Mexico

866.0 781.1 854.6 767.9 25.0 16.4 25.0 17.0 51.0 47.3 50.8 47.1

New York

9,925.7 8,797.9 9,647.2 8,578.5 5.2 5.1 4.7 4.8 399.9 371.6 382.6 351.8

North Carolina

4,642.9 4,472.4 4,579.0 4,389.8 5.7 5.6 5.7 5.6 233.6 230.8 229.6 225.8

North Dakota

442.7 408.8 431.5 401.4 20.5 13.2 20.3 13.1 27.1 24.7 23.9 22.4


Ohio

5,639.3 5,302.0 5,517.5 5,192.6 10.7 9.0 10.3 8.8 224.2 214.9 211.2 202.6

Oklahoma

1,723.1 1,625.2 1,685.4 1,602.4 40.5 24.9 39.1 24.8 81.9 77.6 80.5 78.0

Oregon

1,978.8 1,805.2 1,945.4 1,783.0 6.7 6.5 6.5 6.4 109.7 106.5 106.3 102.3

Pennsylvania

6,135.5 5,642.9 5,996.4 5,536.7 26.7 20.8 25.8 20.6 254.9 245.8 244.5 231.6

Rhode Island

508.5 458.3 493.0 448.6 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 20.0 19.7 18.5 18.5


South Carolina

2,212.6 2,129.6 2,167.8 2,074.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 106.6 106.2 105.0 101.2

South Dakota

442.4 430.6 431.2 421.2 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 23.2 23.0 20.9 21.3

Tennessee

3,178.4 3,065.1 3,117.6 3,000.6 4.4 4.2 4.3 4.2 131.2 128.9 128.1 126.2

Texas

13,029.6 12,453.1 12,834.3 12,289.9 236.6 175.0 234.8 177.3 778.3 725.5 764.9 716.3

Utah

1,587.7 1,578.9 1,556.8 1,549.1 9.2 8.1 9.1 8.1 112.2 117.5 108.6 111.6


Vermont

321.5 292.9 313.1 285.3 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.7 14.9 14.0 13.9 12.8

Virginia

4,099.5 3,894.2 4,041.4 3,837.1 7.8 6.9 7.7 6.8 204.3 205.3 201.0 200.8

Washington

3,510.0 3,269.0 3,465.8 3,231.9 5.7 5.3 5.5 5.2 219.7 218.9 212.6 213.5

West Virginia

721.7 675.6 709.0 662.6 20.6 17.5 20.3 18.1 30.8 30.0 28.8 27.7

Wisconsin

3,005.6 2,834.4 2,935.3 2,782.8 3.8 3.4 3.6 3.3 122.7 121.9 114.6 111.3

Wyoming

288.1 271.0 282.4 265.9 20.4 14.6 19.9 14.7 22.2 19.8 21.0 18.6


Puerto Rico

913.6 859.3 873.1 842.3 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 29.2 29.6 26.6 28.0

Virgin Islands(1)

39.8 34.1 39.4 34.0 - - - - 5.2 2.8 4.7 2.8

Footnotes
(1) Mining and logging is combined with construction.
(p) Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Data have been revised to reflect 2020 benchmarks. Unadjusted data from April 2019 are subject to revision. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmark month are preliminary and will be revised when new information becomes available.

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
Table 4. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry sector, not seasonally adjusted-Continued
[In thousands]
State Manufacturing Trade, transportation, and utilities Information
December January December January December January
2019 2020 2020 2021(p) 2019 2020 2020 2021(p) 2019 2020 2020 2021(p)

Alabama

270.5 261.3 268.6 261.3 393.9 388.4 381.1 377.0 21.0 18.8 20.8 18.4

Alaska

6.8 6.4 9.4 8.7 62.1 56.9 60.4 55.4 5.3 4.7 5.2 4.8

Arizona

180.7 177.2 180.0 176.4 573.6 584.3 554.0 562.5 50.3 44.0 49.9 45.2

Arkansas

162.0 157.3 161.0 157.3 257.2 258.2 250.7 251.1 12.7 11.6 12.7 11.6

California

1,325.8 1,244.7 1,312.6 1,229.8 3,179.8 3,050.5 3,068.7 2,956.9 573.8 525.5 579.4 520.4


Colorado

151.5 145.8 150.8 144.6 496.9 498.0 483.0 486.3 78.3 73.1 77.9 73.3

Connecticut

161.1 153.1 160.1 152.0 309.5 300.4 295.1 289.0 31.5 29.2 31.2 27.6

Delaware

27.4 25.2 27.2 24.8 84.2 84.4 80.0 80.6 3.9 3.5 3.9 3.6

District of Columbia

1.3 1.0 1.3 1.0 34.2 29.7 33.0 28.8 20.5 19.2 20.3 19.0

Florida

389.9 380.8 387.7 375.7 1,884.6 1,796.8 1,827.9 1,756.3 139.9 128.2 138.2 126.9


Georgia

406.4 390.7 402.9 387.4 983.9 969.3 951.1 943.3 119.8 110.9 117.2 111.0

Hawaii

13.9 11.3 13.7 11.1 128.9 103.7 126.7 101.0 8.4 6.5 8.6 6.4

Idaho

69.2 69.6 68.5 68.5 149.0 156.0 145.6 151.3 8.1 7.0 8.0 6.8

Illinois

581.3 550.8 577.8 543.4 1,243.5 1,209.7 1,200.8 1,172.7 93.9 85.8 93.5 84.9

Indiana

539.0 520.2 535.3 517.9 621.8 617.9 594.3 596.5 28.6 23.8 28.2 23.6


Iowa

225.8 218.8 223.2 218.0 318.1 313.8 308.1 304.9 21.0 18.5 20.7 17.8

Kansas

172.3 157.3 170.9 156.3 275.2 268.1 265.6 265.7 18.5 16.6 18.2 16.2

Kentucky

252.5 243.8 251.1 238.9 420.8 415.3 404.4 401.3 21.7 20.2 21.5 20.1

Louisiana

138.3 130.6 137.3 125.1 387.3 370.5 378.4 360.8 21.7 17.2 22.0 17.1

Maine

54.0 53.1 52.9 52.2 121.5 115.7 116.6 111.8 7.1 6.5 7.0 6.4


Maryland

113.6 110.3 111.8 108.3 491.7 476.8 469.5 457.2 36.0 31.3 35.8 30.9

Massachusetts

244.3 230.8 241.6 227.7 599.3 562.9 578.4 548.7 93.5 86.0 93.8 88.0

Michigan

625.1 573.7 615.5 568.8 818.5 785.0 788.3 763.4 55.6 48.3 55.1 48.4

Minnesota

322.2 305.0 319.6 303.3 544.7 513.5 529.2 499.5 46.3 40.2 46.0 40.2

Mississippi

148.2 142.9 147.1 142.5 237.4 238.2 230.1 231.9 10.6 9.4 10.4 9.4


Missouri

277.8 268.9 272.5 266.5 560.1 553.0 538.0 538.3 47.7 44.2 47.4 44.1

Montana

21.4 20.8 20.8 20.1 95.9 95.5 93.3 93.4 6.2 5.5 6.1 5.7

Nebraska

100.3 99.3 99.3 98.3 202.4 200.6 195.3 193.1 17.2 15.8 17.2 15.9

Nevada

59.4 56.7 58.7 56.0 275.7 281.4 265.1 271.5 15.7 13.4 15.0 13.3

New Hampshire

71.3 66.7 70.6 66.2 144.0 139.6 140.2 136.0 12.4 11.4 12.4 11.4


New Jersey

252.2 239.0 249.4 237.0 921.7 876.8 886.3 839.8 71.6 67.1 70.4 64.9

New Mexico

29.0 25.6 28.6 25.4 140.7 133.8 137.0 130.5 11.3 8.7 11.0 8.3

New York

436.8 403.5 432.0 396.3 1,614.2 1,432.0 1,545.8 1,382.6 291.8 262.5 290.0 259.8

North Carolina

477.6 460.4 473.4 456.3 876.3 884.2 852.4 855.8 76.4 74.9 75.6 75.9

North Dakota

26.8 24.8 26.0 25.2 95.1 91.2 92.7 88.7 6.0 5.7 6.0 5.7


Ohio

698.0 659.7 693.4 656.1 1,073.1 1,057.7 1,029.3 1,022.6 69.4 62.5 68.2 62.7

Oklahoma

140.4 130.3 139.1 128.1 316.8 309.3 305.1 301.7 19.9 17.7 19.7 17.6

Oregon

196.1 182.5 193.9 181.8 371.2 366.0 359.1 357.1 35.4 32.0 34.6 32.5

Pennsylvania

572.3 540.5 568.0 535.8 1,172.5 1,132.3 1,127.7 1,095.0 88.9 80.7 88.7 78.6

Rhode Island

40.0 37.9 39.6 37.7 80.0 75.6 76.7 73.6 5.8 5.0 5.8 4.9


South Carolina

258.8 248.2 256.6 245.8 420.5 419.0 408.1 406.9 26.0 25.1 25.7 24.9

South Dakota

44.5 43.5 44.1 43.0 86.9 87.1 84.9 84.7 5.5 4.8 5.5 4.8

Tennessee

356.6 345.5 353.5 344.5 659.3 657.0 640.3 642.4 45.9 43.3 44.9 42.8

Texas

913.7 862.2 907.0 852.9 2,610.9 2,578.0 2,532.4 2,515.3 213.1 200.1 210.9 199.0

Utah

138.2 140.7 136.5 138.5 301.0 306.8 288.3 296.4 39.7 38.1 39.3 37.8


Vermont

30.6 29.0 29.7 28.1 55.5 52.3 53.7 50.4 4.3 3.9 4.3 3.9

Virginia

243.6 237.3 241.7 231.8 681.5 668.6 657.3 651.8 68.4 64.5 68.1 64.8

Washington

292.3 260.8 289.7 257.6 664.2 655.9 644.9 637.4 148.1 151.4 147.4 151.6

West Virginia

46.8 44.4 46.7 44.6 131.9 124.2 125.4 119.5 8.1 7.3 8.0 7.3

Wisconsin

479.3 466.0 476.1 465.6 549.4 536.9 532.0 524.7 47.5 45.0 47.1 45.5

Wyoming

10.0 9.3 10.0 9.1 52.2 51.2 51.1 49.9 3.4 2.8 3.3 2.8


Puerto Rico

77.3 77.8 74.7 76.1 183.5 175.2 174.1 169.2 18.9 14.8 18.6 14.7

Virgin Islands

0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 7.2 6.5 7.3 6.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.5

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Data have been revised to reflect 2020 benchmarks. Unadjusted data from April 2019 are subject to revision. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmark month are preliminary and will be revised when new information becomes available.

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
Table 4. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry sector, not seasonally adjusted-Continued
[In thousands]
State Financial activities Professional and business services Education and health services
December January December January December January
2019 2020 2020 2021(p) 2019 2020 2020 2021(p) 2019 2020 2020 2021(p)

Alabama

97.7 97.0 96.8 95.4 253.1 250.2 249.6 245.7 253.5 239.2 250.2 239.1

Alaska

11.2 10.4 11.1 10.2 27.0 25.3 26.9 25.2 51.4 49.3 51.2 49.2

Arizona

234.2 233.0 232.7 230.5 461.0 434.9 450.7 429.8 478.7 469.4 478.7 465.2

Arkansas

64.3 63.5 64.1 63.9 147.0 142.8 143.5 140.7 195.5 189.2 195.0 187.1

California

853.9 813.8 843.2 807.8 2,775.4 2,630.6 2,727.0 2,587.5 2,872.2 2,748.0 2,850.6 2,714.7


Colorado

177.2 175.0 175.3 175.0 443.9 434.8 437.1 428.9 352.0 339.8 352.2 337.4

Connecticut

123.2 120.1 122.0 119.0 218.1 204.9 213.7 197.3 354.4 326.6 349.2 321.8

Delaware

47.7 46.6 47.6 46.7 65.6 61.4 63.4 61.2 81.9 78.2 80.8 76.8

District of Columbia

29.9 27.8 29.7 28.1 174.5 164.9 173.1 163.6 131.0 124.4 131.1 122.5

Florida

606.2 601.4 600.3 593.8 1,414.6 1,380.0 1,397.4 1,358.7 1,371.4 1,312.0 1,361.2 1,304.8


Georgia

254.8 253.9 253.8 250.3 731.6 713.8 722.2 699.4 617.7 593.3 615.5 586.4

Hawaii

30.3 26.7 29.8 26.4 75.5 65.4 74.8 65.7 88.7 82.4 88.0 81.5

Idaho

37.5 39.0 36.7 39.2 98.3 99.8 96.6 97.7 114.2 112.5 114.8 112.9

Illinois

413.6 403.5 410.4 394.3 953.1 908.8 920.7 890.7 951.7 888.8 943.7 879.4

Indiana

143.1 141.4 141.5 140.6 350.3 336.3 337.8 322.6 485.4 464.8 479.5 457.6


Iowa

110.7 109.9 109.5 109.4 138.1 135.7 136.8 133.1 239.2 223.5 234.6 220.2

Kansas

78.6 77.0 77.7 76.0 176.6 171.5 172.3 167.7 205.1 197.3 204.4 197.5

Kentucky

94.7 94.2 93.8 95.3 223.6 216.5 213.7 208.6 289.4 278.7 287.9 277.6

Louisiana

94.9 86.6 93.5 86.9 215.4 206.0 215.8 200.0 326.0 312.0 324.7 311.3

Maine

33.2 32.4 33.0 32.2 69.6 68.2 68.0 67.5 130.9 126.5 129.9 124.6


Maryland

142.8 135.5 141.2 135.9 462.5 448.0 452.9 445.9 477.6 451.3 472.8 444.1

Massachusetts

222.6 216.2 221.0 216.8 610.3 581.2 595.2 571.8 826.1 747.5 812.4 741.8

Michigan

228.0 224.5 226.2 221.6 657.0 607.2 643.0 603.4 695.6 643.0 687.1 635.4

Minnesota

195.7 194.7 194.7 192.9 382.8 356.9 376.0 348.5 562.7 533.2 558.0 535.4

Mississippi

44.5 42.4 44.0 42.2 109.2 111.3 108.8 105.8 147.6 139.8 146.4 139.4


Missouri

176.7 175.7 175.0 171.0 383.4 368.8 377.8 363.6 501.6 484.7 497.7 486.4

Montana

26.9 26.7 26.3 26.0 43.6 44.2 42.7 43.6 80.4 79.2 80.3 78.2

Nebraska

75.7 74.8 74.9 73.9 122.4 117.8 119.0 116.0 157.1 156.3 156.1 154.4

Nevada

70.4 68.2 69.7 67.8 204.9 179.9 201.9 179.3 147.9 143.6 147.7 142.7

New Hampshire

34.3 34.2 34.0 33.4 83.9 84.5 82.7 85.0 129.8 117.5 122.3 117.2


New Jersey

253.0 245.2 249.5 246.2 690.1 653.1 670.4 631.1 733.1 671.9 726.7 665.1

New Mexico

36.1 32.9 35.8 31.9 113.0 107.4 111.9 107.2 142.2 136.2 142.3 135.2

New York

735.8 702.3 727.0 696.5 1,367.3 1,239.0 1,325.0 1,214.4 2,191.9 2,023.9 2,143.3 1,982.5

North Carolina

255.8 259.2 254.2 254.5 653.1 658.5 646.8 650.5 632.3 601.7 630.3 591.2

North Dakota

25.3 24.6 25.0 24.4 33.2 30.5 32.5 30.0 67.6 65.8 67.9 64.9


Ohio

308.2 305.9 305.9 305.2 734.2 696.0 717.1 674.9 947.1 896.7 942.0 888.9

Oklahoma

79.3 77.9 78.0 76.4 197.1 181.4 192.3 180.3 244.4 233.5 241.8 232.5

Oregon

104.5 102.0 104.1 101.5 257.2 246.4 253.0 243.8 317.3 294.1 314.5 293.1

Pennsylvania

333.0 324.1 330.7 321.7 819.0 758.0 795.9 754.3 1,319.6 1,238.5 1,296.8 1,219.7

Rhode Island

35.5 33.9 35.4 33.8 68.2 65.8 66.6 61.9 111.4 99.6 107.4 97.9


South Carolina

107.1 106.3 105.8 104.9 301.0 291.4 289.5 281.9 262.5 252.9 259.8 249.8

South Dakota

28.9 28.7 28.6 28.1 33.3 32.7 32.8 31.7 75.1 75.1 74.2 74.1

Tennessee

175.0 170.9 173.7 170.2 436.9 436.7 426.3 421.7 451.8 431.2 447.0 428.4

Texas

816.3 809.1 811.4 811.2 1,824.3 1,811.1 1,804.6 1,795.9 1,770.6 1,709.7 1,760.8 1,696.4

Utah

93.0 96.6 92.2 96.3 225.7 233.6 220.6 230.5 215.1 209.2 214.9 207.3


Vermont

12.3 11.8 12.2 11.6 29.7 29.6 28.8 28.5 67.1 63.6 65.4 62.1

Virginia

214.3 208.3 212.9 207.1 775.5 766.1 768.8 755.6 556.7 530.4 556.4 528.0

Washington

161.7 158.0 161.2 155.8 440.2 437.2 434.2 425.0 511.4 496.7 506.8 500.4

West Virginia

29.8 29.3 29.6 28.6 68.0 65.4 67.2 65.1 132.7 128.5 131.9 127.5

Wisconsin

155.0 150.9 153.5 149.4 324.2 314.5 319.0 311.0 470.6 452.1 465.9 446.6

Wyoming

11.3 11.1 11.2 10.9 18.6 18.1 18.1 18.4 29.5 28.8 29.1 28.7


Puerto Rico

45.6 43.2 44.9 43.1 129.7 121.2 122.6 119.1 126.0 111.8 115.0 107.9

Virgin Islands

1.9 1.8 1.9 1.8 3.7 3.4 3.7 3.4 2.3 2.1 2.3 2.1

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Data have been revised to reflect 2020 benchmarks. Unadjusted data from April 2019 are subject to revision. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmark month are preliminary and will be revised when new information becomes available.

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
Table 4. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry sector, not seasonally adjusted-Continued
[In thousands]
State Leisure and hospitality Other services Government
December January December January December January
2019 2020 2020 2021(p) 2019 2020 2020 2021(p) 2019 2020 2020 2021(p)

Alabama

205.3 183.9 200.6 180.1 99.5 91.4 99.0 90.8 396.7 386.3 392.6 382.6

Alaska

31.4 22.1 30.3 22.5 10.9 10.0 10.8 10.0 80.0 77.9 78.7 76.6

Arizona

335.9 276.2 333.6 274.5 95.2 90.1 94.2 88.7 437.2 412.7 425.5 408.3

Arkansas

120.0 107.8 117.7 105.1 65.4 65.1 65.9 64.6 216.1 209.0 213.8 205.5

California

2,043.4 1,319.3 2,003.7 1,215.1 577.9 438.5 578.7 430.8 2,625.4 2,431.6 2,620.3 2,412.5


Colorado

347.8 244.1 344.4 264.9 114.8 107.3 114.2 106.3 461.9 436.5 451.5 425.6

Connecticut

154.2 115.4 148.1 109.5 65.6 57.1 64.7 57.2 239.6 226.8 238.5 222.3

Delaware

50.1 40.0 47.8 38.6 18.8 15.8 18.6 16.2 68.5 66.3 66.2 64.7

District of Columbia

81.2 38.8 78.9 36.2 77.9 71.7 77.4 70.8 237.1 242.9 236.8 240.9

Florida

1,269.6 996.6 1,260.3 973.0 354.6 321.3 353.5 322.0 1,153.0 1,097.8 1,146.0 1,090.4


Georgia

499.1 420.3 489.7 407.2 166.9 149.7 166.9 149.0 698.4 677.2 694.1 672.6

Hawaii

128.1 76.1 127.1 74.5 28.4 22.5 28.1 20.6 129.8 120.3 126.0 115.5

Idaho

81.3 79.3 80.7 79.4 26.6 25.3 26.4 24.9 128.9 125.1 125.1 123.5

Illinois

616.1 393.4 597.4 384.0 256.5 231.7 254.5 232.0 835.3 782.6 822.4 751.9

Indiana

308.6 263.3 301.3 256.4 127.3 111.5 126.6 112.4 441.5 414.1 431.2 403.5


Iowa

140.7 111.3 136.5 108.3 58.7 55.0 58.1 54.7 267.9 254.1 263.5 250.9

Kansas

128.6 107.8 125.2 105.3 51.4 48.6 51.3 48.6 267.9 251.4 260.8 246.2

Kentucky

198.5 152.1 194.5 156.7 67.8 60.8 67.4 61.4 315.8 292.2 309.8 285.3

Louisiana

236.3 194.5 234.3 188.6 73.5 64.9 73.1 66.1 335.1 317.2 330.5 314.6

Maine

62.8 45.3 58.6 43.3 22.2 20.7 21.9 20.7 103.2 97.4 102.6 95.3


Maryland

274.5 206.9 264.6 195.9 114.4 101.0 113.2 101.4 515.9 499.7 500.0 486.9

Massachusetts

370.4 237.6 354.1 225.4 139.5 111.5 137.0 111.6 470.5 430.9 455.0 423.6

Michigan

423.0 255.8 410.7 257.3 167.2 143.2 164.4 140.5 633.3 576.4 615.5 565.6

Minnesota

267.3 148.1 262.3 181.1 114.7 97.0 113.8 100.0 430.2 405.5 429.6 404.7

Mississippi

134.7 122.0 132.0 119.1 40.5 40.2 40.3 40.1 241.3 235.8 241.8 235.3


Missouri

303.4 243.6 292.8 235.0 116.6 110.7 115.8 110.2 448.7 429.8 438.5 420.7

Montana

65.2 58.6 64.4 58.1 19.2 18.3 18.8 18.4 91.7 88.9 90.5 87.4

Nebraska

91.8 76.9 90.5 77.1 37.4 35.3 37.3 35.3 176.4 170.3 174.4 165.6

Nevada

352.7 242.6 348.5 241.0 42.6 35.7 42.2 36.2 170.8 161.1 164.5 158.4

New Hampshire

69.9 54.1 69.2 55.8 25.3 21.7 25.3 21.4 93.5 84.2 89.2 83.4


New Jersey

384.4 272.1 365.6 262.0 173.8 142.6 171.6 141.0 617.0 580.5 601.9 565.1

New Mexico

99.7 70.4 98.4 68.8 28.6 25.5 28.3 26.6 189.4 176.9 185.5 169.9

New York

949.1 572.8 904.7 540.1 418.3 335.8 411.0 332.1 1,515.4 1,449.4 1,481.1 1,417.6

North Carolina

508.3 420.8 496.8 410.5 168.0 156.0 167.4 155.3 755.8 720.3 746.8 708.4

North Dakota

39.7 33.0 39.1 32.7 15.5 14.4 15.6 14.4 85.9 80.9 82.5 79.9


Ohio

558.8 453.9 542.5 446.0 213.2 190.8 210.9 189.0 802.4 754.9 786.7 735.8

Oklahoma

173.0 158.8 169.4 157.6 68.7 65.3 68.0 66.1 361.1 348.5 352.4 339.3

Oregon

210.7 132.2 207.0 130.5 64.8 57.7 64.3 58.0 305.2 279.3 302.1 276.0

Pennsylvania

566.1 396.2 550.4 392.2 262.5 224.1 259.8 222.2 720.0 681.9 708.1 665.0

Rhode Island

58.1 39.3 54.1 38.6 22.9 18.9 22.5 19.6 66.4 62.4 66.2 61.9


South Carolina

264.4 231.5 256.6 219.7 80.0 73.5 79.4 73.3 381.3 371.1 376.9 361.6

South Dakota

45.8 39.0 43.9 37.7 16.9 17.1 16.8 17.2 81.3 78.7 78.6 77.7

Tennessee

345.1 291.3 336.8 279.3 123.2 118.1 122.5 116.3 449.0 438.0 440.2 424.6

Texas

1,397.4 1,195.0 1,369.7 1,177.2 447.3 396.3 440.6 393.8 2,021.1 1,991.1 1,997.2 1,954.6

Utah

154.3 141.6 152.8 140.4 41.8 40.1 41.2 40.3 257.5 246.6 253.3 241.9


Vermont

37.8 26.2 38.7 27.2 10.2 9.0 10.0 9.2 58.3 52.8 55.6 50.8

Virginia

408.1 321.5 399.6 314.9 196.4 178.5 195.5 176.9 742.9 706.8 732.4 698.6

Washington

344.6 224.6 337.2 224.5 131.3 115.8 130.7 113.7 590.8 544.4 595.6 547.2

West Virginia

73.3 60.8 71.5 59.0 24.1 21.5 23.6 21.3 155.6 146.7 156.0 143.9

Wisconsin

276.7 210.7 269.8 205.4 153.1 146.1 151.6 143.5 423.3 386.9 402.1 376.5

Wyoming

35.0 32.9 35.1 32.6 16.2 15.8 16.1 15.3 69.3 66.6 67.5 64.9


Puerto Rico

83.1 71.4 80.3 71.9 18.5 16.4 17.9 16.0 201.2 197.3 197.8 195.7

Virgin Islands

6.1 4.4 6.1 4.4 1.6 1.4 1.6 1.4 10.4 10.4 10.4 10.3

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Data have been revised to reflect 2020 benchmarks. Unadjusted data from April 2019 are subject to revision. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmark month are preliminary and will be revised when new information becomes available.


Last Modified Date: March 15, 2021