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State Employment and Unemployment (Monthly) News Release

For release 10:00 a.m. (ET) Friday, March 24, 2023	                     USDL-23-0541

Technical information: 
 Employment:    (202) 691-6559  *  sminfo@bls.gov  *  www.bls.gov/sae   
 Unemployment:  (202) 691-6392  *  lausinfo@bls.gov  *  www.bls.gov/lau 

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


                  STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT -- FEBRUARY 2023


(NOTE: On April 21, 2023, BLS corrected errors in estimates for not seasonally adjusted all employees
in other services and its aggregates for Arkansas and the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
metropolitan area. Seasonally adjusted estimates for all employees and 3-month average change were
corrected at aggregate levels. Tables in this news release contain the incorrect data and will not be
reissued. Corrected data are available in the LABSTAT database, at www.bls.gov/sae/data/. For a complete
list of series and products impacted by the correction, see www.bls.gov/bls/errata/sae_errata.htm.)


Unemployment rates were lower in February in 9 states, higher in 3 states and the District 
of Columbia, and stable in 38 states, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
Thirteen states had jobless rate increases from a year earlier, 10 states and the District
had decreases, and 27 states had little change. The national unemployment rate edged up
to 3.6 percent but was 0.2 percentage point lower than in February 2022.

Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 6 states and was essentially unchanged in 44 states
and the District of Columbia in February 2023. Over the year, nonfarm payroll employment
increased in 46 states and was essentially unchanged in 4 states and the District.

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.

Unemployment

North Dakota and South Dakota had the lowest jobless rates in February, 2.1 percent each.
The next lowest rates were in Nebraska, 2.3 percent, and Montana and Utah, 2.4 percent
each. The rates in Maryland (2.9 percent), Montana (2.4 percent), and Wisconsin (2.7 
percent) set new series lows. (All state series begin in 1976.) Nevada had the highest
unemployment rate, 5.5 percent. In total, 17 states had unemployment rates lower than
the U.S. figure of 3.6 percent, 10 states and the District of Columbia had higher rates,
and 23 states had rates that were not appreciably different from that of the nation. 
(See tables A and 1.)

In February, nine states had over-the-month unemployment rate decreases, the largest of
which were in Arkansas, Nebraska, North Carolina, West Virginia, and Wisconsin (-0.2
percentage point each). Three states and the District of Columbia had over-the-month
increases, the largest of which were in Massachusetts and the District (+0.2 percentage
point each). Thirty-eight 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.)

Thirteen states had over-the-year unemployment rate increases, the largest of which was
in Oregon (+1.0 percentage point). Ten states and the District of Columbia had rate
decreases from February 2022, the largest of which were in New Mexico (-1.4 percentage
points) and New Jersey (-1.1 points). (See table C.)

Nonfarm Payroll Employment

Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 6 states and was essentially unchanged in 44
states and the District of Columbia in February 2023. The largest job gains occurred 
in Texas (+58,200), Florida (+38,800), and Washington (+15,300). The largest percentage
increases occurred in Hawaii and Utah (+0.6 percent each), followed by Florida, Texas,
and Washington (+0.4 percent each). (See tables D and 3.)

Over the year, nonfarm payroll employment increased in 46 states and was essentially
unchanged in 4 states and the District of Columbia. The largest job increases occurred
in Texas (+611,400), California (+486,500), and Florida (+427,400). The largest 
percentage increase occurred in Nevada (+5.1 percent), followed by Florida and Texas
(+4.6 percent each). (See table E.)

_____________
The Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment news release for February
is scheduled to be released on Wednesday, April 5, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. (ET).
The State Employment and Unemployment news release for March is scheduled 
to be released on Friday, April 21, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. (ET).



Table A. States with unemployment rates significantly different
from that of the U.S., February 2023, seasonally adjusted
--------------------------------------------------------------
                State                |          Rate(p)
--------------------------------------------------------------
United States (1) ...................|           3.6
                                     |
Alabama .............................|           2.5
California ..........................|           4.3
Colorado ............................|           2.9
Delaware ............................|           4.6
District of Columbia ................|           4.7
Florida .............................|           2.6
Idaho ...............................|           2.6
Illinois ............................|           4.5
Iowa ................................|           2.9
Kansas ..............................|           2.9
                                     |
Maryland ............................|           2.9
Michigan ............................|           4.3
Minnesota ...........................|           3.0
Missouri ............................|           2.6
Montana .............................|           2.4
Nebraska ............................|           2.3
Nevada ..............................|           5.5
New Hampshire .......................|           2.7
New York ............................|           4.2
North Dakota ........................|           2.1
                                     |
Oregon ..............................|           4.7
Pennsylvania ........................|           4.4
South Dakota ........................|           2.1
Texas ...............................|           4.0
Utah ................................|           2.4
Vermont .............................|           2.8
Washington ..........................|           4.6
Wisconsin ...........................|           2.7
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   (1) Data are not preliminary.
   (p) = preliminary.


Table B. States with statistically significant unemployment rate changes
from January 2023 to February 2023, seasonally adjusted
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                |          Rate         |
                                |-----------|-----------| Over-the-month
             State              |  January  | February  |    change(p)
                                |   2023    |  2023(p)  |
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Arizona ........................|     3.8   |     3.7   |      -0.1
Arkansas .......................|     3.4   |     3.2   |       -.2
California .....................|     4.2   |     4.3   |        .1
District of Columbia ...........|     4.5   |     4.7   |        .2
Massachusetts ..................|     3.5   |     3.7   |        .2
Montana ........................|     2.5   |     2.4   |       -.1
Nebraska .......................|     2.5   |     2.3   |       -.2
New Hampshire ..................|     2.8   |     2.7   |       -.1
North Carolina .................|     3.8   |     3.6   |       -.2
Texas ..........................|     3.9   |     4.0   |        .1
                                |           |           |
Vermont ........................|     2.9   |     2.8   |       -.1
West Virginia ..................|     3.9   |     3.7   |       -.2
Wisconsin ......................|     2.9   |     2.7   |       -.2
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
   (p) = preliminary.


Table C. States with statistically significant unemployment rate changes
from February 2022 to February 2023, seasonally adjusted
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                |          Rate         |
                                |-----------|-----------|  Over-the-year
             State              | February  | February  |    change(p)
                                |   2022    |  2023(p)  |
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Alaska .........................|     4.7   |     3.8   |      -0.9
California .....................|     4.7   |     4.3   |       -.4
Colorado .......................|     3.6   |     2.9   |       -.7
Connecticut ....................|     4.6   |     4.0   |       -.6
District of Columbia ...........|     5.6   |     4.7   |       -.9
Florida ........................|     3.3   |     2.6   |       -.7
Hawaii .........................|     3.2   |     3.6   |        .4
Indiana ........................|     2.8   |     3.1   |        .3
Iowa ...........................|     2.5   |     2.9   |        .4
Kansas .........................|     2.4   |     2.9   |        .5
                                |           |           |
Maine ..........................|     3.2   |     2.8   |       -.4
Maryland .......................|     3.4   |     2.9   |       -.5
Minnesota ......................|     2.6   |     3.0   |        .4
Nebraska .......................|     2.0   |     2.3   |        .3
New Hampshire ..................|     2.2   |     2.7   |        .5
New Jersey .....................|     4.6   |     3.5   |      -1.1
New Mexico .....................|     5.0   |     3.6   |      -1.4
New York .......................|     4.7   |     4.2   |       -.5
Oregon .........................|     3.7   |     4.7   |       1.0
Utah ...........................|     2.2   |     2.4   |        .2
                                |           |           |
Vermont ........................|     2.4   |     2.8   |        .4
Virginia .......................|     2.9   |     3.2   |        .3
Washington .....................|     4.0   |     4.6   |        .6
Wyoming ........................|     3.4   |     3.8   |        .4
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
   (p) = preliminary.


Table D. States with statistically significant employment changes from
January 2023 to February 2023, seasonally adjusted
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                              |             |             | Over-the-month change(p)
            State             |   January   |   February  |---------------------------
                              |     2023    |    2023(p)  |    Level    |   Percent
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Florida ......................|   9,643,100 |   9,681,900 |      38,800 |      0.4
Hawaii .......................|     629,500 |     633,200 |       3,700 |       .6
Michigan .....................|   4,401,800 |   4,416,400 |      14,600 |       .3
Texas ........................|  13,773,700 |  13,831,900 |      58,200 |       .4
Utah .........................|   1,701,300 |   1,712,000 |      10,700 |       .6
Washington ...................|   3,598,200 |   3,613,500 |      15,300 |       .4
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   (p) = preliminary.


Table E. States with statistically significant employment changes from
February 2022 to February 2023, seasonally adjusted
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                              |             |             |  Over-the-year change(p)
            State             |   February  |   February  |---------------------------
                              |     2022    |    2023(p)  |    Level    |   Percent
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Alabama ......................|   2,097,900 |   2,139,400 |      41,500 |      2.0
Alaska .......................|     316,800 |     326,500 |       9,700 |      3.1
Arizona ......................|   3,069,000 |   3,147,800 |      78,800 |      2.6
Arkansas .....................|   1,322,100 |   1,354,600 |      32,500 |      2.5
California ...................|  17,483,100 |  17,969,600 |     486,500 |      2.8
Colorado .....................|   2,841,000 |   2,887,700 |      46,700 |      1.6
Connecticut ..................|   1,658,800 |   1,687,500 |      28,700 |      1.7
Delaware .....................|     469,100 |     479,900 |      10,800 |      2.3
Florida ......................|   9,254,500 |   9,681,900 |     427,400 |      4.6
Georgia ......................|   4,740,700 |   4,875,800 |     135,100 |      2.8
                              |             |             |             |       
Hawaii .......................|     608,800 |     633,200 |      24,400 |      4.0
Idaho ........................|     820,200 |     845,100 |      24,900 |      3.0
Illinois .....................|   5,969,700 |   6,114,600 |     144,900 |      2.4
Indiana ......................|   3,163,300 |   3,236,900 |      73,600 |      2.3
Iowa .........................|   1,567,500 |   1,590,300 |      22,800 |      1.5
Kansas .......................|   1,406,700 |   1,448,000 |      41,300 |      2.9
Kentucky .....................|   1,948,900 |   1,991,900 |      43,000 |      2.2
Louisiana ....................|   1,910,500 |   1,946,000 |      35,500 |      1.9
Maine ........................|     634,300 |     646,800 |      12,500 |      2.0
Massachusetts ................|   3,644,100 |   3,735,800 |      91,700 |      2.5
                              |             |             |             |       
Michigan .....................|   4,324,700 |   4,416,400 |      91,700 |      2.1
Minnesota ....................|   2,909,400 |   2,983,000 |      73,600 |      2.5
Mississippi ..................|   1,162,100 |   1,179,700 |      17,600 |      1.5
Missouri .....................|   2,904,000 |   2,962,000 |      58,000 |      2.0
Montana ......................|     505,500 |     518,100 |      12,600 |      2.5
Nebraska .....................|   1,021,600 |   1,043,300 |      21,700 |      2.1
Nevada .......................|   1,463,000 |   1,537,700 |      74,700 |      5.1
New Hampshire ................|     681,100 |     699,500 |      18,400 |      2.7
New Jersey ...................|   4,216,000 |   4,321,400 |     105,400 |      2.5
New Mexico ...................|     840,700 |     862,800 |      22,100 |      2.6
                              |             |             |             |       
New York .....................|   9,412,600 |   9,682,000 |     269,400 |      2.9
North Carolina ...............|   4,740,500 |   4,884,600 |     144,100 |      3.0
North Dakota .................|     423,900 |     434,400 |      10,500 |      2.5
Ohio .........................|   5,497,700 |   5,575,500 |      77,800 |      1.4
Oklahoma .....................|   1,682,800 |   1,728,200 |      45,400 |      2.7
Oregon .......................|   1,930,800 |   1,989,600 |      58,800 |      3.0
Pennsylvania .................|   5,929,600 |   6,094,400 |     164,800 |      2.8
South Carolina ...............|   2,224,200 |   2,278,100 |      53,900 |      2.4
South Dakota .................|     449,400 |     459,900 |      10,500 |      2.3
Tennessee ....................|   3,207,200 |   3,310,500 |     103,300 |      3.2
                              |             |             |             |       
Texas ........................|  13,220,500 |  13,831,900 |     611,400 |      4.6
Utah .........................|   1,659,400 |   1,712,000 |      52,600 |      3.2
Vermont ......................|     301,000 |     307,500 |       6,500 |      2.2
Virginia .....................|   4,035,100 |   4,131,200 |      96,100 |      2.4
Washington ...................|   3,491,000 |   3,613,500 |     122,500 |      3.5
Wisconsin ....................|   2,947,100 |   2,997,400 |      50,300 |      1.7
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   (p) = preliminary.




Technical Note
 
   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 time 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 2022 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 estimates are produced with a model that uses direct sample estimates 
   (described above) combined with other regressors to compensate for smaller sample sizes. 

   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 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/bmrk_article.htm.

   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 over-the-month and over-the-year changes in state payroll
    employment data at the total nonfarm and supersector levels 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 7,600 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/. If you are deaf, hard of hearing, or
    have a speech disability, please dial 7-1-1 to access telecommunications relay services.




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
Feb.
2022
Dec.
2022
Jan.
2023
Feb.
2023(p)
Number Percent of labor force
Feb.
2022
Dec.
2022
Jan.
2023
Feb.
2023(p)
Feb.
2022
Dec.
2022
Jan.
2023
Feb.
2023(p)

Alabama

2,283,545 2,283,890 2,284,984 2,286,527 58,943 59,986 58,392 56,221 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.5

Alaska

357,505 356,433 357,026 357,441 16,732 13,249 13,443 13,614 4.7 3.7 3.8 3.8

Arizona

3,574,947 3,640,559 3,648,224 3,653,239 128,291 145,861 140,410 134,836 3.6 4.0 3.8 3.7

Arkansas

1,364,164 1,373,033 1,373,523 1,373,610 43,366 47,352 46,604 43,640 3.2 3.4 3.4 3.2

California

19,211,201 19,272,358 19,316,062 19,337,334 909,437 790,262 813,818 840,535 4.7 4.1 4.2 4.3

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale(1)

5,028,059 4,949,290 4,959,665 4,970,554 288,904 228,496 235,657 245,148 5.7 4.6 4.8 4.9

Colorado

3,203,198 3,198,338 3,206,346 3,217,041 115,466 89,130 90,436 92,671 3.6 2.8 2.8 2.9

Connecticut

1,953,675 1,914,328 1,912,913 1,910,850 89,181 76,207 75,444 75,757 4.6 4.0 3.9 4.0

Delaware

497,596 495,435 496,001 495,915 22,347 23,030 22,905 22,609 4.5 4.6 4.6 4.6

District of Columbia

385,691 388,214 389,168 389,679 21,663 16,349 17,322 18,151 5.6 4.2 4.5 4.7

Florida

10,632,437 10,839,794 10,854,532 10,878,991 349,523 290,801 285,839 284,499 3.3 2.7 2.6 2.6

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall(1)

1,357,067 1,383,368 1,382,466 1,384,433 41,608 29,831 28,360 27,674 3.1 2.2 2.1 2.0

Georgia

5,223,335 5,233,716 5,239,331 5,248,532 158,045 161,461 161,710 162,961 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.1

Hawaii

668,791 679,695 679,077 678,430 21,577 25,191 24,629 24,257 3.2 3.7 3.6 3.6

Idaho

942,876 954,796 956,436 958,117 24,233 26,377 25,701 25,145 2.6 2.8 2.7 2.6

Illinois

6,485,800 6,469,544 6,470,257 6,474,467 301,178 297,260 294,351 289,864 4.6 4.6 4.5 4.5

Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights(1)

3,862,744 3,860,600 3,866,183 3,868,571 180,741 187,425 185,548 178,697 4.7 4.9 4.8 4.6

Indiana

3,382,674 3,410,069 3,409,101 3,409,528 94,534 107,399 106,270 106,123 2.8 3.1 3.1 3.1

Iowa

1,709,447 1,722,709 1,721,065 1,721,234 42,168 52,349 51,176 50,078 2.5 3.0 3.0 2.9

Kansas

1,501,071 1,505,800 1,507,842 1,510,231 35,983 43,868 43,678 44,095 2.4 2.9 2.9 2.9

Kentucky

2,054,866 2,039,859 2,040,567 2,041,610 79,518 80,066 79,019 79,648 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.9

Louisiana

2,093,335 2,083,547 2,089,407 2,097,647 81,031 73,536 73,987 75,888 3.9 3.5 3.5 3.6

Maine

679,873 671,868 672,718 673,410 21,890 20,517 19,702 18,842 3.2 3.1 2.9 2.8

Maryland

3,173,470 3,161,834 3,163,822 3,167,183 107,627 95,998 94,030 92,396 3.4 3.0 3.0 2.9

Massachusetts

3,756,186 3,726,395 3,729,764 3,741,453 145,757 136,827 132,399 137,243 3.9 3.7 3.5 3.7

Michigan

4,825,236 4,833,347 4,836,195 4,842,425 201,803 209,071 208,935 207,066 4.2 4.3 4.3 4.3

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn(2)

2,124,318 2,101,880 2,102,185 2,103,223 89,780 78,054 79,756 79,349 4.2 3.7 3.8 3.8

Minnesota

3,063,341 3,085,863 3,084,640 3,083,458 78,404 90,924 89,970 91,043 2.6 2.9 2.9 3.0

Mississippi

1,259,950 1,242,067 1,241,563 1,241,629 49,870 50,106 48,658 46,543 4.0 4.0 3.9 3.7

Missouri

3,055,452 3,067,527 3,069,736 3,075,120 82,288 81,965 81,882 79,698 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.6

Montana

563,576 569,549 570,402 571,034 14,326 15,073 14,395 13,762 2.5 2.6 2.5 2.4

Nebraska

1,056,108 1,060,024 1,059,793 1,059,694 21,163 28,181 26,541 24,677 2.0 2.7 2.5 2.3

Nevada

1,517,654 1,568,319 1,569,407 1,570,736 80,832 86,543 86,549 87,122 5.3 5.5 5.5 5.5

New Hampshire

760,828 769,222 770,431 769,978 16,699 22,036 21,850 20,631 2.2 2.9 2.8 2.7

New Jersey

4,693,448 4,764,691 4,778,908 4,796,297 215,722 157,204 163,664 168,602 4.6 3.3 3.4 3.5

New Mexico

952,130 944,992 947,733 950,809 47,711 32,785 33,473 34,449 5.0 3.5 3.5 3.6

New York

9,607,227 9,626,379 9,632,060 9,646,621 455,752 395,461 402,570 401,407 4.7 4.1 4.2 4.2

New York City

4,104,375 4,112,579 4,125,364 4,138,502 284,081 209,936 217,541 222,581 6.9 5.1 5.3 5.4

North Carolina

5,145,038 5,160,268 5,166,668 5,169,011 177,206 198,043 193,793 188,194 3.4 3.8 3.8 3.6

North Dakota

414,319 414,630 414,940 415,441 9,107 8,850 8,849 8,853 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.1

Ohio

5,747,444 5,720,233 5,724,668 5,738,731 230,437 235,746 228,884 223,535 4.0 4.1 4.0 3.9

Cleveland-Elyria(2)

1,022,070 1,022,685 1,023,000 1,025,638 51,298 45,829 44,059 42,951 5.0 4.5 4.3 4.2

Oklahoma

1,879,627 1,890,029 1,892,639 1,895,637 53,425 59,659 58,843 57,502 2.8 3.2 3.1 3.0

Oregon

2,170,160 2,183,610 2,185,455 2,183,413 79,254 104,143 104,988 103,565 3.7 4.8 4.8 4.7

Pennsylvania

6,461,662 6,481,162 6,492,168 6,500,242 284,267 281,447 281,289 283,531 4.4 4.3 4.3 4.4

Rhode Island

569,892 566,352 566,370 566,098 18,411 18,157 17,561 17,324 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.1

South Carolina

2,373,294 2,371,550 2,374,826 2,382,173 77,233 77,159 76,046 76,090 3.3 3.3 3.2 3.2

South Dakota

473,591 475,056 475,350 475,998 9,096 10,346 10,061 9,841 1.9 2.2 2.1 2.1

Tennessee

3,370,203 3,322,094 3,322,133 3,328,088 114,796 115,593 115,667 116,504 3.4 3.5 3.5 3.5

Texas

14,573,420 14,706,480 14,754,644 14,819,440 598,105 560,929 569,291 587,336 4.1 3.8 3.9 4.0

Utah

1,724,549 1,753,994 1,759,556 1,765,255 37,659 42,567 42,619 42,310 2.2 2.4 2.4 2.4

Vermont

340,337 343,969 344,527 345,427 8,314 10,378 10,103 9,834 2.4 3.0 2.9 2.8

Virginia

4,409,478 4,470,272 4,487,575 4,505,193 125,865 139,741 144,917 145,630 2.9 3.1 3.2 3.2

Washington

3,953,065 4,015,286 4,022,870 4,036,347 156,359 182,517 184,387 186,181 4.0 4.5 4.6 4.6

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett(1)

1,749,640 1,781,209 1,782,027 1,783,805 49,541 57,086 56,947 55,045 2.8 3.2 3.2 3.1

West Virginia

784,581 784,323 784,041 782,775 28,917 31,859 30,916 28,816 3.7 4.1 3.9 3.7

Wisconsin

3,094,323 3,068,610 3,067,821 3,069,851 85,558 91,940 87,962 82,916 2.8 3.0 2.9 2.7

Wyoming

288,931 293,595 294,594 295,533 9,749 11,348 11,360 11,119 3.4 3.9 3.9 3.8

Puerto Rico

1,212,067 1,188,817 1,197,773 1,202,653 76,421 71,625 71,655 72,558 6.3 6.0 6.0 6.0

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.


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
January February Number Percent of labor force
2022 2023 2022 2023(p) January February January February
2022 2023 2022 2023(p) 2022 2023 2022 2023(p)

Alabama

2,267,838 2,275,488 2,277,291 2,285,238 70,208 59,323 66,470 54,401 3.1 2.6 2.9 2.4

Alaska

353,520 354,065 355,282 355,227 20,831 15,668 19,350 16,002 5.9 4.4 5.4 4.5

Arizona

3,566,494 3,667,774 3,579,498 3,664,239 136,387 119,197 129,382 118,578 3.8 3.2 3.6 3.2

Arkansas

1,341,627 1,353,849 1,363,781 1,369,508 51,283 49,104 51,617 39,568 3.8 3.6 3.8 2.9

California

19,157,660 19,273,632 19,292,418 19,464,035 1,068,647 894,693 965,748 937,649 5.6 4.6 5.0 4.8

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale(1)

5,035,535 4,982,143 5,065,387 5,042,749 328,002 245,700 292,689 265,249 6.5 4.9 5.8 5.3

Colorado

3,186,411 3,215,820 3,202,616 3,243,529 134,215 96,742 126,841 105,023 4.2 3.0 4.0 3.2

Connecticut

1,949,048 1,904,608 1,939,318 1,890,238 105,525 79,776 99,897 87,189 5.4 4.2 5.2 4.6

Delaware

497,250 497,782 497,407 494,636 25,954 23,550 24,081 22,672 5.2 4.7 4.8 4.6

District of Columbia

380,671 392,894 387,107 392,205 23,937 19,292 21,593 19,161 6.3 4.9 5.6 4.9

Florida

10,592,114 10,847,669 10,620,017 10,942,109 396,676 279,332 345,408 275,426 3.7 2.6 3.3 2.5

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall(1)

1,358,707 1,374,365 1,372,977 1,398,830 43,774 26,929 39,657 23,703 3.2 2.0 2.9 1.7

Georgia

5,225,787 5,267,916 5,243,847 5,296,842 179,894 177,345 170,502 175,082 3.4 3.4 3.3 3.3

Hawaii

668,908 678,243 670,038 678,433 21,768 21,112 21,071 21,847 3.3 3.1 3.1 3.2

Idaho

936,030 957,356 940,225 960,831 32,522 29,838 30,454 30,435 3.5 3.1 3.2 3.2

Illinois

6,440,896 6,411,718 6,463,046 6,452,326 345,550 302,868 329,505 292,609 5.4 4.7 5.1 4.5

Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights(1)

3,843,140 3,850,078 3,862,717 3,855,163 199,290 179,738 194,672 156,776 5.2 4.7 5.0 4.1

Indiana

3,353,322 3,395,204 3,373,819 3,396,737 109,517 113,772 113,368 120,354 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.5

Iowa

1,698,672 1,707,735 1,720,435 1,727,617 61,978 60,231 51,738 56,211 3.6 3.5 3.0 3.3

Kansas

1,493,175 1,507,580 1,500,948 1,516,581 39,966 43,538 39,782 48,241 2.7 2.9 2.7 3.2

Kentucky

2,038,241 2,039,026 2,043,365 2,039,326 90,803 85,014 87,208 92,246 4.5 4.2 4.3 4.5

Louisiana

2,064,394 2,082,630 2,074,997 2,100,473 87,108 75,724 76,063 74,034 4.2 3.6 3.7 3.5

Maine

672,354 667,730 672,752 668,881 28,989 18,711 26,323 20,817 4.3 2.8 3.9 3.1

Maryland

3,153,658 3,153,047 3,163,757 3,170,134 120,502 94,063 117,442 96,663 3.8 3.0 3.7 3.0

Massachusetts

3,740,152 3,759,154 3,752,740 3,762,667 173,233 153,152 162,389 158,799 4.6 4.1 4.3 4.2

Michigan

4,779,816 4,812,375 4,801,422 4,840,276 237,928 229,613 236,630 220,769 5.0 4.8 4.9 4.6

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn(2)

2,111,175 2,088,599 2,113,536 2,089,905 102,027 88,690 101,541 78,699 4.8 4.2 4.8 3.8

Minnesota

3,052,225 3,063,644 3,054,593 3,071,248 112,330 102,151 96,942 109,743 3.7 3.3 3.2 3.6

Mississippi

1,249,502 1,233,994 1,258,225 1,240,374 58,002 43,495 52,912 40,115 4.6 3.5 4.2 3.2

Missouri

3,034,974 3,053,506 3,040,565 3,075,219 101,324 86,635 95,447 81,652 3.3 2.8 3.1 2.7

Montana

555,351 568,745 562,214 571,148 19,922 16,842 18,029 16,001 3.6 3.0 3.2 2.8

Nebraska

1,048,602 1,051,402 1,054,133 1,058,467 26,924 23,001 25,559 23,252 2.6 2.2 2.4 2.2

Nevada

1,505,999 1,571,159 1,524,000 1,581,127 87,432 88,535 82,882 89,814 5.8 5.6 5.4 5.7

New Hampshire

757,680 774,167 761,347 766,450 22,258 23,682 19,754 18,522 2.9 3.1 2.6 2.4

New Jersey

4,657,359 4,812,635 4,688,627 4,848,250 260,370 193,404 239,496 197,508 5.6 4.0 5.1 4.1

New Mexico

946,519 949,738 951,294 957,683 53,022 36,563 47,820 37,405 5.6 3.8 5.0 3.9

New York

9,593,515 9,594,419 9,594,922 9,663,984 533,325 439,371 516,107 431,816 5.6 4.6 5.4 4.5

New York City

4,116,127 4,127,249 4,128,094 4,170,731 322,389 228,061 295,788 233,285 7.8 5.5 7.2 5.6

North Carolina

5,087,762 5,156,886 5,134,373 5,165,808 197,624 190,570 190,375 186,006 3.9 3.7 3.7 3.6

North Dakota

407,942 409,522 410,158 412,584 11,763 10,604 11,259 10,862 2.9 2.6 2.7 2.6

Ohio

5,685,474 5,707,142 5,723,384 5,770,596 272,624 234,129 269,052 241,864 4.8 4.1 4.7 4.2

Cleveland-Elyria(2)

1,008,740 1,018,049 1,016,599 1,031,359 55,994 42,616 61,411 50,591 5.6 4.2 6.0 4.9

Oklahoma

1,868,352 1,893,117 1,875,420 1,899,574 60,359 60,786 59,975 58,625 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.1

Oregon

2,152,329 2,164,688 2,169,415 2,163,910 93,718 108,055 85,859 100,418 4.4 5.0 4.0 4.6

Pennsylvania

6,408,694 6,481,742 6,421,513 6,478,173 315,009 293,251 299,996 300,846 4.9 4.5 4.7 4.6

Rhode Island

566,029 568,986 570,069 566,677 24,028 20,370 23,327 21,949 4.2 3.6 4.1 3.9

South Carolina

2,358,505 2,378,036 2,375,243 2,411,344 92,192 83,694 90,864 89,568 3.9 3.5 3.8 3.7

South Dakota

465,900 469,112 469,888 475,004 10,765 9,723 11,696 11,726 2.3 2.1 2.5 2.5

Tennessee

3,345,488 3,333,798 3,374,782 3,361,790 124,433 118,064 116,625 120,560 3.7 3.5 3.5 3.6

Texas

14,511,328 14,877,616 14,613,813 15,046,646 675,477 622,847 634,693 677,294 4.7 4.2 4.3 4.5

Utah

1,714,694 1,773,335 1,726,744 1,782,703 42,543 45,871 43,309 46,218 2.5 2.6 2.5 2.6

Vermont

337,420 343,122 338,329 345,428 10,333 9,447 9,055 9,617 3.1 2.8 2.7 2.8

Virginia

4,342,684 4,477,079 4,387,721 4,518,998 126,156 145,856 118,297 130,326 2.9 3.3 2.7 2.9

Washington

3,937,188 4,029,150 3,967,866 4,092,579 185,646 203,358 177,269 205,034 4.7 5.0 4.5 5.0

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett(1)

1,746,166 1,780,851 1,766,616 1,803,331 58,323 60,959 50,182 45,167 3.3 3.4 2.8 2.5

West Virginia

776,175 774,274 782,675 775,427 36,041 32,589 37,215 28,583 4.6 4.2 4.8 3.7

Wisconsin

3,063,647 3,039,152 3,081,787 3,068,181 98,068 81,098 101,659 84,512 3.2 2.7 3.3 2.8

Wyoming

286,456 296,449 286,831 296,482 12,316 12,713 11,156 11,768 4.3 4.3 3.9 4.0

Puerto Rico

1,207,050 1,215,801 1,216,754 1,206,059 77,527 68,752 73,325 71,524 6.4 5.7 6.0 5.9

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
Feb.
2022
Dec.
2022
Jan.
2023
Feb.
2023(p)
Feb.
2022
Dec.
2022
Jan.
2023
Feb.
2023(p)
Feb.
2022
Dec.
2022
Jan.
2023
Feb.
2023(p)

Alabama

2,097.9 2,136.0 2,136.9 2,139.4 98.0 100.3 101.0 101.5 270.0 278.6 279.1 278.9

Alaska

316.8 325.2 326.3 326.5 16.1 16.4 16.8 16.5 12.2 12.4 12.7 12.0

Arizona

3,069.0 3,122.6 3,142.1 3,147.8 189.5 192.4 193.3 194.4 188.1 196.6 195.4 195.3

Arkansas

1,322.1 1,350.9 1,356.3 1,354.6 56.6 59.2 59.9 60.2 160.4 164.0 164.5 164.3

California

17,483.1 17,869.7 17,937.3 17,969.6 911.6 920.4 913.5 921.1 1,321.3 1,346.1 1,346.9 1,347.2


Colorado

2,841.0 2,882.2 2,881.5 2,887.7 181.6 182.0 179.8 180.1 152.3 154.6 154.1 154.5

Connecticut

1,658.8 1,673.1 1,681.9 1,687.5 61.2 60.4 61.6 61.9 155.3 159.1 158.4 158.6

Delaware(2)

469.1 477.0 478.9 479.9 23.5 24.0 24.1 24.1 25.9 26.4 26.7 27.0

District of Columbia(2)

757.7 770.2 769.6 770.7 15.5 15.2 15.1 15.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0

Florida

9,254.5 9,620.1 9,643.1 9,681.9 591.0 613.0 610.2 610.7 402.5 420.7 421.2 419.2


Georgia

4,740.7 4,857.4 4,872.6 4,875.8 211.0 219.3 221.4 222.7 411.0 417.9 418.9 417.5

Hawaii(2)

608.8 626.8 629.5 633.2 36.9 39.2 39.9 39.1 12.4 12.7 12.7 12.7

Idaho

820.2 837.4 844.0 845.1 64.6 67.8 70.2 69.2 72.9 71.9 72.7 72.3

Illinois

5,969.7 6,091.6 6,103.9 6,114.6 227.3 233.3 233.2 232.1 562.7 573.0 570.7 571.0

Indiana

3,163.3 3,222.7 3,235.7 3,236.9 155.4 161.0 167.4 166.3 537.6 545.3 543.5 540.4


Iowa

1,567.5 1,583.0 1,590.0 1,590.3 81.2 82.3 85.9 84.3 222.1 224.2 225.7 226.4

Kansas

1,406.7 1,443.5 1,449.5 1,448.0 64.7 67.2 69.0 68.3 165.7 173.4 172.8 173.2

Kentucky

1,948.9 1,975.6 1,985.7 1,991.9 82.9 82.5 83.7 83.4 247.0 256.2 256.1 255.4

Louisiana

1,910.5 1,936.6 1,943.6 1,946.0 129.4 131.2 132.3 131.7 131.7 136.1 136.3 136.7

Maine

634.3 646.9 646.7 646.8 32.8 32.7 33.0 33.1 54.3 54.6 54.9 55.0


Maryland

2,707.1 2,722.2 2,729.2 2,725.3 161.9 162.2 162.1 161.6 110.0 110.9 110.9 110.6

Massachusetts

3,644.1 3,723.9 3,732.8 3,735.8 169.2 171.3 171.8 172.0 237.6 236.2 237.9 238.1

Michigan

4,324.7 4,389.8 4,401.8 4,416.4 181.9 187.5 188.6 189.4 594.4 604.8 606.9 610.1

Minnesota

2,909.4 2,958.7 2,972.9 2,983.0 131.2 129.9 133.1 135.3 320.5 326.8 327.4 328.9

Mississippi

1,162.1 1,174.3 1,177.2 1,179.7 47.8 46.9 46.9 47.6 148.1 148.4 149.6 148.2


Missouri

2,904.0 2,957.0 2,960.2 2,962.0 137.9 136.6 138.4 138.6 277.9 290.3 287.1 290.9

Montana

505.5 515.6 517.8 518.1 35.5 37.5 38.7 38.8 22.2 22.7 23.2 23.0

Nebraska

1,021.6 1,039.1 1,041.2 1,043.3 57.8 62.6 62.8 62.5 101.9 104.9 104.9 105.4

Nevada

1,463.0 1,525.9 1,530.7 1,537.7 102.5 112.5 113.2 114.6 64.9 66.7 67.2 67.6

New Hampshire

681.1 694.0 700.9 699.5 29.9 30.0 30.1 30.1 69.8 71.6 71.4 71.6


New Jersey

4,216.0 4,297.4 4,316.8 4,321.4 165.0 163.2 166.2 166.2 247.8 252.0 253.8 254.4

New Mexico

840.7 854.9 861.4 862.8 48.7 48.9 50.2 50.7 28.6 29.3 29.5 29.6

New York

9,412.6 9,660.2 9,660.3 9,682.0 384.1 401.5 403.8 404.5 420.9 428.3 425.8 425.0

North Carolina

4,740.5 4,852.5 4,875.7 4,884.6 244.1 252.0 253.8 253.5 470.6 475.4 477.0 478.2

North Dakota

423.9 430.4 432.4 434.4 26.2 25.7 26.2 26.6 26.9 27.5 27.6 27.6


Ohio

5,497.7 5,554.7 5,574.6 5,575.5 232.3 238.2 239.6 240.8 676.3 689.1 685.3 685.0

Oklahoma

1,682.8 1,721.9 1,728.2 1,728.2 79.3 81.6 82.9 82.6 131.3 135.3 135.4 135.4

Oregon

1,930.8 1,980.1 1,989.7 1,989.6 115.2 119.6 121.3 122.7 191.2 197.7 196.9 195.6

Pennsylvania

5,929.6 6,071.0 6,088.8 6,094.4 261.7 262.4 265.5 264.8 558.3 566.6 566.2 566.5

Rhode Island

491.6 497.4 499.1 501.0 20.9 22.4 23.1 23.5 39.9 40.5 40.4 40.2


South Carolina

2,224.2 2,263.7 2,276.0 2,278.1 107.4 109.5 109.9 109.3 258.9 262.5 261.9 261.3

South Dakota

449.4 456.9 458.5 459.9 26.2 25.0 25.0 25.0 44.8 45.8 45.9 45.9

Tennessee

3,207.2 3,288.0 3,305.7 3,310.5 143.7 152.5 154.9 153.2 359.1 367.2 367.7 366.7

Texas

13,220.5 13,733.7 13,773.7 13,831.9 764.2 789.2 799.5 802.1 906.4 951.6 953.4 948.0

Utah

1,659.4 1,695.5 1,701.3 1,712.0 128.5 134.7 137.5 137.9 150.4 152.1 152.2 152.6


Vermont

301.0 304.6 306.6 307.5 15.4 15.7 15.8 15.8 29.0 28.8 29.2 29.2

Virginia

4,035.1 4,111.9 4,128.0 4,131.2 208.1 214.7 215.8 214.6 241.8 245.3 245.6 245.3

Washington

3,491.0 3,585.5 3,598.2 3,613.5 229.4 235.1 237.4 237.3 265.6 271.3 273.1 273.9

West Virginia

697.0 694.9 698.0 699.5 33.7 32.6 31.7 31.5 45.7 45.7 46.1 45.6

Wisconsin

2,947.1 2,983.8 2,989.9 2,997.4 130.1 132.1 134.2 134.2 478.1 481.7 484.9 485.4

Wyoming

282.7 288.4 288.2 288.7 21.4 21.5 21.6 21.5 10.0 10.4 10.6 10.8


Puerto Rico

913.7 934.3 941.2 942.2 31.7 33.1 33.8 34.1 81.4 82.9 83.4 83.4

Virgin Islands(3)

34.6 35.3 35.0 35.1 2.0 2.1 2.1 2.1 - - - -

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. Estimates are currently estimated from 2022 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks 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
Feb.
2022
Dec.
2022
Jan.
2023
Feb.
2023(p)
Feb.
2022
Dec.
2022
Jan.
2023
Feb.
2023(p)
Feb.
2022
Dec.
2022
Jan.
2023
Feb.
2023(p)

Alabama

409.0 407.5 406.3 406.1 101.1 102.1 101.9 102.2 259.1 265.1 266.1 266.6

Alaska

63.5 65.9 66.2 66.2 11.0 11.5 11.3 11.2 26.9 28.9 29.1 28.8

Arizona

607.2 603.5 601.6 603.4 249.0 252.0 253.0 253.3 462.4 472.6 480.7 477.6

Arkansas

269.0 274.6 276.0 276.5 70.0 71.1 70.3 69.8 150.6 150.9 152.6 151.7

California

3,134.7 3,123.9 3,135.8 3,136.4 845.5 849.2 846.1 846.1 2,840.6 2,909.7 2,912.6 2,913.6


Colorado

501.8 501.1 499.4 499.7 181.3 179.6 177.5 177.7 475.6 489.8 491.7 492.6

Connecticut

300.3 295.7 296.7 297.6 118.5 116.6 115.8 115.7 220.1 218.6 223.5 224.4

Delaware

88.4 90.7 90.7 90.5 48.0 50.2 50.0 49.9 65.2 66.1 66.8 67.0

District of Columbia

30.3 30.6 30.7 30.6 27.4 27.9 27.6 27.5 172.0 174.5 174.6 173.8

Florida

1,908.5 1,958.7 1,957.8 1,970.6 652.5 672.0 676.5 677.7 1,544.1 1,614.0 1,611.0 1,611.4


Georgia

1,023.5 1,022.5 1,020.9 1,024.6 268.3 279.6 279.1 279.4 767.6 780.6 779.6 776.3

Hawaii

113.3 115.7 116.4 116.4 27.5 27.7 27.7 27.8 71.0 72.0 71.5 71.3

Idaho

161.7 161.8 162.0 162.8 41.0 41.7 41.6 41.5 106.2 109.6 110.9 110.1

Illinois

1,213.8 1,222.7 1,223.0 1,225.7 401.4 403.4 402.9 402.3 962.4 973.1 973.6 970.6

Indiana

628.2 636.2 637.8 638.0 146.2 150.8 150.3 150.6 363.9 366.7 367.2 370.8


Iowa

316.0 311.7 312.4 312.7 108.8 108.7 108.3 108.4 144.7 145.4 145.0 145.8

Kansas

273.4 274.2 273.7 274.5 75.6 76.3 76.4 76.5 180.2 187.6 187.9 187.7

Kentucky

424.5 429.6 432.0 430.9 96.6 95.8 95.5 95.8 227.8 224.6 228.9 230.4

Louisiana

375.2 371.8 371.4 370.9 88.1 91.7 92.3 92.1 221.7 218.9 220.0 219.4

Maine

118.6 121.4 120.6 120.8 33.5 34.6 34.3 34.2 74.9 76.3 76.3 76.5


Maryland

480.6 474.7 477.4 475.2 135.6 136.0 136.1 135.8 476.3 471.6 465.5 468.8

Massachusetts

564.8 570.5 571.4 571.7 224.7 232.5 232.1 232.2 627.3 649.2 649.9 652.5

Michigan

804.7 803.8 807.1 811.1 233.3 227.7 228.2 228.2 656.1 658.9 660.9 660.7

Minnesota

525.7 529.2 532.0 532.5 191.1 192.9 191.4 191.4 384.2 384.0 390.0 391.3

Mississippi

243.0 245.8 246.3 247.2 43.7 44.4 44.0 44.5 118.6 118.0 118.0 117.6


Missouri

559.3 558.3 557.2 559.1 183.4 188.4 188.5 189.0 378.9 390.3 386.5 383.8

Montana

99.2 100.3 100.1 100.2 28.2 29.1 29.1 29.2 49.0 51.4 51.0 51.1

Nebraska

197.2 197.7 197.6 197.1 71.6 70.6 70.4 70.2 120.7 122.1 121.8 122.3

Nevada

294.2 292.2 292.6 294.0 74.9 76.9 76.0 75.5 206.8 215.3 217.2 219.2

New Hampshire

138.1 139.1 139.8 140.3 34.5 33.9 34.3 34.0 93.8 99.9 100.5 100.9


New Jersey

912.6 921.7 921.5 921.0 257.2 259.0 259.5 259.6 723.3 725.4 724.8 727.4

New Mexico

144.5 142.2 142.7 142.3 34.7 34.4 34.3 34.1 114.2 118.2 118.9 119.5

New York

1,483.9 1,479.1 1,475.0 1,476.0 717.1 739.0 738.5 737.5 1,340.9 1,386.2 1,384.5 1,390.6

North Carolina

922.7 924.9 923.3 923.9 287.0 296.0 296.7 297.2 719.9 742.1 747.0 747.5

North Dakota

90.2 90.2 91.4 92.3 24.5 24.1 24.3 24.1 34.4 35.6 35.4 35.3


Ohio

1,057.6 1,052.8 1,052.3 1,054.1 316.0 321.8 320.5 321.7 741.7 730.4 740.5 733.6

Oklahoma

322.5 325.3 325.8 325.7 80.2 81.3 81.0 80.9 199.7 206.0 206.2 206.7

Oregon

366.7 368.2 369.8 369.8 105.4 107.0 107.7 106.7 262.1 269.1 270.5 270.8

Pennsylvania

1,140.4 1,155.7 1,160.1 1,160.1 331.7 337.9 338.4 339.2 833.1 857.0 854.4 856.7

Rhode Island

76.7 77.4 78.0 78.3 34.3 35.6 35.4 35.4 69.5 68.5 68.7 68.8


South Carolina

433.7 437.6 438.0 438.0 115.1 119.8 118.5 117.2 305.9 306.4 310.7 312.5

South Dakota

88.7 90.7 90.9 91.9 28.0 27.9 27.8 27.8 36.2 36.7 37.0 37.1

Tennessee

676.8 685.6 688.0 688.1 173.3 175.7 174.4 173.9 460.7 464.6 472.2 474.7

Texas

2,687.8 2,752.3 2,752.2 2,758.0 863.4 898.7 905.1 907.1 2,022.2 2,113.1 2,109.0 2,139.3

Utah

311.1 315.8 315.9 316.3 98.5 96.4 96.2 96.4 243.3 250.0 252.1 251.9


Vermont

51.7 52.4 52.8 52.7 12.0 12.2 12.3 12.2 31.6 32.4 32.7 33.3

Virginia

665.0 667.3 667.9 669.0 214.5 214.2 214.4 214.1 797.7 807.8 814.3 811.7

Washington

613.1 616.3 619.0 618.5 165.0 166.5 165.8 165.5 539.1 557.1 559.0 563.6

West Virginia

124.1 120.8 122.4 123.0 25.3 25.5 25.3 25.2 71.5 70.6 70.8 71.1

Wisconsin

549.7 551.8 551.6 554.1 158.0 159.7 160.4 159.9 325.1 326.3 325.6 325.3

Wyoming

52.0 52.5 52.2 52.3 11.4 11.5 11.6 11.8 20.2 20.9 20.8 20.8


Puerto Rico

183.0 185.0 186.8 185.2 46.6 47.1 47.1 47.1 137.9 140.1 141.0 141.9

Virgin Islands(1)

6.5 6.9 6.9 6.9 - - - - - - - -

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. Estimates are currently estimated from 2022 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks 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
Feb.
2022
Dec.
2022
Jan.
2023
Feb.
2023(p)
Feb.
2022
Dec.
2022
Jan.
2023
Feb.
2023(p)
Feb.
2022
Dec.
2022
Jan.
2023
Feb.
2023(p)

Alabama

244.9 251.8 252.1 253.3 197.7 202.6 202.0 202.1 389.2 395.4 395.7 396.1

Alaska

49.9 50.4 50.6 51.0 33.6 35.3 35.5 35.8 77.3 77.7 77.3 78.4

Arizona

474.6 495.3 498.5 500.0 330.4 342.0 343.9 345.8 409.5 406.8 415.2 416.6

Arkansas

195.9 202.6 203.8 203.0 120.5 125.6 126.5 126.5 207.5 208.5 208.5 208.6

California

2,877.9 3,012.3 3,020.6 3,031.9 1,867.8 1,990.0 2,007.7 2,018.9 2,510.3 2,515.2 2,560.4 2,562.8


Colorado

349.4 352.8 354.6 354.4 332.3 350.2 350.0 351.5 445.9 449.2 452.0 453.8

Connecticut

338.9 347.6 349.6 351.8 146.1 153.0 153.1 154.8 226.0 228.9 229.1 228.6

Delaware

79.0 79.2 79.3 79.4 49.7 50.3 51.2 51.8 67.0 67.6 67.7 68.0

District of Columbia

120.1 123.1 122.5 123.9 62.8 74.0 74.3 75.4 241.1 234.5 234.2 234.3

Florida

1,367.3 1,437.3 1,445.3 1,456.7 1,208.7 1,289.0 1,302.7 1,313.4 1,086.3 1,103.2 1,103.1 1,107.1


Georgia

615.9 642.1 648.1 648.9 473.1 503.0 510.4 510.9 672.4 683.0 684.0 685.7

Hawaii

86.7 87.1 87.5 88.0 107.5 115.5 119.5 119.8 119.6 121.1 118.4 122.2

Idaho

119.5 123.7 124.2 124.8 88.5 91.5 91.8 91.6 125.6 128.3 129.5 131.3

Illinois

918.8 951.1 955.2 957.6 550.6 585.5 589.4 594.5 788.0 796.4 804.1 810.0

Indiana

467.9 481.5 483.1 484.3 299.2 309.6 313.9 315.4 408.9 409.6 411.5 409.6


Iowa

225.7 233.3 234.7 233.8 136.5 140.9 141.1 141.2 255.4 258.5 259.1 260.3

Kansas

196.7 205.0 204.6 205.3 126.4 133.3 134.1 134.0 250.1 251.9 256.3 253.4

Kentucky

284.2 291.9 293.3 294.0 193.5 197.4 198.5 197.8 298.1 299.9 299.5 306.4

Louisiana

320.7 330.0 332.0 335.4 210.3 218.9 219.4 220.6 310.7 313.2 314.6 314.5

Maine

124.6 127.5 127.5 127.7 65.2 67.0 67.3 66.9 98.8 100.5 100.6 100.5


Maryland

442.3 453.2 456.3 453.4 249.8 253.7 257.4 254.5 506.6 517.2 519.6 519.7

Massachusetts

802.9 815.0 821.9 824.4 341.3 356.5 355.6 353.5 447.5 457.0 457.5 457.2

Michigan

656.7 671.8 674.2 673.0 394.3 409.9 411.3 415.1 579.7 599.0 599.1 602.4

Minnesota

544.1 557.7 558.6 559.6 249.2 268.4 268.1 269.4 405.8 411.1 413.7 414.4

Mississippi

141.5 147.6 148.6 149.4 131.5 133.6 134.4 135.8 232.5 233.2 233.3 233.5


Missouri

483.8 492.7 495.3 494.2 293.4 303.4 307.6 308.3 424.9 427.3 427.6 427.7

Montana

79.9 82.1 82.6 82.5 69.6 71.2 71.5 71.8 90.1 89.7 90.0 89.9

Nebraska

155.5 158.0 158.8 158.9 91.6 93.8 94.9 97.1 169.7 171.6 170.5 171.5

Nevada

154.0 162.9 161.9 164.2 328.7 352.6 353.9 354.3 163.6 170.1 171.2 171.3

New Hampshire

121.5 124.3 126.8 125.2 70.0 71.7 72.8 72.6 86.6 86.2 88.1 87.0


New Jersey

720.1 756.5 764.3 767.8 368.6 387.5 393.0 391.4 583.2 583.3 586.2 587.2

New Mexico

139.6 142.4 143.7 144.2 92.8 96.2 97.0 97.2 178.8 181.1 182.7 182.9

New York

2,110.3 2,178.2 2,190.1 2,195.8 837.2 906.0 910.5 914.8 1,439.1 1,445.8 1,447.8 1,448.3

North Carolina

641.4 661.3 666.6 670.3 489.3 520.1 525.9 527.0 715.3 717.2 720.7 723.3

North Dakota

66.1 67.6 67.7 67.8 38.9 39.4 39.8 40.4 81.3 82.5 82.0 82.0


Ohio

895.2 914.0 917.3 920.6 533.1 553.4 556.0 557.1 763.2 764.7 771.0 769.6

Oklahoma

238.2 245.5 247.7 247.7 170.2 178.9 182.6 183.5 348.6 350.8 350.6 350.7

Oregon

300.9 307.2 309.2 309.7 195.1 204.5 205.7 205.5 290.2 300.7 301.4 302.1

Pennsylvania

1,242.2 1,288.3 1,295.6 1,295.8 525.8 548.3 551.6 554.6 676.7 681.3 682.6 682.4

Rhode Island

104.2 104.5 104.8 104.6 56.2 56.7 57.5 58.0 63.3 63.7 63.2 64.0


South Carolina

261.0 272.0 275.4 274.8 262.6 268.9 271.3 273.2 365.1 368.0 371.8 373.5

South Dakota

74.4 76.1 76.8 76.7 48.0 50.1 50.6 50.5 79.4 80.1 80.4 81.0

Tennessee

444.7 458.2 460.3 461.2 336.1 353.1 357.5 360.2 431.8 441.7 441.4 442.9

Texas

1,770.4 1,850.6 1,853.1 1,865.6 1,377.5 1,452.1 1,460.7 1,465.0 1,976.8 2,017.2 2,023.5 2,028.1

Utah

221.0 226.7 228.3 229.9 158.0 161.2 161.4 167.5 251.6 257.0 257.5 257.8


Vermont

61.5 62.3 62.1 62.3 32.1 32.1 32.1 32.5 52.8 53.4 54.3 54.2

Virginia

546.5 567.8 570.4 572.6 383.2 401.4 407.9 406.1 713.4 720.4 719.6 725.7

Washington

508.2 524.0 525.4 529.9 318.6 339.1 340.8 343.2 561.6 574.7 575.8 578.5

West Virginia

127.1 128.8 129.7 130.5 70.5 68.9 70.3 70.0 148.3 148.6 148.8 149.2

Wisconsin

454.2 464.2 465.3 466.4 265.1 271.1 270.8 272.2 392.3 399.4 399.2 402.7

Wyoming

28.7 29.5 29.4 29.6 37.4 38.3 38.3 38.1 67.1 67.8 67.7 68.0


Puerto Rico

119.7 122.6 124.0 124.5 84.2 89.2 90.6 91.5 193.6 198.4 198.4 198.3

Virgin Islands

2.3 2.5 2.4 2.5 6.2 6.1 6.0 6.1 10.8 11.0 10.8 10.8

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2022 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks 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
January February January February January February
2022 2023 2022 2023(p) 2022 2023 2022 2023(p) 2022 2023 2022 2023(p)

Alabama

2,065.3 2,117.6 2,089.6 2,133.5 8.9 8.7 9.0 8.5 95.2 99.8 97.1 100.5

Alaska

299.5 309.8 305.6 316.6 10.3 10.5 10.4 10.4 13.3 14.4 13.6 14.4

Arizona

3,042.6 3,135.5 3,082.8 3,153.8 12.5 13.5 12.5 13.7 184.6 191.0 188.4 193.4

Arkansas

1,302.9 1,344.8 1,318.4 1,347.9 5.2 4.9 5.2 4.9 54.7 58.4 55.2 58.6

California

17,177.4 17,736.5 17,419.2 17,867.2 18.7 19.7 19.1 19.6 871.2 876.7 896.5 905.9


Colorado

2,788.8 2,844.6 2,817.0 2,865.6 20.1 21.3 20.1 21.4 173.3 171.8 175.5 174.0

Connecticut

1,619.4 1,653.2 1,636.3 1,665.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 54.7 56.2 55.4 56.0

Delaware(1)

454.8 469.1 460.3 471.5 - - - - 22.4 23.2 22.8 23.2

District of Columbia(1)

748.0 762.2 754.3 764.9 - - - - 15.0 14.7 15.2 14.7

Florida

9,180.3 9,601.0 9,297.5 9,690.4 5.4 5.8 5.5 5.8 580.2 601.8 590.6 608.3


Georgia

4,673.3 4,840.7 4,726.9 4,865.7 9.5 9.7 9.6 9.8 205.9 219.0 209.3 220.6

Hawaii(1)

599.9 624.1 609.5 633.8 - - - - 35.6 39.4 36.5 39.0

Idaho

799.9 828.8 811.3 835.7 3.9 4.0 4.0 4.0 60.3 66.2 61.7 66.4

Illinois

5,837.8 5,989.3 5,881.5 6,026.5 6.5 7.0 6.5 6.9 200.5 207.1 201.3 205.0

Indiana

3,109.3 3,193.5 3,128.9 3,206.4 5.2 5.7 5.3 5.7 142.9 157.4 143.7 156.8


Iowa

1,526.0 1,561.4 1,546.8 1,569.7 1.8 2.1 1.9 2.1 70.0 74.8 69.7 72.4

Kansas

1,383.2 1,430.9 1,395.8 1,439.2 6.0 6.3 6.0 6.4 60.8 65.6 61.1 65.1

Kentucky

1,913.3 1,964.7 1,929.3 1,977.8 7.7 8.5 7.8 8.5 77.1 80.1 77.5 79.7

Louisiana

1,889.5 1,927.8 1,907.4 1,941.4 29.6 31.4 30.2 31.8 126.1 129.1 127.6 131.5

Maine

612.2 625.0 617.5 627.0 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 30.5 30.6 30.4 30.2


Maryland

2,641.0 2,677.8 2,672.9 2,689.4 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.4 156.0 158.6 157.4 157.8

Massachusetts

3,542.4 3,648.7 3,579.1 3,672.4 0.9 1.0 0.8 0.9 157.6 162.9 157.2 160.6

Michigan

4,230.1 4,328.3 4,273.1 4,365.5 6.4 7.0 6.4 6.9 163.3 174.2 163.5 174.6

Minnesota

2,847.9 2,914.4 2,866.7 2,931.6 6.1 6.1 6.2 6.0 112.9 114.6 113.0 117.9

Mississippi

1,144.9 1,163.9 1,158.2 1,174.2 5.9 6.1 6.0 6.2 46.8 45.7 46.9 47.2


Missouri

2,843.6 2,918.6 2,872.9 2,935.3 4.3 4.5 4.3 4.4 130.4 131.2 130.5 132.0

Montana

490.2 505.1 496.5 507.6 6.6 6.6 6.6 6.7 31.0 34.3 32.0 34.6

Nebraska

999.8 1,023.1 1,008.9 1,031.6 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 52.7 58.4 53.1 58.0

Nevada

1,424.8 1,512.1 1,452.2 1,527.5 15.0 15.1 14.9 15.2 98.3 109.9 100.7 112.0

New Hampshire

664.0 688.6 674.8 693.1 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 28.0 28.9 27.9 28.4


New Jersey

4,093.7 4,223.2 4,145.6 4,239.5 1.6 1.7 1.6 1.7 151.6 154.9 153.6 156.1

New Mexico

826.3 851.5 837.5 860.3 19.9 23.0 20.0 22.9 47.0 48.9 47.8 50.2

New York

9,158.4 9,468.5 9,306.5 9,561.5 4.8 5.2 4.8 5.2 355.1 378.5 358.6 382.2

North Carolina

4,645.5 4,818.4 4,713.1 4,856.5 5.5 5.3 5.5 5.3 238.3 248.3 241.6 250.0

North Dakota

414.3 423.9 416.6 428.4 14.4 17.3 14.5 17.5 21.7 22.4 21.6 22.9


Ohio

5,388.9 5,474.3 5,425.1 5,505.2 8.5 8.9 8.5 9.0 211.9 221.4 211.3 220.8

Oklahoma

1,656.5 1,706.1 1,674.0 1,717.0 29.2 30.7 29.5 30.6 77.0 80.8 78.0 81.2

Oregon

1,894.3 1,963.0 1,917.1 1,972.1 6.2 6.1 6.3 6.1 108.9 114.4 111.6 118.3

Pennsylvania

5,801.0 5,988.7 5,867.2 6,030.6 21.3 22.8 21.4 22.9 238.8 248.4 239.1 246.8

Rhode Island

473.0 482.5 481.9 488.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 19.0 21.4 19.0 21.5


South Carolina

2,174.3 2,242.7 2,207.6 2,263.6 4.3 4.5 4.3 4.5 105.3 109.4 106.2 109.6

South Dakota

436.1 447.2 439.6 450.0 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.1 22.5 21.9 22.5 21.5

Tennessee

3,145.4 3,269.5 3,190.4 3,290.8 4.3 4.4 4.3 4.4 137.8 150.5 140.4 149.9

Texas

13,004.2 13,666.4 13,171.9 13,776.7 188.2 212.7 192.0 212.0 743.0 787.4 760.6 794.4

Utah

1,634.0 1,681.8 1,655.0 1,701.0 9.3 10.0 9.4 10.0 122.3 129.9 124.7 131.6


Vermont

296.8 303.8 301.3 306.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 14.0 14.0 13.7 13.9

Virginia

3,954.7 4,077.2 4,002.9 4,102.0 6.9 7.1 7.0 7.0 201.0 209.1 203.3 209.7

Washington

3,410.1 3,550.5 3,454.0 3,579.2 5.4 5.6 5.4 5.7 216.9 228.0 222.8 230.0

West Virginia

680.3 685.2 686.2 690.2 19.0 20.5 19.2 20.7 29.0 29.1 29.4 28.6

Wisconsin

2,873.9 2,927.0 2,905.3 2,951.9 3.4 3.5 3.4 3.6 116.8 121.2 117.8 121.4

Wyoming

274.2 280.8 276.0 283.0 15.5 16.8 15.6 16.3 19.1 19.5 18.9 19.4


Puerto Rico

906.4 935.0 910.6 942.0 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 30.7 33.2 31.0 34.3

Virgin Islands(1)

34.0 34.7 34.3 35.2 - - - - 1.9 2.1 1.9 2.1

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

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2022 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks 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
January February January February January February
2022 2023 2022 2023(p) 2022 2023 2022 2023(p) 2022 2023 2022 2023(p)

Alabama

266.8 277.3 270.2 278.4 403.0 406.0 406.8 405.9 21.7 22.6 22.0 22.9

Alaska

9.7 9.6 11.5 11.3 59.6 63.0 60.3 63.1 4.7 4.8 4.8 4.8

Arizona

186.0 194.7 187.8 194.5 600.3 601.9 606.4 602.6 50.1 50.9 50.8 50.6

Arkansas

158.6 164.7 160.8 164.1 264.3 274.9 267.0 274.2 12.4 12.7 12.5 12.7

California

1,300.2 1,330.2 1,313.7 1,332.8 3,093.9 3,132.3 3,118.9 3,115.7 594.0 585.7 611.7 589.1


Colorado

151.3 152.4 152.0 154.1 497.0 500.3 499.3 498.3 78.0 77.6 78.5 77.2

Connecticut

153.2 157.7 154.4 157.9 296.4 297.8 295.8 295.6 30.8 31.2 31.2 31.1

Delaware

25.4 26.5 25.8 26.8 86.6 90.7 86.8 89.8 3.7 3.6 3.7 3.6

District of Columbia

1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 29.7 30.5 30.2 30.4 20.2 20.9 20.5 20.8

Florida

398.4 417.2 403.2 418.4 1,892.7 1,964.8 1,912.8 1,967.4 150.0 154.0 151.7 152.8


Georgia

405.9 417.5 412.5 418.3 1,010.5 1,021.5 1,018.1 1,026.2 123.7 130.3 128.8 129.3

Hawaii

12.2 12.6 12.3 12.6 112.9 117.0 113.0 116.3 8.3 8.8 8.7 8.9

Idaho

72.0 72.3 72.6 71.6 159.2 161.4 160.5 161.0 8.7 9.1 8.8 9.2

Illinois

558.1 565.8 563.7 568.8 1,198.0 1,217.7 1,198.9 1,212.0 92.6 93.3 93.7 90.7

Indiana

532.2 540.6 537.7 539.0 620.1 633.8 621.2 630.4 26.5 25.8 26.5 25.5


Iowa

219.2 224.8 220.7 225.6 309.9 311.7 311.8 310.3 19.1 18.9 19.0 18.9

Kansas

164.1 172.0 165.7 172.4 270.1 272.3 271.0 272.5 17.9 18.0 18.1 18.1

Kentucky

246.9 255.4 248.1 256.4 420.2 431.8 422.0 427.8 20.8 22.0 20.9 21.8

Louisiana

130.5 135.3 131.4 136.0 372.4 369.7 373.9 368.0 21.3 22.9 22.2 23.7

Maine

53.1 53.8 53.4 54.0 116.4 119.2 116.1 117.7 7.8 8.0 7.9 7.9


Maryland

108.4 109.9 109.2 109.3 475.2 474.9 475.2 467.6 35.3 34.2 35.4 34.4

Massachusetts

234.9 235.5 236.2 235.9 557.9 571.6 554.3 564.7 94.2 94.8 94.8 95.3

Michigan

593.6 604.6 592.5 606.7 791.3 801.1 794.7 800.5 54.4 57.5 54.8 57.3

Minnesota

315.5 323.1 317.3 324.1 517.8 528.5 517.8 523.9 44.6 45.7 44.6 45.7

Mississippi

146.3 149.3 148.8 148.5 240.2 245.9 241.1 245.5 10.0 10.3 9.9 10.3


Missouri

272.9 286.6 277.8 291.1 551.8 558.5 554.4 557.2 47.2 48.1 47.6 47.9

Montana

21.7 22.9 22.0 22.8 97.5 99.5 98.3 99.3 5.7 5.6 5.8 5.7

Nebraska

100.4 104.1 102.0 105.3 194.7 196.6 194.9 194.9 18.0 18.2 17.9 18.1

Nevada

63.8 66.7 64.8 67.3 288.6 292.0 291.6 291.9 16.5 18.7 16.7 18.9

New Hampshire

69.2 70.8 69.5 71.1 137.3 140.3 136.5 138.7 11.8 11.7 11.9 11.7


New Jersey

243.1 250.8 246.6 252.7 896.8 916.9 900.9 908.1 71.7 74.7 73.2 75.5

New Mexico

27.9 29.0 28.3 29.3 141.2 141.7 143.2 141.3 9.7 10.7 10.3 10.8

New York

414.0 419.4 418.0 420.1 1,465.5 1,472.2 1,461.1 1,456.9 283.8 280.6 290.3 286.8

North Carolina

464.8 475.2 470.5 477.0 904.1 918.2 914.2 915.7 77.7 85.6 78.8 85.0

North Dakota

26.4 27.2 26.5 27.1 89.5 90.6 89.4 91.5 5.8 5.6 5.8 5.6


Ohio

672.0 683.0 676.7 683.5 1,047.5 1,048.8 1,048.0 1,045.4 67.8 67.8 68.4 67.8

Oklahoma

130.3 135.2 131.3 135.2 318.3 324.9 320.0 322.5 17.4 17.8 17.3 17.5

Oregon

188.1 194.7 189.5 192.6 363.3 367.8 364.1 365.5 36.1 37.0 36.3 36.6

Pennsylvania

551.1 562.9 556.4 564.8 1,133.2 1,159.8 1,132.5 1,152.4 90.3 95.4 90.6 94.9

Rhode Island

39.1 40.0 39.8 39.9 75.5 77.4 75.6 77.2 5.5 5.7 5.4 5.9


South Carolina

255.3 261.6 259.4 260.8 424.4 435.9 429.9 434.5 29.0 31.3 29.1 31.3

South Dakota

44.2 45.4 44.7 45.7 86.8 90.2 87.2 91.0 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.2

Tennessee

355.4 367.1 359.0 367.8 666.7 689.0 674.6 685.4 50.8 55.6 51.9 56.1

Texas

894.6 948.4 905.1 945.3 2,644.1 2,751.4 2,665.4 2,746.3 219.5 238.5 221.0 239.0

Utah

149.0 151.1 150.3 151.8 306.7 314.3 309.3 313.7 42.8 44.4 43.4 45.2


Vermont

28.6 28.8 28.8 28.8 51.4 52.9 51.2 52.4 4.2 4.5 4.3 4.5

Virginia

238.3 243.5 241.1 244.2 656.9 667.2 657.7 661.8 68.2 69.5 68.7 69.6

Washington

260.6 269.4 263.5 271.7 600.4 616.7 604.8 611.4 163.2 169.8 164.7 170.5

West Virginia

45.3 45.4 45.5 45.0 122.3 121.5 122.0 121.1 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.7

Wisconsin

472.1 482.9 474.8 482.5 539.4 548.0 541.5 545.5 45.4 45.5 45.3 45.1

Wyoming

9.8 10.5 9.8 10.6 51.3 51.6 51.3 51.7 3.0 3.1 3.0 3.1


Puerto Rico

80.6 82.7 81.0 83.5 182.3 186.4 181.6 184.4 16.6 16.5 16.5 16.4

Virgin Islands

0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 6.4 6.9 6.5 6.9 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2022 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks 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
January February January February January February
2022 2023 2022 2023(p) 2022 2023 2022 2023(p) 2022 2023 2022 2023(p)

Alabama

100.0 101.3 100.5 101.3 254.9 263.1 259.6 266.9 242.7 250.3 244.9 253.5

Alaska

10.7 11.1 10.8 11.0 25.7 27.7 26.2 28.1 49.5 50.3 50.0 51.2

Arizona

248.2 252.9 249.3 252.7 458.3 478.3 465.2 475.2 473.9 498.4 478.1 502.8

Arkansas

68.9 70.1 69.8 68.9 147.7 150.5 150.8 151.2 195.4 202.8 196.7 203.4

California

838.5 842.3 843.3 843.7 2,780.8 2,875.6 2,827.4 2,891.3 2,848.7 3,007.4 2,883.1 3,040.9


Colorado

180.1 178.2 180.8 176.3 462.7 480.6 468.9 486.7 346.9 353.5 350.0 354.2

Connecticut

117.8 115.5 117.9 115.2 213.3 216.0 215.8 218.8 333.4 345.4 340.0 352.9

Delaware

47.8 50.1 47.8 50.0 63.3 65.2 64.1 65.4 78.2 78.5 78.9 79.1

District of Columbia

27.3 27.4 27.3 27.3 170.1 173.5 171.3 173.0 120.3 121.9 122.7 125.2

Florida

646.3 669.9 651.5 673.1 1,529.9 1,599.2 1,549.0 1,610.3 1,358.8 1,435.8 1,374.9 1,461.4


Georgia

265.6 278.7 268.0 279.7 759.6 770.9 768.1 771.1 611.3 645.5 617.4 652.1

Hawaii

27.5 27.5 27.5 27.7 70.1 70.8 70.9 71.2 84.8 86.8 86.8 88.4

Idaho

40.4 41.2 40.8 41.4 101.9 107.2 103.9 107.7 119.4 123.5 120.4 125.9

Illinois

398.1 401.1 397.9 400.8 937.4 952.5 949.4 951.6 908.5 948.6 920.9 964.1

Indiana

145.1 148.7 145.3 148.8 355.6 361.2 358.7 365.1 465.2 478.8 468.5 485.3


Iowa

108.5 107.7 108.2 108.0 141.8 141.8 142.6 142.8 222.4 233.6 230.7 236.9

Kansas

75.3 76.0 75.1 76.1 173.6 183.6 177.1 184.5 196.3 203.4 197.1 205.6

Kentucky

95.4 94.9 95.9 95.0 221.7 227.1 223.8 229.6 280.9 291.8 284.4 294.7

Louisiana

87.4 92.2 87.9 92.2 217.8 216.4 221.0 217.0 319.1 331.4 320.9 336.0

Maine

33.1 33.9 33.1 33.9 73.2 74.1 73.5 74.5 123.7 126.5 125.2 128.1


Maryland

134.6 134.6 134.8 134.5 465.5 457.1 470.0 461.7 437.1 452.7 443.2 454.2

Massachusetts

223.0 230.9 223.3 231.0 608.4 632.9 616.3 638.0 794.1 810.8 809.0 831.0

Michigan

230.7 225.0 231.8 225.7 641.7 651.9 652.6 656.4 651.2 668.6 657.2 673.7

Minnesota

190.4 190.1 190.3 190.4 376.2 380.2 378.9 381.5 540.9 553.7 547.7 560.1

Mississippi

43.5 43.7 43.7 44.3 116.4 114.3 118.8 115.6 140.0 148.2 141.5 150.1


Missouri

181.9 187.1 182.4 187.8 372.6 380.3 374.3 380.1 478.6 493.8 486.7 497.0

Montana

27.7 28.8 27.9 28.9 47.2 49.3 47.8 49.2 79.7 82.8 80.6 83.1

Nebraska

71.9 70.1 71.2 69.6 118.5 118.9 119.0 120.4 154.7 158.2 155.9 159.5

Nevada

74.0 75.2 74.9 75.0 202.2 215.3 205.2 216.7 152.5 161.8 154.3 165.8

New Hampshire

34.2 34.1 34.3 33.9 91.3 98.6 92.2 100.3 119.3 125.9 123.9 127.0


New Jersey

254.0 258.3 255.1 258.6 702.5 698.7 708.5 705.6 709.7 759.3 722.0 768.1

New Mexico

34.6 34.1 34.7 33.9 112.9 116.9 113.8 118.6 139.5 143.5 140.3 145.1

New York

709.3 731.0 711.6 731.2 1,306.5 1,352.6 1,320.2 1,366.0 2,057.9 2,165.2 2,139.7 2,211.1

North Carolina

282.6 293.5 284.8 294.1 706.6 734.9 719.7 743.9 635.7 660.8 643.5 671.1

North Dakota

24.4 24.2 24.4 24.0 33.3 34.4 33.5 34.5 65.9 67.3 66.1 67.8


Ohio

313.1 318.7 313.6 320.3 725.2 718.8 730.1 715.4 889.4 912.0 895.4 926.8

Oklahoma

79.6 81.0 79.8 80.7 195.0 200.5 197.3 203.2 236.7 245.6 237.8 247.9

Oregon

104.2 107.1 104.5 106.1 255.4 266.7 259.9 269.0 298.6 307.4 303.3 311.3

Pennsylvania

328.7 336.4 329.7 337.2 813.7 840.0 822.9 844.0 1,224.9 1,279.0 1,254.0 1,302.7

Rhode Island

34.2 35.0 34.3 35.0 66.9 66.5 67.8 66.3 100.8 102.7 104.6 105.2


South Carolina

113.8 118.1 114.2 117.2 300.4 304.3 305.2 314.1 258.5 272.9 261.9 275.0

South Dakota

27.8 27.7 27.8 27.7 35.3 36.1 35.6 36.3 74.2 76.4 74.5 76.7

Tennessee

171.4 173.1 172.4 172.5 450.8 464.3 456.4 468.9 440.1 456.1 446.6 462.4

Texas

854.3 900.7 859.9 901.7 1,986.8 2,083.8 2,022.6 2,124.7 1,752.1 1,842.7 1,767.2 1,865.9

Utah

97.8 95.3 98.1 95.9 237.4 246.3 241.0 247.2 222.7 229.8 225.6 234.2


Vermont

11.9 12.1 11.9 12.0 30.9 31.8 30.8 32.7 59.7 61.2 61.9 62.3

Virginia

212.1 212.6 213.4 213.5 783.7 802.5 791.9 804.2 543.0 566.1 550.1 573.9

Washington

163.1 164.2 164.4 164.1 522.8 548.3 532.0 557.4 503.2 523.5 510.4 532.1

West Virginia

25.0 25.1 25.0 25.0 69.9 68.8 70.6 69.9 126.5 129.4 127.3 130.8

Wisconsin

156.3 159.8 156.8 159.3 317.6 315.6 323.4 318.2 451.5 460.6 453.7 465.0

Wyoming

11.2 11.7 11.3 11.8 19.3 20.1 19.4 20.0 28.7 29.5 29.0 29.9


Puerto Rico

46.5 46.9 46.5 47.0 137.5 139.0 137.9 141.3 117.0 121.4 119.1 124.1

Virgin Islands

1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 2.8 2.8 2.9 2.8 2.3 2.4 2.3 2.5

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2022 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks 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
January February January February January February
2022 2023 2022 2023(p) 2022 2023 2022 2023(p) 2022 2023 2022 2023(p)

Alabama

188.1 194.2 192.7 197.6 96.8 101.0 97.6 101.2 387.2 393.3 389.2 396.8

Alaska

28.3 30.9 29.1 31.8 10.4 10.7 10.6 10.7 77.3 76.8 78.3 79.8

Arizona

321.8 339.2 330.4 344.6 93.8 94.7 95.1 96.5 413.1 420.0 418.8 427.2

Arkansas

114.9 120.3 116.9 122.1 73.0 76.3 73.6 76.2 207.8 209.2 209.9 211.6

California

1,784.6 1,946.5 1,836.1 1,982.7 536.9 563.6 548.7 571.3 2,509.9 2,556.5 2,520.7 2,574.2


Colorado

323.0 345.8 325.4 346.5 119.9 121.7 120.3 122.9 436.5 441.4 446.2 454.0

Connecticut

132.6 140.7 135.5 142.8 58.8 61.2 59.4 61.3 228.0 231.1 230.5 233.3

Delaware

43.8 45.9 44.8 46.6 18.1 18.5 18.4 18.3 65.5 66.9 67.2 68.7

District of Columbia

57.5 71.1 59.3 71.7 66.2 68.0 66.6 67.9 240.7 233.2 240.2 232.9

Florida

1,185.2 1,289.5 1,214.8 1,313.5 335.6 350.6 338.3 354.0 1,097.8 1,112.4 1,105.2 1,125.4


Georgia

452.2 497.0 460.9 500.4 157.8 166.2 159.5 169.2 671.3 684.4 674.7 689.0

Hawaii

105.3 117.6 106.6 118.5 25.2 26.9 25.5 26.8 118.0 116.7 121.7 124.4

Idaho

83.6 88.3 85.0 88.4 26.5 27.3 26.8 27.8 124.0 128.3 126.8 132.3

Illinois

514.8 558.0 519.4 560.8 239.4 247.8 241.0 249.9 783.9 790.4 788.8 815.9

Indiana

284.2 299.4 288.1 302.9 120.1 127.7 122.2 128.8 412.2 414.4 411.7 418.1


Iowa

125.0 132.8 129.0 133.5 54.8 56.0 55.1 55.6 253.5 257.2 258.1 263.6

Kansas

119.8 128.9 121.7 129.2 49.0 50.0 49.2 50.8 250.3 254.8 253.7 258.5

Kentucky

181.0 188.2 184.0 188.5 63.8 67.1 64.5 66.6 297.8 297.8 300.4 309.2

Louisiana

204.1 214.7 208.6 218.3 69.3 69.6 70.0 69.0 311.9 315.1 313.7 317.9

Maine

52.9 54.7 54.1 54.9 21.1 21.8 21.3 21.7 98.3 100.3 100.4 102.0


Maryland

227.2 241.0 231.3 236.5 105.2 106.3 105.8 108.3 495.1 507.2 509.3 523.7

Massachusetts

302.5 322.1 307.1 319.1 127.6 134.4 128.6 133.3 441.3 451.8 451.5 462.6

Michigan

365.5 386.2 371.4 390.0 156.5 157.1 159.0 159.1 575.5 595.1 589.2 614.6

Minnesota

232.1 252.3 234.7 254.4 104.3 105.0 104.7 106.4 407.1 415.1 411.5 421.2

Mississippi

125.3 129.1 128.5 132.3 38.9 39.4 39.1 39.4 231.6 231.9 233.9 234.8


Missouri

271.4 284.0 275.3 289.0 110.5 118.6 110.8 116.8 422.0 425.9 428.8 432.0

Montana

64.8 67.0 66.3 68.0 18.8 19.0 19.0 18.9 89.5 89.3 90.2 90.4

Nebraska

85.9 89.8 87.7 93.5 36.2 39.5 36.3 38.7 165.8 168.3 169.9 172.6

Nevada

315.4 346.0 322.3 348.1 40.5 42.2 41.0 42.0 158.0 169.2 165.8 174.6

New Hampshire

62.7 66.6 64.7 66.3 23.1 23.7 23.3 24.4 86.2 87.1 89.7 90.4


New Jersey

327.8 357.8 334.4 354.3 157.3 165.1 159.5 165.0 577.6 585.0 590.2 593.8

New Mexico

89.2 95.3 90.3 95.1 27.4 27.8 27.7 28.0 177.0 180.6 181.1 185.1

New York

761.5 843.8 783.0 857.9 371.5 385.6 375.2 389.9 1,428.5 1,434.4 1,444.0 1,454.2

North Carolina

454.9 502.0 466.9 508.9 162.4 172.7 164.4 172.4 712.9 721.9 723.2 733.1

North Dakota

36.6 38.0 37.6 39.4 14.5 14.5 14.6 14.6 81.8 82.4 82.6 83.5


Ohio

495.5 520.6 500.9 524.0 201.2 212.9 201.9 213.5 756.8 761.4 770.3 778.7

Oklahoma

163.4 175.7 165.3 178.1 65.0 67.4 65.3 66.2 344.6 346.5 352.4 353.9

Oregon

183.4 196.8 187.1 196.6 59.7 63.0 60.4 63.3 290.4 302.0 294.1 306.7

Pennsylvania

485.3 515.2 491.9 521.0 241.7 249.8 243.2 251.0 672.0 679.0 685.5 692.9

Rhode Island

48.6 48.8 50.6 51.0 20.3 21.3 20.6 21.4 63.0 63.5 64.1 64.6


South Carolina

244.1 254.1 250.4 259.0 79.6 82.1 80.3 82.0 359.6 368.5 366.7 375.6

South Dakota

43.6 46.6 44.1 46.3 17.0 17.5 17.1 17.2 78.5 79.1 79.9 81.3

Tennessee

315.5 342.4 322.2 347.3 122.1 127.0 123.4 127.7 430.5 440.0 439.2 448.4

Texas

1,322.1 1,421.0 1,347.3 1,431.9 423.8 459.2 432.9 462.5 1,975.7 2,020.6 1,997.9 2,053.0

Utah

152.9 159.4 156.5 165.9 42.6 45.0 43.2 46.0 250.5 256.3 253.5 259.5


Vermont

32.8 32.9 33.8 33.5 9.5 9.9 9.6 9.8 53.1 55.0 54.6 56.0

Virginia

354.6 385.6 363.2 386.6 185.9 193.9 187.4 194.2 704.1 720.1 719.1 737.3

Washington

300.9 327.5 306.7 332.3 115.4 122.7 116.8 123.2 558.2 574.8 562.5 580.8

West Virginia

66.2 66.3 67.5 66.1 23.2 24.3 23.3 24.6 146.4 147.2 148.7 150.7

Wisconsin

243.6 250.4 246.7 254.1 143.0 147.4 143.5 146.6 384.8 392.1 398.4 410.6

Wyoming

34.5 35.9 34.7 36.0 15.6 15.6 15.6 16.0 66.2 66.5 67.4 68.2


Puerto Rico

82.7 90.7 83.6 91.7 18.4 19.0 18.5 19.0 193.5 198.6 194.3 199.7

Virgin Islands

6.3 6.0 6.3 6.2 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.1 10.5 10.6 10.7 10.8

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2022 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are preliminary and will be revised when new information becomes available.


Last Modified Date: April 27, 2023