Table 6. Private sector gross job gains and losses by state, seasonally adjusted
Gross job gains Gross job losses
State 3 months ended 3 months ended
Dec. Mar. June Sept. Dec. Dec. Mar. June Sept. Dec.
2023 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2024 2024 2024 2024
United States(1).... 7,902,000 7,608,000 7,591,000 7,622,000 7,767,000 7,499,000 7,115,000 7,754,000 7,623,000 7,480,000
Alabama............. 105,481 97,926 95,330 97,896 98,242 98,028 94,618 96,686 100,992 92,388
Alaska.............. 25,419 26,560 25,867 20,199 25,948 24,585 21,647 24,387 24,474 24,328
Arizona............. 179,807 235,926 157,818 176,001 172,016 184,201 177,592 190,055 181,686 166,669
Arkansas............ 67,364 60,550 58,006 57,836 63,913 54,535 57,049 64,586 57,171 52,723
California.......... 989,074 901,094 947,453 972,785 1,023,137 992,517 859,064 1,058,196 951,839 989,188
Colorado............ 199,676 155,829 156,577 153,828 149,827 184,285 189,072 150,359 161,619 161,424
Connecticut......... 81,927 82,391 84,522 79,977 79,617 83,179 75,630 81,499 82,868 81,141
Delaware............ 24,771 24,458 24,091 27,803 24,900 23,563 20,535 26,580 26,116 26,076
District of Columbia 27,126 26,690 26,758 25,795 25,908 29,050 25,610 31,369 26,070 28,722
Florida............. 522,115 502,352 525,051 571,958 521,957 511,720 468,811 506,987 496,748 540,707
Georgia............. 259,589 251,318 239,513 239,213 251,395 236,746 236,982 239,487 256,335 225,757
Hawaii.............. 31,427 28,206 26,588 29,296 27,644 25,549 26,471 27,880 25,577 25,481
Idaho............... 61,176 57,320 54,946 52,410 59,977 41,703 60,854 54,254 55,436 50,407
Illinois............ 257,689 265,871 272,769 260,095 265,278 264,465 254,116 273,224 264,055 271,534
Indiana............. 151,352 146,170 143,472 147,798 150,227 142,846 138,756 154,540 149,688 143,582
Iowa................ 79,668 80,687 72,286 67,501 71,806 75,075 74,669 74,255 78,906 73,013
Kansas.............. 68,723 67,587 68,607 63,050 69,958 63,206 65,919 67,960 65,980 61,651
Kentucky............ 95,856 97,949 88,544 91,559 89,576 87,816 83,470 99,857 92,252 92,249
Louisiana........... 101,138 99,148 91,781 97,338 101,060 92,509 91,885 101,154 93,417 87,799
Maine............... 39,721 39,538 39,918 33,293 36,372 37,744 33,379 38,552 38,390 37,653
Maryland............ 136,697 126,204 157,499 133,728 132,842 126,936 125,028 144,265 135,573 129,929
Massachusetts....... 172,906 168,574 180,080 156,495 169,582 176,465 162,277 179,585 184,588 175,796
Michigan............ 207,909 207,857 217,106 205,436 206,259 210,627 198,797 211,860 224,686 229,928
Minnesota........... 172,857 147,189 145,354 127,681 137,345 173,549 145,765 137,582 149,264 129,525
Mississippi......... 57,103 53,493 53,402 57,605 59,357 52,763 56,662 59,048 52,855 60,319
Missouri............ 146,769 143,939 139,204 136,374 142,511 138,564 133,471 143,983 142,963 131,989
Montana............. 36,942 34,688 34,086 30,775 35,935 30,420 32,351 32,579 34,462 33,039
Nebraska............ 50,016 49,388 46,138 47,392 47,579 47,749 43,759 47,711 48,081 46,743
Nevada.............. 91,350 80,893 78,551 84,153 84,530 74,522 85,249 78,922 81,040 79,788
New Hampshire....... 37,421 39,118 37,146 33,438 38,152 35,364 35,326 36,583 40,371 35,434
New Jersey.......... 215,567 204,533 216,712 198,486 221,665 214,035 198,422 198,464 212,693 198,616
New Mexico.......... 47,356 41,391 40,841 42,147 40,172 39,377 41,064 43,179 42,998 40,066
New York............ 461,485 488,342 482,351 465,057 461,956 459,785 409,509 458,336 466,086 454,675
North Carolina...... 261,585 226,681 235,180 229,777 253,655 203,579 226,676 238,434 252,538 232,606
North Dakota........ 23,549 24,451 23,370 23,018 22,969 22,048 21,536 23,336 23,154 23,700
Ohio................ 254,665 263,201 249,753 242,810 258,130 247,346 228,393 260,330 259,564 243,535
Oklahoma............ 82,628 76,918 76,038 81,143 80,656 77,515 71,037 86,024 75,489 73,255
Oregon.............. 104,824 107,689 103,160 108,285 104,007 104,873 103,780 108,998 112,115 114,982
Pennsylvania........ 277,807 272,677 262,548 272,019 277,634 257,613 244,174 274,960 272,942 258,001
Rhode Island........ 28,835 29,862 28,453 27,098 31,503 27,265 24,846 29,251 28,237 27,276
South Carolina...... 118,122 123,861 114,024 119,795 124,945 100,598 120,378 122,940 112,487 114,560
South Dakota........ 25,014 24,201 22,857 22,296 25,412 22,271 22,300 24,131 22,152 22,744
Tennessee........... 173,332 157,457 156,914 158,243 159,446 155,145 137,922 162,432 164,578 143,965
Texas............... 677,439 638,289 636,642 670,526 696,494 609,870 610,710 624,731 634,000 617,830
Utah................ 95,280 95,737 92,068 95,601 96,534 93,465 86,315 96,024 86,981 89,740
Vermont............. 18,369 18,497 17,149 16,898 17,101 16,626 16,093 19,330 18,470 17,426
Virginia............ 199,237 191,176 190,520 192,774 193,916 183,131 174,641 189,462 186,146 185,156
Washington.......... 178,596 172,535 172,461 171,788 171,820 162,462 160,252 160,867 160,949 157,680
West Virginia....... 35,511 38,745 37,030 32,411 35,496 32,129 31,878 38,023 36,631 33,648
Wisconsin........... 138,483 140,097 135,842 128,396 135,439 130,816 124,737 141,043 138,797 128,853
Wyoming............. 19,120 17,964 17,535 18,460 18,894 17,843 18,063 19,341 19,089 18,048
Puerto Rico......... 36,870 40,330 42,167 41,064 32,667 36,472 34,865 37,153 38,892 41,795
Virgin Islands...... 1,521 1,423 1,087 1,100 932 1,471 1,140 1,292 1,526 2,914
(1) The sum of the states will not necessarily add to the U.S. total because of the independent seasonal adjustment of each state.
NOTE: Totals for the United States do not include data for Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands.
United States Department of Labor
