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
Sept. Dec. Mar. June Sept. Sept. Dec. Mar. June Sept.
2023 2023 2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2024 2024 2024
United States(1).... 7,700,000 7,902,000 7,608,000 7,591,000 7,622,000 7,758,000 7,499,000 7,115,000 7,754,000 7,623,000
Alabama............. 102,525 105,481 97,926 95,330 97,896 101,092 98,028 94,618 96,686 100,992
Alaska.............. 21,287 25,419 26,560 25,867 20,199 26,295 24,585 21,647 24,387 24,474
Arizona............. 187,565 179,807 235,926 157,818 176,001 156,859 184,201 177,592 190,055 181,686
Arkansas............ 61,366 67,364 60,550 58,006 57,836 61,852 54,535 57,049 64,586 57,171
California.......... 980,219 989,074 901,094 947,453 972,785 1,001,105 992,517 859,064 1,058,196 951,839
Colorado............ 132,528 199,676 155,829 156,577 153,828 148,362 184,285 189,072 150,359 161,619
Connecticut......... 84,094 81,927 82,391 84,522 79,977 90,637 83,179 75,630 81,499 82,868
Delaware............ 24,368 24,771 24,458 24,091 27,803 26,026 23,563 20,535 26,580 26,116
District of Columbia 28,355 27,126 26,690 26,758 25,795 28,127 29,050 25,610 31,369 26,070
Florida............. 564,003 522,115 502,352 525,051 571,958 504,260 511,720 468,811 506,987 496,748
Georgia............. 253,474 259,589 251,318 239,513 239,213 251,559 236,746 236,982 239,487 256,335
Hawaii.............. 27,047 31,427 28,206 26,588 29,296 35,242 25,549 26,471 27,880 25,577
Idaho............... 51,259 61,176 57,320 54,946 52,410 56,682 41,703 60,854 54,254 55,436
Illinois............ 250,297 257,689 265,871 272,769 260,095 282,780 264,465 254,116 273,224 264,055
Indiana............. 157,233 151,352 146,170 143,472 147,798 156,332 142,846 138,756 154,540 149,688
Iowa................ 73,525 79,668 80,687 72,286 67,501 76,218 75,075 74,669 74,255 78,906
Kansas.............. 66,797 68,723 67,587 68,607 63,050 70,581 63,206 65,919 67,960 65,980
Kentucky............ 95,598 95,856 97,949 88,544 91,559 92,584 87,816 83,470 99,857 92,252
Louisiana........... 97,519 101,138 99,148 91,781 97,338 95,262 92,509 91,885 101,154 93,417
Maine............... 37,509 39,721 39,538 39,918 33,293 42,012 37,744 33,379 38,552 38,390
Maryland............ 137,001 136,697 126,204 157,499 133,728 139,447 126,936 125,028 144,265 135,573
Massachusetts....... 174,818 172,906 168,574 180,080 156,495 189,824 176,465 162,277 179,585 184,588
Michigan............ 200,421 207,909 207,857 217,106 205,436 225,394 210,627 198,797 211,860 224,686
Minnesota........... 83,684 172,857 147,189 145,354 127,681 108,074 173,549 145,765 137,582 149,264
Mississippi......... 57,864 57,103 53,493 53,402 57,605 57,529 52,763 56,662 59,048 52,855
Missouri............ 138,211 146,769 143,939 139,204 136,374 144,299 138,564 133,471 143,983 142,963
Montana............. 32,252 36,942 34,688 34,086 30,775 35,092 30,420 32,351 32,579 34,462
Nebraska............ 51,123 50,016 49,388 46,138 47,392 49,837 47,749 43,759 47,711 48,081
Nevada.............. 87,797 91,350 80,893 78,551 84,153 75,937 74,522 85,249 78,922 81,040
New Hampshire....... 34,830 37,421 39,118 37,146 33,438 40,096 35,364 35,326 36,583 40,371
New Jersey.......... 219,139 215,567 204,533 216,712 198,486 222,354 214,035 198,422 198,464 212,693
New Mexico.......... 42,983 47,356 41,391 40,841 42,147 46,079 39,377 41,064 43,179 42,998
New York............ 473,385 461,485 488,342 482,351 465,057 488,435 459,785 409,509 458,336 466,086
North Carolina...... 236,764 261,585 226,681 235,180 229,777 252,527 203,579 226,676 238,434 252,538
North Dakota........ 23,159 23,549 24,451 23,370 23,018 22,901 22,048 21,536 23,336 23,154
Ohio................ 248,820 254,665 263,201 249,753 242,810 264,283 247,346 228,393 260,330 259,564
Oklahoma............ 84,727 82,628 76,918 76,038 81,143 80,262 77,515 71,037 86,024 75,489
Oregon.............. 101,949 104,824 107,689 103,160 108,285 113,756 104,873 103,780 108,998 112,115
Pennsylvania........ 273,967 277,807 272,677 262,548 272,019 271,715 257,613 244,174 274,960 272,942
Rhode Island........ 27,420 28,835 29,862 28,453 27,098 28,999 27,265 24,846 29,251 28,237
South Carolina...... 124,869 118,122 123,861 114,024 119,795 106,590 100,598 120,378 122,940 112,487
South Dakota........ 23,680 25,014 24,201 22,857 22,296 24,063 22,271 22,300 24,131 22,152
Tennessee........... 156,864 173,332 157,457 156,914 158,243 161,268 155,145 137,922 162,432 164,578
Texas............... 662,610 677,439 638,289 636,642 670,526 643,975 609,870 610,710 624,731 634,000
Utah................ 98,829 95,280 95,737 92,068 95,601 95,522 93,465 86,315 96,024 86,981
Vermont............. 16,263 18,369 18,497 17,149 16,898 20,076 16,626 16,093 19,330 18,470
Virginia............ 195,386 199,237 191,176 190,520 192,774 199,133 183,131 174,641 189,462 186,146
Washington.......... 171,735 178,596 172,535 172,461 171,788 180,958 162,462 160,252 160,867 160,949
West Virginia....... 35,632 35,511 38,745 37,030 32,411 36,423 32,129 31,878 38,023 36,631
Wisconsin........... 133,161 138,483 140,097 135,842 128,396 147,352 130,816 124,737 141,043 138,797
Wyoming............. 17,591 19,120 17,964 17,535 18,460 17,550 17,843 18,063 19,341 19,089
Puerto Rico......... 43,090 36,870 40,330 42,167 41,064 40,034 36,472 34,865 37,153 38,892
Virgin Islands...... 2,058 1,521 1,423 1,087 1,100 1,705 1,471 1,140 1,292 1,526
(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
