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.
2022 2023 2023 2023 2023 2022 2023 2023 2023 2023
United States(1).... 8,108,000 8,041,000 8,120,000 7,559,000 7,823,000 7,630,000 7,065,000 7,788,000 7,751,000 7,479,000
Alabama............. 111,392 107,346 100,702 100,216 104,753 101,269 92,757 95,939 100,987 100,067
Alaska.............. 26,395 25,502 27,627 21,332 25,198 22,355 19,548 22,186 26,439 24,637
Arizona............. 179,255 162,184 192,346 183,856 183,915 162,816 147,769 178,441 162,523 193,895
Arkansas............ 66,289 61,533 63,471 60,444 66,620 55,695 54,248 65,458 61,771 57,045
California.......... 1,023,199 950,611 1,028,190 961,078 976,336 1,014,015 998,801 993,780 999,313 998,218
Colorado............ 179,968 174,762 178,132 135,454 204,859 164,325 157,244 160,978 150,554 184,049
Connecticut......... 84,396 87,749 92,604 82,905 81,715 84,879 75,054 82,681 89,425 82,942
Delaware............ 27,950 26,861 24,278 24,305 24,784 29,640 20,741 22,852 26,130 23,774
District of Columbia 28,958 30,796 28,166 28,605 26,974 28,671 24,750 28,001 28,416 29,160
Florida............. 526,584 536,274 578,080 564,943 512,282 506,776 474,307 496,234 505,174 499,970
Georgia............. 272,908 257,840 265,731 254,774 255,644 243,103 240,875 269,241 252,692 237,057
Hawaii.............. 30,578 28,383 29,151 27,109 31,270 24,784 25,797 26,822 34,974 25,288
Idaho............... 58,731 56,541 56,214 51,518 61,362 48,159 53,049 53,223 57,935 41,658
Illinois............ 277,741 302,001 285,519 249,357 256,291 265,645 252,853 281,545 287,850 264,419
Indiana............. 156,490 152,428 153,357 159,404 152,419 142,752 137,357 166,890 160,437 144,881
Iowa................ 83,521 79,072 79,017 71,800 78,723 80,755 69,866 77,599 76,191 74,153
Kansas.............. 73,945 71,362 71,788 67,090 68,830 65,323 63,683 70,057 71,269 63,379
Kentucky............ 98,218 102,867 93,576 94,807 95,879 87,574 82,015 99,073 91,490 87,018
Louisiana........... 96,340 100,274 95,762 97,306 99,707 98,066 89,594 102,429 96,084 97,350
Maine............... 39,221 41,777 41,094 36,676 39,035 36,063 32,865 41,017 41,735 37,593
Maryland............ 143,112 147,510 145,726 137,846 138,269 148,916 121,490 137,170 140,643 128,529
Massachusetts....... 172,267 185,080 188,783 173,510 171,233 182,910 150,369 181,977 194,523 176,983
Michigan............ 222,363 214,563 226,977 201,709 208,226 195,166 187,424 204,760 226,384 212,563
Minnesota........... 145,971 142,357 152,737 79,408 172,550 144,366 121,788 140,597 107,468 174,726
Mississippi......... 63,543 56,698 58,299 57,651 57,470 57,383 53,845 61,507 57,930 52,682
Missouri............ 146,620 159,576 144,820 138,048 146,728 141,455 126,409 146,711 144,835 138,707
Montana............. 38,144 36,820 33,093 32,253 37,230 32,645 30,286 35,748 35,506 30,526
Nebraska............ 50,331 52,700 51,196 50,601 49,583 47,031 43,272 47,470 49,905 47,481
Nevada.............. 86,046 81,960 89,121 87,646 90,143 80,560 76,372 80,568 74,367 70,277
New Hampshire....... 39,582 41,836 39,844 35,032 37,356 35,447 35,077 37,850 40,220 35,289
New Jersey.......... 245,269 225,314 252,735 218,347 215,434 216,117 206,205 215,082 219,037 211,055
New Mexico.......... 44,263 45,462 43,440 40,926 46,687 40,933 39,692 41,656 45,584 39,135
New York............ 475,568 519,705 505,166 474,709 466,156 477,112 415,967 463,070 493,186 462,312
North Carolina...... 268,628 263,089 248,661 230,670 253,988 230,657 214,252 235,494 253,947 195,372
North Dakota........ 21,763 26,282 23,960 23,154 23,528 22,691 19,560 23,576 22,941 22,045
Ohio................ 278,516 276,221 266,857 244,248 253,142 270,059 229,257 271,213 272,478 247,613
Oklahoma............ 88,157 83,640 82,988 83,010 81,669 78,069 70,808 80,274 80,312 77,731
Oregon.............. 109,234 122,824 109,046 102,505 104,126 104,861 104,113 117,513 116,696 107,375
Pennsylvania........ 289,349 291,327 278,274 274,729 278,168 269,933 246,312 293,852 273,799 260,921
Rhode Island........ 29,058 31,968 28,983 27,524 28,813 27,302 25,190 29,771 29,163 27,200
South Carolina...... 128,661 127,086 120,255 126,620 118,070 115,506 108,926 126,837 107,643 102,775
South Dakota........ 23,909 27,136 25,414 23,793 25,195 23,831 21,836 23,210 23,941 22,395
Tennessee........... 160,803 162,157 165,165 76,516 138,177 155,186 137,669 152,886 116,184 127,186
Texas............... 710,535 693,258 680,662 661,812 675,159 614,067 583,324 631,214 643,035 611,560
Utah................ 97,694 100,736 97,876 97,547 92,386 93,248 87,902 89,247 92,500 89,705
Vermont............. 19,530 20,856 18,909 16,131 18,179 17,641 14,980 19,097 20,331 16,679
Virginia............ 205,926 202,603 199,417 193,148 198,561 190,156 172,074 191,775 200,751 184,565
Washington.......... 178,131 192,039 181,419 161,082 182,034 159,252 164,600 168,647 179,554 154,930
West Virginia....... 35,765 38,724 33,896 35,651 33,938 34,246 29,218 33,964 35,499 35,291
Wisconsin........... 152,533 150,237 144,324 132,988 137,671 138,269 121,931 149,948 147,571 129,671
Wyoming............. 19,402 18,858 17,956 17,439 18,859 16,682 16,565 18,553 17,386 17,859
Puerto Rico......... 48,915 37,998 43,144 42,482 36,480 45,298 42,503 36,754 40,983 35,991
Virgin Islands...... 1,432 1,838 1,841 2,036 1,442 1,153 1,613 1,688 1,782 1,453
(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
