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.
2022 2022 2023 2023 2023 2022 2022 2023 2023 2023
United States(1).... 8,841,000 8,108,000 8,041,000 8,120,000 7,559,000 7,500,000 7,630,000 7,065,000 7,788,000 7,751,000
Alabama............. 114,951 111,392 107,346 100,702 100,216 97,672 101,269 92,757 95,939 100,987
Alaska.............. 20,345 26,395 25,502 27,627 21,332 24,798 22,355 19,548 22,186 26,439
Arizona............. 189,864 179,255 162,184 192,346 183,856 147,844 162,816 147,769 178,441 162,523
Arkansas............ 67,914 66,289 61,533 63,471 60,444 55,294 55,695 54,248 65,458 61,771
California.......... 1,047,601 1,023,199 950,611 1,028,190 961,078 955,420 1,014,015 998,801 993,780 999,313
Colorado............ 167,165 179,968 174,762 178,132 135,454 169,449 164,325 157,244 160,978 150,554
Connecticut......... 89,510 84,396 87,749 92,604 82,905 87,391 84,879 75,054 82,681 89,425
Delaware............ 33,739 27,950 26,861 24,278 24,305 24,076 29,640 20,741 22,852 26,130
District of Columbia 36,573 28,958 30,796 28,166 28,605 25,579 28,671 24,750 28,001 28,416
Florida............. 653,384 526,584 536,274 578,080 564,943 462,890 506,776 474,307 496,234 505,174
Georgia............. 291,045 272,908 257,840 265,731 254,774 241,090 243,103 240,875 269,241 252,692
Hawaii.............. 32,013 30,578 28,383 29,151 27,109 24,742 24,784 25,797 26,822 34,974
Idaho............... 54,532 58,731 56,541 56,214 51,518 52,224 48,159 53,049 53,223 57,935
Illinois............ 302,420 277,741 302,001 285,519 249,357 273,485 265,645 252,853 281,545 287,850
Indiana............. 174,452 156,490 152,428 153,357 159,404 150,254 142,752 137,357 166,890 160,437
Iowa................ 76,260 83,521 79,072 79,017 71,800 77,324 80,755 69,866 77,599 76,191
Kansas.............. 84,737 73,945 71,362 71,788 67,090 63,428 65,323 63,683 70,057 71,269
Kentucky............ 108,606 98,218 102,867 93,576 94,807 87,882 87,574 82,015 99,073 91,490
Louisiana........... 109,117 96,340 100,274 95,762 97,306 89,239 98,066 89,594 102,429 96,084
Maine............... 40,046 39,221 41,777 41,094 36,676 38,150 36,063 32,865 41,017 41,735
Maryland............ 158,967 143,112 147,510 145,726 137,846 128,265 148,916 121,490 137,170 140,643
Massachusetts....... 196,202 172,267 185,080 188,783 173,510 191,141 182,910 150,369 181,977 194,523
Michigan............ 213,654 222,363 214,563 226,977 201,709 217,371 195,166 187,424 204,760 226,384
Minnesota........... 161,515 145,971 142,357 152,737 79,408 146,246 144,366 121,788 140,597 107,468
Mississippi......... 66,259 63,543 56,698 58,299 57,651 58,091 57,383 53,845 61,507 57,930
Missouri............ 164,580 146,620 159,576 144,820 138,048 153,783 141,455 126,409 146,711 144,835
Montana............. 35,364 38,144 36,820 33,093 32,253 31,761 32,645 30,286 35,748 35,506
Nebraska............ 57,920 50,331 52,700 51,196 50,601 50,197 47,031 43,272 47,470 49,905
Nevada.............. 97,965 86,046 81,960 89,121 87,646 76,982 80,560 76,372 80,568 74,367
New Hampshire....... 40,895 39,582 41,836 39,844 35,032 39,303 35,447 35,077 37,850 40,220
New Jersey.......... 246,368 245,269 225,314 252,735 218,347 230,364 216,117 206,205 215,082 219,037
New Mexico.......... 52,835 44,263 45,462 43,440 40,926 38,637 40,933 39,692 41,656 45,584
New York............ 527,154 475,568 519,705 505,166 474,709 471,684 477,112 415,967 463,070 493,186
North Carolina...... 266,108 268,628 263,089 248,661 230,670 234,300 230,657 214,252 235,494 253,947
North Dakota........ 25,773 21,763 26,282 23,960 23,154 21,499 22,691 19,560 23,576 22,941
Ohio................ 274,284 278,516 276,221 266,857 244,248 260,595 270,059 229,257 271,213 272,478
Oklahoma............ 96,273 88,157 83,640 82,988 83,010 73,231 78,069 70,808 80,274 80,312
Oregon.............. 110,795 109,234 122,824 109,046 102,505 98,428 104,861 104,113 117,513 116,696
Pennsylvania........ 316,316 289,349 291,327 278,274 274,729 267,537 269,933 246,312 293,852 273,799
Rhode Island........ 28,042 29,058 31,968 28,983 27,524 30,831 27,302 25,190 29,771 29,163
South Carolina...... 133,853 128,661 127,086 120,255 126,620 103,467 115,506 108,926 126,837 107,643
South Dakota........ 26,561 23,909 27,136 25,414 23,793 23,680 23,831 21,836 23,210 23,941
Tennessee........... 193,098 160,803 162,157 165,165 76,516 150,300 155,186 137,669 152,886 116,184
Texas............... 817,302 710,535 693,258 680,662 661,812 599,159 614,067 583,324 631,214 643,035
Utah................ 106,005 97,694 100,736 97,876 97,547 95,500 93,248 87,902 89,247 92,500
Vermont............. 17,902 19,530 20,856 18,909 16,131 19,529 17,641 14,980 19,097 20,331
Virginia............ 242,676 205,926 202,603 199,417 193,148 196,198 190,156 172,074 191,775 200,751
Washington.......... 212,159 178,131 192,039 181,419 161,082 185,305 159,252 164,600 168,647 179,554
West Virginia....... 43,424 35,765 38,724 33,896 35,651 37,362 34,246 29,218 33,964 35,499
Wisconsin........... 150,455 152,533 150,237 144,324 132,988 144,718 138,269 121,931 149,948 147,571
Wyoming............. 19,090 19,402 18,858 17,956 17,439 17,420 16,682 16,565 18,553 17,386
Puerto Rico......... 46,016 48,915 37,998 43,144 42,482 38,949 45,298 42,503 36,754 40,983
Virgin Islands...... 2,042 1,432 1,838 1,841 2,036 1,326 1,153 1,613 1,688 1,782
(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
