Table 3. Covered establishments, employment, and wages by state,
third quarter 2018
Employment Average weekly
wage(1)
Establishments,
third quarter
State 2018 Percent Percent
(thousands) September change, Third change,
2018 September quarter third
(thousands) 2017-18 2018 quarter
2017-18
United States(2)........... 10,118.0 146,824.1 1.6 $1,055 3.3
Alabama.................... 127.8 1,966.0 1.2 885 3.1
Alaska..................... 22.2 334.0 -0.4 1,065 3.7
Arizona.................... 166.0 2,838.6 2.8 974 2.9
Arkansas................... 90.9 1,222.1 0.7 811 2.9
California................. 1,573.5 17,457.5 1.8 1,260 3.8
Colorado................... 206.5 2,684.0 2.1 1,104 3.5
Connecticut................ 121.3 1,681.5 0.3 1,209 2.5
Delaware................... 33.3 447.8 0.6 1,046 2.4
District of Columbia....... 40.5 770.7 0.7 1,807 2.8
Florida.................... 698.6 8,690.7 4.6 924 3.1
Georgia.................... 279.3 4,448.8 2.3 993 3.3
Hawaii..................... 43.0 654.7 0.0 975 2.4
Idaho...................... 64.0 743.5 3.0 805 3.2
Illinois................... 375.1 6,029.2 0.8 1,087 3.0
Indiana.................... 168.0 3,072.3 0.9 883 2.4
Iowa....................... 103.1 1,555.0 0.6 887 3.7
Kansas..................... 89.2 1,390.4 1.0 867 3.5
Kentucky................... 124.4 1,898.7 0.5 855 2.2
Louisiana.................. 133.7 1,915.4 0.5 901 3.7
Maine...................... 53.0 626.5 0.6 851 3.7
Maryland................... 171.3 2,683.9 0.7 1,130 2.4
Massachusetts.............. 258.8 3,598.1 0.7 1,305 3.2
Michigan................... 252.0 4,366.5 0.8 991 2.8
Minnesota.................. 178.8 2,904.3 0.8 1,074 4.2
Mississippi................ 74.9 1,133.7 0.2 754 3.4
Missouri................... 205.0 2,812.0 0.4 907 3.3
Montana.................... 50.6 473.3 1.0 815 2.8
Nebraska................... 73.6 980.3 0.6 873 2.8
Nevada..................... 82.4 1,382.9 3.4 936 2.4
New Hampshire.............. 53.3 662.3 0.5 1,040 1.7
New Jersey................. 273.3 4,072.6 0.8 1,181 2.1
New Mexico................. 60.7 826.2 1.2 855 3.9
New York................... 650.0 9,467.5 1.4 1,272 4.2
North Carolina............. 281.7 4,398.0 1.1 938 3.8
North Dakota............... 32.1 424.3 1.1 995 4.4
Ohio....................... 297.8 5,424.4 0.7 947 2.9
Oklahoma................... 110.3 1,616.8 1.2 874 3.6
Oregon..................... 157.5 1,939.8 1.5 1,005 3.8
Pennsylvania............... 360.8 5,894.8 1.0 1,031 3.0
Rhode Island............... 38.2 489.4 1.0 963 -1.3
South Carolina............. 136.7 2,088.2 2.8 834 0.8
South Dakota............... 33.8 431.5 1.3 827 3.0
Tennessee.................. 163.1 3,005.6 1.7 938 3.9
Texas...................... 693.7 12,327.0 2.6 1,064 3.1
Utah....................... 104.7 1,494.4 3.4 911 3.6
Vermont.................... 25.8 310.9 0.0 892 2.6
Virginia................... 280.5 3,889.6 1.1 1,082 2.9
Washington................. 249.0 3,425.6 2.4 1,280 6.2
West Virginia.............. 51.2 706.0 1.7 894 8.1
Wisconsin.................. 176.6 2,888.9 0.7 901 2.9
Wyoming.................... 26.3 278.2 0.6 905 4.3
Puerto Rico................ 45.4 862.5 0.2 534 5.3
Virgin Islands............. 3.5 33.4 -8.0 888 18.6
(1) Average weekly wages were calculated using unrounded data.
(2) Totals for the United States do not include data for Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands.
Note: Data are preliminary. Includes workers covered by Unemployment Insurance (UI) and
Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees (UCFE) programs.
