Table 3. Covered establishments, employment, and wages by state,
fourth quarter 2020
Employment Average weekly
wage(1)
Establishments,
fourth quarter
State 2020 Percent Percent
(thousands) December change, Fourth change,
2020 December quarter fourth
(thousands) 2019-20 2020 quarter
2019-20
United States(2)........... 10,675.8 140,881.3 -6.1 $1,339 13.0
Alabama.................... 134.6 1,951.2 -2.9 1,096 11.4
Alaska..................... 23.1 290.1 -6.4 1,260 10.6
Arizona.................... 173.9 2,908.7 -3.3 1,214 14.6
Arkansas................... 94.6 1,194.8 -3.2 999 11.4
California................. 1,660.2 16,380.1 -8.3 1,724 18.5
Colorado................... 219.6 2,613.7 -5.7 1,378 12.3
Connecticut................ 126.8 1,578.4 -6.5 1,551 12.2
Delaware................... 35.1 432.9 -5.2 1,262 11.3
District of Columbia....... 43.8 713.0 -8.9 2,293 15.2
Florida.................... 765.4 8,642.8 -5.0 1,180 13.1
Georgia.................... 319.7 4,405.9 -4.0 1,208 10.9
Hawaii..................... 47.3 561.1 -16.1 1,219 16.0
Idaho...................... 71.8 763.5 0.8 1,034 12.8
Illinois................... 386.3 5,573.8 -7.8 1,378 13.0
Indiana.................... 173.1 2,985.1 -4.0 1,076 11.2
Iowa....................... 105.6 1,494.3 -4.3 1,099 11.6
Kansas..................... 89.9 1,346.9 -4.5 1,070 11.5
Kentucky................... 130.4 1,839.6 -4.8 1,057 10.8
Louisiana.................. 140.8 1,796.9 -7.0 1,078 8.6
Maine...................... 55.4 594.3 -4.3 1,092 14.5
Maryland................... 174.5 2,546.1 -6.7 1,445 13.6
Massachusetts.............. 266.7 3,365.8 -8.3 1,766 17.0
Michigan................... 265.3 3,998.2 -8.9 1,257 12.8
Minnesota.................. 186.4 2,684.1 -7.9 1,322 12.3
Mississippi................ 76.1 1,119.1 -2.4 901 10.4
Missouri................... 221.5 2,724.4 -4.3 1,127 11.6
Montana.................... 54.6 467.4 -1.4 1,035 12.7
Nebraska................... 72.5 962.7 -2.9 1,079 11.5
Nevada..................... 90.2 1,283.1 -10.7 1,178 14.4
New Hampshire.............. 57.1 637.3 -5.2 1,406 17.9
New Jersey................. 291.0 3,860.5 -7.2 1,517 13.9
New Mexico................. 64.8 767.1 -9.5 1,052 11.8
New York................... 662.4 8,693.4 -10.3 1,712 14.2
North Carolina............. 301.7 4,431.0 -2.7 1,152 11.2
North Dakota............... 32.6 394.4 -7.1 1,136 4.7
Ohio....................... 307.3 5,199.9 -5.1 1,161 12.0
Oklahoma................... 113.6 1,569.1 -4.4 1,013 7.3
Oregon..................... 167.3 1,824.3 -7.5 1,256 14.2
Pennsylvania............... 370.5 5,549.4 -7.4 1,287 12.6
Rhode Island............... 40.7 449.6 -8.3 1,259 14.7
South Carolina............. 149.2 2,074.4 -3.5 1,035 11.1
South Dakota............... 35.5 422.8 -1.9 1,048 14.4
Tennessee.................. 176.2 3,002.5 -2.7 1,172 11.7
Texas...................... 743.1 12,251.1 -4.3 1,294 9.0
Utah....................... 117.9 1,557.8 0.6 1,154 12.9
Vermont.................... 26.6 286.1 -8.9 1,133 14.7
Virginia................... 289.8 3,796.1 -4.7 1,360 13.0
Washington................. 259.7 3,219.7 -6.8 1,589 16.0
West Virginia.............. 51.9 654.1 -5.3 997 10.3
Wisconsin.................. 184.2 2,762.5 -4.8 1,140 11.7
Wyoming.................... 27.7 260.2 -5.3 1,061 4.6
Puerto Rico................ 46.0 873.8 -4.0 621 8.0
Virgin Islands............. 3.5 35.3 -11.5 1,057 -1.3
(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.
United States Department of Labor
