Table 3. Covered establishments, employment, and wages by state,
first quarter 2017
Employment Average weekly
wage(1)
Establishments,
first quarter
State 2017 Percent Percent
(thousands) March change, First change,
2017 March quarter first
(thousands) 2016-17 2017 quarter
2016-17
United States(2)........... 9,864.2 142,309.2 1.6 $1,111 6.6
Alabama.................... 123.7 1,928.9 1.4 893 6.2
Alaska..................... 22.1 312.8 -1.8 1,061 3.9
Arizona.................... 156.8 2,743.0 2.4 991 8.1
Arkansas................... 89.6 1,199.9 0.7 859 8.5
California................. 1,512.5 16,831.4 2.3 1,295 7.6
Colorado................... 196.1 2,573.2 2.3 1,136 7.5
Connecticut................ 118.0 1,651.5 0.1 1,417 4.0
Delaware................... 31.6 433.2 0.8 1,185 10.7
District of Columbia....... 39.5 760.7 1.2 1,885 7.0
Florida.................... 679.4 8,532.6 2.8 949 7.2
Georgia.................... 276.1 4,317.1 2.7 1,068 6.1
Hawaii..................... 41.5 653.6 0.9 954 6.8
Idaho...................... 60.2 690.4 3.0 775 7.0
Illinois................... 408.2 5,842.0 0.5 1,195 6.3
Indiana.................... 164.1 2,985.8 1.2 918 7.6
Iowa....................... 101.4 1,518.3 0.0 899 6.5
Kansas..................... 90.9 1,368.0 0.4 888 6.7
Kentucky................... 124.1 1,864.1 1.1 879 6.9
Louisiana.................. 130.4 1,901.3 -0.5 906 5.5
Maine...................... 54.4 586.7 1.0 860 7.2
Maryland................... 171.0 2,626.0 1.2 1,171 5.8
Massachusetts.............. 251.3 3,464.0 1.1 1,428 7.7
Michigan................... 241.9 4,230.6 1.7 1,041 6.8
Minnesota.................. 164.7 2,806.4 2.1 1,149 7.9
Mississippi................ 73.2 1,122.9 0.1 750 5.3
Missouri................... 201.7 2,767.0 1.4 930 5.9
Montana.................... 47.6 451.5 1.4 800 6.5
Nebraska................... 72.0 960.7 0.4 868 6.4
Nevada..................... 81.3 1,311.6 3.8 932 6.9
New Hampshire.............. 51.4 643.2 1.2 1,070 7.3
New Jersey................. 272.0 3,955.1 1.5 1,333 5.0
New Mexico................. 58.2 803.3 0.2 838 5.9
New York................... 646.6 9,159.3 1.3 1,541 5.9
North Carolina............. 270.0 4,287.0 1.8 991 6.9
North Dakota............... 31.8 405.7 -1.0 953 5.0
Ohio....................... 294.8 5,278.3 0.8 976 6.7
Oklahoma................... 109.8 1,563.9 -1.0 883 5.9
Oregon..................... 149.4 1,855.0 2.5 984 5.4
Pennsylvania............... 358.6 5,712.3 0.8 1,078 6.5
Rhode Island............... 37.1 465.4 0.3 1,055 7.2
South Carolina............. 125.9 2,017.9 2.2 864 7.3
South Dakota............... 33.0 413.4 0.7 819 6.2
Tennessee.................. 156.8 2,906.2 1.8 945 6.7
Texas...................... 668.0 11,924.5 1.7 1,124 5.5
Utah....................... 96.7 1,411.3 3.1 905 6.6
Vermont.................... 25.3 305.6 0.2 889 6.7
Virginia................... 265.5 3,796.3 1.4 1,129 6.9
Washington................. 241.1 3,225.9 2.6 1,215 8.6
West Virginia.............. 49.8 678.2 -0.8 837 7.6
Wisconsin.................. 171.0 2,803.7 1.1 933 6.8
Wyoming.................... 26.0 262.4 -2.3 880 3.3
Puerto Rico................ 46.2 887.7 -0.9 526 1.2
Virgin Islands............. 3.4 38.7 0.0 797 3.1
(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.
