Table 3. Covered establishments, employment, and wages by state,
second quarter 2019
Employment Average weekly
wage(1)
Establishments,
second quarter
State 2019 Percent Percent
(thousands) June change, Second change,
2019 June quarter second
(thousands) 2018-19 2019 quarter
2018-19
United States(2)........... 10,252.0 149,089.2 1.1 $1,095 3.8
Alabama.................... 129.6 1,993.7 1.1 911 3.4
Alaska..................... 22.3 338.9 0.7 1,078 3.6
Arizona.................... 166.5 2,843.3 2.6 1,010 3.8
Arkansas................... 91.9 1,222.5 0.6 862 4.6
California................. 1,595.3 17,717.4 1.5 1,325 4.7
Colorado................... 210.2 2,765.7 2.2 1,128 4.9
Connecticut................ 123.0 1,690.8 -0.8 1,266 3.9
Delaware................... 33.8 458.0 0.8 1,057 3.4
District of Columbia....... 40.3 780.4 0.5 1,778 3.8
Florida.................... 716.5 8,722.9 1.8 968 3.9
Georgia.................... 285.1 4,507.1 1.7 1,016 3.9
Hawaii..................... 44.7 652.2 -1.2 992 3.7
Idaho...................... 67.5 765.1 2.6 820 3.3
Illinois................... 378.3 6,074.7 0.3 1,122 2.4
Indiana.................... 167.7 3,089.8 0.5 910 3.1
Iowa....................... 104.2 1,584.7 0.1 902 2.5
Kansas..................... 87.9 1,403.0 0.6 905 2.8
Kentucky................... 121.3 1,909.7 0.3 911 3.3
Louisiana.................. 135.0 1,920.2 -0.2 923 2.4
Maine...................... 54.3 639.6 0.4 874 3.7
Maryland................... 174.3 2,733.6 0.7 1,178 3.3
Massachusetts.............. 262.9 3,690.1 0.9 1,377 4.3
Michigan................... 261.9 4,419.7 0.1 1,018 2.4
Minnesota.................. 182.4 2,952.6 0.8 1,101 2.6
Mississippi................ 73.7 1,135.9 0.4 767 2.0
Missouri................... 208.3 2,836.7 0.3 948 2.5
Montana.................... 49.5 483.1 1.0 843 3.3
Nebraska................... 72.6 991.5 0.1 889 3.5
Nevada..................... 83.7 1,408.8 2.6 961 3.2
New Hampshire.............. 53.7 676.1 0.8 1,090 4.0
New Jersey................. 276.9 4,182.5 0.7 1,236 3.0
New Mexico................. 61.7 834.0 1.0 888 4.3
New York................... 651.9 9,682.8 1.0 1,347 3.9
North Carolina............. 284.7 4,527.3 2.0 970 3.9
North Dakota............... 31.9 431.8 1.3 1,026 4.1
Ohio....................... 300.7 5,486.7 0.4 965 3.4
Oklahoma................... 111.2 1,618.5 0.5 900 3.1
Oregon..................... 160.2 1,976.5 1.3 1,036 3.8
Pennsylvania............... 362.1 5,972.1 0.8 1,070 3.8
Rhode Island............... 38.8 494.5 0.7 1,034 3.4
South Carolina............. 139.0 2,144.2 1.3 867 3.7
South Dakota............... 34.1 441.8 0.4 838 3.8
Tennessee.................. 166.4 3,047.8 1.8 964 3.3
Texas...................... 707.8 12,585.6 2.0 1,102 3.8
Utah....................... 107.5 1,526.1 3.0 936 4.1
Vermont.................... 26.1 314.0 0.0 929 2.7
Virginia................... 281.9 3,981.6 1.0 1,113 3.7
Washington................. 251.3 3,500.6 1.8 1,288 5.9
West Virginia.............. 51.5 700.4 -0.6 889 2.4
Wisconsin.................. 181.0 2,945.3 0.3 940 4.1
Wyoming.................... 26.9 287.6 1.7 932 3.4
Puerto Rico................ 47.0 867.7 1.5 531 -1.8
Virgin Islands............. 3.4 37.0 10.0 919 8.8
(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
