Table 3. Covered establishments, employment, and wages by state,
first quarter 2020
Employment Average weekly
wage(1)
Establishments,
first quarter
State 2020 Percent Percent
(thousands) March change, First change,
2020 March quarter first
(thousands) 2019-20 2020 quarter
2019-20
United States(2)........... 10,447.2 147,088.9 0.4 $1,222 3.3
Alabama.................... 132.6 1,983.8 0.3 974 3.2
Alaska..................... 22.6 312.8 -0.1 1,130 2.1
Arizona.................... 170.4 2,957.2 1.9 1,098 4.4
Arkansas................... 93.6 1,220.5 0.2 922 3.0
California................. 1,631.1 17,570.5 0.8 1,459 4.2
Colorado................... 214.5 2,725.2 1.2 1,284 4.3
Connecticut................ 124.1 1,639.4 -0.7 1,510 1.5
Delaware................... 34.6 443.7 -0.3 1,251 1.7
District of Columbia....... 42.3 778.1 0.6 1,994 3.8
Florida.................... 740.5 8,975.1 0.8 1,051 3.6
Georgia.................... 301.5 4,522.2 0.9 1,159 3.4
Hawaii..................... 45.4 655.5 -1.0 1,033 3.0
Idaho...................... 66.8 755.2 3.1 864 4.2
Illinois................... 381.5 5,872.9 -0.7 1,302 2.3
Indiana.................... 171.1 3,028.5 -1.0 994 3.2
Iowa....................... 104.8 1,523.4 -0.2 978 3.7
Kansas..................... 89.8 1,383.3 0.2 969 3.2
Kentucky................... 124.0 1,884.9 0.1 943 2.5
Louisiana.................. 137.4 1,897.0 -1.3 969 1.7
Maine...................... 53.9 601.0 0.1 955 4.0
Maryland................... 175.7 2,661.5 -0.4 1,277 4.1
Massachusetts.............. 263.3 3,565.1 -0.2 1,605 3.0
Michigan................... 267.0 4,281.4 -0.6 1,103 2.3
Minnesota.................. 183.9 2,838.2 -0.1 1,235 2.7
Mississippi................ 73.9 1,128.1 -0.2 801 2.8
Missouri................... 214.8 2,795.7 0.3 1,016 3.0
Montana.................... 50.6 465.2 1.5 869 3.1
Nebraska................... 72.3 972.4 0.8 956 4.1
Nevada..................... 86.1 1,410.8 1.3 1,033 4.2
New Hampshire.............. 54.3 657.0 0.2 1,194 3.3
New Jersey................. 285.8 4,052.7 0.4 1,455 3.9
New Mexico................. 64.0 835.6 0.9 923 3.7
New York................... 657.2 9,415.7 -0.3 1,693 3.3
North Carolina............. 296.0 4,501.1 0.9 1,094 4.1
North Dakota............... 32.2 414.3 0.0 1,046 2.4
Ohio....................... 304.4 5,349.6 -0.3 1,063 2.9
Oklahoma................... 112.8 1,598.0 -1.3 949 -0.5
Oregon..................... 162.4 1,938.9 0.7 1,103 4.2
Pennsylvania............... 363.5 5,851.3 0.0 1,177 2.7
Rhode Island............... 39.5 473.9 -0.2 1,132 2.7
South Carolina............. 142.7 2,112.8 0.1 922 2.2
South Dakota............... 34.7 420.6 0.4 901 4.2
Tennessee.................. 171.2 3,033.5 1.0 1,027 3.1
Texas...................... 725.7 12,626.2 1.2 1,232 2.4
Utah....................... 109.8 1,526.8 1.8 1,026 3.2
Vermont.................... 26.1 303.9 -1.8 980 3.3
Virginia................... 282.9 3,921.0 0.6 1,233 4.0
Washington................. 255.6 3,427.3 1.7 1,414 3.8
West Virginia.............. 51.2 674.9 -1.8 904 0.9
Wisconsin.................. 178.2 2,836.5 -0.2 1,008 1.7
Wyoming.................... 27.2 268.5 -0.5 955 0.6
Puerto Rico................ 47.5 886.4 1.0 551 0.0
Virgin Islands............. 3.3 40.1 5.7 1,046 6.3
(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
