Table 3. Covered establishments, employment, and wages by state,
fourth quarter 2017
Employment Average weekly
wage(1)
Establishments,
fourth quarter
State 2017 Percent Percent
(thousands) December change, Fourth change,
2017 December quarter fourth
(thousands) 2016-17 2017 quarter
2016-17
United States(2)........... 9,969.4 145,921.1 1.5 $1,109 3.9
Alabama.................... 126.5 1,955.3 1.1 928 2.9
Alaska..................... 22.1 306.7 -1.2 1,052 1.5
Arizona.................... 160.5 2,834.7 2.6 978 3.5
Arkansas................... 90.3 1,217.2 1.0 848 2.5
California................. 1,550.5 17,293.0 2.1 1,346 5.7
Colorado................... 199.3 2,653.3 2.5 1,133 4.3
Connecticut................ 119.7 1,689.7 0.3 1,317 2.2
Delaware................... 31.8 444.9 0.6 1,081 2.6
District of Columbia....... 41.2 769.0 0.9 1,812 2.7
Florida.................... 685.4 8,712.0 2.0 975 3.4
Georgia.................... 276.2 4,425.0 1.8 1,027 3.4
Hawaii..................... 42.2 664.5 0.8 984 3.1
Idaho...................... 62.6 712.4 3.0 857 7.1
Illinois................... 367.4 6,001.1 0.8 1,151 2.6
Indiana.................... 165.0 3,057.8 1.1 915 3.6
Iowa....................... 102.5 1,549.7 0.4 938 3.0
Kansas..................... 88.9 1,390.3 0.4 894 1.9
Kentucky................... 121.8 1,903.8 0.5 892 2.1
Louisiana.................. 132.4 1,918.8 0.4 933 2.1
Maine...................... 54.6 610.3 1.2 884 3.4
Maryland................... 171.5 2,683.6 0.5 1,207 3.3
Massachusetts.............. 254.7 3,582.2 1.3 1,411 4.4
Michigan................... 245.4 4,321.8 0.9 1,062 3.4
Minnesota.................. 172.6 2,875.7 1.3 1,100 3.4
Mississippi................ 74.1 1,140.6 0.5 774 2.4
Missouri................... 209.7 2,809.5 1.0 945 2.9
Montana.................... 50.1 461.4 1.0 843 2.7
Nebraska................... 74.3 980.9 0.9 901 3.0
Nevada..................... 81.1 1,351.9 3.5 955 3.2
New Hampshire.............. 52.8 661.3 0.7 1,132 3.7
New Jersey................. 273.4 4,106.9 1.6 1,262 1.8
New Mexico................. 58.5 816.7 0.6 865 2.5
New York................... 647.1 9,465.3 1.4 1,428 6.4
North Carolina............. 274.8 4,388.6 1.5 964 3.3
North Dakota............... 32.0 416.1 0.4 1,010 3.3
Ohio....................... 296.9 5,409.2 0.8 973 3.1
Oklahoma................... 111.6 1,607.8 1.2 895 3.5
Oregon..................... 153.2 1,900.4 2.0 1,014 4.5
Pennsylvania............... 357.5 5,870.4 1.2 1,075 3.5
Rhode Island............... 37.5 483.6 1.1 1,056 2.7
South Carolina............. 131.2 2,058.8 1.6 879 2.8
South Dakota............... 33.5 423.8 0.9 856 3.4
Tennessee.................. 159.2 2,984.8 1.3 1,000 3.0
Texas...................... 681.4 12,207.8 2.0 1,109 3.5
Utah....................... 102.0 1,465.5 3.6 936 2.9
Vermont.................... 25.7 314.7 0.5 919 2.5
Virginia................... 275.2 3,884.2 1.3 1,121 2.8
Washington................. 239.6 3,305.0 2.4 1,217 5.8
West Virginia.............. 50.7 693.1 0.1 847 4.7
Wisconsin.................. 175.0 2,872.6 1.0 951 3.0
Wyoming.................... 26.3 267.5 0.6 935 4.6
Puerto Rico................ 44.5 887.0 -4.4 570 2.5
Virgin Islands............. 3.4 34.3 -11.1 827 7.7
(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.
