Table 3. Covered establishments, employment, and wages by state,
fourth quarter 2016
Employment Average weekly
wage(1)
Establishments,
fourth quarter
State 2016 Percent Percent
(thousands) December change, Fourth change,
2016 December quarter fourth
(thousands) 2015-16 2016 quarter
2015-16
United States(2)........... 9,869.9 143,749.9 1.2 $1,067 -1.5
Alabama.................... 123.6 1,932.6 0.7 901 -1.3
Alaska..................... 22.3 310.0 -1.9 1,038 -5.2
Arizona.................... 156.9 2,760.1 2.1 945 -2.2
Arkansas................... 89.4 1,205.4 0.4 827 -1.4
California................. 1,509.9 16,923.3 1.9 1,271 -0.3
Colorado................... 192.6 2,588.6 2.0 1,086 -1.5
Connecticut................ 117.7 1,685.5 0.0 1,289 -3.4
Delaware................... 31.5 441.2 -0.1 1,055 -2.9
District of Columbia....... 39.5 760.9 0.5 1,763 0.6
Florida.................... 673.4 8,538.9 2.7 942 -1.8
Georgia.................... 305.5 4,349.3 2.4 993 -0.9
Hawaii..................... 40.7 658.3 0.7 954 -0.3
Idaho...................... 59.7 691.6 3.2 800 -0.4
Illinois................... 404.3 5,947.6 0.4 1,122 -2.0
Indiana.................... 162.7 3,021.7 0.9 883 -0.9
Iowa....................... 101.7 1,542.0 0.1 911 -1.0
Kansas..................... 90.8 1,384.5 0.1 877 -2.2
Kentucky................... 123.8 1,894.2 0.6 874 -1.4
Louisiana.................. 129.7 1,907.4 -1.6 914 -2.9
Maine...................... 54.1 602.6 0.8 855 -2.1
Maryland................... 170.5 2,666.7 1.0 1,169 -0.4
Massachusetts.............. 249.2 3,530.4 1.3 1,352 -2.4
Michigan................... 242.0 4,283.0 1.5 1,026 -1.6
Minnesota.................. 164.2 2,839.7 1.2 1,062 -1.1
Mississippi................ 74.4 1,134.0 0.0 756 -1.8
Missouri................... 196.4 2,783.2 0.9 918 -1.7
Montana.................... 46.6 456.5 0.7 822 0.5
Nebraska................... 74.2 972.4 0.0 876 -0.5
Nevada..................... 82.7 1,307.8 2.7 924 -1.2
New Hampshire.............. 52.3 656.9 1.3 1,092 -4.1
New Jersey................. 271.6 4,042.1 1.4 1,239 -1.9
New Mexico................. 58.3 811.4 0.0 844 -2.5
New York................... 647.2 9,332.5 1.2 1,342 -2.3
North Carolina............. 269.9 4,326.3 1.8 932 -0.7
North Dakota............... 32.2 414.4 -3.2 978 -4.2
Ohio....................... 294.0 5,365.6 0.7 943 -2.3
Oklahoma................... 109.7 1,587.7 -1.2 864 -3.5
Oregon..................... 149.2 1,860.7 2.4 970 -1.0
Pennsylvania............... 356.9 5,799.8 0.7 1,039 -2.3
Rhode Island............... 37.1 478.3 0.0 1,027 -1.6
South Carolina............. 126.7 2,024.3 1.8 855 -0.6
South Dakota............... 33.2 419.9 0.5 828 -0.5
Tennessee.................. 155.5 2,947.5 1.8 970 -1.1
Texas...................... 662.5 11,974.7 1.2 1,072 -2.5
Utah....................... 98.4 1,415.1 2.9 910 -0.3
Vermont.................... 25.3 312.6 0.1 897 -2.4
Virginia................... 270.2 3,831.6 0.6 1,091 -0.3
Washington................. 240.2 3,227.9 2.8 1,150 1.7
West Virginia.............. 50.7 693.1 -1.6 809 -2.5
Wisconsin.................. 172.7 2,842.4 0.5 924 -2.0
Wyoming.................... 26.1 265.8 -3.9 894 -4.7
Puerto Rico................ 45.7 928.2 -0.3 555 -1.9
Virgin Islands............. 3.4 38.5 0.2 769 -1.8
(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.
