Table 3. Covered establishments, employment, and wages by state,
third quarter 2017
Employment Average weekly
wage(1)
Establishments,
third quarter
State 2017 Percent Percent
(thousands) September change, Third change,
2017 September quarter third
(thousands) 2016-17 2017 quarter
2016-17
United States(2)........... 9,916.5 144,464.4 1.0 $1,021 -0.6
Alabama.................... 125.5 1,941.1 0.8 859 -1.3
Alaska..................... 22.2 335.4 -0.7 1,025 -2.8
Arizona.................... 158.6 2,760.1 2.4 948 -0.2
Arkansas................... 89.7 1,213.0 0.6 788 -0.6
California................. 1,534.7 17,153.4 1.7 1,215 0.5
Colorado................... 200.0 2,625.9 1.9 1,067 0.5
Connecticut................ 119.2 1,676.3 0.1 1,179 -2.2
Delaware................... 32.3 443.0 0.4 1,026 0.4
District of Columbia....... 40.4 764.7 0.7 1,759 1.3
Florida.................... 677.2 8,305.8 -0.2 896 -1.1
Georgia.................... 276.0 4,343.5 1.3 961 -0.9
Hawaii..................... 41.9 652.5 0.4 953 -0.3
Idaho...................... 61.7 722.3 2.7 778 -0.5
Illinois................... 367.3 5,969.6 0.5 1,057 -0.3
Indiana.................... 164.6 3,044.0 0.6 861 -0.6
Iowa....................... 102.2 1,546.1 -0.2 855 -2.2
Kansas..................... 90.4 1,376.4 -0.1 839 -2.1
Kentucky................... 121.9 1,890.4 0.5 837 -2.4
Louisiana.................. 131.9 1,904.3 -0.1 869 -1.7
Maine...................... 54.7 621.9 0.7 821 -0.5
Maryland................... 170.1 2,661.8 0.5 1,105 -1.7
Massachusetts.............. 255.0 3,568.0 0.9 1,265 -0.9
Michigan................... 245.2 4,334.3 0.9 964 -1.1
Minnesota.................. 171.2 2,883.0 1.1 1,030 -2.0
Mississippi................ 73.4 1,129.1 -0.1 729 -1.4
Missouri................... 209.3 2,805.8 0.9 878 -1.2
Montana.................... 49.1 468.6 0.9 793 0.1
Nebraska................... 73.5 973.3 -0.2 850 -0.8
Nevada..................... 81.3 1,337.7 2.9 914 -3.8
New Hampshire.............. 52.5 659.1 0.6 1,022 -0.4
New Jersey................. 270.6 4,043.6 1.1 1,156 -1.5
New Mexico................. 58.2 816.0 0.3 823 -0.8
New York................... 650.3 9,329.8 1.2 1,219 -0.2
North Carolina............. 274.0 4,348.0 1.3 904 -0.7
North Dakota............... 32.0 419.2 -1.0 953 -1.2
Ohio....................... 297.0 5,383.6 0.6 920 -0.8
Oklahoma................... 111.0 1,593.3 0.7 843 -1.2
Oregon..................... 152.1 1,905.3 1.8 969 -0.1
Pennsylvania............... 358.1 5,836.5 1.0 1,002 -1.1
Rhode Island............... 37.5 484.5 0.8 973 -1.8
South Carolina............. 129.5 2,027.2 0.8 828 -0.5
South Dakota............... 33.4 426.2 0.4 803 -0.7
Tennessee.................. 158.2 2,953.3 1.1 903 -1.2
Texas...................... 675.5 12,008.9 1.4 1,032 -1.0
Utah....................... 99.8 1,444.1 2.6 879 -0.2
Vermont.................... 25.6 310.3 0.1 869 -1.4
Virginia................... 272.2 3,843.6 1.0 1,053 -0.8
Washington................. 238.6 3,343.4 2.0 1,208 1.7
West Virginia.............. 50.6 694.0 0.2 826 1.1
Wisconsin.................. 173.4 2,866.9 0.5 876 -1.0
Wyoming.................... 26.3 276.2 0.3 868 0.3
Puerto Rico................ 46.3 862.8 -3.1 509 -2.7
Virgin Islands............. 3.4 36.9 -1.1 763 -1.9
(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.
