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Table 2. Hires levels and rates for total nonfarm by state, seasonally adjusted

Table 2. Hires levels and rates for total nonfarm by state, seasonally adjusted
State Levels (in thousands) Rates
Jan.
2022
Oct.
2022
Nov.
2022
Dec.
2022
Jan.
2023(p)
Jan.
2022
Oct.
2022
Nov.
2022
Dec.
2022
Jan.
2023(p)

TOTAL U.S.

6,496 6,164 6,253 6,251 6,372 4.3 4.0 4.1 4.0 4.1


Alabama

106 116 98 103 99 5.2 5.5 4.7 4.9 4.6

Alaska

19 20 20 22 22 6.0 6.2 6.2 6.8 6.7

Arizona

156 141 130 135 159 5.2 4.5 4.2 4.3 5.1

Arkansas

63 61 62 67 62 4.8 4.6 4.7 5.1 4.6

California

638 634 585 542 629 3.7 3.6 3.3 3.0 3.5

Colorado

153 126 118 116 121 5.4 4.3 4.1 4.0 4.2

Connecticut

59 50 56 58 56 3.6 3.0 3.4 3.5 3.3

Delaware

27 25 24 24 22 6.0 5.4 5.2 5.2 4.6

District of Columbia

22 27 27 28 23 2.9 3.5 3.5 3.6 3.0

Florida

391 380 357 371 378 4.3 4.0 3.7 3.9 3.9

Georgia

266 245 228 248 259 5.7 5.1 4.7 5.1 5.3

Hawaii

30 23 20 24 28 5.0 3.7 3.2 3.9 4.5

Idaho

43 38 35 37 43 5.3 4.6 4.2 4.5 5.1

Illinois

254 241 241 257 262 4.3 4.0 3.9 4.2 4.3

Indiana

154 142 142 149 141 4.9 4.4 4.4 4.6 4.4

Iowa

61 57 67 64 61 3.9 3.6 4.2 4.0 3.8

Kansas

49 60 56 59 59 3.5 4.2 4.0 4.2 4.1

Kentucky

112 96 94 96 93 5.8 4.9 4.8 4.9 4.7

Louisiana

98 108 92 102 99 5.2 5.6 4.7 5.3 5.1

Maine

28 22 30 28 26 4.4 3.4 4.6 4.3 4.0

Maryland

99 111 113 113 115 3.7 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.2

Massachusetts

167 142 123 126 133 4.6 3.8 3.3 3.4 3.6

Michigan

182 171 166 175 171 4.2 3.9 3.8 4.0 3.9

Minnesota

106 104 107 126 102 3.7 3.5 3.6 4.3 3.4

Mississippi

55 51 53 58 57 4.7 4.4 4.6 5.0 4.8

Missouri

95 103 108 147 115 3.3 3.5 3.7 5.0 3.9

Montana

28 28 28 29 30 5.6 5.5 5.5 5.7 5.8

Nebraska

42 40 38 40 42 4.1 3.8 3.6 3.8 4.0

Nevada

71 76 73 74 75 5.0 5.2 4.9 5.0 4.9

New Hampshire

33 26 27 30 29 4.9 3.8 3.9 4.4 4.2

New Jersey

167 139 135 141 143 4.0 3.3 3.2 3.3 3.3

New Mexico

39 39 35 40 38 4.7 4.6 4.1 4.7 4.4

New York

310 262 282 323 309 3.3 2.7 2.9 3.4 3.2

North Carolina

273 229 223 239 207 5.9 4.7 4.6 4.9 4.3

North Dakota

19 16 19 19 16 4.5 3.7 4.4 4.4 3.7

Ohio

219 226 211 195 230 4.0 4.1 3.8 3.5 4.1

Oklahoma

84 75 82 85 85 5.1 4.4 4.8 5.0 4.9

Oregon

84 86 78 85 91 4.4 4.3 3.9 4.3 4.6

Pennsylvania

205 188 192 183 221 3.5 3.1 3.2 3.0 3.6

Rhode Island

23 19 19 22 21 4.7 3.8 3.8 4.4 4.2

South Carolina

114 96 109 113 108 5.2 4.3 4.9 5.0 4.8

South Dakota

19 19 21 20 24 4.3 4.2 4.6 4.4 5.2

Tennessee

162 164 162 161 166 5.1 5.0 5.0 4.9 5.0

Texas

536 554 609 608 583 4.1 4.1 4.5 4.4 4.2

Utah

81 69 66 79 85 4.9 4.1 3.9 4.7 5.0

Vermont

14 11 12 12 14 4.7 3.6 4.0 4.0 4.6

Virginia

169 164 174 177 178 4.2 4.0 4.2 4.3 4.3

Washington

133 135 132 138 160 3.9 3.8 3.7 3.9 4.4

West Virginia

34 34 36 37 37 4.9 4.8 5.0 5.2 5.3

Wisconsin

118 108 106 112 128 4.1 3.7 3.6 3.8 4.3

Wyoming

15 16 16 16 17 5.3 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.9

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

Last Modified Date: March 21, 2023