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
State	July 2025	Aug. 2025	Sept. 2025	Oct. 2025	Nov. 2025	Dec. 2025	July 2025	Aug. 2025	Sept. 2025	Oct. 2025	Nov. 2025	Dec. 2025
TOTAL U.S.	5,225	5,145	5,244	5,180	5,019	5,272	3.3	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.2	3.3

Alabama	69	69	63	58	61	73	3.1	3.1	2.9	2.6	2.8	3.3
Alaska	16	15	16	35	17	14	4.7	4.4	4.8	10.4	5.1	4.2
Arizona	121	102	114	105	106	127	3.7	3.1	3.5	3.2	3.3	3.9
Arkansas	45	48	42	44	49	46	3.4	3.6	3.1	3.3	3.7	3.4
California	554	576	567	513	554	581	3.1	3.2	3.1	2.8	3.1	3.2
Colorado	110	104	103	108	97	86	3.7	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.3	2.9
Connecticut	42	50	54	50	55	61	2.4	2.9	3.1	2.9	3.2	3.6
Delaware	16	18	17	18	15	18	3.2	3.6	3.4	3.7	3.0	3.6
District of Columbia	16	18	17	18	16	19	2.1	2.4	2.3	2.5	2.2	2.6
Florida	358	329	342	312	284	304	3.6	3.3	3.4	3.1	2.9	3.1
Georgia	190	160	159	151	155	142	3.8	3.2	3.2	3.0	3.1	2.8
Hawaii	22	18	19	25	17	18	3.4	2.8	3.0	3.9	2.6	2.8
Idaho	36	34	34	40	33	34	4.1	3.9	3.9	4.6	3.7	3.9
Illinois	213	217	222	256	230	227	3.5	3.5	3.6	4.2	3.7	3.7
Indiana	135	129	133	128	132	114	4.1	3.9	4.1	3.9	4.1	3.5
Iowa	46	51	55	51	45	50	2.9	3.2	3.5	3.2	2.8	3.2
Kansas	51	44	49	51	45	49	3.5	3.0	3.3	3.5	3.1	3.3
Kentucky	72	71	70	66	62	70	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.3	3.1	3.4
Louisiana	73	81	74	72	77	78	3.7	4.1	3.7	3.6	3.9	3.9
Maine	21	24	28	24	24	20	3.2	3.6	4.2	3.7	3.6	3.0
Maryland	84	87	85	79	74	89	3.0	3.1	3.0	2.8	2.7	3.2
Massachusetts	87	101	93	98	96	100	2.3	2.7	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.7
Michigan	173	157	169	182	140	171	3.9	3.5	3.8	4.1	3.1	3.8
Minnesota	82	82	92	88	81	89	2.7	2.7	3.0	2.9	2.7	2.9
Mississippi	46	42	43	43	45	46	3.9	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.8	3.9
Missouri	86	87	103	92	85	97	2.9	2.9	3.5	3.1	2.8	3.2
Montana	26	22	24	28	24	21	4.9	4.2	4.6	5.3	4.6	4.0
Nebraska	33	34	42	34	31	32	3.1	3.2	4.0	3.2	2.9	3.0
Nevada	65	53	56	55	55	64	4.1	3.3	3.5	3.4	3.4	4.0
New Hampshire	23	24	24	26	26	17	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.7	3.7	2.4
New Jersey	135	158	116	128	136	147	3.1	3.6	2.7	2.9	3.1	3.4
New Mexico	29	28	30	31	31	29	3.3	3.1	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.3
New York	271	295	324	366	335	329	2.7	3.0	3.3	3.7	3.4	3.3
North Carolina	178	186	181	171	153	161	3.5	3.7	3.6	3.4	3.0	3.2
North Dakota	15	16	18	19	17	18	3.4	3.6	4.0	4.3	3.8	4.0
Ohio	189	189	183	188	164	183	3.3	3.3	3.2	3.3	2.9	3.2
Oklahoma	62	62	63	54	60	69	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.0	3.4	3.9
Oregon	66	66	72	67	63	70	3.3	3.3	3.6	3.4	3.2	3.5
Pennsylvania	157	163	199	125	177	186	2.5	2.6	3.2	2.0	2.9	3.0
Rhode Island	17	19	19	18	22	20	3.3	3.7	3.7	3.5	4.3	3.9
South Carolina	93	101	89	89	92	105	3.9	4.2	3.7	3.7	3.8	4.4
South Dakota	17	16	17	19	17	17	3.6	3.4	3.6	4.0	3.6	3.6
Tennessee	130	140	118	115	127	122	3.9	4.2	3.5	3.4	3.8	3.6
Texas	506	406	428	484	455	503	3.5	2.8	3.0	3.4	3.2	3.5
Utah	65	62	71	66	56	62	3.7	3.5	4.0	3.7	3.2	3.5
Vermont	10	10	11	11	11	9	3.2	3.2	3.5	3.5	3.5	2.9
Virginia	145	147	141	134	153	132	3.4	3.4	3.3	3.2	3.6	3.1
Washington	95	92	116	97	89	113	2.6	2.5	3.2	2.7	2.4	3.1
West Virginia	28	27	27	26	27	29	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.6	3.8	4.0
Wisconsin	95	99	101	101	91	102	3.1	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.0	3.4
Wyoming	13	12	12	15	12	11	4.4	4.1	4.1	5.1	4.1	3.7

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