Table 14. Annual average hires rates for total nonfarm by state, not seasonally adjusted

Table 14. Annual average hires rates for total nonfarm by state, not seasonally adjusted(1) [percent]
State	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
TOTAL U.S.	4.3	4.3	4.2	3.8	3.4

Alabama	4.2	4.7	4.9	4.3	3.7
Alaska	5.8	6.1	6.5	5.6	5.5
Arizona	4.4	4.4	4.8	4.1	3.6
Arkansas	4.4	4.9	4.9	4.4	4.0
California	4.1	4.0	3.6	3.1	2.9
Colorado	4.6	4.7	4.5	3.8	3.7
Connecticut	4.1	3.7	3.7	3.5	3.2
Delaware	4.7	4.9	5.3	4.6	4.0
District of Columbia	2.7	3.1	3.1	3.0	2.6
Florida	4.2	4.5	4.4	4.1	3.9
Georgia	4.5	5.3	5.5	4.5	3.7
Hawaii	4.4	4.3	3.8	3.2	3.3
Idaho	5.4	5.1	5.2	4.5	4.5
Illinois	4.1	4.5	4.2	3.7	3.5
Indiana	4.6	4.7	4.4	4.0	3.7
Iowa	4.0	4.1	3.9	3.5	3.2
Kansas	3.6	4.1	4.0	3.6	3.3
Kentucky	5.1	5.3	5.0	4.3	3.7
Louisiana	4.4	5.0	5.0	5.0	4.1
Maine	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.0	3.7
Maryland	3.8	3.6	4.3	4.1	3.5
Massachusetts	3.7	3.7	3.5	3.2	2.9
Michigan	5.0	4.9	4.0	3.5	3.7
Minnesota	3.5	3.6	3.7	3.6	3.2
Mississippi	4.8	4.9	4.9	4.4	3.9
Missouri	4.3	4.1	3.8	3.4	3.4
Montana	5.5	5.7	5.8	4.8	5.1
Nebraska	4.0	4.1	3.8	3.7	3.4
Nevada	6.1	5.8	4.9	4.0	4.0
New Hampshire	4.2	4.4	4.3	4.1	3.6
New Jersey	4.7	4.0	3.7	3.7	3.2
New Mexico	4.2	4.9	4.4	3.7	3.7
New York	3.4	3.4	3.2	2.9	2.8
North Carolina	5.0	5.1	4.9	4.0	3.7
North Dakota	4.6	4.7	4.4	4.2	3.8
Ohio	4.4	4.1	4.0	3.6	3.4
Oklahoma	4.4	4.7	5.1	4.7	4.1
Oregon	4.6	4.6	4.5	3.8	3.7
Pennsylvania	3.7	3.7	3.3	3.0	3.1
Rhode Island	4.8	4.6	4.3	4.1	4.0
South Carolina	5.0	4.8	4.9	4.7	4.3
South Dakota	4.0	4.3	4.3	4.1	3.7
Tennessee	4.8	4.8	5.0	4.3	4.1
Texas	4.3	4.7	4.6	4.2	3.5
Utah	4.5	4.4	4.6	3.9	3.8
Vermont	4.5	4.4	4.2	3.9	3.7
Virginia	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.1	3.5
Washington	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.1	3.1
West Virginia	4.8	4.8	5.1	4.7	4.4
Wisconsin	3.9	3.8	3.7	3.5	3.3
Wyoming	5.0	5.3	5.4	4.5	4.6
Footnotes (1) The annual average hires rate is equal to the sum of the 12 monthly hires levels as a percent of the sum of the 12 monthly CES employment levels.
NOTE: Data incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates.

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Last Modified Date: July 23, 2025