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State employment in the trade, transportation, and utilities industry in October 2014
November 25, 2014
North Dakota had the highest share of employment (23.2 percent) in the trade, transportation, and utilities industry in October 2014. New Hampshire and New Jersey had the second- and third-highest share of employment in this industry, at 21.4 and 21.3 percent, respectively. The trade, transportation, and utilities industry consists of wholesale trade; retail trade; transportation and warehousing; and utilities.
Employment in the trade, transportation, and utilities industry as a percentage of statewide total nonfarm employment, not seasonally adjusted, October 2014
20.1 percent and higher
19.2 percent to 20.0 percent
18.5 percent to 19.1 percent
17.3 percent to 18.4 percent
17.2 percent and lower
19.6
Maine
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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Employment in the trade, transportation, and utilities industry as a percentage of statewide total nonfarm employment, not seasonally adjusted, October 2014
In October, the District of Columbia had the lowest share of employment in the trade, transportation, and utilities industry, at 4.1 percent. Rhode Island had the second-lowest share (15.5 percent) of employment in this industry.
These data are from the Current Employment Statistics (State and Metro Area) program. Data for the most recent month are preliminary and subject to revision. To learn more, see "Regional and State Employment and Unemployment — October 2014" (HTML) (PDF), news release USDL-14-2108. For more information about the trade, transportation, and utilities industry, visit the Industries at a Glance page.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, State employment in the trade, transportation, and utilities industry in October 2014 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2014/ted_20141125.htm (visited December 08, 2024).