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Manufacturing employment decreased by 26,800 in Texas over the year ended September 2016. Following Texas, California (−18,000), Illinois (−11,500), and Oklahoma (−9,300) had the largest declines in employment in the industry. In contrast, Florida (+11,800), Michigan (+8,100), and Tennessee (+7,500) added the most manufacturing jobs over the year. Nationwide, the manufacturing industry lost 61,000 jobs over the same period.
State | September 2015 | September 2016 (p) | 12-month change (p) | 12-month percent change (p) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Alabama |
258,700 | 263,000 | 4,300 | 1.7% |
Alaska |
15,900 | 15,300 | -600 | -3.8 |
Arizona |
158,600 | 158,000 | -600 | -0.4 |
Arkansas |
154,800 | 154,100 | -700 | -0.5 |
California |
1,312,900 | 1,294,900 | -18,000 | -1.4 |
Colorado |
141,900 | 143,000 | 1,100 | 0.8 |
Connecticut |
159,100 | 159,700 | 600 | 0.4 |
Delaware |
27,300 | 27,200 | -100 | -0.4 |
District of Columbia |
1,200 | 1,200 | 0 | 0.0 |
Florida |
345,500 | 357,300 | 11,800 | 3.4 |
Georgia |
380,400 | 384,100 | 3,700 | 1.0 |
Hawaii |
13,900 | 13,900 | 0 | 0.0 |
Idaho |
63,000 | 64,400 | 1,400 | 2.2 |
Illinois |
580,700 | 569,200 | -11,500 | -2.0 |
Indiana |
520,800 | 516,600 | -4,200 | -0.8 |
Iowa |
215,200 | 211,200 | -4,000 | -1.9 |
Kansas |
161,300 | 160,600 | -700 | -0.4 |
Kentucky |
243,500 | 243,800 | 300 | 0.1 |
Louisiana |
142,600 | 135,200 | -7,400 | -5.2 |
Maine |
51,100 | 51,400 | 300 | 0.6 |
Maryland |
104,100 | 106,000 | 1,900 | 1.8 |
Massachusetts |
249,100 | 250,600 | 1,500 | 0.6 |
Michigan |
592,400 | 600,500 | 8,100 | 1.4 |
Minnesota |
318,500 | 318,000 | -500 | -0.2 |
Mississippi |
142,400 | 142,900 | 500 | 0.4 |
Missouri |
261,700 | 259,400 | -2,300 | -0.9 |
Montana |
19,300 | 19,900 | 600 | 3.1 |
Nebraska |
97,200 | 97,100 | -100 | -0.1 |
Nevada |
42,200 | 42,600 | 400 | 0.9 |
New Hampshire |
67,200 | 66,400 | -800 | -1.2 |
New Jersey |
239,700 | 244,600 | 4,900 | 2.0 |
New Mexico |
27,900 | 26,400 | -1,500 | -5.4 |
New York |
457,300 | 452,400 | -4,900 | -1.1 |
North Carolina |
462,900 | 461,700 | -1,200 | -0.3 |
North Dakota |
25,600 | 25,000 | -600 | -2.3 |
Ohio |
686,400 | 685,700 | -700 | -0.1 |
Oklahoma |
134,900 | 125,600 | -9,300 | -6.9 |
Oregon |
189,500 | 188,500 | -1,000 | -0.5 |
Pennsylvania |
567,100 | 564,500 | -2,600 | -0.5 |
Rhode Island |
41,300 | 41,500 | 200 | 0.5 |
South Carolina |
236,700 | 241,100 | 4,400 | 1.9 |
South Dakota |
42,500 | 41,800 | -700 | -1.6 |
Tennessee |
334,900 | 342,400 | 7,500 | 2.2 |
Texas |
869,900 | 843,100 | -26,800 | -3.1 |
Utah |
124,100 | 128,500 | 4,400 | 3.5 |
Vermont |
30,900 | 30,500 | -400 | -1.3 |
Virginia |
234,100 | 229,700 | -4,400 | -1.9 |
Washington |
295,100 | 289,500 | -5,600 | -1.9 |
West Virginia |
47,700 | 46,900 | -800 | -1.7 |
Wisconsin |
469,100 | 471,700 | 2,600 | 0.6 |
Wyoming |
9,800 | 9,900 | 100 | 1.0 |
Footnotes: (p) Preliminary |
Across all industries, 35 states and the District of Columbia had statistically significant over-the-year increases in nonfarm payroll employment in September. The largest job gains occurred in California (+379,700), Florida (+276,300), and Texas (+206,800). Only Wyoming (−9,200) had a significant over-the-year decline in employment.
These data are not seasonally adjusted. State level employment may not sum to national level employment because the estimates are developed independently to reduce state level sampling and nonsampling error. 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 — September 2016" (HTML) (PDF).
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Texas lost 26,800 manufacturing jobs over the year ended September 2016 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2016/texas-lost-26800-manufacturing-jobs-over-the-year-ended-september-2016.htm (visited October 31, 2024).