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There were nearly 12.5 million jobs in nonprofit organizations in 2017. That was 10.2 percent of total U.S. private sector employment. The District of Columbia had the highest share of nonprofit employment, 25.6 percent. Vermont, Maine, Massachusetts, New York, and Rhode Island also had high shares of nonprofit employment. Nevada had the lowest share of nonprofit employment, 2.8 percent. Alabama, Texas, and South Carolina each had less than 6.0 percent of private employment in nonprofit organizations in 2017.
State | Nonprofit employment as percent of total private | Total private employment | Nonprofit employment |
---|---|---|---|
U.S. total |
10.2% | 122,386,565 | 12,488,563 |
District of Columbia |
25.6 | 524,773 | 134,500 |
Vermont |
19.1 | 256,446 | 48,977 |
Maine |
18.1 | 513,363 | 92,740 |
New York |
17.8 | 7,899,798 | 1,404,492 |
Massachusetts |
17.7 | 3,115,338 | 551,117 |
Rhode Island |
16.6 | 417,997 | 69,184 |
North Dakota |
16.0 | 343,190 | 54,953 |
Pennsylvania |
15.7 | 5,124,456 | 807,075 |
New Hampshire |
15.0 | 569,014 | 85,283 |
Minnesota |
14.9 | 2,473,604 | 368,278 |
Montana |
14.8 | 375,506 | 55,698 |
South Dakota |
14.8 | 348,925 | 51,514 |
Connecticut |
14.6 | 1,442,388 | 210,283 |
West Virginia |
14.2 | 547,549 | 77,685 |
Alaska |
14.0 | 246,852 | 34,543 |
Maryland |
12.9 | 2,167,072 | 280,159 |
Ohio |
12.3 | 4,646,773 | 570,420 |
Oregon |
12.2 | 1,596,853 | 195,168 |
Delaware |
11.9 | 379,223 | 45,307 |
Wisconsin |
11.8 | 2,473,083 | 291,713 |
Hawaii |
11.7 | 531,863 | 61,965 |
Iowa |
11.4 | 1,301,192 | 147,936 |
Illinois |
11.4 | 5,153,355 | 585,086 |
Missouri |
11.3 | 2,366,305 | 267,121 |
Michigan |
10.8 | 3,734,432 | 402,228 |
Nebraska |
10.7 | 811,496 | 86,458 |
Indiana |
10.2 | 2,627,391 | 267,615 |
Washington |
9.8 | 2,735,142 | 269,361 |
Kentucky |
9.8 | 1,580,021 | 154,213 |
New Jersey |
9.6 | 3,435,139 | 329,920 |
Arkansas |
9.3 | 1,004,075 | 93,679 |
Virginia |
9.0 | 3,140,917 | 283,480 |
North Carolina |
8.5 | 3,633,435 | 310,381 |
Kansas |
8.3 | 1,129,926 | 93,793 |
New Mexico |
8.2 | 633,035 | 51,897 |
Louisiana |
8.2 | 1,598,324 | 130,468 |
Arizona |
8.2 | 2,360,211 | 192,623 |
Tennessee |
8.1 | 2,519,935 | 203,379 |
California |
7.9 | 14,558,652 | 1,144,666 |
Colorado |
7.6 | 2,197,742 | 167,663 |
Georgia |
7.5 | 3,699,460 | 277,365 |
Florida |
7.2 | 7,437,388 | 535,385 |
Idaho |
7.0 | 589,307 | 40,977 |
Oklahoma |
6.8 | 1,260,205 | 85,275 |
Utah |
6.7 | 1,202,475 | 81,017 |
Mississippi |
6.5 | 894,142 | 58,195 |
Wyoming |
6.1 | 203,816 | 12,389 |
South Carolina |
5.5 | 1,688,066 | 92,850 |
Texas |
5.1 | 10,151,376 | 519,465 |
Alabama |
5.1 | 1,574,772 | 80,326 |
Nevada |
2.8 | 1,170,769 | 32,300 |
The average weekly wage in nonprofit organizations was $1,032 in 2017. That was 97 percent of the $1,064 average weekly wage for all private sector establishments. In South Dakota, the average weekly wage in nonprofits was 124 percent of the average for all private sector establishments. In New York, the average weekly wage in nonprofits was 74 percent of the average for all private sector establishments.
State | Nonprofit wages as a percent of total private wages | Total private average weekly wage | Nonprofit average weekly wage |
---|---|---|---|
U.S. total |
97% | $1,064 | $1,032 |
South Dakota |
124 | 814 | 977 |
Idaho |
121 | 795 | 948 |
Vermont |
115 | 869 | 971 |
Maine |
115 | 836 | 934 |
Montana |
113 | 786 | 870 |
Hawaii |
112 | 905 | 1,001 |
West Virginia |
112 | 823 | 905 |
Wisconsin |
112 | 908 | 1,000 |
South Carolina |
111 | 838 | 928 |
Nebraska |
110 | 854 | 932 |
Kentucky |
110 | 866 | 941 |
New Mexico |
109 | 809 | 873 |
Missouri |
107 | 920 | 978 |
Nevada |
107 | 904 | 962 |
Utah |
105 | 897 | 940 |
Indiana |
105 | 893 | 932 |
Arizona |
104 | 957 | 988 |
Mississippi |
102 | 729 | 743 |
Alaska |
102 | 1,006 | 1,023 |
Tennessee |
102 | 943 | 959 |
Florida |
102 | 919 | 934 |
Oregon |
102 | 971 | 985 |
Georgia |
101 | 1,017 | 1,028 |
North Carolina |
101 | 942 | 951 |
Rhode Island |
101 | 979 | 986 |
Pennsylvania |
100 | 1,032 | 1,035 |
Louisiana |
100 | 900 | 899 |
Texas |
100 | 1,088 | 1,083 |
Maryland |
99 | 1,100 | 1,089 |
Ohio |
98 | 934 | 922 |
Arkansas |
98 | 821 | 805 |
Delaware |
97 | 1,073 | 1,049 |
North Dakota |
97 | 977 | 953 |
Virginia |
97 | 1,077 | 1,047 |
Oklahoma |
97 | 869 | 844 |
New Hampshire |
97 | 1,074 | 1,045 |
Minnesota |
96 | 1,090 | 1,052 |
California |
95 | 1,260 | 1,203 |
Washington |
95 | 1,196 | 1,142 |
Alabama |
94 | 867 | 815 |
Michigan |
93 | 1,006 | 944 |
Massachusetts |
92 | 1,359 | 1,263 |
Colorado |
91 | 1,102 | 1,008 |
Illinois |
88 | 1,123 | 1,006 |
Iowa |
86 | 876 | 769 |
Connecticut |
84 | 1,294 | 1,115 |
New Jersey |
84 | 1,225 | 1,046 |
District of Columbia |
84 | 1,645 | 1,436 |
Kansas |
81 | 882 | 725 |
Wyoming |
77 | 871 | 680 |
New York |
74 | 1,382 | 1,069 |
These data are from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages and Business Employment Dynamics program. For more information about employment in nonprofit organizations, see Research Data on the Nonprofit Sector. These data focus only on nonprofit organizations in the 501(c)3 classification.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, District of Columbia had highest share of employment in nonprofits, Nevada the lowest, in 2017 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2019/district-of-columbia-had-highest-share-of-employment-in-nonprofits-nevada-the-lowest-in-2017.htm (visited September 11, 2024).