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Job gains exceeded job losses in 49 states and D.C for the quarter ended in September 2020
May 05, 2021
From June 2020 to September 2020, the difference between the number of job gains and the number of job losses yielded a net employment gain of 3.9 million jobs in the private sector. Over this period, job gains exceeded job losses in 49 states and the District of Columbia.
Gross job gains and losses, for all 50 states and the District of Columbia, third quarter 2020
State
Gross job gains
Gross job losses
United States
10,804,000
6,901,000
Alabama
118,479
90,119
Alaska
26,125
21,201
Arizona
188,965
148,907
Arkansas
72,104
54,052
California
1,182,443
985,422
Colorado
215,277
135,875
Connecticut
145,865
66,466
Delaware
36,761
22,666
District of Columbia
38,358
26,824
Florida
685,191
492,778
Georgia
330,323
230,867
Hawaii
29,478
51,061
Idaho
52,646
40,628
Illinois
454,452
265,795
Indiana
206,433
134,481
Iowa
90,872
67,444
Kansas
85,160
64,265
Kentucky
132,030
75,229
Louisiana
126,510
101,773
Maine
57,283
28,627
Maryland
215,737
117,299
Massachusetts
348,934
156,162
Michigan
366,039
160,093
Minnesota
204,520
123,659
Mississippi
73,809
46,600
Missouri
189,201
125,593
Montana
36,443
26,800
Nebraska
63,100
45,538
Nevada
135,413
67,865
New Hampshire
63,135
27,580
New Jersey
485,419
179,780
New Mexico
49,296
35,506
New York
922,619
403,504
North Carolina
304,808
199,290
North Dakota
28,073
21,946
Ohio
336,532
229,215
Oklahoma
81,961
77,487
Oregon
136,837
94,862
Pennsylvania
484,981
236,671
Rhode Island
48,603
19,548
South Carolina
145,478
101,812
South Dakota
29,098
18,890
Tennessee
198,611
132,538
Texas
720,901
599,452
Utah
114,545
78,072
Vermont
27,757
12,947
Virginia
303,716
157,202
Washington
234,423
164,790
West Virginia
44,344
35,357
Wisconsin
177,683
119,583
Wyoming
20,326
14,628
For the 3 months ended in September 2020, California had both the largest number of jobs gains (1.2 million) and the largest number of job losses (985,422). Other states with a high number of jobs gained, for the 3 months ended in September 2020, included New York (922,619), Texas (720,901), and Florida (685,191).
United States Department of Labor
