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Business Employment Dynamics Regional Historical Table

Private sector gross job gains and job losses for the United States and States, by Census Regions and Divisions, three months ended March 2026, seasonally adjusted
Area	Gross Job Gains				Gross Job Losses
Area	Total	Back Data	As a percent of total employment	Back Data	Total	Back Data	As a percent of total employment	Back Data
United States(1)	7,381		5.5		7,293		5.5
Midwest Region
East North Central Division
Illinois	268,238		5.1		259,069		5.0
Indiana	138,172		4.9		141,534		5.1
Michigan	207,324		5.4		188,324		4.9
Ohio	249,059		5.2		244,111		5.1
Wisconsin	138,482		5.4		125,753		4.9
West North Central Division
Iowa	77,592		6.0		70,987		5.4
Kansas	64,746		5.4		63,302		5.3
Minnesota	133,910		5.2		142,677		5.6
Missouri	139,141		5.6		133,205		5.3
Nebraska	45,978		5.4		46,223		5.4
North Dakota	23,909		6.8		23,882		6.7
South Dakota	23,248		6.0		23,644		6.1
Northeast Region
New England Division
Connecticut	78,341		5.3		78,533		5.4
Maine	35,095		6.4		34,705		6.3
Massachusetts	165,250		5.2		168,577		5.3
New Hampshire	36,334		6.1		38,129		6.3
Rhode Island	25,502		5.8		26,080		6.0
Vermont	16,905		6.6		16,673		6.5
Middle Atlantic Division
New Jersey	196,645		5.3		206,886		5.5
New York	447,063		5.4		437,635		5.2
Pennsylvania	254,037		4.7		258,099		4.8
South Region
South Atlantic Division
Delaware	22,739		5.5		22,312		5.4
District of Columbia	24,876		5.0		25,186		4.9
Florida	466,488		5.3		477,540		5.5
Georgia	225,131		5.3		233,759		5.5
Maryland	124,218		5.6		132,446		6.0
North Carolina	243,032		5.8		226,278		5.3
South Carolina	119,729		6.0		113,440		5.7
Virginia	186,522		5.5		185,840		5.4
West Virginia	36,187		6.4		30,435		5.4
East South Central Division
Alabama	94,549		5.5		90,811		5.2
Kentucky	87,844		5.2		90,166		5.3
Mississippi	53,490		5.7		59,272		6.3
Tennessee	151,084		5.4		139,808		4.9
West South Central Division
Arkansas	59,304		5.3		61,100		5.4
Louisiana	92,488		5.7		87,645		5.4
Oklahoma	71,495		5.3		71,968		5.3
Texas	654,260		5.4		653,018		5.4
West Region
Mountain Division
Arizona	162,475		5.7		158,955		5.6
Colorado	144,034		6.0		158,858		6.5
Idaho	58,013		7.7		53,232		7.0
Montana	33,593		7.8		30,266		7.0
Nevada	80,460		5.7		79,639		5.7
New Mexico	40,811		6.0		40,874		5.9
Utah	94,120		6.4		90,081		6.1
Wyoming	18,945		8.8		17,670		8.2
Pacific Division
Alaska	24,704		9.6		24,439		9.4
California	977,489		6.3		941,371		6.0
Hawaii	26,012		5.0		26,502		5.1
Oregon	95,660		5.7		98,357		5.9
Washington	171,381		5.7		165,467		5.5

Puerto Rico	34,689		4.6		34,966		4.6
Virgin Islands	1,747		7.3		1,725		7.1
Footnotes (1) Numbers in thousands.
Source: Business Employment Dynamics is a set of statistics generated from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages program. These quarterly data series consist of gross job gains and gross job losses statistics from 1992 forward.

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Business Employment Dynamics Regional Historical Table