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Tuesday, March 26, 2019
Employment rose in 24 of the 25 largest counties in Texas from September 2017 to September 2018, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (Large counties are defined as those with employment of 75,000 or more as measured by 2017 annual average employment.) Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Stanley W. Suchman noted that job growth in Midland, Fort Bend, and Brazoria Counties ranked among the top 10 nationwide. Midland County ranked first with an increase of 11.9 percent, Fort Bend ranked fifth (6.5 percent), and Brazoria ranked seventh (5.5 percent). (See table 1.)
Nationwide, employment advanced 1.6 percent from September 2017 to September 2018 as 295 of the 349 largest U.S. counties registered increases. As noted, Midland County had the fastest employment gain in the nation (11.9 percent). Within Midland, the largest employment increase was in natural resources and mining, which gained 5,824 jobs over the year (23.7 percent). New Hanover, NC, had the largest over-the-year percentage decrease in employment, down 2.0 percent. Within New Hanover, leisure and hospitality had the largest employment decrease, with a loss of 1,466 jobs (-8.0 percent).
Among the largest counties in Texas, employment was highest in Harris County (2,307,600) in September 2018, followed by Dallas County (1,711,900). Three other counties (Tarrant, Bexar, and Travis) had employment levels exceeding 750,000. Together, the 25 largest Texas counties accounted for 79.7 percent of total employment within the state. Nationwide, the 349 largest counties made up 73.0 percent of total U.S. employment.
From the third quarter of 2017 to the third quarter of 2018, average weekly wages nationwide increased 3.3 percent to $1,055. Among the large counties in Texas, Midland had the largest increase in average weekly wages with a gain of 7.4 percent, which ranked seventh in the nation in terms of percentage increase. (See table 1.) In the third quarter of 2018, Midland also had the highest average weekly wage among the state’s largest counties at $1,401.
Employment and wage levels (but not over-the-year changes) are also available for the 229 counties in Texas with annual average employment levels below 75,000 in 2017. Among these smaller counties, 207 had average weekly wages below the national average in September 2018. (See table 2.)
Large county wage changesAll of the 25 large Texas counties recorded wage gains from the third quarter of 2017 to the third quarter of 2018. Over-the-year wage growth in three large Texas counties ranked among the top 50 nationwide: Midland (7.4 percent, 7th), Travis (4.4 percent, 44th), and Lubbock (4.3 percent, 49th). (See table 1.) Webb County, one of the lowest-paying counties in the nation, ranked 52nd in wage growth with a 4.2-percent gain. Montgomery County (0.9 percent) had the smallest over-the-year wage increase among the state’s large counties. Nationally, average weekly wages rose 3.3 percent.
Nationwide, 336 of the 349 largest counties had over-the-year wage increases. Chatham, GA, had the largest third quarter over-the-year wage gain at 8.5 percent. Chatham was followed by King County, WA (7.9 percent), and Santa Clara and Stanislaus, CA (each at 7.8 percent).
Of the 349 largest counties nationwide, 11 experienced over-the-year decreases in average weekly wages. Elkhart, IN, had the largest over-the-year percentage decrease in average weekly wages with a loss of 4.2 percent. Elkhart was followed by Union, NJ (-3.7 percent) and Providence, RI (-3.4 percent).
Large county average weekly wagesAverage weekly wages in 5 of the 25 large Texas counties were more than 15 percent above the national average of $1,055 in the third quarter of 2018. Midland County led at $1,401 per week and ranked 16th among the 349 large U.S. counties. Midland was followed by Harris ($1,271, 29th), Travis ($1,247, 34th), Dallas ($1,245, 36th), and Collin ($1,244, 37th). Two additional Texas counties reported average weekly wages above the national average: Brazoria ($1,101, 76th) and Jefferson ($1,060, 93rd).
Texas also had a number of low-paying large counties. Three of the four lowest-paying large counties in the nation were located along the Texas-Mexico border: Cameron ($632, 349th), Hidalgo ($662, 347th), and Webb ($698, 346th). Other Texas counties with low national rankings included El Paso ($735, 340th), Brazos ($785, 331st), and Lubbock ($825, 309th).
Nationally, weekly wages were higher than the U.S. average in 94 of the largest counties in the country. Santa Clara, CA, held the top position with an average weekly wage of $2,460. San Mateo, CA, was second at $2,363, followed by San Francisco, CA. ($2,097).
Among the largest U.S. counties, nearly three-fourths (255) reported average weekly wages below the national average in the third quarter of 2018. The lowest weekly wage was reported in Cameron, TX ($632), followed by Horry, SC ($635), and the Texas counties of Hidalgo ($662) and Webb ($698). Wages in these lowest-ranked counties were less than 30 percent of the average weekly wage in the highest-ranked county, Santa Clara, CA.
Average weekly wages in smaller Texas countiesOf the 229 smaller Texas counties – those with employment below 75,000 – 22 reported average weekly wages above the national average of $1,055. Two of these smaller counties had wages that were also the highest in the state: Carson ($1,661) and La Salle ($1,410). Real County registered the lowest weekly wage, averaging $489 in the third quarter of 2018. (See table 2.)
When all 254 counties in Texas were considered, all but 29 had wages below the national average. Forty-three counties reported average weekly wages under $700, 85 registered wages from $700 to $799, 57 had wages from $800 to $899, 27 had wages from $900 to $999, and 42 had wages of $1,000 or higher. (See chart 1.) The counties with the highest average weekly wages were concentrated around the larger metropolitan areas of Dallas, Houston, and Austin, as well as the smaller areas of Midland, Odessa, and Amarillo. Lower-paying counties tended to be located in the agricultural areas of central Texas, the Texas Panhandle, and along the Texas-Mexico border.
Additional statistics and other informationQCEW data for states have been included in this release in table 3. For additional information about quarterly employment and wages data, please read the Technical Note or visit www.bls.gov/cew.
Employment and Wages Annual Averages Online features comprehensive information by detailed industry on establishments, employment, and wages for the nation and all states. The 2017 edition of this publication contains selected data produced by Business Employment Dynamics (BED) on job gains and losses, as well as selected data from the first quarter 2018 version of the national news release. Tables and additional content from Employment and Wages Annual Averages Online are now available at www.bls.gov/cew/publications/employment-and-wages-annual-averages/2017/home.htm.
The County Employment and Wages release for fourth quarter 2018 is scheduled to be released on Wednesday, May 22, 2019.
Average weekly wage data by county are compiled under the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) program, also known as the ES-202 program. The data are derived from summaries of employment and total pay of workers covered by state and federal unemployment insurance (UI) legislation and provided by State Workforce Agencies (SWAs). The average weekly wage values are calculated by dividing quarterly total wages by the average of the three monthly employment levels of those covered by UI programs. The result is then divided by 13, the number of weeks in a quarter. It is to be noted, therefore, that over-the-year wage changes for geographic areas may reflect shifts in the composition of employment by industry, occupation, and such other factors as hours of work. Thus, wages may vary among counties, metropolitan areas, or states for reasons other than changes in the average wage level. Data for all states, Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs), counties, and the nation are available on the BLS Web site at www.bls.gov/cew/; however, data in QCEW press releases have been revised (see Technical Note below) and may not match the data contained on the Bureau’s Web site.
QCEW data are not designed as a time series. QCEW data are simply the sums of individual establishment records reflecting the number of establishments that exist in a county or industry at a point in time. Establishments can move in or out of a county or industry for a number of reasons–some reflecting economic events, others reflecting administrative changes.
The preliminary QCEW data presented in this release may differ from data released by the individual states as well as from the data presented on the BLS Web site. These potential differences result from the states’ continuing receipt, review and editing of UI data over time. On the other hand, differences between data in this release and the data found on the BLS Web site are the result of adjustments made to improve over-the-year comparisons. Specifically, these adjustments account for administrative (noneconomic) changes such as a correction to a previously reported location or industry classification. Adjusting for these administrative changes allows users to more accurately assess changes of an economic nature (such as a firm moving from one county to another or changing its primary economic activity) over a 12-month period. Currently, adjusted data are available only from BLS press releases.
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Area | Employment | Average weekly wage (1) | |||||
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September | Percent change, September 2017-18 (2) | National ranking by percent change (3) | Average weekly wage | National ranking by level (3) | Percent change, third quarter 2017-18 (2) | National ranking by percent change (3) | |
United States (4) | 146,824.1 | 1.6 | -- | $1,055 | -- | 3.3 | -- |
Texas | 12,327.0 | 2.6 | -- | 1,064 | 14 | 3.1 | 25 |
Bell, Texas | 118.0 | 0.6 | 219 | 882 | 256 | 2.2 | 259 |
Bexar, Texas | 867.5 | 1.2 | 161 | 930 | 195 | 2.9 | 169 |
Brazoria, Texas | 113.5 | 5.5 | 7 | 1,101 | 76 | 2.8 | 186 |
Brazos, Texas | 107.0 | 3.7 | 28 | 785 | 331 | 1.7 | 290 |
Cameron, Texas | 138.3 | 1.4 | 139 | 632 | 349 | 2.6 | 208 |
Collin, Texas | 416.1 | 3.7 | 28 | 1,244 | 37 | 4.1 | 59 |
Dallas, Texas | 1,711.9 | 1.6 | 123 | 1,245 | 36 | 2.6 | 208 |
Denton, Texas | 246.5 | 2.2 | 78 | 946 | 186 | 2.3 | 241 |
El Paso, Texas | 306.9 | 1.6 | 123 | 735 | 340 | 2.7 | 196 |
Fort Bend, Texas | 190.8 | 6.5 | 5 | 953 | 183 | 1.4 | 309 |
Galveston, Texas | 108.5 | 1.8 | 104 | 912 | 220 | 2.1 | 267 |
Harris, Texas | 2,307.6 | 2.1 | 85 | 1,271 | 29 | 2.1 | 267 |
Hidalgo, Texas | 258.9 | 2.3 | 72 | 662 | 347 | 2.0 | 272 |
Jefferson, Texas | 123.0 | 3.3 | 40 | 1,060 | 93 | 1.6 | 299 |
Lubbock, Texas | 139.7 | 1.0 | 179 | 825 | 309 | 4.3 | 49 |
McLennan, Texas | 113.8 | 1.3 | 148 | 871 | 269 | 3.2 | 141 |
Midland, Texas | 105.7 | 11.9 | 1 | 1,401 | 16 | 7.4 | 7 |
Montgomery, Texas | 185.9 | 3.8 | 26 | 1,007 | 134 | 0.9 | 323 |
Nueces, Texas | 162.0 | 0.5 | 235 | 906 | 230 | 2.6 | 208 |
Potter, Texas | 77.3 | 0.0 | 296 | 851 | 284 | 3.8 | 86 |
Smith, Texas | 103.7 | 1.3 | 148 | 849 | 288 | 2.4 | 232 |
Tarrant, Texas | 900.5 | 2.1 | 85 | 1,029 | 116 | 3.3 | 128 |
Travis, Texas | 753.0 | 3.3 | 40 | 1,247 | 34 | 4.4 | 44 |
Webb, Texas | 100.9 | 0.3 | 262 | 698 | 346 | 4.2 | 52 |
Williamson, Texas | 172.9 | 4.6 | 15 | 1,016 | 127 | 1.7 | 290 |
Footnotes: | |||||||
Note: Data are preliminary. Covered employment and wages includes workers covered by Unemployment Insurance (UI) and Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees (UCFE) programs. |
Area | Employment September 2018 | Average weekly wage(1) |
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United States(2) | 146,824,093 | $1,055 |
Texas | 12,326,987 | 1,064 |
Anderson | 20,390 | 825 |
Andrews | 7,754 | 1,290 |
Angelina | 35,318 | 769 |
Aransas | 5,283 | 740 |
Archer | 1,784 | 728 |
Armstrong | 403 | 722 |
Atascosa | 13,554 | 999 |
Austin | 10,417 | 885 |
Bailey | 2,630 | 738 |
Bandera | 3,314 | 686 |
Bastrop | 18,255 | 751 |
Baylor | 1,208 | 685 |
Bee | 8,870 | 706 |
Bell | 118,046 | 882 |
Bexar | 867,478 | 930 |
Blanco | 3,172 | 916 |
Borden | 204 | 703 |
Bosque | 3,628 | 722 |
Bowie | 41,193 | 768 |
Brazoria | 113,527 | 1,101 |
Brazos | 106,972 | 785 |
Brewster | 3,941 | 756 |
Briscoe | 318 | 571 |
Brooks | 2,565 | 844 |
Brown | 15,905 | 705 |
Burleson | 4,562 | 850 |
Burnet | 14,312 | 802 |
Caldwell | 9,039 | 799 |
Calhoun | 11,953 | 1,243 |
Callahan | 2,568 | 817 |
Cameron | 138,314 | 632 |
Camp | 3,756 | 747 |
Carson | 4,916 | 1,661 |
Cass | 7,712 | 718 |
Castro | 2,577 | 682 |
Chambers | 15,791 | 1,177 |
Cherokee | 14,478 | 694 |
Childress | 2,557 | 705 |
Clay | 1,502 | 675 |
Cochran | 642 | 740 |
Coke | 726 | 801 |
Coleman | 1,983 | 592 |
Collin | 416,145 | 1,244 |
Collingsworth | 851 | 758 |
Colorado | 6,752 | 783 |
Comal | 57,366 | 804 |
Comanche | 3,695 | 652 |
Concho | 612 | 706 |
Cooke | 14,591 | 892 |
Coryell | 16,596 | 789 |
Cottle | 400 | 703 |
Crane | 1,495 | 1,222 |
Crockett | 1,547 | 776 |
Crosby | 1,320 | 667 |
Culberson | 1,122 | 984 |
Dallam | 4,774 | 836 |
Dallas | 1,711,908 | 1,245 |
Dawson | 4,137 | 758 |
De Witt | 7,746 | 844 |
Deaf Smith | 7,582 | 793 |
Delta | 1,032 | 502 |
Denton | 246,546 | 946 |
Dickens | 436 | 643 |
Dimmit | 6,810 | 1,051 |
Donley | 949 | 751 |
Duval | 3,614 | 742 |
Eastland | 8,271 | 1,067 |
Ector | 80,212 | 1,172 |
Edwards | 401 | 664 |
El Paso | 306,862 | 735 |
Ellis | 52,304 | 833 |
Erath | 16,951 | 697 |
Falls | 3,189 | 712 |
Fannin | 8,008 | 764 |
Fayette | 9,374 | 775 |
Fisher | 830 | 790 |
Floyd | 1,573 | 672 |
Foard | 345 | 588 |
Fort Bend | 190,756 | 953 |
Franklin | 3,039 | 803 |
Freestone | 4,657 | 792 |
Frio | 7,728 | 957 |
Gaines | 6,333 | 919 |
Galveston | 108,520 | 912 |
Garza | 1,798 | 740 |
Gillespie | 10,683 | 718 |
Glasscock | 699 | 1,099 |
Goliad | 1,331 | 695 |
Gonzales | 7,330 | 823 |
Gray | 7,714 | 939 |
Grayson | 46,929 | 818 |
Gregg | 74,358 | 899 |
Grimes | 7,283 | 934 |
Guadalupe | 41,448 | 830 |
Hale | 11,822 | 703 |
Hall | 806 | 539 |
Hamilton | 2,588 | 700 |
Hansford | 2,197 | 1,052 |
Hardeman | 1,247 | 715 |
Hardin | 13,073 | 807 |
Harris | 2,307,566 | 1,271 |
Harrison | 23,627 | 930 |
Hartley | 2,604 | 771 |
Haskell | 1,507 | 679 |
Hays | 69,854 | 773 |
Hemphill | 2,296 | 1,051 |
Henderson | 17,142 | 700 |
Hidalgo | 258,867 | 662 |
Hill | 10,093 | 779 |
Hockley | 9,993 | 1,043 |
Hood | 16,419 | 839 |
Hopkins | 12,740 | 742 |
Houston | 6,866 | 900 |
Howard | 13,303 | 958 |
Hudspeth | 1,333 | 1,136 |
Hunt | 29,887 | 1,008 |
Hutchinson | 8,179 | 1,119 |
Irion | 931 | 1,024 |
Jack | 3,646 | 1,154 |
Jackson | 5,870 | 837 |
Jasper | 9,852 | 755 |
Jeff Davis | 942 | 602 |
Jefferson | 123,028 | 1,060 |
Jim Hogg | 1,658 | 756 |
Jim Wells | 16,733 | 893 |
Johnson | 47,233 | 857 |
Jones | 2,889 | 730 |
Karnes | 6,394 | 1,024 |
Kaufman | 31,193 | 806 |
Kendall | 16,182 | 951 |
Kenedy | 573 | 1,218 |
Kent | 273 | 715 |
Kerr | 18,084 | 792 |
Kimble | 1,248 | 589 |
King | 116 | 785 |
Kinney | 988 | 883 |
Kleberg | 11,398 | 738 |
Knox | 1,074 | 783 |
La Salle | 3,816 | 1,410 |
Lamar | 21,589 | 776 |
Lamb | 3,918 | 773 |
Lampasas | 4,549 | 657 |
Lavaca | 5,649 | 724 |
Lee | 7,150 | 949 |
Leon | 4,855 | 984 |
Liberty | 18,208 | 870 |
Limestone | 7,657 | 825 |
Lipscomb | 1,314 | 848 |
Live Oak | 3,700 | 1,054 |
Llano | 4,735 | 704 |
Loving | 117 | 899 |
Lubbock | 139,707 | 825 |
Lynn | 1,588 | 916 |
Madison | 4,504 | 763 |
Marion | 1,908 | 627 |
Martin | 2,437 | 1,028 |
Mason | 1,028 | 654 |
Matagorda | 10,863 | 962 |
Maverick | 17,929 | 650 |
McCulloch | 2,918 | 743 |
McLennan | 113,826 | 871 |
McMullen | 490 | 963 |
Medina | 9,708 | 708 |
Menard | 430 | 518 |
Midland | 105,749 | 1,401 |
Milam | 5,290 | 779 |
Mills | 1,242 | 633 |
Mitchell | 1,924 | 792 |
Montague | 4,813 | 768 |
Montgomery | 185,851 | 1,007 |
Moore | 11,246 | 857 |
Morris | 3,636 | 912 |
Motley | 306 | 545 |
Nacogdoches | 22,635 | 708 |
Navarro | 17,360 | 744 |
Newton | 1,301 | 712 |
Nolan | 5,985 | 811 |
Nueces | 161,976 | 906 |
Ochiltree | 4,578 | 917 |
Oldham | 1,004 | 775 |
Orange | 22,902 | 993 |
Palo Pinto | 8,791 | 843 |
Panola | 8,916 | 901 |
Parker | 33,897 | 856 |
Parmer | 5,779 | 839 |
Pecos | 5,826 | 884 |
Polk | 11,393 | 774 |
Potter | 77,293 | 851 |
Presidio | 2,107 | 808 |
Rains | 1,918 | 656 |
Randall | 31,636 | 806 |
Reagan | 2,070 | 1,237 |
Real | 706 | 489 |
Red River | 2,589 | 677 |
Reeves | 7,520 | 1,138 |
Refugio | 2,316 | 806 |
Roberts | 243 | 869 |
Robertson | 4,144 | 845 |
Rockwall | 30,924 | 814 |
Runnels | 2,830 | 682 |
Rusk | 13,654 | 819 |
Sabine | 2,249 | 718 |
San Augustine | 1,832 | 728 |
San Jacinto | 2,033 | 683 |
San Patricio | 18,548 | 913 |
San Saba | 1,878 | 774 |
Schleicher | 797 | 881 |
Scurry | 6,587 | 1,058 |
Shackelford | 1,371 | 1,057 |
Shelby | 8,435 | 736 |
Sherman | 1,020 | 819 |
Smith | 103,725 | 849 |
Somervell | 3,938 | 1,054 |
Starr | 14,811 | 578 |
Stephens | 3,136 | 716 |
Sterling | 520 | 821 |
Stonewall | 490 | 743 |
Sutton | 1,851 | 1,222 |
Swisher | 1,875 | 698 |
Tarrant | 900,510 | 1,029 |
Taylor | 62,365 | 804 |
Terrell | 270 | 815 |
Terry | 3,777 | 859 |
Throckmorton | 461 | 521 |
Titus | 15,793 | 730 |
Tom Green | 48,003 | 817 |
Travis | 753,044 | 1,247 |
Trinity | 2,249 | 642 |
Tyler | 3,823 | 687 |
Upshur | 6,950 | 714 |
Upton | 1,557 | 1,200 |
Uvalde | 9,575 | 657 |
Val Verde | 17,904 | 711 |
Van Zandt | 11,271 | 663 |
Victoria | 39,253 | 871 |
Walker | 25,318 | 774 |
Waller | 16,969 | 893 |
Ward | 5,842 | 1,193 |
Washington | 14,863 | 751 |
Webb | 100,913 | 698 |
Wharton | 16,180 | 764 |
Wheeler | 2,112 | 811 |
Wichita | 54,550 | 768 |
Wilbarger | 5,988 | 706 |
Willacy | 3,584 | 679 |
Williamson | 172,921 | 1,016 |
Wilson | 8,656 | 734 |
Winkler | 3,605 | 1,263 |
Wise | 20,603 | 859 |
Wood | 9,961 | 724 |
Yoakum | 3,607 | 1,203 |
Young | 6,879 | 779 |
Zapata | 3,592 | 945 |
Zavala | 2,394 | 721 |
Footnotes | ||
Note: Covered employment and wages includes workers covered by Unemployment Insurance (UI) and Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees (UCFE) programs. Data are preliminary. |
State | Employment | Average weekly wage (1) | ||||
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September 2018 (thousands) | Percent change, September 2017-18 | Average weekly wage | National ranking by level | Percent change, third quarter 2017-18 | National ranking by percent change | |
United States (2) | 146,824.1 | 1.6 | $1,055 | -- | 3.3 | -- |
Alabama | 1,966.0 | 1.2 | 885 | 38 | 3.1 | 25 |
Alaska | 334.0 | -0.4 | 1,065 | 13 | 3.7 | 12 |
Arizona | 2,838.6 | 2.8 | 974 | 23 | 2.9 | 31 |
Arkansas | 1,222.1 | 0.7 | 811 | 49 | 2.9 | 31 |
California | 17,457.5 | 1.8 | 1,260 | 5 | 3.8 | 9 |
Colorado | 2,684.0 | 2.1 | 1,104 | 9 | 3.5 | 18 |
Connecticut | 1,681.5 | 0.3 | 1,209 | 6 | 2.5 | 41 |
Delaware | 447.8 | 0.6 | 1,046 | 15 | 2.4 | 42 |
District of Columbia | 770.7 | 0.7 | 1,807 | 1 | 2.8 | 36 |
Florida | 8,690.7 | 4.6 | 924 | 29 | 3.1 | 25 |
Georgia | 4,448.8 | 2.3 | 993 | 20 | 3.3 | 21 |
Hawaii | 654.7 | 0.0 | 975 | 22 | 2.4 | 42 |
Idaho | 743.5 | 3.0 | 805 | 50 | 3.2 | 23 |
Illinois | 6,029.2 | 0.8 | 1,087 | 10 | 3.0 | 28 |
Indiana | 3,072.3 | 0.9 | 883 | 39 | 2.4 | 42 |
Iowa | 1,555.0 | 0.6 | 887 | 37 | 3.7 | 12 |
Kansas | 1,390.4 | 1.0 | 867 | 42 | 3.5 | 18 |
Kentucky | 1,898.7 | 0.5 | 855 | 43 | 2.2 | 47 |
Louisiana | 1,915.4 | 0.5 | 901 | 33 | 3.7 | 12 |
Maine | 626.5 | 0.6 | 851 | 45 | 3.7 | 12 |
Maryland | 2,683.9 | 0.7 | 1,130 | 8 | 2.4 | 42 |
Massachusetts | 3,598.1 | 0.7 | 1,305 | 2 | 3.2 | 23 |
Michigan | 4,366.5 | 0.8 | 991 | 21 | 2.8 | 36 |
Minnesota | 2,904.3 | 0.8 | 1,074 | 12 | 4.2 | 5 |
Mississippi | 1,133.7 | 0.2 | 754 | 51 | 3.4 | 20 |
Missouri | 2,812.0 | 0.4 | 907 | 31 | 3.3 | 21 |
Montana | 473.3 | 1.0 | 815 | 48 | 2.8 | 36 |
Nebraska | 980.3 | 0.6 | 873 | 41 | 2.8 | 36 |
Nevada | 1,382.9 | 3.4 | 936 | 28 | 2.4 | 42 |
New Hampshire | 662.3 | 0.5 | 1,040 | 16 | 1.7 | 49 |
New Jersey | 4,072.6 | 0.8 | 1,181 | 7 | 2.1 | 48 |
New Mexico | 826.2 | 1.2 | 855 | 43 | 3.9 | 7 |
New York | 9,467.5 | 1.4 | 1,272 | 4 | 4.2 | 5 |
North Carolina | 4,398.0 | 1.1 | 938 | 26 | 3.8 | 9 |
North Dakota | 424.3 | 1.1 | 995 | 19 | 4.4 | 3 |
Ohio | 5,424.4 | 0.7 | 947 | 25 | 2.9 | 31 |
Oklahoma | 1,616.8 | 1.2 | 874 | 40 | 3.6 | 16 |
Oregon | 1,939.8 | 1.5 | 1,005 | 18 | 3.8 | 9 |
Pennsylvania | 5,894.8 | 1.0 | 1,031 | 17 | 3.0 | 28 |
Rhode Island | 489.4 | 1.0 | 963 | 24 | -1.3 | 51 |
South Carolina | 2,088.2 | 2.8 | 834 | 46 | 0.8 | 50 |
South Dakota | 431.5 | 1.3 | 827 | 47 | 3.0 | 28 |
Tennessee | 3,005.6 | 1.7 | 938 | 26 | 3.9 | 7 |
Texas | 12,327.0 | 2.6 | 1,064 | 14 | 3.1 | 25 |
Utah | 1,494.4 | 3.4 | 911 | 30 | 3.6 | 16 |
Vermont | 310.9 | 0.0 | 892 | 36 | 2.6 | 40 |
Virginia | 3,889.6 | 1.1 | 1,082 | 11 | 2.9 | 31 |
Washington | 3,425.6 | 2.4 | 1,280 | 3 | 6.2 | 2 |
West Virginia | 706.0 | 1.7 | 894 | 35 | 8.1 | 1 |
Wisconsin | 2,888.9 | 0.7 | 901 | 33 | 2.9 | 31 |
Wyoming | 278.2 | 0.6 | 905 | 32 | 4.3 | 4 |
Puerto Rico | 862.5 | 0.2 | 534 | (3) | 5.3 | (3) |
Virgin Islands | 33.4 | -8.0 | 888 | (3) | 18.6 | (3) |
Footnotes: | ||||||
Note: Data are preliminary. Covered employment and wages includes workers covered by Unemployment Insurance (UI) and Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees (UCFE) programs. |
Last Modified Date: Tuesday, March 26, 2019