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State and Metro Area Employment, Hours, & Earnings

Current Employment Statistics sample by State

Each month the Current Employment Statistics (CES) program surveys about 122,000 businesses and government agencies nationwide, representing approximately 666,000 individual worksites, in order to provide detailed industry data on employment, hours, and earnings for the nation as a whole, all States, and most major metropolitan areas. The table below presents the number of businesses and worksites that are surveyed each month by State. For more details on the CES sample, please visit https://www.bls.gov/web/empsit/cestn.htm#section1.

Current Employment Statistics sample by State
UI Accounts Establishments

Total U.S.

122,000 666,000

Alabama

2,550 13,100

Alaska

1,080 2,270

Arizona

2,040 11,860

Arkansas

1,410 6,450

California

12,960 72,560

Colorado

2,040 9,280

Connecticut

1,770 7,450

Delaware

970 2,090

District of Columbia

880 2,190

Florida

4,640 44,850

Georgia

3,310 25,510

Hawaii

620 2,540

Idaho

1,320 4,090

Illinois

5,670 21,150

Indiana

2,010 12,400

Iowa

1,900 9,260

Kansas

2,250 6,730

Kentucky

1,970 8,190

Louisiana

1,750 9,740

Maine

1,420 4,770

Maryland

1,780 9,710

Massachusetts

3,190 13,480

Michigan

3,850 15,780

Minnesota

2,040 9,290

Mississippi

1,560 7,090

Missouri

2,350 15,950

Montana

1,270 3,470

Nebraska

1,540 5,170

Nevada

890 3,940

New Hampshire

1,130 4,330

New Jersey

3,230 17,280

New Mexico

1,370 6,110

New York

6,190 47,920

North Carolina

2,760 21,560

North Dakota

1,080 2,600

Ohio

3,310 24,780

Oklahoma

1,680 8,600

Oregon

2,280 11,240

Pennsylvania

3,810 22,960

Rhode Island

850 1,930

South Carolina

1,820 10,460

South Dakota

1,300 2,510

Tennessee

2,890 12,830

Texas

5,320 51,780

Utah

1,440 7,570

Vermont

1,020 2,180

Virginia

2,270 19,470

Washington

2,680 11,140

West Virginia

1,280 5,260

Wisconsin

2,020 10,740

Wyoming

1,250 2,470

Puerto Rico

800 3,340

Virgin Islands

200 220

Notes
1. U.S. Total excludes Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands
2. U.S. Total rounded to thousands
3. State totals rounded to tens

 

Last Modified Date: March 13, 2023