Change in total nonfarm employment by state, over-the-month and over-the-year, seasonally adjusted

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State	May. 2024 (thousands)	Apr. 2025 (thousands)	May. 2025 ^(p) (thousands)	Over-the-month net change (thousands)	Over-the-month percent change (%)	Over-the-year net change (thousands)	Over-the-year percent change (%)

Alabama	2,189.9	2,215.4	2,215.8	0.4	0.0	25.9	1.2
Alaska	333.7	336.8	336.8	0.0	0.0	3.1	0.9
Arizona	3,240.2	3,268.8	3,265.3	-3.5	-0.1	25.1	0.8
Arkansas	1,362.3	1,379.0	1,380.6	1.6	0.1	18.3	1.3
California	17,930.3	18,005.5	18,023.2	17.7	0.1	92.9	0.5
Colorado	2,969.7	2,988.5	2,991.9	3.4	0.1	22.2	0.7
Connecticut	1,708.3	1,716.6	1,710.1	-6.5	-0.4	1.8	0.1
Delaware	489.1	494.1	494.1	0.0	0.0	5.0	1.0
District of Columbia	769.5	768.0	767.7	-0.3	0.0	-1.8	-0.2
Florida	9,938.0	10,066.2	10,086.7	20.5	0.2	148.7	1.5
Georgia	4,974.1	4,983.7	4,988.6	4.9	0.1	14.5	0.3
Hawaii	638.2	651.4	652.1	0.7	0.1	13.9	2.2
Idaho	861.0	880.9	883.4	2.5	0.3	22.4	2.6
Illinois	6,144.9	6,166.0	6,166.1	0.1	0.0	21.2	0.3
Indiana	3,262.5	3,276.5	3,284.0	7.5	0.2	21.5	0.7
Iowa	1,601.5	1,598.5	1,593.3	-5.2	-0.3	-8.2	-0.5
Kansas	1,450.9	1,461.6	1,463.4	1.8	0.1	12.5	0.9
Kentucky	2,037.2	2,052.3	2,057.4	5.1	0.2	20.2	1.0
Louisiana	1,980.7	1,998.8	2,000.5	1.7	0.1	19.8	1.0
Maine	657.4	658.3	657.1	-1.2	-0.2	-0.3	0.0
Maryland	2,825.0	2,848.0	2,850.9	2.9	0.1	25.9	0.9
Massachusetts	3,723.6	3,725.2	3,728.4	3.2	0.1	4.8	0.1
Michigan	4,489.4	4,528.2	4,538.3	10.1	0.2	48.9	1.1
Minnesota	3,012.0	3,049.4	3,056.0	6.6	0.2	44.0	1.5
Mississippi	1,186.5	1,200.3	1,200.6	0.3	0.0	14.1	1.2
Missouri	2,991.4	2,998.6	3,002.3	3.7	0.1	10.9	0.4
Montana	526.5	526.4	528.4	2.0	0.4	1.9	0.4
Nebraska	1,058.4	1,063.2	1,066.2	3.0	0.3	7.8	0.7
Nevada	1,570.5	1,579.9	1,580.4	0.5	0.0	9.9	0.6
New Hampshire	698.8	709.4	711.1	1.7	0.2	12.3	1.8
New Jersey	4,369.2	4,394.5	4,394.5	0.0	0.0	25.3	0.6
New Mexico	885.4	899.7	902.9	3.2	0.4	17.5	2.0
New York	9,869.2	9,964.5	9,969.6	5.1	0.1	100.4	1.0
North Carolina	5,024.0	5,091.5	5,091.9	0.4	0.0	67.9	1.4
North Dakota	446.4	450.2	450.7	0.5	0.1	4.3	1.0
Ohio	5,649.9	5,712.1	5,705.6	-6.5	-0.1	55.7	1.0
Oklahoma	1,777.0	1,801.3	1,801.6	0.3	0.0	24.6	1.4
Oregon	1,991.3	2,012.0	2,010.6	-1.4	-0.1	19.3	1.0
Pennsylvania	6,134.2	6,221.4	6,223.4	2.0	0.0	89.2	1.5
Rhode Island	512.1	515.8	516.9	1.1	0.2	4.8	0.9
South Carolina	2,350.6	2,407.7	2,413.1	5.4	0.2	62.5	2.7
South Dakota	468.1	472.5	471.8	-0.7	-0.1	3.7	0.8
Tennessee	3,374.6	3,393.3	3,391.5	-1.8	-0.1	16.9	0.5
Texas	14,127.5	14,312.7	14,340.8	28.1	0.2	213.3	1.5
Utah	1,739.4	1,777.3	1,781.5	4.2	0.2	42.1	2.4
Vermont	311.4	313.7	314.6	0.9	0.3	3.2	1.0
Virginia	4,226.7	4,274.9	4,276.1	1.2	0.0	49.4	1.2
Washington	3,639.1	3,664.1	3,664.6	0.5	0.0	25.5	0.7
West Virginia	726.4	716.3	717.0	0.7	0.1	-9.4	-1.3
Wisconsin	3,034.9	3,050.5	3,049.5	-1.0	0.0	14.6	0.5
Wyoming	294.0	296.9	296.6	-0.3	-0.1	2.6	0.9
Footnotes: ^(p) Data are preliminary. NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Data have been revised to reflect 2024 benchmarks and updated seasonal adjustment factors. Seasonally adjusted data from January 2020 are subject to revision. Some seasonally adjusted series may have been revised back to 1990. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmark are preliminary and will be revised when new information becomes available.

Last Modified Date: June 24, 2025