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State and Metro Area Employment, Hours, & Earnings

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

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State Mar. 2024
(thousands)
Feb. 2025
(thousands)
Mar. 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

2,187.0 2,202.5 2,207.7 5.2 0.2 20.7 0.9

Alaska

333.5 337.6 338.2 0.6 0.2 4.7 1.4

Arizona

3,266.2 3,245.0 3,256.4 11.4 0.4 -9.8 -0.3

Arkansas

1,364.5 1,381.7 1,381.5 -0.2 0.0 17.0 1.2

California

17,931.1 17,989.2 17,977.6 -11.6 -0.1 46.5 0.3

Colorado

2,970.5 2,966.0 2,972.8 6.8 0.2 2.3 0.1

Connecticut

1,705.4 1,715.9 1,711.4 -4.5 -0.3 6.0 0.4

Delaware

489.1 492.6 493.2 0.6 0.1 4.1 0.8

District of Columbia

769.4 768.0 769.7 1.7 0.2 0.3 0.0

Florida

9,915.0 10,031.9 10,050.0 18.1 0.2 135.0 1.4

Georgia

4,956.4 4,972.6 4,979.5 6.9 0.1 23.1 0.5

Hawaii

638.0 647.3 649.8 2.5 0.4 11.8 1.8

Idaho

854.6 877.3 876.6 -0.7 -0.1 22.0 2.6

Illinois

6,138.1 6,157.5 6,172.3 14.8 0.2 34.2 0.6

Indiana

3,255.3 3,259.9 3,270.7 10.8 0.3 15.4 0.5

Iowa

1,604.1 1,593.8 1,592.3 -1.5 -0.1 -11.8 -0.7

Kansas

1,455.8 1,457.6 1,458.5 0.9 0.1 2.7 0.2

Kentucky

2,035.3 2,047.6 2,053.9 6.3 0.3 18.6 0.9

Louisiana

1,980.5 1,999.4 2,000.8 1.4 0.1 20.3 1.0

Maine

656.7 657.9 658.5 0.6 0.1 1.8 0.3

Maryland

2,835.7 2,847.6 2,846.4 -1.2 0.0 10.7 0.4

Massachusetts

3,729.8 3,714.3 3,718.7 4.4 0.1 -11.1 -0.3

Michigan

4,486.4 4,515.1 4,510.4 -4.7 -0.1 24.0 0.5

Minnesota

3,013.1 3,039.0 3,049.7 10.7 0.4 36.6 1.2

Mississippi

1,188.3 1,199.3 1,196.4 -2.9 -0.2 8.1 0.7

Missouri

2,986.1 2,992.4 3,006.3 13.9 0.5 20.2 0.7

Montana

523.3 524.6 526.1 1.5 0.3 2.8 0.5

Nebraska

1,058.8 1,059.1 1,061.0 1.9 0.2 2.2 0.2

Nevada

1,565.4 1,573.2 1,574.2 1.0 0.1 8.8 0.6

New Hampshire

703.4 709.8 711.0 1.2 0.2 7.6 1.1

New Jersey

4,360.0 4,396.5 4,393.8 -2.7 -0.1 33.8 0.8

New Mexico

888.7 899.5 900.5 1.0 0.1 11.8 1.3

New York

9,840.4 9,960.3 9,966.6 6.3 0.1 126.2 1.3

North Carolina

5,006.5 5,062.6 5,070.9 8.3 0.2 64.4 1.3

North Dakota

444.6 447.9 449.1 1.2 0.3 4.5 1.0

Ohio

5,650.7 5,685.7 5,693.2 7.5 0.1 42.5 0.8

Oklahoma

1,779.4 1,797.6 1,796.1 -1.5 -0.1 16.7 0.9

Oregon

1,987.4 2,004.8 2,012.1 7.3 0.4 24.7 1.2

Pennsylvania

6,131.0 6,196.8 6,217.7 20.9 0.3 86.7 1.4

Rhode Island

511.9 515.2 515.6 0.4 0.1 3.7 0.7

South Carolina

2,344.6 2,389.8 2,400.0 10.2 0.4 55.4 2.4

South Dakota

467.7 471.4 471.5 0.1 0.0 3.8 0.8

Tennessee

3,374.5 3,384.5 3,383.2 -1.3 0.0 8.7 0.3

Texas

14,090.5 14,256.1 14,282.6 26.5 0.2 192.1 1.4

Utah

1,739.5 1,770.4 1,772.5 2.1 0.1 33.0 1.9

Vermont

311.7 313.2 314.1 0.9 0.3 2.4 0.8

Virginia

4,223.1 4,265.5 4,271.4 5.9 0.1 48.3 1.1

Washington

3,625.8 3,662.4 3,665.8 3.4 0.1 40.0 1.1

West Virginia

718.8 717.9 716.8 -1.1 -0.2 -2.0 -0.3

Wisconsin

3,040.2 3,045.2 3,055.2 10.0 0.3 15.0 0.5

Wyoming

293.4 296.5 296.5 0.0 0.0 3.1 1.1
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: April 18, 2025