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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 Jan. 2022
(thousands)
Dec. 2022
(thousands)
Jan. 2023 (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

2,086.5 2,136.0 2,138.7 2.7 0.1 52.2 2.5

Alaska

317.1 325.2 326.8 1.6 0.5 9.7 3.1

Arizona

3,047.5 3,122.6 3,145.3 22.7 0.7 97.8 3.2

Arkansas

1,313.4 1,350.9 1,357.6 6.7 0.5 44.2 3.4

California

17,366.9 17,869.7 17,966.4 96.7 0.5 599.5 3.5

Colorado

2,826.0 2,882.2 2,883.0 0.8 0.0 57.0 2.0

Connecticut

1,646.5 1,673.1 1,681.8 8.7 0.5 35.3 2.1

Delaware

465.9 477.0 479.3 2.3 0.5 13.4 2.9

District of Columbia

757.4 770.2 770.7 0.5 0.1 13.3 1.8

Florida

9,201.2 9,620.1 9,650.1 30.0 0.3 448.9 4.9

Georgia

4,714.4 4,857.4 4,874.0 16.6 0.3 159.6 3.4

Hawaii

604.5 626.8 628.9 2.1 0.3 24.4 4.0

Idaho

816.4 837.4 842.0 4.6 0.5 25.6 3.1

Illinois

5,942.0 6,091.6 6,105.9 14.3 0.2 163.9 2.8

Indiana

3,149.7 3,222.7 3,236.3 13.6 0.4 86.6 2.7

Iowa

1,553.1 1,583.0 1,591.3 8.3 0.5 38.2 2.5

Kansas

1,403.1 1,443.5 1,452.0 8.5 0.6 48.9 3.5

Kentucky

1,939.4 1,975.6 1,984.3 8.7 0.4 44.9 2.3

Louisiana

1,906.0 1,936.6 1,943.4 6.8 0.4 37.4 2.0

Maine

631.8 646.9 648.0 1.1 0.2 16.2 2.6

Maryland

2,689.2 2,722.2 2,730.4 8.2 0.3 41.2 1.5

Massachusetts

3,626.3 3,723.9 3,743.5 19.6 0.5 117.2 3.2

Michigan

4,306.3 4,389.8 4,403.2 13.4 0.3 96.9 2.3

Minnesota

2,894.5 2,958.7 2,972.8 14.1 0.5 78.3 2.7

Mississippi

1,156.0 1,174.3 1,177.6 3.3 0.3 21.6 1.9

Missouri

2,885.5 2,957.0 2,968.6 11.6 0.4 83.1 2.9

Montana

501.8 515.6 517.1 1.5 0.3 15.3 3.0

Nebraska

1,016.6 1,039.1 1,041.6 2.5 0.2 25.0 2.5

Nevada

1,444.2 1,525.9 1,530.5 4.6 0.3 86.3 6.0

New Hampshire

678.8 694.0 698.5 4.5 0.6 19.7 2.9

New Jersey

4,172.5 4,297.4 4,321.6 24.2 0.6 149.1 3.6

New Mexico

834.5 854.9 860.4 5.5 0.6 25.9 3.1

New York

9,348.9 9,660.2 9,688.6 28.4 0.3 339.7 3.6

North Carolina

4,698.1 4,852.5 4,867.8 15.3 0.3 169.7 3.6

North Dakota

422.7 430.4 432.1 1.7 0.4 9.4 2.2

Ohio

5,481.0 5,554.7 5,569.5 14.8 0.3 88.5 1.6

Oklahoma

1,677.4 1,721.9 1,727.3 5.4 0.3 49.9 3.0

Oregon

1,919.2 1,980.1 1,990.0 9.9 0.5 70.8 3.7

Pennsylvania

5,895.6 6,071.0 6,085.8 14.8 0.2 190.2 3.2

Rhode Island

487.5 497.4 496.7 -0.7 -0.1 9.2 1.9

South Carolina

2,200.5 2,263.7 2,272.6 8.9 0.4 72.1 3.3

South Dakota

447.3 456.9 459.3 2.4 0.5 12.0 2.7

Tennessee

3,186.6 3,288.0 3,309.8 21.8 0.7 123.2 3.9

Texas

13,128.2 13,733.7 13,782.3 48.6 0.4 654.1 5.0

Utah

1,651.2 1,695.5 1,699.7 4.2 0.2 48.5 2.9

Vermont

300.3 304.6 306.3 1.7 0.6 6.0 2.0

Virginia

4,012.7 4,111.9 4,131.6 19.7 0.5 118.9 3.0

Washington

3,458.8 3,585.5 3,596.3 10.8 0.3 137.5 4.0

West Virginia

694.3 694.9 697.7 2.8 0.4 3.4 0.5

Wisconsin

2,932.1 2,983.8 2,987.9 4.1 0.1 55.8 1.9

Wyoming

282.0 288.4 288.0 -0.4 -0.1 6.0 2.1
Footnotes:

(p) Data are preliminary.

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Data have been revised to reflect 2022 benchmarks and updated seasonal adjustment factors. Seasonally adjusted data from January 2018 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: March 13, 2023