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