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

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State	Dec. 2024 (thousands)	Nov. 2025 (thousands)	Dec. 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	2,200.3	2,208.8	2,211.2	2.4	0.1	10.9	0.5
Alaska	339.3	338.1	337.9	-0.2	-0.1	-1.4	-0.4
Arizona	3,240.2	3,258.2	3,264.6	6.4	0.2	24.4	0.8
Arkansas	1,377.2	1,391.4	1,392.9	1.5	0.1	15.7	1.1
California	18,032.4	18,022.9	18,021.2	-1.7	0.0	-11.2	-0.1
Colorado	2,977.1	2,998.9	3,000.1	1.2	0.0	23.0	0.8
Connecticut	1,716.1	1,714.4	1,713.9	-0.5	0.0	-2.2	-0.1
Delaware	490.8	494.3	496.1	1.8	0.4	5.3	1.1
District of Columbia	772.2	739.3	739.8	0.5	0.1	-32.4	-4.2
Florida	10,002.1	10,046.3	10,042.1	-4.2	0.0	40.0	0.4
Georgia	4,984.3	4,986.7	4,991.7	5.0	0.1	7.4	0.1
Hawaii	645.8	653.3	653.2	-0.1	0.0	7.4	1.1
Idaho	876.9	885.6	885.9	0.3	0.0	9.0	1.0
Illinois	6,161.0	6,147.5	6,159.3	11.8	0.2	-1.7	0.0
Indiana	3,270.2	3,286.0	3,278.3	-7.7	-0.2	8.1	0.2
Iowa	1,592.8	1,598.8	1,595.5	-3.3	-0.2	2.7	0.2
Kansas	1,458.9	1,462.0	1,457.5	-4.5	-0.3	-1.4	-0.1
Kentucky	2,044.8	2,051.4	2,051.1	-0.3	0.0	6.3	0.3
Louisiana	1,989.5	2,006.2	2,012.4	6.2	0.3	22.9	1.2
Maine	658.3	654.2	654.1	-0.1	0.0	-4.2	-0.6
Maryland	2,840.6	2,828.9	2,828.2	-0.7	0.0	-12.4	-0.4
Massachusetts	3,722.2	3,718.9	3,723.5	4.6	0.1	1.3	0.0
Michigan	4,509.5	4,538.2	4,543.3	5.1	0.1	33.8	0.7
Minnesota	3,034.4	3,068.5	3,068.5	0.0	0.0	34.1	1.1
Mississippi	1,194.8	1,206.1	1,203.8	-2.3	-0.2	9.0	0.8
Missouri	3,000.0	3,052.0	3,052.8	0.8	0.0	52.8	1.8
Montana	528.2	530.3	532.4	2.1	0.4	4.2	0.8
Nebraska	1,060.3	1,058.0	1,055.3	-2.7	-0.3	-5.0	-0.5
Nevada	1,580.4	1,571.9	1,571.4	-0.5	0.0	-9.0	-0.6
New Hampshire	711.6	706.6	705.6	-1.0	-0.1	-6.0	-0.8
New Jersey	4,393.2	4,396.5	4,402.2	5.7	0.1	9.0	0.2
New Mexico	895.7	905.7	904.3	-1.4	-0.2	8.6	1.0
New York	9,946.5	10,001.3	10,020.4	19.1	0.2	73.9	0.7
North Carolina	5,044.3	5,121.7	5,125.0	3.3	0.1	80.7	1.6
North Dakota	449.2	449.8	449.0	-0.8	-0.2	-0.2	0.0
Ohio	5,654.6	5,705.4	5,708.9	3.5	0.1	54.3	1.0
Oklahoma	1,792.3	1,808.8	1,808.7	-0.1	0.0	16.4	0.9
Oregon	1,999.7	2,007.4	2,005.2	-2.2	-0.1	5.5	0.3
Pennsylvania	6,180.8	6,257.1	6,257.4	0.3	0.0	76.6	1.2
Rhode Island	514.5	513.6	513.1	-0.5	-0.1	-1.4	-0.3
South Carolina	2,383.7	2,423.2	2,417.3	-5.9	-0.2	33.6	1.4
South Dakota	470.5	473.5	473.1	-0.4	-0.1	2.6	0.6
Tennessee	3,385.9	3,414.0	3,408.9	-5.1	-0.1	23.0	0.7
Texas	14,208.5	14,321.3	14,341.0	19.7	0.1	132.5	0.9
Utah	1,764.0	1,779.9	1,784.6	4.7	0.3	20.6	1.2
Vermont	311.2	313.7	314.2	0.5	0.2	3.0	1.0
Virginia	4,273.9	4,266.3	4,262.2	-4.1	-0.1	-11.7	-0.3
Washington	3,674.2	3,663.3	3,662.0	-1.3	0.0	-12.2	-0.3
West Virginia	716.1	714.9	713.8	-1.1	-0.2	-2.3	-0.3
Wisconsin	3,047.6	3,045.3	3,054.3	9.0	0.3	6.7	0.2
Wyoming	296.0	295.9	295.4	-0.5	-0.2	-0.6	-0.2
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: January 27, 2026