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

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State	Oct. 2022 (thousands)	Sep. 2023 (thousands)	Oct. 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	2,125.0	2,156.2	2,151.5	-4.7	-0.2	26.5	1.2
Alaska	321.8	326.3	328.0	1.7	0.5	6.2	1.9
Arizona	3,113.0	3,168.9	3,167.7	-1.2	0.0	54.7	1.8
Arkansas	1,347.9	1,364.2	1,360.7	-3.5	-0.3	12.8	0.9
California	17,869.6	18,114.7	18,154.9	40.2	0.2	285.3	1.6
Colorado	2,884.6	2,916.2	2,917.7	1.5	0.1	33.1	1.1
Connecticut	1,669.4	1,695.0	1,698.7	3.7	0.2	29.3	1.8
Delaware	476.6	487.6	486.6	-1.0	-0.2	10.0	2.1
District of Columbia	767.2	780.0	780.0	0.0	0.0	12.8	1.7
Florida	9,545.6	9,795.6	9,824.0	28.4	0.3	278.4	2.9
Georgia	4,843.9	4,938.4	4,937.3	-1.1	0.0	93.4	1.9
Hawaii	627.3	633.0	633.9	0.9	0.1	6.6	1.1
Idaho	834.6	859.8	863.5	3.7	0.4	28.9	3.5
Illinois	6,080.6	6,160.9	6,145.9	-15.0	-0.2	65.3	1.1
Indiana	3,221.7	3,278.5	3,284.1	5.6	0.2	62.4	1.9
Iowa	1,582.0	1,584.2	1,585.1	0.9	0.1	3.1	0.2
Kansas	1,437.5	1,449.9	1,453.1	3.2	0.2	15.6	1.1
Kentucky	1,982.2	2,032.9	2,034.4	1.5	0.1	52.2	2.6
Louisiana	1,929.4	1,978.8	1,972.8	-6.0	-0.3	43.4	2.2
Maine	641.4	649.2	650.3	1.1	0.2	8.9	1.4
Maryland	2,715.3	2,770.3	2,759.2	-11.1	-0.4	43.9	1.6
Massachusetts	3,705.6	3,783.5	3,782.7	-0.8	0.0	77.1	2.1
Michigan	4,380.0	4,429.1	4,420.5	-8.6	-0.2	40.5	0.9
Minnesota	2,959.9	2,994.3	3,001.3	7.0	0.2	41.4	1.4
Mississippi	1,172.1	1,174.1	1,172.5	-1.6	-0.1	0.4	0.0
Missouri	2,951.4	2,987.1	2,992.7	5.6	0.2	41.3	1.4
Montana	513.0	519.5	521.1	1.6	0.3	8.1	1.6
Nebraska	1,033.6	1,046.7	1,047.1	0.4	0.0	13.5	1.3
Nevada	1,519.1	1,565.8	1,571.3	5.5	0.4	52.2	3.4
New Hampshire	690.5	702.1	703.5	1.4	0.2	13.0	1.9
New Jersey	4,267.3	4,346.4	4,353.0	6.6	0.2	85.7	2.0
New Mexico	854.5	871.6	871.6	0.0	0.0	17.1	2.0
New York	9,597.4	9,739.5	9,716.8	-22.7	-0.2	119.4	1.2
North Carolina	4,841.8	4,946.1	4,938.4	-7.7	-0.2	96.6	2.0
North Dakota	431.6	439.0	439.0	0.0	0.0	7.4	1.7
Ohio	5,546.3	5,648.2	5,655.9	7.7	0.1	109.6	2.0
Oklahoma	1,712.7	1,735.7	1,735.6	-0.1	0.0	22.9	1.3
Oregon	1,968.5	2,006.9	2,002.3	-4.6	-0.2	33.8	1.7
Pennsylvania	6,038.9	6,172.8	6,168.1	-4.7	-0.1	129.2	2.1
Rhode Island	497.5	495.7	495.0	-0.7	-0.1	-2.5	-0.5
South Carolina	2,264.8	2,307.9	2,314.0	6.1	0.3	49.2	2.2
South Dakota	456.0	466.1	466.5	0.4	0.1	10.5	2.3
Tennessee	3,277.5	3,323.7	3,317.6	-6.1	-0.2	40.1	1.2
Texas	13,656.7	14,049.5	14,048.2	-1.3	0.0	391.5	2.9
Utah	1,692.6	1,727.2	1,732.2	5.0	0.3	39.6	2.3
Vermont	304.4	307.2	307.7	0.5	0.2	3.3	1.1
Virginia	4,106.1	4,164.5	4,164.5	0.0	0.0	58.4	1.4
Washington	3,567.8	3,642.5	3,650.4	7.9	0.2	82.6	2.3
West Virginia	696.1	706.5	706.2	-0.3	0.0	10.1	1.5
Wisconsin	2,981.1	3,015.3	3,013.9	-1.4	0.0	32.8	1.1
Wyoming	285.8	293.4	293.3	-0.1	0.0	7.5	2.6
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 2017 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: November 17, 2023