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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 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