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

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State	Sep. 2023 (thousands)	Aug. 2024 (thousands)	Sep. 2024 ^(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	2,171.2	2,217.0	2,217.1	0.1	0.0	45.9	2.1
Alaska	330.4	338.6	339.9	1.3	0.4	9.5	2.9
Arizona	3,205.5	3,260.3	3,271.5	11.2	0.3	66.0	2.1
Arkansas	1,354.0	1,372.1	1,372.5	0.4	0.0	18.5	1.4
California	17,832.4	18,083.0	18,097.7	14.7	0.1	265.3	1.5
Colorado	2,962.6	2,997.0	3,009.7	12.7	0.4	47.1	1.6
Connecticut	1,698.5	1,710.6	1,710.3	-0.3	0.0	11.8	0.7
Delaware	485.8	489.0	489.8	0.8	0.2	4.0	0.8
District of Columbia	766.1	770.4	775.3	4.9	0.6	9.2	1.2
Florida	9,792.4	9,980.1	9,997.1	17.0	0.2	204.7	2.1
Georgia	4,923.4	4,983.5	4,990.3	6.8	0.1	66.9	1.4
Hawaii	630.2	638.4	639.2	0.8	0.1	9.0	1.4
Idaho	850.0	873.4	879.2	5.8	0.7	29.2	3.4
Illinois	6,132.3	6,160.6	6,167.7	7.1	0.1	35.4	0.6
Indiana	3,252.5	3,302.5	3,302.0	-0.5	0.0	49.5	1.5
Iowa	1,592.0	1,608.4	1,603.6	-4.8	-0.3	11.6	0.7
Kansas	1,445.9	1,462.4	1,465.1	2.7	0.2	19.2	1.3
Kentucky	2,026.6	2,040.6	2,045.4	4.8	0.2	18.8	0.9
Louisiana	1,956.7	1,961.0	1,958.7	-2.3	-0.1	2.0	0.1
Maine	651.3	656.6	656.9	0.3	0.0	5.6	0.9
Maryland	2,751.2	2,766.5	2,769.2	2.7	0.1	18.0	0.7
Massachusetts	3,709.6	3,746.3	3,743.7	-2.6	-0.1	34.1	0.9
Michigan	4,464.5	4,486.6	4,491.6	5.0	0.1	27.1	0.6
Minnesota	2,995.9	3,025.4	3,031.7	6.3	0.2	35.8	1.2
Mississippi	1,181.9	1,190.8	1,191.7	0.9	0.1	9.8	0.8
Missouri	2,978.3	3,065.7	3,064.8	-0.9	0.0	86.5	2.9
Montana	521.8	538.1	539.6	1.5	0.3	17.8	3.4
Nebraska	1,053.4	1,072.7	1,076.3	3.6	0.3	22.9	2.2
Nevada	1,548.9	1,582.0	1,582.0	0.0	0.0	33.1	2.1
New Hampshire	700.4	712.0	714.1	2.1	0.3	13.7	2.0
New Jersey	4,341.5	4,373.9	4,393.1	19.2	0.4	51.6	1.2
New Mexico	872.7	886.6	888.7	2.1	0.2	16.0	1.8
New York	9,749.6	9,883.3	9,885.3	2.0	0.0	135.7	1.4
North Carolina	4,957.1	5,025.7	5,033.7	8.0	0.2	76.6	1.5
North Dakota	439.1	446.3	448.7	2.4	0.5	9.6	2.2
Ohio	5,637.1	5,662.1	5,675.6	13.5	0.2	38.5	0.7
Oklahoma	1,761.5	1,783.4	1,786.2	2.8	0.2	24.7	1.4
Oregon	1,985.2	1,988.7	1,989.5	0.8	0.0	4.3	0.2
Pennsylvania	6,102.3	6,198.2	6,205.0	6.8	0.1	102.7	1.7
Rhode Island	506.4	509.6	512.9	3.3	0.6	6.5	1.3
South Carolina	2,319.7	2,390.3	2,396.1	5.8	0.2	76.4	3.3
South Dakota	464.1	464.5	466.2	1.7	0.4	2.1	0.5
Tennessee	3,305.7	3,333.5	3,336.8	3.3	0.1	31.1	0.9
Texas	13,962.5	14,260.7	14,289.9	29.2	0.2	327.4	2.3
Utah	1,734.0	1,763.5	1,765.4	1.9	0.1	31.4	1.8
Vermont	310.1	315.7	315.8	0.1	0.0	5.7	1.8
Virginia	4,187.4	4,248.8	4,250.9	2.1	0.0	63.5	1.5
Washington	3,604.3	3,671.3	3,669.3	-2.0	-0.1	65.0	1.8
West Virginia	712.9	718.9	719.3	0.4	0.1	6.4	0.9
Wisconsin	3,014.0	3,048.8	3,044.8	-4.0	-0.1	30.8	1.0
Wyoming	291.9	294.2	294.8	0.6	0.2	2.9	1.0
Footnotes: ^(p) Data are preliminary. NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Data have been revised to reflect 2023 benchmarks and updated seasonal adjustment factors. Seasonally adjusted data from January 2019 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: October 22, 2024