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

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State	Feb. 2025 (thousands)	Jan. 2026 (thousands)	Feb. 2026 ^(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	2,195.8	2,202.9	2,202.7	-0.2	0.0	6.9	0.3
Alaska	337.8	337.2	337.2	0.0	0.0	-0.6	-0.2
Arizona	3,273.6	3,262.3	3,273.3	11.0	0.3	-0.3	0.0
Arkansas	1,336.7	1,345.9	1,345.8	-0.1	0.0	9.1	0.7
California	18,003.9	18,144.3	18,124.4	-19.9	-0.1	120.5	0.7
Colorado	2,962.6	2,960.7	2,953.5	-7.2	-0.2	-9.1	-0.3
Connecticut	1,716.0	1,721.2	1,717.0	-4.2	-0.2	1.0	0.1
Delaware	495.7	495.4	495.0	-0.4	-0.1	-0.7	-0.1
District of Columbia	762.2	720.1	720.0	-0.1	0.0	-42.2	-5.5
Florida	10,005.9	9,967.4	9,969.2	1.8	0.0	-36.7	-0.4
Georgia	4,983.0	4,981.4	4,977.2	-4.2	-0.1	-5.8	-0.1
Hawaii	641.6	643.3	643.7	0.4	0.1	2.1	0.3
Idaho	871.3	878.7	875.9	-2.8	-0.3	4.6	0.5
Illinois	6,157.1	6,155.0	6,137.2	-17.8	-0.3	-19.9	-0.3
Indiana	3,267.3	3,251.0	3,254.6	3.6	0.1	-12.7	-0.4
Iowa	1,595.6	1,580.8	1,576.4	-4.4	-0.3	-19.2	-1.2
Kansas	1,460.7	1,465.6	1,461.8	-3.8	-0.3	1.1	0.1
Kentucky	2,034.5	2,033.0	2,032.0	-1.0	0.0	-2.5	-0.1
Louisiana	2,002.5	1,998.2	2,000.9	2.7	0.1	-1.6	-0.1
Maine	660.2	660.7	661.3	0.6	0.1	1.1	0.2
Maryland	2,842.1	2,794.9	2,789.4	-5.5	-0.2	-52.7	-1.9
Massachusetts	3,717.5	3,707.7	3,700.5	-7.2	-0.2	-17.0	-0.5
Michigan	4,483.3	4,475.2	4,470.0	-5.2	-0.1	-13.3	-0.3
Minnesota	3,021.9	3,033.4	3,027.3	-6.1	-0.2	5.4	0.2
Mississippi	1,192.7	1,191.0	1,191.9	0.9	0.1	-0.8	-0.1
Missouri	2,984.6	2,994.7	2,986.1	-8.6	-0.3	1.5	0.1
Montana	523.7	526.3	525.8	-0.5	-0.1	2.1	0.4
Nebraska	1,058.7	1,059.9	1,053.4	-6.5	-0.6	-5.3	-0.5
Nevada	1,570.7	1,603.7	1,605.2	1.5	0.1	34.5	2.2
New Hampshire	702.9	698.4	698.7	0.3	0.0	-4.2	-0.6
New Jersey	4,377.3	4,384.0	4,373.7	-10.3	-0.2	-3.6	-0.1
New Mexico	893.0	890.8	893.5	2.7	0.3	0.5	0.1
New York	9,968.7	10,000.6	9,978.6	-22.0	-0.2	9.9	0.1
North Carolina	5,033.1	5,072.0	5,069.4	-2.6	-0.1	36.3	0.7
North Dakota	447.4	446.9	448.0	1.1	0.2	0.6	0.1
Ohio	5,663.6	5,673.9	5,668.5	-5.4	-0.1	4.9	0.1
Oklahoma	1,791.6	1,786.7	1,786.4	-0.3	0.0	-5.2	-0.3
Oregon	1,986.6	1,974.1	1,968.7	-5.4	-0.3	-17.9	-0.9
Pennsylvania	6,159.8	6,197.6	6,178.6	-19.0	-0.3	18.8	0.3
Rhode Island	515.5	514.7	513.7	-1.0	-0.2	-1.8	-0.3
South Carolina	2,377.9	2,403.2	2,398.1	-5.1	-0.2	20.2	0.8
South Dakota	468.9	470.0	470.6	0.6	0.1	1.7	0.4
Tennessee	3,373.1	3,375.9	3,366.7	-9.2	-0.3	-6.4	-0.2
Texas	14,280.8	14,363.1	14,354.6	-8.5	-0.1	73.8	0.5
Utah	1,760.6	1,773.9	1,774.1	0.2	0.0	13.5	0.8
Vermont	312.6	311.8	311.7	-0.1	0.0	-0.9	-0.3
Virginia	4,277.0	4,248.0	4,238.4	-9.6	-0.2	-38.6	-0.9
Washington	3,631.1	3,639.3	3,638.3	-1.0	0.0	7.2	0.2
West Virginia	718.1	716.9	715.4	-1.5	-0.2	-2.7	-0.4
Wisconsin	3,040.1	3,030.4	3,019.9	-10.5	-0.3	-20.2	-0.7
Wyoming	294.8	293.2	294.3	1.1	0.4	-0.5	-0.2
Footnotes: ^(p) Data are preliminary. NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Data have been revised to reflect 2025 benchmarks and updated seasonal adjustment factors. Seasonally adjusted data from January 2021 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: April 22, 2026