Table 5. Private sector gross job gains and losses by state, seasonally adjusted
Gross job gains Gross job losses
State (3 months ended) (3 months ended)
Sept. Dec. March June Sept. Sept. Dec. March June Sept.
2006 2006 2007 2007 2007 2006 2006 2007 2007 2007
United States1..... 7,473,000 7,809,000 7,509,000 7,644,000 7,249,000 7,462,000 7,297,000 7,071,000 7,403,000 7,484,000
Alabama..... 100,446 106,892 112,765 99,726 99,906 103,700 104,477 89,364 105,984 101,198
Alaska..... 22,123 25,702 24,244 27,957 22,188 26,742 26,432 22,400 23,632 26,070
Arizona..... 174,546 161,693 156,804 154,110 155,205 152,200 165,067 153,133 158,011 160,904
Arkansas..... 58,160 62,275 60,704 54,946 56,127 63,784 58,778 52,796 61,452 56,475
California..... 910,172 982,478 947,540 932,830 906,739 927,374 907,888 912,613 966,693 923,409
Colorado..... 142,546 150,220 146,688 150,523 148,053 142,570 138,889 131,774 135,876 144,857
Connecticut..... 81,794 85,126 75,957 89,363 77,587 82,496 77,497 81,107 75,883 82,650
Delaware..... 23,470 26,159 29,733 24,896 23,502 27,718 23,392 28,414 23,872 27,334
District of Columbia 27,044 25,599 28,423 27,543 26,296 25,381 26,443 23,213 26,428 28,871
Florida..... 508,541 501,285 464,050 493,122 490,069 493,363 522,827 451,580 513,917 542,595
Georgia..... 247,388 263,872 249,091 243,732 242,926 251,362 252,232 227,479 250,468 240,332
Hawaii..... 28,211 27,446 27,483 29,341 25,956 26,129 26,250 26,630 27,098 30,711
Idaho..... 45,061 47,395 48,396 44,803 41,792 41,378 40,019 40,735 44,881 45,176
Illinois..... 278,177 293,431 281,177 301,138 269,429 288,515 281,099 268,855 270,862 286,551
Indiana..... 148,107 153,325 145,342 153,439 142,702 154,760 148,985 140,603 146,834 152,980
Iowa..... 75,093 79,518 72,577 79,866 71,751 74,910 73,886 73,448 72,256 74,880
Kansas..... 78,985 85,024 78,808 71,219 75,069 74,864 68,067 67,661 76,280 67,646
Kentucky..... 92,740 106,958 101,623 96,978 86,047 96,675 90,552 95,549 92,980 95,032
Louisiana..... 120,127 123,095 121,990 109,826 107,177 108,558 104,159 99,462 113,176 104,800
Maine..... 35,951 40,832 37,283 40,238 37,722 39,975 37,567 37,189 38,294 39,681
Maryland..... 131,708 136,491 130,873 129,262 136,177 136,408 130,083 125,994 128,857 138,351
Massachusetts..... 167,647 166,346 154,124 180,439 164,658 169,849 163,458 157,024 148,702 174,134
Michigan..... 226,583 229,109 216,604 239,038 225,219 255,227 261,024 234,035 229,300 248,071
Minnesota..... 138,439 146,430 140,915 151,477 149,125 165,270 147,210 133,393 144,135 139,939
Mississippi..... 68,823 67,302 60,198 59,332 62,205 62,884 58,428 62,486 65,842 58,290
Missouri..... 137,786 151,637 148,426 142,012 144,851 142,506 144,042 133,861 144,000 144,113
Montana..... 27,503 32,922 32,066 30,014 28,913 29,606 26,893 26,215 30,643 29,185
Nebraska..... 47,050 47,973 44,773 48,229 48,216 44,754 45,236 41,131 43,827 43,706
Nevada..... 73,442 80,115 79,439 74,310 69,465 76,814 77,068 70,468 76,036 82,366
New Hampshire..... 37,381 39,715 36,043 40,902 35,921 40,708 37,503 37,188 37,071 39,656
New Jersey..... 217,626 226,397 200,823 242,670 214,184 230,836 221,251 216,208 212,994 227,208
New Mexico..... 46,361 49,483 45,658 43,638 45,901 46,285 45,992 39,391 47,327 46,835
New York..... 451,199 491,296 439,880 501,731 444,186 454,776 436,426 450,887 469,097 469,763
North Carolina..... 228,819 271,718 238,694 230,301 221,288 222,867 209,905 203,669 223,702 219,644
North Dakota..... 19,561 19,077 19,613 19,321 19,514 17,615 18,029 17,877 18,673 17,975
Ohio..... 266,494 273,486 259,261 283,177 249,393 286,805 285,789 260,711 266,721 276,817
Oklahoma..... 85,999 87,109 85,616 85,428 82,042 80,220 80,850 73,657 89,207 78,243
Oregon..... 103,167 107,374 104,745 101,225 100,856 94,670 97,684 96,037 104,666 98,132
Pennsylvania..... 281,640 286,900 282,273 302,265 266,822 278,525 278,568 266,506 270,874 285,414
Rhode Island..... 28,749 28,621 25,073 28,796 23,339 28,340 28,374 27,137 26,256 29,513
South Carolina..... 124,764 109,561 113,532 105,523 99,544 103,809 97,192 98,842 107,074 100,422
South Dakota..... 21,559 22,548 21,003 21,989 20,788 20,198 19,873 19,153 19,784 20,345
Tennessee..... 143,225 156,388 148,938 142,856 140,708 143,136 157,013 144,012 139,122 139,828
Texas..... 545,573 566,668 542,825 553,947 538,651 480,295 476,908 461,745 485,096 497,118
Utah..... 77,218 79,960 80,804 77,611 73,755 68,620 64,989 62,978 70,542 74,169
Vermont..... 16,515 18,861 16,966 19,085 18,877 18,832 18,099 18,899 19,073 20,024
Virginia..... 181,450 193,009 192,908 192,077 176,798 196,437 181,525 174,760 184,266 190,227
Washington..... 176,707 184,842 190,639 183,840 168,602 170,405 166,948 154,634 165,511 174,458
West Virginia..... 37,841 40,697 38,687 37,037 35,591 40,489 36,849 37,621 37,733 38,633
Wisconsin..... 143,515 146,759 144,613 146,916 127,659 146,137 143,350 141,179 134,163 144,918
Wyoming..... 20,984 22,692 22,362 18,932 20,910 19,491 16,482 18,199 21,853 19,706
Puerto Rico..... 50,294 56,039 43,159 47,784 51,566 56,054 47,988 55,059 50,761 50,852
Virgin Islands..... 2,727 2,358 2,091 3,531 2,119 2,766 1,980 2,501 2,376 3,282
(1) Totals for the United States do not include data for Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands.
Bureau of Labor Statistics
