Table 3. Covered(1) establishments, employment, and wages by state,
third quarter 2011(2)
Employment Average weekly
wage(3)
Establishments,
third quarter
State 2011 Percent Percent
(thousands) September change, Third change,
2011 September quarter third
(thousands) 2010-11 2011 quarter
2010-11
United States(4)......... 9,135.8 130,524.7 1.6 $916 5.3
Alabama.................. 116.6 1,823.2 0.5 803 3.7
Alaska................... 21.7 341.5 2.1 963 4.0
Arizona.................. 146.0 2,391.6 2.1 860 4.9
Arkansas................. 86.2 1,151.0 0.4 715 4.5
California............... 1,394.4 14,686.3 1.5 1,051 6.8
Colorado................. 171.8 2,234.4 2.3 948 5.6
Connecticut.............. 110.7 1,626.5 0.9 1,118 4.7
Delaware................. 28.2 406.1 0.2 949 5.4
District of Columbia..... 36.3 708.1 2.1 1,527 3.9
Florida.................. 597.4 7,167.5 1.7 812 4.2
Georgia.................. 267.3 3,799.6 1.3 867 5.3
Hawaii................... 38.3 593.6 1.2 836 4.0
Idaho.................... 54.1 623.8 1.1 697 4.7
Illinois................. 386.7 5,629.1 1.6 958 4.6
Indiana.................. 159.5 2,797.5 2.1 785 5.8
Iowa..................... 93.3 1,466.9 1.6 760 5.6
Kansas................... 88.5 1,311.7 1.1 772 5.6
Kentucky................. 108.3 1,757.4 1.7 764 4.8
Louisiana................ 125.2 1,852.3 0.9 821 3.9
Maine.................... 49.4 595.6 0.9 734 2.9
Maryland................. 163.0 2,497.6 1.1 1,023 5.9
Massachusetts............ 231.3 3,227.8 1.8 1,114 4.1
Michigan................. 243.1 3,920.5 2.4 876 4.4
Minnesota................ 167.9 2,642.8 2.5 916 4.8
Mississippi.............. 69.2 1,081.3 0.1 681 4.4
Missouri................. 175.1 2,610.3 0.6 804 5.2
Montana.................. 42.2 433.9 1.3 687 6.2
Nebraska................. 60.8 905.0 0.5 747 5.7
Nevada................... 72.0 1,122.0 1.3 845 3.8
New Hampshire............ 48.5 613.2 0.7 903 5.6
New Jersey............... 263.5 3,774.1 0.6 1,069 4.3
New Mexico............... 55.1 788.7 0.4 779 4.7
New York................. 599.6 8,511.6 1.7 1,099 4.0
North Carolina........... 255.9 3,863.6 1.3 809 5.3
North Dakota............. 27.6 390.8 6.7 820 12.9
Ohio..................... 288.7 5,015.3 1.4 834 5.6
Oklahoma................. 102.7 1,518.5 1.8 785 8.3
Oregon................... 131.8 1,645.0 1.4 835 5.7
Pennsylvania............. 345.7 5,550.9 0.9 912 6.2
Rhode Island............. 35.0 456.8 0.3 871 5.3
South Carolina........... 111.9 1,789.9 1.4 746 4.8
South Dakota............. 31.2 398.9 1.3 684 3.6
Tennessee................ 139.1 2,631.4 2.1 819 5.3
Texas.................... 583.2 10,480.4 2.7 931 6.2
Utah..................... 84.2 1,192.9 2.9 779 5.1
Vermont.................. 24.2 297.0 0.8 778 3.3
Virginia................. 234.2 3,602.5 1.6 974 4.7
Washington............... 235.4 2,905.4 1.7 1,011 6.1
West Virginia............ 48.8 710.8 1.6 742 5.8
Wisconsin................ 159.7 2,697.9 1.4 792 5.6
Wyoming.................. 25.3 284.0 1.6 832 5.1
Puerto Rico.............. 50.8 910.3 -0.2 506 1.2
Virgin Islands........... 3.6 42.7 -1.5 718 -5.2
(1) Includes workers covered by Unemployment Insurance (UI) and Unemployment
Compensation for Federal Employees (UCFE) programs.
(2) Data are preliminary.
(3) Average weekly wages were calculated using unrounded data.
(4) Totals for the United States do not include data for Puerto Rico or the
Virgin Islands.
