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Regional and State Employment and Unemployment (Monthly) News Release

For release 10:00 a.m. (EDT) Tuesday, March 17, 2015                         USDL-15-0425

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            REGIONAL AND STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT -- JANUARY 2015


Regional and state unemployment rates were little changed in January. Twenty-four states
had unemployment rate decreases from December, 8 states had increases, and 18 states and
the District of Columbia had no change, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported
today. Forty-five states and the District of Columbia had unemployment rate decreases
from a year earlier, three states had increases, and two states had no change. The
national jobless rate was little changed from December at 5.7 percent but was 0.9
percentage point lower than in January 2014.

In January 2015, nonfarm payroll employment increased in 39 states, decreased in 10
states and the District of Columbia, and was unchanged in North Carolina. The largest
over-the-month increases in employment occurred in California (+67,300), Ohio (+25,100),
and Michigan (+24,200). The largest over-the-month decrease in employment occurred in
Virginia (-10,900), followed by Minnesota (-7,900) and Louisiana (-7,500). The largest
over-the-month percentage increase in employment occurred in Idaho (+1.4 percent),
followed by Hawaii (+0.9 percent) and Utah (+0.7 percent). The largest over-the-month
percentage decline in employment occurred in Maine (-0.6 percent), followed by Louisiana
and New Hampshire (-0.4 percent each). Over the year, nonfarm employment increased in
49 states and the District of Columbia and decreased in Maine (-0.1 percent). The
largest over-the-year percentage increase occurred in North Dakota (+4.3 percent),
followed by Utah (+4.0 percent) and Florida and Nevada (+3.6 percent each).


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   |         Regional, State, and Metropolitan Area Data Series Changes          |
   |                                                                             |
   |In accordance with standard practices, historical data have been revised in  |
   |tables 1 through 6 of this news release. For detailed information on changes |
   |to the data, see the box notes at the end of the news release.               |
   |_____________________________________________________________________________|



Regional Unemployment (Seasonally Adjusted)

In January, the Midwest had the lowest regional unemployment rate, 5.2 percent,
while the West had the highest rate, 6.3 percent. Over the month, only the South
had a statistically significant unemployment rate change (-0.1 percentage point).
Significant over-the-year rate decreases occurred in all four regions: the Midwest
(-1.4 percentage points), Northeast (-1.1 points), West (-1.0 point), and South
(-0.9 point). (See table 1.)

Among the nine geographic divisions, the West North Central had the lowest unemployment
rate, 4.2 percent in January. The Pacific had the highest rate, 6.7 percent. Over the
month, no division had a statistically significant change in its jobless rate. All nine
divisions had significant rate declines from a year earlier, with the largest of these
decreases occurring in the East North Central (-1.6 percentage points). The next largest
over-the-year unemployment rate decreases were in the Middle Atlantic, Mountain, and
New England divisions (-1.1 percentage points each).

State Unemployment (Seasonally Adjusted)

North Dakota had the lowest jobless rate in January, 2.8 percent. Mississippi and Nevada
had the highest unemployment rates among the states, 7.1 percent each. The District
of Columbia had a rate of 7.7 percent. In total, 21 states had unemployment rates
significantly lower than the U.S. figure of 5.7 percent, 10 states and the District of
Columbia had measurably higher rates, and 19 states had rates that were not appreciably
different from that of the nation. (See tables A and 3.)

In January, nine states had statistically significant over-the-month unemployment
rate changes, all of which were declines. Oregon had the largest rate decrease 
(-0.4 percentage point), followed by Idaho, Maine, and Rhode Island (-0.3 point
each). The remaining 41 states and the District of Columbia had jobless rates that
were not measurably different from those of a month earlier, though some had changes
that were at least as large numerically as the significant changes. (See table B.)

Forty-two states had statistically significant unemployment rate declines from
January 2014, the largest of which occurred in Illinois and Rhode Island (-2.1
percentage points each). The only significant over-the-year rate increases
occurred in Louisiana (+1.5 percentage points) and South Carolina (+0.3 point).
The remaining six states and the District of Columbia had rates that were not
appreciably different from those of a year earlier. (See table C.)

Nonfarm Payroll Employment (Seasonally Adjusted)

In January 2015, 18 states had statistically significant over-the-month changes in
employment, 15 of which were increases. The largest significant job gains occurred
in California (+67,300), Ohio (+25,100), and Michigan (+24,200). The three significant
decreases occurred in Virginia (-10,900), Louisiana (-7,500), and Maine (-3,400).
(See tables D and 5.)

Over the year, 38 states and the District of Columbia had statistically significant
changes in employment, all of which were positive. The largest significant over-
the-year job increase occurred in California (+498,000), followed by Texas (+392,900)
and Florida (+274,100). (See table E.)

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The Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment news release for January 2015 is
scheduled to be released on Friday, March 20, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. (EDT). The Regional
and State Employment and Unemployment news release for February 2015 is scheduled to
be released on Friday, March 27, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. (EDT).


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   |            Changes to Local Area Unemployment Statistics Data              |
   |                                                                            |
   |Effective with the release of Regional and State Unemployment 2014 Annual   |
   |Averages on March 4, 2015, the civilian labor force and unemployment data   |
   |for regions, divisions, states, the District of Columbia, and the modeled   |
   |substate areas presented in tables 1-4 of this news release were replaced   |
   |with data produced using a new generation of time-series models. Data were  |
   |re-estimated back to January 1976 for regions, divisions, states, the       |
   |District of Columbia, the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale metropolitan      |
   |division, New York City, and the balances of California and New York states.|
   |Data for the five remaining modeled substate and balance-of-state areas were|
   |re-estimated back to their new series beginnings in 1990 or 1994. Both      |
   |seasonally adjusted and not seasonally adjusted data were affected. More    |
   |information is available in the “Report on Revision to State and Area Time- |
   |Series Models” on the BLS website at www.bls.gov/lau/lauschanges2015.htm.   |
   |                                                                            |
   |The revisions to model-based data at the state level and below for 2013 and |
   |2014 also incorporated updated estimation inputs, while the revisions for   |
   |all model-based data from April 2010 forward reflected new population       |
   |controls from the U.S. Census Bureau.                                       |
   |____________________________________________________________________________|


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   |              Changes to Current Employment Statistics Data               |
   |                                                                          |
   |Effective with this release, nonfarm payroll estimates for states and     |
   |metropolitan areas have been revised as a result of annual benchmark      |
   |processing to reflect 2014 employment counts primarily from the BLS       |
   |Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) (tables 5 and 6), as well |
   |as updated seasonal adjustment factors. Not seasonally adjusted data      |
   |beginning with April 2013 and seasonally adjusted data beginning with     |
   |January 2010 were subject to revision. Some seasonally adjusted series may|
   |have been revised back to 1990. For more information on annual processing |
   |see www.bls.gov/sae/benchmark2015.pdf.                                    |
   |__________________________________________________________________________|


Table A. States with unemployment rates significantly different
from that of the U.S., January 2015, seasonally adjusted
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                State                |          Rate(p)
--------------------------------------------------------------
United States (1) ...................|           5.7
                                     |
Arizona .............................|           6.6
California ..........................|           6.9
Colorado ............................|           4.2
Delaware ............................|           5.0
District of Columbia ................|           7.7
Georgia .............................|           6.4
Hawaii ..............................|           4.1
Idaho ...............................|           4.1
Iowa ................................|           4.2
Kansas ..............................|           4.2
                                     |
Louisiana ...........................|           7.0
Minnesota ...........................|           3.7
Mississippi .........................|           7.1
Montana .............................|           4.4
Nebraska ............................|           2.9
Nevada ..............................|           7.1
New Hampshire .......................|           4.0
North Dakota ........................|           2.8
Ohio ................................|           5.1
Oklahoma ............................|           3.9
                                     |
Pennsylvania ........................|           5.1
Rhode Island ........................|           6.5
South Carolina ......................|           6.6
South Dakota ........................|           3.4
Tennessee ...........................|           6.7
Texas ...............................|           4.4
Utah ................................|           3.4
Vermont .............................|           4.1
Virginia ............................|           4.7
Washington ..........................|           6.4
Wisconsin ...........................|           5.0
Wyoming .............................|           4.0
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   1 Data are not preliminary.
   p = preliminary.


Table B. States with statistically significant unemployment rate changes
from December 2014 to January 2015, seasonally adjusted
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                                |          Rate         |
                                |-----------|-----------| Over-the-month
             State              |  December |  January  |    change(p)
                                |    2014   |  2015(p)  |
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California .....................|     7.1   |     6.9   |      -0.2
Idaho ..........................|     4.4   |     4.1   |       -.3
Iowa ...........................|     4.3   |     4.2   |       -.1
Maine ..........................|     5.5   |     5.2   |       -.3
Massachusetts ..................|     5.3   |     5.1   |       -.2
Nebraska .......................|     3.1   |     2.9   |       -.2
Oregon .........................|     6.7   |     6.3   |       -.4
Rhode Island ...................|     6.8   |     6.5   |       -.3
Wyoming ........................|     4.2   |     4.0   |       -.2
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   p = preliminary.


Table C. States with statistically significant unemployment rate changes
from January 2014 to January 2015, seasonally adjusted
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                |          Rate         |
                                |-----------|-----------|  Over-the-year
             State              |  January  |  January  |    change(p)
                                |    2014   |  2015(p)  |
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Alabama ........................|     7.2   |     6.0   |      -1.2
Alaska .........................|     6.9   |     6.3   |       -.6
Arizona ........................|     7.1   |     6.6   |       -.5
Arkansas .......................|     6.6   |     5.6   |      -1.0
California .....................|     8.1   |     6.9   |      -1.2
Colorado .......................|     5.8   |     4.2   |      -1.6
Connecticut ....................|     7.1   |     6.3   |       -.8
Delaware .......................|     6.1   |     5.0   |      -1.1
Florida ........................|     6.5   |     5.7   |       -.8
Georgia ........................|     7.3   |     6.4   |       -.9
                                |           |           |
Hawaii .........................|     4.7   |     4.1   |       -.6
Idaho ..........................|     5.1   |     4.1   |      -1.0
Illinois .......................|     8.2   |     6.1   |      -2.1
Iowa ...........................|     4.4   |     4.2   |       -.2
Kansas .........................|     4.7   |     4.2   |       -.5
Kentucky .......................|     7.5   |     5.5   |      -2.0
Louisiana ......................|     5.5   |     7.0   |       1.5
Maine ..........................|     6.0   |     5.2   |       -.8
Maryland .......................|     6.0   |     5.5   |       -.5
Massachusetts ..................|     6.1   |     5.1   |      -1.0
                                |           |           |
Michigan .......................|     7.9   |     6.3   |      -1.6
Minnesota ......................|     4.5   |     3.7   |       -.8
Mississippi ....................|     7.9   |     7.1   |       -.8
Missouri .......................|     6.4   |     5.5   |       -.9
Montana ........................|     5.0   |     4.4   |       -.6
Nebraska .......................|     3.5   |     2.9   |       -.6
Nevada .........................|     8.5   |     7.1   |      -1.4
New Hampshire ..................|     4.6   |     4.0   |       -.6
New Jersey .....................|     7.1   |     6.3   |       -.8
New Mexico .....................|     6.7   |     5.9   |       -.8
                                |           |           |
New York .......................|     6.8   |     5.8   |      -1.0
North Carolina .................|     6.6   |     5.4   |      -1.2
Ohio ...........................|     6.5   |     5.1   |      -1.4
Oklahoma .......................|     5.0   |     3.9   |      -1.1
Oregon .........................|     7.2   |     6.3   |       -.9
Pennsylvania ...................|     6.3   |     5.1   |      -1.2
Rhode Island ...................|     8.6   |     6.5   |      -2.1
South Carolina .................|     6.3   |     6.6   |        .3
Texas ..........................|     5.5   |     4.4   |      -1.1
Utah ...........................|     3.9   |     3.4   |       -.5
                                |           |           |        
Virginia .......................|     5.3   |     4.7   |       -.6
West Virginia ..................|     6.8   |     5.9   |       -.9
Wisconsin ......................|     6.0   |     5.0   |      -1.0
Wyoming ........................|     4.3   |     4.0   |       -.3
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   p = preliminary.


Table D. States with statistically significant employment changes from
December 2014 to January 2015, seasonally adjusted
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                              |   December  |   January   | Over-the-month
           State              |     2014    |   2015(p)   |   change(p) 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
California ...................|  15,860,700 |  15,928,000 |      67,300
Connecticut ..................|   1,678,100 |   1,684,500 |       6,400
Hawaii .......................|     626,000 |     631,500 |       5,500
Idaho ........................|     659,100 |     668,400 |       9,300
Louisiana ....................|   1,996,600 |   1,989,100 |      -7,500
Maine ........................|     604,700 |     601,300 |      -3,400
Michigan .....................|   4,217,600 |   4,241,800 |      24,200
Mississippi ..................|   1,124,500 |   1,129,100 |       4,600
Missouri .....................|   2,744,600 |   2,758,900 |      14,300
Nebraska .....................|     996,800 |   1,001,500 |       4,700
                              |             |             |            
Nevada .......................|   1,230,500 |   1,237,200 |       6,700
New Jersey ...................|   3,982,300 |   3,994,700 |      12,400
Ohio .........................|   5,369,900 |   5,395,000 |      25,100
Oregon .......................|   1,745,400 |   1,753,000 |       7,600
Tennessee ....................|   2,850,900 |   2,859,200 |       8,300
Utah .........................|   1,353,600 |   1,363,300 |       9,700
Virginia .....................|   3,797,300 |   3,786,400 |     -10,900
Washington ...................|   3,122,600 |   3,140,900 |      18,300
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   p = preliminary.


Table E. States with statistically significant employment changes from
January 2014 to January 2015, seasonally adjusted
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                              |   January   |   January   | Over-the-year
           State              |     2014    |   2015(p)   |   change(p) 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Alabama ......................|   1,910,300 |   1,945,200 |      34,900
Arizona ......................|   2,546,200 |   2,614,200 |      68,000
Arkansas .....................|   1,179,800 |   1,206,600 |      26,800
California ...................|  15,430,000 |  15,928,000 |     498,000
Colorado .....................|   2,425,400 |   2,496,500 |      71,100
Connecticut ..................|   1,659,900 |   1,684,500 |      24,600
Delaware .....................|     435,600 |     442,500 |       6,900
District of Columbia .........|     748,100 |     760,200 |      12,100
Florida ......................|   7,705,500 |   7,979,600 |     274,100
Georgia ......................|   4,090,200 |   4,222,100 |     131,900
                              |             |             |            
Idaho ........................|     648,200 |     668,400 |      20,200
Illinois .....................|   5,834,900 |   5,899,900 |      65,000
Indiana ......................|   2,951,900 |   3,017,600 |      65,700
Iowa .........................|   1,537,400 |   1,562,200 |      24,800
Kansas .......................|   1,382,000 |   1,399,300 |      17,300
Kentucky .....................|   1,843,700 |   1,883,900 |      40,200
Louisiana ....................|   1,964,400 |   1,989,100 |      24,700
Maryland .....................|   2,603,000 |   2,641,800 |      38,800
Massachusetts ................|   3,380,500 |   3,448,500 |      68,000
Michigan .....................|   4,143,500 |   4,241,800 |      98,300
                              |             |             |            
Minnesota ....................|   2,795,200 |   2,823,500 |      28,300
Missouri .....................|   2,715,700 |   2,758,900 |      43,200
Nebraska .....................|     989,300 |   1,001,500 |      12,200
Nevada .......................|   1,193,800 |   1,237,200 |      43,400
New Jersey ...................|   3,945,600 |   3,994,700 |      49,100
New Mexico ...................|     816,000 |     828,900 |      12,900
New York .....................|   9,008,600 |   9,166,300 |     157,700
North Carolina ...............|   4,095,400 |   4,203,100 |     107,700
North Dakota .................|     451,000 |     470,500 |      19,500
Ohio .........................|   5,297,200 |   5,395,000 |      97,800
                              |             |             |            
Oklahoma .....................|   1,644,700 |   1,669,400 |      24,700
Oregon .......................|   1,697,400 |   1,753,000 |      55,600
Pennsylvania .................|   5,759,600 |   5,822,000 |      62,400
South Carolina ...............|   1,928,200 |   1,979,400 |      51,200
Tennessee ....................|   2,787,500 |   2,859,200 |      71,700
Texas ........................|  11,376,700 |  11,769,600 |     392,900
Utah .........................|   1,310,700 |   1,363,300 |      52,600
Washington ...................|   3,040,800 |   3,140,900 |     100,100
Wisconsin ....................|   2,829,300 |   2,872,600 |      43,300
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   p = preliminary.




Technical Note

   This release presents labor force and unemployment data for census regions and
divisions, states, and selected substate areas from the Local Area Unemployment
Statistics (LAUS) program (tables 1 to 4). Also presented are nonfarm payroll
employment estimates by state and industry supersector from the Current Employment
Statistics (CES) program (tables 5 and 6). The LAUS and CES programs are both
federal-state cooperative endeavors.

Labor force and unemployment--from the LAUS program

   Definitions. The labor force and unemployment data are based on the same concepts
and definitions as those used for the official national estimates obtained from the
Current Population Survey (CPS), a sample survey of households that is conducted
for the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) by the U.S. Census Bureau. The LAUS program
measures employment and unemployment on a place-of-residence basis. The universe for
each is the civilian noninstitutional population 16 years of age and over. Employed
persons are those who did any work at all for pay or profit in the reference week
(the week including the 12th of the month) or worked 15 hours or more without pay
in a family business or farm, plus those not working who had a job from which they
were temporarily absent, whether or not paid, for such reasons as bad weather,
labor-management dispute, illness, or vacation. Unemployed persons are those who
were not employed during the reference week (based on the definition above), had
actively looked for a job sometime in the 4-week period ending with the reference
week, and were currently available for work; persons on layoff expecting recall
need not be looking for work to be counted as unemployed. The labor force is the
sum of employed and unemployed persons. The unemployment rate is the number of
unemployed as a percent of the labor force.

   Method of estimation. Estimates for 48 of the 50 states, the District of Columbia,
the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale metropolitan division, New York City, and the
balances of California and New York State are produced using time-series models.
This method, which underwent substantial enhancement at the beginning of 2015,
utilizes data from several sources, including the CPS, the CES, and state
unemployment insurance (UI) programs. Estimates for the state of California
are derived by summing the estimates for the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale
metropolitan division and the balance of California. Similarly, estimates for
New York State are derived by summing the estimates for New York City and the
balance of New York State. Estimates for the nine census divisions, as well as
the five additional substate areas contained in this release (the Cleveland-Elyria
and Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metropolitan areas and the Chicago-Naperville-Arlington
Heights, Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, and Seattle-Bellevue-Everett metropolitan
divisions) and their respective balances of state are based on similar model-based 
approaches. Estimates for census regions are obtained by summing the model-based
estimates for the component divisions. Each month, census division estimates are
controlled to the national totals; state estimates are then controlled to their
respective division totals. Substate and balance-of-state estimates for the five
areas noted above are controlled to their respective state totals. Estimates for
Puerto Rico are derived from a monthly household survey similar to the CPS. A
detailed description of the estimation procedures is available from BLS upon
request.

   Annual revisions. Labor force and unemployment data for prior years reflect
adjustments made at the end of each year. The adjusted estimates reflect updated
population data from the U.S. Census Bureau, any revisions in the other data
sources, and model re-estimation. In most years, historical data for the most
recent five years (both seasonally adjusted and not seasonally adjusted) are
revised near the beginning of each calendar year, prior to the release of January
estimates. With the introduction of a new generation of times-series models in
early 2015, historical data were re-estimated back to the series beginnings in
1976, 1990, or 1994.

   Seasonal adjustment. The LAUS program introduced smoothed seasonally adjusted (SSA)
estimates in January 2010. These are seasonally adjusted data that have incorporated
a long-run trend smoothing procedure, resulting in estimates that are less volatile
than those previously produced. The estimates are smoothed using a Henderson Trend
Filter (H13). The H13 uses a filtering procedure, based on moving averages, to remove
the irregular fluctuations from the seasonally adjusted series, leaving the trend. The
same process is used on both historical and current year estimates. For more information
about the smoothing technique, see the BLS website at www.bls.gov/lau/lassaqa.htm. 

   Area definitions. The substate area data published in this release reflect the
delineations issued by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget on February 28, 2013.
A detailed list of the geographic definitions is available online at
www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm. 

Employment--from the CES program

   Definitions. Employment data refer to persons on establishment payrolls who receive pay
for any part of the pay period that includes the 12th of the month. Persons are counted
at their place of work rather than at their place of residence; those appearing on more
than one payroll are counted on each payroll. Industries are classified on the basis
of their principal activity in accordance with the 2012 version of the North American
Industry Classification System.

   Method of estimation. CES State and Area employment data are produced using several
estimation procedures. Where possible these data are produced using a "weighted link
relative" estimation technique in which a ratio of current month weighted employment to
that of the previous-month weighted employment is computed from a sample of establishments
reporting for both months. The estimates of employment for the current month are then
obtained by multiplying these ratios by the previous month’s employment estimates. The
weighted link relative technique is utilized for data series where the sample size meets
certain statistical criteria. 

   For some employment series, the sample of establishments is very small or highly
variable. In these cases, a model-based approach is used in estimation. These models
use the direct sample estimates (described above), combined with forecasts of historical
(benchmarked) data to decrease volatility in estimation. Two different models (Fay-Herriot
Model and Small Domain Model) are used depending on the industry level being estimated.
For more detailed information about each model, refer to the BLS Handbook of Methods.

   Annual revisions. Employment estimates are adjusted annually to a complete count of
jobs, called benchmarks, derived principally from tax reports that are submitted by
employers who are covered under state unemployment insurance (UI) laws. The benchmark
information is used to adjust the monthly estimates between the new benchmark and the
preceding one and also to establish the level of employment for the new benchmark month.
Thus, the benchmarking process establishes the level of employment, and the sample is
used to measure the month-to-month changes in the level for the subsequent months.

   Seasonal adjustment. Payroll employment data are seasonally adjusted at the statewide
supersector level. In some states, the seasonally adjusted payroll employment total is
computed by aggregating the independently adjusted supersector series. In other states,
the seasonally adjusted payroll employment total is independently adjusted. Revisions of
historical data for the most recent 5 years are made once a year, coincident with annual
benchmark adjustments.

   Caution on aggregating state data. State estimation procedures are designed to produce
accurate data for each individual state. BLS independently develops a national employment
series; state estimates are not forced to sum to national totals. Because each state
series is subject to larger sampling and nonsampling errors than the national series,
summing them cumulates individual state level errors and can cause significant distortions
at an aggregate level. Due to these statistical limitations, BLS does not compile a "sum-
of-states" employment series, and cautions users that such a series is subject to a
relatively large and volatile error structure.

Reliability of the estimates

   The estimates presented in this release are based on sample surveys, administrative
data, and modeling and, thus, are subject to sampling and other types of errors. Sampling
error is a measure of sampling variability--that is, variation that occurs by chance
because a sample rather than the entire population is surveyed. Survey data also are
subject to nonsampling errors, such as those which can be introduced into the data
collection and processing operations. Estimates not directly derived from sample surveys
are subject to additional errors resulting from the specific estimation processes used.
The sums of individual items may not always equal the totals shown in the same tables
because of rounding. Unemployment rates are computed from unrounded data and thus may
differ slightly from rates computed using the rounded data displayed in the tables.

   Use of error measures. The introductory section of this release preserves the long-
time practice of highlighting the direction of the movements in regional and state
unemployment rates and state nonfarm payroll employment regardless of their statistical
significance. The remainder of the analysis in the release takes statistical significance
into consideration. 

   Labor force and unemployment estimates. Model-based error measures for seasonally
adjusted and not seasonally adjusted data and for over-the-month and over-the-year
changes are available online at www.bls.gov/lau/lastderr.htm. BLS uses a 90-percent
confidence level in determining whether changes in LAUS unemployment rates are
statistically significant. The average magnitude of the current year over-the-month
change in a state unemployment rate that is required for statistical significance at
the 90-percent confidence level is just over 0.2 percentage point; the average amount
of the current over-the-year change in a state rate for significance is about 0.3
point. More details can be found on the website. Measures of nonsampling error are not
available.

Employment estimates. Measures of sampling error for state CES data at the total nonfarm
and supersector levels are available online at www.bls.gov/sae/790stderr.htm. BLS uses a
90-percent confidence level in determining whether changes in CES employment levels are
statistically significant. Information on recent benchmark revisions for states is
available online at www.bls.gov/sae/. 

Additional information

Estimates of labor force and unemployment from the LAUS program, as well as nonfarm
employment from the CES program, for 394 metropolitan areas and metropolitan New
England City and Town Areas (NECTAs) are available in the news release, Metropolitan
Area Employment and Unemployment. Estimates of labor force, employment, and unemployment
for approximately 7,500 subnational areas are available online at www.bls.gov/lau/.
Employment data from the CES program for states and metropolitan areas are available
online at www.bls.gov/sae/. Information in this release will be made available to sensory
impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: (202) 691-5200; Federal Relay Service:
(800) 877-8339.




LABOR FORCE DATA                                                                                                LABOR FORCE DATA
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED                                                                                          SEASONALLY ADJUSTED   

Table 1. Civilian labor force and unemployment by census region and division, seasonally adjusted (1)

(Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                        Unemployed                              
                                                                                                                                
                             Civilian labor force                                                                               
 Census region and                                                                                                              
      division                                                          Number                      Percent of labor force      
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                       Jan.     Nov.     Dec.     Jan.     Jan.     Nov.     Dec.     Jan.     Jan.     Nov.     Dec.     Jan.  
                       2014     2014     2014     2015     2014     2014     2014     2015     2014     2014     2014     2015  
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Northeast........... 28,263.3 28,256.1 28,258.4 28,295.9  1,897.9  1,617.7  1,603.3  1,586.3    6.7      5.7      5.7      5.6  
                                                                                                                                
  New England.......  7,751.0  7,816.4  7,821.1  7,829.2    493.5    433.6    429.5    418.0    6.4      5.5      5.5      5.3  
  Middle Atlantic... 20,512.3 20,439.6 20,437.3 20,466.7  1,404.4  1,184.1  1,173.8  1,168.4    6.8      5.8      5.7      5.7  
                                                                                                                                
South............... 56,864.9 57,055.2 57,050.4 57,140.3  3,624.0  3,231.2  3,194.7  3,131.8    6.4      5.7      5.6      5.5  
                                                                                                                                
  South Atlantic.... 30,151.8 30,252.8 30,242.8 30,290.6  1,974.7  1,775.4  1,752.3  1,721.1    6.5      5.9      5.8      5.7  
  East South Central  8,486.8  8,329.1  8,316.8  8,332.5    618.4    534.6    529.6    525.4    7.3      6.4      6.4      6.3  
  West South Central 18,226.3 18,473.4 18,490.8 18,517.2  1,030.9    921.2    912.8    885.2    5.7      5.0      4.9      4.8  
                                                                                                                                
Midwest............. 34,364.2 34,532.4 34,552.3 34,612.2  2,257.9  1,855.8  1,840.0  1,815.5    6.6      5.4      5.3      5.2  
                                                                                                                                
  East North Central 23,291.0 23,368.6 23,379.7 23,417.4  1,708.4  1,376.2  1,363.1  1,341.7    7.3      5.9      5.8      5.7  
  West North Central 11,073.3 11,163.8 11,172.6 11,194.8    549.5    479.6    476.9    473.7    5.0      4.3      4.3      4.2  
                                                                                                                                
West................ 36,319.1 36,712.9 36,745.4 36,821.6  2,649.4  2,360.6  2,350.2  2,309.2    7.3      6.4      6.4      6.3  
                                                                                                                                
  Mountain.......... 11,188.9 11,302.6 11,311.8 11,342.6    711.2    609.1    604.0    595.5    6.4      5.4      5.3      5.3  
  Pacific........... 25,130.2 25,410.3 25,433.6 25,479.0  1,938.2  1,751.6  1,746.2  1,713.7    7.7      6.9      6.9      6.7  

   1 Census region estimates are derived by summing the census division model-based estimates.
   NOTE: Data refer to place of residence. The states (including the District of Columbia) that compose the various census
divisions are: New England: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont; Middle Atlantic: New
Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania; South Atlantic: Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia; East South Central: Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee; West South
Central: Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas; East North Central: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin; West
North Central: Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota; Mountain: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho,
Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming; and Pacific: Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington. Estimates for
the current year are subject to revision early in the following calendar year.




LABOR FORCE DATA                                                                                                LABOR FORCE DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED                                                                                  NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED     

Table 2.  Civilian labor force and unemployment by census region and division, not seasonally adjusted (1)

(Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                        Unemployed                              
                                                                                                                                
                             Civilian labor force                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
 Census region and                                                      Number                      Percent of labor force      
      division                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
                          December          January          December           January           December          January    
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                       2013     2014     2014     2015     2013     2014     2014     2015     2013     2014     2014     2015  



Northeast........... 28,042.8 28,106.9 28,061.6 28,152.7  1,804.9  1,476.2  2,018.1  1,759.2    6.4      5.3      7.2      6.2
                                                                                                                           
  New England.......  7,709.3  7,789.9  7,696.6  7,771.1    472.0    394.7    537.1    455.7    6.1      5.1      7.0      5.9
  Middle Atlantic... 20,333.5 20,317.1 20,365.1 20,381.6  1,332.9  1,081.6  1,481.0  1,303.5    6.6      5.3      7.3      6.4
                                                                                                                           
South............... 56,414.6 56,747.4 56,403.9 56,851.2  3,436.3  2,936.1  3,679.8  3,270.2    6.1      5.2      6.5      5.8
                                                                                                                           
  South Atlantic.... 29,842.9 30,043.0 29,903.9 30,149.1  1,881.0  1,628.8  1,992.4  1,791.9    6.3      5.4      6.7      5.9
  East South Central  8,459.9  8,288.4  8,403.0  8,295.4    578.5    485.9    634.2    562.3    6.8      5.9      7.5      6.8
  West South Central 18,111.9 18,416.1 18,097.0 18,406.7    976.8    821.4  1,053.2    916.0    5.4      4.5      5.8      5.0
                                                                                                                           
Midwest............. 34,095.3 34,354.1 34,025.8 34,341.8  2,164.9  1,690.2  2,403.6  2,032.7    6.3      4.9      7.1      5.9
                                                                                                                           
  East North Central 23,117.1 23,236.5 23,038.8 23,227.2  1,646.5  1,240.6  1,789.9  1,490.4    7.1      5.3      7.8      6.4
  West North Central 10,978.2 11,117.6 10,987.0 11,114.6    518.4    449.7    613.7    542.3    4.7      4.0      5.6      4.9
                                                                                                                           
West................ 36,112.0 36,636.4 36,150.5 36,703.8  2,595.3  2,247.8  2,771.9  2,435.7    7.2      6.1      7.7      6.6
                                                                                                                           
  Mountain.......... 11,137.4 11,285.4 11,135.4 11,305.6    697.2    576.2    747.1    634.3    6.3      5.1      6.7      5.6
  Pacific........... 24,974.6 25,351.0 25,015.1 25,398.3  1,898.1  1,671.5  2,024.8  1,801.4    7.6      6.6      8.1      7.1

   1 Census region estimates are derived by summing the census division model-based estimates.
   NOTE: Data refer to place of residence. The composition of the regions and divisions is described in table 1. Estimates for
the current year are subject to revision early in the following calendar year.




LABOR FORCE DATA                                                                                                 LABOR FORCE DATA
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED                                                                                           SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 3.  Civilian labor force and unemployment by state and selected area, seasonally adjusted

(Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                             Unemployed                          
                                                                                                                                 
                                    Civilian labor force                                                                         
                                                                                                                                 
     State and area                                                                Number                  Percent of labor force
                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                 
                             Jan.      Nov.      Dec.      Jan.      Jan.      Nov.      Dec.      Jan.    Jan.  Nov.  Dec.  Jan.
                             2014      2014      2014     2015p      2014      2014      2014     2015p    2014  2014  2014 2015p
                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                 
Alabama..................   2,147.5   2,130.1   2,130.7   2,135.4    155.0     130.9     129.6     128.5    7.2   6.1   6.1   6.0
Alaska...................     366.7     366.0     365.7     366.6     25.2      23.9      23.5      23.0    6.9   6.5   6.4   6.3
Arizona..................   3,059.1   3,115.8   3,123.6   3,146.5    218.5     206.6     207.5     208.0    7.1   6.6   6.6   6.6
Arkansas.................   1,294.7   1,309.7   1,312.4   1,321.6     85.6      74.8      74.3      74.4    6.6   5.7   5.7   5.6
California...............  18,688.2  18,901.3  18,913.7  18,936.2  1,509.6   1,355.9   1,347.4   1,315.9    8.1   7.2   7.1   6.9
  Los Angeles-Long Beach-                                                                                                              
    Glendale (1).........   4,995.7   5,049.2   5,051.3   5,058.5    437.9     403.9     402.8     397.4    8.8   8.0   8.0   7.9
Colorado.................   2,789.7   2,823.6   2,824.2   2,827.7    160.8     121.6     119.6     118.2    5.8   4.3   4.2   4.2
Connecticut..............   1,875.0   1,896.5   1,899.4   1,904.5    133.3     119.7     119.9     120.4    7.1   6.3   6.3   6.3
Delaware.................     445.2     455.2     455.3     456.2     26.9      24.1      23.6      22.8    6.1   5.3   5.2   5.0
District of Columbia.....     371.8     383.8     384.7     385.4     29.4      29.6      29.6      29.7    7.9   7.7   7.7   7.7
Florida..................   9,498.6   9,647.6   9,662.5   9,698.3    619.9     554.7     553.6     551.4    6.5   5.7   5.7   5.7
  Miami-Miami Beach-                                                                                                             
    Kendall (1)..........   1,304.0   1,328.9   1,329.6   1,330.7     94.3      84.1      83.3      80.8    7.2   6.3   6.3   6.1
                                                                                                                                 
Georgia..................   4,719.2   4,743.5   4,744.4   4,754.9    346.1     315.8     311.0     304.9    7.3   6.7   6.6   6.4
Hawaii...................     663.1     670.7     670.8     673.5     31.2      27.3      27.1      27.4    4.7   4.1   4.0   4.1
Idaho....................     773.7     777.1     776.5     778.5     39.4      34.9      34.1      31.9    5.1   4.5   4.4   4.1
Illinois.................   6,553.3   6,514.7   6,516.2   6,522.5    535.1     405.7     401.8     398.5    8.2   6.2   6.2   6.1
  Chicago-Naperville-                                                                                                            
    Arlington Heights (1)   3,795.6   3,802.3   3,806.7   3,810.0    322.2     236.9     233.8     233.8    8.5   6.2   6.1   6.1
Indiana..................   3,208.8   3,250.6   3,253.6   3,267.8    198.5     190.6     192.1     197.2    6.2   5.9   5.9   6.0
Iowa.....................   1,690.8   1,714.7   1,715.6   1,716.5     74.4      73.7      73.6      71.5    4.4   4.3   4.3   4.2
Kansas...................   1,492.1   1,502.8   1,503.4   1,503.1     69.7      63.3      63.0      63.2    4.7   4.2   4.2   4.2
Kentucky.................   2,020.6   1,974.4   1,973.5   1,981.3    150.9     109.2     107.7     108.6    7.5   5.5   5.5   5.5
Louisiana................   2,110.8   2,195.5   2,200.5   2,203.1    115.1     157.1     159.4     153.7    5.5   7.2   7.2   7.0
Maine....................     704.6     694.4     693.7     692.2     42.4      38.3      38.0      36.0    6.0   5.5   5.5   5.2
                                                                                                                                 
Maryland.................   3,102.1   3,104.6   3,104.8   3,112.0    187.2     172.2     171.1     172.2    6.0   5.5   5.5   5.5
Massachusetts............   3,526.5   3,582.8   3,586.6   3,591.4    214.5     193.5     191.4     181.7    6.1   5.4   5.3   5.1
Michigan.................   4,748.0   4,748.0   4,747.8   4,762.7    375.1     309.1     305.6     298.4    7.9   6.5   6.4   6.3
  Detroit-Warren-                                                                                                                
    Dearborn (2).........   2,023.2   2,019.0   2,018.9   2,018.8    190.4     157.4     155.0     149.0    9.4   7.8   7.7   7.4
Minnesota................   2,972.5   2,976.0   2,976.6   2,988.0    133.9     109.3     109.8     110.1    4.5   3.7   3.7   3.7
Mississippi..............   1,240.7   1,220.6   1,220.3   1,227.3     98.0      88.0      87.7      87.6    7.9   7.2   7.2   7.1
Missouri.................   3,032.5   3,078.6   3,082.1   3,096.6    193.5     168.1     167.0     169.4    6.4   5.5   5.4   5.5
Montana..................     516.3     516.0     515.9     518.8     25.9      23.5      23.4      23.1    5.0   4.6   4.5   4.4
Nebraska.................   1,022.4   1,021.2   1,020.9   1,020.8     35.5      31.5      31.1      29.9    3.5   3.1   3.1   2.9
Nevada...................   1,387.2   1,397.9   1,398.8   1,401.7    117.6      99.5      98.5      99.3    8.5   7.1   7.0   7.1
New Hampshire............     742.6     741.1     741.3     742.6     34.5      29.9      29.6      29.4    4.6   4.0   4.0   4.0
                                                                                                                                 
New Jersey...............   4,490.9   4,537.8   4,540.5   4,548.4    317.4     286.4     284.7     286.8    7.1   6.3   6.3   6.3
New Mexico...............     918.8     916.6     916.7     918.6     61.9      55.9      55.1      54.4    6.7   6.1   6.0   5.9
New York.................   9,612.1   9,533.8   9,532.0   9,553.2    657.7     557.4     554.9     554.9    6.8   5.8   5.8   5.8
  New York City..........   4,114.7   4,128.9   4,131.8   4,148.5    329.6     269.7     268.7     271.2    8.0   6.5   6.5   6.5
North Carolina...........   4,638.1   4,625.5   4,625.3   4,646.8    306.0     255.4     250.0     248.9    6.6   5.5   5.4   5.4
North Dakota.............     410.1     421.2     421.8     422.3     11.3      11.7      11.7      11.9    2.7   2.8   2.8   2.8
Ohio.....................   5,732.7   5,727.9   5,725.8   5,747.1    370.5     295.7     292.4     292.5    6.5   5.2   5.1   5.1
  Cleveland-Elyria (2)...   1,046.2   1,047.5   1,047.5   1,050.1     71.5      59.5      58.9      58.2    6.8   5.7   5.6   5.5
Oklahoma.................   1,792.6   1,781.5   1,782.2   1,794.7     89.1      71.1      69.9      69.4    5.0   4.0   3.9   3.9
Oregon...................   1,917.4   1,961.0   1,963.2   1,964.5    137.8     132.4     131.2     123.8    7.2   6.8   6.7   6.3
Pennsylvania.............   6,388.3   6,351.9   6,351.8   6,365.0    404.9     322.7     319.3     322.3    6.3   5.1   5.0   5.1
Rhode Island.............     555.1     549.7     548.8     548.8     47.5      37.9      37.2      35.7    8.6   6.9   6.8   6.5
                                                                                                                                 
South Carolina...........   2,169.5   2,212.9   2,216.3   2,227.0    136.0     146.6     147.1     147.0    6.3   6.6   6.6   6.6
South Dakota.............     447.1     448.8     448.8     449.2     15.7      14.9      15.0      15.1    3.5   3.3   3.3   3.4
Tennessee................   3,010.1   2,983.0   2,982.6   3,012.0    200.4     196.9     196.4     201.7    6.7   6.6   6.6   6.7
Texas....................  13,018.7  13,161.1  13,171.8  13,186.0    717.3     609.7     601.8     585.1    5.5   4.6   4.6   4.4
Utah.....................   1,420.9   1,440.2   1,442.2   1,446.7     55.8      51.8      51.3      49.8    3.9   3.6   3.6   3.4
Vermont..................     349.4     348.8     348.8     348.7     14.3      14.5      14.5      14.2    4.1   4.2   4.1   4.1
Virginia.................   4,242.2   4,234.2   4,233.9   4,244.1    226.0     204.5     202.8     199.6    5.3   4.8   4.8   4.7
Washington...............   3,463.2   3,517.4   3,522.8   3,535.7    223.5     221.9     223.3     224.8    6.5   6.3   6.3   6.4
  Seattle-Bellevue-                                                                                                              
    Everett (1)..........   1,544.8   1,562.3   1,564.1   1,566.7     77.1      71.5      71.4      72.5    5.0   4.6   4.6   4.6
West Virginia............     794.8     778.2     776.5     774.4     53.7      46.6      45.7      45.6    6.8   6.0   5.9   5.9
Wisconsin................   3,089.2   3,111.0   3,113.1   3,119.9    183.8     162.6     161.8     156.4    6.0   5.2   5.2   5.0
Wyoming..................     306.7     306.4     306.2     305.9     13.2      13.1      12.9      12.3    4.3   4.3   4.2   4.0
                                                                                                                                 
Puerto Rico..............   1,169.6   1,138.6   1,138.7   1,136.3    174.2     157.0     156.1     140.9   14.9  13.8  13.7  12.4

   1 Metropolitan division.
   2 Metropolitan statistical area.
   p = preliminary.
   NOTE: Data refer to place of residence. Data for Puerto Rico are derived from a monthly household survey similar to the
Current Population Survey. Area definitions are based on Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 13-01, dated February
28, 2013, and are available at http://www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm. Estimates for the latest month are subject to revision
the following month.




LABOR FORCE DATA                                                                                           LABOR FORCE DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED                                                                             NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 4.  Civilian labor force and unemployment by state and selected area, not seasonally adjusted

(Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                          Unemployed                       
                                                                                                                           
                                    Civilian labor force                                                                   
                                                                                                                           
     State and area                                                             Number               Percent of labor force
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
                                December            January             December         January      December    January  
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
                             2013      2014      2014     2015p      2013      2014    2014   2015p  2013  2014  2014 2015p
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
Alabama..................   2,153.6   2,122.7   2,148.6   2,104.5    142.9     117.5   162.6  132.4   6.6   5.5   7.6   6.3
Alaska...................     362.1     362.5     362.5     362.3     25.2      23.3    27.9   25.8   7.0   6.4   7.7   7.1
Arizona..................   3,053.8   3,124.4   3,052.2   3,142.9    216.7     197.1   222.4  207.5   7.1   6.3   7.3   6.6
Arkansas.................   1,286.1   1,304.1   1,273.1   1,309.9     88.1      72.2    94.6   85.0   6.8   5.5   7.4   6.5
California...............  18,602.2  18,855.7  18,646.8  18,889.1  1,481.3   1,277.5  1575.9 1371.3   8.0   6.8   8.5   7.3
  Los Angeles-Long Beach-                                                                                                        
    Glendale (1).........   4,988.9   5,047.0   4,980.2   5,048.8    426.4     379.6   445.8  409.9   8.5   7.5   9.0   8.1
Colorado.................   2,773.2   2,815.1   2,780.6   2,809.4    164.6     115.9   178.7  131.4   5.9   4.1   6.4   4.7
Connecticut..............   1,856.9   1,887.2   1,858.1   1,888.0    124.3     105.9   140.4  127.8   6.7   5.6   7.6   6.8
Delaware.................     444.8     455.8     444.0     455.0     25.3      21.1    29.1   24.8   5.7   4.6   6.6   5.4
District of Columbia.....     371.2     382.0     370.7     384.6     28.2      28.4    29.9   30.9   7.6   7.4   8.1   8.0
Florida..................   9,437.8   9,607.7   9,479.9   9,629.9    597.5     516.9   629.4  554.5   6.3   5.4   6.6   5.8
  Miami-Miami Beach-                                                                                                       
    Kendall (1)..........   1,292.9   1,322.9   1,312.2   1,339.4     87.1      77.6    90.6   77.7   6.7   5.9   6.9   5.8
                                                                                                                           
Georgia..................   4,732.7   4,748.4   4,722.0   4,746.4    347.2     298.4   352.1  310.4   7.3   6.3   7.5   6.5
Hawaii...................     660.8     670.6     664.0     676.1     28.9      25.0    31.4   28.8   4.4   3.7   4.7   4.3
Idaho....................     768.6     771.8     768.3     773.3     41.2      33.6    47.4   37.2   5.4   4.4   6.2   4.8
Illinois.................   6,496.5   6,491.4   6,489.7   6,456.3    534.1     373.8   572.9  443.9   8.2   5.8   8.8   6.9
  Chicago-Naperville-                                                                                                      
    Arlington Heights (1)   3,758.3   3,777.3   3,763.0   3,778.7    308.2     210.3   329.7  258.7   8.2   5.6   8.8   6.8
Indiana..................   3,184.1   3,239.6   3,166.5   3,253.9    202.2     186.2   207.6  218.5   6.3   5.7   6.6   6.7
Iowa.....................   1,679.0   1,706.5   1,682.3   1,702.0     75.6      74.7    90.7   82.8   4.5   4.4   5.4   4.9
Kansas...................   1,482.9   1,500.5   1,486.6   1,489.0     64.5      56.6    77.1   69.0   4.4   3.8   5.2   4.6
Kentucky.................   2,026.3   1,966.8   2,012.9   1,959.4    142.3      99.3   161.0  119.1   7.0   5.1   8.0   6.1
Louisiana................   2,089.2   2,180.3   2,080.0   2,173.0    107.4     141.0   121.7  151.5   5.1   6.5   5.9   7.0
Maine....................     701.1     689.7     695.3     681.9     42.6      36.7    48.9   39.9   6.1   5.3   7.0   5.9
                                                                                                                           
Maryland.................   3,092.7   3,091.6   3,088.1   3,100.4    179.9     160.6   196.2  183.3   5.8   5.2   6.4   5.9
Massachusetts............   3,506.8   3,576.9   3,503.6   3,565.7    211.4     176.0   240.3  198.2   6.0   4.9   6.9   5.6
Michigan.................   4,687.9   4,711.6   4,679.5   4,722.0    362.3     263.6   393.8  313.1   7.7   5.6   8.4   6.6
  Detroit-Warren-                                                                                                          
    Dearborn (2).........   2,004.9   2,003.3   1,998.3   1,998.7    170.9     129.4   185.6  147.1   8.5   6.5   9.3   7.4
Minnesota................   2,955.3   2,964.8   2,950.8   2,979.4    131.8     105.3   160.4  136.4   4.5   3.6   5.4   4.6
Mississippi..............   1,254.0   1,225.5   1,240.9   1,222.5     97.6      87.3   107.2   95.8   7.8   7.1   8.6   7.8
Missouri.................   2,997.8   3,068.4   3,011.3   3,073.5    184.9     156.8   212.4  188.5   6.2   5.1   7.1   6.1
Montana..................     511.8     510.2     510.5     518.3     27.6      23.3    31.2   27.6   5.4   4.6   6.1   5.3
Nebraska.................   1,016.8   1,015.7   1,012.8   1,011.8     34.3      29.4    41.0   33.2   3.4   2.9   4.0   3.3
Nevada...................   1,380.2   1,395.2   1,384.7   1,395.9    117.4      96.0   123.2  105.2   8.5   6.9   8.9   7.5
New Hampshire............     740.2     739.2     739.0     740.7     33.8      28.3    38.3   33.7   4.6   3.8   5.2   4.5
                                                                                                                           
New Jersey...............   4,465.9   4,522.8   4,459.5   4,520.4    301.0     264.3   336.8  314.5   6.7   5.8   7.6   7.0
New Mexico...............     924.8     922.6     915.6     918.8     60.4      52.0    65.0   57.3   6.5   5.6   7.1   6.2
New York.................   9,519.4   9,471.7   9,552.7   9,519.1    638.2     525.9   706.4  618.0   6.7   5.6   7.4   6.5
  New York City..........   4,082.8   4,121.5   4,102.4   4,148.4    316.6     255.9   339.7  293.3   7.8   6.2   8.3   7.1
North Carolina...........   4,614.8   4,594.0   4,622.6   4,636.7    301.3     231.7   317.6  273.2   6.5   5.0   6.9   5.9
North Dakota.............     403.5     416.3     403.7     416.3     11.3      11.7    14.0   15.0   2.8   2.8   3.5   3.6
Ohio.....................   5,682.3   5,697.3   5,652.1   5,704.3    364.5     270.5   418.3  346.5   6.4   4.7   7.4   6.1
  Cleveland-Elyria (2)...   1,032.6   1,033.7   1,037.6   1,045.6     65.5      53.3    75.8   63.1   6.3   5.2   7.3   6.0
Oklahoma.................   1,788.1   1,779.4   1,778.6   1,796.8     90.0      68.0    95.3   76.7   5.0   3.8   5.4   4.3
Oregon...................   1,901.8   1,951.3   1,899.9   1,942.7    135.1     124.5   149.3  128.1   7.1   6.4   7.9   6.6
Pennsylvania.............   6,348.2   6,322.6   6,352.8   6,342.1    393.7     291.4   437.8  371.0   6.2   4.6   6.9   5.8
Rhode Island.............     555.6     548.8     552.8     548.5     46.4      34.4    52.8   40.2   8.3   6.3   9.6   7.3
                                                                                                                           
South Carolina...........   2,150.1   2,191.9   2,149.9   2,210.6    134.8     139.4   139.9  152.0   6.3   6.4   6.5   6.9
South Dakota.............     442.9     445.3     439.6     442.6     16.0      15.3    18.2   17.3   3.6   3.4   4.1   3.9
Tennessee................   3,026.0   2,973.3   3,000.6   3,009.0    195.7     181.7   203.4  214.9   6.5   6.1   6.8   7.1
Texas....................  12,948.4  13,152.2  12,965.4  13,126.9    691.4     540.1   741.6  602.8   5.3   4.1   5.7   4.6
Utah.....................   1,419.3   1,441.3   1,418.7   1,442.9     55.0      45.6    63.1   53.8   3.9   3.2   4.5   3.7
Vermont..................     348.8     348.1     347.8     346.3     13.7      13.4    16.4   15.9   3.9   3.8   4.7   4.6
Virginia.................   4,211.5   4,204.1   4,236.8   4,223.7    216.2     189.6   238.4  209.7   5.1   4.5   5.6   5.0
Washington...............   3,447.8   3,510.9   3,441.8   3,528.0    227.6     221.3   240.3  247.4   6.6   6.3   7.0   7.0
  Seattle-Bellevue-                                                                                                        
    Everett (1)..........   1,535.8   1,556.4   1,530.6   1,555.7     72.3      66.6    76.6   76.8   4.7   4.3   5.0   4.9
West Virginia............     787.2     767.4     790.0     761.8     50.7      42.8    59.9   53.1   6.4   5.6   7.6   7.0
Wisconsin................   3,066.2   3,096.5   3,051.1   3,090.8    183.5     146.4   197.3  168.4   6.0   4.7   6.5   5.4
Wyoming..................     305.7     304.7     304.9     304.0     14.3      12.8    16.1   14.4   4.7   4.2   5.3   4.8
                                                                                                                           
Puerto Rico..............   1,186.1   1,140.4   1,178.3   1,146.2    182.1     137.7   169.6  124.4  15.4  12.1  14.4  10.8

   1 Metropolitan division.
   2 Metropolitan statistical area.
   p = preliminary.
   NOTE: Data refer to place of residence. Data for Puerto Rico are derived from a monthly household survey similar to the
Current Population Survey. Area definitions are based on Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 13-01, dated February
28, 2013, and are available at http://www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm. Estimates for the latest month are subject to revision
the following month.




ESTABLISHMENT DATA
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
Table 5. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry sector, seasonally adjusted
[In thousands]
State Total(1) Construction Manufacturing
Jan.
2014
Nov.
2014
Dec.
2014
Jan.
2015(p)
Jan.
2014
Nov.
2014
Dec.
2014
Jan.
2015(p)
Jan.
2014
Nov.
2014
Dec.
2014
Jan.
2015(p)

Alabama(2)

1,910.3 1,940.6 1,942.8 1,945.2 79.3 80.3 81.0 80.6 - - - -

Alaska

337.7 338.1 340.6 341.6 17.4 17.8 18.1 18.4 15.1 13.5 14.5 14.0

Arizona

2,546.2 2,598.6 2,607.3 2,614.2 126.7 126.5 126.7 129.5 156.1 156.2 156.1 156.6

Arkansas

1,179.8 1,199.1 1,204.6 1,206.6 46.5 46.5 47.4 49.7 152.9 157.2 157.4 155.6

California

15,430.0 15,840.9 15,860.7 15,928.0 660.4 694.5 686.5 698.2 1,264.8 1,272.3 1,271.7 1,267.5


Colorado

2,425.4 2,484.2 2,492.8 2,496.5 137.4 145.1 148.2 150.9 134.3 138.7 138.4 138.5

Connecticut

1,659.9 1,672.9 1,678.1 1,684.5 53.9 55.7 54.9 56.2 160.9 158.5 159.7 158.8

Delaware(3)

435.6 442.3 442.8 442.5 19.9 20.3 20.1 19.8 25.6 25.8 25.7 25.8

District of Columbia(2)(3)

748.1 762.3 761.4 760.2 14.2 14.5 14.5 14.5 - - - -

Florida

7,705.5 7,945.2 7,965.7 7,979.6 383.6 408.4 409.9 415.4 327.6 332.8 331.8 330.1


Georgia

4,090.2 4,216.2 4,226.5 4,222.1 152.8 158.9 158.2 155.4 361.2 371.4 370.4 374.3

Hawaii(3)

627.4 625.6 626.0 631.5 31.2 31.3 30.9 32.0 13.6 13.5 13.4 13.7

Idaho

648.2 659.1 659.1 668.4 34.7 36.7 37.4 39.1 60.1 59.2 59.5 60.6

Illinois

5,834.9 5,891.5 5,907.0 5,899.9 196.3 205.6 209.9 207.4 578.7 579.3 581.0 578.9

Indiana

2,951.9 3,005.1 3,012.1 3,017.6 122.0 122.8 122.9 120.1 501.0 514.1 514.6 516.1


Iowa

1,537.4 1,557.4 1,559.1 1,562.2 70.1 77.1 77.5 76.6 216.7 215.5 216.7 216.8

Kansas

1,382.0 1,398.9 1,401.9 1,399.3 60.4 59.8 60.7 60.9 160.5 162.0 162.5 159.0

Kentucky

1,843.7 1,879.3 1,880.0 1,883.9 70.3 73.8 74.3 74.9 231.3 236.8 237.5 240.3

Louisiana

1,964.4 1,994.4 1,996.6 1,989.1 133.7 142.5 141.7 137.6 146.3 148.4 148.7 150.0

Maine

601.9 604.8 604.7 601.3 25.8 25.9 26.0 25.3 49.9 50.7 50.7 49.8


Maryland(3)

2,603.0 2,636.3 2,641.3 2,641.8 149.2 152.7 153.5 153.2 103.9 102.6 103.0 102.5

Massachusetts

3,380.5 3,436.8 3,445.9 3,448.5 124.8 128.4 128.3 129.5 251.2 249.2 248.6 248.8

Michigan

4,143.5 4,207.3 4,217.6 4,241.8 137.3 142.7 144.6 150.5 566.2 584.8 584.9 589.8

Minnesota

2,795.2 2,830.6 2,831.4 2,823.5 104.8 106.0 105.8 104.1 309.4 315.5 315.8 314.7

Mississippi

1,120.1 1,122.6 1,124.5 1,129.1 51.8 45.9 45.9 45.2 139.3 139.5 139.4 139.4


Missouri

2,715.7 2,740.2 2,744.6 2,758.9 109.8 109.2 110.7 110.6 249.3 260.6 260.8 261.7

Montana

453.2 453.8 454.7 456.7 24.6 24.3 25.6 25.3 18.9 19.2 19.0 18.8

Nebraska(3)

989.3 996.0 996.8 1,001.5 46.2 47.0 46.8 46.0 97.2 97.3 96.5 97.3

Nevada

1,193.8 1,228.4 1,230.5 1,237.2 60.1 63.2 64.2 65.5 41.6 41.9 42.2 42.0

New Hampshire

645.9 651.5 653.0 650.2 23.1 23.7 24.0 24.3 66.5 67.0 67.1 66.9


New Jersey

3,945.6 3,982.1 3,982.3 3,994.7 138.1 144.3 144.3 150.4 243.3 241.6 242.0 243.2

New Mexico

816.0 828.8 827.4 828.9 42.9 43.2 43.1 43.7 28.6 28.2 28.4 28.4

New York

9,008.6 9,134.8 9,156.3 9,166.3 331.3 340.9 346.9 347.7 455.0 451.5 450.9 449.2

North Carolina

4,095.4 4,187.8 4,203.1 4,203.1 175.9 182.2 184.4 187.2 444.7 455.0 455.2 458.6

North Dakota

451.0 469.1 469.2 470.5 32.1 36.0 36.8 36.4 25.8 26.1 26.4 26.2


Ohio

5,297.2 5,364.8 5,369.9 5,395.0 189.4 192.9 193.5 192.1 668.3 677.4 677.2 680.8

Oklahoma(2)

1,644.7 1,665.6 1,668.3 1,669.4 76.0 77.0 77.5 77.6 - - - -

Oregon

1,697.4 1,741.5 1,745.4 1,753.0 78.4 79.3 79.8 81.2 177.2 181.3 182.0 184.2

Pennsylvania

5,759.6 5,816.2 5,825.5 5,822.0 227.5 235.8 232.1 233.2 566.2 568.6 570.8 571.4

Rhode Island

475.1 478.7 479.3 481.6 16.3 16.4 16.6 16.9 40.6 41.2 41.4 41.1


South Carolina

1,928.2 1,972.8 1,975.2 1,979.4 81.5 83.0 83.7 83.2 227.2 232.4 233.3 231.6

South Dakota(3)

422.0 423.9 424.7 424.8 22.2 22.0 22.5 22.7 41.6 42.9 43.2 43.5

Tennessee(3)

2,787.5 2,841.1 2,850.9 2,859.2 109.2 113.4 115.5 114.9 322.3 328.8 330.6 332.3

Texas

11,376.7 11,703.3 11,749.5 11,769.6 628.7 669.9 677.9 678.3 875.7 891.4 891.2 892.1

Utah

1,310.7 1,344.8 1,353.6 1,363.3 76.2 79.3 81.2 83.6 119.8 120.7 121.3 122.7


Vermont

308.9 312.5 311.7 312.8 14.7 14.6 14.6 15.3 31.5 31.0 31.0 30.5

Virginia

3,759.6 3,795.7 3,797.3 3,786.4 175.6 179.9 178.4 179.5 231.8 232.0 232.9 233.6

Washington

3,040.8 3,113.7 3,122.6 3,140.9 155.2 166.2 167.7 172.5 288.0 290.5 291.0 291.1

West Virginia

761.3 761.5 763.1 764.5 33.3 31.7 32.3 32.6 48.0 47.7 47.5 48.1

Wisconsin

2,829.3 2,869.0 2,872.0 2,872.6 100.7 106.7 107.7 110.0 460.4 468.9 469.1 472.0

Wyoming

291.2 293.0 295.0 295.9 23.0 22.6 23.8 23.2 9.8 9.9 9.9 10.0


Puerto Rico(3)

916.7 907.9 908.2 905.8 27.8 27.1 28.5 26.3 75.5 74.9 74.9 73.4

Virgin Islands(2)

37.5 38.0 38.1 38.0 - - - - - - - -

Footnotes
(1) Includes mining and logging, information, and other services (except public administration), not shown separately.
(2) Missing series (denoted by '-') are not published seasonally adjusted because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
(3) Mining and logging is combined with construction.
(p) Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Data have been revised to reflect 2014 benchmarks and updated seasonal adjustment factors. Seasonally adjusted data from January 2010 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.

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
Table 5. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry sector, seasonally adjusted-Continued
[In thousands]
State Trade, transportation, and utilities Financial activities Professional and business services
Jan.
2014
Nov.
2014
Dec.
2014
Jan.
2015(p)
Jan.
2014
Nov.
2014
Dec.
2014
Jan.
2015(p)
Jan.
2014
Nov.
2014
Dec.
2014
Jan.
2015(p)

Alabama

371.1 376.8 378.6 374.9 94.7 94.8 94.7 96.3 220.2 225.6 225.3 229.8

Alaska

64.2 65.8 66.3 66.9 12.2 12.3 12.5 12.2 30.1 29.2 29.4 29.6

Arizona

488.4 498.2 501.6 498.7 187.9 190.6 190.5 191.2 375.4 389.5 391.8 395.8

Arkansas

242.3 248.4 248.9 249.2 49.6 49.7 49.5 49.6 131.1 134.7 134.9 135.8

California

2,831.5 2,907.6 2,914.3 2,917.1 780.5 790.9 793.0 797.8 2,385.3 2,485.0 2,493.4 2,497.2


Colorado

427.4 435.6 436.1 436.7 152.2 154.1 154.7 155.1 379.7 388.1 390.7 388.3

Connecticut

300.0 303.7 304.1 301.1 129.2 128.4 128.3 129.8 209.8 213.8 214.7 216.8

Delaware

79.0 80.0 80.4 80.4 44.5 46.1 46.3 46.5 59.1 61.2 61.4 61.9

District of Columbia

29.6 32.1 32.3 32.1 29.9 30.5 30.4 30.7 155.8 160.6 160.1 160.7

Florida

1,599.3 1,647.2 1,654.9 1,651.6 516.5 532.4 533.5 530.2 1,141.6 1,187.3 1,193.2 1,200.3


Georgia

858.8 886.6 891.7 892.3 230.1 234.0 234.6 237.1 601.8 631.1 631.8 626.7

Hawaii

117.0 117.7 118.0 119.9 27.3 27.5 27.6 27.5 81.8 83.6 83.7 85.0

Idaho

130.6 133.3 132.8 133.0 32.2 33.3 33.4 34.1 79.8 79.3 78.9 82.1

Illinois

1,168.0 1,175.2 1,176.9 1,178.5 369.6 369.1 368.5 368.2 902.0 921.3 924.2 918.7

Indiana

571.4 580.1 581.5 588.2 127.6 131.0 130.9 130.8 318.4 325.6 328.2 328.7


Iowa

311.8 315.7 315.2 317.4 104.0 104.7 104.6 104.4 134.7 136.4 137.1 138.9

Kansas

262.0 264.2 264.8 268.1 79.2 79.6 79.3 80.9 166.6 171.8 172.2 170.6

Kentucky

373.4 381.0 381.3 383.8 89.1 90.8 90.3 89.5 207.4 216.1 216.7 214.8

Louisiana

385.9 393.3 394.1 394.4 91.5 92.5 92.8 93.9 212.3 213.2 213.7 208.8

Maine

118.7 118.9 119.2 117.8 30.4 30.5 30.4 30.5 62.1 63.2 63.5 63.5


Maryland

453.1 456.7 457.4 458.4 144.3 144.2 144.2 144.3 418.3 427.4 427.0 428.9

Massachusetts

558.8 565.0 566.1 569.9 207.1 209.0 208.9 210.6 510.5 520.6 523.3 523.3

Michigan

751.8 761.6 761.1 765.2 204.0 204.7 206.1 206.8 607.2 629.1 633.4 639.4

Minnesota

513.4 518.2 520.9 514.9 178.2 179.8 179.0 179.1 351.2 357.3 357.7 359.9

Mississippi

219.1 221.0 221.8 225.2 43.3 44.4 44.3 44.4 100.9 101.8 102.9 104.5


Missouri

520.3 523.4 524.1 525.1 163.7 164.8 164.5 165.1 348.9 356.5 356.9 357.4

Montana

92.4 93.4 93.8 95.4 24.4 25.2 25.7 25.8 39.3 39.8 39.8 40.2

Nebraska

203.2 203.6 203.0 203.2 72.1 72.8 73.1 73.3 112.6 112.3 112.6 113.8

Nevada

226.1 231.8 232.5 235.1 57.1 57.1 57.1 56.3 152.3 159.9 159.0 161.1

New Hampshire

136.7 138.1 138.9 137.0 35.6 36.3 36.0 36.1 72.5 73.9 73.5 73.4


New Jersey

831.8 842.8 844.5 850.0 247.9 249.2 246.6 246.4 634.8 637.7 637.4 630.6

New Mexico

137.4 140.0 139.1 139.6 33.2 33.6 33.5 33.7 99.1 99.9 100.3 100.4

New York

1,545.3 1,563.6 1,566.9 1,568.7 687.6 689.8 691.0 694.0 1,212.8 1,238.3 1,242.5 1,241.4

North Carolina

769.0 786.0 790.2 778.5 208.5 212.8 213.9 214.7 555.4 584.7 587.8 588.4

North Dakota

104.1 107.7 107.1 108.2 23.7 24.2 24.2 24.5 34.9 37.0 36.3 36.3


Ohio

988.7 998.6 997.8 1,010.1 285.8 290.2 289.9 291.2 702.3 716.4 716.6 719.3

Oklahoma

299.7 303.0 303.9 302.5 79.3 79.8 79.7 80.0 183.0 190.4 191.1 193.9

Oregon

321.6 329.0 330.3 333.3 91.5 93.4 92.8 92.8 213.9 224.1 223.8 227.0

Pennsylvania

1,101.4 1,116.7 1,123.0 1,119.9 314.8 313.3 313.7 316.2 751.2 762.2 762.4 763.3

Rhode Island

74.6 75.6 75.4 75.9 32.4 32.4 32.5 32.6 59.5 60.7 60.6 61.3


South Carolina

368.4 377.8 379.6 382.4 96.2 96.9 96.7 97.3 249.1 260.7 261.3 260.8

South Dakota

84.9 85.4 85.9 86.3 29.9 29.6 29.5 29.5 30.3 29.9 29.9 30.4

Tennessee

585.1 596.8 598.6 602.0 139.9 142.3 142.2 142.9 365.3 378.5 381.2 381.6

Texas

2,279.9 2,339.1 2,348.1 2,359.0 692.0 710.3 713.2 713.8 1,508.5 1,564.9 1,576.1 1,580.9

Utah

250.0 257.2 261.0 261.3 73.8 76.4 76.9 77.3 182.8 189.3 189.9 194.0


Vermont

55.5 56.1 56.2 56.3 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 26.4 26.8 26.8 26.7

Virginia

641.4 654.0 654.6 643.9 192.7 193.5 193.6 193.6 673.9 677.4 676.5 673.6

Washington

562.0 578.8 579.5 582.2 152.3 155.8 156.5 158.1 365.4 377.9 379.7 383.3

West Virginia

135.1 135.2 135.9 136.3 31.2 31.1 30.9 30.8 64.8 67.8 68.3 68.7

Wisconsin

521.4 526.6 528.3 525.6 149.2 153.1 153.9 153.5 306.2 307.7 307.5 305.7

Wyoming

54.7 55.1 55.5 56.3 11.1 11.3 11.3 11.5 18.1 18.6 19.1 19.4


Puerto Rico

176.6 176.6 175.2 177.3 43.5 42.5 42.3 42.5 114.9 111.8 112.1 111.6

Virgin Islands(1)

8.2 8.2 8.1 8.1 - - - - - - - -

Footnotes
(1) Missing series (denoted by '-') are not published seasonally adjusted because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
(p) Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Data have been revised to reflect 2014 benchmarks and updated seasonal adjustment factors. Seasonally adjusted data from January 2010 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.

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
Table 5. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry sector, seasonally adjusted-Continued
[In thousands]
State Education and health services Leisure and hospitality Government
Jan.
2014
Nov.
2014
Dec.
2014
Jan.
2015(p)
Jan.
2014
Nov.
2014
Dec.
2014
Jan.
2015(p)
Jan.
2014
Nov.
2014
Dec.
2014
Jan.
2015(p)

Alabama

222.0 226.7 227.1 226.9 181.9 187.4 188.2 189.8 376.8 379.8 379.5 379.1

Alaska

46.9 47.0 47.2 47.0 34.0 34.6 34.8 34.7 82.2 82.0 82.0 82.3

Arizona

376.0 387.4 389.9 391.4 281.8 292.5 292.6 294.4 411.1 410.9 411.1 407.0

Arkansas

171.7 173.5 173.5 173.5 106.2 109.3 113.1 112.8 213.2 213.1 213.2 213.1

California

2,375.5 2,440.2 2,443.9 2,457.7 1,726.8 1,777.4 1,784.5 1,794.7 2,392.4 2,432.7 2,431.7 2,442.9

Colorado

292.3 303.0 304.4 307.4 295.1 304.8 306.1 308.9 405.8 409.3 409.1 406.4

Connecticut

322.3 327.6 328.7 331.5 151.5 153.1 155.0 157.1 237.0 237.4 237.7 238.6

Delaware

71.6 73.5 73.2 72.8 46.6 47.3 47.6 48.0 65.7 65.2 65.3 64.4

District of Columbia

127.5 129.9 129.7 126.5 68.6 70.0 70.0 69.4 234.7 236.1 236.3 236.9

Florida

1,141.3 1,177.1 1,181.3 1,184.4 1,062.7 1,109.2 1,109.3 1,116.2 1,073.2 1,078.4 1,079.3 1,078.6

Georgia

515.6 529.9 533.0 533.2 421.1 441.7 444.6 443.4 681.3 688.5 687.5 687.4

Hawaii

78.7 79.4 79.5 79.6 112.9 113.6 113.5 114.7 129.7 124.4 124.8 124.4

Idaho

92.8 94.1 93.9 95.7 65.0 66.9 67.0 67.3 117.8 120.4 120.2 120.1

Illinois

881.2 892.0 894.1 896.4 553.4 556.3 559.7 563.0 826.5 831.4 831.2 828.5

Indiana

436.1 441.2 441.5 442.4 290.9 294.2 295.0 295.2 417.4 427.4 429.2 426.1

Iowa

221.1 224.1 223.7 222.4 137.8 139.3 139.7 140.5 254.2 258.1 257.7 259.1

Kansas

188.0 190.9 191.5 189.8 121.7 124.6 124.8 125.9 256.4 258.0 257.7 256.6

Kentucky

260.9 265.1 264.2 264.3 181.4 184.8 185.4 187.5 322.9 324.6 324.6 323.5

Louisiana

296.8 300.9 301.5 304.7 217.2 223.4 225.0 223.4 331.5 327.1 327.1 325.9

Maine

122.0 122.8 123.0 122.0 62.8 61.9 61.4 62.2 99.4 100.0 99.7 99.3

Maryland

422.9 432.6 434.5 434.0 257.7 263.5 265.5 262.7 502.7 506.9 506.7 507.5

Massachusetts

724.7 741.7 744.2 741.5 338.5 344.6 346.6 342.7 447.0 455.9 456.6 458.4

Michigan

642.6 647.6 649.1 651.4 403.0 405.8 406.9 411.4 595.5 594.6 595.2 591.2

Minnesota

495.2 502.6 501.6 503.1 252.6 256.4 256.7 256.9 417.8 420.7 418.6 417.7

Mississippi

133.9 136.7 136.6 136.6 125.6 126.5 126.7 126.5 244.6 245.5 245.5 245.4

Missouri

432.9 434.3 434.4 436.0 284.6 285.2 287.3 292.4 432.3 432.1 431.5 433.8

Montana

69.8 69.8 69.8 69.2 60.8 60.8 60.1 60.1 89.5 87.9 87.6 88.5

Nebraska

147.1 149.9 150.3 151.0 87.7 87.1 88.7 89.7 169.3 171.6 171.7 171.6

Nevada

113.8 117.6 118.6 119.1 329.1 341.4 342.2 344.1 152.0 152.7 152.5 152.0

New Hampshire

115.0 116.3 117.1 116.9 66.9 67.2 67.3 66.8 90.8 90.5 90.3 89.6


New Jersey

630.5 638.7 640.5 644.0 357.3 358.6 358.2 361.1 618.0 622.6 622.5 623.1

New Mexico

125.5 130.5 131.3 131.5 90.2 91.2 90.5 90.4 192.2 191.8 191.6 191.6

New York

1,827.3 1,868.9 1,871.6 1,885.5 859.5 874.9 879.7 870.9 1,428.1 1,440.4 1,439.3 1,433.2

North Carolina

561.5 572.1 572.4 572.1 440.1 449.1 451.4 456.6 715.5 714.2 715.8 713.8

North Dakota

59.1 60.2 59.7 59.4 39.9 41.6 41.7 41.9 80.0 80.5 80.6 80.9

Ohio

884.7 890.1 890.2 900.3 522.9 541.1 547.1 550.2 759.0 759.4 760.2 752.0

Oklahoma

227.5 229.0 230.0 230.5 154.7 155.3 155.0 153.8 347.5 348.1 348.0 348.0

Oregon

245.1 253.1 253.8 252.5 181.0 184.0 184.5 184.5 291.1 297.0 297.6 297.6

Pennsylvania

1,170.7 1,188.7 1,190.6 1,183.3 536.1 544.0 546.2 546.8 716.5 709.1 708.4 708.6

Rhode Island

105.0 105.1 104.9 104.8 54.6 55.4 55.6 56.3 60.2 60.0 60.1 60.1

South Carolina

223.1 227.5 227.8 228.4 227.6 232.5 230.3 233.4 353.8 359.2 360.0 359.4

South Dakota

68.2 68.7 68.6 68.7 45.5 45.3 45.0 44.3 77.5 78.2 78.0 77.6

Tennessee

399.8 406.2 406.3 407.9 290.6 299.3 300.2 300.5 425.6 426.1 426.9 427.9

Texas

1,505.8 1,546.9 1,553.1 1,553.5 1,164.7 1,212.1 1,212.5 1,214.3 1,819.1 1,836.3 1,841.3 1,842.6

Utah

172.6 176.9 177.0 178.1 125.9 130.9 132.1 131.8 227.4 230.2 230.1 230.0

Vermont

62.5 62.7 62.9 63.0 34.8 37.7 36.2 36.5 55.7 55.8 56.0 56.4

Virginia

493.3 498.6 499.3 503.0 369.8 376.1 377.3 375.4 704.7 707.4 708.2 707.0

Washington

448.9 458.9 460.2 460.8 296.8 297.4 297.5 302.5 545.6 554.5 557.0 556.8

West Virginia

126.9 127.0 126.5 127.6 74.2 72.3 72.7 72.4 152.2 153.8 153.8 152.6

Wisconsin

427.6 433.1 433.1 432.7 263.9 265.9 267.9 267.0 410.1 414.7 412.3 412.6

Wyoming

27.0 27.3 27.2 27.5 35.1 35.9 36.0 36.6 71.6 71.5 71.3 71.5

Puerto Rico

123.1 125.4 125.3 126.7 79.8 80.1 80.4 80.2 237.0 231.6 231.6 230.5

Virgin Islands(1)

- - - - 7.2 7.3 7.3 7.3 10.8 10.9 10.9 10.9

Footnotes
(1) Missing series (denoted by '-') are not published seasonally adjusted because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
(p) Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Data have been revised to reflect 2014 benchmarks and updated seasonal adjustment factors. Seasonally adjusted data from January 2010 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.


ESTABLISHMENT DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
Table 6. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry sector, not seasonally adjusted
[In thousands]
State Total Mining and logging Construction
December January December January December January
2013 2014 2014 2015(p) 2013 2014 2014 2015(p) 2013 2014 2014 2015(p)

Alabama

1,923.7 1,948.2 1,885.4 1,922.8 11.9 11.6 11.8 11.2 79.3 80.0 76.2 77.1

Alaska

321.4 324.9 318.2 323.2 17.1 17.5 16.8 17.3 15.1 16.3 14.0 15.2

Arizona

2,592.5 2,643.8 2,536.5 2,602.8 13.0 13.1 13.0 12.9 125.9 126.0 123.7 126.0

Arkansas

1,182.7 1,208.4 1,160.9 1,190.4 9.0 8.9 8.7 8.6 44.3 47.5 43.9 47.2

California

15,546.6 15,994.3 15,280.1 15,768.5 30.3 30.8 30.1 30.0 651.8 681.8 637.9 679.2


Colorado

2,435.0 2,511.8 2,391.2 2,463.9 31.8 35.5 31.8 35.6 134.0 146.6 130.0 142.0

Connecticut

1,673.0 1,699.7 1,631.2 1,656.9 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 53.8 54.7 48.9 51.2

Delaware(1)

437.1 446.2 424.7 432.7 - - - - 19.6 20.4 18.9 19.0

District of Columbia(1)

756.7 764.0 739.2 753.4 - - - - 14.0 14.1 13.8 13.9

Florida

7,781.8 8,049.4 7,663.4 7,948.4 5.8 5.8 5.6 5.7 381.4 413.1 373.7 407.1


Georgia

4,106.6 4,249.2 4,041.4 4,183.5 9.0 8.9 9.0 8.9 149.3 157.3 147.4 151.6

Hawaii(1)

634.5 635.2 618.9 624.9 - - - - 31.7 31.1 30.6 31.2

Idaho

646.2 659.2 631.2 649.3 3.9 3.7 3.8 3.5 33.6 37.0 31.7 34.8

Illinois

5,880.2 5,951.3 5,711.1 5,782.1 9.6 10.2 9.4 9.4 189.8 201.1 168.8 180.3

Indiana

2,997.6 3,033.3 2,885.8 2,957.7 7.1 7.1 6.7 6.7 120.9 120.4 108.2 107.6


Iowa

1,547.6 1,564.8 1,503.9 1,528.1 2.3 2.2 1.8 1.8 67.9 73.9 59.9 65.6

Kansas

1,395.9 1,412.0 1,359.6 1,378.6 10.8 10.6 10.4 10.1 57.9 58.9 55.3 56.1

Kentucky

1,864.4 1,892.9 1,811.3 1,851.8 16.9 16.0 16.2 15.7 69.4 73.7 64.1 69.3

Louisiana

1,975.6 2,010.2 1,946.2 1,970.6 53.8 52.5 53.9 51.5 129.7 139.8 129.7 133.3

Maine

603.3 604.5 580.3 581.3 2.6 2.5 2.6 2.5 25.3 25.1 22.7 22.5


Maryland(1)

2,623.8 2,655.8 2,543.4 2,582.8 - - - - 147.4 153.5 142.3 148.3

Massachusetts

3,407.3 3,462.8 3,306.4 3,373.2 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 123.2 126.8 114.8 115.8

Michigan

4,169.3 4,237.5 4,065.0 4,155.6 8.0 8.3 7.8 8.0 133.0 139.0 122.8 131.3

Minnesota

2,807.6 2,829.6 2,733.3 2,769.3 6.9 6.9 6.6 6.7 98.1 97.8 87.9 87.8

Mississippi

1,123.1 1,129.3 1,107.4 1,120.6 9.1 9.3 9.1 8.9 50.5 46.3 48.8 44.2


Missouri

2,738.1 2,760.1 2,659.5 2,704.3 3.9 4.0 3.6 3.8 107.2 108.4 100.7 101.6

Montana

452.1 452.6 438.9 442.1 9.4 9.2 8.9 8.9 23.2 23.8 20.8 21.0

Nebraska(1)

994.8 1,000.2 971.1 982.7 - - - - 44.3 45.2 41.5 41.6

Nevada

1,195.3 1,240.3 1,180.4 1,221.7 14.7 14.2 14.4 14.0 58.6 64.5 58.1 62.7

New Hampshire

651.5 657.5 632.5 640.8 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 22.7 23.9 20.8 21.9


New Jersey

3,988.9 4,014.3 3,860.9 3,906.8 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.3 137.6 147.0 127.6 138.2

New Mexico

821.4 833.2 806.5 816.7 26.6 28.4 26.8 28.2 42.4 43.3 41.7 41.6

New York

9,144.4 9,242.8 8,810.9 8,967.7 5.0 5.0 4.4 4.3 327.5 339.3 304.1 317.2

North Carolina

4,130.4 4,236.2 4,039.6 4,150.3 5.6 5.5 5.4 5.4 175.5 187.1 169.7 180.5

North Dakota

452.3 471.9 440.3 460.1 27.4 32.0 27.5 31.3 31.1 34.5 27.2 31.6


Ohio

5,341.1 5,388.6 5,180.4 5,276.2 13.3 15.4 13.1 14.9 185.1 186.5 169.1 169.7

Oklahoma

1,654.3 1,679.6 1,622.7 1,650.3 60.3 63.3 59.3 61.8 76.3 76.6 73.5 75.2

Oregon

1,701.3 1,754.7 1,669.1 1,728.1 7.5 7.4 7.4 7.1 75.4 78.2 74.1 76.6

Pennsylvania

5,804.4 5,869.8 5,652.2 5,719.9 36.0 37.2 35.4 37.4 215.6 229.0 203.3 212.8

Rhode Island

477.1 480.8 460.8 467.8 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 16.2 16.5 14.4 14.8


South Carolina

1,933.3 1,975.9 1,891.7 1,945.9 3.9 3.9 3.8 3.8 81.5 83.8 79.8 82.4

South Dakota(1)

420.0 422.6 410.1 412.9 - - - - 20.9 21.3 18.8 19.3

Tennessee(1)

2,824.8 2,878.4 2,749.1 2,818.1 - - - - 108.0 115.2 103.7 110.1

Texas

11,427.8 11,811.7 11,235.4 11,632.3 292.2 317.3 293.1 314.0 619.7 668.1 614.6 664.5

Utah

1,323.4 1,365.2 1,293.8 1,347.4 12.1 12.4 11.9 11.9 74.1 79.6 70.9 77.2


Vermont

315.1 319.1 306.7 311.9 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 14.2 14.4 12.7 13.1

Virginia

3,785.4 3,817.2 3,706.0 3,739.3 9.9 9.1 9.7 8.9 175.5 176.8 169.4 174.8

Washington

3,035.3 3,127.4 2,997.7 3,098.6 6.2 6.1 6.0 5.9 149.8 163.3 146.8 163.8

West Virginia

772.5 767.3 744.9 746.5 31.1 30.5 30.1 30.2 32.5 30.8 29.1 27.7

Wisconsin

2,845.1 2,881.6 2,759.4 2,810.6 3.6 4.1 3.4 3.9 96.1 103.9 87.1 93.8

Wyoming

288.3 292.3 281.6 286.8 27.0 27.5 26.9 26.4 21.6 22.4 20.2 20.9


Puerto Rico(1)

960.0 928.6 908.7 902.5 - - - - 32.1 28.8 26.8 26.0

Virgin Islands(1)

38.5 38.3 37.6 38.0 - - - - 1.4 1.6 1.3 1.6

Footnotes
(1) Mining and logging is combined with construction.
(p) Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Data have been revised to reflect 2014 benchmarks. Unadjusted data from April 2013 are subject to revision. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmark month are preliminary and will be revised when new information becomes available.

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
Table 6. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry sector, not seasonally adjusted-Continued
[In thousands]
State Manufacturing Trade, transportation, and utilities Information
December January December January December January
2013 2014 2014 2015(p) 2013 2014 2014 2015(p) 2013 2014 2014 2015(p)

Alabama

252.0 254.1 250.5 252.2 381.6 385.5 367.3 373.9 22.9 21.9 22.2 22.3

Alaska

7.9 6.9 12.2 10.8 62.5 64.2 60.2 63.0 6.3 6.2 6.2 6.2

Arizona

155.8 156.3 155.7 154.9 506.7 517.1 488.7 500.3 42.4 43.1 42.3 42.3

Arkansas

152.7 157.4 152.4 155.0 246.7 252.9 239.2 246.9 14.1 13.5 13.8 13.5

California

1,261.0 1,264.6 1,249.0 1,254.7 2,933.8 3,011.4 2,824.7 2,910.2 459.5 467.7 452.8 461.8


Colorado

134.0 138.9 133.1 137.2 437.8 445.4 424.1 434.8 70.1 69.6 70.1 68.6

Connecticut

161.4 159.6 160.4 158.4 312.1 317.0 299.0 300.7 32.2 31.4 31.9 31.0

Delaware

25.5 25.8 25.2 25.6 82.3 83.1 77.7 79.2 5.0 4.8 5.1 4.8

District of Columbia

1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 30.7 33.2 29.5 31.8 16.7 17.0 17.1 17.0

Florida

327.9 332.8 326.8 329.1 1,652.4 1,697.5 1,597.2 1,657.8 135.9 137.1 135.6 134.7


Georgia

360.8 371.4 360.1 372.4 877.6 912.4 852.8 889.5 105.3 109.2 104.7 105.8

Hawaii

13.8 13.6 13.5 13.4 121.1 121.5 117.1 119.5 9.9 8.7 8.3 8.2

Idaho

59.9 59.4 59.3 59.7 132.5 134.9 128.6 130.4 9.3 9.4 9.1 9.3

Illinois

579.0 582.7 574.4 574.5 1,203.4 1,217.6 1,156.0 1,168.7 98.6 99.4 97.3 98.6

Indiana

498.3 514.6 495.5 512.2 589.0 594.7 562.7 578.8 35.8 35.3 35.3 35.7


Iowa

216.2 215.8 214.6 214.9 318.9 322.1 307.3 314.0 25.8 25.2 25.8 25.0

Kansas

162.0 162.7 159.7 158.0 268.3 270.3 259.2 266.6 28.1 28.1 28.0 28.2

Kentucky

232.9 237.6 230.9 238.4 385.4 391.3 368.9 378.5 26.2 26.2 26.4 25.7

Louisiana

146.4 149.9 146.3 148.8 395.5 403.4 383.2 391.4 25.7 26.5 23.6 26.1

Maine

50.5 51.1 48.6 48.9 123.4 123.5 115.8 116.1 7.5 7.3 7.5 7.3


Maryland

104.4 102.7 103.0 101.4 471.1 473.6 449.4 453.8 38.8 37.2 39.1 37.0

Massachusetts

251.7 248.9 249.5 247.5 576.1 583.3 555.8 564.6 86.1 87.0 84.6 87.0

Michigan

565.0 588.5 558.3 584.3 771.3 778.3 740.0 755.0 56.1 57.0 56.3 57.0

Minnesota

308.0 314.8 305.1 310.8 527.2 531.7 506.8 514.4 53.1 53.7 52.6 52.3

Mississippi

139.1 140.0 139.0 139.8 225.3 227.0 217.2 223.9 13.2 13.2 13.8 13.3


Missouri

252.7 260.9 248.4 258.8 534.8 536.5 513.5 519.3 57.4 57.2 56.5 57.3

Montana

19.1 19.1 18.4 18.4 94.3 95.7 90.8 93.4 6.7 6.6 6.5 6.5

Nebraska

97.3 97.0 96.6 96.4 209.6 207.5 201.2 200.8 17.2 17.1 17.2 17.2

Nevada

41.2 42.0 41.2 41.5 233.5 240.9 224.9 234.0 13.1 13.6 12.7 13.4

New Hampshire

66.6 67.0 66.1 66.8 141.7 143.9 135.7 138.6 11.9 11.8 12.0 11.8


New Jersey

244.9 243.7 241.3 241.7 860.7 872.9 824.4 843.3 75.2 75.1 74.4 73.7

New Mexico

28.5 28.3 28.0 27.8 141.1 142.7 136.5 138.9 12.3 12.7 11.6 12.2

New York

457.5 451.5 449.1 443.7 1,605.4 1,622.3 1,533.1 1,559.2 267.9 265.2 260.0 262.5

North Carolina

446.2 457.3 441.6 456.3 789.5 807.7 759.4 777.4 71.9 74.0 71.0 73.5

North Dakota

25.6 26.5 25.2 25.9 105.3 108.9 102.7 106.9 6.8 6.7 6.8 6.7


Ohio

669.7 677.0 662.7 676.1 1,022.5 1,025.4 975.2 998.1 74.7 72.0 73.0 71.5

Oklahoma

137.2 139.1 136.3 139.1 305.9 309.2 296.7 300.6 21.9 21.5 21.7 21.6

Oregon

175.1 180.9 174.1 180.2 329.8 340.1 318.0 330.9 32.7 33.0 31.7 32.4

Pennsylvania

566.2 571.1 561.5 567.8 1,140.4 1,163.3 1,096.2 1,114.9 87.1 85.8 85.0 85.2

Rhode Island

40.8 41.8 40.3 41.1 77.2 77.3 73.5 75.0 9.0 8.8 9.0 8.7


South Carolina

227.2 234.0 226.3 231.2 377.0 386.2 363.4 376.9 26.4 27.0 26.0 26.6

South Dakota

41.3 43.2 41.1 42.6 85.8 86.6 83.5 85.1 6.0 6.1 6.0 6.0

Tennessee

322.6 330.7 321.0 330.0 605.0 613.2 579.2 596.2 44.3 44.5 43.6 44.2

Texas

879.0 893.2 870.1 884.8 2,335.1 2,406.4 2,265.9 2,343.9 204.9 205.1 201.7 206.0

Utah

120.0 121.4 119.1 121.9 257.0 267.6 246.6 259.1 33.4 33.8 32.6 34.1


Vermont

31.9 31.2 30.9 30.1 57.7 58.3 54.9 55.9 4.8 4.6 4.8 4.6

Virginia

232.0 233.5 229.6 231.9 667.6 671.6 636.0 644.0 71.4 70.9 72.2 69.9

Washington

285.5 289.1 283.5 287.1 574.7 594.4 555.6 576.8 107.4 109.6 107.0 109.5

West Virginia

48.4 47.6 47.7 47.4 141.1 139.1 133.8 134.4 9.8 9.6 9.6 9.5

Wisconsin

458.3 467.9 455.7 468.5 537.0 543.1 513.4 521.8 47.9 48.7 47.4 49.3

Wyoming

9.9 10.1 9.6 9.8 55.1 56.1 53.4 55.4 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.8


Puerto Rico

78.4 75.6 74.8 73.7 190.1 184.3 178.0 179.0 20.0 20.4 20.8 20.0

Virgin Islands

0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 8.5 8.2 8.3 8.2 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.8

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Data have been revised to reflect 2014 benchmarks. Unadjusted data from April 2013 are subject to revision. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmark month are preliminary and will be revised when new information becomes available.

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
Table 6. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry sector, not seasonally adjusted-Continued
[In thousands]
State Financial activities Professional and business services Education and health services
December January December January December January
2013 2014 2014 2015(p) 2013 2014 2014 2015(p) 2013 2014 2014 2015(p)

Alabama

95.0 95.0 93.8 95.4 220.8 225.6 215.9 225.6 225.5 228.6 219.8 226.3

Alaska

12.0 12.4 11.9 12.0 29.5 28.4 28.7 28.1 47.1 47.5 46.5 47.1

Arizona

190.1 192.7 187.1 191.2 390.5 397.5 374.3 390.7 379.7 394.0 374.9 391.9

Arkansas

49.9 49.8 49.1 49.4 130.7 133.8 128.0 133.4 172.9 174.4 170.7 173.3

California

785.0 794.0 775.3 794.4 2,400.4 2,503.6 2,354.4 2,467.2 2,388.8 2,465.8 2,363.5 2,441.8


Colorado

153.4 156.6 151.5 155.0 378.5 389.7 370.1 376.9 293.5 306.2 291.2 305.9

Connecticut

129.3 128.7 128.2 128.6 209.4 215.9 203.1 209.4 325.0 333.0 320.4 328.7

Delaware

44.5 46.4 44.1 46.3 60.5 63.0 57.9 60.7 71.9 73.5 71.4 72.5

District of Columbia

29.8 30.6 29.7 30.4 156.6 160.9 153.7 159.0 131.2 131.3 127.4 126.7

Florida

521.0 534.8 512.6 527.1 1,148.7 1,201.6 1,127.8 1,183.3 1,145.6 1,191.1 1,134.4 1,182.5


Georgia

230.8 236.5 229.2 236.5 600.8 631.5 591.5 613.7 518.4 535.6 513.3 533.4

Hawaii

27.5 27.8 27.1 27.3 82.1 84.0 81.2 83.4 79.7 80.2 78.0 78.6

Idaho

31.9 33.3 31.8 33.5 79.7 78.4 76.2 78.5 93.1 94.6 92.8 95.0

Illinois

370.6 369.4 366.5 366.0 914.3 927.5 878.8 896.7 887.6 901.6 875.6 890.0

Indiana

128.8 131.0 126.2 129.5 322.2 329.2 304.5 316.2 444.1 446.1 433.7 440.0


Iowa

104.5 104.8 103.5 104.1 134.8 135.9 131.2 135.1 226.1 229.1 220.3 223.0

Kansas

79.4 79.7 78.5 80.0 168.3 173.2 163.5 168.0 189.0 192.4 187.1 188.8

Kentucky

89.6 90.5 88.8 89.5 215.6 221.6 204.1 211.4 261.9 265.2 258.6 263.3

Louisiana

92.1 93.2 91.0 93.6 211.8 214.0 209.2 208.3 297.7 302.8 296.3 302.6

Maine

30.4 30.4 29.9 29.9 61.9 62.8 59.9 60.9 122.7 124.3 121.7 121.3


Maryland

145.3 144.2 143.1 143.1 418.7 426.0 408.9 420.4 429.0 438.9 419.8 432.2

Massachusetts

207.4 209.4 204.9 208.2 511.8 521.9 497.6 510.3 736.7 751.9 717.2 737.1

Michigan

202.9 206.0 202.3 203.8 613.5 633.7 597.8 627.6 648.0 654.6 636.5 644.4

Minnesota

178.7 178.6 177.0 178.0 353.7 357.4 341.6 349.7 497.5 504.8 491.8 500.3

Mississippi

43.9 44.5 43.2 43.9 101.1 103.1 99.6 103.6 135.1 137.8 133.7 136.9


Missouri

164.2 165.1 162.2 164.4 352.9 357.9 340.7 349.8 435.2 437.9 429.7 433.9

Montana

24.6 26.0 24.1 25.6 38.9 39.0 37.5 38.3 70.3 70.2 69.7 69.2

Nebraska

72.1 73.0 71.9 72.5 113.2 112.1 110.0 111.3 148.2 151.5 145.7 150.5

Nevada

57.6 57.4 56.5 56.5 151.4 159.2 152.9 159.2 113.8 119.6 113.0 118.3

New Hampshire

35.8 35.7 35.3 35.6 72.2 73.4 71.0 71.7 116.0 117.6 114.3 116.6


New Jersey

249.9 246.9 245.4 244.7 640.5 635.7 615.4 609.0 639.7 645.6 626.8 639.2

New Mexico

33.8 33.6 33.1 33.4 99.0 100.3 98.1 99.8 126.5 131.9 126.1 130.8

New York

690.9 692.6 680.8 688.8 1,223.8 1,245.1 1,183.5 1,209.1 1,870.1 1,903.1 1,803.9 1,860.4

North Carolina

207.9 212.2 206.9 211.4 556.7 587.4 544.9 577.2 565.3 578.7 557.8 569.8

North Dakota

23.6 24.2 23.5 24.2 34.2 35.8 33.8 35.4 59.6 60.0 59.0 59.1


Ohio

286.3 289.8 283.7 288.9 706.4 716.5 683.4 700.8 893.8 898.2 878.8 891.8

Oklahoma

79.6 79.9 78.6 79.5 181.8 192.0 179.0 188.6 228.4 231.0 226.2 230.1

Oregon

91.9 92.7 90.3 91.8 213.5 223.5 208.7 221.6 247.5 256.8 243.5 253.2

Pennsylvania

315.1 313.7 312.5 313.6 753.8 761.0 734.5 746.3 1,182.6 1,201.2 1,160.2 1,175.8

Rhode Island

32.4 32.4 32.1 32.4 59.7 60.5 57.0 58.8 105.8 106.7 103.4 103.3


South Carolina

96.1 97.0 94.6 96.7 251.7 260.0 242.9 253.4 223.7 229.4 221.8 226.7

South Dakota

30.1 29.5 29.6 29.3 30.2 29.5 29.5 29.3 68.6 69.3 67.7 68.5

Tennessee

140.1 142.4 138.9 142.3 375.8 388.1 359.5 374.7 402.4 409.1 397.5 404.3

Texas

694.1 714.8 686.8 706.9 1,512.3 1,577.2 1,483.8 1,554.5 1,510.6 1,560.9 1,491.1 1,546.7

Utah

74.8 77.6 73.2 77.0 184.9 191.3 178.8 189.0 175.5 179.8 173.2 179.2


Vermont

12.1 12.3 12.0 12.3 26.3 26.4 25.2 25.5 62.5 63.6 61.9 62.8

Virginia

193.9 193.4 190.8 193.4 674.0 678.3 665.4 664.4 492.5 503.8 494.1 500.8

Washington

151.9 156.8 150.7 156.8 365.3 378.6 358.8 376.0 449.4 463.2 446.7 459.7

West Virginia

31.3 31.2 30.9 30.4 64.5 68.4 63.6 67.1 128.2 127.9 124.9 126.4

Wisconsin

150.4 154.2 147.9 152.7 307.7 306.4 298.0 297.5 431.0 435.1 422.8 429.2

Wyoming

11.2 11.4 11.0 11.4 17.7 18.4 17.1 18.3 27.1 27.5 27.0 27.6


Puerto Rico

44.4 42.7 43.4 42.3 123.9 116.0 113.8 111.9 130.0 128.3 119.1 123.2

Virgin Islands

2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 3.4 3.4 3.3 3.4 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.4

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Data have been revised to reflect 2014 benchmarks. Unadjusted data from April 2013 are subject to revision. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmark month are preliminary and will be revised when new information becomes available.

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
Table 6. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry sector, not seasonally adjusted-Continued
[In thousands]
State Leisure and hospitality Other services Government
December January December January December January
2013 2014 2014 2015(p) 2013 2014 2014 2015(p) 2013 2014 2014 2015(p)

Alabama

176.8 183.5 173.1 180.0 79.2 80.4 78.7 80.6 378.7 382.0 376.1 378.2

Alaska

29.5 30.6 28.8 29.9 11.5 11.6 11.5 11.7 82.9 83.3 81.4 81.9

Arizona

280.8 290.6 277.0 290.3 87.5 91.2 86.1 92.7 420.1 422.2 413.7 409.6

Arkansas

102.3 108.9 101.1 107.8 43.0 43.9 42.8 44.0 217.1 217.4 211.2 211.3

California

1,706.9 1,776.9 1,678.1 1,750.1 522.9 544.8 521.4 539.9 2,406.2 2,452.9 2,392.9 2,439.2


Colorado

292.4 307.1 291.7 308.2 98.0 100.4 98.5 99.5 411.5 415.8 399.1 400.2

Connecticut

146.2 151.7 140.2 147.0 62.1 63.4 61.5 62.3 240.9 243.7 237.1 239.1

Delaware

43.7 44.6 41.7 42.8 18.5 18.1 18.2 17.8 65.6 66.5 64.5 64.0

District of Columbia

67.5 69.3 65.4 67.4 69.5 70.0 69.0 70.6 239.7 236.6 232.6 235.6

Florida

1,054.2 1,107.2 1,047.5 1,097.2 316.5 332.1 317.0 330.8 1,092.4 1,096.3 1,085.2 1,093.1


Georgia

412.0 437.9 403.6 429.4 151.6 155.9 150.7 154.6 691.0 692.6 679.1 687.7

Hawaii

113.2 114.3 112.0 113.8 26.8 26.1 26.4 25.9 128.7 127.9 124.7 123.6

Idaho

61.9 64.2 61.0 64.0 21.9 22.8 21.7 22.9 118.5 121.5 115.2 117.7

Illinois

538.0 548.5 524.1 532.5 250.3 251.4 247.5 249.2 839.0 841.9 812.7 816.2

Indiana

286.8 287.9 273.8 277.4 124.2 125.3 122.3 125.1 440.4 441.7 416.9 428.5


Iowa

132.2 133.3 128.8 130.2 58.6 58.7 58.2 58.0 260.3 263.8 252.5 256.4

Kansas

119.6 122.5 115.6 120.1 49.0 50.2 47.9 48.6 263.5 263.4 254.4 254.1

Kentucky

176.1 179.8 169.8 175.4 63.9 63.3 62.8 62.9 326.5 327.7 320.7 321.7

Louisiana

214.3 223.7 212.4 219.4 70.9 72.5 70.9 71.8 337.7 331.9 329.7 323.8

Maine

55.3 53.9 51.7 51.7 20.6 20.8 20.4 20.7 103.1 102.8 99.5 99.5


Maryland

247.1 252.9 237.0 242.0 111.6 113.2 109.9 111.3 510.4 513.6 490.9 493.3

Massachusetts

325.3 329.6 310.0 314.7 129.5 133.7 127.1 132.5 458.5 469.3 444.0 454.6

Michigan

390.9 391.8 377.8 384.2 170.0 171.0 168.3 168.6 610.6 609.3 597.1 591.4

Minnesota

243.0 245.1 236.7 240.8 113.3 115.2 111.1 113.3 428.1 423.6 416.1 415.2

Mississippi

123.4 124.2 121.2 122.2 38.7 38.7 38.5 39.3 243.7 245.2 243.3 244.6


Missouri

273.7 277.6 262.2 269.4 112.4 113.6 111.2 113.7 443.7 441.0 430.8 432.3

Montana

57.9 56.9 56.8 56.1 17.9 17.4 17.4 17.4 89.8 88.7 88.0 87.3

Nebraska

84.9 85.7 82.7 84.0 36.5 37.3 36.2 38.2 171.5 173.8 168.1 170.2

Nevada

322.4 339.5 322.2 338.8 33.6 33.9 33.5 34.1 155.4 155.5 151.0 149.2

New Hampshire

62.8 62.6 61.5 62.2 25.4 25.8 25.3 26.0 95.4 94.9 89.6 88.7


New Jersey

342.3 340.9 325.7 327.7 166.1 169.9 163.5 168.0 630.6 635.2 615.1 620.0

New Mexico

88.6 89.0 87.7 87.1 27.5 28.3 27.3 28.5 195.1 194.7 189.6 188.4

New York

844.7 858.9 799.4 811.8 392.5 399.2 385.2 397.3 1,459.1 1,460.6 1,407.4 1,413.4

North Carolina

429.0 441.7 414.3 427.1 147.2 152.2 145.7 150.8 735.6 732.4 722.9 720.9

North Dakota

39.6 41.9 38.2 40.2 16.4 17.8 16.4 17.7 82.7 83.6 80.0 81.1


Ohio

506.9 524.4 485.8 510.2 208.5 208.8 205.8 208.0 773.9 774.6 749.8 746.2

Oklahoma

150.1 152.3 148.4 149.6 58.9 59.3 58.4 58.9 353.9 355.4 344.6 345.3

Oregon

174.2 179.1 171.3 175.9 57.6 60.0 57.4 59.2 296.1 303.0 292.6 299.2

Pennsylvania

522.6 525.4 501.8 509.7 251.4 255.6 249.1 251.7 733.6 726.5 712.7 704.7

Rhode Island

51.9 52.6 48.4 50.0 22.6 22.9 22.0 23.0 61.3 61.1 60.6 60.5


South Carolina

216.7 219.0 209.7 217.8 71.0 71.6 70.2 72.0 358.1 364.0 353.2 358.4

South Dakota

42.9 42.2 41.3 39.9 15.7 16.0 15.6 15.7 78.5 78.9 77.0 77.2

Tennessee

284.9 294.9 276.0 286.0 104.9 104.8 104.2 103.2 436.8 435.5 425.5 427.1

Texas

1,139.3 1,194.3 1,119.0 1,173.1 399.4 409.8 398.5 407.4 1,841.2 1,864.6 1,810.8 1,830.5

Utah

125.2 131.0 123.6 129.6 36.4 37.5 36.3 37.4 230.0 233.2 227.6 231.0


Vermont

36.5 38.4 37.2 39.6 10.1 10.3 9.9 10.1 58.2 58.8 56.5 57.2

Virginia

358.9 364.9 345.1 351.2 193.9 195.9 191.8 195.0 715.8 719.0 701.9 705.0

Washington

287.1 290.8 282.2 288.2 111.6 116.6 111.0 114.5 546.4 558.9 549.4 560.3

West Virginia

73.6 71.1 70.5 69.2 55.4 54.8 54.8 54.8 156.6 156.3 149.9 149.4

Wisconsin

252.6 256.7 242.5 248.6 138.3 139.7 136.0 138.2 422.2 421.8 405.2 407.1

Wyoming

32.5 33.1 32.1 33.0 10.0 9.8 9.9 9.6 72.4 72.2 70.6 70.6


Puerto Rico

81.8 81.4 79.4 79.9 18.5 17.9 17.5 17.1 240.8 233.2 235.1 229.4

Virgin Islands

7.2 7.4 7.4 7.4 1.0 0.8 1.0 0.8 10.9 10.9 10.5 10.6

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Data have been revised to reflect 2014 benchmarks. Unadjusted data from April 2013 are subject to revision. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmark month are preliminary and will be revised when new information becomes available.


Last Modified Date: March 17, 2015