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State Employment and Unemployment (Monthly) News Release

For release 10:00 a.m. (ET) Tuesday, October 20, 2020		USDL-20-1969

Technical information: 
 Employment:	sminfo@bls.gov  *  www.bls.gov/sae
 Unemployment:	lausinfo@bls.gov  *  www.bls.gov/lau

Media contact:	(202) 691-5902  *  PressOffice@bls.gov


       STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT -- SEPTEMBER 2020


Unemployment rates were lower in September in 30 states, higher in 8
states, and stable in 12 states and the District of Columbia, the U.S.
Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. All 50 states and the
District had jobless rate increases from a year earlier. The national
unemployment rate declined by 0.5 percentage point over the month to
7.9 percent but was 4.4 points higher than in September 2019.

Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 30 states, decreased in 3
states, and was essentially unchanged in 17 states and the District
of Columbia in September 2020. Over the year, nonfarm payroll
employment decreased in 48 states and the District and was essentially
unchanged in 2 states.

This news release presents statistics from two monthly programs. The
civilian labor force and unemployment data are modeled based largely
on a survey of households. These data pertain to individuals by where
they reside. The employment data are from an establishment survey that
measures nonfarm employment, hours, and earnings by industry. These
data pertain to jobs on payrolls defined by where the establishments
are located. For more information about the concepts and statistical
methodologies used by these two programs, see the Technical Note.

Unemployment

Hawaii had the highest unemployment rate in September, 15.1 percent,
followed by Nevada, 12.6 percent. Nebraska had the lowest rate, 3.5
percent, followed by South Dakota, 4.1 percent, and Vermont, 4.2
percent. In total, 27 states had jobless rates lower than the U.S.
figure of 7.9 percent, 8 states had higher rates, and 15 states and
the District of Columbia had rates that were not appreciably different
from that of the nation. (See tables A and 1.)

In September, the largest unemployment rate decrease occurred in New
Jersey (-4.4 percentage points). Rates declined over the month by at
least 2.0 percentage points in an additional six states. The largest
over-the-month jobless rate increases occurred in Hawaii (+2.1
percentage points) and Idaho (+1.9 points). (See table B.)

The largest unemployment rate increases from September 2019 occurred
in Hawaii (+12.4 percentage points) and Nevada (+8.9 points). The
smallest over-the-year rate increases occurred in Nebraska (+0.5
percentage point) and South Dakota (+0.7 point). (See table C.)

Nonfarm Payroll Employment

Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 30 states, decreased in 3
states, and was essentially unchanged in 17 states and the District
of Columbia in September 2020. The largest job gains occurred in New
York (+109,300), California (+96,000), and New Jersey (+60,200). The
largest percentage increase occurred in New Jersey (+1.6 percent),
followed by New York and Wyoming (+1.3 percent each). Employment
decreased in Indiana (-11,700, or -0.4 percent), Hawaii (-10,700, or
-2.0 percent), and Kansas (-7,200, or -0.5 percent). (See tables D
and 3.)

Over the year, nonfarm payroll employment decreased in 48 states and
the District of Columbia and was essentially unchanged in 2 states.
The largest job declines occurred in California (-1,488,900), New York
(-1,102,800), and Texas (-583,600). The smallest declines occurred in
South Dakota (-13,000), Wyoming (-16,100), and Montana (-17,700). The
largest percentage declines occurred in Hawaii (-18.4 percent), New
York (-11.2 percent), and Michigan and Vermont (-9.6 percent each).
The smallest percentage declines occurred in Mississippi (-2.2 percent),
Nebraska (-2.5 percent), and South Dakota (-2.9 percent). (See table E.)

_____________
The Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment news release for
September is scheduled to be released on Wednesday, October 28, 2020,
at 10:00 a.m. (ET). The State Employment and Unemployment news release
for October is scheduled to be released on Friday, November 20, 2020,
at 10:00 a.m. (ET).

 
 _____________________________________________________________________________
|									      |
|          Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic Impact on September 2020	      |
|                 Establishment and Household Survey Data		      |
|									      |
| BLS has continued to review all estimation and methodological procedures    |
| for the establishment survey, which included the review of data,	      |
| estimation processes, the application of the birth-death model, and	      |
| seasonal adjustment. Business births and deaths cannot be adequately	      |
| captured by the establishment survey as they occur. Therefore, the	      |
| Current Employment Statistics (CES) program uses a model to account for     |
| the relatively stable net employment change generated by business births    |
| and deaths. Due to the impact of COVID-19, the relationship between	      |
| business births and deaths is no longer stable. Typically, reports with     |
| zero employment are not included in estimation. For the August final and    |
| September preliminary estimates, CES included a portion of these reports    |
| in the estimates and made modifications to the birth-death model. In	      |
| addition for both months, the establishment survey included a portion of    |
| the reports that returned to reporting positive employment from reporting   |
| zero employment. For more information, see 				      |
| www.bls.gov/web/empsit/cesbd.htm.					      |
|									      |
| In the establishment survey, workers who are paid by their employer for     |
| all or any part of the pay period including the 12th of the month are	      |
| counted as employed, even if they were not actually at their jobs.	      |
| Workers who are temporarily or permanently absent from their jobs and are   |
| not being paid are not counted as employed, even if they are continuing     |
| to receive benefits. The length of the reference period does vary across    |
| the respondents in the establishment survey; one-third of businesses have   |
| a weekly pay period, slightly over 40 percent a bi-weekly, about 20 	      |
| percent semi-monthly, and a small amount monthly.			      |
|									      |
| For the September 2020 estimates of household employment and unemployment   |
| from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program, BLS continued   |
| to implement level-shift outliers in the employment and/or unemployment     |
| inputs to the models, based on statistical evaluation of movements in each  |
| area's inputs. Both the Current Population Survey inputs, which serve as    |
| the primary inputs to the LAUS models, and the nonfarm payroll employment   |
| and unemployment insurance claims covariates were examined for outliers.    |
| The resulting implementation of level shifts preserved movements in the     |
| published estimates that the models otherwise would have discounted,	      |
| without requiring changes to how the models create estimates at other	      |
| points in the time series.						      |
|									      |
| To mitigate distortions due to the complex relationships between level      |
| shifts in the household survey and covariate inputs to the state models,    |
| BLS retained the same modifications to the LAUS seasonal adjustment and     |
| smoothing procedures that had been introduced during the May 2020 cycle.    |
| Specifically, level shifts were isolated from the estimation of seasonal    |
| factors, and the Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Space filter was not used to    |
| smooth the seasonally adjusted estimates. It is anticipated that these      |
| modifications will be necessary for as long as complex outlier treatments   |
| are deemed necessary for the model inputs.				      |
|									      |
| The "Frequently asked questions" document at				      |
| www.bls.gov/covid19/employment-situation-covid19-faq-september-2020.htm     |
| extensively discusses the impact of a misclassification in the household    |
| survey on the national estimates for September 2020. Despite the	      |
| considerable decline in its degree relative to prior months, this	      |
| misclassification continued to be widespread geographically, with BLS	      |
| analysis indicating that most states again were affected to at least some   |
| extent. However, according to usual practice, the data from the household   |
| survey are accepted as recorded. To maintain data integrity, no ad hoc      |
| actions are taken to reclassify survey responses. Hence, the household      |
| survey estimates of employed and unemployed people that serve as the	      |
| primary inputs to the state models were affected to varying degrees by      |
| the misclassification, which in turn affected the official LAUS estimates   |
| for September 2020.							      |
|									      |
| Household data for Puerto Rico are not modeled, but rather are derived      |
| from a monthly household survey similar to the Current Population Survey.   |
| Due to the effects of the pandemic and efforts to contain the virus,	      |
| Puerto Rico had not been able to conduct its household survey for March     |
| or April 2020. Data collection resumed effective May 2020, and BLS resumed  |
| publication of the not seasonally adjusted data beginning with the June     |
| 2020 issuance of this news release on July 17, 2020. BLS is resuming	      |
| publication of the seasonally adjusted data beginning with this news	      |
| release issuance. The Puerto Rico Department of Labor has reported a 	      |
| misclassification in its household survey since May 2020 similar in nature  |
| to the misclassification in the Current Population Survey.		      |
|_____________________________________________________________________________|

 
 
Table A. States with unemployment rates significantly different
from that of the U.S., September 2020, seasonally adjusted
--------------------------------------------------------------
                State                |          Rate(p)
--------------------------------------------------------------
United States (1) ...................|           7.9
                                     |              
Alabama .............................|           6.6
Arizona .............................|           6.7
California ..........................|          11.0
Colorado ............................|           6.4
Georgia .............................|           6.4
Hawaii ..............................|          15.1
Idaho ...............................|           6.1
Illinois ............................|          10.2
Indiana .............................|           6.2
Iowa ................................|           4.7
                                     |              
Kansas ..............................|           5.9
Kentucky ............................|           5.6
Maine ...............................|           6.1
Maryland ............................|           7.2
Massachusetts .......................|           9.6
Minnesota ...........................|           6.0
Missouri ............................|           4.9
Montana .............................|           5.3
Nebraska ............................|           3.5
Nevada ..............................|          12.6
                                     |              
New Hampshire .......................|           6.0
New Jersey ..........................|           6.7
New Mexico ..........................|           9.4
New York ............................|           9.7
North Dakota ........................|           4.4
Oklahoma ............................|           5.3
Rhode Island ........................|          10.5
South Carolina ......................|           5.1
South Dakota ........................|           4.1
Tennessee ...........................|           6.3
                                     |              
Utah ................................|           5.0
Vermont .............................|           4.2
Virginia ............................|           6.2
Wisconsin ...........................|           5.4
Wyoming .............................|           6.1
--------------------------------------------------------------
   (1) Data are not preliminary.
   (p) = preliminary.


Table B. States with statistically significant unemployment rate changes
from August 2020 to September 2020, seasonally adjusted
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                |          Rate         |
                                |-----------|-----------| Over-the-month
             State              |   August  | September |    change(p)
                                |    2020   |   2020(p) |
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Alabama ........................|     5.6   |     6.6   |       1.0
Arizona ........................|     5.9   |     6.7   |        .8
Delaware .......................|     8.9   |     8.2   |       -.7
Georgia ........................|     5.7   |     6.4   |        .7
Hawaii .........................|    13.0   |    15.1   |       2.1
Idaho ..........................|     4.2   |     6.1   |       1.9
Illinois .......................|    11.0   |    10.2   |       -.8
Iowa ...........................|     6.3   |     4.7   |      -1.6
Kansas .........................|     6.9   |     5.9   |      -1.0
Kentucky .......................|     7.5   |     5.6   |      -1.9
                                |           |           |          
Maine ..........................|     7.0   |     6.1   |       -.9
Massachusetts ..................|    11.4   |     9.6   |      -1.8
Minnesota ......................|     7.4   |     6.0   |      -1.4
Mississippi ....................|     7.8   |     7.1   |       -.7
Missouri .......................|     7.0   |     4.9   |      -2.1
Montana ........................|     5.8   |     5.3   |       -.5
Nebraska .......................|     4.0   |     3.5   |       -.5
Nevada .........................|    13.3   |    12.6   |       -.7
New Hampshire ..................|     6.6   |     6.0   |       -.6
New Jersey .....................|    11.1   |     6.7   |      -4.4
                                |           |           |          
New Mexico .....................|    11.4   |     9.4   |      -2.0
New York .......................|    12.5   |     9.7   |      -2.8
North Carolina .................|     6.5   |     7.3   |        .8
North Dakota ...................|     5.0   |     4.4   |       -.6
Ohio ...........................|     8.9   |     8.4   |       -.5
Oklahoma .......................|     5.7   |     5.3   |       -.4
Oregon .........................|     8.5   |     8.0   |       -.5
Pennsylvania ...................|    10.4   |     8.1   |      -2.3
Rhode Island ...................|    12.9   |    10.5   |      -2.4
South Carolina .................|     6.4   |     5.1   |      -1.3
                                |           |           |          
South Dakota ...................|     4.8   |     4.1   |       -.7
Tennessee ......................|     8.6   |     6.3   |      -2.3
Texas ..........................|     6.8   |     8.3   |       1.5
Utah ...........................|     4.1   |     5.0   |        .9
Vermont ........................|     4.8   |     4.2   |       -.6
Washington .....................|     8.4   |     7.8   |       -.6
Wisconsin ......................|     6.3   |     5.4   |       -.9
Wyoming ........................|     6.6   |     6.1   |       -.5
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   (p) = preliminary.


Table C. States with statistically significant unemployment rate changes
from September 2019 to September 2020, seasonally adjusted
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                |          Rate         |
                                |-----------|-----------|  Over-the-year
             State              | September | September |    change(p)
                                |    2019   |   2020(p) |
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Alabama ........................|     2.7   |     6.6   |       3.9
Alaska .........................|     6.2   |     7.2   |       1.0
Arizona ........................|     4.6   |     6.7   |       2.1
Arkansas .......................|     3.6   |     7.3   |       3.7
California .....................|     3.9   |    11.0   |       7.1
Colorado .......................|     2.6   |     6.4   |       3.8
Connecticut ....................|     3.7   |     7.8   |       4.1
Delaware .......................|     3.9   |     8.2   |       4.3
District of Columbia ...........|     5.3   |     8.7   |       3.4
Florida ........................|     2.9   |     7.6   |       4.7
                                |           |           |          
Georgia ........................|     3.2   |     6.4   |       3.2
Hawaii .........................|     2.7   |    15.1   |      12.4
Idaho ..........................|     2.9   |     6.1   |       3.2
Illinois .......................|     3.7   |    10.2   |       6.5
Indiana ........................|     3.2   |     6.2   |       3.0
Iowa ...........................|     2.8   |     4.7   |       1.9
Kansas .........................|     3.1   |     5.9   |       2.8
Kentucky .......................|     4.3   |     5.6   |       1.3
Louisiana ......................|     5.1   |     8.1   |       3.0
Maine ..........................|     2.9   |     6.1   |       3.2
                                |           |           |          
Maryland .......................|     3.5   |     7.2   |       3.7
Massachusetts ..................|     2.8   |     9.6   |       6.8
Michigan .......................|     3.9   |     8.5   |       4.6
Minnesota ......................|     3.2   |     6.0   |       2.8
Mississippi ....................|     5.6   |     7.1   |       1.5
Missouri .......................|     3.3   |     4.9   |       1.6
Montana ........................|     3.5   |     5.3   |       1.8
Nebraska .......................|     3.0   |     3.5   |        .5
Nevada .........................|     3.7   |    12.6   |       8.9
New Hampshire ..................|     2.6   |     6.0   |       3.4
                                |           |           |          
New Jersey .....................|     3.6   |     6.7   |       3.1
New Mexico .....................|     4.8   |     9.4   |       4.6
New York .......................|     3.9   |     9.7   |       5.8
North Carolina .................|     3.7   |     7.3   |       3.6
North Dakota ...................|     2.4   |     4.4   |       2.0
Ohio ...........................|     4.1   |     8.4   |       4.3
Oklahoma .......................|     3.3   |     5.3   |       2.0
Oregon .........................|     3.5   |     8.0   |       4.5
Pennsylvania ...................|     4.6   |     8.1   |       3.5
Rhode Island ...................|     3.5   |    10.5   |       7.0
                                |           |           |          
South Carolina .................|     2.4   |     5.1   |       2.7
South Dakota ...................|     3.4   |     4.1   |        .7
Tennessee ......................|     3.3   |     6.3   |       3.0
Texas ..........................|     3.5   |     8.3   |       4.8
Utah ...........................|     2.5   |     5.0   |       2.5
Vermont ........................|     2.4   |     4.2   |       1.8
Virginia .......................|     2.7   |     6.2   |       3.5
Washington .....................|     4.1   |     7.8   |       3.7
West Virginia ..................|     5.0   |     8.6   |       3.6
Wisconsin ......................|     3.4   |     5.4   |       2.0
Wyoming ........................|     3.7   |     6.1   |       2.4
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   (p) = preliminary.
 

Table D. States with statistically significant employment changes from
August 2020 to September 2020, seasonally adjusted
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                              |             |             | Over-the-month change(p)
           State              |    August   |  September  |---------------------------
                              |     2020    |   2020(p)   |    Level    |   Percent
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Alaska .......................|     297,000 |     300,600 |       3,600 |      1.2
California ...................|  15,886,300 |  15,982,300 |      96,000 |       .6
Colorado .....................|   2,651,800 |   2,665,200 |      13,400 |       .5
Connecticut ..................|   1,568,100 |   1,585,100 |      17,000 |      1.1
Florida ......................|   8,485,200 |   8,532,500 |      47,300 |       .6
Georgia ......................|   4,441,200 |   4,461,400 |      20,200 |       .5
Hawaii .......................|     545,600 |     534,900 |     -10,700 |     -2.0
Indiana ......................|   3,045,200 |   3,033,500 |     -11,700 |      -.4
Iowa .........................|   1,492,200 |   1,499,500 |       7,300 |       .5
Kansas .......................|   1,367,600 |   1,360,400 |      -7,200 |      -.5
                              |             |             |             |       
Maine ........................|     582,000 |     586,700 |       4,700 |       .8
Maryland .....................|   2,585,500 |   2,603,700 |      18,200 |       .7
Massachusetts ................|   3,305,100 |   3,342,000 |      36,900 |      1.1
Michigan .....................|   3,994,700 |   4,013,100 |      18,400 |       .5
Minnesota ....................|   2,764,200 |   2,779,000 |      14,800 |       .5
Mississippi ..................|   1,124,400 |   1,131,900 |       7,500 |       .7
Missouri .....................|   2,771,500 |   2,784,500 |      13,000 |       .5
Montana ......................|     464,600 |     467,700 |       3,100 |       .7
Nebraska .....................|     992,400 |   1,000,400 |       8,000 |       .8
New Jersey ...................|   3,818,000 |   3,878,200 |      60,200 |      1.6
                              |             |             |             |       
New Mexico ...................|     798,100 |     802,400 |       4,300 |       .5
New York .....................|   8,601,000 |   8,710,300 |     109,300 |      1.3
North Carolina ...............|   4,268,100 |   4,316,200 |      48,100 |      1.1
Ohio .........................|   5,146,700 |   5,188,200 |      41,500 |       .8
Pennsylvania .................|   5,578,400 |   5,597,800 |      19,400 |       .3
South Carolina ...............|   2,094,900 |   2,119,700 |      24,800 |      1.2
South Dakota .................|     423,200 |     428,100 |       4,900 |      1.2
Tennessee ....................|   2,989,000 |   3,000,100 |      11,100 |       .4
Texas ........................|  12,224,500 |  12,265,200 |      40,700 |       .3
Utah .........................|   1,539,600 |   1,552,400 |      12,800 |       .8
                              |             |             |             |       
Vermont ......................|     282,200 |     285,000 |       2,800 |      1.0
Wisconsin ....................|   2,757,200 |   2,781,000 |      23,800 |       .9
Wyoming ......................|     270,500 |     273,900 |       3,400 |      1.3
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   (p) = preliminary.

 
Table E. States with statistically significant employment changes from
September 2019 to September 2020, seasonally adjusted
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                              |             |             | Over-the-year change(p)
           State              |  September  |  September  |---------------------------
                              |     2019    |    2020(p)  |    Level    |    Percent
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Alabama ......................|   2,075,000 |   2,000,500 |     -74,500 |     -3.6
Alaska .......................|     331,000 |     300,600 |     -30,400 |     -9.2
Arizona ......................|   2,952,500 |   2,862,000 |     -90,500 |     -3.1
Arkansas .....................|   1,273,000 |   1,225,800 |     -47,200 |     -3.7
California ...................|  17,471,200 |  15,982,300 |  -1,488,900 |     -8.5
Colorado .....................|   2,799,500 |   2,665,200 |    -134,300 |     -4.8
Connecticut ..................|   1,688,300 |   1,585,100 |    -103,200 |     -6.1
Delaware .....................|     466,400 |     428,800 |     -37,600 |     -8.1
District of Columbia .........|     799,200 |     745,600 |     -53,600 |     -6.7
Florida ......................|   8,983,600 |   8,532,500 |    -451,100 |     -5.0
                              |             |             |             |       
Georgia ......................|   4,626,100 |   4,461,400 |    -164,700 |     -3.6
Hawaii .......................|     655,700 |     534,900 |    -120,800 |    -18.4
Illinois .....................|   6,115,700 |   5,702,800 |    -412,900 |     -6.8
Indiana ......................|   3,163,600 |   3,033,500 |    -130,100 |     -4.1
Iowa .........................|   1,584,900 |   1,499,500 |     -85,400 |     -5.4
Kansas .......................|   1,423,400 |   1,360,400 |     -63,000 |     -4.4
Kentucky .....................|   1,943,200 |   1,826,000 |    -117,200 |     -6.0
Louisiana ....................|   1,987,100 |   1,851,400 |    -135,700 |     -6.8
Maine ........................|     637,700 |     586,700 |     -51,000 |     -8.0
Maryland .....................|   2,765,900 |   2,603,700 |    -162,200 |     -5.9
                              |             |             |             |       
Massachusetts ................|   3,693,800 |   3,342,000 |    -351,800 |     -9.5
Michigan .....................|   4,438,100 |   4,013,100 |    -425,000 |     -9.6
Minnesota ....................|   2,979,000 |   2,779,000 |    -200,000 |     -6.7
Mississippi ..................|   1,157,600 |   1,131,900 |     -25,700 |     -2.2
Missouri .....................|   2,906,400 |   2,784,500 |    -121,900 |     -4.2
Montana ......................|     485,400 |     467,700 |     -17,700 |     -3.6
Nebraska .....................|   1,026,500 |   1,000,400 |     -26,100 |     -2.5
Nevada .......................|   1,424,500 |   1,296,900 |    -127,600 |     -9.0
New Hampshire ................|     685,600 |     632,800 |     -52,800 |     -7.7
New Jersey ...................|   4,199,000 |   3,878,200 |    -320,800 |     -7.6
                              |             |             |             |       
New Mexico ...................|     861,600 |     802,400 |     -59,200 |     -6.9
New York .....................|   9,813,100 |   8,710,300 |  -1,102,800 |    -11.2
North Carolina ...............|   4,583,600 |   4,316,200 |    -267,400 |     -5.8
North Dakota .................|     438,900 |     408,900 |     -30,000 |     -6.8
Ohio .........................|   5,591,900 |   5,188,200 |    -403,700 |     -7.2
Oklahoma .....................|   1,705,300 |   1,618,900 |     -86,400 |     -5.1
Oregon .......................|   1,944,500 |   1,811,800 |    -132,700 |     -6.8
Pennsylvania .................|   6,068,600 |   5,597,800 |    -470,800 |     -7.8
Rhode Island .................|     502,800 |     468,000 |     -34,800 |     -6.9
South Carolina ...............|   2,199,300 |   2,119,700 |     -79,600 |     -3.6
                              |             |             |             |       
South Dakota .................|     441,100 |     428,100 |     -13,000 |     -2.9
Tennessee ....................|   3,131,600 |   3,000,100 |    -131,500 |     -4.2
Texas ........................|  12,848,800 |  12,265,200 |    -583,600 |     -4.5
Vermont ......................|     315,400 |     285,000 |     -30,400 |     -9.6
Virginia .....................|   4,064,200 |   3,857,100 |    -207,100 |     -5.1
Washington ...................|   3,483,500 |   3,286,000 |    -197,500 |     -5.7
West Virginia ................|     716,800 |     671,200 |     -45,600 |     -6.4
Wisconsin ....................|   2,972,300 |   2,781,000 |    -191,300 |     -6.4
Wyoming ......................|     290,000 |     273,900 |     -16,100 |     -5.6
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   (p) = preliminary.
 
 
 

Technical Note

  
   Special technical note: This technical note describes the procedures regularly 
   used on a monthly basis to develop estimates from the CES survey and the LAUS 
   program. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, some of the procedures described in this
   technical note have been modified. The modifications are briefly described in 
   the box note of this news release. More information on the changes to the CES
   business birth-death model is available at www.bls.gov/web/empsit/cesbd.htm.
   
   This news release presents civilian labor force and unemployment data for states
   and selected substate areas from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS)
   program (tables 1 and 2). Also presented are nonfarm payroll employment estimates
   by state and industry supersector from the Current Employment Statistics (CES)
   program (tables 3 and 4). The LAUS and CES programs are both federal-state cooperative
   endeavors.

Civilian labor force and unemployment--from the LAUS program

   Definitions. The civilian 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 employed people and unemployed people on a place-of-
   residence basis. The universe for each is the civilian noninstitutional population
   16 years of age and older. Employed people are those who did any work at all for
   pay or profit in the reference week (typically 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 people 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; people on layoff expecting recall need not be looking for work to be counted 
   as unemployed. The civilian labor force is the sum of employed and unemployed people.
   The unemployment rate is the number of unemployed as a percent of the civilian labor
   force.

   Method of estimation. Estimates for 48 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 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 produced using a similar model-based approach.
    
   Each month, estimates for the nine census divisions first are modeled using inputs
   from the CPS only and controlled to the national totals. State estimates then are
   controlled to their respective census division totals. Substate and balance-of-state
   estimates for the five areas noted above also are controlled to their respective state
   totals. This tiered process of controlling model-based estimates to the U.S. totals is 
   called real-time benchmarking. Estimates for Puerto Rico are derived from a monthly
   household survey similar to the CPS. A more detailed description of the estimation
   procedures is available from BLS upon request.
   
   Annual revisions. Civilian labor force and unemployment data for prior years reflect
   adjustments made after 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
   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 models decompose the estimates of employed and unemployed 
   people into trend, seasonal, and irregular components. The benchmarked signals of 
   employed and unemployed people first are adjusted using an X-11 type of seasonal 
   adjustment filter. The adjusted data then are smoothed using a Reproducing Kernel 
   Hilbert Space (RKHS) filter. The smoothed-seasonally adjusted estimates of employed and 
   unemployed people are summed to derive the civilian labor force, and the unemployment 
   rate then is calculated as the unemployed percent of the civilian labor force. The 
   resulting smoothed-seasonally adjusted unemployment rate estimates are analyzed in this 
   news release and published on the BLS website.  

   During estimation for the current year, the smoothed-seasonally adjusted estimates
   for a given month are created using an asymmetric filter that incorporates information
   from previous observations only. For annual revisions, historical data are smoothed
   using a two-sided filter.
   
   Area definitions. The substate area data published in this release reflect the
   delineations that were issued by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget on April 10,
   2018. 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 2017 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. Information on recent benchmark
   revisions is available online at www.bls.gov/web/laus/benchmark.pdf.

   Seasonal adjustment. Payroll employment data are seasonally adjusted at the
   statewide expanded supersector level. In some cases, the seasonally adjusted
   payroll employment total is computed by aggregating the independently adjusted
   supersector series. In other cases, the seasonally adjusted payroll employment
   total is independently adjusted. Revisions to historical data for the most recent
   five years are made once a year, coincident with annual benchmark adjustments.
     
   Payroll employment data are seasonally adjusted concurrently, using all available 
   estimates including those for the current month, to develop sample-based seasonal
   factors. Concurrent sample-based factors are created every month for the current 
   month's preliminary estimate as well as the previous month's final estimate in order
   to incorporate real-time estimates.

   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.

   Use of error measures. Changes in state unemployment rates and state nonfarm payroll
   employment are cited in the analysis of this release only if they have been determined
   to be statistically significant at the 90-percent confidence level. Furthermore, state
   unemployment rates for the current month generally are cited only if they have been
   determined to be significantly different from the U.S. rate at the 90-percent confidence
   level. The underlying model-based standard error measures for unemployment rates
   and over-the-month and over-the-year changes in rates are available at
   www.bls.gov/lau/lastderr.htm. The underlying standard error measures for over-the-month
   and over-the-year changes in state payroll employment data at the total nonfarm and
   supersector levels are available at www.bls.gov/web/laus/790stderr.htm. Measures of 
   nonsampling error are not available.

Additional information

   Estimates of civilian labor force and unemployment from the LAUS program, as well
   as nonfarm payroll employment from the CES program, for metropolitan areas and
   metropolitan divisions are available in the news release Metropolitan Area Employment
   and Unemployment. Estimates of civilian labor force, employed people, unemployed
   people, and unemployment rates 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
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 1. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state and selected area, seasonally adjusted
State and area Civilian labor force Unemployed
Sept.
2019
July
2020
Aug.
2020
Sept.
2020(p)
Number Percent of labor force
Sept.
2019
July
2020
Aug.
2020
Sept.
2020(p)
Sept.
2019
July
2020
Aug.
2020
Sept.
2020(p)

Alabama

2,245,766 2,230,709 2,264,223 2,255,268 61,495 176,556 125,855 148,912 2.7 7.9 5.6 6.6

Alaska

347,254 340,956 329,089 333,004 21,406 39,672 24,217 23,836 6.2 11.6 7.4 7.2

Arizona

3,585,858 3,565,784 3,414,564 3,566,291 164,426 380,231 202,487 237,774 4.6 10.7 5.9 6.7

Arkansas

1,363,257 1,305,613 1,343,186 1,335,469 48,450 92,976 99,517 97,191 3.6 7.1 7.4 7.3

California

19,458,303 18,825,904 18,657,538 18,676,946 757,881 2,543,255 2,086,688 2,058,786 3.9 13.5 11.2 11.0

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale(1)

5,140,933 4,931,148 4,935,823 4,914,505 221,930 881,849 807,501 743,370 4.3 17.9 16.4 15.1

Colorado

3,168,978 3,084,472 3,087,775 3,147,378 81,321 229,572 205,774 201,997 2.6 7.4 6.7 6.4

Connecticut

1,923,109 1,900,497 1,866,403 1,894,773 72,097 194,294 150,815 147,117 3.7 10.2 8.1 7.8

Delaware

488,694 505,590 500,871 495,306 19,288 52,979 44,718 40,394 3.9 10.5 8.9 8.2

District of Columbia

411,296 393,988 397,554 396,750 21,728 33,581 34,137 34,476 5.3 8.5 8.6 8.7

Florida

10,402,699 9,994,978 10,144,626 10,143,475 303,781 1,136,870 742,688 769,859 2.9 11.4 7.3 7.6

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall(1)

1,389,799 1,333,258 1,359,250 1,415,456 28,987 189,063 102,133 180,627 2.1 14.2 7.5 12.8

Georgia

5,129,851 4,993,364 4,926,114 4,945,161 165,476 380,204 282,138 316,740 3.2 7.6 5.7 6.4

Hawaii

665,785 638,124 639,549 612,768 17,902 86,079 82,822 92,544 2.7 13.5 13.0 15.1

Idaho

887,795 901,494 896,515 918,644 25,573 45,588 37,497 56,303 2.9 5.1 4.2 6.1

Illinois

6,439,731 6,248,853 6,316,526 6,392,549 240,317 715,810 695,027 652,104 3.7 11.5 11.0 10.2

Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights(1)

3,714,318 3,635,173 3,609,608 3,705,319 125,641 454,409 448,785 426,932 3.4 12.5 12.4 11.5

Indiana

3,386,110 3,318,673 3,356,226 3,336,535 107,610 261,101 214,570 208,281 3.2 7.9 6.4 6.2

Iowa

1,751,217 1,626,512 1,624,524 1,612,751 48,741 110,335 101,735 76,564 2.8 6.8 6.3 4.7

Kansas

1,490,123 1,491,299 1,499,273 1,475,696 46,421 107,119 103,537 87,728 3.1 7.2 6.9 5.9

Kentucky

2,081,590 1,837,401 2,008,842 1,925,252 90,136 82,136 149,990 107,923 4.3 4.5 7.5 5.6

Louisiana

2,099,185 2,011,263 2,106,619 2,095,056 106,095 188,490 161,816 170,329 5.1 9.4 7.7 8.1

Maine

693,045 697,299 677,695 681,209 20,299 68,735 47,230 41,373 2.9 9.9 7.0 6.1

Maryland

3,271,010 3,240,889 3,243,971 3,067,839 114,166 252,206 228,298 219,375 3.5 7.8 7.0 7.2

Massachusetts

3,829,750 3,673,375 3,548,646 3,789,576 107,363 594,255 403,441 365,410 2.8 16.2 11.4 9.6

Michigan

4,939,952 4,816,641 4,914,058 4,890,716 193,387 421,388 425,223 416,524 3.9 8.7 8.7 8.5

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn(2)

2,164,536 2,012,606 2,073,626 2,078,693 88,346 187,363 199,339 204,144 4.1 9.3 9.6 9.8

Minnesota

3,120,459 3,093,304 3,111,751 3,055,452 101,076 236,547 230,631 182,763 3.2 7.6 7.4 6.0

Mississippi

1,280,907 1,214,308 1,240,619 1,296,003 71,389 113,989 97,090 91,796 5.6 9.4 7.8 7.1

Missouri

3,096,836 3,073,320 3,080,741 3,011,046 102,824 211,424 214,396 146,051 3.3 6.9 7.0 4.9

Montana

535,725 534,260 533,234 534,614 18,711 34,573 30,984 28,114 3.5 6.5 5.8 5.3

Nebraska

1,037,715 1,046,974 1,038,528 1,033,570 31,453 51,217 41,438 36,333 3.0 4.9 4.0 3.5

Nevada

1,550,526 1,488,599 1,495,350 1,520,357 58,128 210,741 199,428 191,707 3.7 14.2 13.3 12.6

New Hampshire

776,382 734,397 738,253 741,739 19,926 58,914 48,923 44,513 2.6 8.0 6.6 6.0

New Jersey

4,523,734 4,589,169 4,578,368 4,349,416 161,982 651,366 509,969 293,229 3.6 14.2 11.1 6.7

New Mexico

959,014 910,699 896,708 952,327 45,677 115,370 101,957 89,561 4.8 12.7 11.4 9.4

New York

9,516,997 9,580,264 9,496,930 9,134,041 371,583 1,525,891 1,186,672 884,650 3.9 15.9 12.5 9.7

New York City

4,060,172 4,001,356 3,992,492 3,826,489 149,775 795,416 638,767 538,694 3.7 19.9 16.0 14.1

North Carolina

5,100,430 4,897,607 4,832,024 4,914,985 190,286 415,452 312,674 356,952 3.7 8.5 6.5 7.3

North Dakota

403,977 402,156 397,335 396,309 9,788 26,609 20,053 17,269 2.4 6.6 5.0 4.4

Ohio

5,814,117 5,663,958 5,763,731 5,643,105 240,086 510,262 510,169 471,522 4.1 9.0 8.9 8.4

Cleveland-Elyria(2)

1,042,735 997,950 1,016,048 926,374 41,455 114,150 107,026 96,004 4.0 11.4 10.5 10.4

Oklahoma

1,845,138 1,804,753 1,833,445 1,880,260 61,741 127,865 104,722 99,813 3.3 7.1 5.7 5.3

Oregon

2,103,078 2,061,771 2,072,012 2,058,880 73,198 215,189 176,645 165,048 3.5 10.4 8.5 8.0

Pennsylvania

6,525,482 6,361,009 6,312,511 6,365,388 297,878 793,690 659,066 518,081 4.6 12.5 10.4 8.1

Rhode Island

556,431 557,007 540,376 561,004 19,476 63,133 69,524 59,014 3.5 11.3 12.9 10.5

South Carolina

2,380,292 2,458,905 2,421,059 2,390,306 57,450 212,902 154,809 121,485 2.4 8.7 6.4 5.1

South Dakota

465,518 466,239 460,534 463,131 15,707 29,955 22,231 19,059 3.4 6.4 4.8 4.1

Tennessee

3,361,680 3,148,062 3,401,133 3,322,510 111,716 304,365 291,549 210,958 3.3 9.7 8.6 6.3

Texas

14,133,202 13,834,694 14,386,708 14,214,922 495,774 1,113,605 981,437 1,185,086 3.5 8.0 6.8 8.3

Utah

1,618,990 1,626,910 1,625,568 1,663,385 39,720 73,263 66,344 82,811 2.5 4.5 4.1 5.0

Vermont

340,947 339,162 324,286 321,693 8,238 28,186 15,439 13,553 2.4 8.3 4.8 4.2

Virginia

4,435,867 4,323,137 4,351,449 4,279,495 119,098 341,642 266,411 263,865 2.7 7.9 6.1 6.2

Washington

3,940,112 3,961,077 3,957,192 3,901,444 161,055 403,708 333,649 303,378 4.1 10.2 8.4 7.8

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett(1)

1,740,814 1,721,328 1,728,291 1,708,712 47,042 141,329 126,436 119,857 2.7 8.2 7.3 7.0

West Virginia

801,633 761,335 773,693 773,715 40,041 76,471 69,236 66,549 5.0 10.0 8.9 8.6

Wisconsin

3,106,837 3,026,513 3,054,862 3,137,058 107,092 215,799 192,280 169,384 3.4 7.1 6.3 5.4

Wyoming

292,889 294,527 292,304 294,960 10,928 20,842 19,195 17,970 3.7 7.1 6.6 6.1

Puerto Rico

1,074,120 1,034,753 1,037,830 1,041,397 85,249 87,804 86,123 87,258 7.9 8.5 8.3 8.4

Footnotes
(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. 18-03, dated April 10, 2018, and are available on the BLS website at https://www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm. Estimates for the latest month are subject to revision the following month.


LABOR FORCE DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 2. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state and selected area, not seasonally adjusted
State and area Civilian labor force Unemployed
August September Number Percent of labor force
2019 2020 2019 2020(p) August September August September
2019 2020 2019 2020(p) 2019 2020 2019 2020(p)

Alabama

2,235,642 2,257,899 2,237,761 2,248,823 66,431 128,488 57,536 142,991 3.0 5.7 2.6 6.4

Alaska

353,859 335,369 348,825 334,042 18,805 21,353 19,306 21,678 5.3 6.4 5.5 6.5

Arizona

3,556,056 3,408,977 3,591,467 3,583,467 178,406 214,032 165,431 242,339 5.0 6.3 4.6 6.8

Arkansas

1,364,195 1,345,569 1,364,706 1,336,989 49,499 99,551 45,467 93,607 3.6 7.4 3.3 7.0

California

19,428,941 18,678,585 19,505,846 18,761,209 808,406 2,119,880 704,291 2,017,210 4.2 11.3 3.6 10.8

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale(1)

5,112,508 4,935,680 5,152,447 4,942,404 244,308 828,177 222,671 746,087 4.8 16.8 4.3 15.1

Colorado

3,170,260 3,101,057 3,178,923 3,161,886 83,635 205,114 75,467 195,189 2.6 6.6 2.4 6.2

Connecticut

1,925,819 1,876,863 1,913,111 1,889,423 73,111 153,218 66,569 142,264 3.8 8.2 3.5 7.5

Delaware

490,824 503,877 484,356 491,760 20,234 45,877 18,909 40,141 4.1 9.1 3.9 8.2

District of Columbia

407,817 394,931 407,988 393,146 22,418 34,713 21,886 34,566 5.5 8.8 5.4 8.8

Florida

10,353,589 10,133,146 10,438,897 10,186,223 341,558 766,532 304,238 778,174 3.3 7.6 2.9 7.6

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall(1)

1,377,292 1,351,355 1,384,761 1,412,041 35,333 107,507 31,696 183,595 2.6 8.0 2.3 13.0

Georgia

5,097,809 4,906,688 5,119,873 4,937,094 186,680 294,883 156,100 309,503 3.7 6.0 3.0 6.3

Hawaii

663,706 639,152 662,543 610,432 17,821 82,216 18,842 93,285 2.7 12.9 2.8 15.3

Idaho

888,664 899,430 886,206 917,599 22,457 34,007 20,685 51,561 2.5 3.8 2.3 5.6

Illinois

6,459,291 6,327,118 6,426,636 6,367,873 257,769 699,795 222,928 621,131 4.0 11.1 3.5 9.8

Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights(1)

3,739,554 3,620,931 3,697,145 3,682,563 140,878 460,323 117,332 416,405 3.8 12.7 3.2 11.3

Indiana

3,385,489 3,360,009 3,374,034 3,328,250 113,806 218,724 95,125 194,052 3.4 6.5 2.8 5.8

Iowa

1,748,009 1,623,853 1,748,279 1,611,521 48,287 100,235 41,466 68,886 2.8 6.2 2.4 4.3

Kansas

1,485,168 1,495,227 1,484,776 1,470,103 50,095 106,061 40,121 81,476 3.4 7.1 2.7 5.5

Kentucky

2,069,554 2,001,943 2,073,191 1,922,687 86,918 146,700 79,648 100,932 4.2 7.3 3.8 5.2

Louisiana

2,097,206 2,106,363 2,096,725 2,091,597 112,426 169,537 104,342 171,027 5.4 8.0 5.0 8.2

Maine

708,364 694,116 692,599 680,685 16,281 42,985 16,025 36,555 2.3 6.2 2.3 5.4

Maryland

3,280,077 3,256,662 3,264,649 3,060,968 122,557 233,586 106,899 210,414 3.7 7.2 3.3 6.9

Massachusetts

3,855,804 3,584,444 3,798,668 3,763,988 108,391 401,926 101,529 359,368 2.8 11.2 2.7 9.5

Michigan

4,965,356 4,942,980 4,930,761 4,877,818 209,484 437,763 173,033 398,791 4.2 8.9 3.5 8.2

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn(2)

2,183,702 2,096,074 2,177,102 2,093,191 103,756 211,925 86,349 204,750 4.8 10.1 4.0 9.8

Minnesota

3,122,724 3,119,847 3,110,208 3,050,104 94,260 222,327 80,560 163,956 3.0 7.1 2.6 5.4

Mississippi

1,272,644 1,235,384 1,276,039 1,292,856 71,648 97,273 68,196 87,566 5.6 7.9 5.3 6.8

Missouri

3,077,694 3,067,869 3,083,575 2,999,711 108,761 217,535 82,035 127,907 3.5 7.1 2.7 4.3

Montana

542,082 539,657 534,592 533,615 16,824 28,849 15,869 24,667 3.1 5.3 3.0 4.6

Nebraska

1,039,417 1,041,214 1,029,469 1,025,888 31,306 40,666 28,495 33,503 3.0 3.9 2.8 3.3

Nevada

1,548,152 1,496,154 1,552,411 1,523,754 59,708 199,689 57,740 191,838 3.9 13.3 3.7 12.6

New Hampshire

783,726 745,381 772,689 737,013 19,639 47,833 17,831 41,311 2.5 6.4 2.3 5.6

New Jersey

4,530,548 4,596,237 4,496,207 4,312,144 166,692 511,272 152,067 280,229 3.7 11.1 3.4 6.5

New Mexico

955,627 895,414 955,891 950,489 47,067 103,411 44,186 88,644 4.9 11.5 4.6 9.3

New York

9,539,835 9,518,455 9,504,828 9,107,525 393,551 1,193,794 342,694 854,249 4.1 12.5 3.6 9.4

New York City

4,060,880 3,988,505 4,054,999 3,817,511 169,062 647,559 142,400 530,892 4.2 16.2 3.5 13.9

North Carolina

5,074,829 4,815,116 5,094,495 4,918,620 210,207 325,823 174,618 343,190 4.1 6.8 3.4 7.0

North Dakota

410,255 403,650 403,896 396,445 9,123 19,518 7,434 15,086 2.2 4.8 1.8 3.8

Ohio

5,848,312 5,794,178 5,805,781 5,626,736 246,429 512,028 225,181 451,966 4.2 8.8 3.9 8.0

Cleveland-Elyria(2)

1,049,822 1,022,852 1,045,516 928,936 42,284 107,120 38,501 92,020 4.0 10.5 3.7 9.9

Oklahoma

1,836,797 1,825,927 1,844,419 1,878,159 60,607 103,429 57,872 95,398 3.3 5.7 3.1 5.1

Oregon

2,123,490 2,088,833 2,109,356 2,058,198 82,140 177,552 64,940 149,915 3.9 8.5 3.1 7.3

Pennsylvania

6,542,283 6,348,400 6,506,111 6,355,432 314,579 675,132 271,125 489,395 4.8 10.6 4.2 7.7

Rhode Island

560,466 545,964 556,320 561,629 20,937 70,846 17,493 56,738 3.7 13.0 3.1 10.1

South Carolina

2,385,686 2,432,302 2,366,932 2,383,208 67,954 161,940 47,844 112,485 2.8 6.7 2.0 4.7

South Dakota

468,482 464,400 463,200 461,229 15,340 21,994 14,012 17,457 3.3 4.7 3.0 3.8

Tennessee

3,339,297 3,383,046 3,351,337 3,309,301 113,486 292,237 105,792 204,646 3.4 8.6 3.2 6.2

Texas

14,030,092 14,330,374 14,111,297 14,208,368 523,448 1,000,259 482,829 1,177,593 3.7 7.0 3.4 8.3

Utah

1,615,398 1,627,819 1,615,873 1,661,609 42,719 68,500 34,864 78,105 2.6 4.2 2.2 4.7

Vermont

344,368 327,284 338,959 319,536 7,910 15,114 7,834 13,166 2.3 4.6 2.3 4.1

Virginia

4,422,123 4,349,621 4,420,479 4,270,035 130,261 274,118 114,346 258,039 2.9 6.3 2.6 6.0

Washington

3,930,563 3,961,525 3,937,562 3,906,624 160,846 329,787 144,349 289,622 4.1 8.3 3.7 7.4

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett(1)

1,739,556 1,731,855 1,746,456 1,718,462 48,753 126,717 49,683 121,988 2.8 7.3 2.8 7.1

West Virginia

801,184 773,661 803,603 775,287 38,253 68,023 34,801 61,088 4.8 8.8 4.3 7.9

Wisconsin

3,120,077 3,069,118 3,096,038 3,125,991 106,141 188,177 88,493 147,470 3.4 6.1 2.9 4.7

Wyoming

296,141 295,240 293,770 295,442 9,825 17,874 9,663 16,324 3.3 6.1 3.3 5.5

Puerto Rico

1,078,607 1,048,938 1,066,859 1,048,264 75,758 88,480 87,618 97,905 7.0 8.4 8.2 9.3

Footnotes
(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. 18-03, dated April 10, 2018, and are available on the BLS website at https://www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm. Estimates for the latest month are subject to revision the following month.


ESTABLISHMENT DATA
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
Table 3. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry sector, seasonally adjusted
[In thousands]
State Total(1) Construction Manufacturing
Sept.
2019
July
2020
Aug.
2020
Sept.
2020(p)
Sept.
2019
July
2020
Aug.
2020
Sept.
2020(p)
Sept.
2019
July
2020
Aug.
2020
Sept.
2020(p)

Alabama

2,075.0 1,972.9 1,998.7 2,000.5 94.8 94.4 93.4 93.3 268.4 260.9 265.9 264.4

Alaska

331.0 291.7 297.0 300.6 16.3 14.4 14.5 14.9 14.5 9.3 9.3 9.2

Arizona

2,952.5 2,834.7 2,859.4 2,862.0 173.1 169.0 169.9 169.6 178.5 170.9 170.9 171.2

Arkansas

1,273.0 1,213.5 1,227.5 1,225.8 52.4 52.3 53.1 53.1 161.2 143.3 144.0 145.4

California

17,471.2 15,772.5 15,886.3 15,982.3 892.1 832.6 838.9 842.0 1,318.1 1,218.3 1,218.4 1,221.0


Colorado

2,799.5 2,612.7 2,651.8 2,665.2 180.3 173.3 172.8 171.5 150.4 150.4 151.2 152.2

Connecticut

1,688.3 1,546.2 1,568.1 1,585.1 59.4 57.2 57.6 57.1 162.2 156.2 154.4 155.9

Delaware(2)

466.4 421.7 426.7 428.8 22.7 21.3 21.3 21.4 27.2 24.5 25.0 25.0

District of Columbia(2)

799.2 746.7 746.5 745.6 14.7 14.9 15.0 15.0 1.4 1.2 1.2 1.2

Florida

8,983.6 8,467.2 8,485.2 8,532.5 568.9 564.1 560.9 559.8 385.0 371.9 374.0 377.7


Georgia

4,626.1 4,411.3 4,441.2 4,461.4 204.1 199.6 200.0 203.6 407.9 383.9 380.9 384.2

Hawaii(2)

655.7 548.9 545.6 534.9 36.7 37.6 37.0 37.4 14.0 11.4 11.2 11.2

Idaho

764.3 751.2 759.6 758.6 53.9 54.4 54.9 54.6 68.9 68.0 69.2 68.7

Illinois

6,115.7 5,629.2 5,714.8 5,702.8 228.6 210.2 212.2 209.2 582.6 553.4 559.5 554.9

Indiana

3,163.6 3,008.7 3,045.2 3,033.5 145.5 146.5 147.8 146.5 540.9 496.2 503.0 503.0


Iowa

1,584.9 1,487.7 1,492.2 1,499.5 78.2 69.1 69.1 66.6 225.6 217.3 218.2 220.3

Kansas

1,423.4 1,355.8 1,367.6 1,360.4 63.0 61.9 62.8 62.5 167.5 155.1 157.3 157.3

Kentucky

1,943.2 1,791.5 1,825.5 1,826.0 80.6 79.3 80.3 81.6 252.5 238.9 236.8 238.7

Louisiana

1,987.1 1,836.7 1,853.0 1,851.4 138.1 121.9 121.9 126.9 137.5 128.6 128.3 127.9

Maine

637.7 575.9 582.0 586.7 30.0 29.7 29.8 30.3 53.5 44.8 43.8 48.5


Maryland

2,765.9 2,567.8 2,585.5 2,603.7 165.6 169.9 169.7 170.3 113.4 106.3 105.9 107.8

Massachusetts

3,693.8 3,242.6 3,305.1 3,342.0 163.2 142.0 141.9 143.9 243.3 230.5 230.8 232.8

Michigan

4,438.1 3,939.7 3,994.7 4,013.1 174.5 170.6 171.8 174.6 627.9 558.5 561.6 566.8

Minnesota

2,979.0 2,725.3 2,764.2 2,779.0 130.3 118.1 120.1 121.0 323.9 302.7 305.1 307.5

Mississippi

1,157.6 1,117.8 1,124.4 1,131.9 44.3 40.7 41.6 41.9 146.8 143.2 143.9 145.8


Missouri

2,906.4 2,763.8 2,771.5 2,784.5 127.1 131.4 129.9 132.0 277.0 269.2 267.3 268.3

Montana

485.4 461.0 464.6 467.7 30.4 30.2 30.5 30.8 21.0 19.2 19.3 19.6

Nebraska

1,026.5 987.4 992.4 1,000.4 54.3 54.5 53.1 52.9 99.5 97.1 97.0 97.4

Nevada

1,424.5 1,283.3 1,293.5 1,296.9 97.4 94.2 93.6 93.1 59.4 58.7 57.2 56.9

New Hampshire

685.6 620.3 630.5 632.8 28.1 27.1 26.6 27.4 71.6 64.7 65.2 64.7


New Jersey

4,199.0 3,754.0 3,818.0 3,878.2 160.7 147.2 146.2 148.7 251.0 240.3 241.2 242.0

New Mexico

861.6 788.5 798.1 802.4 51.1 46.0 49.1 48.1 28.7 26.2 26.9 27.2

New York

9,813.1 8,435.6 8,601.0 8,710.3 406.4 354.6 360.5 365.8 437.7 391.8 397.2 395.5

North Carolina

4,583.6 4,246.1 4,268.1 4,316.2 232.4 221.7 220.0 222.0 477.1 437.1 437.3 439.3

North Dakota

438.9 404.7 408.3 408.9 28.2 26.2 25.8 25.9 26.5 24.7 24.6 24.6


Ohio

5,591.9 5,101.7 5,146.7 5,188.2 227.1 213.7 213.1 213.4 701.0 656.1 659.7 662.8

Oklahoma

1,705.3 1,610.5 1,622.0 1,618.9 82.9 75.0 75.5 75.6 140.3 127.3 128.0 126.5

Oregon

1,944.5 1,790.5 1,806.7 1,811.8 109.7 103.8 107.3 104.7 197.8 180.2 179.1 180.0

Pennsylvania

6,068.6 5,518.4 5,578.4 5,597.8 260.7 240.4 244.9 247.3 573.4 537.7 536.1 536.8

Rhode Island

502.8 459.3 465.9 468.0 20.0 18.4 18.3 18.6 39.7 39.7 38.7 38.7


South Carolina

2,199.3 2,072.5 2,094.9 2,119.7 107.4 107.2 109.3 109.6 259.8 256.7 255.8 259.4

South Dakota

441.1 419.2 423.2 428.1 24.0 26.3 26.5 26.7 44.8 42.2 41.8 41.9

Tennessee

3,131.6 2,963.5 2,989.0 3,000.1 129.5 127.6 126.1 126.6 355.9 323.1 324.1 325.6

Texas

12,848.8 12,112.6 12,224.5 12,265.2 783.5 736.5 741.5 745.2 909.4 867.9 868.1 870.8

Utah

1,567.6 1,532.8 1,539.6 1,552.4 111.1 119.5 119.1 117.8 137.8 134.8 135.3 135.8


Vermont

315.4 278.3 282.2 285.0 15.2 10.5 10.6 11.1 30.1 26.9 26.7 27.4

Virginia

4,064.2 3,782.2 3,847.9 3,857.1 204.1 207.0 207.8 207.9 242.2 227.5 225.7 228.4

Washington

3,483.5 3,227.9 3,278.0 3,286.0 222.1 211.1 213.3 217.5 294.4 271.5 268.3 267.6

West Virginia

716.8 668.9 674.2 671.2 34.0 33.2 32.1 32.4 46.6 46.1 46.4 46.3

Wisconsin

2,972.3 2,720.5 2,757.2 2,781.0 124.5 122.7 123.9 122.0 482.9 455.8 456.5 461.3

Wyoming

290.0 269.3 270.5 273.9 22.8 22.8 22.7 22.8 10.1 10.1 10.2 10.3


Puerto Rico

885.9 805.5 816.0 819.1 26.6 19.5 19.2 19.6 75.6 74.4 75.1 75.2

Virgin Islands(3)

37.7 36.7 36.2 35.9 3.9 4.0 3.7 3.5 - - - -

Footnotes
(1) Includes mining and logging, information, and other services (except public administration), not shown separately.
(2) Mining and logging is combined with construction.
(3) 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. Estimates are currently estimated from 2019 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are preliminary and will be revised when new information becomes available.

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
Table 3. 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
Sept.
2019
July
2020
Aug.
2020
Sept.
2020(p)
Sept.
2019
July
2020
Aug.
2020
Sept.
2020(p)
Sept.
2019
July
2020
Aug.
2020
Sept.
2020(p)

Alabama

383.2 381.1 388.6 384.5 96.9 95.9 96.0 96.6 250.4 231.1 238.2 242.0

Alaska

64.5 58.8 59.1 61.2 11.6 11.8 11.9 12.2 27.5 25.4 25.3 25.1

Arizona

543.8 546.7 553.3 558.1 232.1 230.5 231.9 231.8 447.2 416.8 419.2 422.8

Arkansas

251.2 254.0 257.9 258.6 62.9 60.9 60.5 60.5 144.5 141.9 145.9 143.8

California

3,049.7 2,821.9 2,845.0 2,875.6 844.3 837.2 838.9 838.3 2,733.5 2,554.2 2,573.4 2,589.1


Colorado

478.1 453.7 459.7 465.7 174.4 169.0 169.4 171.2 444.2 441.1 445.3 446.8

Connecticut

292.2 272.3 276.0 278.0 123.8 118.7 120.1 119.4 219.2 206.5 208.0 212.3

Delaware

80.7 74.2 76.6 77.3 47.8 46.2 46.2 46.0 63.9 58.2 58.4 58.4

District of Columbia

33.5 32.0 31.8 32.1 29.8 28.4 28.5 28.4 172.1 165.5 164.8 164.2

Florida

1,810.1 1,748.7 1,755.6 1,768.5 594.6 582.4 585.9 589.2 1,400.4 1,321.8 1,326.9 1,333.2


Georgia

945.1 933.3 952.2 952.8 251.3 244.7 246.3 247.7 717.5 676.1 683.7 691.2

Hawaii

123.4 105.5 105.4 103.3 29.8 27.7 27.9 27.5 73.8 66.7 66.3 66.4

Idaho

144.9 147.2 148.9 149.0 37.3 39.1 39.4 39.7 97.4 97.2 96.5 96.5

Illinois

1,204.2 1,143.4 1,153.9 1,161.6 412.0 401.8 402.9 403.7 945.0 866.1 874.5 862.1

Indiana

597.4 577.2 583.3 582.5 141.2 139.0 139.0 139.1 342.9 334.3 339.5 341.5


Iowa

309.6 299.7 299.1 300.7 110.0 107.6 107.5 107.7 138.7 131.4 130.8 130.3

Kansas

267.0 263.3 266.9 266.4 77.5 75.0 74.6 74.2 178.4 172.3 172.5 172.6

Kentucky

405.1 375.8 385.4 383.9 93.5 87.0 87.9 88.0 216.7 184.9 192.3 191.8

Louisiana

378.3 358.6 365.2 365.2 92.5 91.2 91.5 93.4 215.8 199.1 200.5 202.9

Maine

118.6 114.1 115.5 116.3 33.1 31.6 32.0 31.4 69.4 64.0 64.7 65.4


Maryland

468.7 438.1 442.6 449.6 142.8 139.2 140.5 141.4 463.0 433.0 437.4 440.2

Massachusetts

578.5 506.0 518.3 527.1 224.5 218.7 218.9 220.9 604.6 566.6 571.7 577.1

Michigan

796.1 746.4 756.1 759.0 225.3 219.1 220.7 221.2 652.1 584.4 592.6 598.2

Minnesota

528.2 512.9 516.5 518.4 193.3 186.2 186.0 187.5 382.1 364.4 368.3 373.9

Mississippi

230.8 226.7 229.7 230.7 44.4 43.2 42.6 43.0 108.1 105.6 104.8 105.2


Missouri

542.9 519.6 519.7 522.2 175.3 171.3 169.9 171.1 382.2 362.4 365.6 364.6

Montana

93.9 91.2 92.3 93.6 25.8 25.8 25.8 26.5 43.9 41.1 41.6 41.8

Nebraska

197.5 194.3 194.6 194.9 75.5 75.3 75.8 76.6 119.9 115.0 114.8 116.4

Nevada

262.4 233.3 237.9 244.5 69.3 68.4 69.2 68.3 196.8 170.1 170.6 175.5

New Hampshire

139.0 123.1 125.1 125.7 34.9 34.8 35.2 35.6 84.2 76.1 76.9 78.2


New Jersey

887.6 827.7 838.8 846.5 252.4 239.3 241.2 242.5 685.2 621.9 622.8 627.7

New Mexico

136.4 133.2 133.8 134.3 35.6 33.7 34.2 33.3 111.8 103.1 103.2 105.9

New York

1,549.7 1,339.7 1,358.4 1,368.6 729.7 681.1 688.4 692.1 1,379.1 1,202.2 1,214.3 1,226.0

North Carolina

847.7 817.4 824.8 833.3 255.0 252.4 254.2 256.4 649.5 618.9 624.6 629.3

North Dakota

93.5 86.0 87.9 88.0 24.7 24.2 24.5 24.4 32.8 31.6 31.4 31.2


Ohio

1,028.7 963.0 968.0 973.6 310.0 294.0 295.3 295.7 735.9 665.9 672.5 682.1

Oklahoma

302.8 289.8 294.7 294.2 79.1 79.6 79.0 79.1 194.1 175.4 179.0 179.8

Oregon

357.2 344.9 347.6 350.2 103.2 99.0 99.6 101.2 253.5 238.4 239.1 238.9

Pennsylvania

1,125.0 1,016.5 1,034.3 1,048.0 329.4 329.5 330.8 331.9 817.9 751.0 758.5 765.7

Rhode Island

77.0 70.9 71.5 71.9 35.4 35.6 35.7 35.7 68.1 60.8 61.3 62.9


South Carolina

410.3 393.3 397.7 399.2 105.6 102.6 103.2 103.8 300.9 285.6 290.2 295.1

South Dakota

85.5 82.1 82.4 83.1 28.9 29.0 29.1 29.0 33.3 33.3 33.3 33.3

Tennessee

639.6 630.7 637.8 636.9 173.7 173.8 174.3 174.8 428.1 399.9 408.2 407.6

Texas

2,514.5 2,409.6 2,439.7 2,438.6 808.0 805.2 807.5 805.4 1,804.1 1,745.3 1,776.5 1,780.5

Utah

291.2 293.3 295.9 298.1 90.6 93.0 92.1 93.4 225.4 217.7 217.5 220.1


Vermont

53.7 50.2 50.2 51.4 12.2 11.2 11.0 11.3 29.6 27.3 28.2 28.3

Virginia

657.8 633.3 643.9 647.4 212.9 206.8 207.3 208.9 770.2 731.2 734.9 740.3

Washington

644.0 628.7 638.8 639.0 161.7 159.0 160.3 160.7 438.6 430.3 438.5 442.3

West Virginia

126.5 118.4 120.3 119.8 29.2 27.5 27.9 27.6 69.4 64.5 64.1 63.1

Wisconsin

532.3 508.1 515.6 516.8 154.3 150.5 151.5 154.2 324.1 297.3 300.0 301.3

Wyoming

51.8 51.4 51.7 52.1 11.2 10.7 10.6 10.7 19.3 17.6 17.3 17.5


Puerto Rico

175.0 156.6 158.7 160.8 44.6 43.6 43.5 44.0 124.6 109.2 110.6 110.6

Virgin Islands(1)

7.0 6.3 6.3 6.3 - - - - - - - -

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. Estimates are currently estimated from 2019 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are preliminary and will be revised when new information becomes available.

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
Table 3. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry sector, seasonally adjusted-Continued
[In thousands]
State Education and health services Leisure and hospitality Government
Sept.
2019
July
2020
Aug.
2020
Sept.
2020(p)
Sept.
2019
July
2020
Aug.
2020
Sept.
2020(p)
Sept.
2019
July
2020
Aug.
2020
Sept.
2020(p)

Alabama

250.7 232.2 231.0 232.6 207.5 173.5 174.4 178.2 392.9 380.7 387.2 384.4

Alaska

50.9 47.1 47.6 48.3 36.4 24.5 24.0 25.6 79.5 74.2 78.9 77.3

Arizona

465.3 458.3 459.4 459.8 331.4 266.9 269.4 275.3 422.9 421.2 430.4 417.7

Arkansas

193.4 184.4 185.0 186.7 120.3 102.0 102.1 102.8 210.7 202.1 206.5 202.8

California

2,823.9 2,676.5 2,685.7 2,685.3 2,033.6 1,413.1 1,405.9 1,454.3 2,608.8 2,425.4 2,490.6 2,476.3


Colorado

348.2 331.0 337.7 339.7 347.2 270.9 282.7 290.7 458.3 423.9 434.0 426.6

Connecticut

339.6 313.5 321.2 322.5 157.1 117.0 121.0 127.9 237.8 218.4 223.2 225.5

Delaware

81.4 73.5 74.3 74.3 53.3 39.2 39.2 40.3 66.8 65.2 66.1 66.2

District of Columbia

129.1 122.5 122.8 118.9 82.1 47.3 44.3 46.8 238.8 240.3 243.0 243.6

Florida

1,343.7 1,306.4 1,324.7 1,331.6 1,256.3 1,005.5 1,017.3 1,021.4 1,127.1 1,114.8 1,084.7 1,095.9


Georgia

614.2 607.3 608.5 609.4 505.1 420.4 423.3 432.7 690.6 682.1 679.0 671.2

Hawaii

87.1 83.1 83.4 82.5 126.7 60.8 57.7 53.6 127.4 123.3 123.7 120.3

Idaho

111.3 107.9 107.3 107.2 83.7 74.3 78.3 80.1 127.4 126.3 127.8 125.6

Illinois

938.7 892.1 899.4 892.1 619.9 461.3 479.8 489.1 826.3 773.0 801.6 793.1

Indiana

482.4 460.5 465.3 461.3 313.6 289.3 293.5 294.3 430.8 410.4 417.6 410.4


Iowa

235.2 225.2 224.9 224.7 144.3 113.1 114.5 118.6 261.2 249.6 252.7 255.1

Kansas

202.2 194.8 195.9 197.1 130.2 113.0 113.1 113.3 260.6 249.4 253.6 247.3

Kentucky

284.0 272.6 275.2 274.6 201.8 181.8 181.6 187.0 311.9 281.8 295.4 289.6

Louisiana

322.2 300.1 300.5 297.0 237.2 189.2 194.7 192.8 332.5 328.5 331.6 327.1

Maine

130.3 118.7 120.1 119.9 69.5 47.2 48.6 50.7 101.8 98.3 98.7 95.5


Maryland

473.7 434.3 436.3 439.4 279.9 211.8 216.3 232.0 507.2 499.3 497.5 483.3

Massachusetts

813.1 735.0 749.3 760.4 377.1 218.2 231.7 242.5 456.9 431.3 446.5 434.2

Michigan

683.0 617.6 625.4 626.3 434.4 270.2 279.3 289.7 616.2 571.9 584.8 572.7

Minnesota

552.8 507.5 514.8 520.9 274.1 194.5 202.7 204.3 426.5 393.0 403.5 397.3

Mississippi

146.9 139.8 139.4 139.5 136.0 127.6 129.2 133.2 242.7 235.3 237.4 236.8


Missouri

487.0 466.0 464.3 464.0 308.2 249.3 255.8 257.3 438.1 433.6 436.6 441.2

Montana

79.2 77.5 77.3 76.4 67.0 56.2 56.8 58.0 91.2 89.5 90.7 90.8

Nebraska

156.9 157.0 157.0 159.2 93.7 76.4 79.6 80.9 173.4 166.3 168.6 169.3

Nevada

144.8 135.9 138.5 140.3 356.1 301.4 300.7 298.6 166.0 156.9 159.2 151.7

New Hampshire

125.5 121.2 122.1 120.6 73.0 49.4 52.3 56.5 90.4 85.4 88.0 84.6


New Jersey

718.7 648.8 660.4 664.2 392.2 259.6 270.9 289.7 608.1 556.0 578.1 595.7

New Mexico

141.8 136.4 138.0 135.1 100.0 73.5 71.9 75.4 189.7 183.0 188.0 187.7

New York

2,159.4 1,993.6 2,008.5 2,004.4 958.9 531.0 562.3 600.7 1,492.2 1,333.3 1,390.9 1,424.9

North Carolina

629.7 584.5 586.8 587.2 514.9 386.6 387.8 399.9 735.7 697.3 701.9 715.0

North Dakota

67.0 64.8 65.9 66.1 40.5 33.6 34.8 34.1 83.1 80.2 81.1 82.8


Ohio

939.6 888.0 902.2 905.0 568.0 421.0 424.6 437.0 787.5 724.5 733.2 736.3

Oklahoma

239.3 232.1 234.0 233.4 174.6 163.8 164.2 164.4 355.8 346.1 347.5 346.9

Oregon

302.8 290.7 290.8 291.0 214.0 154.3 158.0 160.6 299.8 281.3 287.2 286.5

Pennsylvania

1,298.0 1,220.4 1,235.0 1,226.0 577.6 411.5 414.2 430.3 708.8 693.8 699.6 682.8

Rhode Island

108.4 102.5 105.2 105.0 60.0 44.8 46.8 46.8 65.2 63.2 64.4 63.7


South Carolina

259.3 247.5 244.3 245.1 271.5 212.9 216.5 224.7 373.0 355.6 366.3 363.7

South Dakota

73.7 70.4 71.1 71.3 47.3 41.8 40.4 42.1 80.2 73.2 77.2 79.0

Tennessee

443.8 430.4 432.1 433.6 351.0 297.5 293.4 302.7 438.0 418.3 428.0 426.7

Texas

1,746.7 1,678.0 1,676.4 1,678.9 1,396.9 1,146.2 1,148.3 1,171.9 1,982.3 1,929.5 1,959.9 1,965.3

Utah

210.9 202.1 206.3 205.1 154.2 125.1 129.4 131.8 254.5 256.3 252.9 256.8


Vermont

65.4 61.8 62.7 61.9 37.1 20.4 21.4 24.0 56.9 56.2 57.0 55.5

Virginia

557.4 517.2 518.8 518.9 408.1 318.6 326.3 331.7 732.7 677.0 717.4 705.8

Washington

505.9 478.1 479.3 481.5 349.4 242.6 248.7 258.2 587.7 554.3 577.0 562.3

West Virginia

129.1 125.1 124.7 125.1 75.1 59.1 60.2 61.9 152.7 145.3 148.7 145.5

Wisconsin

464.3 443.7 444.5 438.6 282.1 203.0 208.0 217.3 404.5 364.3 381.5 391.6

Wyoming

28.7 28.2 28.5 28.8 37.0 28.5 29.8 31.2 68.8 67.7 68.0 67.8


Puerto Rico

121.1 115.1 113.9 112.4 81.3 59.2 57.9 59.3 202.6 195.3 204.6 204.5

Virgin Islands

2.2 2.1 2.1 2.1 5.6 4.7 4.7 4.4 10.5 11.0 10.9 10.9

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2019 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are preliminary and will be revised when new information becomes available.


ESTABLISHMENT DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
Table 4. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry sector, not seasonally adjusted
[In thousands]
State Total Mining and logging Construction
August September August September August September
2019 2020 2019 2020(p) 2019 2020 2019 2020(p) 2019 2020 2019 2020(p)

Alabama

2,076.8 1,993.7 2,073.8 2,003.0 10.3 9.7 10.2 9.8 94.9 93.5 95.1 94.4

Alaska

351.6 312.5 342.6 309.8 13.9 12.4 13.6 12.4 19.2 16.8 18.4 16.7

Arizona

2,936.4 2,832.5 2,953.4 2,862.7 13.7 13.5 13.6 13.2 173.1 169.9 173.2 169.9

Arkansas

1,265.8 1,219.2 1,279.2 1,232.4 6.0 5.2 6.0 5.1 53.6 54.4 53.6 54.7

California

17,423.9 15,807.8 17,438.7 15,967.6 23.1 22.0 23.0 21.9 910.6 860.8 905.2 860.0


Colorado

2,815.1 2,664.8 2,798.3 2,669.3 29.2 23.5 28.5 23.6 184.9 178.7 182.9 175.4

Connecticut

1,672.3 1,558.3 1,692.0 1,588.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 62.7 60.9 62.1 59.6

Delaware(1)

469.2 427.8 466.6 429.1 - - - - 23.3 21.9 23.0 21.5

District of Columbia(1)

793.7 741.0 797.8 743.7 - - - - 15.1 15.3 14.8 15.1

Florida

8,937.0 8,438.3 8,923.1 8,482.9 5.7 5.6 5.7 5.6 569.1 565.2 569.1 561.3


Georgia

4,624.3 4,437.1 4,619.8 4,456.2 9.4 8.9 9.3 8.9 205.3 201.8 204.7 203.9

Hawaii(1)

646.2 538.4 653.9 533.5 - - - - 37.2 37.2 37.1 37.5

Idaho

767.6 765.2 768.8 764.7 4.1 4.2 4.0 4.2 56.4 57.9 55.4 56.8

Illinois

6,143.2 5,723.7 6,149.1 5,731.8 8.3 7.1 8.4 7.0 243.7 229.5 241.9 224.4

Indiana

3,167.2 3,045.3 3,184.1 3,053.0 6.1 5.5 6.1 5.4 151.0 153.5 150.6 149.8


Iowa

1,580.1 1,488.0 1,591.2 1,502.2 2.6 2.3 2.6 2.2 85.5 75.7 83.5 71.3

Kansas

1,418.5 1,357.4 1,427.2 1,364.6 6.9 6.0 6.8 6.0 65.4 66.3 64.5 64.6

Kentucky

1,941.1 1,821.6 1,949.0 1,833.8 9.8 7.6 9.6 7.5 84.0 82.9 83.3 84.6

Louisiana

1,979.3 1,842.5 1,981.1 1,849.4 37.2 29.3 36.6 28.7 139.1 122.4 138.2 127.3

Maine

652.0 593.9 648.6 597.4 2.3 2.2 2.3 2.2 31.7 32.3 31.3 32.2


Maryland

2,770.6 2,587.1 2,768.1 2,604.5 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.2 169.6 174.1 168.0 173.3

Massachusetts

3,708.2 3,323.4 3,701.9 3,356.3 1.1 0.9 1.1 0.9 170.2 151.9 168.4 150.2

Michigan

4,437.9 3,983.2 4,454.4 4,032.2 7.7 6.6 7.6 6.6 185.6 184.3 183.7 182.5

Minnesota

3,005.1 2,784.7 2,992.2 2,788.5 7.0 5.8 6.8 5.8 143.1 135.2 140.9 131.4

Mississippi

1,157.2 1,122.8 1,160.8 1,132.2 6.7 6.1 6.7 6.1 44.8 42.4 44.7 42.7


Missouri

2,897.5 2,758.7 2,914.3 2,795.3 4.5 4.2 4.5 4.1 131.7 135.5 130.3 137.0

Montana

493.6 473.6 489.8 473.4 7.7 7.1 7.7 7.2 33.0 33.7 31.8 33.3

Nebraska

1,028.6 992.6 1,029.8 1,002.6 1.1 0.9 1.1 1.0 56.6 55.7 56.1 54.6

Nevada

1,421.1 1,292.4 1,428.2 1,302.2 14.9 16.2 14.7 17.1 98.3 95.2 98.5 94.4

New Hampshire

685.1 629.5 686.5 634.4 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 29.3 28.0 29.1 28.4


New Jersey

4,195.6 3,812.1 4,201.0 3,873.1 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 165.8 152.8 164.8 153.6

New Mexico

861.3 797.9 862.6 805.8 26.4 18.7 25.9 19.0 51.4 48.9 51.0 48.2

New York

9,767.8 8,579.6 9,777.6 8,704.4 5.6 4.8 5.6 4.6 423.7 382.5 418.7 380.5

North Carolina

4,579.1 4,267.7 4,585.5 4,321.3 5.9 5.6 5.7 5.5 234.2 223.2 233.5 223.4

North Dakota

439.6 409.2 443.6 413.3 21.8 13.2 21.4 12.8 32.3 29.7 31.5 28.7


Ohio

5,616.4 5,171.7 5,601.2 5,205.0 12.1 10.0 11.9 10.0 239.4 228.3 237.6 223.7

Oklahoma

1,693.5 1,615.0 1,710.9 1,623.2 47.4 33.8 46.2 33.7 84.3 76.9 84.5 76.8

Oregon

1,940.2 1,803.5 1,945.3 1,813.5 7.1 6.2 7.0 6.2 114.5 112.6 112.4 108.4

Pennsylvania

6,049.2 5,547.6 6,092.0 5,615.2 29.2 24.8 28.3 24.8 274.9 258.5 272.2 257.0

Rhode Island

503.9 466.8 508.8 473.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 21.0 19.6 20.9 19.5


South Carolina

2,196.8 2,096.0 2,191.6 2,115.2 4.5 4.3 4.5 4.2 107.9 109.4 107.5 109.4

South Dakota

446.6 428.9 444.8 430.8 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.1 26.1 28.6 25.5 28.2

Tennessee

3,125.6 2,978.9 3,145.0 3,011.1 4.5 4.0 4.6 3.9 132.5 126.7 131.9 127.7

Texas

12,807.5 12,181.6 12,818.3 12,236.0 249.5 189.8 245.8 191.2 783.9 745.9 783.5 746.9

Utah

1,559.3 1,534.6 1,574.4 1,559.6 9.6 8.5 9.5 8.4 113.7 122.0 112.8 120.3


Vermont

313.7 280.1 316.6 285.1 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.8 16.6 12.3 16.3 12.4

Virginia

4,064.6 3,843.6 4,060.7 3,856.1 7.8 7.1 7.8 7.1 207.9 211.9 205.9 210.3

Washington

3,492.9 3,283.0 3,494.4 3,293.5 5.9 5.2 5.9 5.3 228.2 221.1 226.6 221.4

West Virginia

720.5 670.6 721.8 675.0 22.4 19.6 22.1 18.9 38.4 34.1 37.5 34.5

Wisconsin

2,997.5 2,767.7 2,978.6 2,785.9 4.4 3.8 4.3 3.7 133.9 133.5 130.9 129.4

Wyoming

297.9 277.9 295.5 278.9 20.7 14.7 20.6 15.0 25.3 24.8 24.2 24.2


Puerto Rico

870.9 809.5 880.9 814.8 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.4 26.4 19.3 26.6 19.8

Virgin Islands(1)

37.5 35.9 37.4 35.8 - - - - 4.0 3.7 4.0 3.6

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

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2019 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are preliminary and will be revised when new information becomes available.

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
Table 4. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry sector, not seasonally adjusted-Continued
[In thousands]
State Manufacturing Trade, transportation, and utilities Information
August September August September August September
2019 2020 2019 2020(p) 2019 2020 2019 2020(p) 2019 2020 2019 2020(p)

Alabama

268.7 266.3 268.0 264.8 381.4 385.7 380.9 382.2 21.0 18.8 20.6 19.0

Alaska

20.1 14.0 15.8 10.1 69.5 64.2 67.3 63.8 5.3 5.0 5.3 5.0

Arizona

179.0 171.6 178.5 171.2 537.4 548.5 538.5 553.4 49.4 45.2 48.5 45.4

Arkansas

162.1 144.3 161.5 145.5 251.0 258.4 251.1 257.5 11.2 10.5 11.1 10.6

California

1,336.8 1,233.0 1,332.0 1,233.0 3,053.1 2,837.9 3,039.2 2,866.1 564.4 520.5 569.4 516.0


Colorado

151.0 151.6 150.4 152.2 478.5 461.5 475.1 462.6 76.3 73.0 75.8 72.7

Connecticut

162.8 155.2 161.6 155.9 286.6 271.8 290.3 276.0 31.9 29.1 31.4 29.6

Delaware

27.3 25.0 27.2 25.0 80.6 76.7 80.1 77.1 3.9 3.4 3.9 3.4

District of Columbia

1.3 1.2 1.4 1.2 33.0 31.7 33.4 31.8 20.1 18.7 20.2 18.8

Florida

385.1 374.2 384.1 376.4 1,789.7 1,743.7 1,785.6 1,746.2 138.4 125.7 137.0 126.6


Georgia

407.9 381.7 407.8 384.6 937.3 945.6 938.1 945.4 120.0 103.8 116.3 104.1

Hawaii

14.0 11.2 14.0 11.3 123.1 105.5 122.8 103.3 9.2 7.5 8.7 7.6

Idaho

69.3 69.8 69.0 69.5 146.0 150.4 145.4 149.7 9.1 8.1 9.0 7.7

Illinois

586.3 559.9 582.5 555.2 1,205.3 1,153.5 1,198.8 1,155.3 95.9 86.6 94.5 87.7

Indiana

542.7 504.4 539.8 501.9 597.7 584.0 595.7 581.9 28.6 25.7 28.3 25.4


Iowa

227.0 219.7 225.3 219.8 309.6 299.7 307.7 298.8 21.2 19.8 20.8 19.3

Kansas

168.3 157.0 167.5 157.4 267.3 266.7 265.7 265.3 18.1 16.2 17.9 16.0

Kentucky

252.8 236.0 251.9 238.7 403.1 385.0 402.0 383.2 21.6 17.7 21.4 17.8

Louisiana

137.5 128.7 137.1 128.5 377.8 364.7 375.7 363.1 22.1 19.0 21.0 19.0

Maine

54.4 44.8 53.8 48.7 121.9 118.7 119.3 117.3 7.2 6.0 7.1 6.1


Maryland

114.2 106.3 113.3 107.8 467.8 441.8 466.7 447.7 35.7 29.4 35.3 29.7

Massachusetts

244.8 232.5 242.6 232.5 581.0 522.2 576.0 524.9 96.0 91.0 92.4 90.4

Michigan

631.5 565.2 627.2 566.4 800.4 761.0 793.6 757.5 55.6 50.1 54.8 50.4

Minnesota

328.8 310.5 325.1 309.6 530.8 518.8 525.0 517.1 47.7 40.1 46.8 40.5

Mississippi

146.6 143.8 146.3 145.0 229.7 229.1 229.4 229.3 10.5 9.0 10.5 9.2


Missouri

278.6 268.2 277.1 268.9 542.6 519.7 540.3 520.6 47.9 42.8 47.4 42.9

Montana

21.3 19.6 21.1 19.8 94.8 92.7 93.9 93.1 6.2 5.3 6.2 5.2

Nebraska

99.9 97.5 99.6 97.7 198.3 194.4 196.2 193.3 17.2 15.6 17.1 16.0

Nevada

59.6 57.5 59.5 57.1 261.5 237.0 261.6 243.1 15.6 13.6 15.5 13.5

New Hampshire

71.8 65.8 71.2 64.9 140.3 126.7 138.2 124.4 12.5 11.7 12.2 11.4


New Jersey

251.9 243.2 251.0 242.0 882.6 833.0 882.1 841.9 69.2 63.4 67.6 63.2

New Mexico

29.0 27.4 29.1 27.6 136.7 133.8 135.8 134.0 11.2 9.7 11.3 9.9

New York

441.1 399.6 438.6 396.3 1,534.3 1,347.3 1,542.2 1,364.7 282.7 266.0 279.5 266.5

North Carolina

478.7 438.4 477.3 440.1 847.4 826.4 842.1 829.2 75.9 70.6 75.7 70.2

North Dakota

26.7 24.8 26.7 24.8 93.8 88.1 93.3 87.9 6.1 5.5 6.1 5.6


Ohio

703.5 661.8 698.3 660.7 1,027.3 968.7 1,021.5 967.3 69.2 65.4 68.5 66.3

Oklahoma

140.7 127.6 140.1 126.8 299.9 294.5 302.3 293.5 19.5 18.9 19.4 18.8

Oregon

200.9 183.2 198.7 182.0 357.7 349.7 358.2 350.8 35.4 30.9 34.9 31.7

Pennsylvania

576.3 537.5 572.3 536.0 1,116.3 1,022.3 1,120.1 1,044.8 88.2 74.3 87.0 74.8

Rhode Island

39.9 38.7 39.7 38.8 76.4 71.9 77.1 71.9 6.1 5.2 5.8 5.3


South Carolina

259.6 256.1 258.7 258.7 408.2 397.3 405.6 396.8 27.0 25.6 26.3 25.7

South Dakota

45.1 41.9 44.8 42.0 87.1 83.5 85.2 82.6 5.5 5.3 5.5 5.2

Tennessee

356.5 324.6 356.0 326.4 637.1 635.6 637.0 633.2 45.5 42.9 45.5 43.4

Texas

911.8 871.7 909.0 871.7 2,512.1 2,432.3 2,504.3 2,427.3 209.6 195.7 207.5 197.0

Utah

137.8 136.5 137.5 135.8 291.1 296.0 290.4 297.3 40.6 39.2 40.2 39.3


Vermont

30.4 26.9 30.2 27.5 53.8 50.5 53.3 50.9 4.3 4.1 4.2 4.0

Virginia

243.7 226.6 242.6 228.6 657.9 643.6 653.9 644.0 69.1 65.4 68.0 65.8

Washington

297.5 271.3 296.9 271.2 650.2 642.7 647.1 639.7 149.5 143.2 148.0 143.9

West Virginia

46.9 46.2 46.7 46.3 125.9 119.5 126.1 119.3 8.0 7.3 8.0 7.4

Wisconsin

490.6 463.5 482.9 461.8 536.3 519.1 529.8 516.5 47.3 40.1 46.7 40.0

Wyoming

10.2 10.3 10.2 10.4 53.0 52.9 52.2 52.3 3.4 2.9 3.4 2.9


Puerto Rico

74.8 74.8 75.4 75.2 171.2 157.4 172.1 158.8 16.2 15.4 16.2 15.4

Virgin Islands

0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 6.8 6.2 6.8 6.3 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.5

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2019 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are preliminary and will be revised when new information becomes available.

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
Table 4. 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
August September August September August September
2019 2020 2019 2020(p) 2019 2020 2019 2020(p) 2019 2020 2019 2020(p)

Alabama

97.2 96.1 97.6 96.6 253.1 239.2 248.8 243.7 250.7 230.6 252.3 233.0

Alaska

12.3 12.3 11.6 12.2 29.4 26.8 28.3 26.2 50.6 47.2 50.5 47.8

Arizona

231.5 231.2 231.6 231.8 445.7 416.7 445.5 421.2 462.7 456.6 466.3 458.6

Arkansas

63.3 61.1 62.6 61.0 143.6 145.0 145.1 144.9 191.5 182.6 194.5 187.7

California

847.7 840.3 841.0 837.5 2,751.0 2,582.0 2,734.7 2,596.8 2,792.1 2,653.4 2,805.9 2,674.6


Colorado

174.9 172.2 173.7 171.6 451.2 451.0 446.2 449.7 347.7 335.2 346.7 337.8

Connecticut

125.0 120.5 123.6 119.0 222.2 209.8 220.2 213.7 330.9 315.6 339.7 321.4

Delaware

47.8 46.4 47.5 46.0 64.7 58.0 63.4 57.7 80.6 73.7 81.0 74.2

District of Columbia

30.1 28.8 29.7 28.5 171.2 164.8 171.1 162.8 125.7 118.0 128.9 118.6

Florida

594.2 585.1 592.0 587.1 1,399.4 1,320.5 1,390.8 1,326.5 1,337.7 1,312.8 1,341.3 1,326.6


Georgia

253.8 246.3 251.1 247.9 716.8 685.1 716.0 690.2 609.6 605.8 616.1 611.1

Hawaii

29.8 27.9 29.8 27.5 74.2 66.3 73.6 66.1 86.2 82.8 87.4 82.6

Idaho

37.4 39.7 37.2 39.8 99.5 98.6 98.2 97.7 109.2 104.4 109.7 106.4

Illinois

417.0 405.1 411.8 403.1 965.3 891.0 956.1 875.8 927.7 882.6 937.2 886.9

Indiana

142.8 141.1 141.3 139.6 349.2 344.1 345.5 343.9 475.4 457.2 485.7 461.9


Iowa

110.9 108.4 109.7 107.4 141.4 132.7 139.5 130.7 226.6 217.6 235.6 224.4

Kansas

78.2 75.1 77.4 74.2 181.3 173.7 179.5 173.3 201.2 194.0 201.6 195.8

Kentucky

94.2 88.5 93.8 88.6 216.8 192.0 217.6 191.2 282.8 272.7 284.6 274.9

Louisiana

92.6 91.8 92.4 93.4 215.3 200.0 214.3 202.6 321.8 300.0 322.1 296.9

Maine

33.7 32.5 33.2 31.6 71.3 66.2 70.0 66.0 127.8 117.8 130.6 119.7


Maryland

144.7 141.7 143.0 141.1 470.0 442.3 463.8 442.1 469.6 429.7 471.3 437.0

Massachusetts

228.6 222.5 224.1 221.2 616.0 582.8 606.5 581.5 797.5 738.0 807.2 757.1

Michigan

227.9 223.4 225.1 220.8 647.9 584.5 651.0 598.1 677.6 615.3 679.5 624.2

Minnesota

195.7 187.9 193.0 188.2 390.3 374.9 383.8 374.0 546.1 512.1 552.8 518.8

Mississippi

44.7 42.8 44.4 42.9 108.6 105.1 107.9 105.3 147.2 138.3 148.0 139.7


Missouri

177.0 171.4 175.1 171.4 385.2 366.5 383.0 365.3 484.5 461.5 485.1 463.4

Montana

26.2 26.1 25.9 26.4 45.5 43.1 44.4 42.3 78.4 76.5 78.7 76.2

Nebraska

75.6 76.2 75.4 76.6 120.9 115.7 121.0 117.3 156.5 156.5 157.0 158.8

Nevada

69.4 69.3 69.3 68.0 196.5 171.5 196.5 175.3 145.2 138.7 144.7 141.0

New Hampshire

35.4 35.9 34.8 35.9 85.5 79.3 84.6 78.6 118.9 115.6 124.7 120.1


New Jersey

255.8 244.6 252.6 244.0 688.1 630.9 690.3 630.2 699.4 645.0 715.7 658.2

New Mexico

35.7 34.1 35.3 33.2 112.2 105.5 111.6 107.1 140.1 135.5 142.2 134.7

New York

740.8 696.6 727.1 691.7 1,393.8 1,226.4 1,378.3 1,229.9 2,067.1 1,937.4 2,125.7 1,985.6

North Carolina

257.6 257.2 255.4 257.3 658.0 629.9 651.2 632.0 627.6 582.0 626.5 587.1

North Dakota

24.8 24.6 24.6 24.2 34.1 32.5 33.4 31.6 66.6 65.7 66.9 65.8


Ohio

312.1 298.3 309.3 296.2 745.5 683.3 737.7 686.2 935.8 890.3 939.5 903.9

Oklahoma

79.5 79.5 79.1 78.8 196.0 182.3 194.9 181.9 238.6 232.2 240.2 234.3

Oregon

105.0 100.1 103.6 101.3 257.3 242.6 255.0 240.6 296.6 285.5 302.2 290.7

Pennsylvania

332.9 332.8 329.1 331.9 822.0 764.4 820.4 770.2 1,262.4 1,200.3 1,301.0 1,223.1

Rhode Island

35.5 35.9 35.4 35.7 69.4 62.7 68.8 64.1 104.5 100.8 108.6 104.3


South Carolina

106.5 104.5 105.3 103.9 298.0 289.7 298.0 294.0 258.7 243.4 259.0 246.1

South Dakota

29.2 29.3 28.9 28.9 33.8 33.7 33.3 33.2 73.2 70.4 73.5 70.8

Tennessee

174.1 174.8 173.9 175.3 430.7 409.7 429.9 410.0 440.5 427.6 445.8 436.1

Texas

810.4 810.8 808.5 807.1 1,814.0 1,787.3 1,803.4 1,784.5 1,748.0 1,673.3 1,748.0 1,677.9

Utah

91.8 93.3 90.7 93.6 227.9 221.5 226.9 222.4 205.0 201.6 211.6 206.4


Vermont

12.5 11.3 12.3 11.5 30.6 29.2 30.0 28.8 63.6 60.4 64.9 61.3

Virginia

214.2 208.8 212.5 208.9 775.2 744.1 766.6 739.5 550.0 513.8 559.0 520.3

Washington

163.2 161.4 162.3 161.1 444.7 445.4 443.4 447.6 498.1 471.4 502.6 478.4

West Virginia

29.4 27.7 29.3 27.6 70.3 64.7 69.7 63.3 128.8 123.5 129.5 125.7

Wisconsin

156.3 153.1 154.4 153.4 330.5 303.4 325.2 303.7 461.0 439.0 463.5 437.0

Wyoming

11.3 10.7 11.2 10.7 20.2 17.7 19.7 17.8 28.1 28.3 28.7 28.8


Puerto Rico

43.8 43.5 44.4 43.9 122.9 109.6 122.9 109.6 116.1 111.9 121.4 111.7

Virgin Islands

1.9 1.8 1.9 1.8 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.8 2.2 2.1 2.2 2.1

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2019 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are preliminary and will be revised when new information becomes available.

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
Table 4. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry sector, not seasonally adjusted-Continued
[In thousands]
State Leisure and hospitality Other services Government
August September August September August September
2019 2020 2019 2020(p) 2019 2020 2019 2020(p) 2019 2020 2019 2020(p)

Alabama

213.1 179.2 208.1 178.7 99.3 95.6 99.3 95.7 387.1 379.0 392.9 385.1

Alaska

44.2 29.1 40.6 28.2 11.2 9.5 11.1 9.6 75.9 75.2 80.1 77.8

Arizona

327.3 265.2 328.2 272.2 94.5 95.3 94.7 96.2 422.1 418.8 434.8 429.6

Arkansas

123.5 104.9 121.2 104.2 59.6 56.4 59.5 56.1 200.4 196.4 213.0 205.1

California

2,063.3 1,423.6 2,038.4 1,454.8 581.0 452.2 577.9 463.3 2,500.8 2,382.1 2,572.0 2,443.6


Colorado

361.0 296.0 346.0 289.2 114.8 104.0 113.5 104.5 445.6 418.1 459.5 430.0

Connecticut

165.7 129.6 158.7 129.3 66.1 58.3 64.6 56.6 217.8 206.9 239.2 227.0

Delaware

58.7 44.1 54.9 41.9 18.9 16.3 18.6 16.4 63.4 62.3 67.0 65.9

District of Columbia

81.4 44.3 82.7 47.1 77.8 76.7 77.3 76.5 238.0 241.5 238.3 243.3

Florida

1,246.2 1,008.4 1,230.5 1,001.1 352.0 320.2 351.0 320.7 1,119.5 1,076.9 1,136.0 1,104.8


Georgia

509.5 429.2 502.8 430.7 167.0 156.1 164.5 155.5 687.7 672.8 693.1 673.9

Hawaii

127.2 58.5 126.4 53.3 28.2 25.3 28.2 25.2 117.1 116.2 125.9 119.1

Idaho

89.8 85.5 85.8 82.0 27.2 25.7 26.8 25.5 119.6 120.9 128.3 125.4

Illinois

649.0 503.2 627.6 495.2 256.5 239.5 253.8 240.5 788.2 765.7 836.5 800.7

Indiana

322.4 302.9 317.3 298.3 134.6 125.6 134.0 123.5 416.7 401.3 439.8 421.4


Iowa

152.1 122.2 146.3 119.5 59.3 53.9 58.6 53.6 243.9 236.0 261.6 255.2

Kansas

133.9 116.2 130.7 113.6 52.2 48.4 52.1 47.9 245.7 237.8 263.5 250.5

Kentucky

207.4 187.6 203.7 189.3 66.4 65.6 66.0 65.2 302.2 286.0 315.1 292.8

Louisiana

238.4 194.0 236.9 191.3 74.3 71.1 73.9 70.8 323.2 321.5 332.9 327.8

Maine

87.4 63.0 75.9 56.2 22.8 21.3 22.2 20.7 91.5 89.1 102.9 96.7


Maryland

300.3 237.8 284.8 236.7 116.0 109.6 114.7 108.4 481.4 473.2 505.9 479.5

Massachusetts

411.0 266.3 387.0 251.8 145.2 109.8 137.5 110.5 416.8 405.5 459.1 435.3

Michigan

461.1 301.2 442.0 296.1 168.4 147.9 165.9 147.6 574.2 543.7 624.0 582.0

Minnesota

297.2 218.5 281.9 210.2 116.5 102.6 114.0 101.7 401.9 378.3 422.1 391.2

Mississippi

138.9 130.9 137.2 133.4 40.4 40.8 40.4 40.2 239.1 234.5 245.3 238.4


Missouri

322.5 267.2 312.9 260.6 117.7 117.4 116.4 116.7 405.3 404.3 442.2 444.4

Montana

73.6 64.1 69.3 60.6 19.4 18.4 19.1 17.9 87.5 87.0 91.7 91.4

Nebraska

97.8 83.2 95.1 82.2 37.7 35.6 37.6 35.9 167.0 161.3 173.6 169.2

Nevada

358.3 304.7 357.1 300.7 42.4 37.3 42.0 37.9 159.4 151.4 168.8 154.1

New Hampshire

83.0 62.0 74.1 57.6 26.6 26.7 25.5 26.5 80.8 76.8 91.1 85.6


New Jersey

433.7 300.0 405.7 298.4 176.7 157.2 173.2 156.0 570.9 540.5 596.5 584.1

New Mexico

102.7 74.2 100.1 75.6 29.9 26.0 28.8 26.3 186.0 184.1 191.5 190.2

New York

1,009.5 609.0 975.9 618.8 415.4 356.0 412.6 359.9 1,453.8 1,354.0 1,473.4 1,405.9

North Carolina

535.3 405.2 516.6 400.2 160.7 156.9 159.5 156.4 697.8 672.3 742.0 719.9

North Dakota

41.6 36.0 41.0 34.9 15.4 14.0 15.3 13.9 76.4 75.1 83.4 83.1


Ohio

597.9 454.6 577.0 446.8 215.1 204.4 212.6 205.3 758.5 706.6 787.3 738.6

Oklahoma

177.2 167.0 176.9 165.1 70.7 68.1 70.7 66.7 339.7 334.2 356.6 346.8

Oregon

224.1 166.1 218.7 163.9 65.2 61.2 64.7 60.3 276.4 265.4 289.9 277.6

Pennsylvania

613.7 441.8 584.2 435.3 265.6 230.1 261.7 228.3 667.7 660.8 715.7 689.0

Rhode Island

66.1 52.3 62.9 49.8 23.8 19.3 22.9 19.1 60.9 60.1 66.4 64.5


South Carolina

282.7 226.2 272.5 223.3 80.4 83.3 80.0 88.8 363.3 356.2 374.2 364.3

South Dakota

52.6 46.4 49.2 43.7 17.1 15.5 16.9 15.5 75.8 73.1 80.9 79.6

Tennessee

360.4 303.2 353.8 303.7 122.1 118.4 122.0 117.9 421.7 411.4 444.6 433.5

Texas

1,417.6 1,170.6 1,399.0 1,169.1 449.9 424.3 446.5 418.9 1,900.7 1,879.9 1,962.8 1,944.4

Utah

158.3 132.6 155.0 130.7 43.6 44.9 42.4 45.7 239.9 238.5 257.4 259.7


Vermont

38.6 23.4 36.6 22.6 10.5 9.7 10.3 9.4 51.9 51.5 57.6 55.9

Virginia

427.6 341.6 409.2 335.4 204.6 194.6 201.8 193.7 706.6 686.1 733.4 702.5

Washington

363.4 262.2 357.5 265.5 130.2 111.0 127.8 108.7 562.0 548.1 576.3 550.7

West Virginia

77.7 63.0 76.0 63.1 24.4 23.2 24.2 23.2 148.3 141.8 152.7 145.7

Wisconsin

307.1 230.8 288.8 222.0 154.0 132.9 152.2 133.6 376.1 348.5 399.9 384.8

Wyoming

42.7 36.4 39.7 34.1 16.4 14.2 16.3 14.7 66.6 65.0 69.3 68.0


Puerto Rico

81.3 57.9 80.9 59.0 18.1 16.7 18.2 16.8 199.6 202.6 202.2 204.2

Virgin Islands

5.3 4.5 5.2 4.3 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 10.6 10.9 10.5 10.9

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2019 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are preliminary and will be revised when new information becomes available.


Last Modified Date: October 20, 2020