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

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State	Mar. 2023 (thousands)	Feb. 2024 (thousands)	Mar. 2024 ^(p) (thousands)	Over-the-month net change (thousands)	Over-the-month percent change (%)	Over-the-year net change (thousands)	Over-the-year percent change (%)

Alabama	2,155.1	2,186.5	2,191.1	4.6	0.2	36.0	1.7
Alaska	325.2	334.9	335.5	0.6	0.2	10.3	3.2
Arizona	3,179.8	3,241.4	3,250.1	8.7	0.3	70.3	2.2
Arkansas	1,348.7	1,360.7	1,367.2	6.5	0.5	18.5	1.4
California	17,778.5	17,967.9	17,996.2	28.3	0.2	217.7	1.2
Colorado	2,922.1	2,978.0	2,983.3	5.3	0.2	61.2	2.1
Connecticut	1,690.2	1,704.2	1,709.1	4.9	0.3	18.9	1.1
Delaware	482.4	487.9	488.5	0.6	0.1	6.1	1.3
District of Columbia	766.2	769.9	769.8	-0.1	0.0	3.6	0.5
Florida	9,688.0	9,888.7	9,899.1	10.4	0.1	211.1	2.2
Georgia	4,894.1	4,933.3	4,949.5	16.2	0.3	55.4	1.1
Hawaii	632.4	634.4	637.4	3.0	0.5	5.0	0.8
Idaho	835.5	863.2	866.3	3.1	0.4	30.8	3.7
Illinois	6,113.0	6,126.4	6,139.1	12.7	0.2	26.1	0.4
Indiana	3,232.2	3,272.7	3,276.8	4.1	0.1	44.6	1.4
Iowa	1,586.8	1,608.1	1,612.5	4.4	0.3	25.7	1.6
Kansas	1,439.7	1,455.1	1,461.5	6.4	0.4	21.8	1.5
Kentucky	2,011.9	2,027.5	2,036.9	9.4	0.5	25.0	1.2
Louisiana	1,957.4	1,956.8	1,957.9	1.1	0.1	0.5	0.0
Maine	646.2	656.4	656.1	-0.3	0.0	9.9	1.5
Maryland	2,742.1	2,743.6	2,743.5	-0.1	0.0	1.4	0.1
Massachusetts	3,718.0	3,737.6	3,740.5	2.9	0.1	22.5	0.6
Michigan	4,439.1	4,469.2	4,475.3	6.1	0.1	36.2	0.8
Minnesota	2,976.6	3,011.1	3,022.1	11.0	0.4	45.5	1.5
Mississippi	1,180.7	1,185.4	1,189.8	4.4	0.4	9.1	0.8
Missouri	2,967.8	3,013.9	3,022.0	8.1	0.3	54.2	1.8
Montana	517.4	526.3	528.0	1.7	0.3	10.6	2.0
Nebraska	1,043.4	1,061.1	1,062.9	1.8	0.2	19.5	1.9
Nevada	1,524.8	1,573.3	1,576.0	2.7	0.2	51.2	3.4
New Hampshire	696.9	705.8	706.6	0.8	0.1	9.7	1.4
New Jersey	4,302.4	4,372.8	4,386.6	13.8	0.3	84.2	2.0
New Mexico	869.5	883.0	885.2	2.2	0.2	15.7	1.8
New York	9,680.7	9,801.2	9,825.1	23.9	0.2	144.4	1.5
North Carolina	4,920.7	4,977.5	4,978.0	0.5	0.0	57.3	1.2
North Dakota	436.4	439.9	439.6	-0.3	-0.1	3.2	0.7
Ohio	5,608.6	5,632.8	5,644.3	11.5	0.2	35.7	0.6
Oklahoma	1,750.8	1,776.9	1,779.1	2.2	0.1	28.3	1.6
Oregon	1,976.0	1,972.7	1,974.1	1.4	0.1	-1.9	-0.1
Pennsylvania	6,070.7	6,133.6	6,148.9	15.3	0.2	78.2	1.3
Rhode Island	504.6	511.9	513.4	1.5	0.3	8.8	1.7
South Carolina	2,293.2	2,351.2	2,358.4	7.2	0.3	65.2	2.8
South Dakota	459.4	469.1	470.4	1.3	0.3	11.0	2.4
Tennessee	3,312.6	3,318.7	3,329.3	10.6	0.3	16.7	0.5
Texas	13,845.0	14,096.6	14,115.7	19.1	0.1	270.7	2.0
Utah	1,709.8	1,741.9	1,746.4	4.5	0.3	36.6	2.1
Vermont	309.7	312.9	312.7	-0.2	-0.1	3.0	1.0
Virginia	4,154.4	4,211.8	4,228.3	16.5	0.4	73.9	1.8
Washington	3,582.9	3,632.1	3,637.4	5.3	0.1	54.5	1.5
West Virginia	707.9	721.6	719.6	-2.0	-0.3	11.7	1.7
Wisconsin	3,011.7	3,036.1	3,034.4	-1.7	-0.1	22.7	0.8
Wyoming	290.3	292.2	292.6	0.4	0.1	2.3	0.8
Footnotes: ^(p) Data are preliminary. NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Data have been revised to reflect 2023 benchmarks and updated seasonal adjustment factors. Seasonally adjusted data from January 2019 are subject to revision. Some seasonally adjusted series may have been revised back to 1990. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmark are preliminary and will be revised when new information becomes available.

Last Modified Date: April 19, 2024