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

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State Nov. 2017
(thousands)
Oct. 2018
(thousands)
Nov. 2018 (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

2,020.0 2,053.0 2,054.8 1.8 0.1 34.8 1.7

Alaska

326.5 327.4 326.0 -1.4 -0.4 -0.5 -0.2

Arizona

2,791.0 2,884.9 2,892.6 7.7 0.3 101.6 3.6

Arkansas

1,241.9 1,252.3 1,254.1 1.8 0.1 12.2 1.0

California

16,967.9 17,237.0 17,267.7 30.7 0.2 299.8 1.8

Colorado

2,680.7 2,748.0 2,749.8 1.8 0.1 69.1 2.6

Connecticut

1,679.9 1,703.4 1,702.9 -0.5 0.0 23.0 1.4

Delaware

457.2 464.2 464.3 0.1 0.0 7.1 1.6

District of Columbia

793.5 795.2 793.7 -1.5 -0.2 0.2 0.0

Florida

8,631.4 8,849.4 8,873.0 23.6 0.3 241.6 2.8

Georgia

4,482.2 4,576.7 4,581.2 4.5 0.1 99.0 2.2

Hawaii

652.8 665.2 666.1 0.9 0.1 13.3 2.0

Idaho

726.1 738.9 739.3 0.4 0.1 13.2 1.8

Illinois

6,081.9 6,130.6 6,136.5 5.9 0.1 54.6 0.9

Indiana

3,111.3 3,138.1 3,141.4 3.3 0.1 30.1 1.0

Iowa

1,577.1 1,593.8 1,593.0 -0.8 -0.1 15.9 1.0

Kansas

1,408.9 1,427.1 1,428.6 1.5 0.1 19.7 1.4

Kentucky

1,923.2 1,935.0 1,940.2 5.2 0.3 17.0 0.9

Louisiana

1,968.0 1,992.2 1,991.1 -1.1 -0.1 23.1 1.2

Maine

622.2 628.0 628.3 0.3 0.0 6.1 1.0

Maryland

2,727.1 2,755.9 2,763.8 7.9 0.3 36.7 1.3

Massachusetts

3,626.0 3,681.9 3,686.5 4.6 0.1 60.5 1.7

Michigan

4,389.3 4,442.1 4,441.2 -0.9 0.0 51.9 1.2

Minnesota

2,941.2 2,977.2 2,976.4 -0.8 0.0 35.2 1.2

Mississippi

1,158.7 1,170.0 1,172.8 2.8 0.2 14.1 1.2

Missouri

2,879.5 2,913.1 2,911.9 -1.2 0.0 32.4 1.1

Montana

474.1 479.5 481.5 2.0 0.4 7.4 1.6

Nebraska

1,019.3 1,030.9 1,032.2 1.3 0.1 12.9 1.3

Nevada

1,353.3 1,400.0 1,405.2 5.2 0.4 51.9 3.8

New Hampshire

679.9 694.4 695.0 0.6 0.1 15.1 2.2

New Jersey

4,150.5 4,213.2 4,211.4 -1.8 0.0 60.9 1.5

New Mexico

836.3 855.4 854.0 -1.4 -0.2 17.7 2.1

New York

9,567.6 9,676.0 9,682.0 6.0 0.1 114.4 1.2

North Carolina

4,437.2 4,534.5 4,537.9 3.4 0.1 100.7 2.3

North Dakota

427.0 434.8 434.4 -0.4 -0.1 7.4 1.7

Ohio

5,532.5 5,643.7 5,648.9 5.2 0.1 116.4 2.1

Oklahoma

1,676.0 1,702.0 1,704.2 2.2 0.1 28.2 1.7

Oregon

1,887.0 1,931.3 1,933.7 2.4 0.1 46.7 2.5

Pennsylvania

5,976.8 6,060.9 6,055.5 -5.4 -0.1 78.7 1.3

Rhode Island

497.6 503.6 502.7 -0.9 -0.2 5.1 1.0

South Carolina

2,105.2 2,134.6 2,138.0 3.4 0.2 32.8 1.6

South Dakota

436.8 443.2 446.1 2.9 0.7 9.3 2.1

Tennessee

3,028.3 3,085.6 3,089.0 3.4 0.1 60.7 2.0

Texas

12,338.0 12,689.4 12,703.4 14.0 0.1 365.4 3.0

Utah

1,485.7 1,528.0 1,529.4 1.4 0.1 43.7 2.9

Vermont

314.5 312.7 313.2 0.5 0.2 -1.3 -0.4

Virginia

3,956.6 4,025.1 4,031.7 6.6 0.2 75.1 1.9

Washington

3,362.1 3,456.0 3,461.1 5.1 0.1 99.0 2.9

West Virginia

747.1 753.9 753.6 -0.3 0.0 6.5 0.9

Wisconsin

2,946.2 2,979.4 2,990.0 10.6 0.4 43.8 1.5

Wyoming

281.9 289.2 290.9 1.7 0.6 9.0 3.2
Footnotes:

(p) Data are preliminary.

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Data have been revised to reflect 2017 benchmarks and updated seasonal adjustment factors. Seasonally adjusted data from January 2012 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: Dec 21, 2018