Department of Numbers

Job Growth by State

The table below shows the BLS defined March 2023 employment data for the 50 states and the District of Columbia. The Data comes from the Current Population Survey (i.e. Household Survey) and the Current Employment Statistics (i.e. Payroll) survey. Metro area employment data is also available. Visit the employment overview page to see all employment and jobs data. Click on a header to sort.

State March 2023
CES Jobs Added
March 2023
CES Jobs Percent Change
March 2023
CPS Jobs Added
March 2023
CPS Jobs Percent Change
Alabama 3,000 0.14% 6,381 0.29%
Alaska -1,400 -0.43% 642 0.19%
Arizona -600 -0.02% 11,291 0.32%
Arkansas 400 0.03% 4,661 0.35%
California 8,700 0.05% 14,733 0.08%
Colorado -4,700 -0.16% 11,919 0.38%
Connecticut 1,100 0.07% -4,669 -0.25%
Delaware 2,600 0.54% 1,281 0.27%
District of Columbia 2,700 0.35% 92 0.02%
Florida 13,600 0.14% 43,842 0.41%
Georgia 7,600 0.16% 10,796 0.21%
Hawaii -100 -0.02% 690 0.11%
Idaho 1,400 0.17% 2,364 0.25%
Illinois 7,900 0.13% 8,690 0.14%
Indiana 4,600 0.14% 7,281 0.22%
Iowa 2,900 0.18% 4,456 0.27%
Kansas -2,200 -0.15% 4,235 0.29%
Kentucky 9,400 0.47% 3,111 0.16%
Louisiana 4,400 0.23% 8,791 0.43%
Maine -600 -0.09% 1,520 0.23%
Maryland 4,800 0.18% 16,547 0.54%
Massachusetts 16,300 0.44% 4,655 0.13%
Michigan 1,900 0.04% 16,592 0.36%
Minnesota -5,700 -0.19% 4,219 0.14%
Mississippi -1,800 -0.15% 4,143 0.35%
Missouri 2,300 0.08% 12,381 0.41%
Montana -299 -0.06% 1,847 0.33%
Nebraska 1,800 0.17% 2,921 0.28%
Nevada 2,600 0.17% 2,345 0.16%
New Hampshire 1,300 0.19% -195 -0.03%
New Jersey -2,600 -0.06% 16,418 0.35%
New Mexico 3,300 0.38% 3,513 0.38%
New York 18,100 0.19% 23,084 0.25%
North Carolina 7,000 0.14% 15,686 0.31%
North Dakota 900 0.21% 1,292 0.32%
Ohio 10,600 0.19% 21,902 0.40%
Oklahoma -1,300 -0.08% 7,332 0.40%
Oregon 2,400 0.12% 546 0.03%
Pennsylvania 12,500 0.21% 12,377 0.20%
Rhode Island -700 -0.14% 10 0.00%
South Carolina 4,200 0.18% 10,648 0.46%
South Dakota -200 -0.04% 1,843 0.40%
Tennessee 1,700 0.05% 12,712 0.40%
Texas 28,600 0.21% 66,177 0.46%
Utah 100 0.01% 8,701 0.51%
Vermont -200 -0.06% 1,386 0.41%
Virginia 5,299 0.13% 25,941 0.60%
Washington 1,500 0.04% 16,740 0.43%
West Virginia 800 0.11% 1,600 0.21%
Wisconsin 900 0.03% 11,009 0.37%
Wyoming 500 0.17% 1,467 0.52%