Department of Numbers

Job Growth by State

The table below shows the BLS defined October 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 October 2023
CES Jobs Added
October 2023
CES Jobs Percent Change
October 2023
CPS Jobs Added
October 2023
CPS Jobs Percent Change
Alabama -4,700 -0.22% 992 0.04%
Alaska 1,700 0.52% -696 -0.20%
Arizona -1,200 -0.04% 3,160 0.09%
Arkansas -3,500 -0.26% -1,813 -0.13%
California 40,200 0.22% -28,809 -0.16%
Colorado 1,500 0.05% -7,961 -0.25%
Connecticut 3,700 0.22% 1,002 0.05%
Delaware -1,000 -0.21% 1,129 0.23%
District of Columbia 0 0.00% 1,634 0.44%
Florida 28,400 0.29% 11,750 0.11%
Georgia -1,100 -0.02% 5,890 0.11%
Hawaii 900 0.14% -667 -0.10%
Idaho 3,700 0.43% 693 0.07%
Illinois -15,000 -0.24% -10,552 -0.17%
Indiana 5,600 0.17% -5,999 -0.18%
Iowa 900 0.06% -8,278 -0.49%
Kansas 3,200 0.22% -2,334 -0.16%
Kentucky 1,500 0.07% -5,259 -0.27%
Louisiana -6,000 -0.30% -4,519 -0.22%
Maine 1,100 0.17% 252 0.04%
Maryland -11,100 -0.40% -2,363 -0.08%
Massachusetts -800 -0.02% -543 -0.02%
Michigan -8,600 -0.19% 8,865 0.18%
Minnesota 7,000 0.23% -2,303 -0.08%
Mississippi -1,600 -0.14% -3,848 -0.32%
Missouri 5,600 0.19% -7,122 -0.23%
Montana 1,600 0.31% -281 -0.05%
Nebraska 399 0.04% -1,894 -0.18%
Nevada 5,500 0.35% 6,506 0.43%
New Hampshire 1,400 0.20% 429 0.06%
New Jersey 6,600 0.15% -21,724 -0.47%
New Mexico 0 0.00% 141 0.02%
New York -22,700 -0.23% -18,851 -0.20%
North Carolina -7,700 -0.16% 5,231 0.10%
North Dakota 0 0.00% -650 -0.16%
Ohio 7,700 0.14% -17,457 -0.31%
Oklahoma -100 -0.01% 5,206 0.28%
Oregon -4,600 -0.23% -1,068 -0.05%
Pennsylvania -4,700 -0.08% 611 0.01%
Rhode Island -700 -0.14% 180 0.03%
South Carolina 6,100 0.26% 3,248 0.14%
South Dakota 400 0.09% 406 0.09%
Tennessee -6,100 -0.18% 1,571 0.05%
Texas -1,300 -0.01% 21,047 0.14%
Utah 5,000 0.29% -2,284 -0.13%
Vermont 500 0.16% 525 0.15%
Virginia 0 0.00% -1,938 -0.04%
Washington 7,900 0.22% -11,542 -0.29%
West Virginia -300 -0.04% -253 -0.03%
Wisconsin -1,400 -0.05% -1,796 -0.06%
Wyoming -100 -0.03% -566 -0.20%