Job Growth by State
The table below shows the BLS defined October 2018 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 2018 CES Jobs Added |
October 2018 CES Jobs Percent Change |
October 2018 CPS Jobs Added |
October 2018 CPS Jobs Percent Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 5,900 | 0.29% | 5,611 | 0.26% |
| Alaska | 2,300 | 0.70% | 60 | 0.02% |
| Arizona | 5,000 | 0.17% | 15,502 | 0.48% |
| Arkansas | -1,200 | -0.10% | 670 | 0.05% |
| California | 36,400 | 0.21% | 54,641 | 0.29% |
| Colorado | 4,800 | 0.18% | 1,806 | 0.06% |
| Connecticut | 1,500 | 0.09% | 5,838 | 0.32% |
| Delaware | 700 | 0.15% | 182 | 0.04% |
| District of Columbia | 400 | 0.05% | -1,213 | -0.32% |
| Florida | 17,800 | 0.20% | 18,660 | 0.19% |
| Georgia | 2,400 | 0.05% | 772 | 0.02% |
| Hawaii | 300 | 0.05% | -1,409 | -0.21% |
| Idaho | 600 | 0.08% | 853 | 0.10% |
| Illinois | 10,300 | 0.17% | 6,785 | 0.11% |
| Indiana | 3,400 | 0.11% | 2,892 | 0.09% |
| Iowa | 3,900 | 0.25% | 2,727 | 0.17% |
| Kansas | 400 | 0.03% | 3,353 | 0.23% |
| Kentucky | -2,200 | -0.11% | 193 | 0.01% |
| Louisiana | 0 | 0.00% | -5,318 | -0.26% |
| Maine | 0 | 0.00% | -1,339 | -0.20% |
| Maryland | 10,700 | 0.39% | 1,305 | 0.04% |
| Massachusetts | 4,400 | 0.12% | 12,551 | 0.34% |
| Michigan | 3,500 | 0.08% | 1,981 | 0.04% |
| Minnesota | 3,400 | 0.11% | -2,465 | -0.08% |
| Mississippi | 800 | 0.07% | -878 | -0.07% |
| Missouri | 4,000 | 0.14% | 6,070 | 0.20% |
| Montana | 500 | 0.10% | 830 | 0.16% |
| Nebraska | -1,100 | -0.11% | 2,115 | 0.21% |
| Nevada | 5,100 | 0.37% | 5,936 | 0.41% |
| New Hampshire | 3,900 | 0.56% | 1,192 | 0.16% |
| New Jersey | 17,400 | 0.41% | 8,150 | 0.19% |
| New Mexico | 2,600 | 0.30% | 1,909 | 0.21% |
| New York | 22,000 | 0.23% | 36,499 | 0.39% |
| North Carolina | 27,900 | 0.62% | 5,244 | 0.11% |
| North Dakota | -100 | -0.02% | -1,277 | -0.32% |
| Ohio | 10,900 | 0.19% | -4,936 | -0.09% |
| Oklahoma | -600 | -0.04% | 1,062 | 0.06% |
| Oregon | 4,600 | 0.24% | 34 | 0.00% |
| Pennsylvania | 18,500 | 0.31% | 20,381 | 0.33% |
| Rhode Island | 500 | 0.10% | 5 | 0.00% |
| South Carolina | 19,000 | 0.90% | 3,430 | 0.15% |
| South Dakota | 1,500 | 0.34% | 220 | 0.05% |
| Tennessee | 6,000 | 0.19% | -1,992 | -0.06% |
| Texas | 32,300 | 0.26% | 26,087 | 0.20% |
| Utah | 3,800 | 0.25% | -4,070 | -0.26% |
| Vermont | -500 | -0.16% | -861 | -0.26% |
| Virginia | 2,700 | 0.07% | 2,173 | 0.05% |
| Washington | 12,400 | 0.36% | 13,570 | 0.38% |
| West Virginia | 1,500 | 0.20% | 68 | 0.01% |
| Wisconsin | -3,500 | -0.12% | -6,643 | -0.22% |
| Wyoming | 0 | 0.00% | 72 | 0.03% |
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