United States Payroll Employment By State for the Total Private Industry in May, 2020 (Not Seas Adj.)

Updated on April 11, 2023.

According to recent data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the 3 U.S. states that added the highest not seasonally adjusted number of jobs to the Total Private industry in May, 2020 were:

California: 290,300
Ohio: 227,900
Florida: 221,800

On the other hand, the 3 U.S. states that added the lowest not seasonally adjusted number of jobs to the Total Private industry in May, 2020 were:

District of Columbia: -8,900
Nevada: -2,600
Hawaii: 1,500

You can see the seasonally adjusted version of this information at this link.

Use the interactive visualizations and the table below to explore the payroll employment, and the number of jobs added to the Total Private industry for each U.S. state in May, 2020. See links at the bottom of this page for similar data for other months. You can also see the monthly links for all the available years, as well as similar data for many more industries here.

Data Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

U.S. Payroll Employment By State for the Total Private Industry in May, 2020 (Not Seas Adj.)

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U.S. Number of Jobs Added to the Total Private Industry By State in May, 2020 (Not Seas Adj.)

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U.S. Payroll Employment for the Total Private Industry By State in May, 2020 (Not Seas Adj.)

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State	Number of Payrolls	Jobs Added
Alabama	1521300	63200
Alaska	213600	11600
Arizona	2319100	77400
Arkansas	998700	35100
California	12650100	290300
Colorado	2070900	84600
Connecticut	1234200	49700
Delaware	345100	10500
Florida	6945500	221800
Georgia	3525600	142900
Hawaii	394700	1500
Idaho	601600	33200
Illinois	4592500	70900
Indiana	2404100	149900
Iowa	1194300	31500
Kansas	1057100	38000
Kentucky	1402200	44000
Louisiana	1424800	31000
Maine	465200	28700
Maryland	1920100	44600
Massachusetts	2683200	76800
Michigan	2986600	195300
Minnesota	2226000	64200
Mississippi	817200	34500
Missouri	2229300	79600
Montana	364900	31300
Nebraska	786800	22500
Nevada	950000	-2600
New Hampshire	507300	23900
New Jersey	2957600	61100
New Mexico	581200	5400
New York	6609800	212700
North Carolina	3434100	110900
North Dakota	322400	14100
Ohio	4184000	227900
Oklahoma	1232900	46100
District of Columbia	477200	-8900

U.S. Payroll Employment and Added Jobs By State for the Total Private Industry for Other Months and Years (Not Seas Adj.)

Use the links below to see the U.S. Payroll Employment and Added Jobs by state for the Total Private industry for other months and years. You can also see the monthly links for all the available years here.

United States Payroll Employment By State for Other Industries in May, 2020 (Not Seas Adj.)

Use the links below to see the U.S. not seasonally adjusted payroll employment by state for the following selected group of industries. You can see this information for many more industries at this link.