United States Payroll Employment By State for the Government Industry in August, 2020 (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 seasonally adjusted number of jobs to the Government industry in August, 2020 were:

  1. New York: 62,500
  2. California: 44,700
  3. Illinois: 28,000

On the other hand, the 3 U.S. states that added the lowest seasonally adjusted number of jobs to the Government industry in August, 2020 were:

  1. Florida: -13,500
  2. New Mexico: 0
  3. Hawaii: 400

You can see the not 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 Government industry for each U.S. state in August, 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.

See also: Historical Payroll Employment and Added Jobs for the Government Industry (seasonally adjusted).

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State Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
Alabama 383700 5900
Alaska 78400 2500
Arizona 414900 9900
Arkansas 210300 4500
California 2485900 44700
Colorado 432400 2900
Connecticut 222900 3200
Delaware 66500 1700
Florida 1089800 -13500
Georgia 682300 7100
Hawaii 125000 400
Idaho 125100 600
Illinois 780900 28000
Indiana 410700 3200
Iowa 250100 3900
Kansas 252400 5400
Kentucky 298400 4400
Louisiana 317700 3300
Maine 97900 1200
Maryland 499000 3600
Massachusetts 451700 13700
Michigan 577600 13600
Minnesota 401400 8800
Mississippi 235200 2900
Missouri 425200 4400
Montana 89100 1400
Nebraska 168000 3200
Nevada 160100 4700
New Hampshire 87400 4000
New Jersey 565600 12300
New Mexico 176800 0
New York 1397100 62500
North Carolina 723700 5500
North Dakota 79500 600
Ohio 754700 9100
Oklahoma 346700 700
Oregon 283300 5000
Pennsylvania 685200 9300
Rhode Island 63400 1100
South Carolina 367000 13800
South Dakota 77100 3400
Tennessee 433100 9300
Texas 1987600 25700
Utah 247700 3100
Vermont 53900 600
Virginia 712500 23400
Washington 566800 16300
West Virginia 145800 1100
Wisconsin 389900 17300
Wyoming 67800 1600
District of Columbia 243700 5600

U.S. Payroll Employment and Added Jobs By State for the Government Industry for Other Months and Years (Seas Adj.)

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