United States Payroll Employment By State for the Government Industry in May, 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 May, 2020 were:

  1. Mississippi: 200
  2. New Hampshire: 100
  3. North Dakota: -100

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

  1. California: -92,500
  2. Texas: -29,700
  3. Washington: -22,500

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 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.

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

U.S. Payroll Employment By State for the Government Industry in May, 2020 (Seas Adj.)
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U.S. Payroll Employment for the Government Industry By State in May, 2020 (Seas Adj.)
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State Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
Alabama 372300 -12500
Alaska 73800 -800
Arizona 415800 -200
Arkansas 202400 -4000
California 2433300 -92500
Colorado 435900 -11400
Connecticut 210900 -2700
Delaware 63600 -300
Florida 1086400 -3600
Georgia 670500 -7100
Hawaii 111900 -2600
Idaho 118500 -3600
Illinois 756200 -19400
Indiana 403900 -5200
Iowa 237500 -13000
Kansas 245500 -5500
Kentucky 293900 -4300
Louisiana 311200 -4900
Maine 93700 -3200
Maryland 491200 -4200
Massachusetts 434900 -2800
Michigan 562500 -12600
Minnesota 388500 -8700
Mississippi 230500 200
Missouri 405600 -17200
Montana 86000 -2600
Nebraska 160300 -6900
Nevada 156100 -2000
New Hampshire 83700 100
New Jersey 569300 -7400
New Mexico 178100 -4800
New York 1422000 -19700
North Carolina 706800 -18500
North Dakota 74900 -100
Ohio 739900 -11500
Oklahoma 333900 -11100
Oregon 276700 -9800
Pennsylvania 672500 -9400
Rhode Island 62200 -300
South Carolina 359600 -3500
South Dakota 71300 -2600
Tennessee 424400 -4000
Texas 1920800 -29700
Utah 237000 -4600
Vermont 51200 -600
Virginia 700100 -13000
Washington 541600 -22500
West Virginia 134000 -10900
Wisconsin 365700 -9300
Wyoming 65400 -2100
District of Columbia 237500 -100

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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2023