United States Payroll Employment By State for the Government Industry in August, 2021 (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, 2021 were:

  1. California: 15,600
  2. Massachusetts: 5,600
  3. Maryland: 4,700

On the other hand, the 3 U.S. states that added the lowest seasonally adjusted number of jobs to the Government industry in August, 2021 were:

  1. North Carolina: -10,000
  2. Texas: -7,100
  3. Colorado: -5,500

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 August, 2021. 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 August, 2021 (Seas Adj.)
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State Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
Alabama 390500 100
Alaska 77800 -500
Arizona 406400 -5100
Arkansas 206100 0
California 2507500 15600
Colorado 436800 -5500
Connecticut 223000 -4100
Delaware 66700 -100
Florida 1089000 -1800
Georgia 672200 3400
Hawaii 122300 -2900
Idaho 124900 -300
Illinois 778100 1000
Indiana 407400 -5200
Iowa 255400 500
Kansas 253000 0
Kentucky 298900 3800
Louisiana 314000 400
Maine 97900 -200
Maryland 510000 4700
Massachusetts 465100 5600
Michigan 576700 200
Minnesota 404900 -1500
Mississippi 234700 -400
Missouri 427900 -1700
Montana 90000 900
Nebraska 169500 -1200
Nevada 160000 500
New Hampshire 86600 1500
New Jersey 577700 1700
New Mexico 178200 -400
New York 1429300 1300
North Carolina 716200 -10000
North Dakota 81500 400
Ohio 759000 -600
Oklahoma 346700 -200
Oregon 294400 -1500
Pennsylvania 683600 -800
Rhode Island 62800 -1200
South Carolina 367300 2000
South Dakota 79600 100
Tennessee 432000 100
Texas 1968600 -7100
Utah 251400 300
Vermont 53100 0
Virginia 712900 2800
Washington 566400 3900
West Virginia 147900 -1000
Wisconsin 389800 -2700
Wyoming 67700 -300
District of Columbia 241700 400

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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