United States Payroll Employment By State for the Total Nonfarm Industry in October, 2008 (Seas Adj.)
Updated on April 11, 2023.

According to recent data from the US BLS, the 3 US states that added the highest seasonally adjusted number of jobs to the Total Nonfarm industry in October, 2008 were:

  1. Louisiana: 17,400
  2. Texas: 5,300
  3. Nebraska: 1,300

On the other hand, the 3 states that added the lowest seasonally adjusted number of jobs to the Total Nonfarm industry in October, 2008 were:

  1. California: -105,600
  2. Florida: -61,100
  3. Washington: -34,200

The charts and table below shows the payroll employment and the number of jobs added by US states in October, 2008.

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US Payroll Employment By State for the Total Nonfarm Industry in October, 2008 (Seas Adj.)
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US Number of Jobs Added to the Total Nonfarm Industry By State in October, 2008 (Seas Adj.)
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US Payroll Employment for the Total Nonfarm Industry By State in October, 2008 (Seas Adj.)
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State Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
Alabama 1994800 -10200
Alaska 322100 -900
Arizona 2583000 -21200
Arkansas 1198400 -4300
California 15157900 -105600
Colorado 2340200 -9900
Connecticut 1696400 -5600
Delaware 432200 -1900
Florida 7578900 -61100
Georgia 4074500 -23200
Hawaii 611600 -3700
Idaho 640600 -7100
Illinois 5907000 -23000
Indiana 2939400 -16000
Iowa 1522000 -3900
Kansas 1392100 -600
Kentucky 1824500 -7400
Louisiana 1945000 17400
Maine 614800 100
Maryland 2588400 -6400
Massachusetts 3308400 -6700
Michigan 4113300 -24500
Minnesota 2751800 -5500
Mississippi 1139200 -3100
Missouri 2792700 -8100
Montana 442200 -1500
Nebraska 969900 1300
Nevada 1240800 -14900
New Hampshire 644500 -2900
New Jersey 4011800 -18700
New Mexico 844500 -3100
New York 8750000 -27700
North Carolina 4089800 -28800
North Dakota 368800 0
Ohio 5317900 -25000
Oklahoma 1618500 -2700
Oregon 1706000 -12200
Pennsylvania 5780900 -21000
Rhode Island 479300 -2400
South Carolina 1906000 -11100
South Dakota 411300 -100
Tennessee 2749100 -15800
Texas 10654600 5300
Utah 1244400 -8100
Vermont 305900 -800
Virginia 3760100 -10200
Washington 2965200 -34200
West Virginia 727700 300
Wisconsin 2859700 -12400
Wyoming 300800 800
District of Columbia 704400 -3800