United States Payroll Employment By State for the Total Private Industry in May, 2017 (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 Total Private industry in May, 2017 were:

  1. California: 48,800
  2. Texas: 26,800
  3. New York: 23,600

On the other hand, the 3 U.S. states that added the lowest seasonally adjusted number of jobs to the Total Private industry in May, 2017 were:

  1. Iowa: -2,900
  2. South Dakota: -1,600
  3. Nebraska: -1,300

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, 2017. 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 Total Private Industry (seasonally adjusted).

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State Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
Alabama 1631700 3500
Alaska 248000 0
Arizona 2355800 4300
Arkansas 1035900 300
California 14244800 48800
Colorado 2216000 3600
Connecticut 1457800 2100
Delaware 388100 -1300
Florida 7462100 15700
Georgia 3763900 7000
Hawaii 528800 800
Idaho 589300 1900
Illinois 5229000 3900
Indiana 2673800 900
Iowa 1311000 -2900
Kansas 1143200 -100
Kentucky 1601900 -900
Louisiana 1646600 2700
Maine 522200 -300
Maryland 2217400 700
Massachusetts 3153300 300
Michigan 3774100 2700
Minnesota 2511900 -800
Mississippi 907900 -500
Missouri 2441000 -400
Montana 382100 600
Nebraska 844700 -1300
Nevada 1176300 3500
New Hampshire 581600 -500
New Jersey 3514200 11300
New Mexico 641200 -400
New York 8059800 23600
North Carolina 3675700 6500
North Dakota 351400 -700
Ohio 4739800 1600
Oklahoma 1309300 900
Oregon 1574100 3800
Pennsylvania 5229700 7200
Rhode Island 432700 200
South Carolina 1725800 4800
South Dakota 354600 -1600
Tennessee 2578200 300
Texas 10269000 26800
Utah 1217200 2300
Vermont 258900 200
Virginia 3237100 3000
Washington 2727800 5500
West Virginia 555000 100
Wisconsin 2537900 1800
Wyoming 213700 1100
District of Columbia 542700 100

U.S. Payroll Employment and Added Jobs By State for the Total Private 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 Total Private industry for other months and years. You can also see the monthly links for all the available years here.
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