United States Payroll Employment By State for All Private Business Establishments in August, 2021
Updated on January 12, 2024.

According to recent data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, in August, 2021, California added the highest number of jobs to all private business establishments (76,459), followed by Texas (33,577), and Arizona (22,480).

On the other hand, New Jersey added the least number of jobs (-17,921), followed by Virginia (-7,554), and Iowa (-6,604).

Interact with the charts below to see for each state, the number of payroll employment, and the number of jobs added in August, 2021. This information can also be found in a table below.

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State Number of Employment Jobs Added
Alabama 1606865 -4516
Alaska 253585 -4409
Arizona 2553969 22480
Arkansas 1015608 4881
California 14840565 76459
Colorado 2322544 -727
Connecticut 1397749 -3996
Delaware 382910 -2316
Florida 7829200 18380
Georgia 3863275 -2938
Hawaii 483285 721
Idaho 689864 23
Illinois 5014845 -75
Indiana 2658300 -3864
Iowa 1291022 -6604
Kansas 1125576 -3159
Kentucky 1590536 694
Louisiana 1534720 1620
Maine 541836 -973
Maryland 2135877 -3004
Massachusetts 3117981 -1555
Michigan 3654880 -1744
Minnesota 2475851 2964
Mississippi 892526 1408
Missouri 2371462 -2197
Montana 409137 -298
Nebraska 819719 -2618
Nevada 1235544 11148
New Hampshire 586446 -642
New Jersey 3432829 -17921
New Mexico 641850 4278
New York 7534090 85
North Carolina 3863651 -5658
North Dakota 336925 -286
Ohio 4618478 -598
Oklahoma 1261620 737
Oregon 1651154 -5204
Pennsylvania 5048754 -1996
Rhode Island 413488 -146
South Carolina 1762488 -4241
South Dakota 368503 -62
Tennessee 2640657 9820
Texas 10743356 33577
Utah 1361901 4068
Vermont 247963 -886
Virginia 3191007 -7554
Washington 2873007 647
West Virginia 532944 318
Wisconsin 2492839 -3378
Wyoming 211303 -852