United States Payroll Employment By State for The Private General Merchandise Stores Industry in August, 2019
Updated on June 8, 2022.

According to recent data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, in August, 2019, California added the highest number of jobs to the private general merchandise stores industry (2,877), followed by Texas (1,707), and Tennessee (805).

On the other hand, Mississippi added the least number of jobs (-290), followed by Ohio (-259), and Illinois (-248).

Interact with the charts below to see for each state, the number of payroll employment, and the number of jobs added in August, 2019. This information can also be found in a table below.

You can see similar information for different types of businesses establishments and industries.

You can also see links below for similar information by county for each state.

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State Number of Employment Jobs Added
Alabama 57164 -86
Alaska 10568 -145
Arizona 62617 575
Arkansas 36908 -133
California 281163 2877
Colorado 51934 148
Connecticut 26744 61
Delaware 8671 35
Florida 204484 695
Georgia 104850 -165
Hawaii 13927 -1
Idaho 16321 -19
Illinois 120508 -248
Indiana 72805 186
Iowa 30928 -54
Kansas 28546 3
Kentucky 48239 67
Louisiana 50200 -96
Maine 12130 46
Maryland 49713 341
Massachusetts 49475 344
Michigan 102623 529
Minnesota 57020 321
Mississippi 34884 -290
Missouri 65919 -164
Montana 9457 196
Nebraska 18555 30
Nevada 25266 244
New Hampshire 13813 23
New Jersey 69737 289
New Mexico 21059 113
New York 133627 252
North Carolina 99489 -142
North Dakota 7569 14
Ohio 107136 -259
Oklahoma 41129 132
Oregon 40274 54
Pennsylvania 103807 736
Rhode Island 6815 -8
South Carolina 53592 -142
South Dakota 8163 -226
Tennessee 71352 805
Texas 269693 1707
Utah 29300 155
Vermont 3099 -13
Virginia 81402 -98
Washington 69317 -10
West Virginia 17987 -20
Wisconsin 53015 29
Wyoming 5498 -53