United States Payroll Employment By State for All Business Establishments in May, 2019
Updated on January 9, 2024.

According to recent data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, in May, 2019, California added the highest number of jobs to all business establishments (147,944), followed by Michigan (69,118), and New York (64,651).

On the other hand, Florida added the least number of jobs (-10,304), followed by Arizona (-8,603), and Arkansas (2,371).

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

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

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State Number of Employment Jobs Added
Alabama 1994135 5415
Alaska 330921 13205
Arizona 2893959 -8603
Arkansas 1227176 2371
California 17671342 147944
Colorado 2721650 11096
Connecticut 1682381 16335
Delaware 453671 3152
Florida 8895601 -10304
Georgia 4508819 17276
Hawaii 659447 2886
Idaho 755190 11874
Illinois 6035469 61029
Indiana 3095292 28142
Iowa 1567817 16341
Kansas 1402397 3115
Kentucky 1910814 14138
Louisiana 1936216 3594
Maine 624490 16987
Maryland 2713199 21191
Massachusetts 3657430 41390
Michigan 4396783 69118
Minnesota 2930906 53677
Mississippi 1139113 4651
Missouri 2839308 11711
Montana 475686 9249
Nebraska 989763 12251
Nevada 1408845 10769
New Hampshire 667402 9318
New Jersey 4107514 34713
New Mexico 839692 5732
New York 9597378 64651
North Carolina 4514569 37769
North Dakota 428709 9042
Ohio 5480130 58451
Oklahoma 1630876 3742
Oregon 1961724 19681
Pennsylvania 5960112 47810
Rhode Island 488936 6807
South Carolina 2144199 13300
South Dakota 435066 11518
Tennessee 3039061 13527
Texas 12580356 58700
Utah 1521972 10014
Vermont 308668 2510
Virginia 3953209 23073
Washington 3440333 34245
West Virginia 698402 5155
Wisconsin 2905041 32482
Wyoming 278760 8270