United States Payroll Employment By State for All Business Establishments in October, 2020
Updated on January 9, 2024.

According to recent data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, in October, 2020, California added the highest number of jobs to all business establishments (343,982), followed by Texas (187,856), and Florida (179,845).

On the other hand, Washington added the least number of jobs (-5,752), followed by Alaska (-3,458), and Wyoming (-1,367).

Interact with the charts below to see for each state, the number of payroll employment, and the number of jobs added in October, 2020. 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 1931745 25372
Alaska 299440 -3458
Arizona 2861631 63061
Arkansas 1192311 13519
California 16479836 343982
Colorado 2628480 28914
Connecticut 1580041 20187
Delaware 433201 2458
Florida 8511345 179845
Georgia 4350692 70250
Hawaii 531288 22829
Idaho 769596 6134
Illinois 5631366 62403
Indiana 2977733 33204
Iowa 1496219 18857
Kansas 1344099 17992
Kentucky 1828940 20738
Louisiana 1787331 43558
Maine 601758 3304
Maryland 2536750 29799
Massachusetts 3377787 58939
Michigan 4091197 54382
Minnesota 2756776 49433
Mississippi 1108966 14878
Missouri 2721880 40054
Montana 469393 2524
Nebraska 960053 9006
Nevada 1283462 29840
New Hampshire 636462 2689
New Jersey 3838935 56456
New Mexico 783430 9573
New York 8705470 157387
North Carolina 4403237 81107
North Dakota 401477 2917
Ohio 5201458 65371
Oklahoma 1562732 14363
Oregon 1857177 16497
Pennsylvania 5572429 65821
Rhode Island 458070 5576
South Carolina 2057834 28043
South Dakota 426029 3579
Tennessee 2963755 43690
Texas 12127152 187856
Utah 1545876 27740
Vermont 289760 3929
Virginia 3779536 43826
Washington 3264529 -5752
West Virginia 655309 8471
Wisconsin 2770439 18693
Wyoming 263060 -1367