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Job Growth by state

Percent change from year ago. Every state colored on one scale across all years, joined to the map by FIPS code.

2025
20012025
Texas: +1.1%California: +0.3%Kentucky: -0.1%Georgia: +0.3%Wisconsin: -0.2%Oregon: -0.5%Missouri: -0.1%Virginia: +0.6%Tennessee: -0.0%Louisiana: +0.4%New York: +0.8%Idaho: +1.6%Florida: +0.6%Illinois: +0.2%Montana: +0.0%Minnesota: +0.4%Maryland: -0.8%Iowa: -0.6%District of Columbia: -2.6%Ohio: +0.2%Nebraska: +0.2%Washington: +0.5%South Dakota: +0.4%Oklahoma: +0.5%Wyoming: -0.1%West Virginia: -0.2%Indiana: +0.2%Massachusetts: -0.5%Nevada: +1.2%North Dakota: +0.0%Arkansas: +0.8%Mississippi: +0.3%Colorado: -0.3%North Carolina: +0.7%Utah: +1.3%Hawaii: +0.6%New Mexico: +0.4%Kansas: +0.4%Rhode Island: +0.5%Michigan: -0.1%Alaska: +1.0%Delaware: +0.8%Alabama: +0.3%South Carolina: +1.3%Maine: +0.1%New Jersey: +0.5%Pennsylvania: +0.5%New Hampshire: -0.3%Arizona: +0.1%Connecticut: +0.4%Vermont: -0.2%+1.1+0.3-0.1+0.3-0.2-0.5-0.1+0.6-0.0+0.4+0.8+1.6+0.6+0.2+0.0+0.4-0.8-0.6+0.2+0.2+0.5+0.4+0.5-0.1-0.2+0.2-0.5+1.2+0.0+0.8+0.3-0.3+0.7+1.3+0.6+0.4+0.4-0.1+1.0+0.3+1.3+0.1+0.5+0.1
-15.0%
+8.4%

The color scale is fixed across all years, so a state changing shade as you move the slider is a real change in the value.

2025 · Highest: Idaho +1.6% · Lowest: District of Columbia -2.6%

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · CES · table · 2001 to 2026

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Reading it. Derived from BLS state nonfarm payroll employment (annual averages). Counts jobs, not people; Puerto Rico has no payroll series.

Comparing states is harder than it looks. A dollar buys more in some states than others, and survey estimates carry a margin of error. Read the map for the pattern, not for a precise ranking.