ADJUSTED (TAX-PAYING) PRIVATE EMPLOYMENT
|
10-year rank |
|
10-year change |
3-Year Rank |
3-year change |
1-year |
1-year change |
Jobs, 2003 |
1 |
Nevada | 57.5% |
1 | 4.6% | 37 | -1.0% | 902.7 |
2 |
Arizona | 42.3% |
9 | -0.9% | 5 | 1.3% | 1,725.1 |
3 |
Florida | 32.1% |
5 | 1.1% | 31 | -0.5% | 5,574.7 |
4 |
Utah | 28.7% |
23 | -3.9% | 36 | -1.0% | 799.4 |
5 |
Idaho | 25.5% |
11 | -1.0% | 4 | 1.6% | 405.0 |
6 |
Colorado | 25.1% |
48 | -8.1% | 25 | -0.2% | 1,611.9 |
7 |
Montana | 22.4% |
3 | 2.1% | 39 | -1.0% | 265.3 |
8 |
Texas | 22.2% |
34 | -5.1% | 12 | 0.3% | 6,769.6 |
9 |
Georgia | 21.2% |
40 | -5.7% | 2 | 1.6% | 2,929.1 |
10 |
Virginia | 20.9% |
16 | -3.3% | 42 | -1.2% | 2,596.2 |
11 |
California | 19.7% |
26 | -4.2% | 32 | -0.5% | 10,833.8 |
12 |
New Hampshire | 19.6% |
31 | -4.9% | 1 | 4.3% | 460.5 |
13 |
Wyoming | 19.5% |
2 | 3.7% | 27 | -0.3% | 166.4 |
14 |
Maryland | 17.3% |
13 | -1.8% | 16 | 0.2% | 1,759.0 |
15 |
Delaware | 16.8% |
21 | -3.7% | 40 | -1.2% | 315.3 |
16 |
North Dakota | 16.5% |
7 | 0.6% | 44 | -1.5% | 213.6 |
17 |
Oregon | 16.1% |
37 | -5.3% | 47 | -1.9% | 1,145.3 |
18 |
South Dakota | 16.0% |
12 | -1.7% | 24 | -0.2% | 253.9 |
19 |
New Mexico | 15.9% |
8 | -0.7% | 23 | -0.2% | 497.2 |
20 |
Nebraska | 15.6% |
19 | -3.4% | 6 | 0.8% | 650.4 |
21 |
Washington | 14.8% |
43 | -6.1% | 14 | 0.3% | 1,882.8 |
22 |
Alaska | 14.8% |
6 | 0.6% | 34 | -0.8% | 175.5 |
23 |
Minnesota | 14.5% |
22 | -3.8% | 49 | -2.1% | 1,942.1 |
24 |
Oklahoma | 14.2% |
45 | -6.6% | 46 | -1.8% | 1,000.8 |
25 |
Kansas | 14.2% |
32 | -4.9% | 29 | -0.4% | 924.2 |
26 |
Maine | 13.1% |
14 | -2.2% | 21 | 0.0% | 414.7 |
27 |
Louisiana | 12.2% |
17 | -3.3% | 10 | 0.5% | 1,326.2 |
28 |
New Jersey | 11.8% |
18 | -3.4% | 17 | 0.2% | 2,932.0 |
29 |
Tennessee | 11.8% |
25 | -3.9% | 18 | 0.2% | 2,017.6 |
30 |
South Carolina | 11.3% |
35 | -5.1% | 7 | 0.8% | 1,335.9 |
31 |
Wisconsin | 11.1% |
27 | -4.2% | 43 | -1.3% | 2,051.7 |
32 |
Iowa | 10.9% |
24 | -3.9% | 30 | -0.4% | 1,046.5 |
33 |
Arkansas | 10.9% |
20 | -3.6% | 3 | 1.6% | 821.1 |
34 |
Rhode Island | 10.7% |
10 | -0.9% | 41 | -1.2% | 352.2 |
35 |
Vermont | 10.6% |
39 | -5.6% | 13 | 0.3% | 209.3 |
36 |
Massachusetts | 10.4% |
49 | -8.3% | 11 | 0.4% | 2,353.2 |
37 |
North Carolina | 9.8% |
46 | -7.0% | 38 | -1.0% | 2,788.0 |
38 |
Missouri | 7.7% |
28 | -4.3% | 28 | -0.3% | 1,957.5 |
39 |
Indiana | 7.2% |
33 | -5.1% | 35 | -0.9% | 2,188.7 |
40 |
West Virginia | 6.9% |
29 | -4.3% | 9 | 0.5% | 486.3 |
41 |
Michigan | 6.9% |
50 | -8.4% | 50 | -2.3% | 3,258.7 |
42 |
Alabama | 6.8% |
38 | -5.5% | 20 | 0.0% | 1,353.2 |
43 |
Pennsylvania | 6.7% |
30 | -4.7% | 15 | 0.2% | 4,098.1 |
44 |
New York | 6.6% |
44 | -6.4% | 19 | 0.1% | 5,840.8 |
45 |
Illinois | 6.2% |
41 | -5.9% | 26 | -0.3% | 4,396.6 |
46 |
Ohio | 5.7% |
47 | -7.6% | 8 | 0.7% | 3,958.0 |
47 |
Hawaii | 5.0% |
4 | 1.5% | 33 | -0.7% | 405.6 |
48 |
Mississippi | 4.1% |
36 | -5.1% | 22 | 0.0% | 777.2 |
49 |
Connecticut | 2.8% |
42 | -6.0% | 48 | -2.0% | 1,193.5 |
50* |
Kentucky | N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
| U.S. total/average | 14.6% |
-4.3% |
-0.3% |
94,937 | |||
| Bureau of Labor Statistics for December 1993, 2000, and 2003, not seasonally adjusted | |||||||