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Source : U . S . Bureau of Labor Statistics TABLE 5
Non-Agricultural Employment Growth ( 10 year ) ( August 2012 – August 2022 )
Aug-12
Aug-22
Jobs Added
%
Rank
( thousands )
( thousands )
( Lost )
Growth
Rank
1 California
14,737.5
17,599.3
2,843,700
19.2 %
13
2 Texas
10,932.9
13,468.2
2,590,100
23.7 %
7
3 Florida
7,366.6
9,408.6
2,026,200
27.4 %
4
4 Georgia
3,961.1
4,813.0
859,100
21.8 %
8
5 North Carolina
3,977.3
4,790.7
815,600
20.5 %
9
6 New York
8,780.0
9,504.3
700,800
8.0 %
27
7 Arizona
2,445.3
3,069.5
631,700
25.7 %
5
8 Washington
2,928.1
3,544.8
586,500
20.1 %
10
9 Colorado
2,327.6
2,888.5
549,100
23.7 %
6
10 Tennessee
2,718.1
3,235.2
522,500
19.2 %
14
11 Utah
1,249.2
1,672.4
423,100
33.8 %
1
12 South Carolina
1,866.9
2,243.8
369,700
19.8 %
11
13 Massachusetts
3,318.7
3,719.4
367,200
11.1 %
17
14 Virginia
3,737.9
4,081.0
349,600
9.4 %
21
15 New Jersey
3,883.5
4,257.6
343,600
8.9 %
23
16 Oregon
1,643.2
1,977.7
324,400
19.7 %
12
17 Nevada
1,145.6
1,456.3
319,500
27.9 %
3
18 Illinois
5,764.8
6,077.8
315,900
5.5 %
36
19 Michigan
4,031.8
4,368.2
309,400
7.7 %
28
20 Indiana
2,920.2
3,193.0
290,200
10.0 %
19
21 Ohio
5,223.7
5,513.9
281,700
5.4 %
37
22 Pennsylvania
5,688.4
5,973.5
259,700
4.5 %
40
23 Missouri
2,684.6
2,910.9
232,300
8.6 %
24
24 Minnesota
2,740.1
2,960.9
218,400
8.0 %
25
25 Idaho
628.2
830.0
200,800
32.3 %
2
26 Alabama
1,903.5
2,082.0
186,000
9.8 %
20
27 Wisconsin
2,796.5
2,968.9
160,000
5.8 %
35
28 Maryland
2,582.0
2,737.9
155,000
6.0 %
34
29 Arkansas
1,170.9
1,316.6
148,900
12.7 %
16
30 Kentucky
1,813.2
1,969.2
128,300
7.1 %
29
31 Oklahoma
1,608.3
1,682.9
80,600
5.0 %
39
32 Montana
450.1
514.4
66,000
15.0 %
15
33 Iowa
1,505.5
1,577.1
64,700
4.3 %
41
34 Nebraska
969.3
1,028.4
61,500
6.3 %
30
35 Mississippi
1,101.9
1,152.2
57,400
5.2 %
38
36 New Hampshire
631.1
687.9
50,700
8.0 %
26
37 New Mexico
800.2
851.9
48,800
6.1 %
33
38 Kansas
1,344.8
1,394.2
47,300
3.5 %
42
39 Delaware
421.6
467.4
43,300
10.3 %
18
40 Maine
613.4
658.2
37,600
6.3 %
31
40 South Dakota
419.5
459.8
37,600
9.1 %
22
42 Rhode Island
469.3
503.3
29,000
6.2 %
32
43 Connecticut
1,632.9
1,653.9
14,500
0.9 %
43
44 Hawaii
607.1
607.0
2,500
0.4 %
44
45 North Dakota
431.2
430.6
-2,500
-0.6%
46
46 Vermont
301.3
301.5
-3,100
-1.0%
47
47 Louisiana
1,920.3
1,921.6
-3,700
-0.2%
45
48 Wyoming
299.2
292.3
-7,100
-2.4%
48
49 Alaska
357.3
334.2
-22,100
-6.6%
50
50 West Virginia
727.6
706.4
-24,000
-3.3%
49
Dist . of Columbia
726.4
763.0
39,000
5.3 %
United States
134,306
152,621 18,127,000
13.5 %
From August 2012 to August 2022 , non-agricultural employment growth in Washington ranks eighth in the nation with 586,500 jobs added . Washington ranked 10th in percentage growth over the period .