2024 Competitiveness Redbook | Page 11

Non-Agricultural Employment Growth ( October 2022 – October 2023 )
Rank
Jobs Added ( Lost )
% Growth
Rank
1 Texas
416,400
3.0 %
4
2 California
282,200
1.6 %
30
3 Florida
266,300
2.8 %
5
4 Pennsylvania
128,500
2.1 %
13
5 New York
122,500
1.3 %
37
6 Ohio
114,400
2.0 %
15
7 Georgia
93,200
1.9 %
18
8 North Carolina
89,300
1.8 %
23
9 New Jersey
80,400
1.9 %
21
10 Massachusetts
79,300
2.1 %
12
11 Washington
77,100
2.2 %
11
12 Illinois
66,700
1.1 %
41
13 Indiana
61,200
1.9 %
20
14 Virginia
60,900
1.5 %
31
15 Nevada
54,200
3.5 %
1
16 Kentucky
53,200
2.7 %
6
17 Arizona
52,900
1.7 %
27
18 Maryland
50,400
1.8 %
22
18 South Carolina
50,400
2.2 %
10
20 Louisiana
46,500
2.4 %
8
21 Minnesota
42,200
1.4 %
32
22 Missouri
40,700
1.4 %
34
23 Utah
39,800
2.3 %
9
24 Wisconsin
35,900
1.2 %
39
25 Oregon
34,800
1.8 %
25
26 Michigan
34,000
0.8 %
46
27 Tennessee
32,000
1.0 %
43
28 Colorado
30,500
1.1 %
42
29 Connecticut
29,600
1.8 %
26
30 Alabama
28,800
1.3 %
35
31 Idaho
27,800
3.3 %
2
32 Oklahoma
22,600
1.3 %
36
33 New Mexico
17,100
2.0 %
17
34 Kansas
16,200
1.1 %
40
35 New Hampshire
13,200
1.9 %
19
36 Nebraska
12,800
1.2 %
38
37 Arkansas
11,700
0.9 %
44
38 South Dakota
11,300
2.5 %
7
39 Maine
10,300
1.6 %
29
40 Delaware
9,900
2.1 %
14
41 West Virginia
9,700
1.4 %
33
42 Wyoming
9,300
3.2 %
3
43 North Dakota
8,900
2.0 %
16
44 Montana
8,500
1.7 %
28
45 Alaska
5,600
1.8 %
24
46 Hawaii
4,400
0.7 %
47
47 Iowa
3,700
0.2 %
48
48 Vermont
2,600
0.8 %
45
49 Mississippi
-2,600
-0.2%
49
50 Rhode Island
-2,700
-0.5%
50
Dist . of Columbia
11,400
1.5 %
United States
2,806,000
1.8 %
TABLE 4
Source : U . S . Bureau of Labor Statistics
Washington gained 77,100 jobs from October 2022 to October 2023 . The state ranked 11th in both the number of jobs gained and the percentage gained .