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Source : U . S . Bureau of Labor Statistics TABLE 5
Non-Agricultural Employment Growth ( 10 year ) ( October 2013 – October 2023 )
July-13
July-23
Jobs Added
%
Rank
( thousands )
( thousands )
( Lost )
Growth
Rank
1 California
15,344.1
18,275.5
2,931,400
19.1 %
12
2 Texas
11,365.4
14,146.6
2,781,200
24.5 %
6
3 Florida
7,650.8
9,847.2
2,196,400
28.7 %
4
4 Georgia
4,078.2
4,955.9
877,700
21.5 %
7
5 North Carolina
4,116.4
4,966.4
850,000
20.6 %
11
6 New York
9,108.4
9,798.6
690,200
7.6 %
27
7 Arizona
2,553.7
3,193.1
639,400
25.0 %
5
8 Washington
3,027.0
3,654.9
627,900
20.7 %
10
9 Tennessee
2,799.3
3,331.1
531,800
19.0 %
13
10 Colorado
2,408.0
2,921.9
513,900
21.3 %
8
11 Utah
1,311.5
1,744.0
432,500
33.0 %
3
12 Pennsylvania
5,797.4
6,213.1
415,700
7.2 %
30
13 Virginia
3,777.0
4,188.4
411,400
10.9 %
22
14 New Jersey
3,962.2
4,371.3
409,100
10.3 %
24
15 South Carolina
1,918.9
2,323.9
405,000
21.1 %
9
16 Massachusetts
3,413.0
3,815.8
402,800
11.8 %
19
17 Nevada
1,189.6
1,584.4
394,800
33.2 %
1
18 Ohio
5,331.0
5,700.3
369,300
6.9 %
32
19 Illinois
5,868.6
6,208.4
339,800
5.8 %
37
20 Indiana
2,976.8
3,308.8
332,000
11.2 %
21
21 Oregon
1,709.6
2,014.2
304,600
17.8 %
14
22 Michigan
4,186.4
4,459.9
273,500
6.5 %
34
23 Missouri
2,757.0
3,011.4
254,400
9.2 %
26
24 Alabama
1,929.6
2,167.5
237,900
12.3 %
18
25 Idaho
650.5
866.3
215,800
33.2 %
2
26 Minnesota
2,822.5
3,033.7
211,200
7.5 %
28
27 Kentucky
1,846.4
2,045.1
198,700
10.8 %
23
28 Wisconsin
2,848.8
3,040.1
191,300
6.7 %
33
29 Arkansas
1,186.4
1,370.4
184,000
15.5 %
15
30 Maryland
2,618.2
2,781.6
163,400
6.2 %
35
31 Oklahoma
1,650.6
1,744.6
94,000
5.7 %
38
32 Kansas
1,392.3
1,465.2
72,900
5.2 %
40
33 Montana
454.6
522.9
68,300
15.0 %
16
34 New Hampshire
646.1
707.6
61,500
9.5 %
25
35 Nebraska
993.1
1,053.2
60,100
6.1 %
36
36 New Mexico
817.8
877.5
59,700
7.3 %
29
37 Mississippi
1,118.1
1,176.8
58,700
5.2 %
39
38 Iowa
1,547.9
1,603.7
55,800
3.6 %
41
39 Delaware
434.4
489.6
55,200
12.7 %
17
40 South Dakota
422.3
469.9
47,600
11.3 %
20
41 Maine
615.0
658.6
43,600
7.1 %
31
42 Connecticut
1,674.8
1,717.5
42,700
2.5 %
43
43 Rhode Island
484.6
500.1
15,500
3.2 %
42
44 Louisiana
1,977.1
1,989.3
12,200
0.6 %
45
45 Hawaii
625.7
632.6
6,900
1.1 %
44
46 Vermont
312.3
310.7
-1,600
-0.5%
46
47 Wyoming
298.2
296.5
-1,700
-0.6%
47
48 Alaska
333.5
323.9
-9,600
-2.9%
50
49 North Dakota
457.6
445.6
-12,000
-2.6%
49
50 West Virginia
732.0
714.0
-18,000
-2.5%
48
Dist . of Columbia
752.8
785.8
33
4.4 %
United States
135,984.4
156,093.7
20,109.3
14.8 %
From October 2013 to October 2023 , non-agricultural employment growth in Washington ranked 8th in the nation with 627,900 jobs added . Washington ranked 10th in percentage growth over the period .