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Source : U . S . Bureau of Labor Statistics TABLE 5
Non-Agricultural Employment Growth ( 10 year ) ( Sept . 2014 – Sept . 2024 )
Sept-14
Sept-24
Jobs Added
%
Rank
( thousands )
( thousands )
( Lost )
Growth Rank
1 Texas
11,654.2
14,255.6
2,601,400
22.3 %
6
2 California
15,645.1
18,064.7
2,419,600
15.5 %
14
3 Florida
7,838.3
9,956.1
2,117,800
27.0 %
5
4 North Carolina
4,183.5
5,030.5
847,000
20.2 %
9
5 Georgia
4,171.6
4,981.4
809,800
19.4 %
10
6 New York
9,146.5
9,873.9
727,400
8.0 %
29
7 Arizona
2,576.0
3,274.2
698,200
27.1 %
4
8 Washington
3,090.4
3,673.1
582,700
18.9 %
11
9 Colorado
2,487.9
3,009.6
521,700
21.0 %
8
10 Tennessee
2,856.3
3,347.3
491,000
17.2 %
13
11 Virginia
3,798.8
4,250.6
451,800
11.9 %
18
12 Utah
1,341.7
1,770.8
429,100
32.0 %
2
13 South Carolina
1,961.0
2,388.4
427,400
21.8 %
7
14 New Jersey
3,975.1
4,393.6
418,500
10.5 %
22
15 Pennsylvania
5,824.3
6,223.2
398,900
6.8 %
34
16 Nevada
1,229.6
1,582.2
352,600
28.7 %
3
17 Indiana
3,005.9
3,316.5
310,600
10.3 %
23
18 Ohio
5,384.6
5,684.4
299,800
5.6 %
38
19 Michigan
4,220.7
4,520.4
299,700
7.1 %
32
20 Missouri
2,769.3
3,068.3
299,000
10.8 %
20
21 Massachusetts
3,463.2
3,758.0
294,800
8.5 %
26
22 Alabama
1,953.0
2,213.1
260,100
13.3 %
17
23 Illinois
5,926.8
6,181.9
255,100
4.3 %
41
24 Oregon
1,743.5
1,994.3
250,800
14.4 %
16
25 Idaho
661.5
881.9
220,400
33.3 %
1
26 Minnesota
2,839.7
3,040.7
201,000
7.1 %
33
27 Kentucky
1,871.0
2,054.3
183,300
9.8 %
25
28 Arkansas
1,200.1
1,375.6
175,500
14.6 %
15
29 Wisconsin
2,882.3
3,053.6
171,300
5.9 %
36
30 Maryland
2,643.5
2,782.5
139,000
5.3 %
39
31 Oklahoma
1,664.7
1,793.4
128,700
7.7 %
31
32 Montana
460.3
542.5
82,200
17.9 %
12
33 Nebraska
996.6
1,078.0
81,400
8.2 %
28
34 Kansas
1,397.9
1,469.5
71,600
5.1 %
40
35 New Hampshire
648.8
717.6
68,800
10.6 %
21
36 Mississippi
1,125.8
1,193.7
67,900
6.0 %
35
37 New Mexico
821.7
889.0
67,300
8.2 %
27
38 Delaware
440.5
491.3
50,800
11.5 %
19
39 Maine
618.8
667.2
48,400
7.8 %
30
40 Iowa
1,561.8
1,605.6
43,800
2.8 %
42
41 South Dakota
429.1
471.3
42,200
9.8 %
24
42 Connecticut
1,681.6
1,715.6
34,000
2.0 %
43
43 Rhode Island
491.1
518.5
27,400
5.6 %
37
44 Hawaii
628.9
636.8
7,900
1.3 %
45
45 Vermont
311.8
316.0
4,200
1.3 %
44
46 Alaska
350.6
348.7
-1,900
-0.5%
46
47 Wyoming
305.5
300.1
-5,400
-1.8%
48
48 West Virginia
730.2
720.4
-9,800
-1.3%
47
49 North Dakota
471.4
453.7
-17,700
-3.8%
50
50 Louisiana
1,994.2
1,954.0
-40,200
-2.0%
49
Dist . of Columbia
752.0
772.7
20,700
2.8 %
United States
140,228.7 158,656.3 18,427,600.0 13.1 %
From September 2014 to September 2024 , employment growth in Washington ranked 8th in the nation with 582,700 jobs added . Washington ranked 11th in percentage growth over the period .