2026 Competitiveness Redbook | Seite 11

Non-Agricultural Employment Growth( Aug. 2024 – Aug. 2025)
Rank
Jobs Added( Lost)
% Growth
Rank
1 Texas
195,600
1.4 %
10
2 New York
125,100
1.3 %
16
3 Pennsylvania
101,200
1.6 %
5
4 Florida
98,200
1.0 %
21
5 North Carolina
80,800
1.6 %
6
6 Ohio
76,800
1.4 %
12
7 South Carolina
72,000
3.1 %
1
8 California
69,500
0.4 %
39
9 Virginia
44,400
1.0 %
18
10 Michigan
44,100
1.0 %
22
11 Minnesota
42,500
1.4 %
9
12 Arizona
41,400
1.3 %
15
13 Tennessee
34,400
1.0 %
19
14 Missouri
33,900
1.1 %
17
15 Georgia
32,300
0.7 %
32
16 Utah
30,400
1.7 %
4
17 New Jersey
28,900
0.7 %
30
18 Oklahoma
23,400
1.3 %
14
19 Wisconsin
22,800
0.7 %
27
20 Alabama
22,000
1.0 %
20
21 Washington
19,800
0.5 %
35
22 Kentucky
19,800
1.0 %
23
23 Louisiana
19,100
1.0 %
24
24 Colorado
18,300
0.6 %
34
25 Arkansas
18,300
1.3 %
13
26 New Mexico
16,800
1.9 %
2
27 Mississippi
16,200
1.4 %
11
28 Indiana
13,600
0.4 %
38
29 Oregon
13,000
0.7 %
31
30 Idaho
12,900
1.5 %
7
31 Connecticut
12,700
0.7 %
28
32 Hawaii
11,900
1.9 %
3
33 Maryland
11,800
0.4 %
37
34 Nebraska
6,600
0.6 %
33
35 Massachusetts
6,500
0.2 %
44
36 Illinois
5,900
0.1 %
45
37 Alaska
4,900
1.5 %
8
38 South Dakota
4,300
0.9 %
25
39 Delaware
3,500
0.7 %
29
40 West Virginia
3,100
0.4 %
36
41 Wyoming
2,600
0.9 %
26
42 Rhode Island
1,700
0.3 %
41
43 Montana
1,700
0.3 %
42
44 North Dakota
1,500
0.3 %
40
45 Vermont
1,000
0.3 %
43
46 New Hampshire
100
0.0 %
46
47 Nevada
( 100)
0.0 %
47
48 Maine
( 2,300)
-0.3%
49
49 Iowa
( 2,300)
-0.1%
48
50 Kansas
( 10,000)
-0.7%
50
Dist. of Columbia
( 8,900)
-1.2%
United States
1,443,700
0.9 %
TABLE 4
Source: U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Washington gained 19,800 jobs from August 2024 to August 2025. The state ranked 21st in the number of jobs gained and 35th in the percentage gained.