2026 Competitiveness Redbook | Page 12

Source: U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics TABLE 5
Non-Agricultural Employment Growth( 10 year)( Aug. 2015 – Aug. 2025)
Aug-15
Aug-25
Jobs Added
%
Rank
( thousands)
( thousands)
( Lost)
Growth Rank
1 Texas
11,819.3
14,347.7
2,528,400 21.4 %
6
2 Florida
8,111.8
10,048.4
1,936,600 23.9 %
4
3 California
16,190.8
18,011.2
1,820,400 11.2 %
18
4 North Carolina
4,254.9
5,095.4
840,500 19.8 %
8
5 New York
9,249.2
10,008.6
759,400
8.2 %
26
6 Georgia
4,260.3
4,999.6
739,300 17.4 %
11
7 Arizona
2,626.8
3,253.7
626,900 23.9 %
5
8 Tennessee
2,875.1
3,408.3
533,200 18.5 %
10
9 Colorado
2,521.7
2,991.5
469,800 18.6 %
9
10 Washington
3,192.6
3,661.8
469,200 14.7 %
13
11 Virginia
3,814.4
4,281.6
467,200 12.2 %
17
12 South Carolina
2,010.4
2,427.2
416,800 20.7 %
7
13 Pennsylvania
5,856.7
6,249.1
392,400
6.7 %
30
14 Utah
1,385.9
1,775.1
389,200 28.1 %
2
15 New Jersey
4,004.6
4,389.2
384,600
9.6 %
21
16 Ohio
5,409.5
5,730.2
320,700
5.9 %
37
17 Nevada
1,264.3
1,570.1
305,800 24.2 %
3
18 Alabama
1,953.7
2,214.9
261,200 13.4 %
15
19 Michigan
4,281.3
4,533.6
252,300
5.9 %
38
20 Missouri
2,777.8
3,021.8
244,000
8.8 %
23
21 Illinois
5,916.1
6,153.7
237,600
4.0 %
40
22 Indiana
3,056.3
3,290.8
234,500
7.7 %
28
23 Oregon
1,782.4
2,008.3
225,900 12.7 %
16
24 Massachusetts
3,499.9
3,723.5
223,600
6.4 %
34
25 Idaho
675.0
881.9
206,900 30.7 %
1
26 Minnesota
2,862.1
3,053.1
191,000
6.7 %
31
27 Maryland
2,674.3
2,846.8
172,500
6.5 %
33
28 Arkansas
1,215.2
1,385.8
170,600 14.0 %
14
29 Wisconsin
2,898.8
3,068.7
169,900
5.9 %
39
30 Kentucky
1,895.9
2,062.2
166,300
8.8 %
24
31 Oklahoma
1,661.5
1,802.3
140,800
8.5 %
25
32 New Mexico
828.0
904.8
76,800
9.3 %
22
33 Mississippi
1,131.7
1,205.5
73,800
6.5 %
32
34 Montana
457.3
529.8
72,500 15.9 %
12
35 Nebraska
1,001.7
1,064.1
62,400
6.2 %
35
36 Kansas
1,399.3
1,452.4
53,100
3.8 %
41
37 New Hampshire
653.5
706.3
52,800
8.1 %
27
38 Delaware
443.9
493.8
49,900 11.2 %
19
39 Maine
611.7
656.5
44,800
7.3 %
29
40 South Dakota
430.4
471.8
41,400
9.6 %
20
41 Rhode Island
483.9
513.7
29,800
6.2 %
36
42 Iowa
1,575.1
1,594.6
19,500
1.2 %
44
43 Connecticut
1,701.1
1,720.2
19,100
1.1 %
45
44 Louisiana
1,990.5
2,002.5
12,000
0.6 %
47
45 Hawaii
642.6
651.4
8,800
1.4 %
43
46 Wyoming
292.3
297.5
5,200
1.8 %
42
47 Alaska
336.0
339.0
3,000
0.9 %
46
48 Vermont
314.3
314.1
( 200)
-0.1%
48
49 North Dakota
460.5
448.1
( 12,400)
-2.7%
49
50 West Virginia
749.6
719.0
( 30,600)
-4.1%
50
Dist. of Columbia
764.4
757.8
( 6,600)
-0.9%
United States
142,266.4 159,139.0 16,872,600 11.9 %
From August 2015 to August 2025, employment growth in Washington ranked 10th in the nation with 469,200 jobs added. Washington ranked 13th in percentage growth over the period.