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State employment in the United States in 2017

Number of employed persons in the U.S. in 2017, by state (in thousand)

This table ranks the 51 states of the U.S. by their number of employed persons in 2017. In 2017, California had the highest number of employed people in the U.S. with about 18.39 million.

California	18393
Texas	12961
Florida	9681
New York	9249
Illinois	6171
Pennsylvania	6112
Ohio	5491
Georgia	4822
North Carolina	4717
Michigan	4657
New Jersey	4310
Virginia	4146
Washington	3547
Massachusetts	3521
Indiana	3203
Arizona	3151
Maryland	3086
Tennessee	3080
Wisconsin	3048
Minnesota	2958
Missouri	2936
Colorado	2907
South Carolina	2214
Alabama	2073
Oregon	2017
Louisiana	2004
Kentucky	1952
Connecticut	1829
Oklahoma	1756
Iowa	1626
Utah	1510
Kansas	1425
Nevada	1389
Arkansas	1304
Mississippi	1215
Nebraska	977
New Mexico	872
Idaho	807
West Virginia	738
New Hampshire	727
Maine	677
Hawaii	669
Rhode Island	530
Montana	504
Delaware	455
South Dakota	440
North Dakota	404
District of Columbia	377
Alaska	337
Vermont	334
Wyoming	281

State employment in the United States in 2017

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