Table V.B.1 Number of private-sector employees by industry groupings** and State: United States, 2017
Division and State Total Agri, fish., forestry
and construction		 Mining and
manufacturing		 Retail and
other services		 Professional
services		 All other
United States 125,415,757    7,807,139    12,150,890    47,872,194    33,644,463    23,941,072   
New England:
Connecticut 1,463,183    63,137    139,278    463,923    491,755    305,090   
Maine 546,780    34,707    43,593    207,359    171,617    89,504   
Massachusetts 3,197,062    124,368    262,089 * 1,107,667    1,213,116    489,822   
New Hampshire 601,384    32,997    64,563    288,712    126,365    88,747   
Rhode Island 419,706    18,344    46,155    133,412    142,448    79,346   
Vermont 256,092    20,781    23,093    107,675    69,436    35,107   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 3,649,537    149,177    215,529    1,289,325    1,237,223    758,284   
New York 8,074,179    381,582    353,715    2,902,929    2,463,901    1,972,052   
Pennsylvania 5,405,342    238,666    604,913    1,842,107    1,639,059    1,080,597   
East North Central:
Illinois 5,564,769    206,689    623,478    2,004,194    1,581,718    1,148,691   
Indiana 2,643,904    141,315    500,722    960,089    510,844    530,935   
Michigan 3,890,148    247,175    561,056    1,375,588    1,044,726    661,602   
Ohio 4,697,665    207,298    633,986    1,760,001    1,216,189    880,190   
Wisconsin 2,566,194    151,691    480,329    835,318    597,394    501,462   
West North Central:
Iowa 1,341,755    110,818    185,846    442,466    335,732    266,893   
Kansas 1,129,201    91,127    156,940    400,384    304,869    175,881   
Minnesota 2,575,531    170,719    341,549    770,997    765,975    526,291   
Missouri 2,651,438    111,857    204,679    887,390    743,262    704,250   
Nebraska 867,860    79,534    72,904    280,787    289,498    145,137   
North Dakota 350,511    35,670    27,408    117,906    92,253    77,274   
South Dakota 410,682    33,661    39,126    120,732    144,136    73,027   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 406,396    14,855    --    162,034    113,285    79,258   
District of Columbia 508,190    --    --    235,602    222,036    40,284   
Florida 8,079,462    516,675    325,674    4,177,421    1,564,857    1,494,835   
Georgia 3,710,976    201,669    424,947    1,508,772    810,197    765,390   
Maryland 2,241,610    184,835    --    858,707    705,184    393,401   
North Carolina 3,602,060    244,385    405,128    1,491,529    831,311    629,707   
South Carolina 1,743,763    82,862    303,984    744,788    297,808    314,321   
Virginia 3,186,820    202,772    245,772    1,228,038    1,044,484    465,753   
West Virginia 549,918    30,150    95,824    202,977    147,429    73,539   
East South Central:
Alabama 1,563,142    96,669 * 320,096    534,066    407,510    204,801   
Kentucky 1,597,551    92,070    281,240    549,612    416,943    257,686   
Mississippi 864,230    51,282    130,971    299,440    242,083    140,455   
Tennessee 2,552,137    105,099    304,384    974,609    649,983    518,063   
West South Central:
Arkansas 1,042,724    64,170    172,908    355,117    250,759    199,770   
Louisiana 1,575,062    116,938    144,676    688,468    339,269    285,711   
Oklahoma 1,249,714    82,631    140,118    489,466    344,327    193,172   
Texas 10,281,941    662,521    921,749    3,768,950    2,738,302    2,190,420   
Mountain:
Arizona 2,415,684    155,856    127,397    917,129    642,499    572,802   
Colorado 2,366,754    232,423    170,315    997,189    517,890    448,937   
Idaho 619,266    59,525    84,973    206,064    164,040    104,665   
Montana 401,953    32,222    20,214    149,484    128,873    71,160   
Nevada 1,272,587    74,739    50,641    752,121    182,530    212,556   
New Mexico 624,696    51,083    34,181    267,027    173,508    98,896   
Utah 1,192,790    112,800    188,222    401,229    241,820    248,719   
Wyoming 207,129    16,837    27,659    83,328    48,638    30,667   
Pacific:
Alaska 259,256    23,651    --    103,347    64,182    53,276   
California 14,193,963    1,226,847    1,151,173    5,558,426    3,810,700    2,446,817   
Hawaii 555,199    33,240    --    292,554    133,100    84,566   
Oregon 1,523,632    160,959    113,872    631,997    389,677    227,127   
Washington 2,724,226    217,680    218,944    943,741    839,725    504,135   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2017 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.

* Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.

-- Data suppressed due to high standard errors or few reported values in cell.

** Definitions of industry groups and low-wage employees changed in 2000. These data are not comparable to IC data prior to 2000. See Technical Appendix.

Totals may not sum exactly because of rounding.

 

Table V.B.1 Standard errors for number of private-sector employees by industry groupings** and State: United States, 2017
Division and State Total Agri, fish., forestry
and construction		 Mining and
manufacturing		 Retail and
other services		 Professional
services		 All other
United States 978,960    311,719    395,891    798,507    657,802    723,139   
New England:
Connecticut 50,039    16,007    25,827    45,489    46,977    44,111   
Maine 20,911    7,355    6,833    20,118    14,655    14,568   
Massachusetts 107,591    26,930    81,051 * 100,848    99,762    68,640   
New Hampshire 22,927    7,101    10,658    23,560    16,134    15,324   
Rhode Island 16,366    4,582    10,891    13,145    12,915    13,794   
Vermont 9,341    3,525    3,475    8,637    6,277    7,346   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 127,166    41,639    44,229    102,905    130,095    77,951   
New York 349,977    77,101    63,177    222,350    194,573    331,029   
Pennsylvania 159,833    47,950    94,649    151,230    135,717    124,045   
East North Central:
Illinois 255,222    51,749    147,943    213,134    218,003    152,820   
Indiana 137,445    28,274    69,370    114,579    67,748    103,708   
Michigan 155,601    60,347    95,104    140,202    120,894    99,332   
Ohio 146,818    44,812    92,569    151,420    119,717    111,168   
Wisconsin 99,446    31,450    67,134    86,430    68,368    82,611   
West North Central:
Iowa 49,115    18,914    29,290    42,334    39,088    39,112   
Kansas 49,908    20,779    32,070    43,486    38,721    22,774   
Minnesota 81,760    36,182    52,602    69,308    77,506    61,678   
Missouri 203,392    25,387    41,557    88,249    86,468    202,692   
Nebraska 31,107    15,463    17,267    25,809    27,900    17,754   
North Dakota 12,986    5,579    4,684    9,817    12,543    8,554   
South Dakota 12,387    5,474    8,530    10,717    10,564    10,410   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 18,120    4,021    --    15,859    16,013    12,659   
District of Columbia 18,923    --    --    19,769    18,904    7,938   
Florida 394,907    103,463    71,284    294,950    153,057    325,950   
Georgia 166,444    53,306    95,065    154,032    97,439    120,176   
Maryland 92,999    40,984    --    86,577    75,976    70,152   
North Carolina 103,465    41,057    58,816    110,827    77,869    77,825   
South Carolina 78,790    17,369    43,550    76,831    39,796    42,530   
Virginia 127,611    47,005    46,808    116,805    101,449    79,814   
West Virginia 22,926    6,343    18,095    16,951    14,924    14,711   
East South Central:
Alabama 77,128    29,194 * 58,464    48,637    63,635    32,932   
Kentucky 60,634    20,117    42,748    53,515    46,915    38,006   
Mississippi 46,684    11,636    19,727    35,420    41,862    19,547   
Tennessee 99,276    25,177    57,830    89,057    82,826    70,935   
West South Central:
Arkansas 51,676    14,961    26,886    35,390    33,346    42,420   
Louisiana 67,854    25,922    28,422    76,248    41,202    38,730   
Oklahoma 47,267    22,816    24,379    45,131    38,522    27,441   
Texas 323,970    102,145    137,039    253,545    262,756    214,542   
Mountain:
Arizona 159,843    35,413    29,368    87,884    108,337    132,831   
Colorado 99,254    47,685    43,588    81,319    75,458    70,735   
Idaho 24,434    9,477    16,717    19,415    17,691    15,982   
Montana 17,946    5,068    4,308    12,496    17,029    10,905   
Nevada 58,446    16,335    12,563    60,619    26,377    41,030   
New Mexico 24,738    11,094    7,799    22,427    17,607    16,399   
Utah 53,105    25,274    37,066    43,145    31,748    42,908   
Wyoming 7,648    2,464    4,218    7,523    6,197    3,612   
Pacific:
Alaska 9,005    5,157    --    9,323    7,039    6,177   
California 394,330    178,692    134,673    373,769    243,095    205,039   
Hawaii 30,282    7,777    --    26,010    25,864    13,274   
Oregon 77,460    30,442    21,294    76,437    44,729    28,287   
Washington 128,265    43,808    49,211    97,607    125,695    75,863   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2017 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.

* Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.

-- Data suppressed due to high standard errors or few reported values in cell.

** Definitions of industry groups and low-wage employees changed in 2000. These data are not comparable to IC data prior to 2000. See Technical Appendix.

Totals may not sum exactly because of rounding.