List of U.S. states by employment rate

This is a list of U.S. states and the District of Columbia by Employment-to-population ratio (population 16 and over).

List

U.S. states by net employment rate (% of population 16 and over) 2018[1]

National rank	State	Employment rate in % (total population)	Annual change (%) (=rise in employment)
1	Minnesota	67.8	0.0
2	North Dakota	67.7	1.2
3	Nebraska	67.3	0.2
4	Colorado	66.9	0.7
5	Iowa	66.7	0.4
6	New Hampshire	66.6	0.2
7	South Dakota	66.6	0.1
—	District of Columbia	66.5	0.3
8	Utah	66.1	0.5
9	Wisconsin	65.9	0.3
10	Massachusetts	65.3	1.6
11	Vermont	64.9	0.1
12	Maryland	64.6	0.0
13	Kansas	64.5	0.2
14	Connecticut	63.4	0.6
15	Virginia	63.2	0.3
16	Indiana	62.7	0.5
17	Idaho	62.3	0.4
18	Wyoming	62.1	0.5
19	Rhode Island	61.9	0.3
20	Illinois	61.7	0.3
21	Missouri	61.6	0.1
22	Texas	61.5	0.4
23	Maine	61.2	0.2
24	Washington	61.0	0.3
25	Alaska	60.9	0.5
26	Georgia	60.6	0.3
26	Hawaii	60.6	0.4
—	United States	60.4	0.3
28	Montana	60.3	0.2
29	Delaware	60.2	0.4
30	Nevada	60.1	0.6
31	New Jersey	59.9	0.3
31	Pennsylvania	59.9	0.3
33	California	59.8	0.6
33	Oregon	59.8	0.4
35	Ohio	59.5	0.1
36	Oklahoma	59.1	0.5
37	Michigan	58.8	0.2
37	North Carolina	58.8	0.0
37	Tennessee	58.8	0.5
40	New York	58.5	0.5
41	Arizona	58.4	0.8
42	Florida	57.3	0.2
43	Kentucky	56.5	0.3
44	South Carolina	56.0	0.1
45	Louisiana	55.9	0.2
46	Arkansas	55.7	0.1
47	Alabama	54.9	0.6
48	New Mexico	54.7	0.5
49	Mississippi	53.0	0.1
50	West Virginia	51.0	0.5

See also

• List of U.S. states and territories by unemployment rate
• Job creation index

References

1. "Minnesota, North Dakota, and Nebraska had the highest employment–population ratios in 2018 : The Economics Daily: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics". www.bls.gov. Retrieved 2019-06-10.