Financial activities payroll employment

Number of jobs on financial activities payrolls in the month, seasonally adjusted, from the Current Employment Statistics (CES) survey of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The supersector covers finance and insurance, and real estate and rental and leasing.

One of the eleven CES supersectors that make up nonfarm_payroll_employment. Counts jobs on nonfarm payrolls, not people: someone with two jobs counts twice. It covers full-time and part-time employees paid for any part of the pay period that includes the 12th of the month, and excludes the self-employed, farm workers, private household workers and unpaid family workers.

Key facts

Figures last updated on 2026-10-12.

Rankings

US states by financial activities payroll employment, August 2026

Top 15. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Texas: 940,900 jobsTexas940,900California: 780,000 jobsCalifornia780,000New York: 759,100 jobsNew York759,100Florida: 676,000 jobsFlorida676,000Illinois: 377,000 jobsIllinois377,000Pennsylvania: 344,400 jobsPennsylvania344,400North Carolina: 311,700 jobsNorth Carolina311,700Ohio: 309,500 jobsOhio309,500Georgia: 281,500 jobsGeorgia281,500New Jersey: 266,700 jobsNew Jersey266,700Michigan: 241,000 jobsMichigan241,000Arizona: 237,900 jobsArizona237,900Virginia: 220,500 jobsVirginia220,500Massachusetts: 220,100 jobsMassachusetts220,100Tennessee: 188,100 jobsTennessee188,100
jobs. Source: BLS, Current Employment Statistics, State and Area: all employees, financial activities, statewide, seasonally adjusted (SMS, state, 000005500000001). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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