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Trade, transportation and utilities payroll employment

Number of jobs on trade, transportation and utilities payrolls in the month, seasonally adjusted, from the Current Employment Statistics (CES) survey of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The supersector covers wholesale trade, retail trade, transportation and warehousing, and utilities.

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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.

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Figures last updated on 2026-10-12.

Rankings

US states by trade, transportation and utilities payroll employment, August 2026

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

California: 3,067,800 jobsCalifornia3,067,800Texas: 2,812,500 jobsTexas2,812,500Florida: 1,989,600 jobsFlorida1,989,600New York: 1,475,400 jobsNew York1,475,400Illinois: 1,217,500 jobsIllinois1,217,500Pennsylvania: 1,131,200 jobsPennsylvania1,131,200Ohio: 1,050,600 jobsOhio1,050,600Georgia: 1,032,500 jobsGeorgia1,032,500North Carolina: 940,600 jobsNorth Carolina940,600New Jersey: 891,200 jobsNew Jersey891,200Michigan: 799,800 jobsMichigan799,800Virginia: 694,000 jobsVirginia694,000Tennessee: 684,600 jobsTennessee684,600Indiana: 638,100 jobsIndiana638,100Arizona: 629,000 jobsArizona629,000California: 3,067,800 jobsCalifornia3,067,800Texas: 2,812,500 jobsTexas2,812,500Florida: 1,989,600 jobsFlorida1,989,600New York: 1,475,400 jobsNew York1,475,400Illinois: 1,217,500 jobsIllinois1,217,500Pennsylvania: 1,131,200 jobsPennsylvania1,131,200Ohio: 1,050,600 jobsOhio1,050,600Georgia: 1,032,500 jobsGeorgia1,032,500North Carolina: 940,600 jobsNorth Carolina940,600New Jersey: 891,200 jobsNew Jersey891,200Michigan: 799,800 jobsMichigan799,800Virginia: 694,000 jobsVirginia694,000Tennessee: 684,600 jobsTennessee684,600Indiana: 638,100 jobsIndiana638,100Arizona: 629,000 jobsArizona629,000
jobs. Source: BLS, Current Employment Statistics, State and Area: all employees, trade, transportation and utilities, statewide, seasonally adjusted (SMS, state, 000004000000001). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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