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US states by private education and health services payroll employment

California had the highest private education and health services payroll employment of 51 states in October 2025, at 3,530,600 jobs. Wyoming had the lowest, at 29,500 jobs. The median was 318,800 jobs and the figure for the United States was 27,533,000 jobs. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest3,530,600California
Lowest29,500Wyoming
Median318,80051 states
United States27,533,000History

Map of states, October 2025

Alabama: 263,100 jobsAlaska: 54,100 jobsArizona: 551,100 jobsArkansas: 210,700 jobsCalifornia: 3,530,600 jobsColorado: 400,600 jobsConnecticut: 377,300 jobsDelaware: 92,500 jobsDistrict of Columbia: 126,800 jobsFlorida: 1,598,900 jobsGeorgia: 733,500 jobsHawaii: 92,100 jobsIdaho: 141,000 jobsIllinois: 1,034,700 jobsIndiana: 520,900 jobsIowa: 245,800 jobsKansas: 219,500 jobsKentucky: 317,900 jobsLouisiana: 351,400 jobsMaine: 136,900 jobsMaryland: 499,200 jobsMassachusetts: 849,600 jobsMichigan: 734,400 jobsMinnesota: 614,100 jobsMississippi: 159,300 jobsMissouri: 540,500 jobsMontana: 86,400 jobsNebraska: 174,100 jobsNevada: 183,800 jobsNew Hampshire: 130,500 jobsNew Jersey: 811,500 jobsNew Mexico: 152,300 jobsNew York: 2,414,400 jobsNorth Carolina: 728,800 jobsNorth Dakota: 72,900 jobsOhio: 990,800 jobsOklahoma: 278,900 jobsOregon: 350,300 jobsPennsylvania: 1,401,700 jobsRhode Island: 114,800 jobsSouth Carolina: 318,800 jobsSouth Dakota: 80,300 jobsTennessee: 504,300 jobsTexas: 1,990,300 jobsUtah: 251,100 jobsVermont: 65,400 jobsVirginia: 626,800 jobsWashington: 568,200 jobsWest Virginia: 146,000 jobsWisconsin: 498,200 jobsWyoming: 29,500 jobs
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jobs, October 2025. Source: BLS, Current Employment Statistics, State and Area: all employees, private education and health services, statewide, seasonally adjusted (SMS, state, 000006500000001). Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All states, October 2025

California: 3,530,600 jobsCalifornia3,530,600New York: 2,414,400 jobsNew York2,414,400Texas: 1,990,300 jobsTexas1,990,300Florida: 1,598,900 jobsFlorida1,598,900Pennsylvania: 1,401,700 jobsPennsylvania1,401,700Illinois: 1,034,700 jobsIllinois1,034,700Ohio: 990,800 jobsOhio990,800Massachusetts: 849,600 jobsMassachusetts849,600New Jersey: 811,500 jobsNew Jersey811,500Michigan: 734,400 jobsMichigan734,400Georgia: 733,500 jobsGeorgia733,500North Carolina: 728,800 jobsNorth Carolina728,800Virginia: 626,800 jobsVirginia626,800Minnesota: 614,100 jobsMinnesota614,100Washington: 568,200 jobsWashington568,200Arizona: 551,100 jobsArizona551,100Missouri: 540,500 jobsMissouri540,500Indiana: 520,900 jobsIndiana520,900Tennessee: 504,300 jobsTennessee504,300Maryland: 499,200 jobsMaryland499,200Wisconsin: 498,200 jobsWisconsin498,200Colorado: 400,600 jobsColorado400,600Connecticut: 377,300 jobsConnecticut377,300Louisiana: 351,400 jobsLouisiana351,400Oregon: 350,300 jobsOregon350,300South Carolina: 318,800 jobsSouth Carolina318,800Kentucky: 317,900 jobsKentucky317,900Oklahoma: 278,900 jobsOklahoma278,900Alabama: 263,100 jobsAlabama263,100Utah: 251,100 jobsUtah251,100Iowa: 245,800 jobsIowa245,800Kansas: 219,500 jobsKansas219,500Arkansas: 210,700 jobsArkansas210,700Nevada: 183,800 jobsNevada183,800Nebraska: 174,100 jobsNebraska174,100Mississippi: 159,300 jobsMississippi159,300New Mexico: 152,300 jobsNew Mexico152,300West Virginia: 146,000 jobsWest Virginia146,000Idaho: 141,000 jobsIdaho141,000Maine: 136,900 jobsMaine136,900New Hampshire: 130,500 jobsNew Hampshire130,500District of Columbia: 126,800 jobsDistrict of Columbia126,800Rhode Island: 114,800 jobsRhode Island114,800Delaware: 92,500 jobsDelaware92,500Hawaii: 92,100 jobsHawaii92,100Montana: 86,400 jobsMontana86,400South Dakota: 80,300 jobsSouth Dakota80,300North Dakota: 72,900 jobsNorth Dakota72,900Vermont: 65,400 jobsVermont65,400Alaska: 54,100 jobsAlaska54,100Wyoming: 29,500 jobsWyoming29,500California: 3,530,600 jobsCalifornia3,530,600New York: 2,414,400 jobsNew York2,414,400Texas: 1,990,300 jobsTexas1,990,300Florida: 1,598,900 jobsFlorida1,598,900Pennsylvania: 1,401,700 jobsPennsylvania1,401,700Illinois: 1,034,700 jobsIllinois1,034,700Ohio: 990,800 jobsOhio990,800Massachusetts: 849,600 jobsMassachusetts849,600New Jersey: 811,500 jobsNew Jersey811,500Michigan: 734,400 jobsMichigan734,400Georgia: 733,500 jobsGeorgia733,500North Carolina: 728,800 jobsNorth Carolina728,800Virginia: 626,800 jobsVirginia626,800Minnesota: 614,100 jobsMinnesota614,100Washington: 568,200 jobsWashington568,200Arizona: 551,100 jobsArizona551,100Missouri: 540,500 jobsMissouri540,500Indiana: 520,900 jobsIndiana520,900Tennessee: 504,300 jobsTennessee504,300Maryland: 499,200 jobsMaryland499,200Wisconsin: 498,200 jobsWisconsin498,200Colorado: 400,600 jobsColorado400,600Connecticut: 377,300 jobsConnecticut377,300Louisiana: 351,400 jobsLouisiana351,400Oregon: 350,300 jobsOregon350,300South Carolina: 318,800 jobsSouth Carolina318,800Kentucky: 317,900 jobsKentucky317,900Oklahoma: 278,900 jobsOklahoma278,900Alabama: 263,100 jobsAlabama263,100Utah: 251,100 jobsUtah251,100Iowa: 245,800 jobsIowa245,800Kansas: 219,500 jobsKansas219,500Arkansas: 210,700 jobsArkansas210,700Nevada: 183,800 jobsNevada183,800Nebraska: 174,100 jobsNebraska174,100Mississippi: 159,300 jobsMississippi159,300New Mexico: 152,300 jobsNew Mexico152,300West Virginia: 146,000 jobsWest Virginia146,000Idaho: 141,000 jobsIdaho141,000Maine: 136,900 jobsMaine136,900New Hampshire: 130,500 jobsNew Hampshire130,500District of Columbia: 126,800 jobsDistrict of Columbia126,800Rhode Island: 114,800 jobsRhode Island114,800Delaware: 92,500 jobsDelaware92,500Hawaii: 92,100 jobsHawaii92,100Montana: 86,400 jobsMontana86,400South Dakota: 80,300 jobsSouth Dakota80,300North Dakota: 72,900 jobsNorth Dakota72,900Vermont: 65,400 jobsVermont65,400Alaska: 54,100 jobsAlaska54,100Wyoming: 29,500 jobsWyoming29,500
jobs. Source: BLS, Current Employment Statistics, State and Area: all employees, private education and health services, statewide, seasonally adjusted (SMS, state, 000006500000001). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankStatesOctober 2025
jobs		Change on October 2024
1California3,530,600+5.2%
2New York2,414,400+1.9%
3Texas1,990,300+1.9%
4Florida1,598,900+3.8%
5Pennsylvania1,401,700+2.2%
6Illinois1,034,700+2.6%
7Ohio990,800+1.4%
8Massachusetts849,600+0.5%
9New Jersey811,500+3.5%
10Michigan734,400+1.7%
11Georgia733,500+3.3%
12North Carolina728,800+3.1%
13Virginia626,800+2.3%
14Minnesota614,100+3.3%
15Washington568,200+2.7%
16Arizona551,100+1.2%
17Missouri540,500+1.7%
18Indiana520,900+1%
19Tennessee504,300+1.3%
20Maryland499,200+0.5%
21Wisconsin498,200+1.7%
22Colorado400,600+4.5%
23Connecticut377,300+1.9%
24Louisiana351,400+0.9%
25Oregon350,300+2.3%
26South Carolina318,800+3.7%
27Kentucky317,900+0.3%
28Oklahoma278,900+1%
29Alabama263,100-0.8%
30Utah251,100+2.6%
31Iowa245,800+1.4%
32Kansas219,500+2%
33Arkansas210,700+1.5%
34Nevada183,800+5.7%
35Nebraska174,100+2.4%
36Mississippi159,300+1.3%
37New Mexico152,300+1.5%
38West Virginia146,000+1.5%
39Idaho141,000+1.4%
40Maine136,900+1.2%
41New Hampshire130,500+0.9%
42District of Columbia126,8000%
43Rhode Island114,800+0.3%
44Delaware92,500+2.1%
45Hawaii92,100+2%
46Montana86,400+0.3%
47South Dakota80,300+0.8%
48North Dakota72,900+2.8%
49Vermont65,400+0.5%
50Alaska54,100+0.9%
51Wyoming29,500-0.7%

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About this ranking

Number of jobs on private education and health services payrolls in the month, seasonally adjusted, from the Current Employment Statistics (CES) survey of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The supersector covers private educational services, health care and social assistance; public schools and hospitals count in government.

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.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the states are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Current Employment Statistics, State and Area: all employees, private education and health services, statewide, seasonally adjusted (SMS, state, 000006500000001). https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/sm/sm.data.73.EduHealthSrvc.Current. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Current Employment Statistics, State and Area: all employees, private education and health services, statewide, seasonally adjusted (SMS, state, 000006500000001) (US states by private education and health services payroll employment, 2025-10) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/sm/sm.data.73.EduHealthSrvc.Current

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Current Employment Statistics, State and Area: all employees, private education and health services, statewide, seasonally adjusted (SMS, state, 000006500000001), US states by private education and health services payroll employment, 2025-10. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 18 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/sm/sm.data.73.EduHealthSrvc.Current. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/education-health-services-jobs/us-states?period=2025-10. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Current Employment Statistics, State and Area: all employees, private education and health services, statewide, seasonally adjusted (SMS, state, 000006500000001). US states by private education and health services payroll employment, 2025-10. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/sm/sm.data.73.EduHealthSrvc.Current. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/education-health-services-jobs/us-states?period=2025-10.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Current Employment Statistics, State and Area: all employees, private education and health services, statewide, seasonally adjusted (SMS, state, 000006500000001), US states by private education and health services payroll employment, 2025-10 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/sm/sm.data.73.EduHealthSrvc.Current, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/education-health-services-jobs/us-states?period=2025-10 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which state has the highest private education and health services payroll employment?

California, with 3,530,600 jobs in October 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which state has the lowest private education and health services payroll employment?

Wyoming, with 29,500 jobs in October 2025.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics, State and Area: all employees, private education and health services, statewide, seasonally adjusted (SMS, state, 000006500000001). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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