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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 November 2025, at 3,543,900 jobs. Wyoming had the lowest, at 29,700 jobs. The median was 319,600 jobs and the figure for the United States was 27,589,000 jobs. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest3,543,900California
Lowest29,700Wyoming
Median319,60051 states
United States27,589,000History

Map of states, November 2025

Alabama: 263,700 jobsAlaska: 54,100 jobsArizona: 552,100 jobsArkansas: 210,900 jobsCalifornia: 3,543,900 jobsColorado: 402,100 jobsConnecticut: 379,500 jobsDelaware: 92,400 jobsDistrict of Columbia: 126,300 jobsFlorida: 1,608,900 jobsGeorgia: 736,300 jobsHawaii: 92,100 jobsIdaho: 141,800 jobsIllinois: 1,035,200 jobsIndiana: 521,000 jobsIowa: 246,800 jobsKansas: 219,100 jobsKentucky: 318,000 jobsLouisiana: 352,100 jobsMaine: 138,200 jobsMaryland: 500,000 jobsMassachusetts: 850,200 jobsMichigan: 734,800 jobsMinnesota: 616,300 jobsMississippi: 159,700 jobsMissouri: 540,600 jobsMontana: 86,400 jobsNebraska: 174,400 jobsNevada: 183,000 jobsNew Hampshire: 130,000 jobsNew Jersey: 815,700 jobsNew Mexico: 154,100 jobsNew York: 2,421,800 jobsNorth Carolina: 730,200 jobsNorth Dakota: 72,200 jobsOhio: 995,300 jobsOklahoma: 279,500 jobsOregon: 351,600 jobsPennsylvania: 1,403,000 jobsRhode Island: 114,600 jobsSouth Carolina: 319,600 jobsSouth Dakota: 80,500 jobsTennessee: 508,000 jobsTexas: 1,995,600 jobsUtah: 251,200 jobsVermont: 65,600 jobsVirginia: 627,600 jobsWashington: 570,700 jobsWest Virginia: 146,300 jobsWisconsin: 497,900 jobsWyoming: 29,700 jobs
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jobs, November 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, November 2025

California: 3,543,900 jobsCalifornia3,543,900New York: 2,421,800 jobsNew York2,421,800Texas: 1,995,600 jobsTexas1,995,600Florida: 1,608,900 jobsFlorida1,608,900Pennsylvania: 1,403,000 jobsPennsylvania1,403,000Illinois: 1,035,200 jobsIllinois1,035,200Ohio: 995,300 jobsOhio995,300Massachusetts: 850,200 jobsMassachusetts850,200New Jersey: 815,700 jobsNew Jersey815,700Georgia: 736,300 jobsGeorgia736,300Michigan: 734,800 jobsMichigan734,800North Carolina: 730,200 jobsNorth Carolina730,200Virginia: 627,600 jobsVirginia627,600Minnesota: 616,300 jobsMinnesota616,300Washington: 570,700 jobsWashington570,700Arizona: 552,100 jobsArizona552,100Missouri: 540,600 jobsMissouri540,600Indiana: 521,000 jobsIndiana521,000Tennessee: 508,000 jobsTennessee508,000Maryland: 500,000 jobsMaryland500,000Wisconsin: 497,900 jobsWisconsin497,900Colorado: 402,100 jobsColorado402,100Connecticut: 379,500 jobsConnecticut379,500Louisiana: 352,100 jobsLouisiana352,100Oregon: 351,600 jobsOregon351,600South Carolina: 319,600 jobsSouth Carolina319,600Kentucky: 318,000 jobsKentucky318,000Oklahoma: 279,500 jobsOklahoma279,500Alabama: 263,700 jobsAlabama263,700Utah: 251,200 jobsUtah251,200Iowa: 246,800 jobsIowa246,800Kansas: 219,100 jobsKansas219,100Arkansas: 210,900 jobsArkansas210,900Nevada: 183,000 jobsNevada183,000Nebraska: 174,400 jobsNebraska174,400Mississippi: 159,700 jobsMississippi159,700New Mexico: 154,100 jobsNew Mexico154,100West Virginia: 146,300 jobsWest Virginia146,300Idaho: 141,800 jobsIdaho141,800Maine: 138,200 jobsMaine138,200New Hampshire: 130,000 jobsNew Hampshire130,000District of Columbia: 126,300 jobsDistrict of Columbia126,300Rhode Island: 114,600 jobsRhode Island114,600Delaware: 92,400 jobsDelaware92,400Hawaii: 92,100 jobsHawaii92,100Montana: 86,400 jobsMontana86,400South Dakota: 80,500 jobsSouth Dakota80,500North Dakota: 72,200 jobsNorth Dakota72,200Vermont: 65,600 jobsVermont65,600Alaska: 54,100 jobsAlaska54,100Wyoming: 29,700 jobsWyoming29,700California: 3,543,900 jobsCalifornia3,543,900New York: 2,421,800 jobsNew York2,421,800Texas: 1,995,600 jobsTexas1,995,600Florida: 1,608,900 jobsFlorida1,608,900Pennsylvania: 1,403,000 jobsPennsylvania1,403,000Illinois: 1,035,200 jobsIllinois1,035,200Ohio: 995,300 jobsOhio995,300Massachusetts: 850,200 jobsMassachusetts850,200New Jersey: 815,700 jobsNew Jersey815,700Georgia: 736,300 jobsGeorgia736,300Michigan: 734,800 jobsMichigan734,800North Carolina: 730,200 jobsNorth Carolina730,200Virginia: 627,600 jobsVirginia627,600Minnesota: 616,300 jobsMinnesota616,300Washington: 570,700 jobsWashington570,700Arizona: 552,100 jobsArizona552,100Missouri: 540,600 jobsMissouri540,600Indiana: 521,000 jobsIndiana521,000Tennessee: 508,000 jobsTennessee508,000Maryland: 500,000 jobsMaryland500,000Wisconsin: 497,900 jobsWisconsin497,900Colorado: 402,100 jobsColorado402,100Connecticut: 379,500 jobsConnecticut379,500Louisiana: 352,100 jobsLouisiana352,100Oregon: 351,600 jobsOregon351,600South Carolina: 319,600 jobsSouth Carolina319,600Kentucky: 318,000 jobsKentucky318,000Oklahoma: 279,500 jobsOklahoma279,500Alabama: 263,700 jobsAlabama263,700Utah: 251,200 jobsUtah251,200Iowa: 246,800 jobsIowa246,800Kansas: 219,100 jobsKansas219,100Arkansas: 210,900 jobsArkansas210,900Nevada: 183,000 jobsNevada183,000Nebraska: 174,400 jobsNebraska174,400Mississippi: 159,700 jobsMississippi159,700New Mexico: 154,100 jobsNew Mexico154,100West Virginia: 146,300 jobsWest Virginia146,300Idaho: 141,800 jobsIdaho141,800Maine: 138,200 jobsMaine138,200New Hampshire: 130,000 jobsNew Hampshire130,000District of Columbia: 126,300 jobsDistrict of Columbia126,300Rhode Island: 114,600 jobsRhode Island114,600Delaware: 92,400 jobsDelaware92,400Hawaii: 92,100 jobsHawaii92,100Montana: 86,400 jobsMontana86,400South Dakota: 80,500 jobsSouth Dakota80,500North Dakota: 72,200 jobsNorth Dakota72,200Vermont: 65,600 jobsVermont65,600Alaska: 54,100 jobsAlaska54,100Wyoming: 29,700 jobsWyoming29,700
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

RankStatesNovember 2025
jobs		Change on November 2024
1California3,543,900+5.1%
2New York2,421,800+1.6%
3Texas1,995,600+1.8%
4Florida1,608,900+2.7%
5Pennsylvania1,403,000+1.9%
6Illinois1,035,200+2.4%
7Ohio995,300+1.6%
8Massachusetts850,200+0.4%
9New Jersey815,700+3.8%
10Georgia736,300+3.2%
11Michigan734,800+1.5%
12North Carolina730,200+2.8%
13Virginia627,600+2%
14Minnesota616,300+3.1%
15Washington570,700+2.9%
16Arizona552,100+1.1%
17Missouri540,600+1.4%
18Indiana521,000+0.7%
19Tennessee508,000+1.9%
20Maryland500,000+0.2%
21Wisconsin497,900+1.3%
22Colorado402,100+4.8%
23Connecticut379,500+2%
24Louisiana352,100+0.9%
25Oregon351,600+2.3%
26South Carolina319,600+3.4%
27Kentucky318,000+0.1%
28Oklahoma279,500+0.9%
29Alabama263,700+0.7%
30Utah251,200+2.2%
31Iowa246,800+1.8%
32Kansas219,100+1.7%
33Arkansas210,900+1.2%
34Nevada183,000+4.8%
35Nebraska174,400+2.2%
36Mississippi159,700+1.2%
37New Mexico154,100+2.5%
38West Virginia146,300+1.4%
39Idaho141,800+1.6%
40Maine138,200+1.7%
41New Hampshire130,0000%
42District of Columbia126,300-0.6%
43Rhode Island114,600-0.3%
44Delaware92,400+1%
45Hawaii92,100+1.7%
46Montana86,400-0.1%
47South Dakota80,500+0.2%
48North Dakota72,200+0.6%
49Vermont65,600+1.4%
50Alaska54,100+0.6%
51Wyoming29,700-0.3%

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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.

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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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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, 2025-11. 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=2025-11. 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, 2025-11. 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=2025-11.

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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, 2025-11 [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=2025-11 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

California, with 3,543,900 jobs in November 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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

Wyoming, with 29,700 jobs in November 2025.

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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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