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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 February 2026, at 3,553,600 jobs. Wyoming had the lowest, at 30,000 jobs. The median was 322,200 jobs and the figure for the United States was 27,697,000 jobs. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest3,553,600California
Lowest30,000Wyoming
Median322,20051 states
United States27,697,000History

Map of states, February 2026

Alabama: 265,700 jobsAlaska: 53,900 jobsArizona: 560,700 jobsArkansas: 212,400 jobsCalifornia: 3,553,600 jobsColorado: 405,700 jobsConnecticut: 380,500 jobsDelaware: 94,000 jobsDistrict of Columbia: 125,900 jobsFlorida: 1,614,200 jobsGeorgia: 743,000 jobsHawaii: 92,600 jobsIdaho: 143,100 jobsIllinois: 1,030,800 jobsIndiana: 527,200 jobsIowa: 244,900 jobsKansas: 218,500 jobsKentucky: 322,200 jobsLouisiana: 352,700 jobsMaine: 137,600 jobsMaryland: 505,000 jobsMassachusetts: 850,500 jobsMichigan: 737,900 jobsMinnesota: 624,800 jobsMississippi: 161,400 jobsMissouri: 540,600 jobsMontana: 87,100 jobsNebraska: 175,100 jobsNevada: 184,900 jobsNew Hampshire: 130,400 jobsNew Jersey: 820,300 jobsNew Mexico: 154,800 jobsNew York: 2,446,000 jobsNorth Carolina: 738,800 jobsNorth Dakota: 73,200 jobsOhio: 997,900 jobsOklahoma: 283,000 jobsOregon: 354,100 jobsPennsylvania: 1,412,100 jobsRhode Island: 116,300 jobsSouth Carolina: 320,600 jobsSouth Dakota: 80,700 jobsTennessee: 509,400 jobsTexas: 2,003,200 jobsUtah: 253,800 jobsVermont: 65,800 jobsVirginia: 629,100 jobsWashington: 569,700 jobsWest Virginia: 147,100 jobsWisconsin: 501,200 jobsWyoming: 30,000 jobs
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jobs, February 2026. 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, February 2026

California: 3,553,600 jobsCalifornia3,553,600New York: 2,446,000 jobsNew York2,446,000Texas: 2,003,200 jobsTexas2,003,200Florida: 1,614,200 jobsFlorida1,614,200Pennsylvania: 1,412,100 jobsPennsylvania1,412,100Illinois: 1,030,800 jobsIllinois1,030,800Ohio: 997,900 jobsOhio997,900Massachusetts: 850,500 jobsMassachusetts850,500New Jersey: 820,300 jobsNew Jersey820,300Georgia: 743,000 jobsGeorgia743,000North Carolina: 738,800 jobsNorth Carolina738,800Michigan: 737,900 jobsMichigan737,900Virginia: 629,100 jobsVirginia629,100Minnesota: 624,800 jobsMinnesota624,800Washington: 569,700 jobsWashington569,700Arizona: 560,700 jobsArizona560,700Missouri: 540,600 jobsMissouri540,600Indiana: 527,200 jobsIndiana527,200Tennessee: 509,400 jobsTennessee509,400Maryland: 505,000 jobsMaryland505,000Wisconsin: 501,200 jobsWisconsin501,200Colorado: 405,700 jobsColorado405,700Connecticut: 380,500 jobsConnecticut380,500Oregon: 354,100 jobsOregon354,100Louisiana: 352,700 jobsLouisiana352,700Kentucky: 322,200 jobsKentucky322,200South Carolina: 320,600 jobsSouth Carolina320,600Oklahoma: 283,000 jobsOklahoma283,000Alabama: 265,700 jobsAlabama265,700Utah: 253,800 jobsUtah253,800Iowa: 244,900 jobsIowa244,900Kansas: 218,500 jobsKansas218,500Arkansas: 212,400 jobsArkansas212,400Nevada: 184,900 jobsNevada184,900Nebraska: 175,100 jobsNebraska175,100Mississippi: 161,400 jobsMississippi161,400New Mexico: 154,800 jobsNew Mexico154,800West Virginia: 147,100 jobsWest Virginia147,100Idaho: 143,100 jobsIdaho143,100Maine: 137,600 jobsMaine137,600New Hampshire: 130,400 jobsNew Hampshire130,400District of Columbia: 125,900 jobsDistrict of Columbia125,900Rhode Island: 116,300 jobsRhode Island116,300Delaware: 94,000 jobsDelaware94,000Hawaii: 92,600 jobsHawaii92,600Montana: 87,100 jobsMontana87,100South Dakota: 80,700 jobsSouth Dakota80,700North Dakota: 73,200 jobsNorth Dakota73,200Vermont: 65,800 jobsVermont65,800Alaska: 53,900 jobsAlaska53,900Wyoming: 30,000 jobsWyoming30,000California: 3,553,600 jobsCalifornia3,553,600New York: 2,446,000 jobsNew York2,446,000Texas: 2,003,200 jobsTexas2,003,200Florida: 1,614,200 jobsFlorida1,614,200Pennsylvania: 1,412,100 jobsPennsylvania1,412,100Illinois: 1,030,800 jobsIllinois1,030,800Ohio: 997,900 jobsOhio997,900Massachusetts: 850,500 jobsMassachusetts850,500New Jersey: 820,300 jobsNew Jersey820,300Georgia: 743,000 jobsGeorgia743,000North Carolina: 738,800 jobsNorth Carolina738,800Michigan: 737,900 jobsMichigan737,900Virginia: 629,100 jobsVirginia629,100Minnesota: 624,800 jobsMinnesota624,800Washington: 569,700 jobsWashington569,700Arizona: 560,700 jobsArizona560,700Missouri: 540,600 jobsMissouri540,600Indiana: 527,200 jobsIndiana527,200Tennessee: 509,400 jobsTennessee509,400Maryland: 505,000 jobsMaryland505,000Wisconsin: 501,200 jobsWisconsin501,200Colorado: 405,700 jobsColorado405,700Connecticut: 380,500 jobsConnecticut380,500Oregon: 354,100 jobsOregon354,100Louisiana: 352,700 jobsLouisiana352,700Kentucky: 322,200 jobsKentucky322,200South Carolina: 320,600 jobsSouth Carolina320,600Oklahoma: 283,000 jobsOklahoma283,000Alabama: 265,700 jobsAlabama265,700Utah: 253,800 jobsUtah253,800Iowa: 244,900 jobsIowa244,900Kansas: 218,500 jobsKansas218,500Arkansas: 212,400 jobsArkansas212,400Nevada: 184,900 jobsNevada184,900Nebraska: 175,100 jobsNebraska175,100Mississippi: 161,400 jobsMississippi161,400New Mexico: 154,800 jobsNew Mexico154,800West Virginia: 147,100 jobsWest Virginia147,100Idaho: 143,100 jobsIdaho143,100Maine: 137,600 jobsMaine137,600New Hampshire: 130,400 jobsNew Hampshire130,400District of Columbia: 125,900 jobsDistrict of Columbia125,900Rhode Island: 116,300 jobsRhode Island116,300Delaware: 94,000 jobsDelaware94,000Hawaii: 92,600 jobsHawaii92,600Montana: 87,100 jobsMontana87,100South Dakota: 80,700 jobsSouth Dakota80,700North Dakota: 73,200 jobsNorth Dakota73,200Vermont: 65,800 jobsVermont65,800Alaska: 53,900 jobsAlaska53,900Wyoming: 30,000 jobsWyoming30,000
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

RankStatesFebruary 2026
jobs		Change on February 2025
1California3,553,600+4.2%
2New York2,446,000+1.9%
3Texas2,003,200+1.5%
4Florida1,614,200+2.1%
5Pennsylvania1,412,100+2%
6Illinois1,030,800+1.6%
7Ohio997,900+1.3%
8Massachusetts850,500+0.2%
9New Jersey820,300+3.6%
10Georgia743,000+3.1%
11North Carolina738,800+3.1%
12Michigan737,900+1.4%
13Virginia629,100+1.9%
14Minnesota624,800+3.7%
15Washington569,700+1.9%
16Arizona560,700+2.3%
17Missouri540,600+0.8%
18Indiana527,200+1.4%
19Tennessee509,400+1.2%
20Maryland505,000+0.6%
21Wisconsin501,200+1.6%
22Colorado405,700+3.4%
23Connecticut380,500+1.7%
24Oregon354,100+2.6%
25Louisiana352,700+0.8%
26Kentucky322,200+1.2%
27South Carolina320,600+2.8%
28Oklahoma283,000+1.5%
29Alabama265,700+0.9%
30Utah253,800+2.4%
31Iowa244,900+0.7%
32Kansas218,500+1.2%
33Arkansas212,400+1.8%
34Nevada184,900+4.9%
35Nebraska175,100+2%
36Mississippi161,400+0.9%
37New Mexico154,800+2%
38West Virginia147,100+1.7%
39Idaho143,100+1.5%
40Maine137,600+0.7%
41New Hampshire130,400+0.6%
42District of Columbia125,900-1.3%
43Rhode Island116,300+0.7%
44Delaware94,000+2.4%
45Hawaii92,600+1.9%
46Montana87,100+0.8%
47South Dakota80,700+1.1%
48North Dakota73,200+2.5%
49Vermont65,800+1.1%
50Alaska53,9000%
51Wyoming30,000+1.7%

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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, 2026-02) [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, 2026-02. 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=2026-02. 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, 2026-02. 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=2026-02.

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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, 2026-02 [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=2026-02 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

California, with 3,553,600 jobs in February 2026, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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

Wyoming, with 30,000 jobs in February 2026.

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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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