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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 June 2026, at 3,615,000 jobs. Wyoming had the lowest, at 30,200 jobs. The median was 323,000 jobs and the figure for the United States was 27,933,000 jobs. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest3,615,000California
Lowest30,200Wyoming
Median323,00051 states
United States27,933,000History

Map of states, June 2026

Alabama: 269,000 jobsAlaska: 54,500 jobsArizona: 567,700 jobsArkansas: 210,200 jobsCalifornia: 3,615,000 jobsColorado: 412,500 jobsConnecticut: 383,100 jobsDelaware: 94,000 jobsDistrict of Columbia: 126,000 jobsFlorida: 1,627,600 jobsGeorgia: 749,400 jobsHawaii: 93,900 jobsIdaho: 145,800 jobsIllinois: 1,036,400 jobsIndiana: 529,800 jobsIowa: 249,300 jobsKansas: 219,300 jobsKentucky: 322,100 jobsLouisiana: 355,400 jobsMaine: 138,800 jobsMaryland: 513,500 jobsMassachusetts: 861,900 jobsMichigan: 739,200 jobsMinnesota: 631,400 jobsMississippi: 160,100 jobsMissouri: 546,200 jobsMontana: 87,500 jobsNebraska: 176,400 jobsNevada: 188,900 jobsNew Hampshire: 131,500 jobsNew Jersey: 828,700 jobsNew Mexico: 155,000 jobsNew York: 2,442,600 jobsNorth Carolina: 745,800 jobsNorth Dakota: 72,200 jobsOhio: 999,500 jobsOklahoma: 286,400 jobsOregon: 360,300 jobsPennsylvania: 1,422,600 jobsRhode Island: 116,600 jobsSouth Carolina: 323,000 jobsSouth Dakota: 81,900 jobsTennessee: 516,000 jobsTexas: 2,008,000 jobsUtah: 257,100 jobsVermont: 65,500 jobsVirginia: 629,000 jobsWashington: 570,800 jobsWest Virginia: 148,200 jobsWisconsin: 505,600 jobsWyoming: 30,200 jobs
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jobs, June 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, June 2026

California: 3,615,000 jobsCalifornia3,615,000New York: 2,442,600 jobsNew York2,442,600Texas: 2,008,000 jobsTexas2,008,000Florida: 1,627,600 jobsFlorida1,627,600Pennsylvania: 1,422,600 jobsPennsylvania1,422,600Illinois: 1,036,400 jobsIllinois1,036,400Ohio: 999,500 jobsOhio999,500Massachusetts: 861,900 jobsMassachusetts861,900New Jersey: 828,700 jobsNew Jersey828,700Georgia: 749,400 jobsGeorgia749,400North Carolina: 745,800 jobsNorth Carolina745,800Michigan: 739,200 jobsMichigan739,200Minnesota: 631,400 jobsMinnesota631,400Virginia: 629,000 jobsVirginia629,000Washington: 570,800 jobsWashington570,800Arizona: 567,700 jobsArizona567,700Missouri: 546,200 jobsMissouri546,200Indiana: 529,800 jobsIndiana529,800Tennessee: 516,000 jobsTennessee516,000Maryland: 513,500 jobsMaryland513,500Wisconsin: 505,600 jobsWisconsin505,600Colorado: 412,500 jobsColorado412,500Connecticut: 383,100 jobsConnecticut383,100Oregon: 360,300 jobsOregon360,300Louisiana: 355,400 jobsLouisiana355,400South Carolina: 323,000 jobsSouth Carolina323,000Kentucky: 322,100 jobsKentucky322,100Oklahoma: 286,400 jobsOklahoma286,400Alabama: 269,000 jobsAlabama269,000Utah: 257,100 jobsUtah257,100Iowa: 249,300 jobsIowa249,300Kansas: 219,300 jobsKansas219,300Arkansas: 210,200 jobsArkansas210,200Nevada: 188,900 jobsNevada188,900Nebraska: 176,400 jobsNebraska176,400Mississippi: 160,100 jobsMississippi160,100New Mexico: 155,000 jobsNew Mexico155,000West Virginia: 148,200 jobsWest Virginia148,200Idaho: 145,800 jobsIdaho145,800Maine: 138,800 jobsMaine138,800New Hampshire: 131,500 jobsNew Hampshire131,500District of Columbia: 126,000 jobsDistrict of Columbia126,000Rhode Island: 116,600 jobsRhode Island116,600Delaware: 94,000 jobsDelaware94,000Hawaii: 93,900 jobsHawaii93,900Montana: 87,500 jobsMontana87,500South Dakota: 81,900 jobsSouth Dakota81,900North Dakota: 72,200 jobsNorth Dakota72,200Vermont: 65,500 jobsVermont65,500Alaska: 54,500 jobsAlaska54,500Wyoming: 30,200 jobsWyoming30,200California: 3,615,000 jobsCalifornia3,615,000New York: 2,442,600 jobsNew York2,442,600Texas: 2,008,000 jobsTexas2,008,000Florida: 1,627,600 jobsFlorida1,627,600Pennsylvania: 1,422,600 jobsPennsylvania1,422,600Illinois: 1,036,400 jobsIllinois1,036,400Ohio: 999,500 jobsOhio999,500Massachusetts: 861,900 jobsMassachusetts861,900New Jersey: 828,700 jobsNew Jersey828,700Georgia: 749,400 jobsGeorgia749,400North Carolina: 745,800 jobsNorth Carolina745,800Michigan: 739,200 jobsMichigan739,200Minnesota: 631,400 jobsMinnesota631,400Virginia: 629,000 jobsVirginia629,000Washington: 570,800 jobsWashington570,800Arizona: 567,700 jobsArizona567,700Missouri: 546,200 jobsMissouri546,200Indiana: 529,800 jobsIndiana529,800Tennessee: 516,000 jobsTennessee516,000Maryland: 513,500 jobsMaryland513,500Wisconsin: 505,600 jobsWisconsin505,600Colorado: 412,500 jobsColorado412,500Connecticut: 383,100 jobsConnecticut383,100Oregon: 360,300 jobsOregon360,300Louisiana: 355,400 jobsLouisiana355,400South Carolina: 323,000 jobsSouth Carolina323,000Kentucky: 322,100 jobsKentucky322,100Oklahoma: 286,400 jobsOklahoma286,400Alabama: 269,000 jobsAlabama269,000Utah: 257,100 jobsUtah257,100Iowa: 249,300 jobsIowa249,300Kansas: 219,300 jobsKansas219,300Arkansas: 210,200 jobsArkansas210,200Nevada: 188,900 jobsNevada188,900Nebraska: 176,400 jobsNebraska176,400Mississippi: 160,100 jobsMississippi160,100New Mexico: 155,000 jobsNew Mexico155,000West Virginia: 148,200 jobsWest Virginia148,200Idaho: 145,800 jobsIdaho145,800Maine: 138,800 jobsMaine138,800New Hampshire: 131,500 jobsNew Hampshire131,500District of Columbia: 126,000 jobsDistrict of Columbia126,000Rhode Island: 116,600 jobsRhode Island116,600Delaware: 94,000 jobsDelaware94,000Hawaii: 93,900 jobsHawaii93,900Montana: 87,500 jobsMontana87,500South Dakota: 81,900 jobsSouth Dakota81,900North Dakota: 72,200 jobsNorth Dakota72,200Vermont: 65,500 jobsVermont65,500Alaska: 54,500 jobsAlaska54,500Wyoming: 30,200 jobsWyoming30,200
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

RankStatesJune 2026
jobs		Change on June 2025
1California3,615,000+4.4%
2New York2,442,600+0.9%
3Texas2,008,000+2%
4Florida1,627,600+2.4%
5Pennsylvania1,422,600+2.2%
6Illinois1,036,400+1.3%
7Ohio999,500+0.7%
8Massachusetts861,900+1.6%
9New Jersey828,700+3.7%
10Georgia749,400+3.6%
11North Carolina745,800+3%
12Michigan739,200+0.7%
13Minnesota631,400+3.7%
14Virginia629,000+0.4%
15Washington570,800+0.9%
16Arizona567,700+3.6%
17Missouri546,200+0.9%
18Indiana529,800+1.5%
19Tennessee516,000+3%
20Maryland513,500+2.5%
21Wisconsin505,600+1.8%
22Colorado412,500+5.1%
23Connecticut383,100+1.9%
24Oregon360,300+3%
25Louisiana355,400+1.1%
26South Carolina323,000+2.9%
27Kentucky322,100+0.7%
28Oklahoma286,400+2.6%
29Alabama269,000+2.2%
30Utah257,100+2.7%
31Iowa249,300+2.4%
32Kansas219,300+0.7%
33Arkansas210,200+0.2%
34Nevada188,900+5.5%
35Nebraska176,400+2%
36Mississippi160,100+1.1%
37New Mexico155,000+1.5%
38West Virginia148,200+2.4%
39Idaho145,800+1.8%
40Maine138,800+0.7%
41New Hampshire131,500+0.6%
42District of Columbia126,000-1.5%
43Rhode Island116,600+1.4%
44Delaware94,000+1.8%
45Hawaii93,900+3.4%
46Montana87,500+0.5%
47South Dakota81,900+2.1%
48North Dakota72,200+0.6%
49Vermont65,500+0.6%
50Alaska54,500-0.2%
51Wyoming30,200+3.1%

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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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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, 2026-06) [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, 2026-06. 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=2026-06. 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, 2026-06. 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=2026-06.

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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, 2026-06 [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=2026-06 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

California, with 3,615,000 jobs in June 2026, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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

Wyoming, with 30,200 jobs in June 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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