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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 July 2026, at 3,616,500 jobs. Wyoming had the lowest, at 30,300 jobs. The median was 324,800 jobs and the figure for the United States was 27,947,000 jobs. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest3,616,500California
Lowest30,300Wyoming
Median324,80051 states
United States27,947,000History

Map of states, July 2026

Alabama: 270,500 jobsAlaska: 54,200 jobsArizona: 568,400 jobsArkansas: 209,800 jobsCalifornia: 3,616,500 jobsColorado: 413,400 jobsConnecticut: 385,100 jobsDelaware: 94,600 jobsDistrict of Columbia: 125,500 jobsFlorida: 1,625,500 jobsGeorgia: 750,800 jobsHawaii: 93,800 jobsIdaho: 146,300 jobsIllinois: 1,042,800 jobsIndiana: 529,900 jobsIowa: 249,300 jobsKansas: 221,200 jobsKentucky: 323,200 jobsLouisiana: 357,600 jobsMaine: 138,600 jobsMaryland: 515,500 jobsMassachusetts: 863,500 jobsMichigan: 741,700 jobsMinnesota: 631,500 jobsMississippi: 160,400 jobsMissouri: 548,100 jobsMontana: 88,100 jobsNebraska: 176,600 jobsNevada: 190,200 jobsNew Hampshire: 131,500 jobsNew Jersey: 825,700 jobsNew Mexico: 156,900 jobsNew York: 2,431,500 jobsNorth Carolina: 742,500 jobsNorth Dakota: 73,100 jobsOhio: 999,300 jobsOklahoma: 287,800 jobsOregon: 359,800 jobsPennsylvania: 1,421,600 jobsRhode Island: 116,300 jobsSouth Carolina: 324,800 jobsSouth Dakota: 81,600 jobsTennessee: 516,300 jobsTexas: 2,010,800 jobsUtah: 257,700 jobsVermont: 65,400 jobsVirginia: 628,000 jobsWashington: 574,200 jobsWest Virginia: 147,600 jobsWisconsin: 502,700 jobsWyoming: 30,300 jobs
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jobs, July 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, July 2026

California: 3,616,500 jobsCalifornia3,616,500New York: 2,431,500 jobsNew York2,431,500Texas: 2,010,800 jobsTexas2,010,800Florida: 1,625,500 jobsFlorida1,625,500Pennsylvania: 1,421,600 jobsPennsylvania1,421,600Illinois: 1,042,800 jobsIllinois1,042,800Ohio: 999,300 jobsOhio999,300Massachusetts: 863,500 jobsMassachusetts863,500New Jersey: 825,700 jobsNew Jersey825,700Georgia: 750,800 jobsGeorgia750,800North Carolina: 742,500 jobsNorth Carolina742,500Michigan: 741,700 jobsMichigan741,700Minnesota: 631,500 jobsMinnesota631,500Virginia: 628,000 jobsVirginia628,000Washington: 574,200 jobsWashington574,200Arizona: 568,400 jobsArizona568,400Missouri: 548,100 jobsMissouri548,100Indiana: 529,900 jobsIndiana529,900Tennessee: 516,300 jobsTennessee516,300Maryland: 515,500 jobsMaryland515,500Wisconsin: 502,700 jobsWisconsin502,700Colorado: 413,400 jobsColorado413,400Connecticut: 385,100 jobsConnecticut385,100Oregon: 359,800 jobsOregon359,800Louisiana: 357,600 jobsLouisiana357,600South Carolina: 324,800 jobsSouth Carolina324,800Kentucky: 323,200 jobsKentucky323,200Oklahoma: 287,800 jobsOklahoma287,800Alabama: 270,500 jobsAlabama270,500Utah: 257,700 jobsUtah257,700Iowa: 249,300 jobsIowa249,300Kansas: 221,200 jobsKansas221,200Arkansas: 209,800 jobsArkansas209,800Nevada: 190,200 jobsNevada190,200Nebraska: 176,600 jobsNebraska176,600Mississippi: 160,400 jobsMississippi160,400New Mexico: 156,900 jobsNew Mexico156,900West Virginia: 147,600 jobsWest Virginia147,600Idaho: 146,300 jobsIdaho146,300Maine: 138,600 jobsMaine138,600New Hampshire: 131,500 jobsNew Hampshire131,500District of Columbia: 125,500 jobsDistrict of Columbia125,500Rhode Island: 116,300 jobsRhode Island116,300Delaware: 94,600 jobsDelaware94,600Hawaii: 93,800 jobsHawaii93,800Montana: 88,100 jobsMontana88,100South Dakota: 81,600 jobsSouth Dakota81,600North Dakota: 73,100 jobsNorth Dakota73,100Vermont: 65,400 jobsVermont65,400Alaska: 54,200 jobsAlaska54,200Wyoming: 30,300 jobsWyoming30,300California: 3,616,500 jobsCalifornia3,616,500New York: 2,431,500 jobsNew York2,431,500Texas: 2,010,800 jobsTexas2,010,800Florida: 1,625,500 jobsFlorida1,625,500Pennsylvania: 1,421,600 jobsPennsylvania1,421,600Illinois: 1,042,800 jobsIllinois1,042,800Ohio: 999,300 jobsOhio999,300Massachusetts: 863,500 jobsMassachusetts863,500New Jersey: 825,700 jobsNew Jersey825,700Georgia: 750,800 jobsGeorgia750,800North Carolina: 742,500 jobsNorth Carolina742,500Michigan: 741,700 jobsMichigan741,700Minnesota: 631,500 jobsMinnesota631,500Virginia: 628,000 jobsVirginia628,000Washington: 574,200 jobsWashington574,200Arizona: 568,400 jobsArizona568,400Missouri: 548,100 jobsMissouri548,100Indiana: 529,900 jobsIndiana529,900Tennessee: 516,300 jobsTennessee516,300Maryland: 515,500 jobsMaryland515,500Wisconsin: 502,700 jobsWisconsin502,700Colorado: 413,400 jobsColorado413,400Connecticut: 385,100 jobsConnecticut385,100Oregon: 359,800 jobsOregon359,800Louisiana: 357,600 jobsLouisiana357,600South Carolina: 324,800 jobsSouth Carolina324,800Kentucky: 323,200 jobsKentucky323,200Oklahoma: 287,800 jobsOklahoma287,800Alabama: 270,500 jobsAlabama270,500Utah: 257,700 jobsUtah257,700Iowa: 249,300 jobsIowa249,300Kansas: 221,200 jobsKansas221,200Arkansas: 209,800 jobsArkansas209,800Nevada: 190,200 jobsNevada190,200Nebraska: 176,600 jobsNebraska176,600Mississippi: 160,400 jobsMississippi160,400New Mexico: 156,900 jobsNew Mexico156,900West Virginia: 147,600 jobsWest Virginia147,600Idaho: 146,300 jobsIdaho146,300Maine: 138,600 jobsMaine138,600New Hampshire: 131,500 jobsNew Hampshire131,500District of Columbia: 125,500 jobsDistrict of Columbia125,500Rhode Island: 116,300 jobsRhode Island116,300Delaware: 94,600 jobsDelaware94,600Hawaii: 93,800 jobsHawaii93,800Montana: 88,100 jobsMontana88,100South Dakota: 81,600 jobsSouth Dakota81,600North Dakota: 73,100 jobsNorth Dakota73,100Vermont: 65,400 jobsVermont65,400Alaska: 54,200 jobsAlaska54,200Wyoming: 30,300 jobsWyoming30,300
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

RankStatesJuly 2026
jobs		Change on July 2025
1California3,616,500+3.9%
2New York2,431,500+1.5%
3Texas2,010,800+1.6%
4Florida1,625,500+2%
5Pennsylvania1,421,600+2%
6Illinois1,042,800+1.3%
7Ohio999,300+0.4%
8Massachusetts863,500+1.4%
9New Jersey825,700+3.3%
10Georgia750,800+3%
11North Carolina742,500+2.1%
12Michigan741,700+0.9%
13Minnesota631,500+3.3%
14Virginia628,000+0.7%
15Washington574,200+1.5%
16Arizona568,400+3.3%
17Missouri548,100+1.5%
18Indiana529,900+1.3%
19Tennessee516,300+2%
20Maryland515,500+2.6%
21Wisconsin502,700+1.2%
22Colorado413,400+3.7%
23Connecticut385,100+2.4%
24Oregon359,800+2.9%
25Louisiana357,600+1.6%
26South Carolina324,800+3.4%
27Kentucky323,200+1.2%
28Oklahoma287,800+3.3%
29Alabama270,500+2.3%
30Utah257,700+1.9%
31Iowa249,300+2.2%
32Kansas221,200+1.1%
33Arkansas209,800-0.5%
34Nevada190,200+4.7%
35Nebraska176,600+1.9%
36Mississippi160,400-0.1%
37New Mexico156,900+2.5%
38West Virginia147,600+1.9%
39Idaho146,300+2%
40Maine138,600+0.5%
41New Hampshire131,500+0.5%
42District of Columbia125,500-1.6%
43Rhode Island116,300+2.6%
44Delaware94,600+2.7%
45Hawaii93,800+2.5%
46Montana88,100+1%
47South Dakota81,600+1.2%
48North Dakota73,100+1.8%
49Vermont65,400+0.5%
50Alaska54,200-0.4%
51Wyoming30,300+2%

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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, 2026-07) [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, 2026-07. 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=2026-07. 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, 2026-07 [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=2026-07 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

California, with 3,616,500 jobs in July 2026, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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

Wyoming, with 30,300 jobs in July 2026.

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