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US states by financial activities payroll employment, August 2026

Texas had the highest financial activities payroll employment of 51 states in August 2026, at 940,900 jobs. Alaska had the lowest, at 10,700 jobs. The median was 102,400 jobs and the figure for the United States was 9,089,000 jobs. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Highest940,900Texas
Lowest10,700Alaska
Median102,40051 states
United States9,089,000History

All states, August 2026

Texas: 940,900 jobsTexas940,900California: 780,000 jobsCalifornia780,000New York: 759,100 jobsNew York759,100Florida: 676,000 jobsFlorida676,000Illinois: 377,000 jobsIllinois377,000Pennsylvania: 344,400 jobsPennsylvania344,400North Carolina: 311,700 jobsNorth Carolina311,700Ohio: 309,500 jobsOhio309,500Georgia: 281,500 jobsGeorgia281,500New Jersey: 266,700 jobsNew Jersey266,700Michigan: 241,000 jobsMichigan241,000Arizona: 237,900 jobsArizona237,900Virginia: 220,500 jobsVirginia220,500Massachusetts: 220,100 jobsMassachusetts220,100Tennessee: 188,100 jobsTennessee188,100Missouri: 182,000 jobsMissouri182,000Minnesota: 181,800 jobsMinnesota181,800Colorado: 176,000 jobsColorado176,000Washington: 158,200 jobsWashington158,200Wisconsin: 156,400 jobsWisconsin156,400Indiana: 149,900 jobsIndiana149,900Maryland: 138,500 jobsMaryland138,500South Carolina: 123,700 jobsSouth Carolina123,700Connecticut: 115,100 jobsConnecticut115,100Iowa: 105,200 jobsIowa105,200Utah: 102,400 jobsUtah102,400Alabama: 101,800 jobsAlabama101,800Oregon: 99,700 jobsOregon99,700Kentucky: 95,400 jobsKentucky95,400Louisiana: 91,900 jobsLouisiana91,900Oklahoma: 84,900 jobsOklahoma84,900Nevada: 79,200 jobsNevada79,200Kansas: 78,600 jobsKansas78,600Nebraska: 69,000 jobsNebraska69,000Arkansas: 58,900 jobsArkansas58,900Delaware: 49,000 jobsDelaware49,000Mississippi: 45,800 jobsMississippi45,800Idaho: 42,800 jobsIdaho42,800New Mexico: 35,400 jobsNew Mexico35,400Rhode Island: 33,700 jobsRhode Island33,700New Hampshire: 33,600 jobsNew Hampshire33,600Maine: 33,400 jobsMaine33,400South Dakota: 27,200 jobsSouth Dakota27,200Montana: 27,100 jobsMontana27,100Hawaii: 26,500 jobsHawaii26,500West Virginia: 25,900 jobsWest Virginia25,900District of Columbia: 24,800 jobsDistrict of Columbia24,800North Dakota: 24,400 jobsNorth Dakota24,400Wyoming: 11,500 jobsWyoming11,500Vermont: 11,100 jobsVermont11,100Alaska: 10,700 jobsAlaska10,700
jobs. Source: BLS, Current Employment Statistics, State and Area: all employees, financial activities, statewide, seasonally adjusted (SMS, state, 000005500000001). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankStatesAugust 2026
jobs		Change on August 2025
1Texas Provisional940,900-0.2%
2California Provisional780,000-1.6%
3New York Provisional759,100+0.2%
4Florida Provisional676,000-2.1%
5Illinois Provisional377,000-4%
6Pennsylvania Provisional344,400+1%
7North Carolina Provisional311,700+0.4%
8Ohio Provisional309,500-0.5%
9Georgia Provisional281,500-1.1%
10New Jersey Provisional266,700-1.1%
11Michigan Provisional241,000+0.2%
12Arizona Provisional237,900-2.5%
13Virginia Provisional220,500-1.3%
14Massachusetts Provisional220,100-1.4%
15Tennessee Provisional188,100-2.4%
16Missouri Provisional182,000+0.2%
17Minnesota Provisional181,800-3%
18Colorado Provisional176,000-2.4%
19Washington Provisional158,200-2.3%
20Wisconsin Provisional156,400-1.6%
21Indiana Provisional149,900-0.1%
22Maryland Provisional138,500-1.3%
23South Carolina Provisional123,700+1.1%
24Connecticut Provisional115,100-2.1%
25Iowa Provisional105,200+0.8%
26Utah Provisional102,400+1.7%
27Alabama Provisional101,800-2.3%
28Oregon Provisional99,700-0.4%
29Kentucky Provisional95,400-0.2%
30Louisiana Provisional91,900-1.4%
31Oklahoma Provisional84,900+0.4%
32Nevada Provisional79,200-1.9%
33Kansas Provisional78,600-0.9%
34Nebraska Provisional69,000-2%
35Arkansas Provisional58,900-1.8%
36Delaware Provisional49,000-0.2%
37Mississippi Provisional45,800-0.4%
38Idaho Provisional42,800+1.9%
39New Mexico Provisional35,400+0.6%
40Rhode Island Provisional33,700-4%
41New Hampshire Provisional33,600+0.6%
42Maine Provisional33,400+1.5%
43South Dakota Provisional27,200-0.4%
44Montana Provisional27,100-1.8%
45Hawaii Provisional26,500-1.5%
46West Virginia Provisional25,900-0.4%
47District of Columbia Provisional24,800-0.8%
48North Dakota Provisional24,400-0.8%
49Wyoming Provisional11,500+0.9%
50Vermont Provisional11,100-2.6%
51Alaska Provisional10,7000%

Other periods

About this ranking

Number of jobs on financial activities payrolls in the month, seasonally adjusted, from the Current Employment Statistics (CES) survey of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The supersector covers finance and insurance, and real estate and rental and leasing.

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, financial activities, statewide, seasonally adjusted (SMS, state, 000005500000001). https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/sm/sm.data.71.FinancialActivities.Current. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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Current Employment Statistics, State and Area: all employees, financial activities, statewide, seasonally adjusted (SMS, state, 000005500000001), US states by financial activities payroll employment, 2026-08. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 18 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/sm/sm.data.71.FinancialActivities.Current. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/financial-activities-jobs/us-states. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Current Employment Statistics, State and Area: all employees, financial activities, statewide, seasonally adjusted (SMS, state, 000005500000001), US states by financial activities payroll employment, 2026-08 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/sm/sm.data.71.FinancialActivities.Current, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/financial-activities-jobs/us-states (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which state has the highest financial activities payroll employment?

Texas, with 940,900 jobs in August 2026, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which state has the lowest financial activities payroll employment?

Alaska, with 10,700 jobs in August 2026.

Where does this ranking come from?

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