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US states by information payroll employment

California had the highest information payroll employment of 51 states in September 2025, at 530,400 jobs. Wyoming had the lowest, at 3,000 jobs. The median was 26,100 jobs and the figure for the United States was 2,859,000 jobs. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest530,400California
Lowest3,000Wyoming
Median26,10051 states
United States2,859,000History

Map of states, September 2025

Alabama: 22,400 jobsAlaska: 4,200 jobsArizona: 48,100 jobsArkansas: 12,000 jobsCalifornia: 530,400 jobsColorado: 69,300 jobsConnecticut: 30,400 jobsDelaware: 3,400 jobsDistrict of Columbia: 18,100 jobsFlorida: 151,200 jobsGeorgia: 112,100 jobsHawaii: 6,900 jobsIdaho: 8,900 jobsIllinois: 89,500 jobsIndiana: 26,100 jobsIowa: 17,400 jobsKansas: 16,800 jobsKentucky: 20,000 jobsLouisiana: 17,400 jobsMaine: 8,100 jobsMaryland: 34,200 jobsMassachusetts: 89,800 jobsMichigan: 54,000 jobsMinnesota: 40,500 jobsMississippi: 9,300 jobsMissouri: 45,600 jobsMontana: 5,700 jobsNebraska: 17,500 jobsNevada: 21,700 jobsNew Hampshire: 11,000 jobsNew Jersey: 76,400 jobsNew Mexico: 9,600 jobsNew York: 275,200 jobsNorth Carolina: 85,900 jobsNorth Dakota: 5,100 jobsOhio: 65,100 jobsOklahoma: 16,600 jobsOregon: 34,600 jobsPennsylvania: 89,400 jobsRhode Island: 5,400 jobsSouth Carolina: 27,000 jobsSouth Dakota: 5,000 jobsTennessee: 52,400 jobsTexas: 221,600 jobsUtah: 42,000 jobsVermont: 4,400 jobsVirginia: 68,200 jobsWashington: 163,200 jobsWest Virginia: 7,600 jobsWisconsin: 45,900 jobsWyoming: 3,000 jobs
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  • 88K and over
jobs, September 2025. Source: BLS, Current Employment Statistics, State and Area: all employees, information, statewide, seasonally adjusted (SMS, state, 000005000000001). Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All states, September 2025

California: 530,400 jobsCalifornia530,400New York: 275,200 jobsNew York275,200Texas: 221,600 jobsTexas221,600Washington: 163,200 jobsWashington163,200Florida: 151,200 jobsFlorida151,200Georgia: 112,100 jobsGeorgia112,100Massachusetts: 89,800 jobsMassachusetts89,800Illinois: 89,500 jobsIllinois89,500Pennsylvania: 89,400 jobsPennsylvania89,400North Carolina: 85,900 jobsNorth Carolina85,900New Jersey: 76,400 jobsNew Jersey76,400Colorado: 69,300 jobsColorado69,300Virginia: 68,200 jobsVirginia68,200Ohio: 65,100 jobsOhio65,100Michigan: 54,000 jobsMichigan54,000Tennessee: 52,400 jobsTennessee52,400Arizona: 48,100 jobsArizona48,100Wisconsin: 45,900 jobsWisconsin45,900Missouri: 45,600 jobsMissouri45,600Utah: 42,000 jobsUtah42,000Minnesota: 40,500 jobsMinnesota40,500Oregon: 34,600 jobsOregon34,600Maryland: 34,200 jobsMaryland34,200Connecticut: 30,400 jobsConnecticut30,400South Carolina: 27,000 jobsSouth Carolina27,000Indiana: 26,100 jobsIndiana26,100Alabama: 22,400 jobsAlabama22,400Nevada: 21,700 jobsNevada21,700Kentucky: 20,000 jobsKentucky20,000District of Columbia: 18,100 jobsDistrict of Columbia18,100Nebraska: 17,500 jobsNebraska17,500Iowa: 17,400 jobsIowa17,400Louisiana: 17,400 jobsLouisiana17,400Kansas: 16,800 jobsKansas16,800Oklahoma: 16,600 jobsOklahoma16,600Arkansas: 12,000 jobsArkansas12,000New Hampshire: 11,000 jobsNew Hampshire11,000New Mexico: 9,600 jobsNew Mexico9,600Mississippi: 9,300 jobsMississippi9,300Idaho: 8,900 jobsIdaho8,900Maine: 8,100 jobsMaine8,100West Virginia: 7,600 jobsWest Virginia7,600Hawaii: 6,900 jobsHawaii6,900Montana: 5,700 jobsMontana5,700Rhode Island: 5,400 jobsRhode Island5,400North Dakota: 5,100 jobsNorth Dakota5,100South Dakota: 5,000 jobsSouth Dakota5,000Vermont: 4,400 jobsVermont4,400Alaska: 4,200 jobsAlaska4,200Delaware: 3,400 jobsDelaware3,400Wyoming: 3,000 jobsWyoming3,000California: 530,400 jobsCalifornia530,400New York: 275,200 jobsNew York275,200Texas: 221,600 jobsTexas221,600Washington: 163,200 jobsWashington163,200Florida: 151,200 jobsFlorida151,200Georgia: 112,100 jobsGeorgia112,100Massachusetts: 89,800 jobsMassachusetts89,800Illinois: 89,500 jobsIllinois89,500Pennsylvania: 89,400 jobsPennsylvania89,400North Carolina: 85,900 jobsNorth Carolina85,900New Jersey: 76,400 jobsNew Jersey76,400Colorado: 69,300 jobsColorado69,300Virginia: 68,200 jobsVirginia68,200Ohio: 65,100 jobsOhio65,100Michigan: 54,000 jobsMichigan54,000Tennessee: 52,400 jobsTennessee52,400Arizona: 48,100 jobsArizona48,100Wisconsin: 45,900 jobsWisconsin45,900Missouri: 45,600 jobsMissouri45,600Utah: 42,000 jobsUtah42,000Minnesota: 40,500 jobsMinnesota40,500Oregon: 34,600 jobsOregon34,600Maryland: 34,200 jobsMaryland34,200Connecticut: 30,400 jobsConnecticut30,400South Carolina: 27,000 jobsSouth Carolina27,000Indiana: 26,100 jobsIndiana26,100Alabama: 22,400 jobsAlabama22,400Nevada: 21,700 jobsNevada21,700Kentucky: 20,000 jobsKentucky20,000District of Columbia: 18,100 jobsDistrict of Columbia18,100Nebraska: 17,500 jobsNebraska17,500Iowa: 17,400 jobsIowa17,400Louisiana: 17,400 jobsLouisiana17,400Kansas: 16,800 jobsKansas16,800Oklahoma: 16,600 jobsOklahoma16,600Arkansas: 12,000 jobsArkansas12,000New Hampshire: 11,000 jobsNew Hampshire11,000New Mexico: 9,600 jobsNew Mexico9,600Mississippi: 9,300 jobsMississippi9,300Idaho: 8,900 jobsIdaho8,900Maine: 8,100 jobsMaine8,100West Virginia: 7,600 jobsWest Virginia7,600Hawaii: 6,900 jobsHawaii6,900Montana: 5,700 jobsMontana5,700Rhode Island: 5,400 jobsRhode Island5,400North Dakota: 5,100 jobsNorth Dakota5,100South Dakota: 5,000 jobsSouth Dakota5,000Vermont: 4,400 jobsVermont4,400Alaska: 4,200 jobsAlaska4,200Delaware: 3,400 jobsDelaware3,400Wyoming: 3,000 jobsWyoming3,000
jobs. Source: BLS, Current Employment Statistics, State and Area: all employees, information, statewide, seasonally adjusted (SMS, state, 000005000000001). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankStatesSeptember 2025
jobs		Change on September 2024
1California530,400-1.8%
2New York275,200-1.4%
3Texas221,600-1.9%
4Washington163,200-0.4%
5Florida151,200-3.6%
6Georgia112,100-4.8%
7Massachusetts89,800-2.5%
8Illinois89,500-1.6%
9Pennsylvania89,400-1.1%
10North Carolina85,900-0.8%
11New Jersey76,400-0.5%
12Colorado69,300-4.4%
13Virginia68,200-1.9%
14Ohio65,100-2%
15Michigan54,000-3.9%
16Tennessee52,400-4%
17Arizona48,100-3.4%
18Wisconsin45,900-2.8%
19Missouri45,600-3.2%
20Utah42,000-0.2%
21Minnesota40,500-6.5%
22Oregon34,600-3.9%
23Maryland34,200-1.2%
24Connecticut30,400-1.9%
25South Carolina27,000-4.9%
26Indiana26,100-1.1%
27Alabama22,400-2.2%
28Nevada21,700+5.3%
29Kentucky20,000-4.8%
30District of Columbia18,100-3.2%
31Nebraska17,500-0.6%
32Iowa17,400-4.4%
32Louisiana17,400-8.9%
34Kansas16,800-2.9%
35Oklahoma16,600-4.6%
36Arkansas12,000-3.2%
37New Hampshire11,000-2.7%
38New Mexico9,600-5%
39Mississippi9,300-2.1%
40Idaho8,900-2.2%
41Maine8,100-4.7%
42West Virginia7,600-1.3%
43Hawaii6,900-19.8%
44Montana5,700+1.8%
45Rhode Island5,400-3.6%
46North Dakota5,100-3.8%
47South Dakota5,000-3.8%
48Vermont4,400-2.2%
49Alaska4,200-4.5%
50Delaware3,400-2.9%
51Wyoming3,0000%

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About this ranking

Number of jobs on information payrolls in the month, seasonally adjusted, from the Current Employment Statistics (CES) survey of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The supersector covers publishing, motion pictures and sound recording, broadcasting, telecommunications, and data processing and hosting.

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, information, statewide, seasonally adjusted (SMS, state, 000005000000001). https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/sm/sm.data.70.Information.Current. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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Current Employment Statistics, State and Area: all employees, information, statewide, seasonally adjusted (SMS, state, 000005000000001), US states by information payroll employment, 2025-09. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 18 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/sm/sm.data.70.Information.Current. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/information-sector-jobs/us-states?period=2025-09. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Current Employment Statistics, State and Area: all employees, information, statewide, seasonally adjusted (SMS, state, 000005000000001), US states by information payroll employment, 2025-09 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/sm/sm.data.70.Information.Current, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/information-sector-jobs/us-states?period=2025-09 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which state has the highest information payroll employment?

California, with 530,400 jobs in September 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which state has the lowest information payroll employment?

Wyoming, with 3,000 jobs in September 2025.

Where does this ranking come from?

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