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US states by information payroll employment

California had the highest information payroll employment of 51 states in October 2025, at 524,100 jobs. Wyoming had the lowest, at 3,000 jobs. The median was 25,900 jobs and the figure for the United States was 2,853,000 jobs. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest524,100California
Lowest3,000Wyoming
Median25,90051 states
United States2,853,000History

Map of states, October 2025

Alabama: 22,200 jobsAlaska: 4,200 jobsArizona: 47,900 jobsArkansas: 11,900 jobsCalifornia: 524,100 jobsColorado: 69,200 jobsConnecticut: 30,100 jobsDelaware: 3,500 jobsDistrict of Columbia: 18,100 jobsFlorida: 148,800 jobsGeorgia: 109,800 jobsHawaii: 7,100 jobsIdaho: 8,900 jobsIllinois: 89,700 jobsIndiana: 25,900 jobsIowa: 17,500 jobsKansas: 17,000 jobsKentucky: 20,100 jobsLouisiana: 16,700 jobsMaine: 8,100 jobsMaryland: 34,200 jobsMassachusetts: 89,000 jobsMichigan: 54,200 jobsMinnesota: 40,700 jobsMississippi: 9,300 jobsMissouri: 45,000 jobsMontana: 5,700 jobsNebraska: 17,300 jobsNevada: 21,900 jobsNew Hampshire: 10,800 jobsNew Jersey: 75,700 jobsNew Mexico: 9,300 jobsNew York: 275,100 jobsNorth Carolina: 85,700 jobsNorth Dakota: 5,000 jobsOhio: 65,700 jobsOklahoma: 16,800 jobsOregon: 33,300 jobsPennsylvania: 88,800 jobsRhode Island: 5,400 jobsSouth Carolina: 27,700 jobsSouth Dakota: 5,000 jobsTennessee: 52,500 jobsTexas: 221,500 jobsUtah: 41,300 jobsVermont: 4,400 jobsVirginia: 67,800 jobsWashington: 165,300 jobsWest Virginia: 7,700 jobsWisconsin: 46,100 jobsWyoming: 3,000 jobs
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  • 88K and over
jobs, October 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, October 2025

California: 524,100 jobsCalifornia524,100New York: 275,100 jobsNew York275,100Texas: 221,500 jobsTexas221,500Washington: 165,300 jobsWashington165,300Florida: 148,800 jobsFlorida148,800Georgia: 109,800 jobsGeorgia109,800Illinois: 89,700 jobsIllinois89,700Massachusetts: 89,000 jobsMassachusetts89,000Pennsylvania: 88,800 jobsPennsylvania88,800North Carolina: 85,700 jobsNorth Carolina85,700New Jersey: 75,700 jobsNew Jersey75,700Colorado: 69,200 jobsColorado69,200Virginia: 67,800 jobsVirginia67,800Ohio: 65,700 jobsOhio65,700Michigan: 54,200 jobsMichigan54,200Tennessee: 52,500 jobsTennessee52,500Arizona: 47,900 jobsArizona47,900Wisconsin: 46,100 jobsWisconsin46,100Missouri: 45,000 jobsMissouri45,000Utah: 41,300 jobsUtah41,300Minnesota: 40,700 jobsMinnesota40,700Maryland: 34,200 jobsMaryland34,200Oregon: 33,300 jobsOregon33,300Connecticut: 30,100 jobsConnecticut30,100South Carolina: 27,700 jobsSouth Carolina27,700Indiana: 25,900 jobsIndiana25,900Alabama: 22,200 jobsAlabama22,200Nevada: 21,900 jobsNevada21,900Kentucky: 20,100 jobsKentucky20,100District of Columbia: 18,100 jobsDistrict of Columbia18,100Iowa: 17,500 jobsIowa17,500Nebraska: 17,300 jobsNebraska17,300Kansas: 17,000 jobsKansas17,000Oklahoma: 16,800 jobsOklahoma16,800Louisiana: 16,700 jobsLouisiana16,700Arkansas: 11,900 jobsArkansas11,900New Hampshire: 10,800 jobsNew Hampshire10,800Mississippi: 9,300 jobsMississippi9,300New Mexico: 9,300 jobsNew Mexico9,300Idaho: 8,900 jobsIdaho8,900Maine: 8,100 jobsMaine8,100West Virginia: 7,700 jobsWest Virginia7,700Hawaii: 7,100 jobsHawaii7,100Montana: 5,700 jobsMontana5,700Rhode Island: 5,400 jobsRhode Island5,400North Dakota: 5,000 jobsNorth Dakota5,000South Dakota: 5,000 jobsSouth Dakota5,000Vermont: 4,400 jobsVermont4,400Alaska: 4,200 jobsAlaska4,200Delaware: 3,500 jobsDelaware3,500Wyoming: 3,000 jobsWyoming3,000California: 524,100 jobsCalifornia524,100New York: 275,100 jobsNew York275,100Texas: 221,500 jobsTexas221,500Washington: 165,300 jobsWashington165,300Florida: 148,800 jobsFlorida148,800Georgia: 109,800 jobsGeorgia109,800Illinois: 89,700 jobsIllinois89,700Massachusetts: 89,000 jobsMassachusetts89,000Pennsylvania: 88,800 jobsPennsylvania88,800North Carolina: 85,700 jobsNorth Carolina85,700New Jersey: 75,700 jobsNew Jersey75,700Colorado: 69,200 jobsColorado69,200Virginia: 67,800 jobsVirginia67,800Ohio: 65,700 jobsOhio65,700Michigan: 54,200 jobsMichigan54,200Tennessee: 52,500 jobsTennessee52,500Arizona: 47,900 jobsArizona47,900Wisconsin: 46,100 jobsWisconsin46,100Missouri: 45,000 jobsMissouri45,000Utah: 41,300 jobsUtah41,300Minnesota: 40,700 jobsMinnesota40,700Maryland: 34,200 jobsMaryland34,200Oregon: 33,300 jobsOregon33,300Connecticut: 30,100 jobsConnecticut30,100South Carolina: 27,700 jobsSouth Carolina27,700Indiana: 25,900 jobsIndiana25,900Alabama: 22,200 jobsAlabama22,200Nevada: 21,900 jobsNevada21,900Kentucky: 20,100 jobsKentucky20,100District of Columbia: 18,100 jobsDistrict of Columbia18,100Iowa: 17,500 jobsIowa17,500Nebraska: 17,300 jobsNebraska17,300Kansas: 17,000 jobsKansas17,000Oklahoma: 16,800 jobsOklahoma16,800Louisiana: 16,700 jobsLouisiana16,700Arkansas: 11,900 jobsArkansas11,900New Hampshire: 10,800 jobsNew Hampshire10,800Mississippi: 9,300 jobsMississippi9,300New Mexico: 9,300 jobsNew Mexico9,300Idaho: 8,900 jobsIdaho8,900Maine: 8,100 jobsMaine8,100West Virginia: 7,700 jobsWest Virginia7,700Hawaii: 7,100 jobsHawaii7,100Montana: 5,700 jobsMontana5,700Rhode Island: 5,400 jobsRhode Island5,400North Dakota: 5,000 jobsNorth Dakota5,000South Dakota: 5,000 jobsSouth Dakota5,000Vermont: 4,400 jobsVermont4,400Alaska: 4,200 jobsAlaska4,200Delaware: 3,500 jobsDelaware3,500Wyoming: 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

RankStatesOctober 2025
jobs		Change on October 2024
1California524,100-2.3%
2New York275,100-1.8%
3Texas221,500-1.6%
4Washington165,300+0.9%
5Florida148,800-4.1%
6Georgia109,800-5.5%
7Illinois89,700-0.1%
8Massachusetts89,000-2.5%
9Pennsylvania88,800-1.9%
10North Carolina85,700-1.2%
11New Jersey75,700-1.3%
12Colorado69,200-3.9%
13Virginia67,800-1.9%
14Ohio65,700-0.8%
15Michigan54,200-3.4%
16Tennessee52,500-3%
17Arizona47,900-2.6%
18Wisconsin46,100-1.3%
19Missouri45,000-4.3%
20Utah41,300-2.8%
21Minnesota40,700-4.7%
22Maryland34,200-2.6%
23Oregon33,300-7%
24Connecticut30,100-2%
25South Carolina27,700-0.4%
26Indiana25,900-1.5%
27Alabama22,200-3.1%
28Nevada21,900+5.3%
29Kentucky20,100-3.4%
30District of Columbia18,100-3.2%
31Iowa17,500-3.8%
32Nebraska17,300-2.3%
33Kansas17,000-3.4%
34Oklahoma16,800-3.4%
35Louisiana16,700-11.2%
36Arkansas11,900-3.3%
37New Hampshire10,800-5.3%
38Mississippi9,300-1.1%
38New Mexico9,300-7.9%
40Idaho8,900-2.2%
41Maine8,100-4.7%
42West Virginia7,700+1.3%
43Hawaii7,1000%
44Montana5,700+1.8%
45Rhode Island5,400-5.3%
46North Dakota5,000-5.7%
46South Dakota5,000-3.8%
48Vermont4,400-2.2%
49Alaska4,200-2.3%
50Delaware3,5000%
51Wyoming3,000-3.2%

Other periods

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, 2025-10. 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=2025-10. 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, 2025-10. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/sm/sm.data.70.Information.Current. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/information-sector-jobs/us-states?period=2025-10.

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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, 2025-10 [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=2025-10 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which state has the highest information payroll employment?

California, with 524,100 jobs in October 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which state has the lowest information payroll employment?

Wyoming, with 3,000 jobs in October 2025.

Where does this ranking come from?

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