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US states by information payroll employment

California had the highest information payroll employment of 51 states in November 2025, at 521,800 jobs. Wyoming had the lowest, at 3,000 jobs. The median was 25,900 jobs and the figure for the United States was 2,848,000 jobs. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest521,800California
Lowest3,000Wyoming
Median25,90051 states
United States2,848,000History

Map of states, November 2025

Alabama: 22,300 jobsAlaska: 4,200 jobsArizona: 48,300 jobsArkansas: 12,000 jobsCalifornia: 521,800 jobsColorado: 69,000 jobsConnecticut: 30,000 jobsDelaware: 3,400 jobsDistrict of Columbia: 18,100 jobsFlorida: 150,300 jobsGeorgia: 110,400 jobsHawaii: 7,100 jobsIdaho: 8,900 jobsIllinois: 89,500 jobsIndiana: 25,900 jobsIowa: 17,600 jobsKansas: 17,000 jobsKentucky: 20,100 jobsLouisiana: 16,900 jobsMaine: 8,200 jobsMaryland: 34,800 jobsMassachusetts: 88,600 jobsMichigan: 53,800 jobsMinnesota: 40,500 jobsMississippi: 9,200 jobsMissouri: 45,100 jobsMontana: 5,700 jobsNebraska: 17,400 jobsNevada: 22,000 jobsNew Hampshire: 10,900 jobsNew Jersey: 75,800 jobsNew Mexico: 9,100 jobsNew York: 274,000 jobsNorth Carolina: 85,600 jobsNorth Dakota: 5,000 jobsOhio: 65,200 jobsOklahoma: 16,800 jobsOregon: 32,900 jobsPennsylvania: 88,400 jobsRhode Island: 5,400 jobsSouth Carolina: 27,700 jobsSouth Dakota: 4,900 jobsTennessee: 51,800 jobsTexas: 219,400 jobsUtah: 40,800 jobsVermont: 4,400 jobsVirginia: 67,700 jobsWashington: 165,700 jobsWest Virginia: 7,600 jobsWisconsin: 45,900 jobsWyoming: 3,000 jobs
  • Under 7,000
  • 7,000 to 17K
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  • 47K to 87K
  • 87K and over
jobs, November 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, November 2025

California: 521,800 jobsCalifornia521,800New York: 274,000 jobsNew York274,000Texas: 219,400 jobsTexas219,400Washington: 165,700 jobsWashington165,700Florida: 150,300 jobsFlorida150,300Georgia: 110,400 jobsGeorgia110,400Illinois: 89,500 jobsIllinois89,500Massachusetts: 88,600 jobsMassachusetts88,600Pennsylvania: 88,400 jobsPennsylvania88,400North Carolina: 85,600 jobsNorth Carolina85,600New Jersey: 75,800 jobsNew Jersey75,800Colorado: 69,000 jobsColorado69,000Virginia: 67,700 jobsVirginia67,700Ohio: 65,200 jobsOhio65,200Michigan: 53,800 jobsMichigan53,800Tennessee: 51,800 jobsTennessee51,800Arizona: 48,300 jobsArizona48,300Wisconsin: 45,900 jobsWisconsin45,900Missouri: 45,100 jobsMissouri45,100Utah: 40,800 jobsUtah40,800Minnesota: 40,500 jobsMinnesota40,500Maryland: 34,800 jobsMaryland34,800Oregon: 32,900 jobsOregon32,900Connecticut: 30,000 jobsConnecticut30,000South Carolina: 27,700 jobsSouth Carolina27,700Indiana: 25,900 jobsIndiana25,900Alabama: 22,300 jobsAlabama22,300Nevada: 22,000 jobsNevada22,000Kentucky: 20,100 jobsKentucky20,100District of Columbia: 18,100 jobsDistrict of Columbia18,100Iowa: 17,600 jobsIowa17,600Nebraska: 17,400 jobsNebraska17,400Kansas: 17,000 jobsKansas17,000Louisiana: 16,900 jobsLouisiana16,900Oklahoma: 16,800 jobsOklahoma16,800Arkansas: 12,000 jobsArkansas12,000New Hampshire: 10,900 jobsNew Hampshire10,900Mississippi: 9,200 jobsMississippi9,200New Mexico: 9,100 jobsNew Mexico9,100Idaho: 8,900 jobsIdaho8,900Maine: 8,200 jobsMaine8,200West Virginia: 7,600 jobsWest Virginia7,600Hawaii: 7,100 jobsHawaii7,100Montana: 5,700 jobsMontana5,700Rhode Island: 5,400 jobsRhode Island5,400North Dakota: 5,000 jobsNorth Dakota5,000South Dakota: 4,900 jobsSouth Dakota4,900Vermont: 4,400 jobsVermont4,400Alaska: 4,200 jobsAlaska4,200Delaware: 3,400 jobsDelaware3,400Wyoming: 3,000 jobsWyoming3,000California: 521,800 jobsCalifornia521,800New York: 274,000 jobsNew York274,000Texas: 219,400 jobsTexas219,400Washington: 165,700 jobsWashington165,700Florida: 150,300 jobsFlorida150,300Georgia: 110,400 jobsGeorgia110,400Illinois: 89,500 jobsIllinois89,500Massachusetts: 88,600 jobsMassachusetts88,600Pennsylvania: 88,400 jobsPennsylvania88,400North Carolina: 85,600 jobsNorth Carolina85,600New Jersey: 75,800 jobsNew Jersey75,800Colorado: 69,000 jobsColorado69,000Virginia: 67,700 jobsVirginia67,700Ohio: 65,200 jobsOhio65,200Michigan: 53,800 jobsMichigan53,800Tennessee: 51,800 jobsTennessee51,800Arizona: 48,300 jobsArizona48,300Wisconsin: 45,900 jobsWisconsin45,900Missouri: 45,100 jobsMissouri45,100Utah: 40,800 jobsUtah40,800Minnesota: 40,500 jobsMinnesota40,500Maryland: 34,800 jobsMaryland34,800Oregon: 32,900 jobsOregon32,900Connecticut: 30,000 jobsConnecticut30,000South Carolina: 27,700 jobsSouth Carolina27,700Indiana: 25,900 jobsIndiana25,900Alabama: 22,300 jobsAlabama22,300Nevada: 22,000 jobsNevada22,000Kentucky: 20,100 jobsKentucky20,100District of Columbia: 18,100 jobsDistrict of Columbia18,100Iowa: 17,600 jobsIowa17,600Nebraska: 17,400 jobsNebraska17,400Kansas: 17,000 jobsKansas17,000Louisiana: 16,900 jobsLouisiana16,900Oklahoma: 16,800 jobsOklahoma16,800Arkansas: 12,000 jobsArkansas12,000New Hampshire: 10,900 jobsNew Hampshire10,900Mississippi: 9,200 jobsMississippi9,200New Mexico: 9,100 jobsNew Mexico9,100Idaho: 8,900 jobsIdaho8,900Maine: 8,200 jobsMaine8,200West Virginia: 7,600 jobsWest Virginia7,600Hawaii: 7,100 jobsHawaii7,100Montana: 5,700 jobsMontana5,700Rhode Island: 5,400 jobsRhode Island5,400North Dakota: 5,000 jobsNorth Dakota5,000South Dakota: 4,900 jobsSouth Dakota4,900Vermont: 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

RankStatesNovember 2025
jobs		Change on November 2024
1California521,800-3%
2New York274,000-1.4%
3Texas219,400-2.4%
4Washington165,700+1%
5Florida150,300-3.3%
6Georgia110,400-4.7%
7Illinois89,500+0.6%
8Massachusetts88,600-3.9%
9Pennsylvania88,400-2.5%
10North Carolina85,600-1.6%
11New Jersey75,800-1.2%
12Colorado69,000-3.6%
13Virginia67,700-1.7%
14Ohio65,200-1.4%
15Michigan53,800-3.9%
16Tennessee51,800-4.4%
17Arizona48,300-1.8%
18Wisconsin45,900-1.7%
19Missouri45,100-3.8%
20Utah40,800-3.8%
21Minnesota40,500-5.2%
22Maryland34,800-0.9%
23Oregon32,900-7.6%
24Connecticut30,000-2.6%
25South Carolina27,700-0.7%
26Indiana25,900-2.3%
27Alabama22,300-2.6%
28Nevada22,000+7.3%
29Kentucky20,100-2.9%
30District of Columbia18,100-3.7%
31Iowa17,600-3.8%
32Nebraska17,400-1.1%
33Kansas17,000-2.3%
34Louisiana16,900-10.6%
35Oklahoma16,800-2.9%
36Arkansas12,000-3.2%
37New Hampshire10,900-3.5%
38Mississippi9,200-3.2%
39New Mexico9,100-9.9%
40Idaho8,900-2.2%
41Maine8,200-3.5%
42West Virginia7,6000%
43Hawaii7,100-4.1%
44Montana5,700+3.6%
45Rhode Island5,400-6.9%
46North Dakota5,000-5.7%
47South Dakota4,900-5.8%
48Vermont4,400-4.3%
49Alaska4,200-2.3%
50Delaware3,400-5.6%
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, 2025-11. 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=2025-11. 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, 2025-11 [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=2025-11 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which state has the highest information payroll employment?

California, with 521,800 jobs in November 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which state has the lowest information payroll employment?

Wyoming, with 3,000 jobs in November 2025.

Where does this ranking come from?

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