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US states by information payroll employment

California had the highest information payroll employment of 51 states in December 2025, at 522,000 jobs. Wyoming had the lowest, at 3,000 jobs. The median was 25,900 jobs and the figure for the United States was 2,842,000 jobs. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest522,000California
Lowest3,000Wyoming
Median25,90051 states
United States2,842,000History

Map of states, December 2025

Alabama: 22,500 jobsAlaska: 4,200 jobsArizona: 48,600 jobsArkansas: 11,900 jobsCalifornia: 522,000 jobsColorado: 69,800 jobsConnecticut: 30,100 jobsDelaware: 3,400 jobsDistrict of Columbia: 18,400 jobsFlorida: 150,100 jobsGeorgia: 111,300 jobsHawaii: 7,200 jobsIdaho: 8,800 jobsIllinois: 91,000 jobsIndiana: 25,900 jobsIowa: 17,300 jobsKansas: 17,100 jobsKentucky: 20,000 jobsLouisiana: 16,700 jobsMaine: 7,900 jobsMaryland: 34,900 jobsMassachusetts: 88,700 jobsMichigan: 54,000 jobsMinnesota: 40,400 jobsMississippi: 9,300 jobsMissouri: 45,900 jobsMontana: 5,600 jobsNebraska: 17,500 jobsNevada: 22,500 jobsNew Hampshire: 10,900 jobsNew Jersey: 76,900 jobsNew Mexico: 9,000 jobsNew York: 274,400 jobsNorth Carolina: 85,400 jobsNorth Dakota: 5,100 jobsOhio: 65,200 jobsOklahoma: 17,000 jobsOregon: 33,000 jobsPennsylvania: 88,800 jobsRhode Island: 5,300 jobsSouth Carolina: 27,600 jobsSouth Dakota: 4,800 jobsTennessee: 52,400 jobsTexas: 218,500 jobsUtah: 40,300 jobsVermont: 4,400 jobsVirginia: 67,600 jobsWashington: 165,600 jobsWest Virginia: 7,600 jobsWisconsin: 46,100 jobsWyoming: 3,000 jobs
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  • 88K and over
jobs, December 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, December 2025

California: 522,000 jobsCalifornia522,000New York: 274,400 jobsNew York274,400Texas: 218,500 jobsTexas218,500Washington: 165,600 jobsWashington165,600Florida: 150,100 jobsFlorida150,100Georgia: 111,300 jobsGeorgia111,300Illinois: 91,000 jobsIllinois91,000Pennsylvania: 88,800 jobsPennsylvania88,800Massachusetts: 88,700 jobsMassachusetts88,700North Carolina: 85,400 jobsNorth Carolina85,400New Jersey: 76,900 jobsNew Jersey76,900Colorado: 69,800 jobsColorado69,800Virginia: 67,600 jobsVirginia67,600Ohio: 65,200 jobsOhio65,200Michigan: 54,000 jobsMichigan54,000Tennessee: 52,400 jobsTennessee52,400Arizona: 48,600 jobsArizona48,600Wisconsin: 46,100 jobsWisconsin46,100Missouri: 45,900 jobsMissouri45,900Minnesota: 40,400 jobsMinnesota40,400Utah: 40,300 jobsUtah40,300Maryland: 34,900 jobsMaryland34,900Oregon: 33,000 jobsOregon33,000Connecticut: 30,100 jobsConnecticut30,100South Carolina: 27,600 jobsSouth Carolina27,600Indiana: 25,900 jobsIndiana25,900Alabama: 22,500 jobsAlabama22,500Nevada: 22,500 jobsNevada22,500Kentucky: 20,000 jobsKentucky20,000District of Columbia: 18,400 jobsDistrict of Columbia18,400Nebraska: 17,500 jobsNebraska17,500Iowa: 17,300 jobsIowa17,300Kansas: 17,100 jobsKansas17,100Oklahoma: 17,000 jobsOklahoma17,000Louisiana: 16,700 jobsLouisiana16,700Arkansas: 11,900 jobsArkansas11,900New Hampshire: 10,900 jobsNew Hampshire10,900Mississippi: 9,300 jobsMississippi9,300New Mexico: 9,000 jobsNew Mexico9,000Idaho: 8,800 jobsIdaho8,800Maine: 7,900 jobsMaine7,900West Virginia: 7,600 jobsWest Virginia7,600Hawaii: 7,200 jobsHawaii7,200Montana: 5,600 jobsMontana5,600Rhode Island: 5,300 jobsRhode Island5,300North Dakota: 5,100 jobsNorth Dakota5,100South Dakota: 4,800 jobsSouth Dakota4,800Vermont: 4,400 jobsVermont4,400Alaska: 4,200 jobsAlaska4,200Delaware: 3,400 jobsDelaware3,400Wyoming: 3,000 jobsWyoming3,000California: 522,000 jobsCalifornia522,000New York: 274,400 jobsNew York274,400Texas: 218,500 jobsTexas218,500Washington: 165,600 jobsWashington165,600Florida: 150,100 jobsFlorida150,100Georgia: 111,300 jobsGeorgia111,300Illinois: 91,000 jobsIllinois91,000Pennsylvania: 88,800 jobsPennsylvania88,800Massachusetts: 88,700 jobsMassachusetts88,700North Carolina: 85,400 jobsNorth Carolina85,400New Jersey: 76,900 jobsNew Jersey76,900Colorado: 69,800 jobsColorado69,800Virginia: 67,600 jobsVirginia67,600Ohio: 65,200 jobsOhio65,200Michigan: 54,000 jobsMichigan54,000Tennessee: 52,400 jobsTennessee52,400Arizona: 48,600 jobsArizona48,600Wisconsin: 46,100 jobsWisconsin46,100Missouri: 45,900 jobsMissouri45,900Minnesota: 40,400 jobsMinnesota40,400Utah: 40,300 jobsUtah40,300Maryland: 34,900 jobsMaryland34,900Oregon: 33,000 jobsOregon33,000Connecticut: 30,100 jobsConnecticut30,100South Carolina: 27,600 jobsSouth Carolina27,600Indiana: 25,900 jobsIndiana25,900Alabama: 22,500 jobsAlabama22,500Nevada: 22,500 jobsNevada22,500Kentucky: 20,000 jobsKentucky20,000District of Columbia: 18,400 jobsDistrict of Columbia18,400Nebraska: 17,500 jobsNebraska17,500Iowa: 17,300 jobsIowa17,300Kansas: 17,100 jobsKansas17,100Oklahoma: 17,000 jobsOklahoma17,000Louisiana: 16,700 jobsLouisiana16,700Arkansas: 11,900 jobsArkansas11,900New Hampshire: 10,900 jobsNew Hampshire10,900Mississippi: 9,300 jobsMississippi9,300New Mexico: 9,000 jobsNew Mexico9,000Idaho: 8,800 jobsIdaho8,800Maine: 7,900 jobsMaine7,900West Virginia: 7,600 jobsWest Virginia7,600Hawaii: 7,200 jobsHawaii7,200Montana: 5,600 jobsMontana5,600Rhode Island: 5,300 jobsRhode Island5,300North Dakota: 5,100 jobsNorth Dakota5,100South Dakota: 4,800 jobsSouth Dakota4,800Vermont: 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

RankStatesDecember 2025
jobs		Change on December 2024
1California522,000-1.7%
2New York274,400-0.8%
3Texas218,500-2.9%
4Washington165,600+0.7%
5Florida150,100-3.8%
6Georgia111,300-5%
7Illinois91,000+1.2%
8Pennsylvania88,800-1.8%
9Massachusetts88,700-2.6%
10North Carolina85,400-1.8%
11New Jersey76,900+1.1%
12Colorado69,800-2.2%
13Virginia67,600-1.7%
14Ohio65,200-1.2%
15Michigan54,000-3.4%
16Tennessee52,400-3.3%
17Arizona48,600-1.2%
18Wisconsin46,100-1.5%
19Missouri45,900-1.9%
20Minnesota40,400-5.2%
21Utah40,300-5.2%
22Maryland34,9000%
23Oregon33,000-7.8%
24Connecticut30,100-2%
25South Carolina27,600-0.7%
26Indiana25,900-2.6%
27Alabama22,500-1.7%
27Nevada22,500+6.6%
29Kentucky20,000-3.4%
30District of Columbia18,400-2.1%
31Nebraska17,500-0.6%
32Iowa17,300-4.9%
33Kansas17,100-1.2%
34Oklahoma17,000-2.3%
35Louisiana16,700-12.1%
36Arkansas11,900-4%
37New Hampshire10,900-3.5%
38Mississippi9,300-2.1%
39New Mexico9,000-15.1%
40Idaho8,800-3.3%
41Maine7,900-7.1%
42West Virginia7,6000%
43Hawaii7,200-4%
44Montana5,6000%
45Rhode Island5,300-7%
46North Dakota5,100-1.9%
47South Dakota4,800-7.7%
48Vermont4,400-2.2%
49Alaska4,200-4.5%
50Delaware3,400-2.9%
51Wyoming3,000-3.2%

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

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Which state has the highest information payroll employment?

California, with 522,000 jobs in December 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which state has the lowest information payroll employment?

Wyoming, with 3,000 jobs in December 2025.

Where does this ranking come from?

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