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US states by information payroll employment

California had the highest information payroll employment of 51 states in January 2026, at 519,900 jobs. Wyoming had the lowest, at 3,000 jobs. The median was 25,700 jobs and the figure for the United States was 2,815,000 jobs. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest519,900California
Lowest3,000Wyoming
Median25,70051 states
United States2,815,000History

Map of states, January 2026

Alabama: 22,200 jobsAlaska: 4,100 jobsArizona: 48,500 jobsArkansas: 12,000 jobsCalifornia: 519,900 jobsColorado: 68,600 jobsConnecticut: 30,400 jobsDelaware: 3,400 jobsDistrict of Columbia: 17,600 jobsFlorida: 152,300 jobsGeorgia: 111,000 jobsHawaii: 7,100 jobsIdaho: 8,800 jobsIllinois: 89,700 jobsIndiana: 25,700 jobsIowa: 17,300 jobsKansas: 17,000 jobsKentucky: 19,900 jobsLouisiana: 16,300 jobsMaine: 7,800 jobsMaryland: 33,600 jobsMassachusetts: 89,300 jobsMichigan: 53,800 jobsMinnesota: 39,900 jobsMississippi: 9,100 jobsMissouri: 46,400 jobsMontana: 5,500 jobsNebraska: 17,500 jobsNevada: 22,300 jobsNew Hampshire: 10,800 jobsNew Jersey: 76,100 jobsNew Mexico: 8,700 jobsNew York: 273,500 jobsNorth Carolina: 84,400 jobsNorth Dakota: 5,100 jobsOhio: 65,400 jobsOklahoma: 16,700 jobsOregon: 32,800 jobsPennsylvania: 88,600 jobsRhode Island: 5,300 jobsSouth Carolina: 27,100 jobsSouth Dakota: 4,800 jobsTennessee: 52,700 jobsTexas: 217,200 jobsUtah: 40,300 jobsVermont: 4,300 jobsVirginia: 67,000 jobsWashington: 164,800 jobsWest Virginia: 7,500 jobsWisconsin: 45,700 jobsWyoming: 3,000 jobs
  • Under 7,000
  • 7,000 to 17K
  • 17K to 26K
  • 26K to 47K
  • 47K to 87K
  • 87K and over
jobs, January 2026. 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, January 2026

California: 519,900 jobsCalifornia519,900New York: 273,500 jobsNew York273,500Texas: 217,200 jobsTexas217,200Washington: 164,800 jobsWashington164,800Florida: 152,300 jobsFlorida152,300Georgia: 111,000 jobsGeorgia111,000Illinois: 89,700 jobsIllinois89,700Massachusetts: 89,300 jobsMassachusetts89,300Pennsylvania: 88,600 jobsPennsylvania88,600North Carolina: 84,400 jobsNorth Carolina84,400New Jersey: 76,100 jobsNew Jersey76,100Colorado: 68,600 jobsColorado68,600Virginia: 67,000 jobsVirginia67,000Ohio: 65,400 jobsOhio65,400Michigan: 53,800 jobsMichigan53,800Tennessee: 52,700 jobsTennessee52,700Arizona: 48,500 jobsArizona48,500Missouri: 46,400 jobsMissouri46,400Wisconsin: 45,700 jobsWisconsin45,700Utah: 40,300 jobsUtah40,300Minnesota: 39,900 jobsMinnesota39,900Maryland: 33,600 jobsMaryland33,600Oregon: 32,800 jobsOregon32,800Connecticut: 30,400 jobsConnecticut30,400South Carolina: 27,100 jobsSouth Carolina27,100Indiana: 25,700 jobsIndiana25,700Nevada: 22,300 jobsNevada22,300Alabama: 22,200 jobsAlabama22,200Kentucky: 19,900 jobsKentucky19,900District of Columbia: 17,600 jobsDistrict of Columbia17,600Nebraska: 17,500 jobsNebraska17,500Iowa: 17,300 jobsIowa17,300Kansas: 17,000 jobsKansas17,000Oklahoma: 16,700 jobsOklahoma16,700Louisiana: 16,300 jobsLouisiana16,300Arkansas: 12,000 jobsArkansas12,000New Hampshire: 10,800 jobsNew Hampshire10,800Mississippi: 9,100 jobsMississippi9,100Idaho: 8,800 jobsIdaho8,800New Mexico: 8,700 jobsNew Mexico8,700Maine: 7,800 jobsMaine7,800West Virginia: 7,500 jobsWest Virginia7,500Hawaii: 7,100 jobsHawaii7,100Montana: 5,500 jobsMontana5,500Rhode Island: 5,300 jobsRhode Island5,300North Dakota: 5,100 jobsNorth Dakota5,100South Dakota: 4,800 jobsSouth Dakota4,800Vermont: 4,300 jobsVermont4,300Alaska: 4,100 jobsAlaska4,100Delaware: 3,400 jobsDelaware3,400Wyoming: 3,000 jobsWyoming3,000California: 519,900 jobsCalifornia519,900New York: 273,500 jobsNew York273,500Texas: 217,200 jobsTexas217,200Washington: 164,800 jobsWashington164,800Florida: 152,300 jobsFlorida152,300Georgia: 111,000 jobsGeorgia111,000Illinois: 89,700 jobsIllinois89,700Massachusetts: 89,300 jobsMassachusetts89,300Pennsylvania: 88,600 jobsPennsylvania88,600North Carolina: 84,400 jobsNorth Carolina84,400New Jersey: 76,100 jobsNew Jersey76,100Colorado: 68,600 jobsColorado68,600Virginia: 67,000 jobsVirginia67,000Ohio: 65,400 jobsOhio65,400Michigan: 53,800 jobsMichigan53,800Tennessee: 52,700 jobsTennessee52,700Arizona: 48,500 jobsArizona48,500Missouri: 46,400 jobsMissouri46,400Wisconsin: 45,700 jobsWisconsin45,700Utah: 40,300 jobsUtah40,300Minnesota: 39,900 jobsMinnesota39,900Maryland: 33,600 jobsMaryland33,600Oregon: 32,800 jobsOregon32,800Connecticut: 30,400 jobsConnecticut30,400South Carolina: 27,100 jobsSouth Carolina27,100Indiana: 25,700 jobsIndiana25,700Nevada: 22,300 jobsNevada22,300Alabama: 22,200 jobsAlabama22,200Kentucky: 19,900 jobsKentucky19,900District of Columbia: 17,600 jobsDistrict of Columbia17,600Nebraska: 17,500 jobsNebraska17,500Iowa: 17,300 jobsIowa17,300Kansas: 17,000 jobsKansas17,000Oklahoma: 16,700 jobsOklahoma16,700Louisiana: 16,300 jobsLouisiana16,300Arkansas: 12,000 jobsArkansas12,000New Hampshire: 10,800 jobsNew Hampshire10,800Mississippi: 9,100 jobsMississippi9,100Idaho: 8,800 jobsIdaho8,800New Mexico: 8,700 jobsNew Mexico8,700Maine: 7,800 jobsMaine7,800West Virginia: 7,500 jobsWest Virginia7,500Hawaii: 7,100 jobsHawaii7,100Montana: 5,500 jobsMontana5,500Rhode Island: 5,300 jobsRhode Island5,300North Dakota: 5,100 jobsNorth Dakota5,100South Dakota: 4,800 jobsSouth Dakota4,800Vermont: 4,300 jobsVermont4,300Alaska: 4,100 jobsAlaska4,100Delaware: 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

RankStatesJanuary 2026
jobs		Change on January 2025
1California519,900-0.6%
2New York273,500+0.7%
3Texas217,200-3.2%
4Washington164,800+0.6%
5Florida152,300-1.9%
6Georgia111,000-2.8%
7Illinois89,700-1.5%
8Massachusetts89,300-1.8%
9Pennsylvania88,600-2%
10North Carolina84,400-3%
11New Jersey76,100+0.5%
12Colorado68,600-3.8%
13Virginia67,000-3%
14Ohio65,400-0.9%
15Michigan53,800-3.9%
16Tennessee52,700-2.6%
17Arizona48,500-1.6%
18Missouri46,400-0.2%
19Wisconsin45,700-2.1%
20Utah40,300-5.2%
21Minnesota39,900-5.7%
22Maryland33,600-3.2%
23Oregon32,800-7.6%
24Connecticut30,400-1%
25South Carolina27,100-2.2%
26Indiana25,700-3.4%
27Nevada22,300+5.7%
28Alabama22,200-3.1%
29Kentucky19,900-3.4%
30District of Columbia17,600-6.4%
31Nebraska17,5000%
32Iowa17,300-4.9%
33Kansas17,000-1.7%
34Oklahoma16,700-4%
35Louisiana16,300-11.4%
36Arkansas12,000-3.2%
37New Hampshire10,800-4.4%
38Mississippi9,100-4.2%
39Idaho8,800-2.2%
40New Mexico8,700-18.7%
41Maine7,800-7.1%
42West Virginia7,500-1.3%
43Hawaii7,100-1.4%
44Montana5,500-3.5%
45Rhode Island5,300-7%
46North Dakota5,100-3.8%
47South Dakota4,800-5.9%
48Vermont4,300-4.4%
49Alaska4,100-4.7%
50Delaware3,400-2.9%
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, 2026-01. 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=2026-01. 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, 2026-01 [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=2026-01 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which state has the highest information payroll employment?

California, with 519,900 jobs in January 2026, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which state has the lowest information payroll employment?

Wyoming, with 3,000 jobs in January 2026.

Where does this ranking come from?

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