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US states by information payroll employment

California had the highest information payroll employment of 51 states in March 2026, at 521,500 jobs. Wyoming had the lowest, at 2,900 jobs. The median was 25,600 jobs and the figure for the United States was 2,793,000 jobs. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest521,500California
Lowest2,900Wyoming
Median25,60051 states
United States2,793,000History

Map of states, March 2026

Alabama: 21,800 jobsAlaska: 4,100 jobsArizona: 49,100 jobsArkansas: 11,900 jobsCalifornia: 521,500 jobsColorado: 67,100 jobsConnecticut: 30,800 jobsDelaware: 3,300 jobsDistrict of Columbia: 17,500 jobsFlorida: 148,900 jobsGeorgia: 113,700 jobsHawaii: 7,000 jobsIdaho: 8,600 jobsIllinois: 87,800 jobsIndiana: 25,600 jobsIowa: 17,400 jobsKansas: 17,200 jobsKentucky: 19,900 jobsLouisiana: 16,200 jobsMaine: 7,900 jobsMaryland: 33,300 jobsMassachusetts: 89,300 jobsMichigan: 53,100 jobsMinnesota: 39,600 jobsMississippi: 9,000 jobsMissouri: 46,200 jobsMontana: 5,500 jobsNebraska: 17,400 jobsNevada: 22,200 jobsNew Hampshire: 10,900 jobsNew Jersey: 75,200 jobsNew Mexico: 8,900 jobsNew York: 271,300 jobsNorth Carolina: 83,800 jobsNorth Dakota: 5,000 jobsOhio: 65,700 jobsOklahoma: 16,900 jobsOregon: 32,400 jobsPennsylvania: 88,300 jobsRhode Island: 5,300 jobsSouth Carolina: 26,400 jobsSouth Dakota: 4,900 jobsTennessee: 52,800 jobsTexas: 216,900 jobsUtah: 41,100 jobsVermont: 4,200 jobsVirginia: 66,700 jobsWashington: 164,000 jobsWest Virginia: 7,500 jobsWisconsin: 45,500 jobsWyoming: 2,900 jobs
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  • 47K to 86K
  • 86K and over
jobs, March 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, March 2026

California: 521,500 jobsCalifornia521,500New York: 271,300 jobsNew York271,300Texas: 216,900 jobsTexas216,900Washington: 164,000 jobsWashington164,000Florida: 148,900 jobsFlorida148,900Georgia: 113,700 jobsGeorgia113,700Massachusetts: 89,300 jobsMassachusetts89,300Pennsylvania: 88,300 jobsPennsylvania88,300Illinois: 87,800 jobsIllinois87,800North Carolina: 83,800 jobsNorth Carolina83,800New Jersey: 75,200 jobsNew Jersey75,200Colorado: 67,100 jobsColorado67,100Virginia: 66,700 jobsVirginia66,700Ohio: 65,700 jobsOhio65,700Michigan: 53,100 jobsMichigan53,100Tennessee: 52,800 jobsTennessee52,800Arizona: 49,100 jobsArizona49,100Missouri: 46,200 jobsMissouri46,200Wisconsin: 45,500 jobsWisconsin45,500Utah: 41,100 jobsUtah41,100Minnesota: 39,600 jobsMinnesota39,600Maryland: 33,300 jobsMaryland33,300Oregon: 32,400 jobsOregon32,400Connecticut: 30,800 jobsConnecticut30,800South Carolina: 26,400 jobsSouth Carolina26,400Indiana: 25,600 jobsIndiana25,600Nevada: 22,200 jobsNevada22,200Alabama: 21,800 jobsAlabama21,800Kentucky: 19,900 jobsKentucky19,900District of Columbia: 17,500 jobsDistrict of Columbia17,500Iowa: 17,400 jobsIowa17,400Nebraska: 17,400 jobsNebraska17,400Kansas: 17,200 jobsKansas17,200Oklahoma: 16,900 jobsOklahoma16,900Louisiana: 16,200 jobsLouisiana16,200Arkansas: 11,900 jobsArkansas11,900New Hampshire: 10,900 jobsNew Hampshire10,900Mississippi: 9,000 jobsMississippi9,000New Mexico: 8,900 jobsNew Mexico8,900Idaho: 8,600 jobsIdaho8,600Maine: 7,900 jobsMaine7,900West Virginia: 7,500 jobsWest Virginia7,500Hawaii: 7,000 jobsHawaii7,000Montana: 5,500 jobsMontana5,500Rhode Island: 5,300 jobsRhode Island5,300North Dakota: 5,000 jobsNorth Dakota5,000South Dakota: 4,900 jobsSouth Dakota4,900Vermont: 4,200 jobsVermont4,200Alaska: 4,100 jobsAlaska4,100Delaware: 3,300 jobsDelaware3,300Wyoming: 2,900 jobsWyoming2,900California: 521,500 jobsCalifornia521,500New York: 271,300 jobsNew York271,300Texas: 216,900 jobsTexas216,900Washington: 164,000 jobsWashington164,000Florida: 148,900 jobsFlorida148,900Georgia: 113,700 jobsGeorgia113,700Massachusetts: 89,300 jobsMassachusetts89,300Pennsylvania: 88,300 jobsPennsylvania88,300Illinois: 87,800 jobsIllinois87,800North Carolina: 83,800 jobsNorth Carolina83,800New Jersey: 75,200 jobsNew Jersey75,200Colorado: 67,100 jobsColorado67,100Virginia: 66,700 jobsVirginia66,700Ohio: 65,700 jobsOhio65,700Michigan: 53,100 jobsMichigan53,100Tennessee: 52,800 jobsTennessee52,800Arizona: 49,100 jobsArizona49,100Missouri: 46,200 jobsMissouri46,200Wisconsin: 45,500 jobsWisconsin45,500Utah: 41,100 jobsUtah41,100Minnesota: 39,600 jobsMinnesota39,600Maryland: 33,300 jobsMaryland33,300Oregon: 32,400 jobsOregon32,400Connecticut: 30,800 jobsConnecticut30,800South Carolina: 26,400 jobsSouth Carolina26,400Indiana: 25,600 jobsIndiana25,600Nevada: 22,200 jobsNevada22,200Alabama: 21,800 jobsAlabama21,800Kentucky: 19,900 jobsKentucky19,900District of Columbia: 17,500 jobsDistrict of Columbia17,500Iowa: 17,400 jobsIowa17,400Nebraska: 17,400 jobsNebraska17,400Kansas: 17,200 jobsKansas17,200Oklahoma: 16,900 jobsOklahoma16,900Louisiana: 16,200 jobsLouisiana16,200Arkansas: 11,900 jobsArkansas11,900New Hampshire: 10,900 jobsNew Hampshire10,900Mississippi: 9,000 jobsMississippi9,000New Mexico: 8,900 jobsNew Mexico8,900Idaho: 8,600 jobsIdaho8,600Maine: 7,900 jobsMaine7,900West Virginia: 7,500 jobsWest Virginia7,500Hawaii: 7,000 jobsHawaii7,000Montana: 5,500 jobsMontana5,500Rhode Island: 5,300 jobsRhode Island5,300North Dakota: 5,000 jobsNorth Dakota5,000South Dakota: 4,900 jobsSouth Dakota4,900Vermont: 4,200 jobsVermont4,200Alaska: 4,100 jobsAlaska4,100Delaware: 3,300 jobsDelaware3,300Wyoming: 2,900 jobsWyoming2,900
jobs. Source: BLS, Current Employment Statistics, State and Area: all employees, information, statewide, seasonally adjusted (SMS, state, 000005000000001). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankStatesMarch 2026
jobs		Change on March 2025
1California521,500-0.3%
2New York271,300-0.7%
3Texas216,900-3%
4Washington164,000+0.2%
5Florida148,900-3.4%
6Georgia113,700+0.8%
7Massachusetts89,300-1.5%
8Pennsylvania88,300-2.3%
9Illinois87,800-3.2%
10North Carolina83,800-3.1%
11New Jersey75,200-0.3%
12Colorado67,100-5.2%
13Virginia66,700-2.6%
14Ohio65,700-0.2%
15Michigan53,100-4.3%
16Tennessee52,800-1.5%
17Arizona49,100-0.6%
18Missouri46,200-0.4%
19Wisconsin45,500-2.4%
20Utah41,100-2.8%
21Minnesota39,600-5.5%
22Maryland33,300-3.8%
23Oregon32,400-7.4%
24Connecticut30,800+1%
25South Carolina26,400-5%
26Indiana25,600-3.4%
27Nevada22,200+4.7%
28Alabama21,800-4.4%
29Kentucky19,900-3.4%
30District of Columbia17,500-6.4%
31Iowa17,400-3.3%
31Nebraska17,400-0.6%
33Kansas17,2000%
34Oklahoma16,900-3.4%
35Louisiana16,200-10%
36Arkansas11,900-2.5%
37New Hampshire10,900-3.5%
38Mississippi9,000-5.3%
39New Mexico8,900-2.2%
40Idaho8,600-4.4%
41Maine7,900-6%
42West Virginia7,5000%
43Hawaii7,0000%
44Montana5,500-5.2%
45Rhode Island5,300-5.4%
46North Dakota5,000-3.8%
47South Dakota4,900-3.9%
48Vermont4,200-4.5%
49Alaska4,100-4.7%
50Delaware3,300-5.7%
51Wyoming2,900-3.3%

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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, 2026-03. 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=2026-03. 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, 2026-03 [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=2026-03 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which state has the highest information payroll employment?

California, with 521,500 jobs in March 2026, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which state has the lowest information payroll employment?

Wyoming, with 2,900 jobs in March 2026.

Where does this ranking come from?

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