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US states by information payroll employment

California had the highest information payroll employment of 51 states in April 2026, at 513,700 jobs. Wyoming had the lowest, at 3,000 jobs. The median was 25,400 jobs and the figure for the United States was 2,787,000 jobs. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest513,700California
Lowest3,000Wyoming
Median25,40051 states
United States2,787,000History

Map of states, April 2026

Alabama: 21,700 jobsAlaska: 4,200 jobsArizona: 49,400 jobsArkansas: 11,900 jobsCalifornia: 513,700 jobsColorado: 67,000 jobsConnecticut: 30,300 jobsDelaware: 3,400 jobsDistrict of Columbia: 17,600 jobsFlorida: 149,800 jobsGeorgia: 113,700 jobsHawaii: 7,000 jobsIdaho: 8,800 jobsIllinois: 88,500 jobsIndiana: 25,400 jobsIowa: 17,600 jobsKansas: 17,300 jobsKentucky: 20,000 jobsLouisiana: 16,400 jobsMaine: 7,800 jobsMaryland: 33,400 jobsMassachusetts: 88,900 jobsMichigan: 53,000 jobsMinnesota: 39,600 jobsMississippi: 9,100 jobsMissouri: 46,100 jobsMontana: 5,600 jobsNebraska: 17,400 jobsNevada: 22,200 jobsNew Hampshire: 10,900 jobsNew Jersey: 74,600 jobsNew Mexico: 9,100 jobsNew York: 269,800 jobsNorth Carolina: 83,800 jobsNorth Dakota: 5,000 jobsOhio: 66,100 jobsOklahoma: 17,000 jobsOregon: 32,200 jobsPennsylvania: 87,900 jobsRhode Island: 5,300 jobsSouth Carolina: 26,000 jobsSouth Dakota: 4,900 jobsTennessee: 53,100 jobsTexas: 215,800 jobsUtah: 41,100 jobsVermont: 4,300 jobsVirginia: 66,500 jobsWashington: 163,800 jobsWest Virginia: 7,500 jobsWisconsin: 45,800 jobsWyoming: 3,000 jobs
  • Under 7,000
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  • 25K to 47K
  • 47K to 87K
  • 87K and over
jobs, April 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, April 2026

California: 513,700 jobsCalifornia513,700New York: 269,800 jobsNew York269,800Texas: 215,800 jobsTexas215,800Washington: 163,800 jobsWashington163,800Florida: 149,800 jobsFlorida149,800Georgia: 113,700 jobsGeorgia113,700Massachusetts: 88,900 jobsMassachusetts88,900Illinois: 88,500 jobsIllinois88,500Pennsylvania: 87,900 jobsPennsylvania87,900North Carolina: 83,800 jobsNorth Carolina83,800New Jersey: 74,600 jobsNew Jersey74,600Colorado: 67,000 jobsColorado67,000Virginia: 66,500 jobsVirginia66,500Ohio: 66,100 jobsOhio66,100Tennessee: 53,100 jobsTennessee53,100Michigan: 53,000 jobsMichigan53,000Arizona: 49,400 jobsArizona49,400Missouri: 46,100 jobsMissouri46,100Wisconsin: 45,800 jobsWisconsin45,800Utah: 41,100 jobsUtah41,100Minnesota: 39,600 jobsMinnesota39,600Maryland: 33,400 jobsMaryland33,400Oregon: 32,200 jobsOregon32,200Connecticut: 30,300 jobsConnecticut30,300South Carolina: 26,000 jobsSouth Carolina26,000Indiana: 25,400 jobsIndiana25,400Nevada: 22,200 jobsNevada22,200Alabama: 21,700 jobsAlabama21,700Kentucky: 20,000 jobsKentucky20,000District of Columbia: 17,600 jobsDistrict of Columbia17,600Iowa: 17,600 jobsIowa17,600Nebraska: 17,400 jobsNebraska17,400Kansas: 17,300 jobsKansas17,300Oklahoma: 17,000 jobsOklahoma17,000Louisiana: 16,400 jobsLouisiana16,400Arkansas: 11,900 jobsArkansas11,900New Hampshire: 10,900 jobsNew Hampshire10,900Mississippi: 9,100 jobsMississippi9,100New Mexico: 9,100 jobsNew Mexico9,100Idaho: 8,800 jobsIdaho8,800Maine: 7,800 jobsMaine7,800West Virginia: 7,500 jobsWest Virginia7,500Hawaii: 7,000 jobsHawaii7,000Montana: 5,600 jobsMontana5,600Rhode Island: 5,300 jobsRhode Island5,300North Dakota: 5,000 jobsNorth Dakota5,000South Dakota: 4,900 jobsSouth Dakota4,900Vermont: 4,300 jobsVermont4,300Alaska: 4,200 jobsAlaska4,200Delaware: 3,400 jobsDelaware3,400Wyoming: 3,000 jobsWyoming3,000California: 513,700 jobsCalifornia513,700New York: 269,800 jobsNew York269,800Texas: 215,800 jobsTexas215,800Washington: 163,800 jobsWashington163,800Florida: 149,800 jobsFlorida149,800Georgia: 113,700 jobsGeorgia113,700Massachusetts: 88,900 jobsMassachusetts88,900Illinois: 88,500 jobsIllinois88,500Pennsylvania: 87,900 jobsPennsylvania87,900North Carolina: 83,800 jobsNorth Carolina83,800New Jersey: 74,600 jobsNew Jersey74,600Colorado: 67,000 jobsColorado67,000Virginia: 66,500 jobsVirginia66,500Ohio: 66,100 jobsOhio66,100Tennessee: 53,100 jobsTennessee53,100Michigan: 53,000 jobsMichigan53,000Arizona: 49,400 jobsArizona49,400Missouri: 46,100 jobsMissouri46,100Wisconsin: 45,800 jobsWisconsin45,800Utah: 41,100 jobsUtah41,100Minnesota: 39,600 jobsMinnesota39,600Maryland: 33,400 jobsMaryland33,400Oregon: 32,200 jobsOregon32,200Connecticut: 30,300 jobsConnecticut30,300South Carolina: 26,000 jobsSouth Carolina26,000Indiana: 25,400 jobsIndiana25,400Nevada: 22,200 jobsNevada22,200Alabama: 21,700 jobsAlabama21,700Kentucky: 20,000 jobsKentucky20,000District of Columbia: 17,600 jobsDistrict of Columbia17,600Iowa: 17,600 jobsIowa17,600Nebraska: 17,400 jobsNebraska17,400Kansas: 17,300 jobsKansas17,300Oklahoma: 17,000 jobsOklahoma17,000Louisiana: 16,400 jobsLouisiana16,400Arkansas: 11,900 jobsArkansas11,900New Hampshire: 10,900 jobsNew Hampshire10,900Mississippi: 9,100 jobsMississippi9,100New Mexico: 9,100 jobsNew Mexico9,100Idaho: 8,800 jobsIdaho8,800Maine: 7,800 jobsMaine7,800West Virginia: 7,500 jobsWest Virginia7,500Hawaii: 7,000 jobsHawaii7,000Montana: 5,600 jobsMontana5,600Rhode Island: 5,300 jobsRhode Island5,300North Dakota: 5,000 jobsNorth Dakota5,000South Dakota: 4,900 jobsSouth Dakota4,900Vermont: 4,300 jobsVermont4,300Alaska: 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

RankStatesApril 2026
jobs		Change on April 2025
1California513,700-3%
2New York269,800-0.5%
3Texas215,800-3.4%
4Washington163,800+0.1%
5Florida149,800-2.6%
6Georgia113,700-0.1%
7Massachusetts88,900-2%
8Illinois88,500-1.6%
9Pennsylvania87,900-2.7%
10North Carolina83,800-3%
11New Jersey74,600-1.5%
12Colorado67,000-5.2%
13Virginia66,500-2.9%
14Ohio66,100+0.8%
15Tennessee53,100-0.4%
16Michigan53,000-4.2%
17Arizona49,400+1.4%
18Missouri46,100+0.4%
19Wisconsin45,800-1.9%
20Utah41,100-2.8%
21Minnesota39,600-5%
22Maryland33,400-2.9%
23Oregon32,200-7.2%
24Connecticut30,3000%
25South Carolina26,000-5.1%
26Indiana25,400-4.2%
27Nevada22,200+4.7%
28Alabama21,700-4.4%
29Kentucky20,000-3.4%
30District of Columbia17,600-4.3%
30Iowa17,600-2.2%
32Nebraska17,400-0.6%
33Kansas17,300+1.2%
34Oklahoma17,000-0.6%
35Louisiana16,400-7.9%
36Arkansas11,900-1.7%
37New Hampshire10,900-2.7%
38Mississippi9,100-3.2%
38New Mexico9,100+1.1%
40Idaho8,800-1.1%
41Maine7,800-4.9%
42West Virginia7,500-1.3%
43Hawaii7,000+2.9%
44Montana5,600-5.1%
45Rhode Island5,300-7%
46North Dakota5,000-2%
47South Dakota4,900-3.9%
48Vermont4,300-2.3%
49Alaska4,2000%
50Delaware3,400-2.9%
51Wyoming3,0000%

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, 2026-04. 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=2026-04. 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, 2026-04 [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=2026-04 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which state has the highest information payroll employment?

California, with 513,700 jobs in April 2026, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which state has the lowest information payroll employment?

Wyoming, with 3,000 jobs in April 2026.

Where does this ranking come from?

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