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US states by information payroll employment

California had the highest information payroll employment of 51 states in May 2026, at 514,200 jobs. Wyoming had the lowest, at 3,000 jobs. The median was 25,200 jobs and the figure for the United States was 2,782,000 jobs. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest514,200California
Lowest3,000Wyoming
Median25,20051 states
United States2,782,000History

Map of states, May 2026

Alabama: 21,800 jobsAlaska: 4,200 jobsArizona: 49,500 jobsArkansas: 11,900 jobsCalifornia: 514,200 jobsColorado: 66,500 jobsConnecticut: 30,100 jobsDelaware: 3,400 jobsDistrict of Columbia: 17,700 jobsFlorida: 149,500 jobsGeorgia: 112,800 jobsHawaii: 7,100 jobsIdaho: 8,800 jobsIllinois: 89,400 jobsIndiana: 25,200 jobsIowa: 17,700 jobsKansas: 17,100 jobsKentucky: 20,100 jobsLouisiana: 16,300 jobsMaine: 7,700 jobsMaryland: 33,600 jobsMassachusetts: 89,500 jobsMichigan: 53,300 jobsMinnesota: 40,100 jobsMississippi: 9,100 jobsMissouri: 46,300 jobsMontana: 5,500 jobsNebraska: 17,300 jobsNevada: 22,200 jobsNew Hampshire: 10,900 jobsNew Jersey: 74,000 jobsNew Mexico: 9,400 jobsNew York: 270,600 jobsNorth Carolina: 83,900 jobsNorth Dakota: 4,900 jobsOhio: 65,500 jobsOklahoma: 16,900 jobsOregon: 31,800 jobsPennsylvania: 87,500 jobsRhode Island: 5,300 jobsSouth Carolina: 25,800 jobsSouth Dakota: 4,900 jobsTennessee: 53,300 jobsTexas: 214,300 jobsUtah: 41,200 jobsVermont: 4,300 jobsVirginia: 66,200 jobsWashington: 164,600 jobsWest Virginia: 7,500 jobsWisconsin: 45,900 jobsWyoming: 3,000 jobs
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  • 86K and over
jobs, May 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, May 2026

California: 514,200 jobsCalifornia514,200New York: 270,600 jobsNew York270,600Texas: 214,300 jobsTexas214,300Washington: 164,600 jobsWashington164,600Florida: 149,500 jobsFlorida149,500Georgia: 112,800 jobsGeorgia112,800Massachusetts: 89,500 jobsMassachusetts89,500Illinois: 89,400 jobsIllinois89,400Pennsylvania: 87,500 jobsPennsylvania87,500North Carolina: 83,900 jobsNorth Carolina83,900New Jersey: 74,000 jobsNew Jersey74,000Colorado: 66,500 jobsColorado66,500Virginia: 66,200 jobsVirginia66,200Ohio: 65,500 jobsOhio65,500Michigan: 53,300 jobsMichigan53,300Tennessee: 53,300 jobsTennessee53,300Arizona: 49,500 jobsArizona49,500Missouri: 46,300 jobsMissouri46,300Wisconsin: 45,900 jobsWisconsin45,900Utah: 41,200 jobsUtah41,200Minnesota: 40,100 jobsMinnesota40,100Maryland: 33,600 jobsMaryland33,600Oregon: 31,800 jobsOregon31,800Connecticut: 30,100 jobsConnecticut30,100South Carolina: 25,800 jobsSouth Carolina25,800Indiana: 25,200 jobsIndiana25,200Nevada: 22,200 jobsNevada22,200Alabama: 21,800 jobsAlabama21,800Kentucky: 20,100 jobsKentucky20,100District of Columbia: 17,700 jobsDistrict of Columbia17,700Iowa: 17,700 jobsIowa17,700Nebraska: 17,300 jobsNebraska17,300Kansas: 17,100 jobsKansas17,100Oklahoma: 16,900 jobsOklahoma16,900Louisiana: 16,300 jobsLouisiana16,300Arkansas: 11,900 jobsArkansas11,900New Hampshire: 10,900 jobsNew Hampshire10,900New Mexico: 9,400 jobsNew Mexico9,400Mississippi: 9,100 jobsMississippi9,100Idaho: 8,800 jobsIdaho8,800Maine: 7,700 jobsMaine7,700West Virginia: 7,500 jobsWest Virginia7,500Hawaii: 7,100 jobsHawaii7,100Montana: 5,500 jobsMontana5,500Rhode Island: 5,300 jobsRhode Island5,300North Dakota: 4,900 jobsNorth Dakota4,900South Dakota: 4,900 jobsSouth Dakota4,900Vermont: 4,300 jobsVermont4,300Alaska: 4,200 jobsAlaska4,200Delaware: 3,400 jobsDelaware3,400Wyoming: 3,000 jobsWyoming3,000California: 514,200 jobsCalifornia514,200New York: 270,600 jobsNew York270,600Texas: 214,300 jobsTexas214,300Washington: 164,600 jobsWashington164,600Florida: 149,500 jobsFlorida149,500Georgia: 112,800 jobsGeorgia112,800Massachusetts: 89,500 jobsMassachusetts89,500Illinois: 89,400 jobsIllinois89,400Pennsylvania: 87,500 jobsPennsylvania87,500North Carolina: 83,900 jobsNorth Carolina83,900New Jersey: 74,000 jobsNew Jersey74,000Colorado: 66,500 jobsColorado66,500Virginia: 66,200 jobsVirginia66,200Ohio: 65,500 jobsOhio65,500Michigan: 53,300 jobsMichigan53,300Tennessee: 53,300 jobsTennessee53,300Arizona: 49,500 jobsArizona49,500Missouri: 46,300 jobsMissouri46,300Wisconsin: 45,900 jobsWisconsin45,900Utah: 41,200 jobsUtah41,200Minnesota: 40,100 jobsMinnesota40,100Maryland: 33,600 jobsMaryland33,600Oregon: 31,800 jobsOregon31,800Connecticut: 30,100 jobsConnecticut30,100South Carolina: 25,800 jobsSouth Carolina25,800Indiana: 25,200 jobsIndiana25,200Nevada: 22,200 jobsNevada22,200Alabama: 21,800 jobsAlabama21,800Kentucky: 20,100 jobsKentucky20,100District of Columbia: 17,700 jobsDistrict of Columbia17,700Iowa: 17,700 jobsIowa17,700Nebraska: 17,300 jobsNebraska17,300Kansas: 17,100 jobsKansas17,100Oklahoma: 16,900 jobsOklahoma16,900Louisiana: 16,300 jobsLouisiana16,300Arkansas: 11,900 jobsArkansas11,900New Hampshire: 10,900 jobsNew Hampshire10,900New Mexico: 9,400 jobsNew Mexico9,400Mississippi: 9,100 jobsMississippi9,100Idaho: 8,800 jobsIdaho8,800Maine: 7,700 jobsMaine7,700West Virginia: 7,500 jobsWest Virginia7,500Hawaii: 7,100 jobsHawaii7,100Montana: 5,500 jobsMontana5,500Rhode Island: 5,300 jobsRhode Island5,300North Dakota: 4,900 jobsNorth Dakota4,900South 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

RankStatesMay 2026
jobs		Change on May 2025
1California514,200-3.2%
2New York270,600-0.1%
3Texas214,300-4.1%
4Washington164,600+0.5%
5Florida149,500-2.3%
6Georgia112,8000%
7Massachusetts89,500-1%
8Illinois89,400-1%
9Pennsylvania87,500-3.1%
10North Carolina83,900-2.9%
11New Jersey74,000-2.2%
12Colorado66,500-5.4%
13Virginia66,200-3.2%
14Ohio65,5000%
15Michigan53,300-3.3%
15Tennessee53,300-0.2%
17Arizona49,500+2.1%
18Missouri46,300+0.4%
19Wisconsin45,900-1.5%
20Utah41,200-2.1%
21Minnesota40,100-3.4%
22Maryland33,600-2.9%
23Oregon31,800-7.3%
24Connecticut30,100-0.3%
25South Carolina25,800-5.8%
26Indiana25,200-4.9%
27Nevada22,200+7.8%
28Alabama21,800-4%
29Kentucky20,100-2%
30District of Columbia17,700-4.3%
30Iowa17,700-1.1%
32Nebraska17,300-1.7%
33Kansas17,100+0.6%
34Oklahoma16,900-1.2%
35Louisiana16,300-6.9%
36Arkansas11,900-0.8%
37New Hampshire10,900-1.8%
38New Mexico9,400-1.1%
39Mississippi9,100-4.2%
40Idaho8,800-1.1%
41Maine7,700-6.1%
42West Virginia7,500-1.3%
43Hawaii7,100+2.9%
44Montana5,500-3.5%
45Rhode Island5,300-7%
46North Dakota4,900-3.9%
46South Dakota4,900-3.9%
48Vermont4,300-2.3%
49Alaska4,200-2.3%
50Delaware3,400-2.9%
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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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, 2026-05 [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=2026-05 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which state has the highest information payroll employment?

California, with 514,200 jobs in May 2026, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which state has the lowest information payroll employment?

Wyoming, with 3,000 jobs in May 2026.

Where does this ranking come from?

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