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US states by information payroll employment

California had the highest information payroll employment of 51 states in June 2026, at 514,300 jobs. Wyoming had the lowest, at 3,000 jobs. The median was 25,100 jobs and the figure for the United States was 2,763,000 jobs. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest514,300California
Lowest3,000Wyoming
Median25,10051 states
United States2,763,000History

Map of states, June 2026

Alabama: 21,700 jobsAlaska: 4,200 jobsArizona: 49,400 jobsArkansas: 12,000 jobsCalifornia: 514,300 jobsColorado: 64,900 jobsConnecticut: 30,400 jobsDelaware: 3,300 jobsDistrict of Columbia: 17,500 jobsFlorida: 150,100 jobsGeorgia: 113,100 jobsHawaii: 7,000 jobsIdaho: 8,600 jobsIllinois: 88,000 jobsIndiana: 25,100 jobsIowa: 18,000 jobsKansas: 17,200 jobsKentucky: 20,000 jobsLouisiana: 16,200 jobsMaine: 7,600 jobsMaryland: 33,500 jobsMassachusetts: 88,300 jobsMichigan: 52,700 jobsMinnesota: 39,700 jobsMississippi: 9,100 jobsMissouri: 46,300 jobsMontana: 5,600 jobsNebraska: 17,400 jobsNevada: 22,000 jobsNew Hampshire: 10,700 jobsNew Jersey: 73,200 jobsNew Mexico: 8,900 jobsNew York: 272,800 jobsNorth Carolina: 83,200 jobsNorth Dakota: 5,000 jobsOhio: 64,400 jobsOklahoma: 16,800 jobsOregon: 32,100 jobsPennsylvania: 86,700 jobsRhode Island: 5,200 jobsSouth Carolina: 25,100 jobsSouth Dakota: 5,000 jobsTennessee: 52,700 jobsTexas: 214,000 jobsUtah: 41,200 jobsVermont: 4,300 jobsVirginia: 65,400 jobsWashington: 165,300 jobsWest Virginia: 7,500 jobsWisconsin: 46,200 jobsWyoming: 3,000 jobs
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  • 86K and over
jobs, June 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, June 2026

California: 514,300 jobsCalifornia514,300New York: 272,800 jobsNew York272,800Texas: 214,000 jobsTexas214,000Washington: 165,300 jobsWashington165,300Florida: 150,100 jobsFlorida150,100Georgia: 113,100 jobsGeorgia113,100Massachusetts: 88,300 jobsMassachusetts88,300Illinois: 88,000 jobsIllinois88,000Pennsylvania: 86,700 jobsPennsylvania86,700North Carolina: 83,200 jobsNorth Carolina83,200New Jersey: 73,200 jobsNew Jersey73,200Virginia: 65,400 jobsVirginia65,400Colorado: 64,900 jobsColorado64,900Ohio: 64,400 jobsOhio64,400Michigan: 52,700 jobsMichigan52,700Tennessee: 52,700 jobsTennessee52,700Arizona: 49,400 jobsArizona49,400Missouri: 46,300 jobsMissouri46,300Wisconsin: 46,200 jobsWisconsin46,200Utah: 41,200 jobsUtah41,200Minnesota: 39,700 jobsMinnesota39,700Maryland: 33,500 jobsMaryland33,500Oregon: 32,100 jobsOregon32,100Connecticut: 30,400 jobsConnecticut30,400Indiana: 25,100 jobsIndiana25,100South Carolina: 25,100 jobsSouth Carolina25,100Nevada: 22,000 jobsNevada22,000Alabama: 21,700 jobsAlabama21,700Kentucky: 20,000 jobsKentucky20,000Iowa: 18,000 jobsIowa18,000District of Columbia: 17,500 jobsDistrict of Columbia17,500Nebraska: 17,400 jobsNebraska17,400Kansas: 17,200 jobsKansas17,200Oklahoma: 16,800 jobsOklahoma16,800Louisiana: 16,200 jobsLouisiana16,200Arkansas: 12,000 jobsArkansas12,000New Hampshire: 10,700 jobsNew Hampshire10,700Mississippi: 9,100 jobsMississippi9,100New Mexico: 8,900 jobsNew Mexico8,900Idaho: 8,600 jobsIdaho8,600Maine: 7,600 jobsMaine7,600West Virginia: 7,500 jobsWest Virginia7,500Hawaii: 7,000 jobsHawaii7,000Montana: 5,600 jobsMontana5,600Rhode Island: 5,200 jobsRhode Island5,200North Dakota: 5,000 jobsNorth Dakota5,000South Dakota: 5,000 jobsSouth Dakota5,000Vermont: 4,300 jobsVermont4,300Alaska: 4,200 jobsAlaska4,200Delaware: 3,300 jobsDelaware3,300Wyoming: 3,000 jobsWyoming3,000California: 514,300 jobsCalifornia514,300New York: 272,800 jobsNew York272,800Texas: 214,000 jobsTexas214,000Washington: 165,300 jobsWashington165,300Florida: 150,100 jobsFlorida150,100Georgia: 113,100 jobsGeorgia113,100Massachusetts: 88,300 jobsMassachusetts88,300Illinois: 88,000 jobsIllinois88,000Pennsylvania: 86,700 jobsPennsylvania86,700North Carolina: 83,200 jobsNorth Carolina83,200New Jersey: 73,200 jobsNew Jersey73,200Virginia: 65,400 jobsVirginia65,400Colorado: 64,900 jobsColorado64,900Ohio: 64,400 jobsOhio64,400Michigan: 52,700 jobsMichigan52,700Tennessee: 52,700 jobsTennessee52,700Arizona: 49,400 jobsArizona49,400Missouri: 46,300 jobsMissouri46,300Wisconsin: 46,200 jobsWisconsin46,200Utah: 41,200 jobsUtah41,200Minnesota: 39,700 jobsMinnesota39,700Maryland: 33,500 jobsMaryland33,500Oregon: 32,100 jobsOregon32,100Connecticut: 30,400 jobsConnecticut30,400Indiana: 25,100 jobsIndiana25,100South Carolina: 25,100 jobsSouth Carolina25,100Nevada: 22,000 jobsNevada22,000Alabama: 21,700 jobsAlabama21,700Kentucky: 20,000 jobsKentucky20,000Iowa: 18,000 jobsIowa18,000District of Columbia: 17,500 jobsDistrict of Columbia17,500Nebraska: 17,400 jobsNebraska17,400Kansas: 17,200 jobsKansas17,200Oklahoma: 16,800 jobsOklahoma16,800Louisiana: 16,200 jobsLouisiana16,200Arkansas: 12,000 jobsArkansas12,000New Hampshire: 10,700 jobsNew Hampshire10,700Mississippi: 9,100 jobsMississippi9,100New Mexico: 8,900 jobsNew Mexico8,900Idaho: 8,600 jobsIdaho8,600Maine: 7,600 jobsMaine7,600West Virginia: 7,500 jobsWest Virginia7,500Hawaii: 7,000 jobsHawaii7,000Montana: 5,600 jobsMontana5,600Rhode Island: 5,200 jobsRhode Island5,200North Dakota: 5,000 jobsNorth Dakota5,000South Dakota: 5,000 jobsSouth Dakota5,000Vermont: 4,300 jobsVermont4,300Alaska: 4,200 jobsAlaska4,200Delaware: 3,300 jobsDelaware3,300Wyoming: 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

RankStatesJune 2026
jobs		Change on June 2025
1California514,300-3.2%
2New York272,800+0.7%
3Texas214,000-4.4%
4Washington165,300+1.1%
5Florida150,100-2.2%
6Georgia113,100-1%
7Massachusetts88,300-2.2%
8Illinois88,000-2.2%
9Pennsylvania86,700-4.1%
10North Carolina83,200-3.5%
11New Jersey73,200-4.2%
12Virginia65,400-4.9%
13Colorado64,900-7.4%
14Ohio64,400-1.4%
15Michigan52,700-4.7%
15Tennessee52,700-0.8%
17Arizona49,400+1.9%
18Missouri46,300+1.1%
19Wisconsin46,200-0.4%
20Utah41,200-2.1%
21Minnesota39,700-3.6%
22Maryland33,500-3.5%
23Oregon32,100-7%
24Connecticut30,400+0.3%
25Indiana25,100-5.3%
25South Carolina25,100-9.4%
27Nevada22,000+1.9%
28Alabama21,700-4%
29Kentucky20,000-2.4%
30Iowa18,000+1.7%
31District of Columbia17,500-5.9%
32Nebraska17,400-0.6%
33Kansas17,200+1.2%
34Oklahoma16,800-0.6%
35Louisiana16,200-7.4%
36Arkansas12,0000%
37New Hampshire10,700-3.6%
38Mississippi9,100-4.2%
39New Mexico8,900-4.3%
40Idaho8,600-3.4%
41Maine7,600-6.2%
42West Virginia7,500-2.6%
43Hawaii7,0000%
44Montana5,600-3.4%
45Rhode Island5,200-10.3%
46North Dakota5,000-3.8%
46South Dakota5,000-2%
48Vermont4,300-2.3%
49Alaska4,2000%
50Delaware3,300-5.7%
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, 2026-06. 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=2026-06. 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, 2026-06 [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=2026-06 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which state has the highest information payroll employment?

California, with 514,300 jobs in June 2026, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which state has the lowest information payroll employment?

Wyoming, with 3,000 jobs in June 2026.

Where does this ranking come from?

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