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US states by information payroll employment

California had the highest information payroll employment of 51 states in July 2026, at 511,600 jobs. Wyoming had the lowest, at 3,000 jobs. The median was 24,700 jobs and the figure for the United States was 2,767,000 jobs. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest511,600California
Lowest3,000Wyoming
Median24,70051 states
United States2,767,000History

Map of states, July 2026

Alabama: 21,700 jobsAlaska: 4,200 jobsArizona: 49,300 jobsArkansas: 12,100 jobsCalifornia: 511,600 jobsColorado: 64,600 jobsConnecticut: 30,600 jobsDelaware: 3,300 jobsDistrict of Columbia: 17,500 jobsFlorida: 149,300 jobsGeorgia: 114,200 jobsHawaii: 7,100 jobsIdaho: 8,700 jobsIllinois: 87,800 jobsIndiana: 24,700 jobsIowa: 17,700 jobsKansas: 17,100 jobsKentucky: 20,000 jobsLouisiana: 16,500 jobsMaine: 7,700 jobsMaryland: 33,600 jobsMassachusetts: 87,100 jobsMichigan: 53,400 jobsMinnesota: 39,200 jobsMississippi: 9,100 jobsMissouri: 46,600 jobsMontana: 5,700 jobsNebraska: 17,600 jobsNevada: 21,900 jobsNew Hampshire: 10,800 jobsNew Jersey: 73,600 jobsNew Mexico: 9,000 jobsNew York: 275,200 jobsNorth Carolina: 83,100 jobsNorth Dakota: 4,900 jobsOhio: 63,300 jobsOklahoma: 16,800 jobsOregon: 32,200 jobsPennsylvania: 86,200 jobsRhode Island: 5,300 jobsSouth Carolina: 25,300 jobsSouth Dakota: 4,900 jobsTennessee: 52,100 jobsTexas: 213,200 jobsUtah: 40,800 jobsVermont: 4,300 jobsVirginia: 65,100 jobsWashington: 164,600 jobsWest Virginia: 7,500 jobsWisconsin: 46,100 jobsWyoming: 3,000 jobs
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jobs, July 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, July 2026

California: 511,600 jobsCalifornia511,600New York: 275,200 jobsNew York275,200Texas: 213,200 jobsTexas213,200Washington: 164,600 jobsWashington164,600Florida: 149,300 jobsFlorida149,300Georgia: 114,200 jobsGeorgia114,200Illinois: 87,800 jobsIllinois87,800Massachusetts: 87,100 jobsMassachusetts87,100Pennsylvania: 86,200 jobsPennsylvania86,200North Carolina: 83,100 jobsNorth Carolina83,100New Jersey: 73,600 jobsNew Jersey73,600Virginia: 65,100 jobsVirginia65,100Colorado: 64,600 jobsColorado64,600Ohio: 63,300 jobsOhio63,300Michigan: 53,400 jobsMichigan53,400Tennessee: 52,100 jobsTennessee52,100Arizona: 49,300 jobsArizona49,300Missouri: 46,600 jobsMissouri46,600Wisconsin: 46,100 jobsWisconsin46,100Utah: 40,800 jobsUtah40,800Minnesota: 39,200 jobsMinnesota39,200Maryland: 33,600 jobsMaryland33,600Oregon: 32,200 jobsOregon32,200Connecticut: 30,600 jobsConnecticut30,600South Carolina: 25,300 jobsSouth Carolina25,300Indiana: 24,700 jobsIndiana24,700Nevada: 21,900 jobsNevada21,900Alabama: 21,700 jobsAlabama21,700Kentucky: 20,000 jobsKentucky20,000Iowa: 17,700 jobsIowa17,700Nebraska: 17,600 jobsNebraska17,600District of Columbia: 17,500 jobsDistrict of Columbia17,500Kansas: 17,100 jobsKansas17,100Oklahoma: 16,800 jobsOklahoma16,800Louisiana: 16,500 jobsLouisiana16,500Arkansas: 12,100 jobsArkansas12,100New Hampshire: 10,800 jobsNew Hampshire10,800Mississippi: 9,100 jobsMississippi9,100New Mexico: 9,000 jobsNew Mexico9,000Idaho: 8,700 jobsIdaho8,700Maine: 7,700 jobsMaine7,700West Virginia: 7,500 jobsWest Virginia7,500Hawaii: 7,100 jobsHawaii7,100Montana: 5,700 jobsMontana5,700Rhode 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: 3,300 jobsDelaware3,300Wyoming: 3,000 jobsWyoming3,000California: 511,600 jobsCalifornia511,600New York: 275,200 jobsNew York275,200Texas: 213,200 jobsTexas213,200Washington: 164,600 jobsWashington164,600Florida: 149,300 jobsFlorida149,300Georgia: 114,200 jobsGeorgia114,200Illinois: 87,800 jobsIllinois87,800Massachusetts: 87,100 jobsMassachusetts87,100Pennsylvania: 86,200 jobsPennsylvania86,200North Carolina: 83,100 jobsNorth Carolina83,100New Jersey: 73,600 jobsNew Jersey73,600Virginia: 65,100 jobsVirginia65,100Colorado: 64,600 jobsColorado64,600Ohio: 63,300 jobsOhio63,300Michigan: 53,400 jobsMichigan53,400Tennessee: 52,100 jobsTennessee52,100Arizona: 49,300 jobsArizona49,300Missouri: 46,600 jobsMissouri46,600Wisconsin: 46,100 jobsWisconsin46,100Utah: 40,800 jobsUtah40,800Minnesota: 39,200 jobsMinnesota39,200Maryland: 33,600 jobsMaryland33,600Oregon: 32,200 jobsOregon32,200Connecticut: 30,600 jobsConnecticut30,600South Carolina: 25,300 jobsSouth Carolina25,300Indiana: 24,700 jobsIndiana24,700Nevada: 21,900 jobsNevada21,900Alabama: 21,700 jobsAlabama21,700Kentucky: 20,000 jobsKentucky20,000Iowa: 17,700 jobsIowa17,700Nebraska: 17,600 jobsNebraska17,600District of Columbia: 17,500 jobsDistrict of Columbia17,500Kansas: 17,100 jobsKansas17,100Oklahoma: 16,800 jobsOklahoma16,800Louisiana: 16,500 jobsLouisiana16,500Arkansas: 12,100 jobsArkansas12,100New Hampshire: 10,800 jobsNew Hampshire10,800Mississippi: 9,100 jobsMississippi9,100New Mexico: 9,000 jobsNew Mexico9,000Idaho: 8,700 jobsIdaho8,700Maine: 7,700 jobsMaine7,700West Virginia: 7,500 jobsWest Virginia7,500Hawaii: 7,100 jobsHawaii7,100Montana: 5,700 jobsMontana5,700Rhode 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: 3,300 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

RankStatesJuly 2026
jobs		Change on July 2025
1California511,600-3.9%
2New York275,200+0.7%
3Texas213,200-5%
4Washington164,600+1%
5Florida149,300-2.4%
6Georgia114,200+0.4%
7Illinois87,800-2.7%
8Massachusetts87,100-3.2%
9Pennsylvania86,200-4.4%
10North Carolina83,100-4%
11New Jersey73,600-4.9%
12Virginia65,100-5%
13Colorado64,600-8.1%
14Ohio63,300-3.4%
15Michigan53,400-2.2%
16Tennessee52,100-2.3%
17Arizona49,300+1.9%
18Missouri46,600+1.5%
19Wisconsin46,100-0.9%
20Utah40,800-4.2%
21Minnesota39,200-4.4%
22Maryland33,600-2.9%
23Oregon32,200-6.9%
24Connecticut30,600+1%
25South Carolina25,300-8%
26Indiana24,700-6.8%
27Nevada21,9000%
28Alabama21,700-3.1%
29Kentucky20,000-2.4%
30Iowa17,700+1.1%
31Nebraska17,6000%
32District of Columbia17,500-4.4%
33Kansas17,100+1.2%
34Oklahoma16,8000%
35Louisiana16,500-6.3%
36Arkansas12,1000%
37New Hampshire10,800-2.7%
38Mississippi9,100-4.2%
39New Mexico9,000-5.3%
40Idaho8,700-3.3%
41Maine7,700-6.1%
42West Virginia7,500-1.3%
43Hawaii7,100+2.9%
44Montana5,700-1.7%
45Rhode Island5,300-13.1%
46North Dakota4,900-5.8%
46South Dakota4,900-3.9%
48Vermont4,300-4.4%
49Alaska4,2000%
50Delaware3,300-5.7%
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, 2026-07 [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=2026-07 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which state has the highest information payroll employment?

California, with 511,600 jobs in July 2026, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which state has the lowest information payroll employment?

Wyoming, with 3,000 jobs in July 2026.

Where does this ranking come from?

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