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US states by leisure and hospitality payroll employment

California had the highest leisure and hospitality payroll employment of 51 states in June 2026, at 2,054,800 jobs. Vermont had the lowest, at 35,100 jobs. The median was 219,600 jobs and the figure for the United States was 16,960,000 jobs. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest2,054,800California
Lowest35,100Vermont
Median219,60051 states
United States16,960,000History

Map of states, June 2026

Alabama: 219,600 jobsAlaska: 38,500 jobsArizona: 362,600 jobsArkansas: 134,300 jobsCalifornia: 2,054,800 jobsColorado: 356,500 jobsConnecticut: 154,500 jobsDelaware: 51,000 jobsDistrict of Columbia: 75,900 jobsFlorida: 1,344,000 jobsGeorgia: 519,600 jobsHawaii: 122,100 jobsIdaho: 91,900 jobsIllinois: 608,700 jobsIndiana: 302,700 jobsIowa: 141,300 jobsKansas: 138,200 jobsKentucky: 210,000 jobsLouisiana: 225,100 jobsMaine: 71,000 jobsMaryland: 271,500 jobsMassachusetts: 362,400 jobsMichigan: 430,800 jobsMinnesota: 276,000 jobsMississippi: 135,300 jobsMissouri: 318,300 jobsMontana: 72,000 jobsNebraska: 104,300 jobsNevada: 360,700 jobsNew Hampshire: 79,400 jobsNew Jersey: 403,200 jobsNew Mexico: 100,000 jobsNew York: 924,300 jobsNorth Carolina: 555,100 jobsNorth Dakota: 41,600 jobsOhio: 569,200 jobsOklahoma: 181,700 jobsOregon: 204,500 jobsPennsylvania: 581,800 jobsRhode Island: 59,600 jobsSouth Carolina: 286,700 jobsSouth Dakota: 54,100 jobsTennessee: 374,600 jobsTexas: 1,554,600 jobsUtah: 177,200 jobsVermont: 35,100 jobsVirginia: 420,800 jobsWashington: 348,100 jobsWest Virginia: 71,600 jobsWisconsin: 294,800 jobsWyoming: 39,200 jobs
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jobs, June 2026. Source: BLS, Current Employment Statistics, State and Area: all employees, leisure and hospitality, statewide, seasonally adjusted (SMS, state, 000007000000001). Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All states, June 2026

California: 2,054,800 jobsCalifornia2,054,800Texas: 1,554,600 jobsTexas1,554,600Florida: 1,344,000 jobsFlorida1,344,000New York: 924,300 jobsNew York924,300Illinois: 608,700 jobsIllinois608,700Pennsylvania: 581,800 jobsPennsylvania581,800Ohio: 569,200 jobsOhio569,200North Carolina: 555,100 jobsNorth Carolina555,100Georgia: 519,600 jobsGeorgia519,600Michigan: 430,800 jobsMichigan430,800Virginia: 420,800 jobsVirginia420,800New Jersey: 403,200 jobsNew Jersey403,200Tennessee: 374,600 jobsTennessee374,600Arizona: 362,600 jobsArizona362,600Massachusetts: 362,400 jobsMassachusetts362,400Nevada: 360,700 jobsNevada360,700Colorado: 356,500 jobsColorado356,500Washington: 348,100 jobsWashington348,100Missouri: 318,300 jobsMissouri318,300Indiana: 302,700 jobsIndiana302,700Wisconsin: 294,800 jobsWisconsin294,800South Carolina: 286,700 jobsSouth Carolina286,700Minnesota: 276,000 jobsMinnesota276,000Maryland: 271,500 jobsMaryland271,500Louisiana: 225,100 jobsLouisiana225,100Alabama: 219,600 jobsAlabama219,600Kentucky: 210,000 jobsKentucky210,000Oregon: 204,500 jobsOregon204,500Oklahoma: 181,700 jobsOklahoma181,700Utah: 177,200 jobsUtah177,200Connecticut: 154,500 jobsConnecticut154,500Iowa: 141,300 jobsIowa141,300Kansas: 138,200 jobsKansas138,200Mississippi: 135,300 jobsMississippi135,300Arkansas: 134,300 jobsArkansas134,300Hawaii: 122,100 jobsHawaii122,100Nebraska: 104,300 jobsNebraska104,300New Mexico: 100,000 jobsNew Mexico100,000Idaho: 91,900 jobsIdaho91,900New Hampshire: 79,400 jobsNew Hampshire79,400District of Columbia: 75,900 jobsDistrict of Columbia75,900Montana: 72,000 jobsMontana72,000West Virginia: 71,600 jobsWest Virginia71,600Maine: 71,000 jobsMaine71,000Rhode Island: 59,600 jobsRhode Island59,600South Dakota: 54,100 jobsSouth Dakota54,100Delaware: 51,000 jobsDelaware51,000North Dakota: 41,600 jobsNorth Dakota41,600Wyoming: 39,200 jobsWyoming39,200Alaska: 38,500 jobsAlaska38,500Vermont: 35,100 jobsVermont35,100California: 2,054,800 jobsCalifornia2,054,800Texas: 1,554,600 jobsTexas1,554,600Florida: 1,344,000 jobsFlorida1,344,000New York: 924,300 jobsNew York924,300Illinois: 608,700 jobsIllinois608,700Pennsylvania: 581,800 jobsPennsylvania581,800Ohio: 569,200 jobsOhio569,200North Carolina: 555,100 jobsNorth Carolina555,100Georgia: 519,600 jobsGeorgia519,600Michigan: 430,800 jobsMichigan430,800Virginia: 420,800 jobsVirginia420,800New Jersey: 403,200 jobsNew Jersey403,200Tennessee: 374,600 jobsTennessee374,600Arizona: 362,600 jobsArizona362,600Massachusetts: 362,400 jobsMassachusetts362,400Nevada: 360,700 jobsNevada360,700Colorado: 356,500 jobsColorado356,500Washington: 348,100 jobsWashington348,100Missouri: 318,300 jobsMissouri318,300Indiana: 302,700 jobsIndiana302,700Wisconsin: 294,800 jobsWisconsin294,800South Carolina: 286,700 jobsSouth Carolina286,700Minnesota: 276,000 jobsMinnesota276,000Maryland: 271,500 jobsMaryland271,500Louisiana: 225,100 jobsLouisiana225,100Alabama: 219,600 jobsAlabama219,600Kentucky: 210,000 jobsKentucky210,000Oregon: 204,500 jobsOregon204,500Oklahoma: 181,700 jobsOklahoma181,700Utah: 177,200 jobsUtah177,200Connecticut: 154,500 jobsConnecticut154,500Iowa: 141,300 jobsIowa141,300Kansas: 138,200 jobsKansas138,200Mississippi: 135,300 jobsMississippi135,300Arkansas: 134,300 jobsArkansas134,300Hawaii: 122,100 jobsHawaii122,100Nebraska: 104,300 jobsNebraska104,300New Mexico: 100,000 jobsNew Mexico100,000Idaho: 91,900 jobsIdaho91,900New Hampshire: 79,400 jobsNew Hampshire79,400District of Columbia: 75,900 jobsDistrict of Columbia75,900Montana: 72,000 jobsMontana72,000West Virginia: 71,600 jobsWest Virginia71,600Maine: 71,000 jobsMaine71,000Rhode Island: 59,600 jobsRhode Island59,600South Dakota: 54,100 jobsSouth Dakota54,100Delaware: 51,000 jobsDelaware51,000North Dakota: 41,600 jobsNorth Dakota41,600Wyoming: 39,200 jobsWyoming39,200Alaska: 38,500 jobsAlaska38,500Vermont: 35,100 jobsVermont35,100
jobs. Source: BLS, Current Employment Statistics, State and Area: all employees, leisure and hospitality, statewide, seasonally adjusted (SMS, state, 000007000000001). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankStatesJune 2026
jobs		Change on June 2025
1California2,054,800+1.8%
2Texas1,554,600+1.7%
3Florida1,344,000+0.9%
4New York924,300-0.2%
5Illinois608,700+0.8%
6Pennsylvania581,800+1.7%
7Ohio569,200+0.3%
8North Carolina555,100+2.5%
9Georgia519,600+0.2%
10Michigan430,800-0.3%
11Virginia420,8000%
12New Jersey403,200-1.2%
13Tennessee374,600+2.4%
14Arizona362,600-1.3%
15Massachusetts362,400+0.3%
16Nevada360,700+0.9%
17Colorado356,500+3.6%
18Washington348,100+0.7%
19Missouri318,300+3.3%
20Indiana302,700-3.8%
21Wisconsin294,800+1.8%
22South Carolina286,700+1.3%
23Minnesota276,000+1.1%
24Maryland271,500+1%
25Louisiana225,100+0.7%
26Alabama219,600+2.7%
27Kentucky210,000+1.6%
28Oregon204,500-1.6%
29Oklahoma181,700-1%
30Utah177,200+0.6%
31Connecticut154,500-1%
32Iowa141,300-2.5%
33Kansas138,200+4.3%
34Mississippi135,300+0.1%
35Arkansas134,300+1.8%
36Hawaii122,100+1.8%
37Nebraska104,300+2.7%
38New Mexico100,000+1%
39Idaho91,900-3%
40New Hampshire79,400+2.8%
41District of Columbia75,900-1.4%
42Montana72,000-2%
43West Virginia71,600-0.3%
44Maine71,000+1%
45Rhode Island59,600-2.5%
46South Dakota54,100+6.7%
47Delaware51,000-2.9%
48North Dakota41,600+0.7%
49Wyoming39,200+2.9%
50Alaska38,500+6.4%
51Vermont35,1000%

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About this ranking

Number of jobs on leisure and hospitality payrolls in the month, seasonally adjusted, from the Current Employment Statistics (CES) survey of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The supersector covers arts, entertainment and recreation, and accommodation and food services.

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, leisure and hospitality, statewide, seasonally adjusted (SMS, state, 000007000000001). https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/sm/sm.data.74.LeisureAndHospitality.Current. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Current Employment Statistics, State and Area: all employees, leisure and hospitality, statewide, seasonally adjusted (SMS, state, 000007000000001) (US states by leisure and hospitality payroll employment, 2026-06) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/sm/sm.data.74.LeisureAndHospitality.Current

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Current Employment Statistics, State and Area: all employees, leisure and hospitality, statewide, seasonally adjusted (SMS, state, 000007000000001), US states by leisure and hospitality payroll employment, 2026-06. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 18 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/sm/sm.data.74.LeisureAndHospitality.Current. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/leisure-hospitality-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, leisure and hospitality, statewide, seasonally adjusted (SMS, state, 000007000000001). US states by leisure and hospitality payroll employment, 2026-06. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/sm/sm.data.74.LeisureAndHospitality.Current. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/leisure-hospitality-jobs/us-states?period=2026-06.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Current Employment Statistics, State and Area: all employees, leisure and hospitality, statewide, seasonally adjusted (SMS, state, 000007000000001), US states by leisure and hospitality payroll employment, 2026-06 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/sm/sm.data.74.LeisureAndHospitality.Current, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/leisure-hospitality-jobs/us-states?period=2026-06 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which state has the highest leisure and hospitality payroll employment?

California, with 2,054,800 jobs in June 2026, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which state has the lowest leisure and hospitality payroll employment?

Vermont, with 35,100 jobs in June 2026.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics, State and Area: all employees, leisure and hospitality, statewide, seasonally adjusted (SMS, state, 000007000000001). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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