# US states by payroll job growth, 12-month change, August 2026

All 51 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2026-08, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `payroll_job_growth_12_month`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Percent change in seasonally adjusted nonfarm payroll employment from the same month a year earlier, from the Current Employment Statistics (CES) survey of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics, State and Area: all employees, total nonfarm, statewide, seasonally adjusted (SMS, state, 000000000000001), percent change from 12 months earlier (https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/sm/sm.data.55.TotalNonFarmStateWide.All)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Current Employment Statistics, State and Area: all employees, total nonfarm, statewide, seasonally adjusted (SMS, state, 000000000000001), percent change from 12 months earlier. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/sm/sm.data.55.TotalNonFarmStateWide.All. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/payroll-job-growth/us-states

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Louisiana | 1.6 |
| 1 | New Mexico | 1.6 |
| 1 | South Carolina | 1.6 |
| 4 | Minnesota | 1.5 |
| 5 | Alaska | 1.3 |
| 5 | Nevada | 1.3 |
| 5 | North Carolina | 1.3 |
| 8 | Alabama | 1.1 |
| 8 | Missouri | 1.1 |
| 8 | Texas | 1.1 |
| 11 | Utah | 1 |
| 12 | Connecticut | 0.9 |
| 12 | Idaho | 0.9 |
| 14 | California | 0.8 |
| 14 | Wyoming | 0.8 |
| 16 | Oklahoma | 0.7 |
| 17 | Arizona | 0.6 |
| 17 | Arkansas | 0.6 |
| 17 | Florida | 0.6 |
| 17 | Pennsylvania | 0.6 |
| 17 | Wisconsin | 0.6 |
| 22 | Kansas | 0.5 |
| 22 | North Dakota | 0.5 |
| 22 | Tennessee | 0.5 |
| 25 | Mississippi | 0.4 |
| 25 | Washington | 0.4 |
| 27 | Colorado | 0.2 |
| 27 | Hawaii | 0.2 |
| 27 | Illinois | 0.2 |
| 27 | Massachusetts | 0.2 |
| 27 | Michigan | 0.2 |
| 27 | Nebraska | 0.2 |
| 27 | New Hampshire | 0.2 |
| 27 | Ohio | 0.2 |
| 27 | South Dakota | 0.2 |
| 36 | Delaware | 0.1 |
| 36 | Rhode Island | 0.1 |
| 38 | Iowa | 0 |
| 38 | New York | 0 |
| 40 | Georgia | -0.1 |
| 40 | Kentucky | -0.1 |
| 40 | Maine | -0.1 |
| 43 | Maryland | -0.2 |
| 43 | New Jersey | -0.2 |
| 45 | West Virginia | -0.3 |
| 46 | Vermont | -0.4 |
| 47 | Indiana | -0.5 |
| 48 | Oregon | -0.8 |
| 49 | Montana | -0.9 |
| 49 | Virginia | -0.9 |
| 51 | District of Columbia | -3.6 |