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US states by professional and business services payroll employment

California had the highest professional and business services payroll employment of 51 states in October 2025, at 2,757,100 jobs. Wyoming had the lowest, at 21,600 jobs. The median was 251,700 jobs and the figure for the United States was 22,335,000 jobs. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest2,757,100California
Lowest21,600Wyoming
Median251,70051 states
United States22,335,000History

Map of states, October 2025

Alabama: 262,200 jobsAlaska: 28,600 jobsArizona: 459,200 jobsArkansas: 164,300 jobsCalifornia: 2,757,100 jobsColorado: 486,300 jobsConnecticut: 221,300 jobsDelaware: 64,300 jobsDistrict of Columbia: 162,400 jobsFlorida: 1,603,800 jobsGeorgia: 743,400 jobsHawaii: 72,800 jobsIdaho: 112,500 jobsIllinois: 896,000 jobsIndiana: 360,300 jobsIowa: 142,400 jobsKansas: 173,300 jobsKentucky: 223,800 jobsLouisiana: 221,500 jobsMaine: 77,000 jobsMaryland: 461,400 jobsMassachusetts: 608,400 jobsMichigan: 625,200 jobsMinnesota: 365,500 jobsMississippi: 118,500 jobsMissouri: 364,500 jobsMontana: 54,100 jobsNebraska: 118,300 jobsNevada: 230,600 jobsNew Hampshire: 98,900 jobsNew Jersey: 706,500 jobsNew Mexico: 120,300 jobsNew York: 1,396,000 jobsNorth Carolina: 740,400 jobsNorth Dakota: 34,700 jobsOhio: 728,500 jobsOklahoma: 202,800 jobsOregon: 251,700 jobsPennsylvania: 836,300 jobsRhode Island: 67,600 jobsSouth Carolina: 313,700 jobsSouth Dakota: 36,700 jobsTennessee: 442,900 jobsTexas: 2,112,900 jobsUtah: 256,300 jobsVermont: 32,700 jobsVirginia: 797,900 jobsWashington: 543,400 jobsWest Virginia: 72,900 jobsWisconsin: 324,600 jobsWyoming: 21,600 jobs
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jobs, October 2025. Source: BLS, Current Employment Statistics, State and Area: all employees, professional and business services, statewide, seasonally adjusted (SMS, state, 000006000000001). Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All states, October 2025

California: 2,757,100 jobsCalifornia2,757,100Texas: 2,112,900 jobsTexas2,112,900Florida: 1,603,800 jobsFlorida1,603,800New York: 1,396,000 jobsNew York1,396,000Illinois: 896,000 jobsIllinois896,000Pennsylvania: 836,300 jobsPennsylvania836,300Virginia: 797,900 jobsVirginia797,900Georgia: 743,400 jobsGeorgia743,400North Carolina: 740,400 jobsNorth Carolina740,400Ohio: 728,500 jobsOhio728,500New Jersey: 706,500 jobsNew Jersey706,500Michigan: 625,200 jobsMichigan625,200Massachusetts: 608,400 jobsMassachusetts608,400Washington: 543,400 jobsWashington543,400Colorado: 486,300 jobsColorado486,300Maryland: 461,400 jobsMaryland461,400Arizona: 459,200 jobsArizona459,200Tennessee: 442,900 jobsTennessee442,900Minnesota: 365,500 jobsMinnesota365,500Missouri: 364,500 jobsMissouri364,500Indiana: 360,300 jobsIndiana360,300Wisconsin: 324,600 jobsWisconsin324,600South Carolina: 313,700 jobsSouth Carolina313,700Alabama: 262,200 jobsAlabama262,200Utah: 256,300 jobsUtah256,300Oregon: 251,700 jobsOregon251,700Nevada: 230,600 jobsNevada230,600Kentucky: 223,800 jobsKentucky223,800Louisiana: 221,500 jobsLouisiana221,500Connecticut: 221,300 jobsConnecticut221,300Oklahoma: 202,800 jobsOklahoma202,800Kansas: 173,300 jobsKansas173,300Arkansas: 164,300 jobsArkansas164,300District of Columbia: 162,400 jobsDistrict of Columbia162,400Iowa: 142,400 jobsIowa142,400New Mexico: 120,300 jobsNew Mexico120,300Mississippi: 118,500 jobsMississippi118,500Nebraska: 118,300 jobsNebraska118,300Idaho: 112,500 jobsIdaho112,500New Hampshire: 98,900 jobsNew Hampshire98,900Maine: 77,000 jobsMaine77,000West Virginia: 72,900 jobsWest Virginia72,900Hawaii: 72,800 jobsHawaii72,800Rhode Island: 67,600 jobsRhode Island67,600Delaware: 64,300 jobsDelaware64,300Montana: 54,100 jobsMontana54,100South Dakota: 36,700 jobsSouth Dakota36,700North Dakota: 34,700 jobsNorth Dakota34,700Vermont: 32,700 jobsVermont32,700Alaska: 28,600 jobsAlaska28,600Wyoming: 21,600 jobsWyoming21,600California: 2,757,100 jobsCalifornia2,757,100Texas: 2,112,900 jobsTexas2,112,900Florida: 1,603,800 jobsFlorida1,603,800New York: 1,396,000 jobsNew York1,396,000Illinois: 896,000 jobsIllinois896,000Pennsylvania: 836,300 jobsPennsylvania836,300Virginia: 797,900 jobsVirginia797,900Georgia: 743,400 jobsGeorgia743,400North Carolina: 740,400 jobsNorth Carolina740,400Ohio: 728,500 jobsOhio728,500New Jersey: 706,500 jobsNew Jersey706,500Michigan: 625,200 jobsMichigan625,200Massachusetts: 608,400 jobsMassachusetts608,400Washington: 543,400 jobsWashington543,400Colorado: 486,300 jobsColorado486,300Maryland: 461,400 jobsMaryland461,400Arizona: 459,200 jobsArizona459,200Tennessee: 442,900 jobsTennessee442,900Minnesota: 365,500 jobsMinnesota365,500Missouri: 364,500 jobsMissouri364,500Indiana: 360,300 jobsIndiana360,300Wisconsin: 324,600 jobsWisconsin324,600South Carolina: 313,700 jobsSouth Carolina313,700Alabama: 262,200 jobsAlabama262,200Utah: 256,300 jobsUtah256,300Oregon: 251,700 jobsOregon251,700Nevada: 230,600 jobsNevada230,600Kentucky: 223,800 jobsKentucky223,800Louisiana: 221,500 jobsLouisiana221,500Connecticut: 221,300 jobsConnecticut221,300Oklahoma: 202,800 jobsOklahoma202,800Kansas: 173,300 jobsKansas173,300Arkansas: 164,300 jobsArkansas164,300District of Columbia: 162,400 jobsDistrict of Columbia162,400Iowa: 142,400 jobsIowa142,400New Mexico: 120,300 jobsNew Mexico120,300Mississippi: 118,500 jobsMississippi118,500Nebraska: 118,300 jobsNebraska118,300Idaho: 112,500 jobsIdaho112,500New Hampshire: 98,900 jobsNew Hampshire98,900Maine: 77,000 jobsMaine77,000West Virginia: 72,900 jobsWest Virginia72,900Hawaii: 72,800 jobsHawaii72,800Rhode Island: 67,600 jobsRhode Island67,600Delaware: 64,300 jobsDelaware64,300Montana: 54,100 jobsMontana54,100South Dakota: 36,700 jobsSouth Dakota36,700North Dakota: 34,700 jobsNorth Dakota34,700Vermont: 32,700 jobsVermont32,700Alaska: 28,600 jobsAlaska28,600Wyoming: 21,600 jobsWyoming21,600
jobs. Source: BLS, Current Employment Statistics, State and Area: all employees, professional and business services, statewide, seasonally adjusted (SMS, state, 000006000000001). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankStatesOctober 2025
jobs		Change on October 2024
1California2,757,100-0.7%
2Texas2,112,900-0.2%
3Florida1,603,800-0.2%
4New York1,396,000-0.5%
5Illinois896,000-2.1%
6Pennsylvania836,300+0.3%
7Virginia797,900-2.1%
8Georgia743,400-1.1%
9North Carolina740,400-0.4%
10Ohio728,500-0.9%
11New Jersey706,500-0.8%
12Michigan625,200-1.1%
13Massachusetts608,400-1.5%
14Washington543,400+0.6%
15Colorado486,300-1%
16Maryland461,400-4.6%
17Arizona459,200-1.1%
18Tennessee442,900-1.3%
19Minnesota365,500-2.1%
20Missouri364,500-1.3%
21Indiana360,300+1.7%
22Wisconsin324,600-1.8%
23South Carolina313,700-0.3%
24Alabama262,200+0.2%
25Utah256,300+3.1%
26Oregon251,700-3.8%
27Nevada230,600+4.9%
28Kentucky223,800+0.3%
29Louisiana221,500-1%
30Connecticut221,300-0.6%
31Oklahoma202,800-1.8%
32Kansas173,300-0.7%
33Arkansas164,300+1.8%
34District of Columbia162,400-5.3%
35Iowa142,400-1.8%
36New Mexico120,300-0.7%
37Mississippi118,500+2.4%
38Nebraska118,300-2.6%
39Idaho112,500+1.4%
40New Hampshire98,900-0.8%
41Maine77,000-4.1%
42West Virginia72,900+1.4%
43Hawaii72,800-0.8%
44Rhode Island67,600-2.6%
45Delaware64,300-1.1%
46Montana54,100+0.4%
47South Dakota36,700-1.6%
48North Dakota34,7000%
49Vermont32,700-0.3%
50Alaska28,600-2.1%
51Wyoming21,600-2.7%

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About this ranking

Number of jobs on professional and business services payrolls in the month, seasonally adjusted, from the Current Employment Statistics (CES) survey of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The supersector covers professional, scientific and technical services, management of companies, and administrative, support and waste management 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, professional and business services, statewide, seasonally adjusted (SMS, state, 000006000000001). https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/sm/sm.data.72.ProfBusSrvc.Current. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Current Employment Statistics, State and Area: all employees, professional and business services, statewide, seasonally adjusted (SMS, state, 000006000000001) (US states by professional and business services payroll employment, 2025-10) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/sm/sm.data.72.ProfBusSrvc.Current

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Current Employment Statistics, State and Area: all employees, professional and business services, statewide, seasonally adjusted (SMS, state, 000006000000001), US states by professional and business services payroll employment, 2025-10. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 18 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/sm/sm.data.72.ProfBusSrvc.Current. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/professional-business-services-jobs/us-states?period=2025-10. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Current Employment Statistics, State and Area: all employees, professional and business services, statewide, seasonally adjusted (SMS, state, 000006000000001). US states by professional and business services payroll employment, 2025-10. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/sm/sm.data.72.ProfBusSrvc.Current. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/professional-business-services-jobs/us-states?period=2025-10.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Current Employment Statistics, State and Area: all employees, professional and business services, statewide, seasonally adjusted (SMS, state, 000006000000001), US states by professional and business services payroll employment, 2025-10 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/sm/sm.data.72.ProfBusSrvc.Current, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/professional-business-services-jobs/us-states?period=2025-10 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which state has the highest professional and business services payroll employment?

California, with 2,757,100 jobs in October 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which state has the lowest professional and business services payroll employment?

Wyoming, with 21,600 jobs in October 2025.

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, professional and business services, statewide, seasonally adjusted (SMS, state, 000006000000001). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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