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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 November 2025, at 2,752,300 jobs. Wyoming had the lowest, at 21,400 jobs. The median was 252,000 jobs and the figure for the United States was 22,391,000 jobs. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest2,752,300California
Lowest21,400Wyoming
Median252,00051 states
United States22,391,000History

Map of states, November 2025

Alabama: 262,700 jobsAlaska: 28,900 jobsArizona: 461,100 jobsArkansas: 164,900 jobsCalifornia: 2,752,300 jobsColorado: 485,300 jobsConnecticut: 220,700 jobsDelaware: 64,600 jobsDistrict of Columbia: 161,300 jobsFlorida: 1,598,900 jobsGeorgia: 744,200 jobsHawaii: 73,000 jobsIdaho: 112,600 jobsIllinois: 889,900 jobsIndiana: 356,000 jobsIowa: 142,300 jobsKansas: 173,000 jobsKentucky: 223,900 jobsLouisiana: 222,900 jobsMaine: 77,200 jobsMaryland: 459,600 jobsMassachusetts: 609,000 jobsMichigan: 623,400 jobsMinnesota: 364,600 jobsMississippi: 119,400 jobsMissouri: 367,600 jobsMontana: 54,700 jobsNebraska: 118,100 jobsNevada: 229,400 jobsNew Hampshire: 99,200 jobsNew Jersey: 704,200 jobsNew Mexico: 119,400 jobsNew York: 1,396,200 jobsNorth Carolina: 741,300 jobsNorth Dakota: 34,600 jobsOhio: 729,000 jobsOklahoma: 203,900 jobsOregon: 252,000 jobsPennsylvania: 833,300 jobsRhode Island: 67,900 jobsSouth Carolina: 314,900 jobsSouth Dakota: 36,800 jobsTennessee: 446,000 jobsTexas: 2,119,500 jobsUtah: 258,400 jobsVermont: 32,600 jobsVirginia: 804,500 jobsWashington: 542,300 jobsWest Virginia: 72,700 jobsWisconsin: 326,700 jobsWyoming: 21,400 jobs
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jobs, November 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, November 2025

California: 2,752,300 jobsCalifornia2,752,300Texas: 2,119,500 jobsTexas2,119,500Florida: 1,598,900 jobsFlorida1,598,900New York: 1,396,200 jobsNew York1,396,200Illinois: 889,900 jobsIllinois889,900Pennsylvania: 833,300 jobsPennsylvania833,300Virginia: 804,500 jobsVirginia804,500Georgia: 744,200 jobsGeorgia744,200North Carolina: 741,300 jobsNorth Carolina741,300Ohio: 729,000 jobsOhio729,000New Jersey: 704,200 jobsNew Jersey704,200Michigan: 623,400 jobsMichigan623,400Massachusetts: 609,000 jobsMassachusetts609,000Washington: 542,300 jobsWashington542,300Colorado: 485,300 jobsColorado485,300Arizona: 461,100 jobsArizona461,100Maryland: 459,600 jobsMaryland459,600Tennessee: 446,000 jobsTennessee446,000Missouri: 367,600 jobsMissouri367,600Minnesota: 364,600 jobsMinnesota364,600Indiana: 356,000 jobsIndiana356,000Wisconsin: 326,700 jobsWisconsin326,700South Carolina: 314,900 jobsSouth Carolina314,900Alabama: 262,700 jobsAlabama262,700Utah: 258,400 jobsUtah258,400Oregon: 252,000 jobsOregon252,000Nevada: 229,400 jobsNevada229,400Kentucky: 223,900 jobsKentucky223,900Louisiana: 222,900 jobsLouisiana222,900Connecticut: 220,700 jobsConnecticut220,700Oklahoma: 203,900 jobsOklahoma203,900Kansas: 173,000 jobsKansas173,000Arkansas: 164,900 jobsArkansas164,900District of Columbia: 161,300 jobsDistrict of Columbia161,300Iowa: 142,300 jobsIowa142,300Mississippi: 119,400 jobsMississippi119,400New Mexico: 119,400 jobsNew Mexico119,400Nebraska: 118,100 jobsNebraska118,100Idaho: 112,600 jobsIdaho112,600New Hampshire: 99,200 jobsNew Hampshire99,200Maine: 77,200 jobsMaine77,200Hawaii: 73,000 jobsHawaii73,000West Virginia: 72,700 jobsWest Virginia72,700Rhode Island: 67,900 jobsRhode Island67,900Delaware: 64,600 jobsDelaware64,600Montana: 54,700 jobsMontana54,700South Dakota: 36,800 jobsSouth Dakota36,800North Dakota: 34,600 jobsNorth Dakota34,600Vermont: 32,600 jobsVermont32,600Alaska: 28,900 jobsAlaska28,900Wyoming: 21,400 jobsWyoming21,400California: 2,752,300 jobsCalifornia2,752,300Texas: 2,119,500 jobsTexas2,119,500Florida: 1,598,900 jobsFlorida1,598,900New York: 1,396,200 jobsNew York1,396,200Illinois: 889,900 jobsIllinois889,900Pennsylvania: 833,300 jobsPennsylvania833,300Virginia: 804,500 jobsVirginia804,500Georgia: 744,200 jobsGeorgia744,200North Carolina: 741,300 jobsNorth Carolina741,300Ohio: 729,000 jobsOhio729,000New Jersey: 704,200 jobsNew Jersey704,200Michigan: 623,400 jobsMichigan623,400Massachusetts: 609,000 jobsMassachusetts609,000Washington: 542,300 jobsWashington542,300Colorado: 485,300 jobsColorado485,300Arizona: 461,100 jobsArizona461,100Maryland: 459,600 jobsMaryland459,600Tennessee: 446,000 jobsTennessee446,000Missouri: 367,600 jobsMissouri367,600Minnesota: 364,600 jobsMinnesota364,600Indiana: 356,000 jobsIndiana356,000Wisconsin: 326,700 jobsWisconsin326,700South Carolina: 314,900 jobsSouth Carolina314,900Alabama: 262,700 jobsAlabama262,700Utah: 258,400 jobsUtah258,400Oregon: 252,000 jobsOregon252,000Nevada: 229,400 jobsNevada229,400Kentucky: 223,900 jobsKentucky223,900Louisiana: 222,900 jobsLouisiana222,900Connecticut: 220,700 jobsConnecticut220,700Oklahoma: 203,900 jobsOklahoma203,900Kansas: 173,000 jobsKansas173,000Arkansas: 164,900 jobsArkansas164,900District of Columbia: 161,300 jobsDistrict of Columbia161,300Iowa: 142,300 jobsIowa142,300Mississippi: 119,400 jobsMississippi119,400New Mexico: 119,400 jobsNew Mexico119,400Nebraska: 118,100 jobsNebraska118,100Idaho: 112,600 jobsIdaho112,600New Hampshire: 99,200 jobsNew Hampshire99,200Maine: 77,200 jobsMaine77,200Hawaii: 73,000 jobsHawaii73,000West Virginia: 72,700 jobsWest Virginia72,700Rhode Island: 67,900 jobsRhode Island67,900Delaware: 64,600 jobsDelaware64,600Montana: 54,700 jobsMontana54,700South Dakota: 36,800 jobsSouth Dakota36,800North Dakota: 34,600 jobsNorth Dakota34,600Vermont: 32,600 jobsVermont32,600Alaska: 28,900 jobsAlaska28,900Wyoming: 21,400 jobsWyoming21,400
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

RankStatesNovember 2025
jobs		Change on November 2024
1California2,752,300-0.5%
2Texas2,119,5000%
3Florida1,598,900-1.5%
4New York1,396,200-0.5%
5Illinois889,900-2.6%
6Pennsylvania833,300-0%
7Virginia804,500-1.2%
8Georgia744,200-0.8%
9North Carolina741,300-0.1%
10Ohio729,000-0.7%
11New Jersey704,200-1%
12Michigan623,400-1.2%
13Massachusetts609,000-1%
14Washington542,300+0.7%
15Colorado485,300-1.2%
16Arizona461,100-0.3%
17Maryland459,600-4.7%
18Tennessee446,000-0.5%
19Missouri367,600-0.2%
20Minnesota364,600-2.3%
21Indiana356,000+0.4%
22Wisconsin326,700-1%
23South Carolina314,9000%
24Alabama262,700+0.5%
25Utah258,400+3.9%
26Oregon252,000-3.3%
27Nevada229,400+5%
28Kentucky223,900+0.2%
29Louisiana222,900-0.2%
30Connecticut220,700-0.6%
31Oklahoma203,900-1.3%
32Kansas173,000-0.5%
33Arkansas164,900+1.8%
34District of Columbia161,300-5.6%
35Iowa142,300-1.5%
36Mississippi119,400+2.4%
36New Mexico119,400-1.3%
38Nebraska118,100-2.3%
39Idaho112,600+1.9%
40New Hampshire99,200-0.3%
41Maine77,200-3.1%
42Hawaii73,000-0.3%
43West Virginia72,700+0.6%
44Rhode Island67,900-1.7%
45Delaware64,600-0.5%
46Montana54,700+1.7%
47South Dakota36,800-1.9%
48North Dakota34,600-0.3%
49Vermont32,600-0.6%
50Alaska28,900-1%
51Wyoming21,400-2.7%

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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.

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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, 2025-11) [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, 2025-11. 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=2025-11. 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, 2025-11. 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=2025-11.

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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, 2025-11 [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=2025-11 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

California, with 2,752,300 jobs in November 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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

Wyoming, with 21,400 jobs in November 2025.

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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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