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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 April 2026, at 2,758,900 jobs. Wyoming had the lowest, at 21,800 jobs. The median was 246,400 jobs and the figure for the United States was 22,460,000 jobs. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest2,758,900California
Lowest21,800Wyoming
Median246,40051 states
United States22,460,000History

Map of states, April 2026

Alabama: 265,000 jobsAlaska: 29,500 jobsArizona: 467,900 jobsArkansas: 166,300 jobsCalifornia: 2,758,900 jobsColorado: 489,700 jobsConnecticut: 222,500 jobsDelaware: 65,400 jobsDistrict of Columbia: 162,500 jobsFlorida: 1,633,500 jobsGeorgia: 741,700 jobsHawaii: 72,700 jobsIdaho: 112,300 jobsIllinois: 896,300 jobsIndiana: 360,000 jobsIowa: 141,200 jobsKansas: 175,100 jobsKentucky: 223,600 jobsLouisiana: 225,100 jobsMaine: 77,000 jobsMaryland: 462,700 jobsMassachusetts: 608,200 jobsMichigan: 626,700 jobsMinnesota: 367,800 jobsMississippi: 119,200 jobsMissouri: 365,300 jobsMontana: 53,200 jobsNebraska: 117,200 jobsNevada: 234,500 jobsNew Hampshire: 100,700 jobsNew Jersey: 714,700 jobsNew Mexico: 119,000 jobsNew York: 1,405,200 jobsNorth Carolina: 748,800 jobsNorth Dakota: 34,200 jobsOhio: 728,700 jobsOklahoma: 202,900 jobsOregon: 246,400 jobsPennsylvania: 843,300 jobsRhode Island: 67,900 jobsSouth Carolina: 313,900 jobsSouth Dakota: 36,700 jobsTennessee: 449,800 jobsTexas: 2,163,500 jobsUtah: 260,500 jobsVermont: 31,900 jobsVirginia: 789,500 jobsWashington: 547,700 jobsWest Virginia: 71,900 jobsWisconsin: 328,500 jobsWyoming: 21,800 jobs
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jobs, April 2026. 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, April 2026

California: 2,758,900 jobsCalifornia2,758,900Texas: 2,163,500 jobsTexas2,163,500Florida: 1,633,500 jobsFlorida1,633,500New York: 1,405,200 jobsNew York1,405,200Illinois: 896,300 jobsIllinois896,300Pennsylvania: 843,300 jobsPennsylvania843,300Virginia: 789,500 jobsVirginia789,500North Carolina: 748,800 jobsNorth Carolina748,800Georgia: 741,700 jobsGeorgia741,700Ohio: 728,700 jobsOhio728,700New Jersey: 714,700 jobsNew Jersey714,700Michigan: 626,700 jobsMichigan626,700Massachusetts: 608,200 jobsMassachusetts608,200Washington: 547,700 jobsWashington547,700Colorado: 489,700 jobsColorado489,700Arizona: 467,900 jobsArizona467,900Maryland: 462,700 jobsMaryland462,700Tennessee: 449,800 jobsTennessee449,800Minnesota: 367,800 jobsMinnesota367,800Missouri: 365,300 jobsMissouri365,300Indiana: 360,000 jobsIndiana360,000Wisconsin: 328,500 jobsWisconsin328,500South Carolina: 313,900 jobsSouth Carolina313,900Alabama: 265,000 jobsAlabama265,000Utah: 260,500 jobsUtah260,500Oregon: 246,400 jobsOregon246,400Nevada: 234,500 jobsNevada234,500Louisiana: 225,100 jobsLouisiana225,100Kentucky: 223,600 jobsKentucky223,600Connecticut: 222,500 jobsConnecticut222,500Oklahoma: 202,900 jobsOklahoma202,900Kansas: 175,100 jobsKansas175,100Arkansas: 166,300 jobsArkansas166,300District of Columbia: 162,500 jobsDistrict of Columbia162,500Iowa: 141,200 jobsIowa141,200Mississippi: 119,200 jobsMississippi119,200New Mexico: 119,000 jobsNew Mexico119,000Nebraska: 117,200 jobsNebraska117,200Idaho: 112,300 jobsIdaho112,300New Hampshire: 100,700 jobsNew Hampshire100,700Maine: 77,000 jobsMaine77,000Hawaii: 72,700 jobsHawaii72,700West Virginia: 71,900 jobsWest Virginia71,900Rhode Island: 67,900 jobsRhode Island67,900Delaware: 65,400 jobsDelaware65,400Montana: 53,200 jobsMontana53,200South Dakota: 36,700 jobsSouth Dakota36,700North Dakota: 34,200 jobsNorth Dakota34,200Vermont: 31,900 jobsVermont31,900Alaska: 29,500 jobsAlaska29,500Wyoming: 21,800 jobsWyoming21,800California: 2,758,900 jobsCalifornia2,758,900Texas: 2,163,500 jobsTexas2,163,500Florida: 1,633,500 jobsFlorida1,633,500New York: 1,405,200 jobsNew York1,405,200Illinois: 896,300 jobsIllinois896,300Pennsylvania: 843,300 jobsPennsylvania843,300Virginia: 789,500 jobsVirginia789,500North Carolina: 748,800 jobsNorth Carolina748,800Georgia: 741,700 jobsGeorgia741,700Ohio: 728,700 jobsOhio728,700New Jersey: 714,700 jobsNew Jersey714,700Michigan: 626,700 jobsMichigan626,700Massachusetts: 608,200 jobsMassachusetts608,200Washington: 547,700 jobsWashington547,700Colorado: 489,700 jobsColorado489,700Arizona: 467,900 jobsArizona467,900Maryland: 462,700 jobsMaryland462,700Tennessee: 449,800 jobsTennessee449,800Minnesota: 367,800 jobsMinnesota367,800Missouri: 365,300 jobsMissouri365,300Indiana: 360,000 jobsIndiana360,000Wisconsin: 328,500 jobsWisconsin328,500South Carolina: 313,900 jobsSouth Carolina313,900Alabama: 265,000 jobsAlabama265,000Utah: 260,500 jobsUtah260,500Oregon: 246,400 jobsOregon246,400Nevada: 234,500 jobsNevada234,500Louisiana: 225,100 jobsLouisiana225,100Kentucky: 223,600 jobsKentucky223,600Connecticut: 222,500 jobsConnecticut222,500Oklahoma: 202,900 jobsOklahoma202,900Kansas: 175,100 jobsKansas175,100Arkansas: 166,300 jobsArkansas166,300District of Columbia: 162,500 jobsDistrict of Columbia162,500Iowa: 141,200 jobsIowa141,200Mississippi: 119,200 jobsMississippi119,200New Mexico: 119,000 jobsNew Mexico119,000Nebraska: 117,200 jobsNebraska117,200Idaho: 112,300 jobsIdaho112,300New Hampshire: 100,700 jobsNew Hampshire100,700Maine: 77,000 jobsMaine77,000Hawaii: 72,700 jobsHawaii72,700West Virginia: 71,900 jobsWest Virginia71,900Rhode Island: 67,900 jobsRhode Island67,900Delaware: 65,400 jobsDelaware65,400Montana: 53,200 jobsMontana53,200South Dakota: 36,700 jobsSouth Dakota36,700North Dakota: 34,200 jobsNorth Dakota34,200Vermont: 31,900 jobsVermont31,900Alaska: 29,500 jobsAlaska29,500Wyoming: 21,800 jobsWyoming21,800
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

RankStatesApril 2026
jobs		Change on April 2025
1California2,758,900-0%
2Texas2,163,500+2%
3Florida1,633,500+0.8%
4New York1,405,200+0.5%
5Illinois896,300-1.5%
6Pennsylvania843,300+1.1%
7Virginia789,500-2.9%
8North Carolina748,800+0.9%
9Georgia741,700-1.1%
10Ohio728,700-0.5%
11New Jersey714,700+0.3%
12Michigan626,700-0%
13Massachusetts608,200-0.7%
14Washington547,700+1.4%
15Colorado489,7000%
16Arizona467,900+1.7%
17Maryland462,700-2.1%
18Tennessee449,800+0.2%
19Minnesota367,800-0.9%
20Missouri365,300-0.2%
21Indiana360,000+1.3%
22Wisconsin328,500-0.2%
23South Carolina313,900-1.3%
24Alabama265,000+0.7%
25Utah260,500+3.5%
26Oregon246,400-3.9%
27Nevada234,500+4.8%
28Louisiana225,100+0.6%
29Kentucky223,600-0.4%
30Connecticut222,5000%
31Oklahoma202,900-1.6%
32Kansas175,100+0.5%
33Arkansas166,300+1.3%
34District of Columbia162,500-2.9%
35Iowa141,200-1.9%
36Mississippi119,200+0.9%
37New Mexico119,000-1.6%
38Nebraska117,200-1.5%
39Idaho112,300+0.8%
40New Hampshire100,700+1.3%
41Maine77,000-1.9%
42Hawaii72,7000%
43West Virginia71,900-0.1%
44Rhode Island67,900-1.3%
45Delaware65,400+1.1%
46Montana53,200-1.8%
47South Dakota36,700-1.9%
48North Dakota34,200-0.9%
49Vermont31,900-2.7%
50Alaska29,500+0.3%
51Wyoming21,800-0.5%

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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, 2026-04) [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, 2026-04. 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=2026-04. 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, 2026-04. 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=2026-04.

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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, 2026-04 [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=2026-04 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

California, with 2,758,900 jobs in April 2026, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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

Wyoming, with 21,800 jobs in April 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, professional and business services, statewide, seasonally adjusted (SMS, state, 000006000000001). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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