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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 June 2026, at 2,751,900 jobs. Wyoming had the lowest, at 21,800 jobs. The median was 249,200 jobs and the figure for the United States was 22,502,000 jobs. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest2,751,900California
Lowest21,800Wyoming
Median249,20051 states
United States22,502,000History

Map of states, June 2026

Alabama: 267,800 jobsAlaska: 29,700 jobsArizona: 469,000 jobsArkansas: 167,000 jobsCalifornia: 2,751,900 jobsColorado: 488,000 jobsConnecticut: 221,700 jobsDelaware: 66,200 jobsDistrict of Columbia: 161,500 jobsFlorida: 1,632,000 jobsGeorgia: 742,100 jobsHawaii: 72,500 jobsIdaho: 111,500 jobsIllinois: 902,500 jobsIndiana: 359,200 jobsIowa: 140,900 jobsKansas: 173,600 jobsKentucky: 223,000 jobsLouisiana: 225,100 jobsMaine: 77,000 jobsMaryland: 466,800 jobsMassachusetts: 610,300 jobsMichigan: 620,000 jobsMinnesota: 371,900 jobsMississippi: 119,700 jobsMissouri: 368,200 jobsMontana: 53,500 jobsNebraska: 117,000 jobsNevada: 236,700 jobsNew Hampshire: 102,000 jobsNew Jersey: 714,900 jobsNew Mexico: 118,000 jobsNew York: 1,407,600 jobsNorth Carolina: 755,600 jobsNorth Dakota: 34,000 jobsOhio: 729,500 jobsOklahoma: 202,400 jobsOregon: 249,200 jobsPennsylvania: 838,300 jobsRhode Island: 68,100 jobsSouth Carolina: 313,600 jobsSouth Dakota: 36,400 jobsTennessee: 450,800 jobsTexas: 2,185,400 jobsUtah: 261,500 jobsVermont: 31,800 jobsVirginia: 788,100 jobsWashington: 547,800 jobsWest Virginia: 73,500 jobsWisconsin: 331,600 jobsWyoming: 21,800 jobs
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jobs, June 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, June 2026

California: 2,751,900 jobsCalifornia2,751,900Texas: 2,185,400 jobsTexas2,185,400Florida: 1,632,000 jobsFlorida1,632,000New York: 1,407,600 jobsNew York1,407,600Illinois: 902,500 jobsIllinois902,500Pennsylvania: 838,300 jobsPennsylvania838,300Virginia: 788,100 jobsVirginia788,100North Carolina: 755,600 jobsNorth Carolina755,600Georgia: 742,100 jobsGeorgia742,100Ohio: 729,500 jobsOhio729,500New Jersey: 714,900 jobsNew Jersey714,900Michigan: 620,000 jobsMichigan620,000Massachusetts: 610,300 jobsMassachusetts610,300Washington: 547,800 jobsWashington547,800Colorado: 488,000 jobsColorado488,000Arizona: 469,000 jobsArizona469,000Maryland: 466,800 jobsMaryland466,800Tennessee: 450,800 jobsTennessee450,800Minnesota: 371,900 jobsMinnesota371,900Missouri: 368,200 jobsMissouri368,200Indiana: 359,200 jobsIndiana359,200Wisconsin: 331,600 jobsWisconsin331,600South Carolina: 313,600 jobsSouth Carolina313,600Alabama: 267,800 jobsAlabama267,800Utah: 261,500 jobsUtah261,500Oregon: 249,200 jobsOregon249,200Nevada: 236,700 jobsNevada236,700Louisiana: 225,100 jobsLouisiana225,100Kentucky: 223,000 jobsKentucky223,000Connecticut: 221,700 jobsConnecticut221,700Oklahoma: 202,400 jobsOklahoma202,400Kansas: 173,600 jobsKansas173,600Arkansas: 167,000 jobsArkansas167,000District of Columbia: 161,500 jobsDistrict of Columbia161,500Iowa: 140,900 jobsIowa140,900Mississippi: 119,700 jobsMississippi119,700New Mexico: 118,000 jobsNew Mexico118,000Nebraska: 117,000 jobsNebraska117,000Idaho: 111,500 jobsIdaho111,500New Hampshire: 102,000 jobsNew Hampshire102,000Maine: 77,000 jobsMaine77,000West Virginia: 73,500 jobsWest Virginia73,500Hawaii: 72,500 jobsHawaii72,500Rhode Island: 68,100 jobsRhode Island68,100Delaware: 66,200 jobsDelaware66,200Montana: 53,500 jobsMontana53,500South Dakota: 36,400 jobsSouth Dakota36,400North Dakota: 34,000 jobsNorth Dakota34,000Vermont: 31,800 jobsVermont31,800Alaska: 29,700 jobsAlaska29,700Wyoming: 21,800 jobsWyoming21,800California: 2,751,900 jobsCalifornia2,751,900Texas: 2,185,400 jobsTexas2,185,400Florida: 1,632,000 jobsFlorida1,632,000New York: 1,407,600 jobsNew York1,407,600Illinois: 902,500 jobsIllinois902,500Pennsylvania: 838,300 jobsPennsylvania838,300Virginia: 788,100 jobsVirginia788,100North Carolina: 755,600 jobsNorth Carolina755,600Georgia: 742,100 jobsGeorgia742,100Ohio: 729,500 jobsOhio729,500New Jersey: 714,900 jobsNew Jersey714,900Michigan: 620,000 jobsMichigan620,000Massachusetts: 610,300 jobsMassachusetts610,300Washington: 547,800 jobsWashington547,800Colorado: 488,000 jobsColorado488,000Arizona: 469,000 jobsArizona469,000Maryland: 466,800 jobsMaryland466,800Tennessee: 450,800 jobsTennessee450,800Minnesota: 371,900 jobsMinnesota371,900Missouri: 368,200 jobsMissouri368,200Indiana: 359,200 jobsIndiana359,200Wisconsin: 331,600 jobsWisconsin331,600South Carolina: 313,600 jobsSouth Carolina313,600Alabama: 267,800 jobsAlabama267,800Utah: 261,500 jobsUtah261,500Oregon: 249,200 jobsOregon249,200Nevada: 236,700 jobsNevada236,700Louisiana: 225,100 jobsLouisiana225,100Kentucky: 223,000 jobsKentucky223,000Connecticut: 221,700 jobsConnecticut221,700Oklahoma: 202,400 jobsOklahoma202,400Kansas: 173,600 jobsKansas173,600Arkansas: 167,000 jobsArkansas167,000District of Columbia: 161,500 jobsDistrict of Columbia161,500Iowa: 140,900 jobsIowa140,900Mississippi: 119,700 jobsMississippi119,700New Mexico: 118,000 jobsNew Mexico118,000Nebraska: 117,000 jobsNebraska117,000Idaho: 111,500 jobsIdaho111,500New Hampshire: 102,000 jobsNew Hampshire102,000Maine: 77,000 jobsMaine77,000West Virginia: 73,500 jobsWest Virginia73,500Hawaii: 72,500 jobsHawaii72,500Rhode Island: 68,100 jobsRhode Island68,100Delaware: 66,200 jobsDelaware66,200Montana: 53,500 jobsMontana53,500South Dakota: 36,400 jobsSouth Dakota36,400North Dakota: 34,000 jobsNorth Dakota34,000Vermont: 31,800 jobsVermont31,800Alaska: 29,700 jobsAlaska29,700Wyoming: 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

RankStatesJune 2026
jobs		Change on June 2025
1California2,751,9000%
2Texas2,185,400+3%
3Florida1,632,000+0.8%
4New York1,407,600+1%
5Illinois902,500-0.8%
6Pennsylvania838,300+0.6%
7Virginia788,100-2.6%
8North Carolina755,600+2.1%
9Georgia742,100-0.6%
10Ohio729,500+0.2%
11New Jersey714,900+0.4%
12Michigan620,000-0.7%
13Massachusetts610,300+0.2%
14Washington547,800+1.1%
15Colorado488,000+0.6%
16Arizona469,000+2.1%
17Maryland466,800-0.8%
18Tennessee450,800+1.3%
19Minnesota371,900+0.9%
20Missouri368,200+1.1%
21Indiana359,200+1.5%
22Wisconsin331,600+0.8%
23South Carolina313,600-1%
24Alabama267,800+1.7%
25Utah261,500+3.6%
26Oregon249,200-2.2%
27Nevada236,700+5.8%
28Louisiana225,100+1.7%
29Kentucky223,000-0.5%
30Connecticut221,700+0.3%
31Oklahoma202,400-1.6%
32Kansas173,600+0.3%
33Arkansas167,000+1.4%
34District of Columbia161,500-3.1%
35Iowa140,900-1.9%
36Mississippi119,700+1.9%
37New Mexico118,000-1.9%
38Nebraska117,000-1.4%
39Idaho111,500-0.2%
40New Hampshire102,000+2.6%
41Maine77,000-1.3%
42West Virginia73,500+1.7%
43Hawaii72,500+0.4%
44Rhode Island68,100-0.7%
45Delaware66,200+2.2%
46Montana53,500-1.5%
47South Dakota36,400-2.4%
48North Dakota34,000-1.2%
49Vermont31,800-2.8%
50Alaska29,700+2.1%
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, 2026-06) [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, 2026-06. 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=2026-06. 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, 2026-06. 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=2026-06.

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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, 2026-06 [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=2026-06 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

California, with 2,751,900 jobs in June 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 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, professional and business services, statewide, seasonally adjusted (SMS, state, 000006000000001). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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