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US states by trade, transportation and utilities payroll employment

California had the highest trade, transportation and utilities payroll employment of 51 states in October 2025, at 3,039,300 jobs. District of Columbia had the lowest, at 29,700 jobs. The median was 376,100 jobs and the figure for the United States was 28,714,000 jobs. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest3,039,300California
Lowest29,700District of Columbia
Median376,10051 states
United States28,714,000History

Map of states, October 2025

Alabama: 405,100 jobsAlaska: 67,700 jobsArizona: 623,700 jobsArkansas: 273,700 jobsCalifornia: 3,039,300 jobsColorado: 501,700 jobsConnecticut: 297,700 jobsDelaware: 90,100 jobsDistrict of Columbia: 29,700 jobsFlorida: 1,983,600 jobsGeorgia: 1,030,200 jobsHawaii: 116,300 jobsIdaho: 164,700 jobsIllinois: 1,215,700 jobsIndiana: 628,800 jobsIowa: 306,300 jobsKansas: 273,300 jobsKentucky: 424,700 jobsLouisiana: 376,100 jobsMaine: 118,100 jobsMaryland: 458,200 jobsMassachusetts: 561,500 jobsMichigan: 802,200 jobsMinnesota: 530,400 jobsMississippi: 247,500 jobsMissouri: 557,700 jobsMontana: 101,800 jobsNebraska: 193,400 jobsNevada: 296,300 jobsNew Hampshire: 135,700 jobsNew Jersey: 894,400 jobsNew Mexico: 147,700 jobsNew York: 1,485,500 jobsNorth Carolina: 937,200 jobsNorth Dakota: 93,400 jobsOhio: 1,044,300 jobsOklahoma: 317,200 jobsOregon: 352,500 jobsPennsylvania: 1,135,500 jobsRhode Island: 80,500 jobsSouth Carolina: 444,300 jobsSouth Dakota: 92,400 jobsTennessee: 682,800 jobsTexas: 2,780,600 jobsUtah: 312,500 jobsVermont: 51,400 jobsVirginia: 692,900 jobsWashington: 623,500 jobsWest Virginia: 121,900 jobsWisconsin: 542,900 jobsWyoming: 53,100 jobs
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jobs, October 2025. Source: BLS, Current Employment Statistics, State and Area: all employees, trade, transportation and utilities, statewide, seasonally adjusted (SMS, state, 000004000000001). Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All states, October 2025

California: 3,039,300 jobsCalifornia3,039,300Texas: 2,780,600 jobsTexas2,780,600Florida: 1,983,600 jobsFlorida1,983,600New York: 1,485,500 jobsNew York1,485,500Illinois: 1,215,700 jobsIllinois1,215,700Pennsylvania: 1,135,500 jobsPennsylvania1,135,500Ohio: 1,044,300 jobsOhio1,044,300Georgia: 1,030,200 jobsGeorgia1,030,200North Carolina: 937,200 jobsNorth Carolina937,200New Jersey: 894,400 jobsNew Jersey894,400Michigan: 802,200 jobsMichigan802,200Virginia: 692,900 jobsVirginia692,900Tennessee: 682,800 jobsTennessee682,800Indiana: 628,800 jobsIndiana628,800Arizona: 623,700 jobsArizona623,700Washington: 623,500 jobsWashington623,500Massachusetts: 561,500 jobsMassachusetts561,500Missouri: 557,700 jobsMissouri557,700Wisconsin: 542,900 jobsWisconsin542,900Minnesota: 530,400 jobsMinnesota530,400Colorado: 501,700 jobsColorado501,700Maryland: 458,200 jobsMaryland458,200South Carolina: 444,300 jobsSouth Carolina444,300Kentucky: 424,700 jobsKentucky424,700Alabama: 405,100 jobsAlabama405,100Louisiana: 376,100 jobsLouisiana376,100Oregon: 352,500 jobsOregon352,500Oklahoma: 317,200 jobsOklahoma317,200Utah: 312,500 jobsUtah312,500Iowa: 306,300 jobsIowa306,300Connecticut: 297,700 jobsConnecticut297,700Nevada: 296,300 jobsNevada296,300Arkansas: 273,700 jobsArkansas273,700Kansas: 273,300 jobsKansas273,300Mississippi: 247,500 jobsMississippi247,500Nebraska: 193,400 jobsNebraska193,400Idaho: 164,700 jobsIdaho164,700New Mexico: 147,700 jobsNew Mexico147,700New Hampshire: 135,700 jobsNew Hampshire135,700West Virginia: 121,900 jobsWest Virginia121,900Maine: 118,100 jobsMaine118,100Hawaii: 116,300 jobsHawaii116,300Montana: 101,800 jobsMontana101,800North Dakota: 93,400 jobsNorth Dakota93,400South Dakota: 92,400 jobsSouth Dakota92,400Delaware: 90,100 jobsDelaware90,100Rhode Island: 80,500 jobsRhode Island80,500Alaska: 67,700 jobsAlaska67,700Wyoming: 53,100 jobsWyoming53,100Vermont: 51,400 jobsVermont51,400District of Columbia: 29,700 jobsDistrict of Columbia29,700California: 3,039,300 jobsCalifornia3,039,300Texas: 2,780,600 jobsTexas2,780,600Florida: 1,983,600 jobsFlorida1,983,600New York: 1,485,500 jobsNew York1,485,500Illinois: 1,215,700 jobsIllinois1,215,700Pennsylvania: 1,135,500 jobsPennsylvania1,135,500Ohio: 1,044,300 jobsOhio1,044,300Georgia: 1,030,200 jobsGeorgia1,030,200North Carolina: 937,200 jobsNorth Carolina937,200New Jersey: 894,400 jobsNew Jersey894,400Michigan: 802,200 jobsMichigan802,200Virginia: 692,900 jobsVirginia692,900Tennessee: 682,800 jobsTennessee682,800Indiana: 628,800 jobsIndiana628,800Arizona: 623,700 jobsArizona623,700Washington: 623,500 jobsWashington623,500Massachusetts: 561,500 jobsMassachusetts561,500Missouri: 557,700 jobsMissouri557,700Wisconsin: 542,900 jobsWisconsin542,900Minnesota: 530,400 jobsMinnesota530,400Colorado: 501,700 jobsColorado501,700Maryland: 458,200 jobsMaryland458,200South Carolina: 444,300 jobsSouth Carolina444,300Kentucky: 424,700 jobsKentucky424,700Alabama: 405,100 jobsAlabama405,100Louisiana: 376,100 jobsLouisiana376,100Oregon: 352,500 jobsOregon352,500Oklahoma: 317,200 jobsOklahoma317,200Utah: 312,500 jobsUtah312,500Iowa: 306,300 jobsIowa306,300Connecticut: 297,700 jobsConnecticut297,700Nevada: 296,300 jobsNevada296,300Arkansas: 273,700 jobsArkansas273,700Kansas: 273,300 jobsKansas273,300Mississippi: 247,500 jobsMississippi247,500Nebraska: 193,400 jobsNebraska193,400Idaho: 164,700 jobsIdaho164,700New Mexico: 147,700 jobsNew Mexico147,700New Hampshire: 135,700 jobsNew Hampshire135,700West Virginia: 121,900 jobsWest Virginia121,900Maine: 118,100 jobsMaine118,100Hawaii: 116,300 jobsHawaii116,300Montana: 101,800 jobsMontana101,800North Dakota: 93,400 jobsNorth Dakota93,400South Dakota: 92,400 jobsSouth Dakota92,400Delaware: 90,100 jobsDelaware90,100Rhode Island: 80,500 jobsRhode Island80,500Alaska: 67,700 jobsAlaska67,700Wyoming: 53,100 jobsWyoming53,100Vermont: 51,400 jobsVermont51,400District of Columbia: 29,700 jobsDistrict of Columbia29,700
jobs. Source: BLS, Current Employment Statistics, State and Area: all employees, trade, transportation and utilities, statewide, seasonally adjusted (SMS, state, 000004000000001). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankStatesOctober 2025
jobs		Change on October 2024
1California3,039,300-1.2%
2Texas2,780,600+0.1%
3Florida1,983,600+0.3%
4New York1,485,500-0.3%
5Illinois1,215,700-0.9%
6Pennsylvania1,135,500-0.5%
7Ohio1,044,300-1%
8Georgia1,030,200-0.8%
9North Carolina937,200+0.6%
10New Jersey894,400-0.9%
11Michigan802,200-0.8%
12Virginia692,900-0.2%
13Tennessee682,800-1.1%
14Indiana628,800-1.4%
15Arizona623,700+0.1%
16Washington623,500+0.4%
17Massachusetts561,500-1%
18Missouri557,700-0.7%
19Wisconsin542,900-2.1%
20Minnesota530,400-0.8%
21Colorado501,700-1.6%
22Maryland458,200-2.9%
23South Carolina444,300+0.3%
24Kentucky424,700-0.9%
25Alabama405,100-0.9%
26Louisiana376,100+0.3%
27Oregon352,500-1.6%
28Oklahoma317,200-0.6%
29Utah312,500-0.5%
30Iowa306,300-1.8%
31Connecticut297,700-0.2%
32Nevada296,300+1.4%
33Arkansas273,700+1.6%
34Kansas273,300-0.3%
35Mississippi247,5000%
36Nebraska193,400-1.7%
37Idaho164,700+0.1%
38New Mexico147,700+0.7%
39New Hampshire135,700-2.2%
40West Virginia121,900-0.2%
41Maine118,100-1.3%
42Hawaii116,300-0.6%
43Montana101,800+0.1%
44North Dakota93,400-0.1%
45South Dakota92,400-0.1%
46Delaware90,100-0.2%
47Rhode Island80,500+2.8%
48Alaska67,700+2.3%
49Wyoming53,100+1.1%
50Vermont51,400-1.9%
51District of Columbia29,700-0.7%

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About this ranking

Number of jobs on trade, transportation and utilities payrolls in the month, seasonally adjusted, from the Current Employment Statistics (CES) survey of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The supersector covers wholesale trade, retail trade, transportation and warehousing, and utilities.

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, trade, transportation and utilities, statewide, seasonally adjusted (SMS, state, 000004000000001). https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/sm/sm.data.66.TradeTransUtilities.Current. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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Current Employment Statistics, State and Area: all employees, trade, transportation and utilities, statewide, seasonally adjusted (SMS, state, 000004000000001), US states by trade, transportation and utilities payroll employment, 2025-10. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 18 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/sm/sm.data.66.TradeTransUtilities.Current. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/trade-transportation-utilities-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, trade, transportation and utilities, statewide, seasonally adjusted (SMS, state, 000004000000001). US states by trade, transportation and utilities payroll employment, 2025-10. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/sm/sm.data.66.TradeTransUtilities.Current. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/trade-transportation-utilities-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, trade, transportation and utilities, statewide, seasonally adjusted (SMS, state, 000004000000001), US states by trade, transportation and utilities payroll employment, 2025-10 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/sm/sm.data.66.TradeTransUtilities.Current, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/trade-transportation-utilities-jobs/us-states?period=2025-10 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which state has the highest trade, transportation and utilities payroll employment?

California, with 3,039,300 jobs in October 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which state has the lowest trade, transportation and utilities payroll employment?

District of Columbia, with 29,700 jobs in October 2025.

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