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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 November 2025, at 3,050,500 jobs. District of Columbia had the lowest, at 29,600 jobs. The median was 372,600 jobs and the figure for the United States was 28,649,000 jobs. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest3,050,500California
Lowest29,600District of Columbia
Median372,60051 states
United States28,649,000History

Map of states, November 2025

Alabama: 403,100 jobsAlaska: 67,600 jobsArizona: 621,900 jobsArkansas: 273,900 jobsCalifornia: 3,050,500 jobsColorado: 502,200 jobsConnecticut: 296,300 jobsDelaware: 90,200 jobsDistrict of Columbia: 29,600 jobsFlorida: 1,984,200 jobsGeorgia: 1,029,000 jobsHawaii: 116,200 jobsIdaho: 164,300 jobsIllinois: 1,215,900 jobsIndiana: 627,300 jobsIowa: 307,000 jobsKansas: 274,700 jobsKentucky: 422,400 jobsLouisiana: 372,600 jobsMaine: 117,900 jobsMaryland: 457,100 jobsMassachusetts: 561,100 jobsMichigan: 805,000 jobsMinnesota: 531,900 jobsMississippi: 246,400 jobsMissouri: 555,700 jobsMontana: 102,000 jobsNebraska: 194,900 jobsNevada: 298,200 jobsNew Hampshire: 135,200 jobsNew Jersey: 896,000 jobsNew Mexico: 147,200 jobsNew York: 1,485,400 jobsNorth Carolina: 938,200 jobsNorth Dakota: 92,700 jobsOhio: 1,038,800 jobsOklahoma: 317,300 jobsOregon: 351,500 jobsPennsylvania: 1,134,300 jobsRhode Island: 79,900 jobsSouth Carolina: 445,500 jobsSouth Dakota: 93,000 jobsTennessee: 684,400 jobsTexas: 2,780,300 jobsUtah: 311,900 jobsVermont: 51,000 jobsVirginia: 692,100 jobsWashington: 624,900 jobsWest Virginia: 120,900 jobsWisconsin: 543,200 jobsWyoming: 53,400 jobs
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jobs, November 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, November 2025

California: 3,050,500 jobsCalifornia3,050,500Texas: 2,780,300 jobsTexas2,780,300Florida: 1,984,200 jobsFlorida1,984,200New York: 1,485,400 jobsNew York1,485,400Illinois: 1,215,900 jobsIllinois1,215,900Pennsylvania: 1,134,300 jobsPennsylvania1,134,300Ohio: 1,038,800 jobsOhio1,038,800Georgia: 1,029,000 jobsGeorgia1,029,000North Carolina: 938,200 jobsNorth Carolina938,200New Jersey: 896,000 jobsNew Jersey896,000Michigan: 805,000 jobsMichigan805,000Virginia: 692,100 jobsVirginia692,100Tennessee: 684,400 jobsTennessee684,400Indiana: 627,300 jobsIndiana627,300Washington: 624,900 jobsWashington624,900Arizona: 621,900 jobsArizona621,900Massachusetts: 561,100 jobsMassachusetts561,100Missouri: 555,700 jobsMissouri555,700Wisconsin: 543,200 jobsWisconsin543,200Minnesota: 531,900 jobsMinnesota531,900Colorado: 502,200 jobsColorado502,200Maryland: 457,100 jobsMaryland457,100South Carolina: 445,500 jobsSouth Carolina445,500Kentucky: 422,400 jobsKentucky422,400Alabama: 403,100 jobsAlabama403,100Louisiana: 372,600 jobsLouisiana372,600Oregon: 351,500 jobsOregon351,500Oklahoma: 317,300 jobsOklahoma317,300Utah: 311,900 jobsUtah311,900Iowa: 307,000 jobsIowa307,000Nevada: 298,200 jobsNevada298,200Connecticut: 296,300 jobsConnecticut296,300Kansas: 274,700 jobsKansas274,700Arkansas: 273,900 jobsArkansas273,900Mississippi: 246,400 jobsMississippi246,400Nebraska: 194,900 jobsNebraska194,900Idaho: 164,300 jobsIdaho164,300New Mexico: 147,200 jobsNew Mexico147,200New Hampshire: 135,200 jobsNew Hampshire135,200West Virginia: 120,900 jobsWest Virginia120,900Maine: 117,900 jobsMaine117,900Hawaii: 116,200 jobsHawaii116,200Montana: 102,000 jobsMontana102,000South Dakota: 93,000 jobsSouth Dakota93,000North Dakota: 92,700 jobsNorth Dakota92,700Delaware: 90,200 jobsDelaware90,200Rhode Island: 79,900 jobsRhode Island79,900Alaska: 67,600 jobsAlaska67,600Wyoming: 53,400 jobsWyoming53,400Vermont: 51,000 jobsVermont51,000District of Columbia: 29,600 jobsDistrict of Columbia29,600California: 3,050,500 jobsCalifornia3,050,500Texas: 2,780,300 jobsTexas2,780,300Florida: 1,984,200 jobsFlorida1,984,200New York: 1,485,400 jobsNew York1,485,400Illinois: 1,215,900 jobsIllinois1,215,900Pennsylvania: 1,134,300 jobsPennsylvania1,134,300Ohio: 1,038,800 jobsOhio1,038,800Georgia: 1,029,000 jobsGeorgia1,029,000North Carolina: 938,200 jobsNorth Carolina938,200New Jersey: 896,000 jobsNew Jersey896,000Michigan: 805,000 jobsMichigan805,000Virginia: 692,100 jobsVirginia692,100Tennessee: 684,400 jobsTennessee684,400Indiana: 627,300 jobsIndiana627,300Washington: 624,900 jobsWashington624,900Arizona: 621,900 jobsArizona621,900Massachusetts: 561,100 jobsMassachusetts561,100Missouri: 555,700 jobsMissouri555,700Wisconsin: 543,200 jobsWisconsin543,200Minnesota: 531,900 jobsMinnesota531,900Colorado: 502,200 jobsColorado502,200Maryland: 457,100 jobsMaryland457,100South Carolina: 445,500 jobsSouth Carolina445,500Kentucky: 422,400 jobsKentucky422,400Alabama: 403,100 jobsAlabama403,100Louisiana: 372,600 jobsLouisiana372,600Oregon: 351,500 jobsOregon351,500Oklahoma: 317,300 jobsOklahoma317,300Utah: 311,900 jobsUtah311,900Iowa: 307,000 jobsIowa307,000Nevada: 298,200 jobsNevada298,200Connecticut: 296,300 jobsConnecticut296,300Kansas: 274,700 jobsKansas274,700Arkansas: 273,900 jobsArkansas273,900Mississippi: 246,400 jobsMississippi246,400Nebraska: 194,900 jobsNebraska194,900Idaho: 164,300 jobsIdaho164,300New Mexico: 147,200 jobsNew Mexico147,200New Hampshire: 135,200 jobsNew Hampshire135,200West Virginia: 120,900 jobsWest Virginia120,900Maine: 117,900 jobsMaine117,900Hawaii: 116,200 jobsHawaii116,200Montana: 102,000 jobsMontana102,000South Dakota: 93,000 jobsSouth Dakota93,000North Dakota: 92,700 jobsNorth Dakota92,700Delaware: 90,200 jobsDelaware90,200Rhode Island: 79,900 jobsRhode Island79,900Alaska: 67,600 jobsAlaska67,600Wyoming: 53,400 jobsWyoming53,400Vermont: 51,000 jobsVermont51,000District of Columbia: 29,600 jobsDistrict of Columbia29,600
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

RankStatesNovember 2025
jobs		Change on November 2024
1California3,050,500-0.7%
2Texas2,780,300+0.2%
3Florida1,984,200-0.2%
4New York1,485,400-0.1%
5Illinois1,215,900-0.8%
6Pennsylvania1,134,300-0.5%
7Ohio1,038,800-1.3%
8Georgia1,029,000-1.2%
9North Carolina938,200+0.8%
10New Jersey896,000-0.7%
11Michigan805,000-0.4%
12Virginia692,100+0.1%
13Tennessee684,400-0.9%
14Indiana627,300-1.5%
15Washington624,900+0.9%
16Arizona621,900-0.1%
17Massachusetts561,100-1%
18Missouri555,700-1%
19Wisconsin543,200-1.9%
20Minnesota531,900-0.6%
21Colorado502,200-1.3%
22Maryland457,100-2.7%
23South Carolina445,500+0.5%
24Kentucky422,400-0.9%
25Alabama403,100-1.1%
26Louisiana372,600-0.5%
27Oregon351,500-1.6%
28Oklahoma317,300-0.3%
29Utah311,900-0.7%
30Iowa307,000-1.5%
31Nevada298,200+2.1%
32Connecticut296,300-0.3%
33Kansas274,700+0.4%
34Arkansas273,900+1.5%
35Mississippi246,400-0.1%
36Nebraska194,900-0.8%
37Idaho164,300-0.2%
38New Mexico147,200+0.5%
39New Hampshire135,200-2.3%
40West Virginia120,900-0.7%
41Maine117,900-1.3%
42Hawaii116,200-0.6%
43Montana102,000+0.2%
44South Dakota93,000+0.4%
45North Dakota92,700-1%
46Delaware90,200+0.1%
47Rhode Island79,900+0.8%
48Alaska67,600+2%
49Wyoming53,400+1.5%
50Vermont51,000-2.3%
51District of Columbia29,600-1%

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

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

California, with 3,050,500 jobs in November 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 29,600 jobs in November 2025.

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