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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 February 2026, at 3,053,600 jobs. District of Columbia had the lowest, at 29,400 jobs. The median was 372,800 jobs and the figure for the United States was 28,618,000 jobs. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest3,053,600California
Lowest29,400District of Columbia
Median372,80051 states
United States28,618,000History

Map of states, February 2026

Alabama: 402,100 jobsAlaska: 67,600 jobsArizona: 622,100 jobsArkansas: 274,000 jobsCalifornia: 3,053,600 jobsColorado: 500,100 jobsConnecticut: 296,600 jobsDelaware: 89,700 jobsDistrict of Columbia: 29,400 jobsFlorida: 1,983,500 jobsGeorgia: 1,027,600 jobsHawaii: 116,400 jobsIdaho: 164,700 jobsIllinois: 1,208,200 jobsIndiana: 629,800 jobsIowa: 303,100 jobsKansas: 272,200 jobsKentucky: 422,700 jobsLouisiana: 372,800 jobsMaine: 118,400 jobsMaryland: 453,100 jobsMassachusetts: 558,500 jobsMichigan: 798,300 jobsMinnesota: 525,200 jobsMississippi: 247,200 jobsMissouri: 555,700 jobsMontana: 102,500 jobsNebraska: 192,900 jobsNevada: 298,400 jobsNew Hampshire: 134,600 jobsNew Jersey: 893,600 jobsNew Mexico: 148,400 jobsNew York: 1,479,800 jobsNorth Carolina: 931,900 jobsNorth Dakota: 92,700 jobsOhio: 1,046,200 jobsOklahoma: 316,000 jobsOregon: 350,700 jobsPennsylvania: 1,125,300 jobsRhode Island: 79,200 jobsSouth Carolina: 443,700 jobsSouth Dakota: 91,700 jobsTennessee: 683,400 jobsTexas: 2,786,100 jobsUtah: 310,900 jobsVermont: 50,800 jobsVirginia: 689,800 jobsWashington: 623,900 jobsWest Virginia: 120,500 jobsWisconsin: 539,900 jobsWyoming: 52,400 jobs
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jobs, February 2026. 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, February 2026

California: 3,053,600 jobsCalifornia3,053,600Texas: 2,786,100 jobsTexas2,786,100Florida: 1,983,500 jobsFlorida1,983,500New York: 1,479,800 jobsNew York1,479,800Illinois: 1,208,200 jobsIllinois1,208,200Pennsylvania: 1,125,300 jobsPennsylvania1,125,300Ohio: 1,046,200 jobsOhio1,046,200Georgia: 1,027,600 jobsGeorgia1,027,600North Carolina: 931,900 jobsNorth Carolina931,900New Jersey: 893,600 jobsNew Jersey893,600Michigan: 798,300 jobsMichigan798,300Virginia: 689,800 jobsVirginia689,800Tennessee: 683,400 jobsTennessee683,400Indiana: 629,800 jobsIndiana629,800Washington: 623,900 jobsWashington623,900Arizona: 622,100 jobsArizona622,100Massachusetts: 558,500 jobsMassachusetts558,500Missouri: 555,700 jobsMissouri555,700Wisconsin: 539,900 jobsWisconsin539,900Minnesota: 525,200 jobsMinnesota525,200Colorado: 500,100 jobsColorado500,100Maryland: 453,100 jobsMaryland453,100South Carolina: 443,700 jobsSouth Carolina443,700Kentucky: 422,700 jobsKentucky422,700Alabama: 402,100 jobsAlabama402,100Louisiana: 372,800 jobsLouisiana372,800Oregon: 350,700 jobsOregon350,700Oklahoma: 316,000 jobsOklahoma316,000Utah: 310,900 jobsUtah310,900Iowa: 303,100 jobsIowa303,100Nevada: 298,400 jobsNevada298,400Connecticut: 296,600 jobsConnecticut296,600Arkansas: 274,000 jobsArkansas274,000Kansas: 272,200 jobsKansas272,200Mississippi: 247,200 jobsMississippi247,200Nebraska: 192,900 jobsNebraska192,900Idaho: 164,700 jobsIdaho164,700New Mexico: 148,400 jobsNew Mexico148,400New Hampshire: 134,600 jobsNew Hampshire134,600West Virginia: 120,500 jobsWest Virginia120,500Maine: 118,400 jobsMaine118,400Hawaii: 116,400 jobsHawaii116,400Montana: 102,500 jobsMontana102,500North Dakota: 92,700 jobsNorth Dakota92,700South Dakota: 91,700 jobsSouth Dakota91,700Delaware: 89,700 jobsDelaware89,700Rhode Island: 79,200 jobsRhode Island79,200Alaska: 67,600 jobsAlaska67,600Wyoming: 52,400 jobsWyoming52,400Vermont: 50,800 jobsVermont50,800District of Columbia: 29,400 jobsDistrict of Columbia29,400California: 3,053,600 jobsCalifornia3,053,600Texas: 2,786,100 jobsTexas2,786,100Florida: 1,983,500 jobsFlorida1,983,500New York: 1,479,800 jobsNew York1,479,800Illinois: 1,208,200 jobsIllinois1,208,200Pennsylvania: 1,125,300 jobsPennsylvania1,125,300Ohio: 1,046,200 jobsOhio1,046,200Georgia: 1,027,600 jobsGeorgia1,027,600North Carolina: 931,900 jobsNorth Carolina931,900New Jersey: 893,600 jobsNew Jersey893,600Michigan: 798,300 jobsMichigan798,300Virginia: 689,800 jobsVirginia689,800Tennessee: 683,400 jobsTennessee683,400Indiana: 629,800 jobsIndiana629,800Washington: 623,900 jobsWashington623,900Arizona: 622,100 jobsArizona622,100Massachusetts: 558,500 jobsMassachusetts558,500Missouri: 555,700 jobsMissouri555,700Wisconsin: 539,900 jobsWisconsin539,900Minnesota: 525,200 jobsMinnesota525,200Colorado: 500,100 jobsColorado500,100Maryland: 453,100 jobsMaryland453,100South Carolina: 443,700 jobsSouth Carolina443,700Kentucky: 422,700 jobsKentucky422,700Alabama: 402,100 jobsAlabama402,100Louisiana: 372,800 jobsLouisiana372,800Oregon: 350,700 jobsOregon350,700Oklahoma: 316,000 jobsOklahoma316,000Utah: 310,900 jobsUtah310,900Iowa: 303,100 jobsIowa303,100Nevada: 298,400 jobsNevada298,400Connecticut: 296,600 jobsConnecticut296,600Arkansas: 274,000 jobsArkansas274,000Kansas: 272,200 jobsKansas272,200Mississippi: 247,200 jobsMississippi247,200Nebraska: 192,900 jobsNebraska192,900Idaho: 164,700 jobsIdaho164,700New Mexico: 148,400 jobsNew Mexico148,400New Hampshire: 134,600 jobsNew Hampshire134,600West Virginia: 120,500 jobsWest Virginia120,500Maine: 118,400 jobsMaine118,400Hawaii: 116,400 jobsHawaii116,400Montana: 102,500 jobsMontana102,500North Dakota: 92,700 jobsNorth Dakota92,700South Dakota: 91,700 jobsSouth Dakota91,700Delaware: 89,700 jobsDelaware89,700Rhode Island: 79,200 jobsRhode Island79,200Alaska: 67,600 jobsAlaska67,600Wyoming: 52,400 jobsWyoming52,400Vermont: 50,800 jobsVermont50,800District of Columbia: 29,400 jobsDistrict of Columbia29,400
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

RankStatesFebruary 2026
jobs		Change on February 2025
1California3,053,600-0.1%
2Texas2,786,100-0.1%
3Florida1,983,500-0.5%
4New York1,479,800-0.8%
5Illinois1,208,200-1.5%
6Pennsylvania1,125,300-1.2%
7Ohio1,046,200-0.4%
8Georgia1,027,600-1%
9North Carolina931,900-0.4%
10New Jersey893,600-1.1%
11Michigan798,300-1.2%
12Virginia689,800-0.8%
13Tennessee683,400-1.3%
14Indiana629,800-1%
15Washington623,900+0.2%
16Arizona622,100-0.8%
17Massachusetts558,500-1%
18Missouri555,700-0.5%
19Wisconsin539,900-2.2%
20Minnesota525,200-1.3%
21Colorado500,100+0.2%
22Maryland453,100-3.3%
23South Carolina443,700-0.3%
24Kentucky422,700-0.9%
25Alabama402,100-1.5%
26Louisiana372,800-1.2%
27Oregon350,700-1.5%
28Oklahoma316,000-1%
29Utah310,900-0.6%
30Iowa303,100-2.7%
31Nevada298,400+1.8%
32Connecticut296,600-0.7%
33Arkansas274,000+1.2%
34Kansas272,200-0.4%
35Mississippi247,200+0.2%
36Nebraska192,900-1.4%
37Idaho164,700+0.1%
38New Mexico148,400+1.4%
39New Hampshire134,600-2.3%
40West Virginia120,500-1.1%
41Maine118,400-0.7%
42Hawaii116,400+0.1%
43Montana102,500+0.6%
44North Dakota92,700-0.9%
45South Dakota91,700-0.9%
46Delaware89,700-1.4%
47Rhode Island79,200-0.6%
48Alaska67,600+1.8%
49Wyoming52,400-0.6%
50Vermont50,800-2.5%
51District of Columbia29,400-1.3%

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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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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, 2026-02) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/sm/sm.data.66.TradeTransUtilities.Current

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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, 2026-02. 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=2026-02. 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, 2026-02. 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=2026-02.

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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, 2026-02 [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=2026-02 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

California, with 3,053,600 jobs in February 2026, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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

District of Columbia, with 29,400 jobs in February 2026.

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