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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 June 2026, at 3,053,800 jobs. District of Columbia had the lowest, at 29,800 jobs. The median was 373,600 jobs and the figure for the United States was 28,728,000 jobs. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest3,053,800California
Lowest29,800District of Columbia
Median373,60051 states
United States28,728,000History

Map of states, June 2026

Alabama: 402,500 jobsAlaska: 68,500 jobsArizona: 628,200 jobsArkansas: 273,600 jobsCalifornia: 3,053,800 jobsColorado: 501,900 jobsConnecticut: 297,600 jobsDelaware: 89,900 jobsDistrict of Columbia: 29,800 jobsFlorida: 1,989,800 jobsGeorgia: 1,030,900 jobsHawaii: 115,300 jobsIdaho: 168,400 jobsIllinois: 1,212,900 jobsIndiana: 638,200 jobsIowa: 306,600 jobsKansas: 272,700 jobsKentucky: 423,200 jobsLouisiana: 373,600 jobsMaine: 119,000 jobsMaryland: 450,300 jobsMassachusetts: 558,700 jobsMichigan: 797,800 jobsMinnesota: 527,600 jobsMississippi: 249,400 jobsMissouri: 557,600 jobsMontana: 101,700 jobsNebraska: 193,000 jobsNevada: 297,600 jobsNew Hampshire: 134,800 jobsNew Jersey: 890,600 jobsNew Mexico: 150,000 jobsNew York: 1,479,200 jobsNorth Carolina: 936,700 jobsNorth Dakota: 92,100 jobsOhio: 1,049,900 jobsOklahoma: 315,700 jobsOregon: 350,600 jobsPennsylvania: 1,130,200 jobsRhode Island: 80,600 jobsSouth Carolina: 446,600 jobsSouth Dakota: 91,700 jobsTennessee: 683,300 jobsTexas: 2,817,600 jobsUtah: 313,100 jobsVermont: 50,900 jobsVirginia: 694,200 jobsWashington: 624,100 jobsWest Virginia: 121,400 jobsWisconsin: 538,500 jobsWyoming: 52,500 jobs
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jobs, June 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, June 2026

California: 3,053,800 jobsCalifornia3,053,800Texas: 2,817,600 jobsTexas2,817,600Florida: 1,989,800 jobsFlorida1,989,800New York: 1,479,200 jobsNew York1,479,200Illinois: 1,212,900 jobsIllinois1,212,900Pennsylvania: 1,130,200 jobsPennsylvania1,130,200Ohio: 1,049,900 jobsOhio1,049,900Georgia: 1,030,900 jobsGeorgia1,030,900North Carolina: 936,700 jobsNorth Carolina936,700New Jersey: 890,600 jobsNew Jersey890,600Michigan: 797,800 jobsMichigan797,800Virginia: 694,200 jobsVirginia694,200Tennessee: 683,300 jobsTennessee683,300Indiana: 638,200 jobsIndiana638,200Arizona: 628,200 jobsArizona628,200Washington: 624,100 jobsWashington624,100Massachusetts: 558,700 jobsMassachusetts558,700Missouri: 557,600 jobsMissouri557,600Wisconsin: 538,500 jobsWisconsin538,500Minnesota: 527,600 jobsMinnesota527,600Colorado: 501,900 jobsColorado501,900Maryland: 450,300 jobsMaryland450,300South Carolina: 446,600 jobsSouth Carolina446,600Kentucky: 423,200 jobsKentucky423,200Alabama: 402,500 jobsAlabama402,500Louisiana: 373,600 jobsLouisiana373,600Oregon: 350,600 jobsOregon350,600Oklahoma: 315,700 jobsOklahoma315,700Utah: 313,100 jobsUtah313,100Iowa: 306,600 jobsIowa306,600Connecticut: 297,600 jobsConnecticut297,600Nevada: 297,600 jobsNevada297,600Arkansas: 273,600 jobsArkansas273,600Kansas: 272,700 jobsKansas272,700Mississippi: 249,400 jobsMississippi249,400Nebraska: 193,000 jobsNebraska193,000Idaho: 168,400 jobsIdaho168,400New Mexico: 150,000 jobsNew Mexico150,000New Hampshire: 134,800 jobsNew Hampshire134,800West Virginia: 121,400 jobsWest Virginia121,400Maine: 119,000 jobsMaine119,000Hawaii: 115,300 jobsHawaii115,300Montana: 101,700 jobsMontana101,700North Dakota: 92,100 jobsNorth Dakota92,100South Dakota: 91,700 jobsSouth Dakota91,700Delaware: 89,900 jobsDelaware89,900Rhode Island: 80,600 jobsRhode Island80,600Alaska: 68,500 jobsAlaska68,500Wyoming: 52,500 jobsWyoming52,500Vermont: 50,900 jobsVermont50,900District of Columbia: 29,800 jobsDistrict of Columbia29,800California: 3,053,800 jobsCalifornia3,053,800Texas: 2,817,600 jobsTexas2,817,600Florida: 1,989,800 jobsFlorida1,989,800New York: 1,479,200 jobsNew York1,479,200Illinois: 1,212,900 jobsIllinois1,212,900Pennsylvania: 1,130,200 jobsPennsylvania1,130,200Ohio: 1,049,900 jobsOhio1,049,900Georgia: 1,030,900 jobsGeorgia1,030,900North Carolina: 936,700 jobsNorth Carolina936,700New Jersey: 890,600 jobsNew Jersey890,600Michigan: 797,800 jobsMichigan797,800Virginia: 694,200 jobsVirginia694,200Tennessee: 683,300 jobsTennessee683,300Indiana: 638,200 jobsIndiana638,200Arizona: 628,200 jobsArizona628,200Washington: 624,100 jobsWashington624,100Massachusetts: 558,700 jobsMassachusetts558,700Missouri: 557,600 jobsMissouri557,600Wisconsin: 538,500 jobsWisconsin538,500Minnesota: 527,600 jobsMinnesota527,600Colorado: 501,900 jobsColorado501,900Maryland: 450,300 jobsMaryland450,300South Carolina: 446,600 jobsSouth Carolina446,600Kentucky: 423,200 jobsKentucky423,200Alabama: 402,500 jobsAlabama402,500Louisiana: 373,600 jobsLouisiana373,600Oregon: 350,600 jobsOregon350,600Oklahoma: 315,700 jobsOklahoma315,700Utah: 313,100 jobsUtah313,100Iowa: 306,600 jobsIowa306,600Connecticut: 297,600 jobsConnecticut297,600Nevada: 297,600 jobsNevada297,600Arkansas: 273,600 jobsArkansas273,600Kansas: 272,700 jobsKansas272,700Mississippi: 249,400 jobsMississippi249,400Nebraska: 193,000 jobsNebraska193,000Idaho: 168,400 jobsIdaho168,400New Mexico: 150,000 jobsNew Mexico150,000New Hampshire: 134,800 jobsNew Hampshire134,800West Virginia: 121,400 jobsWest Virginia121,400Maine: 119,000 jobsMaine119,000Hawaii: 115,300 jobsHawaii115,300Montana: 101,700 jobsMontana101,700North Dakota: 92,100 jobsNorth Dakota92,100South Dakota: 91,700 jobsSouth Dakota91,700Delaware: 89,900 jobsDelaware89,900Rhode Island: 80,600 jobsRhode Island80,600Alaska: 68,500 jobsAlaska68,500Wyoming: 52,500 jobsWyoming52,500Vermont: 50,900 jobsVermont50,900District of Columbia: 29,800 jobsDistrict of Columbia29,800
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

RankStatesJune 2026
jobs		Change on June 2025
1California3,053,800+0.1%
2Texas2,817,600+1.3%
3Florida1,989,800-0.1%
4New York1,479,200-0.3%
5Illinois1,212,900-0.6%
6Pennsylvania1,130,200-0.6%
7Ohio1,049,9000%
8Georgia1,030,900-0.4%
9North Carolina936,700-0%
10New Jersey890,600-0.8%
11Michigan797,800-0.9%
12Virginia694,200-0.1%
13Tennessee683,300-0.5%
14Indiana638,200+0.7%
15Arizona628,200+0.5%
16Washington624,100+0.2%
17Massachusetts558,700-0.4%
18Missouri557,600+0.5%
19Wisconsin538,500-1.8%
20Minnesota527,600-0.3%
21Colorado501,9000%
22Maryland450,300-3.2%
23South Carolina446,600+0.4%
24Kentucky423,200-0.8%
25Alabama402,500-1.1%
26Louisiana373,600-0.7%
27Oregon350,600-1.1%
28Oklahoma315,700-0.8%
29Utah313,100+0.4%
30Iowa306,600-1.1%
31Connecticut297,6000%
31Nevada297,600+1.6%
33Arkansas273,600+1.1%
34Kansas272,700-0.2%
35Mississippi249,400+1.1%
36Nebraska193,000-0.8%
37Idaho168,400+2.1%
38New Mexico150,000+2.5%
39New Hampshire134,800-1.5%
40West Virginia121,400-0.2%
41Maine119,000-0.1%
42Hawaii115,300-0.6%
43Montana101,700-0.2%
44North Dakota92,100-1.3%
45South Dakota91,700-1%
46Delaware89,900-0.8%
47Rhode Island80,6000%
48Alaska68,500+1.9%
49Wyoming52,500-0.4%
50Vermont50,900-1.4%
51District of Columbia29,8000%

Other periods

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

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

California, with 3,053,800 jobs in June 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 29,800 jobs in June 2026.

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