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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 July 2026, at 3,060,900 jobs. District of Columbia had the lowest, at 29,800 jobs. The median was 373,300 jobs and the figure for the United States was 28,751,000 jobs. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest3,060,900California
Lowest29,800District of Columbia
Median373,30051 states
United States28,751,000History

Map of states, July 2026

Alabama: 401,900 jobsAlaska: 68,800 jobsArizona: 629,200 jobsArkansas: 274,400 jobsCalifornia: 3,060,900 jobsColorado: 503,100 jobsConnecticut: 297,300 jobsDelaware: 89,100 jobsDistrict of Columbia: 29,800 jobsFlorida: 1,990,300 jobsGeorgia: 1,032,100 jobsHawaii: 114,900 jobsIdaho: 168,100 jobsIllinois: 1,218,500 jobsIndiana: 640,500 jobsIowa: 304,700 jobsKansas: 272,600 jobsKentucky: 425,300 jobsLouisiana: 373,300 jobsMaine: 118,900 jobsMaryland: 449,200 jobsMassachusetts: 557,000 jobsMichigan: 800,000 jobsMinnesota: 527,000 jobsMississippi: 250,100 jobsMissouri: 559,700 jobsMontana: 101,900 jobsNebraska: 193,800 jobsNevada: 300,400 jobsNew Hampshire: 134,600 jobsNew Jersey: 890,600 jobsNew Mexico: 150,600 jobsNew York: 1,478,500 jobsNorth Carolina: 938,900 jobsNorth Dakota: 91,500 jobsOhio: 1,047,100 jobsOklahoma: 317,600 jobsOregon: 351,300 jobsPennsylvania: 1,129,500 jobsRhode Island: 80,500 jobsSouth Carolina: 446,500 jobsSouth Dakota: 91,300 jobsTennessee: 684,400 jobsTexas: 2,815,300 jobsUtah: 313,700 jobsVermont: 51,000 jobsVirginia: 693,600 jobsWashington: 626,600 jobsWest Virginia: 121,800 jobsWisconsin: 536,900 jobsWyoming: 52,400 jobs
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jobs, July 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, July 2026

California: 3,060,900 jobsCalifornia3,060,900Texas: 2,815,300 jobsTexas2,815,300Florida: 1,990,300 jobsFlorida1,990,300New York: 1,478,500 jobsNew York1,478,500Illinois: 1,218,500 jobsIllinois1,218,500Pennsylvania: 1,129,500 jobsPennsylvania1,129,500Ohio: 1,047,100 jobsOhio1,047,100Georgia: 1,032,100 jobsGeorgia1,032,100North Carolina: 938,900 jobsNorth Carolina938,900New Jersey: 890,600 jobsNew Jersey890,600Michigan: 800,000 jobsMichigan800,000Virginia: 693,600 jobsVirginia693,600Tennessee: 684,400 jobsTennessee684,400Indiana: 640,500 jobsIndiana640,500Arizona: 629,200 jobsArizona629,200Washington: 626,600 jobsWashington626,600Missouri: 559,700 jobsMissouri559,700Massachusetts: 557,000 jobsMassachusetts557,000Wisconsin: 536,900 jobsWisconsin536,900Minnesota: 527,000 jobsMinnesota527,000Colorado: 503,100 jobsColorado503,100Maryland: 449,200 jobsMaryland449,200South Carolina: 446,500 jobsSouth Carolina446,500Kentucky: 425,300 jobsKentucky425,300Alabama: 401,900 jobsAlabama401,900Louisiana: 373,300 jobsLouisiana373,300Oregon: 351,300 jobsOregon351,300Oklahoma: 317,600 jobsOklahoma317,600Utah: 313,700 jobsUtah313,700Iowa: 304,700 jobsIowa304,700Nevada: 300,400 jobsNevada300,400Connecticut: 297,300 jobsConnecticut297,300Arkansas: 274,400 jobsArkansas274,400Kansas: 272,600 jobsKansas272,600Mississippi: 250,100 jobsMississippi250,100Nebraska: 193,800 jobsNebraska193,800Idaho: 168,100 jobsIdaho168,100New Mexico: 150,600 jobsNew Mexico150,600New Hampshire: 134,600 jobsNew Hampshire134,600West Virginia: 121,800 jobsWest Virginia121,800Maine: 118,900 jobsMaine118,900Hawaii: 114,900 jobsHawaii114,900Montana: 101,900 jobsMontana101,900North Dakota: 91,500 jobsNorth Dakota91,500South Dakota: 91,300 jobsSouth Dakota91,300Delaware: 89,100 jobsDelaware89,100Rhode Island: 80,500 jobsRhode Island80,500Alaska: 68,800 jobsAlaska68,800Wyoming: 52,400 jobsWyoming52,400Vermont: 51,000 jobsVermont51,000District of Columbia: 29,800 jobsDistrict of Columbia29,800California: 3,060,900 jobsCalifornia3,060,900Texas: 2,815,300 jobsTexas2,815,300Florida: 1,990,300 jobsFlorida1,990,300New York: 1,478,500 jobsNew York1,478,500Illinois: 1,218,500 jobsIllinois1,218,500Pennsylvania: 1,129,500 jobsPennsylvania1,129,500Ohio: 1,047,100 jobsOhio1,047,100Georgia: 1,032,100 jobsGeorgia1,032,100North Carolina: 938,900 jobsNorth Carolina938,900New Jersey: 890,600 jobsNew Jersey890,600Michigan: 800,000 jobsMichigan800,000Virginia: 693,600 jobsVirginia693,600Tennessee: 684,400 jobsTennessee684,400Indiana: 640,500 jobsIndiana640,500Arizona: 629,200 jobsArizona629,200Washington: 626,600 jobsWashington626,600Missouri: 559,700 jobsMissouri559,700Massachusetts: 557,000 jobsMassachusetts557,000Wisconsin: 536,900 jobsWisconsin536,900Minnesota: 527,000 jobsMinnesota527,000Colorado: 503,100 jobsColorado503,100Maryland: 449,200 jobsMaryland449,200South Carolina: 446,500 jobsSouth Carolina446,500Kentucky: 425,300 jobsKentucky425,300Alabama: 401,900 jobsAlabama401,900Louisiana: 373,300 jobsLouisiana373,300Oregon: 351,300 jobsOregon351,300Oklahoma: 317,600 jobsOklahoma317,600Utah: 313,700 jobsUtah313,700Iowa: 304,700 jobsIowa304,700Nevada: 300,400 jobsNevada300,400Connecticut: 297,300 jobsConnecticut297,300Arkansas: 274,400 jobsArkansas274,400Kansas: 272,600 jobsKansas272,600Mississippi: 250,100 jobsMississippi250,100Nebraska: 193,800 jobsNebraska193,800Idaho: 168,100 jobsIdaho168,100New Mexico: 150,600 jobsNew Mexico150,600New Hampshire: 134,600 jobsNew Hampshire134,600West Virginia: 121,800 jobsWest Virginia121,800Maine: 118,900 jobsMaine118,900Hawaii: 114,900 jobsHawaii114,900Montana: 101,900 jobsMontana101,900North Dakota: 91,500 jobsNorth Dakota91,500South Dakota: 91,300 jobsSouth Dakota91,300Delaware: 89,100 jobsDelaware89,100Rhode Island: 80,500 jobsRhode Island80,500Alaska: 68,800 jobsAlaska68,800Wyoming: 52,400 jobsWyoming52,400Vermont: 51,000 jobsVermont51,000District 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

RankStatesJuly 2026
jobs		Change on July 2025
1California3,060,900+0.5%
2Texas2,815,300+1%
3Florida1,990,300+0.1%
4New York1,478,500-0.5%
5Illinois1,218,500-0.2%
6Pennsylvania1,129,500-0.6%
7Ohio1,047,100-0.4%
8Georgia1,032,100-0.5%
9North Carolina938,900+0.1%
10New Jersey890,600-1%
11Michigan800,000-0.5%
12Virginia693,600+0.2%
13Tennessee684,400-0.3%
14Indiana640,500+1.3%
15Arizona629,200+0.7%
16Washington626,600+0.7%
17Missouri559,700+0.8%
18Massachusetts557,000-0.8%
19Wisconsin536,900-1.8%
20Minnesota527,000-0.3%
21Colorado503,1000%
22Maryland449,200-3.1%
23South Carolina446,500+0.4%
24Kentucky425,300-0.2%
25Alabama401,900-1.1%
26Louisiana373,300-0.7%
27Oregon351,300-0.9%
28Oklahoma317,600-0.1%
29Utah313,700+0.3%
30Iowa304,700-1.6%
31Nevada300,400+1.2%
32Connecticut297,300-0.1%
33Arkansas274,400+1.1%
34Kansas272,600-0.5%
35Mississippi250,100+1.3%
36Nebraska193,800-0.5%
37Idaho168,100+1.7%
38New Mexico150,600+2.1%
39New Hampshire134,600-1.6%
40West Virginia121,800+0.2%
41Maine118,900-0.3%
42Hawaii114,900-1.3%
43Montana101,9000%
44North Dakota91,500-2%
45South Dakota91,300-1.5%
46Delaware89,100-1.5%
47Rhode Island80,500+0.4%
48Alaska68,800+2.5%
49Wyoming52,400-0.2%
50Vermont51,000-0.8%
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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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, 2026-07) [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, 2026-07. 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=2026-07. 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, 2026-07. 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=2026-07.

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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, 2026-07 [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=2026-07 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

California, with 3,060,900 jobs in July 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 July 2026.

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