# US states by wage and salary jobs (OEWS), 2025

All 51 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `oews_employment`
- Unit: jobs
- Definition: Number of wage and salary jobs in nonfarm establishments, all occupations, in May of each year, from the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) survey of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Full-time and part-time jobs count the same.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May estimates, state cross-industry file: employment, all occupations (00-0000) (https://www.bls.gov/oes/special-requests/oesm25st.zip)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-labor-statistics
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May estimates, state cross-industry file: employment, all occupations (00-0000). https://www.bls.gov/oes/special-requests/oesm25st.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/wage-and-salary-jobs/us-states

| Rank | Place | jobs |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | California | 18,213,700 |
| 2 | Texas | 14,071,160 |
| 3 | Florida | 9,929,860 |
| 4 | New York | 9,688,000 |
| 5 | Illinois | 6,098,130 |
| 6 | Pennsylvania | 6,064,600 |
| 7 | Ohio | 5,550,180 |
| 8 | North Carolina | 4,941,820 |
| 9 | Georgia | 4,889,170 |
| 10 | Michigan | 4,403,730 |
| 11 | New Jersey | 4,285,720 |
| 12 | Virginia | 4,109,320 |
| 13 | Massachusetts | 3,637,650 |
| 14 | Washington | 3,550,970 |
| 15 | Tennessee | 3,278,760 |
| 16 | Arizona | 3,239,430 |
| 17 | Indiana | 3,201,220 |
| 18 | Minnesota | 2,949,820 |
| 19 | Wisconsin | 2,941,540 |
| 20 | Missouri | 2,936,050 |
| 21 | Colorado | 2,873,900 |
| 22 | Maryland | 2,763,030 |
| 23 | South Carolina | 2,305,080 |
| 24 | Alabama | 2,113,660 |
| 25 | Kentucky | 2,000,360 |
| 26 | Oregon | 1,967,130 |
| 27 | Louisiana | 1,934,900 |
| 28 | Utah | 1,735,590 |
| 29 | Oklahoma | 1,707,680 |
| 30 | Connecticut | 1,696,170 |
| 31 | Iowa | 1,559,240 |
| 32 | Nevada | 1,551,540 |
| 33 | Kansas | 1,437,520 |
| 34 | Arkansas | 1,303,630 |
| 35 | Mississippi | 1,163,030 |
| 36 | Nebraska | 1,024,370 |
| 37 | New Mexico | 870,970 |
| 38 | Idaho | 857,440 |
| 39 | District of Columbia | 701,920 |
| 40 | West Virginia | 701,610 |
| 41 | New Hampshire | 683,290 |
| 42 | Maine | 640,610 |
| 43 | Hawaii | 627,530 |
| 44 | Montana | 511,580 |
| 45 | Rhode Island | 501,340 |
| 46 | Delaware | 484,790 |
| 47 | South Dakota | 457,380 |
| 48 | North Dakota | 429,430 |
| 49 | Alaska | 325,570 |
| 50 | Vermont | 303,890 |
| 51 | Wyoming | 280,740 |