"Rank (jobs added per 1,000 residents)",State,2019 employment (annual average),2025 employment (annual average),Jobs added 2019 to 2025,Change 2019 to 2025 (%),"Jobs added per 1,000 residents (2025 population)","Jobs per 1,000 residents, 2025",Change 2024 to 2025 (%),Change March 2025 to March 2026 (%)
1,Idaho,6722,10516,3794,56.4,1.87,5.18,7.7,13.6
2,Arizona,27291,36519,9228,33.8,1.21,4.79,-2.3,-1.5
3,Nevada,12609,16394,3785,30.0,1.15,4.99,6.1,5.3
4,Utah,13445,17464,4019,29.9,1.14,4.93,3.3,-0.0
5,Montana,4185,5452,1267,30.3,1.11,4.76,3.5,5.6
6,South Dakota,3602,4567,965,26.8,1.03,4.88,2.9,-0.6
7,North Dakota,3121,3889,768,24.6,0.96,4.87,4.8,7.0
8,Rhode Island,3634,4655,1021,28.1,0.92,4.18,10.1,1.7
9,Tennessee,22506,29228,6722,29.9,0.92,4.0,3.5,-0.5
10,Arkansas,8625,11396,2771,32.1,0.89,3.66,1.0,-0.3
11,Kansas,10663,13255,2592,24.3,0.87,4.45,4.8,1.8
12,Nebraska,9417,11160,1743,18.5,0.86,5.53,4.2,3.3
13,New Mexico,5415,7150,1735,32.0,0.82,3.36,4.5,6.6
14,New Hampshire,4846,5981,1135,23.4,0.8,4.23,2.8,2.6
15,Indiana,25532,30984,5452,21.4,0.78,4.44,3.5,7.9
16,Maine,4503,5604,1101,24.5,0.78,3.96,3.9,-0.9
17,Oklahoma,13033,16229,3196,24.5,0.78,3.94,3.6,1.5
18,Texas,96629,121180,24551,25.4,0.77,3.82,3.7,4.3
19,Iowa,13662,16044,2382,17.4,0.74,4.95,1.8,10.5
20,North Carolina,41740,50010,8270,19.8,0.74,4.47,3.2,3.5
21,Wisconsin,20970,25360,4390,20.9,0.74,4.25,4.6,4.7
22,Wyoming,2019,2453,434,21.5,0.74,4.17,0.8,4.0
23,Florida,89233,106398,17165,19.2,0.73,4.53,2.5,-0.4
24,Missouri,19528,23800,4272,21.9,0.68,3.8,1.5,5.3
25,Mississippi,6610,8612,2002,30.3,0.68,2.92,7.1,3.0
26,Delaware,4564,5253,689,15.1,0.65,4.96,3.3,6.9
27,Ohio,38257,45951,7694,20.1,0.65,3.86,4.9,4.0
28,Alabama,15806,19101,3295,20.8,0.63,3.68,4.1,2.5
29,Georgia,31455,38437,6982,22.2,0.62,3.4,4.6,3.7
30,Michigan,27199,33446,6247,23.0,0.62,3.3,4.1,3.2
31,Kentucky,15204,17889,2685,17.7,0.58,3.88,-0.6,2.7
32,Louisiana,12878,15439,2561,19.9,0.55,3.34,4.0,3.8
33,Minnesota,19473,22629,3156,16.2,0.54,3.88,3.6,1.9
34,Colorado,25530,28509,2979,11.7,0.5,4.74,-1.3,-2.7
35,Connecticut,11306,13025,1719,15.2,0.47,3.53,2.5,0.5
36,Vermont,2214,2507,293,13.2,0.45,3.89,4.1,8.8
37,Pennsylvania,41079,46317,5238,12.8,0.4,3.55,1.8,2.4
38,Massachusetts,29242,31954,2712,9.3,0.38,4.47,-1.0,-0.6
39,Oregon,14538,16083,1545,10.6,0.36,3.76,-3.1,-5.4
40,Virginia,33506,36599,3093,9.2,0.35,4.12,3.4,2.8
41,Washington,26844,29601,2757,10.3,0.34,3.7,-0.8,-0.2
42,West Virginia,3572,4181,609,17.0,0.34,2.37,4.7,4.5
43,Illinois,37369,40882,3513,9.4,0.28,3.21,2.5,3.2
44,Hawaii,4679,5060,381,8.1,0.27,3.53,3.3,1.0
45,South Carolina,17333,18374,1041,6.0,0.19,3.3,3.7,4.1
46,New Jersey,29311,31058,1747,6.0,0.18,3.25,2.5,0.1
47,Maryland,30145,31020,875,2.9,0.14,4.95,0.8,1.5
48,California,121480,125858,4378,3.6,0.11,3.2,-0.4,-1.4
49,New York,70065,68210,-1855,-2.6,-0.09,3.41,-0.2,-0.3
n/a,Alaska,suppressed,2092,n/a,n/a,n/a,2.84,3.3,2.3
n/a,District of Columbia,suppressed,1794,n/a,n/a,n/a,2.59,9.7,4.0