Table 3. Covered establishments, employment, and wages by state,
first quarter 2021
Employment Average weekly
wage(1)
Establishments,
first quarter
State 2021 Percent Percent
(thousands) March change, First change,
2021 March quarter first
(thousands) 2020-21 2021 quarter
2020-21
United States(2)........... 10,755.4 140,455.8 -4.5 $1,289 5.6
Alabama.................... 135.9 1,924.3 -3.0 996 2.5
Alaska..................... 23.3 295.0 -5.5 1,125 -0.6
Arizona.................... 176.5 2,894.2 -2.3 1,150 4.8
Arkansas................... 95.3 1,194.2 -2.0 957 3.7
California................. 1,651.4 16,507.7 -5.9 1,623 11.3
Colorado................... 224.7 2,634.7 -3.5 1,335 4.1
Connecticut................ 128.3 1,550.5 -5.4 1,575 4.7
Delaware................... 35.2 425.6 -4.1 1,264 1.6
District of Columbia....... 44.0 708.1 -9.0 2,166 8.7
Florida.................... 780.8 8,701.9 -3.1 1,104 5.1
Georgia.................... 329.2 4,393.8 -2.6 1,198 3.6
Hawaii..................... 48.0 564.4 -14.1 1,091 5.7
Idaho...................... 74.2 768.6 1.9 906 4.9
Illinois................... 390.0 5,559.6 -5.5 1,387 6.7
Indiana.................... 176.2 2,956.4 -2.5 1,026 3.3
Iowa....................... 105.1 1,473.6 -3.3 1,004 2.6
Kansas..................... 90.4 1,335.4 -3.3 986 1.9
Kentucky................... 130.7 1,835.2 -2.5 965 2.3
Louisiana.................. 141.5 1,787.6 -5.9 977 1.0
Maine...................... 56.2 585.0 -2.8 1,000 4.7
Maryland................... 174.3 2,522.1 -5.0 1,386 8.5
Massachusetts.............. 271.2 3,334.9 -6.6 1,732 7.8
Michigan................... 267.5 4,026.6 -5.9 1,155 4.8
Minnesota.................. 189.7 2,695.4 -5.1 1,290 4.6
Mississippi................ 75.3 1,098.4 -2.5 811 1.1
Missouri................... 221.8 2,705.5 -3.0 1,055 3.7
Montana.................... 53.2 465.2 0.1 915 5.4
Nebraska................... 73.4 944.7 -2.8 990 3.6
Nevada..................... 92.8 1,291.5 -8.4 1,080 4.7
New Hampshire.............. 56.8 631.8 -3.9 1,258 5.4
New Jersey................. 297.0 3,818.6 -5.5 1,533 5.3
New Mexico................. 65.2 774.5 -7.4 958 3.8
New York................... 664.6 8,587.8 -8.7 1,869 10.4
North Carolina............. 302.7 4,423.2 -1.7 1,137 4.1
North Dakota............... 32.3 388.7 -6.1 1,037 -0.9
Ohio....................... 310.1 5,136.8 -3.9 1,098 3.3
Oklahoma................... 114.4 1,549.7 -3.7 939 -0.8
Oregon..................... 169.4 1,841.9 -5.2 1,172 6.4
Pennsylvania............... 369.7 5,531.3 -5.4 1,226 4.3
Rhode Island............... 41.2 447.8 -5.6 1,171 3.4
South Carolina............. 150.1 2,056.2 -2.6 957 3.8
South Dakota............... 35.6 417.1 -0.9 932 3.4
Tennessee.................. 180.2 2,968.7 -2.1 1,077 5.0
Texas...................... 750.1 12,216.7 -3.4 1,261 2.4
Utah....................... 117.3 1,548.8 1.5 1,065 3.7
Vermont.................... 27.0 283.7 -6.9 1,028 4.9
Virginia................... 291.3 3,765.8 -3.9 1,285 4.2
Washington................. 261.2 3,252.0 -5.1 1,540 9.1
West Virginia.............. 52.3 648.6 -3.8 911 0.8
Wisconsin.................. 183.1 2,730.0 -3.7 1,047 3.9
Wyoming.................... 27.8 255.9 -4.6 953 -0.6
Puerto Rico................ 47.1 856.5 -3.1 562 2.0
Virgin Islands............. 3.6 34.7 -14.0 961 -8.0
(1) Average weekly wages were calculated using unrounded data.
(2) Totals for the United States do not include data for Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands.
Note: Data are preliminary. Includes workers covered by Unemployment Insurance (UI) and
Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees (UCFE) programs.
United States Department of Labor
