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Job losses exceeded job gains in 46 states and D.C for the quarter ended in March 2020
November 04, 2020
From December 2019 to March 2020, the difference between the number of job gains and the number of job losses yielded a net employment loss of 773,000 jobs in the private sector. Over this period, job losses exceeded job gains in 46 states and D.C.
Gross job gains and losses in the private sector as a percent of total employment for the quarter ended March 2020
State
Gross job gains as a percent of total employment
Gross job losses as a percent of total employment
Alabama
5.5%
5.9%
Alaska
9.2
9.5
Arizona
5.6
5.9
Arkansas
5.1
5.5
California
6.1
6.7
Colorado
6.3
7.0
Connecticut
5.2
5.9
Delaware
6.2
6.6
District of Columbia
5.2
5.3
Florida
5.4
6.2
Georgia
5.6
5.9
Hawaii
5.2
5.8
Idaho
7.6
6.1
Illinois
5.0
6.0
Indiana
4.9
6.0
Iowa
5.2
5.9
Kansas
5.4
6.0
Kentucky
5.3
6.1
Louisiana
5.3
6.3
Maine
6.4
7.0
Maryland
5.7
6.7
Massachusetts
5.2
6.0
Michigan
5.0
5.7
Minnesota
5.0
5.6
Mississippi
5.6
6.2
Missouri
5.2
5.7
Montana
7.7
7.7
Nebraska
5.8
6.1
Nevada
5.4
6.3
New Hampshire
6.0
6.4
New Jersey
5.7
6.3
New Mexico
6.1
6.5
New York
5.5
6.4
North Carolina
5.8
5.7
North Dakota
6.8
7.0
Ohio
5.1
5.6
Oklahoma
5.4
6.7
Oregon
6.2
6.5
Pennsylvania
4.9
5.6
Rhode Island
6.1
6.5
South Carolina
5.5
6.6
South Dakota
6.0
6.6
Tennessee
4.9
5.3
Texas
5.0
5.5
Utah
6.6
6.4
Vermont
5.8
7.6
Virginia
5.6
6.1
Washington
7.4
7.4
West Virginia
6.0
6.8
Wisconsin
5.0
5.3
Wyoming
8.6
9.3
For the quarter ended in March 2020, Alaska (9.2%), Wyoming (8.6%), and Montana (7.7%) had the highest number of job gains as a percent of total employment. Those states also had the highest number job losses as a percent of total employment: Alaska (9.5%), Wyoming (9.3%), and Montana (7.7%).
United States Department of Labor
