Table 3. Covered(1) establishments, employment, and wages by state,
third quarter 2012(2)
Employment Average weekly
wage(3)
Establishments,
third quarter
State 2012 Percent Percent
(thousands) September change, Third change,
2012 September quarter third
(thousands) 2011-12 2012 quarter
2011-12
United States(4)......... 9,165.4 132,624.7 1.6 $906 -1.1
Alabama.................. 116.1 1,833.5 0.6 784 -2.4
Alaska................... 22.0 343.6 0.6 961 -0.2
Arizona.................. 148.5 2,437.5 2.2 846 -2.0
Arkansas................. 85.8 1,156.7 0.3 708 -1.0
California............... 1,328.5 15,109.1 2.8 1,036 -1.2
Colorado................. 174.4 2,284.6 2.2 936 -1.3
Connecticut.............. 111.6 1,638.9 0.8 1,087 -2.8
Delaware................. 27.8 407.3 0.1 925 -2.5
District of Columbia..... 36.1 714.9 0.6 1,514 -0.7
Florida.................. 611.5 7,307.9 1.9 800 -1.4
Georgia.................. 271.2 3,841.2 1.1 854 -1.5
Hawaii................... 38.5 605.5 1.7 827 -1.0
Idaho.................... 53.3 630.4 1.1 687 -1.4
Illinois................. 393.5 5,688.6 1.1 945 -1.4
Indiana.................. 160.4 2,849.9 1.8 772 -1.7
Iowa..................... 95.4 1,486.7 1.1 756 -0.5
Kansas................... 84.7 1,325.5 1.0 761 -1.4
Kentucky................. 111.3 1,779.5 1.2 751 -1.7
Louisiana................ 129.1 1,864.3 0.3 805 -1.8
Maine.................... 49.6 597.0 0.2 722 -1.6
Maryland................. 167.5 2,533.3 1.4 1,007 -1.6
Massachusetts............ 221.2 3,271.6 1.2 1,102 -1.2
Michigan................. 239.5 3,984.2 1.5 862 -1.5
Minnesota................ 170.2 2,675.4 1.1 915 0.0
Mississippi.............. 68.7 1,089.4 0.6 672 -1.2
Missouri................. 178.2 2,628.8 0.7 793 -1.2
Montana.................. 42.7 441.6 1.8 689 0.3
Nebraska................. 67.9 924.4 2.0 742 -0.5
Nevada................... 73.1 1,140.1 1.5 820 -3.0
New Hampshire............ 49.2 620.6 1.1 874 -3.1
New Jersey............... 260.9 3,811.2 1.1 1,053 -1.8
New Mexico............... 55.5 788.7 0.0 761 -2.3
New York................. 608.8 8,616.8 1.2 1,088 -1.1
North Carolina........... 258.8 3,934.1 1.6 806 -0.2
North Dakota............. 29.7 422.2 7.8 872 6.3
Ohio..................... 288.0 5,073.0 1.1 828 -0.7
Oklahoma................. 104.7 1,545.6 1.3 779 -0.5
Oregon................... 134.2 1,667.3 1.2 834 0.0
Pennsylvania............. 353.0 5,598.4 0.6 899 -1.3
Rhode Island............. 35.5 460.5 0.8 855 -1.9
South Carolina........... 112.7 1,814.7 1.3 738 -1.1
South Dakota............. 31.4 405.3 1.6 683 -0.1
Tennessee................ 141.8 2,674.3 1.7 814 -0.6
Texas.................... 596.1 10,773.4 2.7 930 -0.2
Utah..................... 86.0 1,231.0 3.3 766 -1.8
Vermont.................. 24.5 302.0 1.2 763 -1.8
Virginia................. 241.9 3,631.1 0.9 960 -1.5
Washington............... 237.3 2,944.6 1.5 1,024 1.3
West Virginia............ 49.6 715.4 0.5 724 -2.4
Wisconsin................ 161.6 2,718.7 0.7 770 -2.7
Wyoming.................. 25.6 284.7 0.0 828 -0.5
Puerto Rico.............. 48.8 933.4 2.1 506 0.0
Virgin Islands........... 3.5 38.6 -9.8 711 -1.1
(1) Includes workers covered by Unemployment Insurance (UI) and Unemployment
Compensation for Federal Employees (UCFE) programs.
(2) Data are preliminary.
(3) Average weekly wages were calculated using unrounded data.
(4) Totals for the United States do not include data for Puerto Rico or the
Virgin Islands.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
