Selected State-by-State Employment Data: 1998
	Non-Farm Employment		Establishments		Annual Payroll
state	No. of empl.	% chg fr 97	Total No.	% chg fr 97	Amount ($1000s)	% chg fr 97	$ per empl.
UNITED STATES	108,117,731	2.7	6,941,822	0.7	3,309,400,000	8.6	30,609
ALABAMA	1,604,110	0.8	100,316	0.0	40,330,597	5.3	25,142
ALASKA	196,135	3.8	18,212	0.4	6,883,920	8.1	35,098
ARIZONA	1,763,508	3.7	110,245	1.5	49,052,246	11.1	27,815
ARKANSAS	944,935	2.1	62,353	0.0	21,764,625	6.7	23,033
CALIFORNIA	12,026,989	4.0	773,925	1.0	406,481,070	9.5	33,797
COLORADO	1,757,628	4.9	130,354	2.3	53,790,978	13.6	30,604
CONNECTICUT	1,493,964	1.5	92,362	-0.4	58,225,763	9.3	38,974
DELAWARE	354,643	1.9	22,871	2.8	11,831,134	7.5	33,361
D.C.	402,070	1.4	19,571	0.1	17,358,137	8.6	43,172
FLORIDA	5,756,353	3.7	420,638	0.7	149,936,849	8.3	26,047
GEORGIA	3,198,950	3.0	194,213	1.5	94,687,270	10.6	29,599
HAWAII	416,571	-2.2	29,603	-1.3	11,291,978	1.0	27,107
IDAHO	423,615	4.7	35,961	1.1	10,595,285	8.0	25,012
ILLINOIS	5,221,782	2.6	304,533	0.6	175,703,556	8.2	33,648
INDIANA	2,540,866	2.1	146,197	0.0	71,435,864	7.6	28,115
IOWA	1,213,285	2.9	80,838	0.3	30,409,574	7.9	25,064
KANSAS	1,081,941	3.1	74,019	0.1	28,747,577	7.3	26,570
KENTUCKY	1,443,015	1.4	89,593	0.6	36,889,001	6.4	25,564
LOUISIANA	1,577,220	3.0	100,667	-0.1	40,802,387	7.5	25,870
MAINE	456,715	2.2	38,334	1.0	11,559,136	5.6	25,309
MARYLAND	1,938,727	1.7	126,577	0.5	59,817,673	6.4	30,854
MASSACHUSETTS	2,924,913	2.3	167,929	0.6	105,871,311	10.6	36,196
MICHIGAN	3,919,567	2.0	235,403	0.0	128,649,484	6.9	32,822
MINNESOTA	2,271,671	3.5	134,981	1.5	70,094,975	10.1	30,856
MISSISSIPPI	937,023	3.0	59,771	0.7	21,066,790	7.6	22,483
MISSOURI	2,310,122	1.2	143,912	0.3	64,669,474	6.6	27,994
MONTANA	277,144	1.2	30,957	0.7	5,960,687	5.1	21,508
NEBRASKA	720,252	2.7	48,655	0.1	18,178,238	9.7	25,239
NEVADA	800,861	4.2	44,613	5.4	21,847,334	9.7	27,280
NEW HAMPSHIRE	518,526	4.1	36,842	0.4	14,863,829	9.1	28,666
NEW JERSEY	3,368,365	2.0	230,860	0.7	125,787,145	8.1	37,344
NEW MEXICO	540,186	1.2	42,608	0.3	13,133,707	4.9	24,313
NEW YORK	6,993,814	1.4	481,962	0.7	274,634,982	8.2	39,268
NORTH CAROLINA	3,223,178	1.8	198,690	0.6	86,780,877	7.2	26,924
NORTH DAKOTA	249,476	3.1	20,288	-0.7	5,533,810	7.8	22,182
OHIO	4,806,046	2.1	270,343	-0.1	140,265,358	6.7	29,185
OKLAHOMA	1,167,709	3.5	84,881	0.3	28,667,008	6.5	24,550
OREGON	1,310,750	1.4	99,183	0.6	37,722,920	6.0	28,780
PENNSYLVANIA	4,906,190	1.3	292,659	0.2	145,569,019	6.0	29,670
RHODE ISLAND	402,485	3.0	28,245	0.3	11,115,638	6.2	27,618
SOUTH CAROLINA	1,526,106	3.5	94,985	1.1	38,559,169	8.0	25,266
SOUTH DAKOTA	289,422	3.7	23,521	0.1	6,403,476	8.9	22,125
TENNESSEE	2,299,348	2.3	131,110	0.1	62,441,176	7.6	27,156
TEXAS	7,570,820	4.4	462,875	0.8	229,185,833	11.5	30,272
UTAH	866,146	5.1	52,025	2.7	22,199,933	9.2	25,631
VERMONT	239,034	2.8	21,261	0.1	5,907,989	5.8	24,716
VIRGINIA	2,700,589	2.8	172,182	0.9	81,261,075	11.6	30,090
WASHINGTON	2,134,598	2.6	161,473	1.1	73,268,188	15.0	34,324
WEST VIRGINIA	547,234	0.8	41,703	0.2	13,278,895	4.0	24,265
WISCONSIN	2,319,343	1.8	138,635	0.2	64,912,499	6.4	27,987
WYOMING	163,791	1.2	17,888	1.2	3,980,094	4.3	24,300
Source: U.S. Census Bureau. County Business Patterns 1998 (7/20/2000).