Table A2

Net U.S. jobs created by eliminating currency manipulation, by state, 2015 (ranked by jobs gained under high-impact scenario)*

Scenario**
Low impact High impact
Rank State State employment (2011 average) Net jobs created Jobs created as a share of state employment Net jobs created Jobs created as a share of state employment
1 California 16,426,695 258,400 1.57% 687,100 4.18%
2 Texas 11,455,070 179,100 1.56% 460,400 4.02%
3 New York 8,959,015 109,900 1.23% 296,400 3.31%
4 Florida 8,101,900 110,200 1.36% 274,000 3.38%
5 Illinois 5,926,850 107,500 1.81% 266,400 4.49%
6 Ohio 5,213,455 103,200 1.98% 254,600 4.88%
7 Pennsylvania 5,853,320 101,400 1.73% 253,000 4.32%
8 Michigan 4,191,880 82,800 1.98% 207,200 4.94%
9 North Carolina 4,195,810 63,400 1.51% 170,000 4.05%
10 Georgia 4,193,775 65,900 1.57% 167,600 4.00%
11 Wisconsin 2,819,475 64,700 2.29% 156,600 5.55%
12 Indiana 2,934,500 61,000 2.08% 152,600 5.20%
13 New Jersey 4,152,515 57,200 1.38% 150,900 3.63%
14 Washington 3,118,000 61,300 1.97% 140,300 4.50%
15 Minnesota 2,728,880 55,900 2.05% 135,300 4.96%
16 Virginia 3,860,130 52,500 1.36% 131,300 3.40%
17 Massachusetts 3,284,720 50,600 1.54% 128,400 3.91%
18 Tennessee 2,784,460 45,800 1.64% 118,100 4.24%
19 Missouri 2,742,055 47,200 1.72% 116,800 4.26%
20 Arizona 2,687,990 43,500 1.62% 105,100 3.91%
21 Colorado 2,492,420 38,300 1.54% 95,700 3.84%
22 Maryland 2,894,565 35,800 1.24% 89,400 3.09%
23 South Carolina 1,968,925 35,600 1.81% 89,300 4.54%
24 Alabama 1,981,095 33,000 1.67% 85,000 4.29%
25 Kentucky 1,838,400 31,800 1.73% 82,500 4.49%
26 Iowa 1,538,755 34,000 2.21% 79,600 5.17%
27 Oregon 1,710,335 31,300 1.83% 78,600 4.60%
28 Connecticut 1,742,495 32,400 1.86% 77,000 4.42%
29 Oklahoma 1,681,760 27,900 1.66% 71,100 4.23%
30 Louisiana 1,973,940 27,800 1.41% 69,700 3.53%
31 Kansas 1,389,040 28,900 2.08% 67,000 4.82%
32 Arkansas 1,235,755 22,500 1.82% 56,300 4.56%
33 Utah 1,260,805 20,800 1.65% 51,600 4.09%
34 Mississippi 1,181,295 18,900 1.60% 47,900 4.05%
35 Nebraska 943,645 19,000 2.01% 44,200 4.68%
36 Nevada 1,204,880 16,000 1.33% 39,800 3.30%
37 Idaho 684,915 13,900 2.03% 32,700 4.77%
38 New Hampshire 684,805 12,700 1.85% 31,300 4.57%
39 New Mexico 869,775 12,500 1.44% 30,800 3.54%
40 West Virginia 748,560 11,800 1.58% 28,800 3.85%
41 Maine 643,105 9,300 1.45% 24,000 3.73%
42 South Dakota 415,625 9,200 2.21% 21,100 5.08%
43 Rhode Island 511,235 8,300 1.62% 20,700 4.05%
44 Montana 479,990 8,200 1.71% 19,200 4.00%
45 Hawaii 629,525 7,200 1.14% 18,200 2.89%
46 North Dakota 370,830 7,400 2.00% 17,000 4.58%
47 Delaware 420,365 6,700 1.59% 16,200 3.85%
48 Vermont 327,300 5,600 1.71% 13,600 4.16%
49 Wyoming 289,975 4,200 1.45% 10,900 3.76%
50 Alaska 344,345 3,900 1.13% 10,300 2.99%
51 District of Columbia 310,605 3,300 1.06% 8,200 2.64%
Total*** 140,399,600 2,300,000 1.64% 5,800,000 4.13%

*The table estimates the effects of ending currency manipulation over three years, modeled as having begun in 2013.

**The low-impact scenario assumes ending currency manipulation would reduce the trade deficit by $200 billion in 2015 relative to the trade deficit in 2012; the high-impact scenario assumes a $500 billion reduction in the trade deficit.

***Totals may vary slightly due to rounding.

Source: Author's analysis of U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (2013), U.S. International Trade Commission (2013),  Congressional Budget Office (2013a and 2013b), Bivens (2011), Bivens and Edwards (2010), Kondo and Svec (2009, 10), Bureau of Labor Statistics (2013d), Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections program (BLS-EP 2011a and 2011b), and Zandi (2011). For a more detailed explanation of data sources and computations, see text and the appendix.

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