Table 5

Instituting a financial transactions tax and spending on infrastructure, job impact by state

2013 2014 2015 2016* 2017*
Total 433,649 577,157 566,267 555,572 546,717
Alabama 7,095 9,443 9,265 9,090 8,945
Alaska 1,145 1,525 1,496 1,468 1,444
Arizona 7,622 10,145 9,953 9,765 9,610
Arkansas 4,403 5,860 5,749 5,641 5,551
California 36,193 48,171 47,262 46,369 45,630
Colorado 7,352 9,785 9,600 9,419 9,269
Connecticut 3,826 5,093 4,997 4,902 4,824
Delaware 1,454 1,935 1,898 1,862 1,833
District of Columbia 2,776 3,694 3,625 3,556 3,499
Florida 22,499 29,944 29,379 28,824 28,365
Georgia 13,321 17,730 17,395 17,066 16,794
Hawaii 2,065 2,749 2,697 2,646 2,604
Idaho 2,226 2,962 2,906 2,851 2,806
Illinois 18,224 24,255 23,797 23,348 22,975
Indiana 10,821 14,403 14,131 13,864 13,643
Iowa 5,853 7,790 7,643 7,499 7,379
Kansas 4,898 6,519 6,396 6,275 6,175
Kentucky 6,920 9,210 9,037 8,866 8,725
Louisiana 7,241 9,638 9,456 9,277 9,130
Maine 2,239 2,980 2,924 2,868 2,823
Maryland 7,170 9,542 9,362 9,185 9,039
Massachusetts 9,397 12,506 12,270 12,039 11,847
Michigan 13,883 18,478 18,129 17,787 17,503
Minnesota 8,992 11,968 11,742 11,521 11,337
Mississippi 4,157 5,532 5,428 5,325 5,240
Missouri 9,857 13,119 12,872 12,628 12,427
Montana 1,644 2,187 2,146 2,106 2,072
Nebraska 3,637 4,840 4,749 4,659 4,585
Nevada 3,638 4,842 4,751 4,661 4,587
New Hampshire 2,038 2,713 2,662 2,612 2,570
New Jersey 9,454 12,583 12,345 12,112 11,919
New Mexico 3,022 4,022 3,946 3,871 3,810
New York 26,518 35,294 34,628 33,974 33,433
North Carolina 14,078 18,737 18,384 18,036 17,749
North Dakota 1,639 2,181 2,140 2,100 2,066
Ohio 19,028 25,325 24,847 24,378 23,989
Oklahoma 5,958 7,930 7,780 7,633 7,511
Oregon 5,835 7,766 7,619 7,476 7,356
Pennsylvania 20,184 26,863 26,357 25,859 25,447
Rhode Island 1,570 2,090 2,050 2,012 1,980
South Carolina 6,911 9,198 9,025 8,854 8,713
South Dakota 1,619 2,154 2,114 2,074 2,041
Tennessee 9,873 13,140 12,892 12,649 12,447
Texas 35,235 46,896 46,011 45,142 44,422
Utah 4,489 5,974 5,862 5,751 5,659
Vermont 1,078 1,435 1,408 1,382 1,360
Virginia 11,144 14,831 14,552 14,277 14,049
Washington 9,120 12,138 11,909 11,684 11,498
West Virginia 3,023 4,023 3,948 3,873 3,811
Wisconsin 10,237 13,625 13,368 13,116 12,907
Wyoming 1,046 1,392 1,366 1,340 1,319

*Assuming economy remains below full employment

Source: Author's analysis of data from Citizens for Tax Justice (2008), the Budget for All (Fieldhouse and Thiess 2012), and Bureau of Labor Statistics (2012)

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