Comparing employment levels and growth from WVU study to Current Employment Statistics (CES), 1990–2013
| 1990 | 2013 | Percent change, 1990–2013 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State | WVU employment | CES, private | CES, nonfarm | WVU employment | CES, private | CES, nonfarm | WVU employment | CES, private | CES, nonfarm |
| Alabama | 1,291,089 | 1,309,100 | 1,635,800 | 1,485,544 | 1,525,000 | 1,902,600 | 15.1% | 16.5% | 16.3% |
| Arizona | 1,240,236 | 1,210,400 | 1,483,100 | 2,102,853 | 2,110,900 | 2,520,600 | 69.6% | 74.4% | 70.0% |
| Arkansas | 750,507 | 764,600 | 923,900 | 944,619 | 961,300 | 1,176,200 | 25.9% | 25.7% | 27.3% |
| California | 11,200,000 | 10,463,900 | 12,538,700 | 13,100,000 | 12,809,000 | 15,183,300 | 17.0% | 22.4% | 21.1% |
| Colorado | 1,236,815 | 1,244,100 | 1,520,900 | 1,952,166 | 1,978,200 | 2,381,900 | 57.8% | 59.0% | 56.6% |
| Connecticut | 1,412,317 | 1,409,200 | 1,619,500 | 1,405,206 | 1,415,300 | 1,653,600 | -0.5% | 0.4% | 2.1% |
| Delaware | 294,232 | 299,600 | 347,500 | 353,198 | 364,800 | 428,700 | 20.0% | 21.8% | 23.4% |
| Florida | 4,557,857 | 4,516,600 | 5,363,300 | 6,491,842 | 6,506,300 | 7,582,500 | 42.4% | 44.1% | 41.4% |
| Georgia | 2,422,482 | 2,474,400 | 3,026,600 | 3,278,166 | 3,351,100 | 4,035,400 | 35.3% | 35.4% | 33.3% |
| Idaho | 325,605 | 304,100 | 385,400 | 518,892 | 520,500 | 637,900 | 59.4% | 71.2% | 65.5% |
| Illinois | 4,459,281 | 4,521,700 | 5,287,600 | 4,897,723 | 4,974,600 | 5,805,400 | 9.8% | 10.0% | 9.8% |
| Indiana | 2,107,087 | 2,147,000 | 2,522,100 | 2,458,260 | 2,513,000 | 2,937,500 | 16.7% | 17.0% | 16.5% |
| Iowa | 982,605 | 1,007,400 | 1,226,400 | 1,261,380 | 1,273,700 | 1,528,400 | 28.4% | 26.4% | 24.6% |
| Kansas | 861,028 | 877,500 | 1,091,900 | 1,092,895 | 1,115,000 | 1,372,200 | 26.9% | 27.1% | 25.7% |
| Kentucky | 1,173,522 | 1,211,800 | 1,460,000 | 1,475,768 | 1,505,600 | 1,830,000 | 25.8% | 24.2% | 25.3% |
| Louisiana | 1,237,146 | 1,261,500 | 1,587,700 | 1,572,098 | 1,614,900 | 1,953,300 | 27.1% | 28.0% | 23.0% |
| Maine | 435,144 | 439,200 | 535,000 | 490,773 | 501,200 | 601,700 | 12.8% | 14.1% | 12.5% |
| Maryland | 1,736,039 | 1,751,800 | 2,173,200 | 2,044,677 | 2,092,300 | 2,596,300 | 17.8% | 19.4% | 19.5% |
| Massachusetts | 2,537,238 | 2,577,400 | 2,987,700 | 2,876,412 | 2,915,400 | 3,358,500 | 13.4% | 13.1% | 12.4% |
| Michigan | 3,294,957 | 3,315,800 | 3,946,400 | 3,463,644 | 3,510,800 | 4,109,300 | 5.1% | 5.9% | 4.1% |
| Minnesota | 1,758,935 | 1,788,000 | 2,135,900 | 2,322,210 | 2,361,400 | 2,776,000 | 32.0% | 32.1% | 30.0% |
| Mississippi | 726,232 | 734,400 | 937,800 | 855,652 | 866,000 | 1,111,300 | 17.8% | 17.9% | 18.5% |
| Missouri | 1,935,166 | 1,975,300 | 2,345,000 | 2,220,183 | 2,275,600 | 2,710,900 | 14.7% | 15.2% | 15.6% |
| Montana | 222,437 | 225,900 | 297,300 | 354,798 | 359,600 | 449,300 | 59.5% | 59.2% | 51.1% |
| Nebraska | 574,151 | 587,600 | 731,000 | 774,598 | 811,500 | 980,400 | 34.9% | 38.1% | 34.1% |
| Nevada | 541,038 | 545,400 | 621,000 | 1,014,758 | 1,023,300 | 1,174,300 | 87.6% | 87.6% | 89.1% |
| New Hampshire | 430,001 | 435,300 | 508,000 | 534,080 | 550,000 | 640,300 | 24.2% | 26.3% | 26.0% |
| New Jersey | 3,026,227 | 3,058,400 | 3,635,100 | 3,235,655 | 3,317,500 | 3,935,200 | 6.9% | 8.5% | 8.3% |
| New Mexico | 429,846 | 430,700 | 580,400 | 610,148 | 620,300 | 813,400 | 41.9% | 44.0% | 40.1% |
| New York | 6,674,647 | 6,730,300 | 8,203,200 | 7,321,113 | 7,497,300 | 8,940,600 | 9.7% | 11.4% | 9.0% |
| North Carolina | 2,602,197 | 2,627,300 | 3,127,100 | 3,291,488 | 3,340,800 | 4,056,800 | 26.5% | 27.2% | 29.7% |
| North Dakota | 194,144 | 198,000 | 265,800 | 359,414 | 364,600 | 444,400 | 85.1% | 84.1% | 67.2% |
| Ohio | 4,098,217 | 4,160,100 | 4,882,300 | 4,404,185 | 4,501,400 | 5,263,100 | 7.5% | 8.2% | 7.8% |
| Oklahoma | 911,410 | 939,200 | 1,209,600 | 1,241,022 | 1,286,700 | 1,635,200 | 36.2% | 37.0% | 35.2% |
| Oregon | 1,029,794 | 1,023,600 | 1,255,700 | 1,410,792 | 1,385,300 | 1,674,200 | 37.0% | 35.3% | 33.3% |
| Pennsylvania | 4,368,765 | 4,471,100 | 5,172,900 | 4,905,312 | 5,023,200 | 5,743,900 | 12.3% | 12.3% | 11.0% |
| Rhode Island | 386,713 | 391,600 | 454,000 | 397,448 | 411,200 | 471,500 | 2.8% | 5.0% | 3.9% |
| South Carolina | 1,246,511 | 1,250,600 | 1,527,600 | 1,511,832 | 1,547,800 | 1,901,000 | 21.3% | 23.8% | 24.4% |
| South Dakota | 219,681 | 225,500 | 288,500 | 333,312 | 340,400 | 417,700 | 51.7% | 51.0% | 44.8% |
| Tennessee | 1,812,219 | 1,844,500 | 2,196,000 | 2,284,291 | 2,333,800 | 2,758,800 | 26.0% | 26.5% | 25.6% |
| Texas | 5,740,055 | 5,837,900 | 7,098,900 | 9,263,369 | 9,398,200 | 11,206,900 | 61.4% | 61.0% | 57.9% |
| Utah | 558,691 | 573,100 | 723,600 | 1,042,639 | 1,065,100 | 1,290,500 | 86.6% | 85.8% | 78.3% |
| Vermont | 210,468 | 214,200 | 257,700 | 248,983 | 251,300 | 306,600 | 18.3% | 17.3% | 19.0% |
| Virginia | 2,279,142 | 2,318,700 | 2,897,100 | 2,951,428 | 3,049,800 | 3,758,100 | 29.5% | 31.5% | 29.7% |
| Washington | 1,760,031 | 1,749,900 | 2,147,500 | 2,442,377 | 2,449,500 | 2,992,700 | 38.8% | 40.0% | 39.4% |
| West Virginia | 482,614 | 503,300 | 630,500 | 564,975 | 612,100 | 765,700 | 17.1% | 21.6% | 21.4% |
| Wisconsin | 1,906,647 | 1,948,500 | 2,291,400 | 2,344,169 | 2,399,800 | 2,809,000 | 22.9% | 23.2% | 22.6% |
| Wyoming | 139,900 | 143,300 | 198,500 | 213,355 | 217,400 | 289,300 | 52.5% | 51.7% | 45.7% |
| Total | 89,821,066 | 90,038,800 | 108,282,100 | 111,719,702 | 113,219,800 | 134,912,400 | 24.4% | 25.7% | 24.6% |
Note: The states of Alaska and Hawaii as well as the District of Columbia were excluded from the WVU study's analysis so we exclude them as well. CES data was downloaded from the BLS State and Metro Area Employment database: http://www.bls.gov/sae/data.htm.
Source: EPI analysis of unpublished data from Deskins, Bowen, and Christiadi (2015) and data from the BLS Current Employment Statistics public data series