2000 vs. 2017 Total Employment Growth and Change
United States Employment Growth by State
2000 vs. 2017, Net Percent Change
United States Employment Growth by State
Utah 2000 vs. 2017
Net Percent Change = 44.53%
Rank = #1
Michigan 2000 vs. 2017
Net Percent Change = 0.17%
Rank = #51
New York 2000 vs. 2017
Net Percent Change = 18.87%
Rank = #20
With a spotlight on New York, the chart above displays the distribution of the net percent change of employment across the nation's 51 states over the period 2000-2017.
Those states whose employment growth registered above the nationwide average over this period realized an increase in their nationwide share of employment. Likewise, those states whose employment growth registered below the nationwide average experienced a decline in their relative share of employment nationwide.
Nationwide Snippets:
  • Over 2000-2017 employment grew in all 51 U.S. states.
  • Employment growth in twenty-one states outpaced the nationwide average (18.76%), while growth in thirty states trailed.
  • At the extremes of the distribution, Utah posted the highest growth of employment (44.53%), while Michigan placed last by logging a 0.17% gain.
  • The spread in employment growth between the highest (Utah, 44.53%) and lowest (Michigan, 0.17%) over 2000-2017 equated to 44.36% ( = 44.53%0.17%).
  • Employment growth nationwide is but a weighted metric that stems from each state's share of employment nationwide. On this point, as the largest state in the nation, California's net employment growth over 2000-2017 of 4,319,979 made up 13.92% of the total net growth nationwide (31,023,300):

California: Percent Share of U.S.
Employment Growth, 2000-2017:

13.92% = (4,319,979 / 31,023,300) x 100
New York Snippets:
  • Over 2000-2017, New York posted a 18.87% net gain in employment.
  • New York was joined by twenty other states whose employment growth over 2000-2017 registered above the nationwide average (18.76%).
  • Ranked #20 among the United States' 51 states, New York's employment growth (18.87%) outperformed the nationwide average of 18.76% by a 0.11% margin.
  • New York's net employment growth (18.87%, #20) over 2000-2017 registered just above that of Virginia (18.87%, #21) and just below that of Maryland (19.56%, #19).

Data Definition

The BEA employment series for states and local areas comprises estimates of the number of jobs, full-time plus part-time, by place of work. Full-time and part-time jobs are counted at equal weight. Employees, sole proprietors, and active partners are included, but unpaid family workers and volunteers are not included. Proprietors employment consists of the number of sole proprietorships and the number of partners in partnerships. The description "by place of work" applies to the wage and salary portion of the series and, with relatively little error, to the entire series. The proprietors employment portion of the series, however, is more nearly by place of residence because, for nonfarm sole proprietorships, the estimates are based on IRS tax data that reflect the address from which the proprietor's individual tax return is filed, which is usually the proprietor's residence. The nonfarm partnership portion of the proprietors employment series reflects the tax-filing address of the partnership, which may be either the residence of one of the partners or the business address of the partnership. The employment estimates are designed to be consistent with the estimates of wage and salary disbursements and proprietors' income that are part of the personal income series. The employment estimates are based on the same sets of source data as the corresponding earnings estimates and are prepared with parallel methodologies. Two forms of proprietors' income-the income of limited partnerships and the income of tax-exempt cooperatives-have no corresponding employment estimates.

United States. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Income Division.
Regional Definitions. 2023. Web.
https://apps.bea.gov/regional/definitions/

Employment Growth by State
2000 vs. 2017, Net Percent Change
Employment Growth by State
View Distribution Totals as: Actual Percent
     
 
State Distribution of Employment Growth, 2000 vs. 2017
More
than
30%
30%
to
25%
25%
to
20%
20%
to
15%
15%
to
10%
10%
to
5%
5%
to
0%
0%
or
Below
Total
2000 vs. 2017
6
4
8
8
10
12
3
0
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Employment by State, 2017
Employment by State, 2017
California 2017
Employment = 23,548,874
Percent of U.S. = 11.99%
Rank = #1
Wyoming 2017
Employment = 398,968
Percent of U.S. = 0.20%
Rank = #51
New York 2017
Employment = 12,391,361
Percent of U.S. = 6.31%
Rank = #3
Again highlighting New York's position, the bar graph above displays the disposition by state of 2017 employment nationwide (196,394,100).

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Nationwide Snippets:
  • Ranked #1, California's 2017 employment totaled 23,548,874, equating to 11.99% of the nationwide total.
  • Ranked last (#51), Wyoming's employment of 398,968 in 2017 comprised just 0.20% of the total nationwide. Wyoming's employment in 2017 equates to just 1.7% to that of California's.
  • California's 2017 employment (23,548,874) exceeded the combined employment (23,196,515) of the nation's twenty-two smallest states.
New York Snippets:
  • New York's employment in 2017 ranked #3, amounting to 6.31% of the nationwide total.
  • New York's employment of 12,391,361 placed below that of Texas' (17,104,407, #2), and just above that of Florida's (12,098,388, #4).
  • New York's employment of 12,391,361 exceeds the combined total (12,213,274) of the nation's sixteen smallest states.
Employment by State, 2017
Employment by State, 2017
View Distribution Totals as: Actual Percent
     
 
State Distribution of Employment, 2017
More
than
10,000K
10,000K
to
8,000K
8,000K
to
6,000K
6,000K
to
4,000K
4,000K
to
2,000K
2,000K
or
Below
Total
2017
4
0
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7
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United States Employment by State:
2000 vs. 2017
 
2000
 
2017
 
2000 - 2017
 
 
 
 
2,392,225
1.45
 
2,649,222
1.35
 
10.74
256,997
0.83
-0.10
 
389,734
0.24
 
455,550
0.23
 
16.89
65,816
0.21
0.00
 
2,801,510
1.69
 
3,740,747
1.90
 
33.53
939,237
3.03
0.21
 
1,482,449
0.90
 
1,639,903
0.84
 
10.62
157,454
0.51
-0.06
 
19,228,895
11.63
 
23,548,874
11.99
 
22.47
4,319,979
13.92
0.36
 
2,918,002
1.76
 
3,760,708
1.91
 
28.88
842,706
2.72
0.15
 
2,118,177
1.28
 
2,300,273
1.17
 
8.60
182,096
0.59
-0.11
 
503,458
0.30
 
584,693
0.30
 
16.14
81,235
0.26
-0.01
 
735,304
0.44
 
902,843
0.46
 
22.78
167,539
0.54
0.02
 
8,881,279
5.37
 
12,098,388
6.16
 
36.22
3,217,109
10.37
0.79
 
4,860,810
2.94
 
6,128,089
3.12
 
26.07
1,267,279
4.08
0.18
 
749,439
0.45
 
921,135
0.47
 
22.91
171,696
0.55
0.02
 
776,910
0.47
 
1,007,831
0.51
 
29.72
230,921
0.74
0.04
 
7,357,491
4.45
 
7,823,072
3.98
 
6.33
465,581
1.50
-0.47
 
3,648,148
2.21
 
3,903,424
1.99
 
7.00
255,276
0.82
-0.22
 
1,915,254
1.16
 
2,061,826
1.05
 
7.65
146,572
0.47
-0.11
 
1,760,312
1.06
 
1,913,433
0.97
 
8.70
153,121
0.49
-0.09
 
2,306,481
1.39
 
2,520,120
1.28
 
9.26
213,639
0.69
-0.11
 
2,388,668
1.44
 
2,692,542
1.37
 
12.72
303,874
0.98
-0.07
 
784,039
0.47
 
834,280
0.42
 
6.41
50,241
0.16
-0.05
 
3,092,125
1.87
 
3,696,841
1.88
 
19.56
604,716
1.95
0.01
 
4,070,320
2.46
 
4,778,364
2.43
 
17.40
708,044
2.28
-0.03
 
5,621,494
3.40
 
5,631,139
2.87
 
0.17
9,645
0.03
-0.53
 
3,330,936
2.01
 
3,735,638
1.90
 
12.15
404,702
1.30
-0.11
 
1,476,295
0.89
 
1,592,198
0.81
 
7.85
115,903
0.37
-0.08
 
3,470,846
2.10
 
3,735,873
1.90
 
7.64
265,027
0.85
-0.20
 
552,690
0.33
 
674,409
0.34
 
22.02
121,719
0.39
0.01
 
1,173,756
0.71
 
1,317,730
0.67
 
12.27
143,974
0.46
-0.04
 
1,254,358
0.76
 
1,780,614
0.91
 
41.95
526,256
1.70
0.15
 
783,545
0.47
 
882,481
0.45
 
12.63
98,936
0.32
-0.02
 
4,748,598
2.87
 
5,448,785
2.77
 
14.75
700,187
2.26
-0.10
 
964,919
0.58
 
1,095,489
0.56
 
13.53
130,570
0.42
-0.03
 
10,424,526
6.30
 
12,391,361
6.31
 
18.87
1,966,835
6.34
0.01
 
4,891,957
2.96
 
5,919,022
3.01
 
20.99
1,027,065
3.31
0.06
 
440,643
0.27
 
573,077
0.29
 
30.05
132,434
0.43
0.03
 
6,789,300
4.11
 
6,987,847
3.56
 
2.92
198,547
0.64
-0.55
 
1,994,373
1.21
 
2,291,944
1.17
 
14.92
297,571
0.96
-0.04
 
2,092,153
1.27
 
2,515,986
1.28
 
20.26
423,833
1.37
0.02
 
6,905,286
4.18
 
7,662,469
3.90
 
10.97
757,183
2.44
-0.27
 
582,589
0.35
 
638,851
0.33
 
9.66
56,262
0.18
-0.03
 
2,279,819
1.38
 
2,759,183
1.40
 
21.03
479,364
1.55
0.03
 
512,377
0.31
 
601,254
0.31
 
17.35
88,877
0.29
0.00
 
3,459,310
2.09
 
4,033,011
2.05
 
16.58
573,701
1.85
-0.04
 
12,138,771
7.34
 
17,104,407
8.71
 
40.91
4,965,636
16.01
1.37
 
1,380,538
0.83
 
1,995,267
1.02
 
44.53
614,729
1.98
0.18
 
400,963
0.24
 
435,861
0.22
 
8.70
34,898
0.11
-0.02
 
4,399,151
2.66
 
5,229,126
2.66
 
18.87
829,975
2.68
0.00
 
3,526,778
2.13
 
4,432,271
2.26
 
25.67
905,493
2.92
0.12
 
875,561
0.53
 
888,822
0.45
 
1.51
13,261
0.04
-0.08
 
3,413,585
2.06
 
3,678,859
1.87
 
7.77
265,274
0.86
-0.19
 
324,653
0.20
 
398,968
0.20
 
22.89
74,315
0.24
0.01
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
165,370,800
100.00
 
196,394,100
100.00
 
18.76
31,023,300
100.00
0.00
Source: Calculations by the United States Regional Economic Analysis Project (US-REAP)
with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis
November 2023
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