Rankings · Seasonal

Highest q4 retail employment change by state

Fourth-quarter retail employment change.

This measure has no better end. The order describes the states, it does not rank them — see the other direction.

Change in average retail employment from the third to the fourth quarter, using QCEW NAICS 44–45. It captures a seasonal staffing change, but does not attribute that change to holidays or say whether retail work is good or bad.

  1. 1Arizona3.1%
  2. 2California3.0%
  3. 3Florida2.6%
  4. 4Nevada2.5%
  5. 5Texas2.4%
  6. 6Kentucky2.2%
  7. 7Tennessee2.1%
  8. 8Utah2.1%
  9. 9Arkansas1.9%
  10. 10Connecticut1.9%
  11. 11Ohio1.8%
  12. 12District of Columbia1.7%
  13. 13Georgia1.7%
  14. 14Hawaii1.7%
  15. 15Oklahoma1.7%
  16. 16Alabama1.6%
  17. 17Illinois1.6%
  18. 18Mississippi1.6%
  19. 19New York1.6%
  20. 20Rhode Island1.6%
  21. 21North Dakota1.5%
  22. 22Virginia1.5%
  23. 23Indiana1.4%
  24. 24Kansas1.4%
  25. 25Maryland1.4%
  26. 26Missouri1.4%
  27. 27North Carolina1.4%
  28. 28New Jersey1.4%
  29. 29Iowa1.3%
  30. 30Nebraska1.3%
  31. 31Pennsylvania1.3%
  32. 32South Carolina1.3%
  33. 33Washington1.1%
  34. 34West Virginia1.0%
  35. 35Louisiana0.9%
  36. 36Minnesota0.8%
  37. 37Michigan0.7%
  38. 38Oregon0.7%
  39. 39Colorado0.6%
  40. 40Idaho0.6%
  41. 41Wisconsin0.6%
  42. 42Massachusetts0.5%
  43. 43New Mexico0.5%
  44. 44New Hampshire0.4%
  45. 45Vermont0.4%
  46. 46Montana0.3%
  47. 47Delaware-0.1%
  48. 48South Dakota-0.1%
  49. 49Maine-1.6%
  50. 50Wyoming-2.1%
  51. 51Alaska-3.9%
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Source: BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages. · How this is built