Rankings · Seasonal

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