State comparison

Compare states for one occupation

Pick one occupation and up to three states to see published BLS QCEW industry conditions side by side: employment change for the industries that employ that occupation, the national benchmark, the difference in percentage points, business locations and average weekly industry wages.

There is no state-level Job Market Health score. The 0 to 100 score is national only; these state figures describe local industry conditions. See the methodology and the BLS QCEW source.

States (2 of 3 selected)

Not directly comparable

These states do not pass the same published-data checks, so no combined comparison, ranking or winner is shown. The figures each state does publish are listed below with the reason it is excluded.

Texas

No published local industry data for this state.

Ohio

No published local industry data for this state.

How to read this comparison

QCEW measures employment and wages by industry, not by occupation. Each state figure weights published industry conditions by the industry mix for the occupation, so it describes the industries that employ it. Differences are shown in percentage points against the national change for the same quarter. A comparison sentence appears only when every state passes the same identity, source-verification, coverage, quarter and industry-mix vintage checks.

Occupation-level scores stay on the national report. See methodology, about the data and state labor market pages.