July State Level Job Summary

The Congressional Joint Economic Committee has released state by state job statistics for July.
Here are the highlights of this report:
* “Over the past year (since July 2003), the unemployment rate has fallen in 49 states and all 4 regions of the United States. 35 states have unemployment rates at or below the national unemployment rate of 5.5 percent.
* Non-farm payroll employment has increased in 46 states over the past year.
* Non-farm payroll employment increased in 28 states in July. The states with the largest payroll job gains during July were Maryland (+11,800), Massachusetts (+11,600), Washington (+8,600), North Carolina (+8,200), and Wisconsin (+7,000).”

Find the complete report here.