Joint Economic Committee

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Senator Martin Heinrich (D-NM)

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Private-sector employment up in 37 states and D.C

Hourly earnings up in 41 states over past year

 

WASHINGTON – Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Ranking Member of the Joint Economic Committee (JEC), today announced the release of a new report aggregating July statistics on jobs, unemployment and earnings in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

According to the report, private-sector employment increased in 37 states and the District of Columbia in the month of July, and the unemployment rate fell in 14 states. Over the year ending in the first quarter of 2016, 43 states and the District of Columbia saw an increase in their inflation-adjusted GDP.

The report allows for state-by-state comparisons across a variety of economic statistics. For example, the largest private-sector job gains in July were in California (38,800 jobs), New York (36,200), Florida (26,500), Texas (24,500) and Colorado (11,100). On a percentage basis, the largest gains were in Vermont, Idaho, Colorado, Maine and New York.

“Once again, examining each state’s economic data shows positive steps in our steady recovery from the Great Recession,” Rep. Maloney said. “The private-sector keeps adding jobs, unemployment remains low, wages are rising across the nation and the vast majority of our states are producing more goods and services. Our business community, President Obama and Congressional Democrats deserve credit for helping us come back from the worst economic disaster since World War II. Now, we need to ensure that those who have not felt the full benefits of the recovery see their own economic situations improve. I will continue to work with my colleagues to push through legislation that helps all Americans and enables the growth of the middle class and small businesses.”

Highlights from the current State Economic Snapshots include:                                                       

  • Private-sector employment increased in 37 states and the District of Columbia in July.
  • The unemployment rate fell in 14 states.
  • Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased in 43 states and the District of Columbia over the year between the first quarter of 2015 and the first quarter of 2016.
  • Average hourly earnings, adjusted for inflation, increased in 41 states over the past year.

Click here to download the full report. To compare historic performances by states, previous months’ reports can be found by clicking here.

 

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