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Retail share of private-sector jobs: U.S. states ranked (2023)

Measure: Retail share of private-sector jobs (%, derived). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Retail trade jobs and pay by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2023.

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Data last updated
2026-11-10
Download full table CSVSource: U.S. Census Bureau (County Business Patterns 2023 (API dataset 2023/cbp), NAICS 2017 codes 44-45, 441, 445, 452, 454 and 00 (all sectors)) (opens in a new tab)Source: U.S. Census Bureau (Population Estimates Program, July 1, 2023 resident population (denominator)) (opens in a new tab)

National value: 11.5 (United States).

Washington: 11.1Idaho: 13.3Montana: 15.4North Dakota: 13Minnesota: 10.9Michigan: 11.5Ohio: 11Pennsylvania: 11.4New York: 9.8Vermont: 14.6New Hampshire: 15.2Maine: 15.5Arizona: 12.4California: 10.4New Mexico: 14.5Texas: 11.5Louisiana: 13.1Mississippi: 14.3Alabama: 13.1Florida: 11.5Georgia: 11.7South Carolina: 13North Carolina: 12.5Virginia: 11.8District of Columbia: 3.8Maryland: 11.7Delaware: 13.6New Jersey: 11.8Connecticut: 11.8Rhode Island: 11.2Massachusetts: 10.3Oregon: 12.7Utah: 11.3Wyoming: 15.1Nevada: 12.3Colorado: 11.4South Dakota: 14.3Nebraska: 11.9Kansas: 11.6Oklahoma: 13.2Iowa: 13.2Missouri: 11.9Wisconsin: 11.8Illinois: 10.1Kentucky: 12.6Arkansas: 12.9Tennessee: 11.8West Virginia: 14.1Indiana: 11.5Alaska: 12.9Hawaii: 12.6

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • Lowest: 3.8 to 11.4 %
  • Group 2: 11.4 to 11.8 %
  • Group 3: 11.8 to 12.6 %
  • Group 4: 12.6 to 13.3 %
  • Highest: 13.3 to 15.5 %
The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. The ranked value is itself derived; see the source table for the method. Values are as published in the source table.

Note: County Business Patterns counts employer establishments only; states' values for small subsectors may be withheld (blank) to avoid disclosing individual businesses.

1Maine15.5
2Montana15.4
3New Hampshire15.2
4Wyoming15.1
5Vermont14.6
6New Mexico14.5
7Mississippi14.3
7South Dakota14.3
9West Virginia14.1
10Delaware13.6
11Idaho13.3
12Iowa13.2
12Oklahoma13.2
14Alabama13.1
14Louisiana13.1
16North Dakota13
16South Carolina13
18Alaska12.9
18Arkansas12.9
20Oregon12.7
21Hawaii12.6
21Kentucky12.6
23North Carolina12.5
24Arizona12.4
25Nevada12.3
26Missouri11.9
26Nebraska11.9
28Connecticut11.8
28New Jersey11.8
28Tennessee11.8
28Virginia11.8
28Wisconsin11.8
33Georgia11.7
33Maryland11.7
35Kansas11.6
36Florida11.5
36Indiana11.5
36Michigan11.5
36Texas11.5
40Colorado11.4
40Pennsylvania11.4
42Utah11.3
43Rhode Island11.2
44Washington11.1
45Ohio11
46Minnesota10.9
47California10.4
48Massachusetts10.3
49Illinois10.1
50New York9.8
51District of Columbia3.8

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023 (API dataset 2023/cbp), NAICS 2017 codes 44-45, 441, 445, 452, 454 and 00 (all sectors)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, July 1, 2023 resident population (denominator). Reference period: 2023.

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U.S. states ranked by retail share of private-sector jobs (%, derived) (2023). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, County Business Patterns 2023 (API dataset 2023/cbp), NAICS 2017 sectors 44-45 (retail trade) and subsectors 441, 445, 452, 454; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-10. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-retail-share-of-private-sector-jobs/

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