Unemployment rates were lower in June in 10 states and the District of Columbia, higher in 2 states, and stable in 38 states, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. Indiana and Montana had the only rate increases (+0.2 percentage point each). Thirty-eight states had jobless rates that were not notably different from those of a month earlier, though some had changes that were at least as large numerically as the significant changes.

All 50 states and the district had jobless rate decreases from a year earlier. The national unemployment rate remained at 3.6 percent but was 2.3 percentage points lower than in June 2021.

Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 13 states, decreased in 2 states, and was essentially unchanged in 35 states and the District of Columbia in June 2022. The largest job gains occurred in Texas (+82,500), Tennessee (+32,300), and Florida (+30,600). The largest percentage increase occurred in Tennessee (+1.0 percent), followed by Montana (+0.9 percent) and Oklahoma and Texas (+0.6 percent each). Employment decreased in West Virginia (-7,400, or -1.0 percent) and Alaska (-2,400, or -0.8 percent). Over the year, nonfarm payroll employment increased in 47 states and the district and was essentially unchanged in 3 states.