State Employment and Unemployment (Monthly) News Release - 2023 M01 Results — 2023-03-13

(NOTE: On April 21, 2023, BLS corrected errors in estimates for not seasonally adjusted all employees in other services and its aggregates for Arkansas and the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR metropolitan area. Seasonally adjusted estimates for all employees and 3-month average change were corrected at aggregate levels. Tables in this news release contain the incorrect data and will not be reissued. Corrected data are available in the LABSTAT database, at www.bls.gov/sae/data/. For a complete list of series and products impacted by the correction, see www.bls.gov/bls/errata/sae_errata.htm.) Unemployment rates were lower in January in 5 states, higher in 2 states and the District of Columbia, and stable in 43 states, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Fifteen states and the District had jobless rate decreases from a year earlier, 11 states had increases, and 24 states had little change.