State Employment and Unemployment (Monthly) News Release - 2025 M04 Results — 2025-05-21

(NOTE: On July 18, 2025, BLS corrected errors in seasonally adjusted estimates for all employees in state government and its aggregates for New Jersey. Seasonally adjusted estimates for 3-month average change were corrected at aggregate levels. Not seasonally adjusted estimates for all employees were not impacted. Tables in this news release contain the incorrect data and will not be reissued. Corrected data are available in the BLS 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 higher in April in 3 states and the District of Columbia, lower in 2 states, and stable in 45 states, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Twenty-six states and the District had jobless rate increases from a year earlier, 1 state had a decrease, and 23 states had little change.