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Motor vehicle and parts dealers share of retail jobs

Measure: Motor vehicle and parts dealers share of retail 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: 12.6 (United States).

Washington: 12.5Idaho: 16.4Montana: 14.3North Dakota: 14.9Minnesota: 12.3Michigan: 14Ohio: 13.7Pennsylvania: 12.1New York: 9Vermont: 13.4New Hampshire: 13.4Maine: 13Arizona: 13.6California: 11.3New Mexico: 13.3Texas: 13.9Louisiana: 13.5Mississippi: 13.1Alabama: 13.7Florida: 13.3Georgia: 13.4South Carolina: 12.8North Carolina: 13.3Virginia: 13.6District of Columbia: 0.9Maryland: 12.8Delaware: 10.9New Jersey: 9.8Connecticut: 11.6Rhode Island: 11Massachusetts: 9.9Oregon: 12.7Utah: 12.8Wyoming: 14.3Nevada: 11.1Colorado: 13South Dakota: 14.5Nebraska: 12.6Kansas: 13.2Oklahoma: 13.9Iowa: 12.9Missouri: 13.3Wisconsin: 13.1Illinois: 12.4Kentucky: 12.4Arkansas: 13.6Tennessee: 12.8West Virginia: 14.7Indiana: 13.3Alaska: 12.3Hawaii: 9.2

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • Lowest: 0.9 to 12.1 %
  • Group 2: 12.1 to 12.8 %
  • Group 3: 12.8 to 13.3 %
  • Group 4: 13.3 to 13.7 %
  • Highest: 13.7 to 16.4 %
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.

1Idaho16.4
2North Dakota14.9
3West Virginia14.7
4South Dakota14.5
5Montana14.3
5Wyoming14.3
7Michigan14
8Oklahoma13.9
8Texas13.9
10Alabama13.7
10Ohio13.7
12Arizona13.6
12Arkansas13.6
12Virginia13.6
15Louisiana13.5
16Georgia13.4
16New Hampshire13.4
16Vermont13.4
19Florida13.3
19Indiana13.3
19Missouri13.3
19New Mexico13.3
19North Carolina13.3
24Kansas13.2
25Mississippi13.1
25Wisconsin13.1
27Colorado13
27Maine13
29Iowa12.9
30Maryland12.8
30South Carolina12.8
30Tennessee12.8
30Utah12.8
34Oregon12.7
35Nebraska12.6
36Washington12.5
37Illinois12.4
37Kentucky12.4
39Alaska12.3
39Minnesota12.3
41Pennsylvania12.1
42Connecticut11.6
43California11.3
44Nevada11.1
45Rhode Island11
46Delaware10.9
47Massachusetts9.9
48New Jersey9.8
49Hawaii9.2
50New York9
51District of Columbia0.9

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 motor vehicle and parts dealers share of retail 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-motor-vehicle-and-parts-dealers-share-of-retail-jobs/

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