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Restaurant and hotel share of jobs: U.S. states ranked (2024)

Measure: Restaurant and hotel share of jobs (%, derived). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Jobs in restaurants, hotels, arts and recreation by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2024.

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Data last updated
2026-11-09
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National value: 9.1 (United States).

Washington: 7.9Idaho: 9Montana: 11.8North Dakota: 7.9Minnesota: 7.6Michigan: 8.4Ohio: 8.7Pennsylvania: 7.7New York: 7.7Vermont: 9.8New Hampshire: 8.8Maine: 9.2Arizona: 9.6California: 9.2New Mexico: 10.3Texas: 9.7Louisiana: 10.2Mississippi: 10.7Alabama: 8.9Florida: 10.7Georgia: 9.2South Carolina: 10.7North Carolina: 9.4Virginia: 8.4District of Columbia: 8.8Maryland: 8.2Delaware: 9.2New Jersey: 7.7Connecticut: 7.5Rhode Island: 10.5Massachusetts: 8.2Oregon: 8.9Utah: 8.4Wyoming: 12Nevada: 20.3Colorado: 10South Dakota: 9.3Nebraska: 8.1Kansas: 8.1Oklahoma: 9.6Iowa: 7.8Missouri: 9.1Wisconsin: 8.2Illinois: 8.4Kentucky: 9Arkansas: 8.9Tennessee: 9.7West Virginia: 9.1Indiana: 8.5Alaska: 9.3Hawaii: 16.4

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • Lowest: 7.5 to 8.2 %
  • Group 2: 8.2 to 8.8 %
  • Group 3: 8.8 to 9.2 %
  • Group 4: 9.2 to 10 %
  • Highest: 10 to 20.3 %
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: Shares use private-sector jobs in each industry over all jobs covered by unemployment insurance (all ownerships).

1Nevada20.3
2Hawaii16.4
3Wyoming12
4Montana11.8
5Florida10.7
5Mississippi10.7
5South Carolina10.7
8Rhode Island10.5
9New Mexico10.3
10Louisiana10.2
11Colorado10
12Vermont9.8
13Tennessee9.7
13Texas9.7
15Arizona9.6
15Oklahoma9.6
17North Carolina9.4
18Alaska9.3
18South Dakota9.3
20California9.2
20Delaware9.2
20Georgia9.2
20Maine9.2
24Missouri9.1
24West Virginia9.1
26Idaho9
26Kentucky9
28Alabama8.9
28Arkansas8.9
28Oregon8.9
31District of Columbia8.8
31New Hampshire8.8
33Ohio8.7
34Indiana8.5
35Illinois8.4
35Michigan8.4
35Utah8.4
35Virginia8.4
39Maryland8.2
39Massachusetts8.2
39Wisconsin8.2
42Kansas8.1
42Nebraska8.1
44North Dakota7.9
44Washington7.9
46Iowa7.8
47New Jersey7.7
47New York7.7
47Pennsylvania7.7
50Minnesota7.6
51Connecticut7.5

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW), 2024 annual averages, private ownership, NAICS 72 and 71 (open data files industry/72.csv and industry/71.csv), with all-industry totals (industry/10.csv). Reference period: 2024.

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U.S. states ranked by restaurant and hotel share of jobs (%, derived) (2024). Data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW), 2024 annual averages, private ownership, NAICS 72 and 71 (open data files industry/72.csv and industry/71.csv), with all-industry totals (industry/10.csv); rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-09. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-restaurant-and-hotel-share-of-jobs/

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