10:13 AM EDT, 04/08/2026 (MT Newswires) -- State-level data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics Wednesday showed the unemployment rate rose in one state, Florida, in January and held steady elsewhere.

The unemployment rate rose by 0.2 percentage point in Florida. South Dakota and Hawaii had the lowest rate at 2.2% each, while Washington, D.C. had the highest at 6.7%.

Nonfarm payrolls rose in five states, fell in Washington D.C. and were little changed elsewhere.

The largest payrolls gain in absolute terms was in California, which added 93,500 jobs, followed by Texas with 40,100.