June 2025 | Released July 18, 2025

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United States

Employment snapshot

• In June, among the 50 states and the District of Columbia unemployment fell in 11, rose in 7, and remained unchanged in 33.

• The highest unemployment rate was 5.9 percent in District of Columbia, and the lowest was 1.8 percent in South Dakota. Nationally, the unemployment rate fell by 0.1 percentage point to 4.1 percent.

• In June, payroll jobs rose in 27 states and fell in 24. The largest payroll job percent increase was 0.9 percent in Alaska. The largest payroll job percent decline was 0.5 percent in Rhode Island.

New Mexico

Employment snapshot

• In June, New Mexico added 2,900 net payroll jobs and the unemployment rate remained unchanged at 4.2 percent. In the prior month, New Mexico added 4,000 net payroll jobs.

• Over the past 12 months, New Mexico added 17,400 net payroll jobs and the unemployment rate remained unchanged.

• Nationally, nonfarm payrolls rose by 147,000 in June, or 0.1 percent. New Mexico ranks 5th in the nation for percentage gain in nonfarm payroll employment over the past 12 months.

• In June, New Mexico’s private sector added 2,300 net private payroll jobs, and over the past 12 months it added 15,900 private payroll jobs. In the prior month, New Mexico added 3,700 net private payroll jobs.

• In June, employment in New Mexico rose by 1,492, and over the past 12 months it rose by 7,368.

• New Mexico’s labor force participation rate remained steady at 57.8 percent in June and is tied for 47th in the nation. In the past 12 months, the labor force participation rate has risen by 0.1 percentage points.

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New Mexico

Payroll employment

• New Mexico added 2,900 net payroll jobs, or 0.3 percent, on a seasonally adjusted basis during June. In the prior month, New Mexico added 4,000 jobs. New Mexico nonfarm payroll employment has increased in 10 of the past 12 months.

• Nationally, nonfarm payrolls rose by 147,000 in June, or 0.1 percent. New Mexico ranks 5th in the nation for percentage gain in nonfarm payroll employment over the past 12 months.

• New Mexico added 2,300 private sector jobs, or 0.3 percent, on a seasonally adjusted basis during June. In the prior month, New Mexico added 3,700 jobs. New Mexico private sector payroll employment has increased in 8 of the past 12 months.

• Nationally, private sector payroll jobs rose by 74,000 jobs in June, or 0.1 percent. New Mexico ranks 4th in the nation for percentage gain in private sector payroll employment over the past 12 months.

From May 2025 to June 2025:

• The best performing sectors were Private Education and Health Services (+1,300) and Professional and Business Services (+1,000).
• The worst performing sectors were Trade, Transportation, and Utilities (-900) and Construction (-800).

From June 2024 to June 2025:

• The best performing sectors were Construction (+7,900) and Private Education and Health Services (+6,700).
• The worst performing sectors were Information (-1,500) and Federal Government (-1,300).

New Mexico

Labor force

The labor force participation rate is the percentage of the civilian noninstitutionalized population age 16 and older who are employed or actively looking for work.

• The labor force participation rate in New Mexico remained unchanged at 57.8 percent in June.

• New Mexico is tied for 47th in the nation.

• The 10-year high for the labor force participation rate in New Mexico was 58.3 percent occurring in September 2016, and the 10-year low was 54.1 percent in April 2020.

• The national labor force participation rate fell by 0.1 percentage points to 62.3 percent in June.