New York led the country with 22,800 job cuts last month, followed by Minnesota with 22,400 firings, and Florida with 17,900 according to figures from the report.
West Virginia had the most increase joblessness, up 0.3%, followed by Colorado, Georgia and Nevada, up 0.2% each. Nevada also showed the highest jobless rate in the country at 14.5%.
The Labor Department reported that payrolls decreased in 35 U.S. states while the unemployment rate rose in 20, showing that the labor market recovery is slow to gather momentum, according to a Bloomberg report.
