{
  "retrievedAt": "2026-11-03",
  "bed": {
    "note": "BLS Business Employment Dynamics, total private, seasonally adjusted. Establishment births (data element 07) and deaths (08) as a percent of establishments (R) and as counts (L). Series BDS0000053000000000120007RQ5, BDS0000053000000000120008RQ5, BDS0000000000000000120007RQ5, BDS0000000000000000120008RQ5, BDS0000053000000000120007LQ5, BDS0000053000000000120008LQ5. Deaths are published about three quarters after births, because a death requires a year with no employment.",
    "start": "2014Q1",
    "waBirthRate": [2.9,2.3,2.6,2.4, 2.2,2.6,2.2,2.9, 3.4,3.0,2.4,3.6, 2.5,2.9,3.1,3.5, 4.6,7.2,3.3,2.0, 2.6,2.8,2.5,2.9, 2.4,2.4,2.3,2.6, 2.8,3.1,3.1,7.0, 5.4,3.9,3.6,3.3, 3.0,3.0,3.0,3.1, 3.3,3.3,3.0,2.7, 3.1,3.4,3.1,2.9, 2.9],
    "waDeathRate": [1.5,4.2,1.4,2.3, 6.1,3.5,3.0,2.6, 2.4,1.9,2.7,6.5, 2.4,3.0,2.5,1.8, 2.6,1.9,2.6,2.2, 2.6,2.2,2.0,3.2, 2.8,3.6,2.5,2.0, 2.2,2.4,3.1,2.1, 2.2,10.2,1.7,1.2, 6.6,1.7,1.8,1.5, 7.1,2.7,3.3,3.1, 3.6,3.3,null,null, null],
    "usBirthRate": [2.9,2.9,3.0,2.9, 3.0,3.1,3.2,3.2, 3.0,3.1,3.0,3.0, 3.0,3.0,3.1,3.1, 3.1,3.3,3.1,3.1, 3.2,3.1,3.0,3.2, 3.3,2.8,3.4,3.4, 3.6,4.1,4.2,4.3, 3.9,4.1,3.9,3.8, 3.6,3.6,3.5,3.5, 3.5,3.5,3.4,3.5, 3.5,3.3,3.5,3.6, 3.4],
    "usDeathRate": [2.5,2.7,2.6,2.6, 2.7,2.8,2.7,2.7, 2.6,2.7,2.7,2.8, 2.6,2.8,2.8,2.7, 2.7,2.8,2.8,2.7, 2.7,2.9,2.8,2.8, 2.9,4.0,2.8,2.6, 2.5,2.6,2.8,2.9, 2.9,3.6,3.3,3.2, 3.2,3.2,3.2,3.5, 3.0,3.6,3.3,3.3, 3.0,3.3,null,null, null],
    "levelsStart": "2017Q1",
    "waBirths": [4658,5372,5962,6774, 9044,14538,7007,4226, 5599,5881,5272,6134, 5205,5114,4873,5450, 6002,6731,6559,15563, 12632,8930,6867,6589, 6032,5743,5942,6164, 6556,6353,5660,5242, 5911,6397,5860,5588, 5591],
    "waDeaths": [4408,5713,4798,3511, 5012,3922,5393,4609, 5432,4632,4211,6868, 6063,7540,5278,4318, 4719,5053,6638,4593, 5040,23250,3202,2352, 13102,3396,3612,3090, 13861,5241,6315,5918, 6848,6250,null,null, null]
  },
  "cesPrivate": {
    "note": "BLS Current Employment Statistics, all employees, total private, seasonally adjusted, thousands. Washington SMS53000000500000001; U.S. CES0500000001. September 2026 is preliminary.",
    "months": {
      "2014-12": [2545.6, 118417],
      "2019-12": [2911.4, 129068],
      "2020-02": [2917.3, 129436],
      "2022-12": [2983.9, 131977],
      "2025-09": [3012.2, 135005],
      "2026-09": [3048.6, 135717]
    }
  },
  "rankings": [
    {"source": "Tax Foundation, 2026 State Tax Competitiveness Index (backcast table)", "measure": "Overall rank", "ranks": {"2020": 33, "2021": 33, "2022": 38, "2023": 46, "2024": 46, "2025": 46, "2026": 45}},
    {"source": "CNBC America's Top States for Business", "measure": "Overall rank", "ranks": {"2019": 5, "2025": 14, "2026": 11}},
    {"source": "CNBC America's Top States for Business", "measure": "Cost of Doing Business rank", "ranks": {"2019": 32, "2025": 48, "2026": 47}},
    {"source": "CNBC America's Top States for Business", "measure": "Business Friendliness rank", "ranks": {"2019": 35, "2025": 41, "2026": 40}}
  ]
}