Jobs during each state or provincial leader's tenure, worldwide
96 states, provinces and nations in 4 countries, ranked against one another by how jobs changed from each office-holder's first day in office, each on its own country's figures, next to its own country over the same months. Politare shows what happened during a tenure; it does not claim the office-holder caused it.
| # | Office-holder | Place | In office | Total | vs country | Per year | Chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | R Mike Leavitt | Utah Governor · United States | 4 Jan 1993 – 5 Nov 2003 | +37.6% Dec 1992 → Oct 2003 | +18.5 pts United States +19.1% | +3.0%/yr | |
| 2 | D Kenny Guinn | Nevada Governor · United States | 4 Jan 1999 – 1 Jan 2007 | +35.3% Dec 1998 → Dec 2006 | +27.7 pts United States +7.6% | +3.8%/yr | |
| 3 | ALP Peter Beattie | Queensland Premier · Australia | 20 Jun 1998 – 13 Sep 2007 | +34.7% May 1998 → Aug 2007 | +11.2 pts Australia +23.5% | +3.3%/yr | |
| 4 | R Gary Herbert | Utah Governor · United States | 11 Aug 2009 – 4 Jan 2021 | +33.3% Jul 2009 → Dec 2020 | +24.2 pts United States +9.1% | +2.6%/yr | |
| 5 | R Fife Symington | Arizona Governor · United States | 6 Mar 1991 – 5 Sep 1997 | +32.9% Feb 1991 → Aug 1997 | +19.7 pts United States +13.2% | +4.5%/yr | |
| 6 | ALP Andrew Barr | Australian Capital Territory Chief Minister · Australia | 11 Dec 2014 – now | +31.5% Nov 2014 → Sep 2026 | +3.5 pts Australia +28.1% | +2.3%/yr | |
| 7 | D Zell Miller | Georgia Governor · United States | 14 Jan 1991 – 11 Jan 1999 from Feb 1991 | +28.4% Feb 1991 → Dec 1998 | +11.0 pts United States +17.3% | +3.2%/yr | |
| 8 | YP Dennis Fentie | Yukon Premier · Canada | 30 Nov 2002 – 11 Jun 2011 | +27.2% Oct 2002 → May 2011 | +16.1 pts Canada +11.1% | +2.8%/yr | |
| 9 | PJ Raúl Jalil | Catamarca Governor · Argentina | 10 Dec 2019 – now | +26.4% Nov 2019 → Jun 2026 | +24.7 pts Argentina +1.7% | +3.6%/yr | |
| 10 | D Lawton Chiles | Florida Governor · United States | 8 Jan 1991 – 5 Jan 1999 from Feb 1991 | +26.3% Feb 1991 → Dec 1998 | +8.9 pts United States +17.3% | +3.0%/yr |
Showing 10 of 445 tenures.
Sorted by total, highest first. Rows measure payroll jobs in the United States and Canada, people employed in Australia, registered private jobs in Argentina; each place is read from its own statistics office's series (the row's chart names it), so a change is set against the place's own first day, never against another country's level. Every row is indexed to the last month, quarter or count complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that period had no data, or because the period cut it); each place's own country is measured over the same months. Changes are per cent; "per year" compounds them. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. Data as of Sep 2026.