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Top job-related Google searches by state (you have to see these)
Job hunts inspire some strange search queries. When you’re looking for a job, you’ll probably turn to Google for some much-needed help. If those searches ever turned a little weird, though, you’re not alone.
New research from Zippia analyzed the most interesting search queries from each state. Speaking of which, if you’re hunting for a job, we found a handy tool that can make your job search much easier. Tap or click for the expert tools you need.
Zippia used Google Trends to find each state’s most … interesting job-related Google search. As you can imagine, some of these results are a little strange. Others are laugh-out-loud hilarious.
The funniest – and strangest – searches by state
Some states had pretty normal searches, like “driving jobs” or “Cajun jobs” (try to guess which state searched that one). Others had us raising our eyebrows. Check them out:
| Connecticut | How to get fired |
| Delaware | How to win the lottery |
| Florida | Jobs that don’t drug test |
| Colorado | Quarter life crisis |
| Georgia | You about to lose your job |
| California | How to become an escort |
| Idaho | Work memes |
| Iowa | Good excuses |
| Michigan | Memes for work |
| New York | Hate my boss |
| Rhode Island | No shave November |
| Tennessee | Hot Topic careers |
| Texas | Corporate goth |
Thanks to this list, we learned what “corporate goth” is. We also learned just how much those sky-high rent prices are impacting Californians. We hope folks in Georgia are doing okay, too.
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Now, let’s check out some of the other results that took us off guard.
Most surprising
Check out some of these interesting searches. It seems like people across the country are interested in unique positions, like working on a pistachio farm, dipping their toes into multi-level marketing, or even moving to Canada. You’ve got to see Utah’s query.
| Illinois | Drinking at work |
| Alaska | Multi-level marketing |
| Arizona | What should I do with my life? |
| Georgia | You about to lose your job |
| Hawaii | Bad job |
| Maryland | Get paid to watch Netflix |
| Minnesota | Weird jobs |
| Montana | Canada jobs |
| New Mexico | Pistachio farm |
| New Jersey | How to become a billionaire |
| North Carolina | Mushroom jobs |
| Oregon | How to call in sick |
| Pennsylvania | Sleeping at work |
| South Carolina | What makes you unique |
| Utah | How to quit a job |
| West Virginia | Moonshiner |
There are many ways to quit a job, but it seems folks in Utah are looking for a little extra help. And who can’t relate to New Jersey’s most interesting query? Everyone wants to grow their personal wealth, after all.
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Now, let’s look at the honorable mentions. In other words, these are the states with search queries that were pretty par for the course.
Most unsurprising
When you’re looking at a list with this many twists and turns, it’s good to see some queries you’d expect. For instance, of course, Washingtonians would want to find jobs at Starbucks. After all, the multi-million dollar corporate coffee powerhouse was made in Seattle.
Plus, Louisiana’s search makes perfect sense. If you’re from any of these states, you may have typed this into the search bar. See anything familiar?
| Wyoming | Driving jobs |
| Washington | Starbucks jobs |
| Vermont | Outdoor jobs |
| Virginia | Least stressful jobs |
| South Dakota | Nurse jobs |
| Ohio | Gender-neutral clothes |
| Oklahoma | Marijuana jobs |
| Maine | Odd jobs |
| Mississippi | Work from home jobs |
| Missouri | Cardinals jobs |
| North Dakota | Interview questions and answers |
| Nebraska | Fun jobs |
| Nevada | Desk jobs |
| Louisiana | Cajun jobs |
| Kentucky | Easy jobs |
| Arkansas | Walmart jobs |
| Alabama | Business clothes |
| Indiana | Side hustles from home |
| Kansas | what do you do for fun |
| Massachusetts | Statistician |
| Wisconsin | Cheese jobs |
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