The situation remains complicated by the continuing federal prohibition on marijuana and state-by-state patchwork of medical and recreational laws, experts say.
A private survey shows U.S. businesses created a healthy 200,000 jobs this month.
The payroll company ADP says companies hired in July at the fastest pace since December. And it revised up its estimate of the number of jobs the private sector created in June from 188,000 to 198,000.