Learn English – “Appear” and “seem”

A hotel room might have a status of standard, de-luxe or honeymoon-suite. That same room may have a state of being dishevelled or clean.

A project progresses through a series of predefined stages. Its status tells you where it is in that series. Its state might be in disarray or on target regardless of status.

In considering this I asked myself two questions: What is the status of X? What sort of state is X in?

In reality, I suspect there is considerable overlap in the usage of state and status.

"Work" means:

exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.
Example: Mowing the lawn is work

"Job" however, means paid work:

a piece of work, especially a specific task done as part of the routine of one's occupation or for an agreed price:
Example: My job is cleaning the university toilets.

We "work" at our "jobs", and "work" can be used to refer to our "jobs", but the underlying difference is, "work" can be used in areas where its just labour, while "job" refers specifically to paid work.