STATE RANKINGS [When states share the same rank, the next lower rank is omitted. States may share the same value but have different ranks due to rounding] ------------------------------------ ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- Average annual pay \1, 1996, preliminary ------------------------------------------------------------------- By private industry, 1996, preliminary STATE ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- Total Total, private \2 Manufacturing Retail trade ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- Dollars Rank Dollars Rank Dollars Rank Dollars Rank ------------------------------------ ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- United States 28,945 X 28,581 X 36,235 X 15,215 X Alabama 25,180 31 24,592 32 28,705 45 13,663 36 Alaska 32,461 5 30,548 9 29,205 42 18,325 2 Arizona 26,387 26 25,923 26 37,168 13 16,075 11 Arkansas 22,294 46 21,832 46 24,811 49 13,828 33 California 31,773 6 31,183 6 39,810 7 17,276 5 Colorado 28,520 14 28,182 15 37,080 14 15,528 16 Connecticut 36,579 2 36,439 2 47,045 2 17,806 3 Delaware 30,711 9 30,592 8 50,692 1 14,993 19 District of Columbia 44,458 X 40,195 X 52,970 X 16,260 X Florida 25,640 29 25,045 30 31,946 28 15,621 14 Georgia 27,488 20 27,611 17 30,595 34 14,848 20 Hawaii 27,363 21 26,371 24 29,884 38 16,849 8 Idaho 23,353 42 23,047 41 32,274 26 13,783 34 Illinois 31,285 8 31,130 7 38,343 10 15,668 13 Indiana 26,477 25 26,379 23 36,328 16 13,394 38 Iowa 23,679 41 23,160 40 31,707 30 12,422 45 Kansas 24,609 32 24,574 33 32,967 25 13,396 37 Kentucky 24,462 36 24,130 34 31,631 31 13,190 39 Louisiana 24,528 34 24,732 31 35,137 19 13,168 40 Maine 23,850 39 23,288 39 30,521 35 14,126 29 Maryland 30,293 10 28,945 10 38,074 11 16,365 9 Massachusetts 33,940 4 33,765 4 42,635 5 16,853 7 Michigan 31,522 7 31,406 5 46,739 3 14,560 23 Minnesota 28,869 13 28,554 11 37,250 12 14,497 25 Mississippi 21,822 47 21,461 47 24,334 50 12,747 43 Missouri 26,608 24 26,551 21 34,315 21 14,243 27 Montana 21,146 49 20,082 50 26,856 46 12,382 46 Nebraska 23,291 44 22,823 43 28,857 44 12,627 44 Nevada 27,788 17 26,931 20 31,905 29 17,574 4 New Hampshire 27,691 19 27,648 16 36,378 15 15,535 15 New Jersey 35,928 3 35,351 3 44,126 4 18,366 1 New Mexico 23,716 40 22,604 44 29,630 40 13,884 32 New York 36,831 1 36,714 1 41,843 6 16,890 6 North Carolina 25,408 30 25,168 29 29,110 43 14,352 26 North Dakota 21,242 48 20,754 48 26,569 47 11,859 50 Ohio 27,775 18 27,448 18 38,356 9 14,126 29 Oklahoma 23,329 43 22,901 42 29,740 39 13,012 41 Oregon 27,027 23 26,434 22 34,870 20 15,857 12 Pennsylvania 28,973 11 28,369 13 36,328 16 14,515 24 Rhode Island 27,194 22 26,129 25 31,250 32 14,665 22 South Carolina 24,039 38 23,637 38 30,085 37 13,725 35 South Dakota 20,724 50 20,111 49 24,882 48 11,942 49 Tennessee 25,963 28 25,724 27 30,790 33 15,018 18 Texas 28,129 15 28,421 12 36,163 18 15,341 17 Utah 24,572 33 24,103 35 30,196 36 14,237 28 Vermont 24,480 35 24,040 36 33,019 24 13,998 31 Virginia 28,001 16 27,315 19 31,999 27 14,746 21 Washington 28,881 12 28,217 14 39,086 8 16,083 10 West Virginia 24,075 37 23,724 37 33,678 22 12,295 48 Wisconsin 26,021 27 25,505 28 33,464 23 12,916 42 Wyoming 22,870 45 22,264 45 29,486 41 12,372 47 ------------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------- X Not applicable. \1 For workers covered by state unemployment insurance laws and for federal workers covered by unemployment compensation for federal workers. \2 Excludes government. Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, State and Metropolitan Area Data Book 1997-98, table A-21 and A-22.