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] ----------------------------------------------------- Manufactures-- average hourly earnings STATE of production workers ---------------- ---------------- 1996 1990 ---------------- ---------------- Dollars Rank Dollars Rank ------------------------------------ ---------------- United States 12.78 X 10.83 X Alabama 11.53 36 9.39 41 Alaska 11.14 41 12.46 4 Arizona 11.49 38 10.21 36 Arkansas 10.41 47 8.51 48 California 12.83 22 11.48 13 Colorado 12.82 23 10.94 24 Connecticut 14.01 5 11.53 10 Delaware 14.00 6 12.39 5 District of Columbia 13.68 X 12.51 X Florida 10.54 46 8.98 45 Georgia 11.17 40 9.17 43 Hawaii 12.79 24 10.99 23 Idaho 12.15 33 10.60 31 Illinois 13.03 17 11.44 14 Indiana 14.33 4 12.03 6 Iowa 13.13 15 11.27 16 Kansas 12.88 21 10.94 24 Kentucky 12.70 27 10.70 30 Louisiana 13.66 9 11.61 8 Maine 12.71 26 10.59 32 Maryland 13.71 8 11.57 9 Massachusetts 13.04 16 11.39 15 Michigan 16.67 1 13.86 1 Minnesota 13.18 12 11.23 17 Mississippi 10.19 49 8.37 50 Missouri 12.54 28 10.74 28 Montana 13.00 19 11.51 12 Nebraska 11.51 37 9.66 38 Nevada 13.59 10 11.05 21 New Hampshire 12.24 30 10.83 26 New Jersey 13.86 7 11.76 7 New Mexico 10.97 42 9.04 44 New York 12.78 25 11.11 19 North Carolina 10.96 43 8.79 47 North Dakota 10.94 44 9.27 42 Ohio 14.69 3 12.64 2 Oklahoma 11.77 35 10.73 29 Oregon 13.01 18 11.15 18 Pennsylvania 13.39 11 11.04 22 Rhode Island 10.94 44 9.45 40 South Carolina 10.26 48 8.84 46 South Dakota 9.59 50 8.48 49 Tennessee 11.28 39 9.55 39 Texas 11.82 34 10.47 34 Utah 12.22 31 10.32 35 Vermont 12.42 29 10.52 33 Virginia 12.19 32 10.07 37 Washington 14.70 2 12.61 3 West Virginia 12.96 20 11.53 10 Wisconsin 13.14 14 11.11 19 Wyoming 13.16 13 10.83 26 ----------------------------------------------------- X Not applicable. Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, State and Metropolitan Area Data Book 1997-98, table A-36.