Employment and Wages in the 50 states and the District of Columbia in the United States, First Quarter 2008

Map of Average Weekly Wages in the United States

State Employment Average weekly wage
March 2008
 Percent change, March 2007-2008 Rank by percent change First quarter 2008 Rank by wage level Percent change, first quarter 2007-2008 Rank by percent change

Nationwide

 134,761,094 0.4   $905   2.4  

Alabama

 1,947,033 -0.2 43 740 34 3.2 27

Alaska

 303,004 1.0 14 866 16 4.2 11

Arizona

 2,639,711 -1.3 48 820 22 2.4 34

Arkansas

 1,178,449 -0.1 42 667 46 4.1 12

California

 15,561,522 0.1 35 1,008 6 2.1 41

Colorado

 2,300,048 1.7 6 920 10 3.6 16

Connecticut

 1,683,862 1.2 12 1,254 3 -0.6 51

Delaware

 418,417 0.5 24 987 7 0.1 49

District of Columbia

 680,803 1.1 13 1,488 1 4.3 9

Florida

 7,918,587 -2.2 51 777 26 1.8 43

Georgia

 4,060,924 0.1 35 847 20 1.3 44

Hawaii

 628,143 0.2 31 773 28 3.5 19

Idaho

 645,288 0.2 31 635 48 0.3 48

Illinois

 5,796,070 0.1 35 980 8 2.6 33

Indiana

 2,858,717 -0.7 45 757 33 2.4 34

Iowa

 1,469,784 0.9 16 710 40 3.6 16

Kansas

 1,363,177 1.0 14 737 35 2.4 34

Kentucky

 1,794,015 0.1 35 714 39 2.4 34

Louisiana

 1,887,335 1.3 10 765 30 4.8 4

Maine

 584,104 0.5 24 701 42 3.5 19

Maryland

 2,530,333 0.0 40 963 9 2.8 31

Massachusetts

 3,203,122 0.9 16 1,143 4 3.3 23

Michigan

 4,058,819 -1.8 50 857 18 0.9 47

Minnesota

 2,644,808 0.6 21 908 12 4.0 13

Mississippi

 1,138,221 0.8 20 634 49 3.3 23

Missouri

 2,707,959 0.0 40 768 29 3.5 19

Montana

 432,418 0.9 16 625 51 4.3 9

Nebraska

 912,207 1.4 8 687 44 3.2 27

Nevada

 1,266,336 -1.2 47 839 21 4.7 5

New Hampshire

 621,215 0.3 28 863 17 3.4 22

New Jersey

 3,939,934 0.5 24 1,133 5 3.3 23

New Mexico

 823,810 0.6 21 717 38 4.7 5

New York

 8,555,009 1.3 10 1,399 2 0.1 49

North Carolina

 4,069,129 0.9 16 788 24 1.3 44

North Dakota

 343,257 2.6 3 652 47 6.2 2

Ohio

 5,189,094 -1.0 46 798 23 1.0 46

Oklahoma

 1,560,024 1.6 7 707 41 4.7 5

Oregon

 1,713,080 0.3 28 776 27 2.9 30

Pennsylvania

 5,608,812 0.5 24 869 15 2.4 34

Rhode Island

 464,818 -1.5 49 851 19 2.3 39

South Carolina

 1,888,262 0.1 35 695 43 2.8 31

South Dakota

 389,388 2.0 5 632 50 5.2 3

Tennessee

 2,746,353 0.6 21 761 31 3.3 23

Texas

 10,420,764 2.8 2 903 13 3.6 16

Utah

 1,220,151 1.4 8 718 37 3.2 27

Vermont

 300,779 -0.3 44 735 36 4.4 8

Virginia

 3,653,523 0.2 31 918 11 2.0 42

Washington

 2,928,602 2.1 4 899 14 3.7 15

West Virginia

 700,343 0.3 28 679 45 4.0 13

Wisconsin

 2,734,301 0.2 31 760 32 2.2 40

Wyoming

 277,230 2.9 1 779 25 6.7 1

 

Last Modified Date: November 3, 2008