U.S. Census Bureau

State Rankings -- Statistical Abstract of the United States

AVERAGE ANNUAL PAY, 2006

[When states share the same rank, the next lower rank is omitted. Because of rounded data, states may have identical values shown, but different ranks. Cautionary notes]

State Dollars Rank
    United States 42,535 (X)
Alabama 36,204 33
Alaska 41,750 16
Arizona 40,019 21
Arkansas 32,389 46
California 48,345 5
Colorado 43,506 10
Connecticut 54,814 2
Delaware 46,285 6
District of Columbia 70,151 (X)
Florida 38,485 23
Georgia 40,370 19
Hawaii 37,799 25
Idaho 32,580 45
Illinois 45,650 8
Indiana 36,553 32
Iowa 34,320 39
Kansas 35,696 34
Kentucky 35,201 36
Louisiana 36,604 31
Maine 33,794 43
Maryland 46,162 7
Massachusetts 52,435 3
Michigan 42,157 15
Minnesota 42,185 14
Mississippi 31,194 48
Missouri 37,143 28
Montana 30,596 49
Nebraska 33,814 42
Nevada 40,070 20
New Hampshire 42,447 13
New Jersey 51,645 4
New Mexico 34,567 38
New York 55,479 1
North Carolina 37,439 27
North Dakota 31,316 47
Ohio 38,568 22
Oklahoma 34,022 41
Oregon 38,077 24
Pennsylvania 41,349 17
Rhode Island 40,454 18
South Carolina 34,281 40
South Dakota 30,291 50
Tennessee 37,564 26
Texas 42,458 12
Utah 35,130 37
Vermont 35,542 35
Virginia 44,051 9
Washington 42,897 11
West Virginia 32,728 44
Wisconsin 36,821 29
Wyoming 36,662 30

Symbol
X Not applicable.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics,
Employment and Wages, Annual Averages 2006;
http://www.bls.gov/cew/cewbultn06.htm#Tables.

For more information:
Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages