High Performance Measures Performance Year 2005

**Table 1(a)**

Work-Related Performance Measures for Performance Year 2005
Rates and Ranks of FY 2005 Performance, by Work-Related Measures
State	Job Entry		Job Retention		Earnings Gain		Success in the Workforce
State	Rate	Rank	Rate	Rank	Rate	Rank	Rank*
U.S. Average**	34.33	.	64.41	.	35.52	.	.
Alabama	28.68	47	64.68	22	45.85	19	9
Alaska	36.51	22	66.09	15	38.74	33	21
Arizona	35.71	26	58.74	43	42.23	23	40
Arkansas	38.55	18	62.79	32	51.59	12	16
California	30.37	42	70.49	3	26.62	48	26
Colorado ***	18.77	51	59.29	42	42.72	22	39
Connecticut	39.80	10	69.30	4	35.40	39	11
Delaware	40.21	8	64.30	24	37.35	36	36
Dist. of Col.	37.56	20	65.68	18	22.85	50	42
Florida	38.98	14	65.07	21	50.24	14	6
Georgia	40.13	9	67.81	7	54.27	8	2
Guam	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Hawaii	18.91	50	73.42	1	31.99	42	11
Idaho	41.41	2	68.90	5	77.70	2	1
Illinois	34.51	32	67.54	9	35.78	38	19
Indiana	40.44	5	66.05	16	30.70	44	36
Iowa	40.99	3	67.25	11	44.33	21	5
Kansas	40.40	6	63.09	31	48.78	16	19
Kentucky	29.24	46	53.11	49	41.00	28	48
Louisiana	33.90	36	47.02	51	40.19	30	50
Maine	33.86	37	64.16	26	27.67	47	46
Maryland	38.87	16	63.48	28	45.15	20	21
Massachusetts	29.66	43	58.59	44	41.56	26	43
Michigan	38.87	15	51.45	50	39.52	31	50
Minnesota	39.29	13	65.95	17	37.74	35	30
Mississippi	37.56	19	55.99	48	39.01	32	49
Missouri	34.62	30	67.73	8	29.44	46	31
Montana	40.32	7	61.06	39	61.24	4	11
Nebraska	39.67	12	66.29	13	47.43	18	4
Nevada	39.71	11	66.53	12	36.62	37	24
New Hampshire	35.03	28	64.24	25	48.68	17	10
New Jersey	36.11	24	61.35	37	37.79	34	45
New Mexico	29.39	45	64.03	27	34.53	40	41
New York	31.27	41	63.30	29	30.43	45	47
North Carolina	28.65	48	58.12	47	53.83	9	32
North Dakota	38.80	17	65.22	20	40.81	29	24
Ohio	31.90	39	62.63	33	49.52	15	21
Oklahoma	36.26	23	61.13	38	57.60	7	18
Oregon	29.59	44	60.07	41	71.77	3	16
Pennsylvania	33.40	38	58.38	45	41.84	25	43
Puerto Rico	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Rhode Island	34.92	29	66.21	14	30.94	43	34
South Carolina ***	24.78	49	65.58	19	41.98	24	11
South Dakota	34.02	34	61.70	36	79.55	1	7
Tennessee	40.52	4	68.81	6	19.66	51	34
Texas	35.05	27	67.54	10	32.58	41	26
Utah	35.78	25	64.51	23	60.41	5	3
Vermont	36.93	21	62.43	35	41.56	27	38
Virgin Islands	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Virginia	48.30	1	72.70	2	25.10	49	26
Washington	34.59	31	63.12	30	50.97	13	11
West Virginia	31.56	40	58.16	46	52.77	10	32
Wisconsin	34.15	33	62.63	34	59.77	6	8
Wyoming	33.92	35	60.70	40	52.24	11	26

* Ranks on performance in the Job Retention and Earnings Gain submeasures are combined and then re-ranked.
** U.S. Average excludes Guam, Puerto Rico, and Virgin Islands.
*** Sample data used for matching quarterly wage data.