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High Performance Measures Performance Year 2005

Table 1(c)

Work-Related Performance Measures for Performance Year 2005
Rates and Ranks of FY 2005 Percentage Point Changes in Performance
over FY 2004 Performance by Work Related Measures

State Job Entry Job Retention Earnings Gain Success in
the Workforce
Change Rank Change Rank Change Rank Rank*
U.S. Average** (0.53) . 5.45 . (1.36) . .
Alabama (9.96) 48 3.34 16 2.34 23 15
Alaska (1.40) 40 1.56 29 2.49 21 21
Arizona 1.22 22 (0.97) 44 2.32 24 39
Arkansas (1.28) 39 1.57 28 1.46 29 28
California . . . . . . .
Colorado *** (15.90) 49 0.44 38 2.90 20 30
Connecticut 4.07 3 3.13 18 0.21 36 26
Delaware (0.88) 38 (1.20) 45 (1.27) 43 .
Dist. of Col. 2.50 6 0.54 37 0.41 35 .
Florida 4.66 2 38.57 1 (4.21) 49 21
Georgia 2.22 10 7.70 8 3.07 19 9
Guam . . . . . . .
Hawaii (9.32) 47 1.18 32 4.05 15 19
Idaho 2.30 9 11.73 5 8.18 4 3
Illinois 2.31 8 3.28 17 1.51 28 17
Indiana (2.32) 42 1.76 25 4.67 12 13
Iowa 2.51 5 0.81 36 3.27 18 26
Kansas 1.22 21 2.41 23 (1.07) 41 38
Kentucky (4.04) 44 4.04 14 2.06 25 15
Louisiana 0.41 30 (3.64) 48 4.78 11 32
Maine (1.44) 41 (1.81) 46 0.50 33 .
Maryland 2.56 4 4.34 12 0.49 34 18
Massachusetts 1.32 19 5.79 10 2.48 22 10
Michigan 1.42 16 (11.50) 50 (0.90) 40 .
Minnesota (0.31) 34 0.31 39 (0.87) 39 .
Mississippi 1.54 15 (0.80) 43 4.17 14 28
Missouri (8.17) 46 2.82 20 (1.09) 42 35
Montana 0.95 25 3.62 15 5.42 8 6
Nebraska 7.71 1 22.57 2 7.77 5 2
Nevada 1.02 24 1.58 27 (1.65) 45 42
New Hampshire 0.33 31 0.94 33 1.26 30 36
New Jersey 1.37 18 0.85 35 (1.51) 44 .
New Mexico (3.67) 43 8.97 7 3.28 17 7
New York 2.44 7 9.42 6 1.94 26 10
North Carolina (7.50) 45 0.16 40 4.95 10 21
North Dakota (0.50) 37 0.89 34 4.50 13 19
Ohio 0.51 29 0.13 41 1.88 27 39
Oklahoma 1.87 11 7.31 9 11.64 1 4
Oregon 1.57 13 4.43 11 7.57 6 5
Pennsylvania (0.43) 35 2.80 21 (1.94) 47 39
Puerto Rico . . . . . . .
Rhode Island 1.04 23 1.26 30 1.21 31 34
South Carolina *** (16.54) 50 15.06 4 9.40 2 1
South Dakota 1.30 20 4.05 13 (1.83) 46 32
Tennessee (0.26) 33 16.83 3 (2.49) 48 24
Texas 1.55 14 2.36 24 4.98 9 12
Utah 0.90 26 1.21 31 6.91 7 14
Vermont 0.53 28 (2.19) 47 (0.63) 38 .
Virgin Islands . . . . . . .
Virginia 1.65 12 3.13 19 0.60 32 24
Washington 0.14 32 1.60 26 (0.40) 37 36
West Virginia 0.79 27 0.06 42 3.69 16 30
Wisconsin 1.40 17 2.66 22 8.33 3 8
Wyoming (0.46) 36 (3.83) 49 (21.11) 50 .
* Ranks on percentage point change in performance for the Job Retention and Earnings Gain submeasures are combined. Only ranks of States with at least one positive percentage point change on one submeasure are then re-ranked. (See 45 CFR, Part 270, Section 270.5(a)(4).)
** U.S. Average excludes Guam, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, and non-participating States.
*** Sample data used for matching quarterly wage data.