Table 4. Covered(1) establishments, employment, and wages by state,
fourth quarter 2008(2)
Employment Average weekly
wage(3)
Establishments,
fourth quarter
State 2008 Percent Percent
(thousands) December change, Average change,
2008 December weekly fourth
(thousands) 2007-08 wage quarter
2007-08
United States(4)......... 9,177.5 133,870.4 -2.3 $918 2.2
Alabama.................. 121.6 1,909.8 -3.1 790 3.5
Alaska................... 21.4 303.9 1.6 927 5.7
Arizona.................. 164.5 2,557.9 -5.1 848 2.7
Arkansas................. 86.5 1,168.2 -1.5 706 -1.0
California............... 1,370.0 15,288.5 -3.2 1,042 0.7
Colorado................. 177.1 2,295.8 -1.5 932 0.5
Connecticut.............. 113.5 1,688.0 -1.7 1,164 1.2
Delaware................. 29.4 416.8 -3.0 943 1.9
District of Columbia..... 34.4 687.5 0.3 1,570 5.1
Florida.................. 623.0 7,586.6 -5.3 824 1.6
Georgia.................. 276.7 3,970.3 -3.5 853 2.3
Hawaii................... 39.3 614.7 -3.5 821 3.5
Idaho.................... 57.2 634.1 -3.9 693 1.0
Illinois................. 371.5 5,795.8 -2.3 985 1.0
Indiana.................. 161.4 2,831.3 -3.4 764 2.7
Iowa..................... 94.6 1,483.7 -1.0 756 3.1
Kansas................... 87.2 1,370.2 -0.2 769 3.1
Kentucky................. 108.4 1,783.2 -2.6 754 3.0
Louisiana................ 128.5 1,907.5 0.1 829 5.9
Maine.................... 51.1 595.3 -2.1 735 4.0
Maryland................. 164.3 2,531.8 -1.9 1,010 2.4
Massachusetts............ 215.1 3,239.6 -1.1 1,154 1.8
Michigan................. 258.2 3,993.3 -4.9 903 3.6
Minnesota................ 172.0 2,658.8 -1.9 907 2.6
Mississippi.............. 71.0 1,117.2 -2.8 679 3.8
Missouri................. 175.7 2,700.9 -1.7 842 7.9
Montana.................. 43.2 433.8 -1.5 678 2.9
Nebraska................. 60.4 923.1 -0.3 730 1.0
Nevada................... 77.5 1,206.5 -6.5 862 -1.1
New Hampshire............ 49.9 626.2 -2.0 936 2.2
New Jersey............... 273.7 3,927.7 -2.4 1,123 2.8
New Mexico............... 54.9 821.2 -1.2 768 3.9
New York................. 585.9 8,677.4 -1.0 1,169 1.4
North Carolina........... 260.1 4,003.8 -3.0 793 1.9
North Dakota............. 25.8 354.4 1.9 725 5.1
Ohio..................... 293.0 5,167.5 -3.2 816 2.6
Oklahoma................. 100.8 1,559.8 0.0 755 4.9
Oregon................... 134.1 1,676.6 -3.7 808 1.3
Pennsylvania............. 344.0 5,645.8 -1.3 897 2.6
Rhode Island............. 35.9 464.3 -3.4 887 5.7
South Carolina........... 119.5 1,837.1 -3.5 731 2.1
South Dakota............. 30.8 395.2 0.4 663 2.5
Tennessee................ 143.1 2,695.7 -3.3 824 1.4
Texas.................... 566.6 10,510.8 0.4 933 2.4
Utah..................... 88.3 1,215.0 -2.1 770 1.4
Vermont.................. 25.1 304.4 -1.7 774 4.3
Virginia................. 233.5 3,656.8 -1.3 953 3.3
Washington............... 222.8 2,885.0 -1.8 918 3.7
West Virginia............ 48.9 713.8 -0.1 735 7.1
Wisconsin................ 161.1 2,753.2 -1.9 793 3.0
Wyoming.................. 25.2 284.5 1.5 850 4.3
Puerto Rico.............. 55.3 1,028.5 -2.9 528 2.3
Virgin Islands........... 3.6 45.5 -1.4 731 -0.8
(1) Includes workers covered by Unemployment Insurance (UI) and Unemployment
Compensation for Federal Employees (UCFE) programs.
(2) Data are preliminary.
(3) Average weekly wages were calculated using unrounded data.
(4) Totals for the United States do not include data for Puerto Rico or the
Virgin Islands.
