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

Map of Average Weekly Wages in the United States

State Employment Average weekly wage
September 2008
 Percent change, September 2007-2008 Rank by percent change Third quarter 2008 Rank by wage level Percent change, third quarter 2007-2008 Rank by percent change

Nationwide

 135,173,818 -0.8   $841   2.8  

Alabama

 1,936,443 -1.2 37 730 32 3.3 17

Alaska

 332,120 1.4 3 872 13 3.7 13

Arizona

 2,570,121 -3.0 49 798 20 2.0 45

Arkansas

 1,185,042 -0.1 19 649 47 3.0 22

California

 15,527,075 -1.4 39 959 6 2.9 24

Colorado

 2,322,652 0.4 12 877 11 3.8 12

Connecticut

 1,692,521 -0.3 22 1,032 2 1.0 50

Delaware

 420,574 -1.1 36 879 10 2.1 42

District of Columbia

 688,175 1.4 3 1,391 1 1.0 50

Florida

 7,546,351 -4.1 51 756 27 2.2 40

Georgia

 4,018,598 -1.6 45 794 21 1.5 47

Hawaii

 613,040 -2.1 47 774 24 1.8 46

Idaho

 665,663 -1.4 39 643 48 1.3 49

Illinois

 5,872,818 -0.7 30 891 9 2.9 24

Indiana

 2,897,621 -1.4 39 718 35 2.3 37

Iowa

 1,498,953 0.2 13 696 40 4.2 8

Kansas

 1,368,932 0.0 16 711 38 4.6 6

Kentucky

 1,795,254 -1.0 33 692 42 2.4 36

Louisiana

 1,877,398 -0.2 21 756 27 5.6 4

Maine

 610,842 -0.6 28 683 43 3.5 14

Maryland

 2,543,442 -0.8 32 920 7 3.1 19

Massachusetts

 3,265,737 0.0 16 1,025 4 2.3 37

Michigan

 4,093,887 -3.0 49 820 18 1.5 47

Minnesota

 2,699,642 -0.5 25 862 14 4.7 5

Mississippi

 1,128,293 -1.3 38 631 49 4.0 11

Missouri

 2,736,074 -0.4 24 739 31 2.8 29

Montana

 446,408 0.1 15 628 50 3.1 19

Nebraska

 925,675 0.2 13 694 41 4.2 8

Nevada

 1,253,012 -2.7 48 809 19 2.1 42

New Hampshire

 634,582 -0.5 25 822 16 2.8 29

New Jersey

 3,952,909 -0.7 30 990 5 2.5 33

New Mexico

 835,165 0.7 9 712 37 3.5 14

New York

 8,633,765 0.5 11 1,030 3 2.2 40

North Carolina

 4,064,198 -1.0 33 741 30 3.1 19

North Dakota

 357,046 2.8 2 665 45 6.9 1

Ohio

 5,251,057 -1.5 42 766 25 2.8 29

Oklahoma

 1,562,827 1.2 6 698 39 4.5 7

Oregon

 1,734,092 -1.0 33 766 25 2.1 42

Pennsylvania

 5,679,033 0.0 16 822 16 2.5 33

Rhode Island

 476,036 -2.0 46 778 23 2.5 33

South Carolina

 1,874,633 -1.5 42 683 43 2.9 24

South Dakota

 401,264 1.0 7 623 51 4.2 8

Tennessee

 2,730,355 -1.5 42 745 29 2.8 29

Texas

 10,438,312 1.4 3 850 15 2.9 24

Utah

 1,229,320 -0.1 19 717 36 2.9 24

Vermont

 304,238 -0.5 25 722 34 3.3 17

Virginia

 3,676,125 -0.3 22 877 11 2.3 37

Washington

 3,007,486 1.0 7 903 8 3.0 22

West Virginia

 716,360 0.6 10 661 46 5.9 3

Wisconsin

 2,788,655 -0.6 28 730 32 3.4 16

Wyoming

 293,997 3.3 1 781 22 6.4 2

 

Last Modified Date: April 14, 2009