Table 3. Covered(1) establishments, employment, and wages by state,
fourth quarter 2011(2)
Employment Average weekly
wage(3)
Establishments,
fourth quarter
State 2011 Percent Percent
(thousands) December change, Fourth change,
2011 December quarter fourth
(thousands) 2010-11 2011 quarter
2010-11
United States(4)......... 9,178.6 131,254.2 1.4 $955 -1.7
Alabama.................. 116.7 1,828.3 0.2 832 -0.8
Alaska................... 21.8 311.3 1.6 982 -0.5
Arizona.................. 146.6 2,458.4 1.7 882 -1.1
Arkansas................. 84.8 1,157.1 0.9 736 -1.2
California............... 1,417.5 14,731.8 1.3 1,100 -2.7
Colorado................. 169.6 2,250.1 2.1 975 -2.6
Connecticut.............. 110.7 1,642.0 0.9 1,188 -3.1
Delaware................. 27.7 405.9 0.4 984 -1.6
District of Columbia..... 36.4 708.0 1.3 1,668 -1.2
Florida.................. 602.0 7,364.1 1.4 847 -2.8
Georgia.................. 268.9 3,826.9 1.0 885 -2.2
Hawaii................... 38.5 607.0 1.4 845 -1.5
Idaho.................... 54.0 606.4 0.8 717 -2.2
Illinois................. 388.2 5,635.9 1.1 1,013 -2.1
Indiana.................. 160.4 2,799.2 2.0 789 -1.9
Iowa..................... 93.9 1,464.2 1.1 793 -0.8
Kansas................... 88.4 1,320.1 0.7 800 -1.5
Kentucky................. 108.0 1,770.2 1.3 786 -1.0
Louisiana................ 124.8 1,870.8 1.0 850 -1.7
Maine.................... 49.2 580.9 0.4 755 -1.8
Maryland................. 162.2 2,516.4 1.1 1,058 -2.0
Massachusetts............ 227.5 3,230.8 1.3 1,192 -2.1
Michigan................. 242.3 3,911.8 2.4 933 -0.5
Minnesota................ 168.6 2,636.4 2.1 936 -3.9
Mississippi.............. 69.3 1,083.8 0.3 699 -1.1
Missouri................. 175.7 2,617.0 0.8 825 -1.7
Montana.................. 42.2 426.7 1.8 727 0.7
Nebraska................. 61.2 910.5 0.8 762 -1.3
Nevada................... 72.1 1,124.1 0.8 852 -3.2
New Hampshire............ 48.8 615.4 0.9 971 -0.7
New Jersey............... 264.8 3,811.6 0.6 1,138 -2.1
New Mexico............... 55.5 784.3 -0.3 799 -2.2
New York................. 599.5 8,618.4 1.4 1,197 -1.8
North Carolina........... 257.5 3,885.9 1.3 824 -2.0
North Dakota............. 28.1 397.0 7.6 871 7.7
Ohio..................... 289.3 5,027.6 1.3 855 -1.3
Oklahoma................. 103.4 1,530.0 1.3 817 2.6
Oregon................... 132.3 1,629.8 1.2 850 -0.2
Pennsylvania............. 351.0 5,595.1 0.7 936 -1.6
Rhode Island............. 35.0 451.9 0.1 919 -2.1
South Carolina........... 111.3 1,796.1 1.3 763 -1.5
South Dakota............. 31.4 397.0 1.5 724 1.4
Tennessee................ 139.6 2,654.9 2.1 858 -2.3
Texas.................... 588.0 10,607.9 2.4 973 -0.3
Utah..................... 85.5 1,202.8 2.8 806 -2.5
Vermont.................. 24.4 303.9 1.3 809 -0.5
Virginia................. 237.4 3,625.0 1.3 1,004 -2.4
Washington............... 231.9 2,843.6 1.4 979 -0.2
West Virginia............ 49.1 714.0 2.2 776 -0.3
Wisconsin................ 160.5 2,689.6 0.7 817 -2.4
Wyoming.................. 25.3 276.9 2.3 876 0.6
Puerto Rico.............. 48.2 960.9 0.1 552 -1.1
Virgin Islands........... 3.6 43.2 -4.0 772 -3.4
(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.
