United States

12,294

12,327

12,282

11,610

11,751

12,371

New England:

Connecticut

13,423

13,238

14,333

13,134

12,291

13,474

Maine

13,160

12,933

16,319

13,104

10,215

13,566

Massachusetts

13,515

13,649

12,693

11,291

11,364

13,697

New Hampshire

12,999

12,827

11,353

16,333

11,570

13,083

Rhode Island

13,540

12,868

15,130

11,569

12,627

13,619

Vermont

13,016

12,820

13,811

12,551

11,753

13,118

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

12,575

12,499

12,816

14,071

10,568

12,699

New York

12,578

12,759

10,541

12,361

9,978

12,910

Pennsylvania

12,137

12,151

11,826

12,391

11,472

12,206

East North Central:

Illinois

12,864

12,870

13,515

11,863

12,880

12,863

Indiana

13,501

13,682

12,931

11,611

11,840

13,766

Michigan

11,246

11,122

12,678

11,528

11,527

11,215

Ohio

11,368

11,228

12,638

11,192

11,349

11,371

Wisconsin

12,893

12,906

13,012

12,409

12,220

12,969

West North Central:

Iowa

11,012

10,829

12,523

11,677

10,424

11,082

Kansas

11,617

11,384

13,173

11,051

10,303

11,948

Minnesota

13,734

13,793

13,610

12,962

10,428

13,979

Missouri

11,417

11,628

10,461

10,404

10,492

11,590

Nebraska

11,642

11,356

12,773

14,025

10,395

11,882

North Dakota

11,264

11,151

11,691

11,696

12,300

11,098

South Dakota

11,332

11,401

12,577

8,823

11,027

11,381

South Atlantic:

Delaware

13,539

13,707

10,768

12,284

11,340

13,941

District of Columbia

13,327

13,368

12,823

13,360

13,042

13,344

Florida

12,929

13,337

12,175

9,063

14,518

12,418

Georgia

11,931

11,995

11,118

12,073

10,984

12,181

Maryland

12,668

12,618

13,267

12,561

12,498

12,687

North Carolina

12,231

12,294

10,640

12,617

10,980

12,407

South Carolina

11,767

11,728

11,951

13,140

10,121

12,157

Virginia

11,891

11,820

13,003

11,779

12,526

11,829

West Virginia

12,791

12,873

11,751

11,355

11,352

13,011

East South Central:

Alabama

11,269

11,276

11,132

11,404

10,839

11,328

Kentucky

11,500

11,544

11,276

10,702

10,308

11,690

Mississippi

11,573

11,726

10,775

8,690

10,193

11,962

Tennessee

12,268

12,138

13,842

10,416

11,594

12,400

West South Central:

Arkansas

11,297

11,237

12,502

10,008

11,652

11,246

Louisiana

11,086

10,817

13,779

11,306

10,411

11,222

Oklahoma

11,250

11,228

11,245

12,235

11,483

11,179

Texas

11,761

12,046

9,978

11,336

11,753

11,762

Mountain:

Arizona

12,532

12,425

13,492

13,480

11,771

12,614

Colorado

11,923

11,852

11,682

14,439

10,911

12,022

Idaho

10,935

11,045

9,752

10,809

9,229

11,133

Montana

11,424

11,493

10,783

11,664

9,355

11,802

Nevada

11,942

12,161

10,667

11,785

11,374

12,032

New Mexico

12,146

12,056

12,878

11,532

11,650

12,219

Utah

11,115

11,167

10,748

9,966

10,330

11,188

Wyoming

12,655

12,731

12,013

9,337

11,196

12,787

Pacific:

Alaska

13,324

13,351

13,421

12,454

12,140

13,393

California

12,734

12,686

13,482

11,827

12,645

12,745

Hawaii

11,698

11,870

11,501

9,981

10,683

11,816

Oregon

12,600

12,357

13,786

10,453

12,300

12,630

Washington

13,009

13,102

11,706

13,290

14,445

12,862

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2008 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.

** The definition of low-wage employees changed in 2000. These data are not comparable to IC data prior to 2000. See Technical Appendix for details.

United States

100.26

112.94

351.14

231.56

294.58

111.26

New England:

Connecticut

424.19

408.68

787.62

2,475.67

1,464.18

497.25

Maine

392.70

415.60

3,173.53

3,248.37

1,391.01

511.21

Massachusetts

331.93

353.88

1,519.72

2,688.10

1,297.51

358.02

New Hampshire

480.57

569.88

1,436.22

1,971.80

535.07

539.75

Rhode Island

318.33

336.07

1,693.31

1,965.94

1,158.02

320.63

Vermont

363.01

514.00

1,593.66

2,694.80

737.80

395.94

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

417.30

522.01

2,710.34

1,857.90

1,780.44

424.25

New York

335.14

284.00

1,411.55

1,103.26

809.15

350.77

Pennsylvania

352.36

366.73

626.06

2,006.41

813.98

384.33

East North Central:

Illinois

375.36

395.59

1,238.58

1,596.24

770.70

412.48

Indiana

721.52

786.96

1,667.46

1,522.13

737.72

741.72

Michigan

474.17

517.93

1,281.11

567.50

724.73

522.40

Ohio

387.96

399.09

1,079.07

1,164.16

473.18

421.07

Wisconsin

369.40

367.69

866.49

737.18

466.34

378.72

West North Central:

Iowa

310.14

345.53

1,464.19

1,645.28

1,235.73

421.50

Kansas

270.47

368.27

1,184.37

826.92

399.51

324.35

Minnesota

786.67

853.23

1,136.09

701.77

673.07

772.56

Missouri

289.33

337.90

1,637.13

874.80

541.87

352.19

Nebraska

363.84

371.13

1,452.56

491.56

850.44

296.40

North Dakota

333.00

345.31

1,311.97

1,571.19

1,403.43

493.15

South Dakota

203.48

243.95

1,098.23

818.51

921.77

218.48

South Atlantic:

Delaware

603.30

606.26

2,237.18

1,882.81

718.33

636.41

District of Columbia

388.83

472.21

1,657.43

2,233.12

1,513.15

425.95

Florida

448.27

478.57

521.07

1,431.62

817.34

500.01

Georgia

269.81

311.13

1,626.71

1,869.30

1,466.07

320.64

Maryland

537.20

526.94

1,704.01

1,002.67

1,637.62

551.41

North Carolina

229.80

242.43

1,611.56

1,757.05

566.58

232.09

South Carolina

394.59

438.24

1,392.96

2,625.70

848.03

431.66

Virginia

429.29

485.37

1,036.35

1,696.27

660.74

491.14

West Virginia

435.44

467.97

1,603.20

2,244.35

801.92

450.91

East South Central:

Alabama

306.98

303.33

1,436.97

1,522.83

502.91

321.10

Kentucky

267.45

234.95

905.18

1,473.67

371.11

353.42

Mississippi

331.43

410.52

1,860.50

1,368.75

599.91

459.46

Tennessee

324.42

341.82

1,786.98

1,258.16

427.93

345.72

West South Central:

Arkansas

347.14

377.87

2,031.29

1,657.91

856.73

426.11

Louisiana

376.33

508.91

2,020.00

1,729.76

323.07

467.09

Oklahoma

330.18

329.98

1,888.62

1,641.20

527.54

290.12

Texas

404.90

330.83

1,272.71

853.82

587.72

490.35

Mountain:

Arizona

498.44

549.90

2,307.85

1,971.72

1,330.33

517.66

Colorado

490.25

515.04

1,549.42

2,916.32

1,581.59

603.22

Idaho

459.04

477.18

1,531.76

2,633.94

837.31

531.13

Montana

461.12

482.04

1,511.36

797.36

885.31

445.06

Nevada

350.99

462.13

1,802.19

2,600.02

1,266.30

316.74

New Mexico

678.81

722.03

1,721.70

1,979.42

988.78

768.66

Utah

283.08

276.40

1,560.83

1,279.44

761.33

345.11

Wyoming

664.63

701.53

1,857.99

2,450.70

1,796.68

752.86

Pacific:

Alaska

594.43

711.55

2,921.18

2,679.50

2,070.51

652.12

California

401.09

418.04

856.24

1,389.51

451.26

426.55

Hawaii

458.53

499.12

1,799.53

2,166.67

432.86

473.44

Oregon

362.77

365.37

1,069.00

1,420.13

1,537.27

327.57

Washington

347.47

422.94

1,433.19

1,830.64

1,155.39

365.54

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2008 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.

** The definition of low-wage employees changed in 2000. These data are not comparable to IC data prior to 2000. See Technical Appendix for details.