Table VII.B.1 Number of private-sector employees by proportion of employees who are full-time or low-wage and State: United States, 2015
Division and State Total Percent Full-Time Employees Percent Low-Wage Employees **
75% or more 50-74% Less than 50% 50% or more Less than 50%
United States 119,937,314    79,088,242    17,559,181    23,289,891    31,545,305    88,392,009   
New England:
Connecticut 1,477,516    1,030,253    192,952    254,311    211,298    1,266,218   
Maine 490,015    284,775    105,370    99,870    104,720    385,295   
Massachusetts 3,107,674    1,925,499    504,040    678,136    517,567    2,590,107   
New Hampshire 584,343    323,561    123,462    137,320    126,265    458,078   
Rhode Island 404,006    209,208    91,590    103,208    82,473    321,534   
Vermont 259,631    153,292    55,010    51,329    53,597    206,034   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 3,459,843    2,158,818    620,977    680,048    880,393    2,579,450   
New York 7,645,223    4,954,114    950,376    1,740,733    2,024,386    5,620,837   
Pennsylvania 5,268,478    3,156,427    958,622    1,153,428    1,210,894    4,057,583   
East North Central:
Illinois 5,271,745    3,319,961    936,068    1,015,716    1,430,303    3,841,442   
Indiana 2,628,552    1,840,845    330,902    456,805    763,226    1,865,326   
Michigan 3,579,499    2,261,448    515,471    802,580    1,220,128    2,359,371   
Ohio 4,840,970    3,071,735    799,498    969,737    1,390,719    3,450,251   
Wisconsin 2,479,977    1,512,699    417,082    550,196    683,384    1,796,593   
West North Central:
Iowa 1,296,722    834,392    169,233    293,097    333,752    962,970   
Kansas 1,178,069    795,235    177,068    205,766    292,673    885,396   
Minnesota 2,511,699    1,557,167    270,993    683,539    515,451    1,996,247   
Missouri 2,348,809    1,515,341    314,534    518,933    613,628    1,735,180   
Nebraska 798,973    500,233    131,438    167,303    220,270    578,704   
North Dakota 349,489    219,869    53,221    76,399    60,577    288,912   
South Dakota 352,864    216,586    56,507    79,771    111,258    241,606   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 407,874    267,337    61,777    78,759    114,929    292,945   
District of Columbia 478,458    343,854    57,476    77,128    56,566    421,892   
Florida 7,363,196    5,105,202    1,053,287    1,204,708    2,032,934    5,330,263   
Georgia 3,613,283    2,308,552    496,622    808,108    1,170,529    2,442,754   
Maryland 2,223,668    1,461,579    379,120    382,970    519,074    1,704,593   
North Carolina 3,449,386    2,344,943    501,445    602,998    985,995    2,463,391   
South Carolina 1,637,945    1,096,197    254,500    287,249    550,176    1,087,769   
Virginia 3,079,577    2,084,660    515,649    479,269    734,746    2,344,831   
West Virginia 548,758    352,072    77,575    119,111    200,934    347,824   
East South Central:
Alabama 1,551,882    1,067,718    165,829    318,334    494,325    1,057,557   
Kentucky 1,516,876    1,082,165    192,007    242,704    458,230    1,058,646   
Mississippi 845,765    540,510    135,077    170,179    287,008    558,757   
Tennessee 2,393,844    1,557,493    308,998    527,353    857,253    1,536,591   
West South Central:
Arkansas 974,910    720,323    104,438    150,149    313,548    661,362   
Louisiana 1,686,549    1,155,087    244,822    286,641    477,912    1,208,637   
Oklahoma 1,232,349    870,320    192,420    169,610    351,636    880,712   
Texas 9,731,828    6,959,432    1,087,878    1,684,518    2,587,274    7,144,555   
Mountain:
Arizona 2,148,341    1,485,624    242,546    420,171    659,851    1,488,491   
Colorado 2,178,329    1,371,928    359,023    447,378    510,724    1,667,605   
Idaho 552,494    331,544    94,793    126,158    166,140    386,354   
Montana 371,738    192,114    81,689    97,935    122,978    248,760   
Nevada 1,266,066    856,173    221,457    188,436    306,476    959,590   
New Mexico 570,257    369,134    96,559    104,564    172,683    397,574   
Utah 1,142,619    683,682    205,498    253,439    272,971    869,647   
Wyoming 205,600    146,809    25,272    33,519    53,373    152,227   
Pacific:
Alaska 271,088    189,922    37,434    43,732    41,744    229,344   
California 13,631,123    9,341,070    1,960,088    2,329,965    3,129,026    10,502,097   
Hawaii 521,878    327,592    105,803    88,483    130,874    391,005   
Oregon 1,459,400    948,957    232,745    277,699    378,176    1,081,224   
Washington 2,548,136    1,684,794    292,942    570,399    560,257    1,987,878   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2015 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.

Totals may not sum exactly because of rounding.

 

Table VII.B.1 Standard errors for number of private-sector employees by proportion of employees who are full-time or low-wage and State: United States, 2015
Division and State Total Percent Full-Time Employees Percent Low-Wage Employees **
75% or more 50-74% Less than 50% 50% or more Less than 50%
United States 875,841    871,362    509,378    529,029    604,317    889,826   
New England:
Connecticut 65,994    73,231    31,042    32,710    29,962    68,722   
Maine 20,804    20,624    15,053    13,743    13,635    20,436   
Massachusetts 126,248    129,893    84,455    84,956    72,521    132,563   
New Hampshire 30,851    33,446    18,402    17,901    16,225    31,013   
Rhode Island 17,784    17,226    13,521    18,997    14,105    18,815   
Vermont 12,382    13,351    9,894    6,484    6,818    13,542   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 174,595    149,434    141,716    91,032    107,464    179,219   
New York 250,243    261,343    107,863    161,148    171,208    255,326   
Pennsylvania 156,824    177,217    112,101    132,938    132,549    167,277   
East North Central:
Illinois 200,133    198,337    124,864    134,880    167,959    194,553   
Indiana 126,681    130,733    58,431    69,968    82,055    130,866   
Michigan 138,781    151,160    72,992    92,163    112,002    147,125   
Ohio 218,413    214,170    152,559    112,821    132,915    231,791   
Wisconsin 106,442    110,429    69,748    67,760    78,242    111,403   
West North Central:
Iowa 60,937    64,424    25,460    33,959    35,489    63,999   
Kansas 77,334    78,748    38,359    27,073    33,215    80,513   
Minnesota 106,547    110,190    42,405    90,765    58,735    113,888   
Missouri 88,238    100,820    50,114    58,636    60,526    100,551   
Nebraska 29,338    31,234    23,729    22,042    26,104    30,286   
North Dakota 12,427    13,320    8,085    9,244    8,204    13,492   
South Dakota 16,437    17,059    15,221    9,253    17,051    17,049   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 15,609    17,032    9,904    9,900    14,717    17,291   
District of Columbia 22,078    21,307    13,855    17,497    11,513    22,185   
Florida 211,270    201,871    136,734    126,517    163,065    211,452   
Georgia 202,247    135,057    119,432    190,316    204,063    152,355   
Maryland 109,523    110,245    74,302    57,231    67,675    111,756   
North Carolina 128,465    121,486    104,509    71,377    91,415    136,011   
South Carolina 73,465    78,426    48,665    35,281    56,259    79,375   
Virginia 139,074    137,999    90,478    56,175    78,831    144,238   
West Virginia 21,431    22,406    15,612    14,606    17,300    24,659   
East South Central:
Alabama 160,470    160,477    31,571    46,435    54,655    160,804   
Kentucky 63,562    71,193    31,645    35,810    47,099    69,928   
Mississippi 33,131    32,180    25,643    25,814    31,309    34,317   
Tennessee 101,782    102,420    49,477    76,300    89,890    99,736   
West South Central:
Arkansas 56,547    53,408    23,399    32,600    39,024    55,967   
Louisiana 74,813    78,085    41,936    45,755    54,224    80,661   
Oklahoma 39,155    44,447    30,225    24,408    34,862    44,524   
Texas 368,263    372,437    124,775    167,879    189,100    372,099   
Mountain:
Arizona 94,236    93,333    41,740    63,705    90,070    83,027   
Colorado 100,471    98,583    60,556    71,250    71,275    102,561   
Idaho 21,695    21,293    17,526    15,392    16,942    23,520   
Montana 16,883    16,594    12,403    11,497    13,350    17,152   
Nevada 36,641    37,937    31,350    25,518    31,987    39,134   
New Mexico 24,751    21,852    21,482    12,414    16,350    27,074   
Utah 58,554    53,694    29,541    37,617    34,977    57,950   
Wyoming 9,958    10,632    4,486    3,765    6,245    10,211   
Pacific:
Alaska 12,279    11,940    6,681    6,489    6,479    13,658   
California 306,062    308,378    218,680    174,087    218,708    320,634   
Hawaii 22,301    21,709    17,251    14,078    17,834    21,922   
Oregon 59,785    61,355    38,907    35,762    43,309    61,098   
Washington 111,666    116,899    64,881    67,691    70,336    117,964   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2015 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.

Totals may not sum exactly because of rounding.