Table VII.B.1 Number of private-sector employees by proportion of employees who are full-time or low-wage and State: United States, 2016
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 123,213,270    83,162,000    17,251,097    22,800,173    29,765,809    93,447,461   
New England:
Connecticut 1,464,833    949,791    223,318    291,724    241,890    1,222,943   
Maine 504,209    315,557    52,901    135,750    135,001    369,208   
Massachusetts 3,230,820    2,036,297    546,235    648,287    360,889    2,869,930   
New Hampshire 567,585    323,674    120,241    123,670    123,582    444,003   
Rhode Island 427,804    259,137    51,350    117,317    102,873    324,931   
Vermont 264,418    151,510    44,040    68,868    49,569    214,849   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 3,545,763    2,350,295    558,847    636,621    744,494    2,801,269   
New York 7,774,640    5,058,747    1,222,936    1,492,956    1,812,283    5,962,357   
Pennsylvania 5,351,299    3,485,402    819,495    1,046,402    1,215,499    4,135,800   
East North Central:
Illinois 5,312,817    3,706,628    605,030    1,001,159    1,273,812    4,039,005   
Indiana 2,750,970    1,737,846    400,695    612,430    765,082    1,985,888   
Michigan 3,759,335    2,484,712    474,450    800,174    834,690    2,924,646   
Ohio 4,874,058    3,058,043    934,361    881,654    1,172,205    3,701,852   
Wisconsin 2,516,098    1,464,318    408,107    643,672    691,861    1,824,237   
West North Central:
Iowa 1,350,878    858,449    214,235    278,194    355,518    995,360   
Kansas 1,187,622    805,194    166,307    216,121    264,324    923,298   
Minnesota 2,694,832    1,787,012    258,727    649,092    558,331    2,136,500   
Missouri 2,367,173    1,389,871    455,864    521,439    634,176    1,732,997   
Nebraska 840,571    573,245    116,171    151,155    229,800    610,771   
North Dakota 356,258    215,574    67,465    73,218    60,231    296,027   
South Dakota 349,739    216,537    63,722    69,480    76,233    273,506   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 405,992    273,941    51,558    80,493    100,144    305,849   
District of Columbia 498,853    355,879    35,052    107,923    35,858    462,995   
Florida 7,741,467    5,490,430    1,122,279    1,128,758    2,081,639    5,659,828   
Georgia 3,650,343    2,774,646    395,327    480,370    886,236    2,764,107   
Maryland 2,351,722    1,609,399    396,025    346,297    456,909    1,894,813   
North Carolina 3,474,633    2,496,144    379,088    599,402    816,987    2,657,646   
South Carolina 1,643,735    1,109,938    197,558    336,239    434,099    1,209,635   
Virginia 3,257,743    2,101,586    528,625    627,532    859,349    2,398,393   
West Virginia 555,514    347,105    97,459    110,950    205,725    349,789   
East South Central:
Alabama 1,602,286    1,167,586    190,583    244,117    438,137    1,164,148   
Kentucky 1,563,214    1,139,980    180,564    242,669    442,230    1,120,984   
Mississippi 861,978    589,521    98,928    173,529    301,854    560,124   
Tennessee 2,586,331    1,836,716    243,092    506,523    771,836    1,814,494   
West South Central:
Arkansas 996,568    733,384    98,828    164,356    334,691    661,876   
Louisiana 1,604,835    1,256,723    104,747    243,365    466,061    1,138,774   
Oklahoma 1,346,702    913,932    134,855    297,915    515,409    831,293   
Texas 9,862,639    7,170,202    1,119,157    1,573,279    2,642,422    7,220,216   
Mountain:
Arizona 2,282,124    1,571,881    304,147    406,097    662,728    1,619,396   
Colorado 2,296,654    1,584,892    277,132    434,630    516,611    1,780,042   
Idaho 601,003    400,907    91,251    108,845    169,000    432,003   
Montana 380,684    217,777    75,223    87,683    113,053    267,631   
Nevada 1,125,246    679,679    206,922    238,645    339,611    785,635   
New Mexico 601,405    402,430    76,082    122,894    182,923    418,482   
Utah 1,193,434    768,734    217,592    207,108    233,670    959,764   
Wyoming 201,701    133,182    27,522    40,997    41,988    159,713   
Pacific:
Alaska 271,135    184,553    40,264    46,318    41,348    229,787   
California 14,126,853    9,591,822    2,105,251    2,429,780    3,082,162    11,044,691   
Hawaii 514,133    350,519    76,061    87,553    103,538    410,596   
Oregon 1,554,934    985,419    242,892    326,623    340,444    1,214,491   
Washington 2,567,686    1,695,253    332,538    539,896    446,801    2,120,885   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2016 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, 2016
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 861,828    876,793    483,291    506,952    588,694    883,067   
New England:
Connecticut 97,589    99,628    32,464    30,703    32,712    98,609   
Maine 19,462    17,753    8,969    16,373    15,513    18,624   
Massachusetts 133,456    143,415    76,562    77,187    56,779    136,060   
New Hampshire 26,958    27,694    19,669    14,454    16,679    27,129   
Rhode Island 16,724    15,810    9,191    15,739    13,476    16,686   
Vermont 10,828    9,762    9,118    9,910    9,395    11,327   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 115,021    118,160    84,547    67,948    76,667    122,809   
New York 228,543    238,724    149,221    156,635    178,006    231,235   
Pennsylvania 189,015    199,362    107,093    92,212    114,020    199,512   
East North Central:
Illinois 222,366    233,079    107,672    129,866    144,384    237,472   
Indiana 118,388    123,800    70,723    70,871    74,497    124,703   
Michigan 148,513    167,145    80,078    96,575    86,733    162,117   
Ohio 236,906    218,660    148,576    119,702    111,202    248,341   
Wisconsin 115,673    105,126    66,418    105,360    113,328    98,075   
West North Central:
Iowa 48,818    46,333    33,920    42,073    42,114    51,407   
Kansas 57,539    64,082    27,174    28,300    32,373    61,615   
Minnesota 116,389    120,463    36,191    80,965    88,418    107,605   
Missouri 89,416    87,524    78,901    59,676    66,810    94,657   
Nebraska 33,652    35,090    17,748    22,232    28,412    33,945   
North Dakota 13,986    15,506    10,746    7,774    6,924    14,810   
South Dakota 12,011    13,051    6,968    7,120    7,411    13,183   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 18,475    18,883    10,247    8,780    14,953    20,395   
District of Columbia 20,423    19,125    7,846    15,381    6,474    20,924   
Florida 298,125    305,795    164,270    165,442    217,473    292,731   
Georgia 146,472    152,715    68,315    71,144    99,880    158,963   
Maryland 126,564    129,585    64,304    43,973    66,506    128,755   
North Carolina 112,263    113,967    58,222    70,463    75,132    119,503   
South Carolina 65,631    60,024    31,497    53,741    39,278    68,072   
Virginia 134,620    142,421    76,270    77,031    98,805    140,545   
West Virginia 27,056    26,656    15,213    14,515    18,479    28,186   
East South Central:
Alabama 62,270    60,460    37,350    30,339    41,391    66,013   
Kentucky 69,915    72,178    30,344    31,611    45,352    71,290   
Mississippi 39,995    36,024    23,520    24,183    33,921    38,755   
Tennessee 116,438    120,825    43,205    67,067    73,820    121,657   
West South Central:
Arkansas 49,621    51,492    20,548    21,292    33,598    52,429   
Louisiana 71,390    72,364    21,285    34,735    52,373    71,552   
Oklahoma 81,538    50,860    23,130    75,766    79,193    52,090   
Texas 283,917    284,890    150,063    158,453    201,298    295,502   
Mountain:
Arizona 91,505    93,451    46,551    53,486    68,592    94,875   
Colorado 91,676    102,657    51,383    53,599    65,742    101,923   
Idaho 25,590    25,260    12,965    16,610    18,564    25,791   
Montana 15,682    17,580    10,402    10,314    10,990    16,819   
Nevada 48,234    41,462    36,296    34,562    38,075    47,329   
New Mexico 25,159    22,605    17,805    16,111    18,839    25,207   
Utah 48,900    49,307    25,815    27,794    27,941    53,053   
Wyoming 7,143    8,250    4,201    6,037    4,054    7,967   
Pacific:
Alaska 10,822    10,992    5,886    6,200    6,239    11,889   
California 328,990    332,033    188,822    196,144    240,141    328,410   
Hawaii 22,020    23,620    13,595    11,208    14,147    22,015   
Oregon 79,540    60,534    69,828    36,068    36,948    81,894   
Washington 95,578    108,441    50,390    71,989    64,198    104,436   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2016 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.