Table VII.B.3 Number of full-time private-sector employees by proportion of employees who are full-time or low-wage and State: United States, 2017
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 97,316,296    81,480,457    10,494,598    5,341,242    15,324,913    81,991,383   
New England:
Connecticut 1,118,389    936,352    100,925    81,112    111,420    1,006,969   
Maine 405,377    316,919    64,643    23,815    89,863    315,513   
Massachusetts 2,321,425    1,760,464    367,777    193,184    202,737    2,118,688   
New Hampshire 439,779    339,052    67,624    33,103    60,261    379,518   
Rhode Island 310,770    241,257    48,702    20,810    29,083    281,687   
Vermont 179,930    136,092    27,041    16,796    18,933    160,997   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 2,832,176    2,240,741    456,493    134,941    469,997    2,362,179   
New York 6,192,524    4,989,619    855,136    347,769    667,745    5,524,780   
Pennsylvania 4,056,644    3,223,435    576,357    256,852    747,000    3,309,644   
East North Central:
Illinois 4,424,492    3,847,559    350,788    226,145    770,477    3,654,014   
Indiana 2,052,747    1,760,981    175,928    115,839    344,398    1,708,349   
Michigan 2,980,817    2,469,042    347,637    164,139    332,883    2,647,935   
Ohio 3,619,080    3,029,435    403,967    185,679    484,477    3,134,604   
Wisconsin 1,946,652    1,661,584    194,063    91,005    279,297    1,667,356   
West North Central:
Iowa 957,566    729,126    152,181    76,260    168,309    789,257   
Kansas 878,421    751,657    79,673    47,091    122,709    755,712   
Minnesota 1,932,041    1,611,986    191,415    128,640    193,920    1,738,121   
Missouri 2,039,890    1,699,140    222,439    118,312    413,400    1,626,490   
Nebraska 684,886    572,198    79,816    32,873    103,535    581,351   
North Dakota 264,130    213,043    35,532    15,555    26,730    237,400   
South Dakota 300,056    246,380    38,809    14,867    42,981    257,076   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 284,805    233,051    30,684    21,071    47,901    236,904   
District of Columbia 416,135    347,903    59,125    9,108    17,066    399,069   
Florida 6,433,932    5,524,419    557,964    351,549    937,313    5,496,618   
Georgia 2,931,290    2,551,123    224,563    155,605    638,665    2,292,625   
Maryland 1,741,021    1,468,649    193,207    79,165    205,814    1,535,208   
North Carolina 2,786,156    2,324,952    313,177    148,027    578,212    2,207,945   
South Carolina 1,358,816    1,127,051    169,303    62,462    288,845    1,069,971   
Virginia 2,450,187    2,054,212    244,706    151,269    370,733    2,079,454   
West Virginia 430,638    369,882    38,596    22,160    119,421    311,216   
East South Central:
Alabama 1,265,490    1,065,727    136,986    62,777    312,339    953,151   
Kentucky 1,293,177    1,131,094    113,494    48,589    261,666    1,031,510   
Mississippi 710,376    624,388    41,925    44,063    232,558    477,817   
Tennessee 2,040,258    1,717,028    202,915    120,315    487,632    1,552,627   
West South Central:
Arkansas 815,711    682,293    67,710    65,708    214,400    601,311   
Louisiana 1,275,655    1,098,412    111,309    65,934    340,594    935,062   
Oklahoma 958,896    816,805    85,416    56,676    203,052    755,844   
Texas 8,205,280    7,234,486    589,633    381,161    1,439,779    6,765,501   
Mountain:
Arizona 1,863,839    1,570,098    147,785    145,956    313,436    1,550,403   
Colorado 1,863,261    1,576,800    204,204    82,256    154,623    1,708,638   
Idaho 469,705    372,781    66,793    30,130    107,550    362,155   
Montana 291,858    239,234    34,078    18,547    45,807    246,051   
Nevada 982,991    798,764    143,257    40,969    222,913    760,078   
New Mexico 461,257    368,916    58,566    33,775    106,915    354,342   
Utah 890,334    712,994    122,627    54,713    161,731    728,604   
Wyoming 158,059    129,928    20,859    7,272    29,849    128,210   
Pacific:
Alaska 195,966    163,872    16,901    15,193    22,790    173,177   
California 11,152,577    9,353,906    1,272,733    525,939    1,386,342    9,766,235   
Hawaii 404,519    317,911    68,923    17,684    62,203    342,316   
Oregon 1,160,181    977,206    110,998    71,978    144,412    1,015,769   
Washington 2,086,130    1,750,512    209,214    126,404    190,197    1,895,934   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2017 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.3 Standard errors for number of full-time private-sector employees by proportion of employees who are full-time or low-wage and State: United States, 2017
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 893,291    935,148    318,032    149,174    371,405    910,700   
New England:
Connecticut 45,646    50,365    21,224    13,502    17,929    48,675   
Maine 17,870    18,942    9,935    4,065    10,825    18,163   
Massachusetts 98,874    113,259    55,555    26,092    34,616    105,575   
New Hampshire 17,922    19,233    10,230    5,474    9,872    18,495   
Rhode Island 13,910    15,944    7,276    4,055    4,786    14,482   
Vermont 8,179    8,986    3,210    2,153    2,975    8,443   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 107,026    112,471    73,779    18,593    58,562    113,619   
New York 316,633    330,767    112,649    37,481    70,292    320,860   
Pennsylvania 149,001    166,047    75,313    30,085    101,596    152,981   
East North Central:
Illinois 231,616    246,122    72,865    51,764    112,803    235,827   
Indiana 120,898    125,732    34,026    23,024    49,750    122,685   
Michigan 140,041    150,944    54,804    32,750    46,622    146,233   
Ohio 133,331    146,520    55,516    29,852    59,462    140,125   
Wisconsin 97,201    106,704    31,608    13,145    38,142    99,812   
West North Central:
Iowa 37,421    41,587    24,323    11,630    23,160    38,793   
Kansas 46,301    48,154    15,302    7,852    15,266    47,798   
Minnesota 80,665    89,605    31,632    15,655    27,394    84,752   
Missouri 192,466    197,262    41,901    16,038    57,884    193,754   
Nebraska 28,631    31,458    12,066    5,544    15,966    29,830   
North Dakota 12,132    13,285    5,289    2,324    4,136    12,490   
South Dakota 10,097    11,663    5,706    2,311    5,734    10,432   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 14,588    14,732    6,190    2,963    7,875    14,188   
District of Columbia 16,505    21,654    13,001    2,300    4,619    16,644   
Florida 372,830    382,221    89,125    50,211    114,593    375,269   
Georgia 148,600    154,405    38,238    28,275    77,839    155,804   
Maryland 80,936    84,790    39,977    14,097    40,617    85,624   
North Carolina 97,020    107,193    43,856    16,820    59,196    103,664   
South Carolina 72,501    73,037    26,624    9,607    33,459    73,224   
Virginia 113,052    119,579    49,006    24,458    57,326    115,771   
West Virginia 22,146    23,659    6,223    4,161    12,337    23,662   
East South Central:
Alabama 73,083    77,632    26,342    13,112    38,665    75,997   
Kentucky 54,801    57,896    22,776    9,674    33,510    56,215   
Mississippi 45,264    47,415    8,873    7,708    35,301    40,237   
Tennessee 86,986    91,916    47,320    21,274    58,066    92,086   
West South Central:
Arkansas 48,940    52,149    12,191    11,607    23,835    50,599   
Louisiana 63,356    67,759    22,470    10,865    49,990    62,207   
Oklahoma 40,941    43,123    19,350    8,476    22,694    43,083   
Texas 310,661    324,967    71,589    41,438    134,861    318,860   
Mountain:
Arizona 137,242    139,090    30,744    35,580    36,614    141,610   
Colorado 87,398    87,156    55,678    15,351    26,458    91,038   
Idaho 23,404    25,214    9,261    4,193    12,473    25,197   
Montana 15,583    17,226    6,031    2,816    6,309    16,095   
Nevada 53,279    58,343    26,588    6,878    29,791    56,764   
New Mexico 23,088    27,409    9,951    4,356    13,412    22,502   
Utah 45,454    46,443    27,882    8,956    33,618    43,730   
Wyoming 6,596    6,946    3,329    1,228    3,992    6,857   
Pacific:
Alaska 8,179    9,014    2,639    2,509    5,527    7,817   
California 345,151    354,394    151,279    49,710    160,941    345,272   
Hawaii 21,321    21,714    13,329    2,906    9,569    22,051   
Oregon 73,872    76,564    17,554    13,126    20,494    75,738   
Washington 108,176    116,780    33,003    30,054    32,562    109,868   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2017 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.