Table VIII.B.3.a(2006) Percent of number of full-time private-sector employees by average wage quartiles and State: United States, 2006

 

Division and State

Total

 

Quartile 1 Average Wage

 

Quartile 2 Average Wage

 

Quartile 3 Average Wage

 

Quartile 4 Average Wage

 

 

United States

91,940,179

18.4%

25.1%

27.5%

28.9%

 

New England:

Connecticut

1,197,422

19.8%

24.7%

26.1%

29.4%

Maine

398,353

16.2%

26.1%

27.4%

30.3%

*

Massachusetts

2,232,141

18.3%

24.6%

27.6%

29.6%

New Hampshire

413,428

16.4%

24.3%

30.2%

29.1%

Rhode Island

313,991

15.5%

24.6%

28.8%

31.1%

Vermont

173,872

15.4%

22.3%

30.7%

31.6%

 

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

2,762,988

18.0%

25.6%

27.2%

29.3%

New York

5,923,338

21.4%

23.7%

26.7%

28.3%

Pennsylvania

3,982,532

18.4%

24.6%

27.5%

29.5%

 

East North Central:

Illinois

4,145,034

16.0%

26.9%

26.5%

30.5%

Indiana

2,034,905

16.4%

26.0%

27.7%

30.0%

Michigan

2,969,286

16.9%

25.9%

27.8%

29.4%

Ohio

3,925,983

18.7%

24.4%

27.1%

29.8%

Wisconsin

1,843,641

17.8%

26.6%

23.6%

32.1%

 

West North Central:

Iowa

982,347

14.5%

25.4%

29.7%

30.3%

Kansas

826,333

16.3%

24.8%

29.1%

29.8%

Minnesota

1,836,328

16.4%

24.1%

28.7%

30.8%

Missouri

1,890,855

17.7%

26.3%

26.4%

29.7%

Nebraska

582,949

16.0%

25.3%

28.1%

30.6%

North Dakota

207,925

15.2%

25.1%

31.7%

28.0%

South Dakota

238,065

14.1%

26.4%

28.7%

30.9%

 

South Atlantic:

Delaware

293,210

18.0%

23.1%

22.2%

36.7%

District of Columbia

384,753

22.1%

24.5%

28.2%

25.3%

Florida

5,726,244

20.2%

24.4%

26.8%

28.5%

Georgia

2,855,184

16.8%

26.2%

27.1%

29.9%

Maryland

1,567,346

16.4%

21.8%

31.3%

30.6%

North Carolina

2,698,348

16.7%

24.5%

28.1%

30.7%

South Carolina

1,236,295

18.1%

24.6%

28.5%

28.7%

Virginia

2,655,462

17.9%

24.6%

28.0%

29.5%

West Virginia

414,239

15.3%

25.4%

27.9%

31.5%

 

East South Central:

Alabama

1,299,443

17.9%

25.6%

26.8%

29.7%

Kentucky

1,166,661

16.3%

24.3%

29.6%

29.8%

Mississippi

762,653

20.5%

23.1%

28.4%

27.9%

Tennessee

1,939,241

20.1%

24.4%

27.2%

28.3%

 

West South Central:

Arkansas

826,425

19.4%

25.5%

26.1%

29.0%

Louisiana

1,245,802

19.0%

24.6%

27.7%

28.7%

Oklahoma

962,749

17.6%

25.7%

27.6%

29.1%

Texas

6,645,754

17.2%

26.1%

27.4%

29.3%

 

Mountain:

Arizona

1,711,553

16.2%

*

26.9%

28.6%

28.2%

Colorado

1,506,413

16.3%

26.2%

28.1%

29.4%

Idaho

453,970

15.0%

24.0%

19.2%

41.8%

*

Montana

250,800

14.7%

22.4%

*

35.7%

27.2%

Nevada

897,722

19.0%

26.0%

26.5%

28.6%

New Mexico

481,731

17.4%

24.5%

*

28.0%

30.1%

Utah

762,140

18.1%

22.7%

29.2%

30.0%

Wyoming

156,842

17.9%

24.6%

27.6%

29.8%

 

Pacific:

Alaska

178,415

17.6%

24.3%

28.0%

30.1%

California

10,681,177

18.7%

25.3%

28.5%

27.5%

Hawaii

362,859

16.6%

24.4%

28.8%

30.2%

Oregon

1,178,700

17.9%

25.1%

27.6%

29.4%

Washington

1,756,328

15.5%

27.2%

*

26.5%

30.9%

 

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2006 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

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

* Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.

Percents may not add to 100% because of rounding.

 

Table VIII.B.3.a(2006) Standard error for percent of number of full-time private-sector employees by average wage quartiles and State: United States, 2006

 

Division and State

Total

 

Quartile 1 Average Wage

 

Quartile 2 Average Wage

 

Quartile 3 Average Wage

 

Quartile 4 Average Wage

 

 

United States

964,399

0.41%

0.51%

0.54%

0.74%

 

New England:

Connecticut

56,035

5.18%

4.82%

4.55%

4.33%

Maine

62,357

3.46%

3.74%

4.56%

7.22%

*

Massachusetts

214,134

2.26%

4.14%

3.48%

3.48%

New Hampshire

23,169

2.62%

3.84%

3.91%

5.08%

Rhode Island

15,196

2.59%

1.84%

2.73%

3.06%

Vermont

12,704

2.66%

3.69%

4.46%

5.27%

 

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

90,914

2.89%

1.63%

3.38%

3.44%

New York

260,134

2.34%

1.24%

1.52%

2.35%

Pennsylvania

147,002

3.10%

3.58%

1.69%

2.66%

 

East North Central:

Illinois

286,258

2.16%

4.58%

3.35%

3.29%

Indiana

116,431

2.21%

2.82%

3.69%

2.52%

Michigan

208,103

1.87%

3.92%

3.84%

4.27%

Ohio

170,324

2.50%

3.04%

3.39%

4.76%

Wisconsin

131,537

3.09%

4.52%

3.53%

3.03%

 

West North Central:

Iowa

55,871

2.38%

4.65%

3.92%

5.78%

Kansas

32,304

2.04%

4.09%

2.24%

2.82%

Minnesota

88,993

1.32%

3.21%

2.50%

3.49%

Missouri

136,469

2.64%

3.46%

2.11%

3.53%

Nebraska

23,552

2.80%

4.49%

3.40%

6.06%

North Dakota

6,848

3.29%

2.89%

4.58%

4.81%

South Dakota

19,633

2.91%

4.14%

5.21%

3.46%

 

South Atlantic:

Delaware

24,482

3.23%

3.72%

3.41%

5.71%

District of Columbia

25,133

1.91%

3.68%

5.02%

4.30%

Florida

312,836

2.33%

3.38%

3.34%

1.90%

Georgia

156,973

3.13%

3.85%

3.28%

4.27%

Maryland

106,518

3.30%

2.89%

2.88%

3.20%

North Carolina

178,821

2.58%

3.34%

2.55%

1.62%

South Carolina

89,026

2.46%

4.07%

3.26%

2.51%

Virginia

222,148

2.71%

4.53%

3.58%

4.45%

West Virginia

22,097

3.33%

3.48%

4.08%

3.67%

 

East South Central:

Alabama

66,190

2.50%

3.37%

3.09%

3.23%

Kentucky

125,078

2.77%

4.48%

4.35%

4.31%

Mississippi

37,395

3.08%

5.50%

2.81%

3.39%

Tennessee

80,989

2.86%

4.16%

3.36%

3.80%

 

West South Central:

Arkansas

49,144

3.55%

2.11%

2.69%

2.82%

Louisiana

66,635

3.90%

3.11%

4.09%

3.31%

Oklahoma

39,032

3.07%

4.67%

2.50%

3.76%

Texas

181,393

1.56%

2.30%

2.31%

2.54%

 

Mountain:

Arizona

185,082

4.06%

*

5.71%

5.15%

3.57%

Colorado

95,269

2.42%

3.18%

3.02%

2.67%

Idaho

66,634

2.90%

4.97%

4.37%

5.50%

*

Montana

22,212

2.76%

6.01%

*

5.93%

5.01%

Nevada

96,915

2.41%

3.60%

4.06%

4.52%

New Mexico

52,842

2.20%

5.54%

*

3.95%

3.77%

Utah

59,661

3.63%

2.80%

3.73%

2.71%

Wyoming

10,855

2.44%

4.43%

3.54%

6.36%

 

Pacific:

Alaska

17,927

3.61%

4.00%

2.03%

4.79%

California

503,188

1.55%

1.52%

2.04%

1.99%

Hawaii

15,793

2.71%

2.66%

3.02%

4.04%

Oregon

135,281

2.56%

3.22%

2.71%

2.62%

Washington

191,790

2.64%

6.25%

*

3.84%

4.28%

 

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2006 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

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

* Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.

Percents may not add to 100% because of rounding.