Table VIII.B.1 Number of private-sector employees by average wage quartiles and State: United States, 2015
Division and State Total Quartile 1 Average Wage Quartile 2 Average Wage Quartile 3 Average Wage Quartile 4 Average Wage
United States 119,937,314    29,724,169    30,019,106    29,830,296    30,363,742   
New England:
Connecticut 1,477,516    367,474    362,036    372,431    375,575   
Maine 490,015    122,305    122,673    122,189    122,848   
Massachusetts 3,107,674    756,914    792,312    774,713    783,735   
New Hampshire 584,343    145,186    146,147    143,937    149,073   
Rhode Island 404,006    100,577    99,987    101,148    102,293   
Vermont 259,631    64,223    65,096    65,255    65,057   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 3,459,843    855,213    866,260    869,865    868,505   
New York 7,645,223    1,901,645    1,919,158    1,897,125    1,927,294   
Pennsylvania 5,268,478    1,294,797    1,320,871    1,331,896    1,320,914   
East North Central:
Illinois 5,271,745    1,317,729    1,315,490    1,320,209    1,318,317   
Indiana 2,628,552    642,928    670,622    645,881    669,120   
Michigan 3,579,499    886,877    901,238    895,389    895,995   
Ohio 4,840,970    1,202,871    1,202,070    1,223,703    1,212,326   
Wisconsin 2,479,977    618,841    620,234    610,317    630,585   
West North Central:
Iowa 1,296,722    311,621    335,196    324,431    325,474   
Kansas 1,178,069    291,393    288,476    303,617    294,583   
Minnesota 2,511,699    621,354    633,907    619,121    637,316   
Missouri 2,348,809    586,125    587,922    585,989    588,772   
Nebraska 798,973    195,141    202,650    199,310    201,872   
North Dakota 349,489    86,414    87,948    87,184    87,942   
South Dakota 352,864    88,079    87,752    83,870    93,163   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 407,874    101,407    99,498    89,297    117,671   
District of Columbia 478,458    112,717    122,817    121,635    121,288   
Florida 7,363,196    1,838,399    1,842,229    1,775,224    1,907,344   
Georgia 3,613,283    902,517    898,485    898,915    913,365   
Maryland 2,223,668    545,636    565,149    552,858    560,025   
North Carolina 3,449,386    858,213    862,788    829,547    898,837   
South Carolina 1,637,945    403,724    413,197    411,318    409,707   
Virginia 3,079,577    752,002    785,352    766,787    775,436   
West Virginia 548,758    136,803    137,215    131,946    142,795   
East South Central:
Alabama 1,551,882    383,300    374,055 * 404,265    390,262   
Kentucky 1,516,876    369,124    387,059    380,192    380,501   
Mississippi 845,765    209,853    207,163    207,851    220,899   
Tennessee 2,393,844    597,430    594,532    598,659    603,223   
West South Central:
Arkansas 974,910    236,810    248,995    244,763    244,342   
Louisiana 1,686,549    419,528    422,661    416,859    427,502   
Oklahoma 1,232,349    307,561    308,113    306,115    310,561   
Texas 9,731,828    2,427,030    2,422,803    2,446,882    2,435,114   
Mountain:
Arizona 2,148,341    536,479    536,296    535,947    539,620   
Colorado 2,178,329    543,995    535,215    549,287    549,831   
Idaho 552,494    137,905    137,254    124,499    152,836   
Montana 371,738    92,090    93,405    90,971    95,271   
Nevada 1,266,066    314,627    284,158    308,491    358,790   
New Mexico 570,257    141,894    141,914    143,872    142,577   
Utah 1,142,619    271,136    299,731    280,720    291,032   
Wyoming 205,600    50,992    51,678    50,870    52,060   
Pacific:
Alaska 271,088    65,559    69,824    67,695    68,010   
California 13,631,123    3,385,043    3,427,253    3,380,054    3,438,773   
Hawaii 521,878    129,024    131,577    126,195    135,081   
Oregon 1,459,400    360,550    366,001    366,959    365,890   
Washington 2,548,136    635,112    624,641    644,044    644,339   

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.

* Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.

Totals may not sum exactly because of rounding.

 

Table VIII.B.1 Standard errors for number of private-sector employees by average wage quartiles and State: United States, 2015
Division and State Total Quartile 1 Average Wage Quartile 2 Average Wage Quartile 3 Average Wage Quartile 4 Average Wage
United States 875,841    570,303    656,968    632,211    669,127   
New England:
Connecticut 65,994    38,862    44,645    50,756    60,170   
Maine 20,804    16,109    15,041    13,279    18,014   
Massachusetts 126,248    91,254    88,676    97,159    105,556   
New Hampshire 30,851    15,518    16,726    18,131    32,598   
Rhode Island 17,784    11,732    16,110    15,246    15,452   
Vermont 12,382    7,172    9,229    12,970    8,906   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 174,595    148,397    105,280    104,330    121,108   
New York 250,243    150,650    168,665    199,113    202,206   
Pennsylvania 156,824    131,842    139,541    139,859    137,546   
East North Central:
Illinois 200,133    153,544    141,946    157,846    142,419   
Indiana 126,681    75,893    75,097    117,257    84,727   
Michigan 138,781    87,505    97,770    125,009    111,496   
Ohio 218,413    114,340    147,492    179,403    177,560   
Wisconsin 106,442    69,823    64,825    78,161    96,127   
West North Central:
Iowa 60,937    32,215    42,746    38,104    55,529   
Kansas 77,334    35,680    44,572    62,656    53,030   
Minnesota 106,547    72,058    63,384    90,416    100,427   
Missouri 88,238    57,046    65,653    68,958    89,467   
Nebraska 29,338    22,289    26,909    24,216    27,829   
North Dakota 12,427    9,085    10,676    13,207    12,184   
South Dakota 16,437    9,559    8,436    15,057    16,387   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 15,609    10,338    15,456    11,528    15,701   
District of Columbia 22,078    16,345    18,272    15,592    20,391   
Florida 211,270    132,002    169,103    162,110    150,913   
Georgia 202,247    190,188    99,631    143,070    115,271   
Maryland 109,523    65,027    87,784    81,150    76,799   
North Carolina 128,465    93,290    86,171    94,093    118,574   
South Carolina 73,465    45,971    54,305    63,914    60,620   
Virginia 139,074    76,608    91,189    88,259    125,948   
West Virginia 21,431    16,162    15,683    20,038    20,459   
East South Central:
Alabama 160,470    43,997    156,583 * 47,862    43,074   
Kentucky 63,562    43,649    57,010    46,122    50,030   
Mississippi 33,131    25,431    27,684    27,846    28,163   
Tennessee 101,782    79,368    77,956    79,609    82,933   
West South Central:
Arkansas 56,547    38,540    30,727    31,103    49,555   
Louisiana 74,813    49,767    50,556    56,361    67,987   
Oklahoma 39,155    31,187    37,309    36,708    33,698   
Texas 368,263    171,474    311,479    202,651    248,509   
Mountain:
Arizona 94,236    63,645    84,162    66,956    63,488   
Colorado 100,471    65,647    81,593    72,009    70,838   
Idaho 21,695    14,152    16,442    14,917    21,290   
Montana 16,883    9,523    13,443    13,884    11,173   
Nevada 36,641    30,931    37,363    14,280    31,529   
New Mexico 24,751    14,775    16,790    16,553    21,986   
Utah 58,554    30,595    41,489    45,206    42,332   
Wyoming 9,958    5,890    5,963    8,810    5,489   
Pacific:
Alaska 12,279    6,909    9,635    8,941    12,905   
California 306,062    218,754    234,432    226,812    262,830   
Hawaii 22,301    14,985    18,135    18,571    16,022   
Oregon 59,785    37,471    47,996    43,641    48,194   
Washington 111,666    75,187    99,854    73,548    86,959   

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.

* Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.

Totals may not sum exactly because of rounding.