Table VIII.A.1.a(2002) Percent of number of private-sector establishments by average wage quartiles and State: United States, 2002: (43 States are shown separately)
 
Division and State

Total

  

Quartile 1 Average Wage

  

Quartile 2 Average Wage

  

Quartile 3 Average Wage

  

Quartile 4 Average Wage

  
 
United States

6,138,063

42.3%

26.2%

17.0%

14.5%
 
New England:
Connecticut

77,210

46.3%

19.5%

12.6%

21.6%
Maine

34,486

40.3%

23.1%

20.2%

16.4%
Massachusetts

147,808

44.7%

22.3%

19.0%

14.1%
New Hampshire

32,438

41.2%

20.3%

17.0%

21.4%
 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

196,516

40.3%

22.6%

21.7%

15.4%
New York

423,726

44.8%

26.4%

14.3%

14.5%
Pennsylvania

262,364

48.3%

24.6%

12.4%

14.7%
 
East North Central:
Illinois

260,161

41.7%

24.7%

18.8%

14.8%
Indiana

130,269

38.5%

30.3%

16.2%

14.9%
Michigan

201,838

42.6%

26.2%

16.8%

14.4%
Ohio

247,378

36.6%

31.1%

16.4%

15.9%
Wisconsin

128,214

42.4%

27.8%

14.1%

15.7%
 
West North Central:
Iowa

80,278

44.9%

27.4%

13.4%

14.3%
Kansas

68,913

39.6%

31.6%

16.6%

12.1%
Minnesota

127,758

45.7%

24.7%

19.0%

10.7%
Missouri

128,978

35.1%

34.0%

17.9%

13.0%
Nebraska

49,520

44.3%

36.0%

10.0%

9.7%
 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

21,462

50.9%

25.6%

9.6%

13.9%
Florida

362,704

43.3%

27.3%

9.4%

19.9%
Georgia

172,661

43.7%

26.0%

17.4%

12.9%
Maryland

110,152

34.1%

27.0%

22.0%

17.0%
North Carolina

173,550

45.9%

29.5%

13.8%

10.7%
South Carolina

88,508

39.4%

27.8%

17.4%

15.4%
Virginia

149,915

40.2%

27.2%

21.7%

10.9%
West Virginia

33,581

41.5%

28.5%

18.6%

11.4%
 
East South Central:
Alabama

83,871

43.0%

24.7%

17.9%

14.5%
Kentucky

78,307

43.5%

32.4%

13.6%

10.5%
Mississippi

49,272

41.2%

24.3%

20.8%

13.7%
Tennessee

114,005

41.4%

23.7%

16.7%

18.1%
 
West South Central:
Louisiana

83,244

37.4%

25.3%

25.2%

12.0%
Oklahoma

71,430

42.6%

10.4%

24.6%

22.4%
Texas

409,206

44.4%

26.7%

15.4%

13.6%
 
Mountain:
Arizona

101,318

38.1%

23.0%

22.1%

16.8%
Colorado

119,519

34.8%

22.5%

21.1%

21.6%
Montana

31,242

37.8%

28.7%

17.9%

15.6%
Nevada

38,748

43.2%

17.7%

13.4%

25.6%
New Mexico

36,520

43.5%

24.5%

17.0%

15.0%
Utah

48,822

46.2%

21.2%

19.6%

13.0%
Wyoming

16,858

40.0%

25.7%

18.7%

15.5%
 
Pacific:
California

679,137

40.3%

24.6%

18.1%

17.0%
Hawaii

27,509

39.2%

23.9%

12.9%

24.1%
Oregon

88,472

38.8%

34.7%

15.7%

10.8%
Washington

138,080

37.8%

27.3%

19.7%

15.3%
 
States not shown separately

212,114

39.9%

21.9%

19.9%

18.3%
 
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2002 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.
Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.
Percents may not add to 100% because of rounding.

 

Table VIII.A.1.a(2002) Standard error for percent of number of private-sector establishments by average wage quartiles and State: United States, 2002: (43 States are shown separately)
 
Division and State

Total

  

Quartile 1 Average Wage

  

Quartile 2 Average Wage

  

Quartile 3 Average Wage

  

Quartile 4 Average Wage

  
 
United States

22,695

0.31%

0.35%

0.27%

0.32%
 
New England:
Connecticut

3,010

2.36%

1.85%

1.15%

2.06%
Maine

1,969

3.82%

2.51%

2.23%

2.06%
Massachusetts

4,245

2.23%

2.31%

1.41%

1.56%
New Hampshire

2,035

3.50%

2.65%

1.61%

1.80%
 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

4,817

3.22%

2.08%

2.06%

1.26%
New York

8,178

1.43%

1.61%

0.93%

1.12%
Pennsylvania

7,676

1.51%

1.42%

1.03%

1.05%
 
East North Central:
Illinois

5,915

2.38%

1.05%

1.43%

1.76%
Indiana

5,300

2.69%

1.33%

1.63%

1.95%
Michigan

7,883

3.04%

1.96%

2.05%

1.72%
Ohio

6,818

1.96%

1.95%

1.62%

1.73%
Wisconsin

4,307

2.35%

2.42%

1.24%

1.36%
 
West North Central:
Iowa

3,164

3.35%

1.77%

2.24%

1.08%
Kansas

2,335

2.42%

2.88%

1.80%

1.91%
Minnesota

5,578

2.50%

2.13%

1.16%

0.62%
Missouri

3,510

2.07%

1.35%

2.20%

2.06%
Nebraska

1,283

1.92%

2.29%

1.66%

1.38%
 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

1,967

3.42%

2.75%

1.18%

1.85%
Florida

11,593

1.98%

1.35%

1.27%

1.36%
Georgia

7,532

1.85%

2.17%

1.58%

1.58%
Maryland

3,453

2.21%

2.22%

1.64%

1.66%
North Carolina

3,723

3.59%

3.21%

1.55%

1.92%
South Carolina

4,720

2.20%

2.64%

1.57%

2.23%
Virginia

3,793

2.26%

2.36%

1.19%

1.14%
West Virginia

1,484

2.55%

2.14%

1.34%

2.18%
 
East South Central:
Alabama

2,606

1.36%

1.26%

1.02%

2.00%
Kentucky

2,682

2.67%

2.15%

0.91%

1.11%
Mississippi

1,074

1.66%

2.01%

1.43%

1.31%
Tennessee

4,706

1.98%

2.59%

1.84%

2.77%
 
West South Central:
Louisiana

2,059

3.47%

2.56%

2.32%

1.37%
Oklahoma

2,436

1.54%

0.96%

1.65%

1.05%
Texas

7,045

1.63%

1.90%

1.32%

1.15%
 
Mountain:
Arizona

2,939

2.21%

1.61%

1.62%

1.08%
Colorado

4,362

4.35%

2.37%

2.68%

2.36%
Montana

1,700

2.50%

2.64%

2.07%

1.73%
Nevada

1,588

2.27%

2.05%

2.20%

1.25%
New Mexico

2,367

2.76%

2.15%

1.99%

1.74%
Utah

2,459

2.35%

2.19%

2.11%

1.37%
Wyoming

411

2.41%

2.31%

1.89%

1.75%
 
Pacific:
California

11,009

1.07%

0.95%

0.42%

1.05%
Hawaii

1,630

3.30%

2.37%

2.75%

2.32%
Oregon

2,629

2.25%

2.18%

1.78%

1.12%
Washington

2,760

1.99%

2.80%

1.89%

1.65%
 
States not shown separately

7,000

2.07%

2.31%

2.22%

1.95%
 
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2002 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.
Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.
Percents may not add to 100% because of rounding.