Table VIII.B.1

Table VIII.B.1(2004) Number of private-sector employees by average wage quartiles and State: United States, 2004

Division and State	Total	Quartile 1 Average Wage		Quartile 2 Average Wage		Quartile 3 Average Wage		Quartile 4 Average Wage

United States	112,087,067	28,484,232		27,901,598		27,836,795		27,864,442

New England:
Connecticut	1,468,782	366,384		360,412		372,130		369,856
Maine	499,088	126,560		123,481		123,947		125,100
Massachusetts	2,985,616	771,053		734,581		740,046		739,936
New Hampshire	534,302	138,163	*	131,396		128,389		136,354
Rhode Island	437,662	111,768		105,743		111,131		109,021
Vermont	247,734	61,891		61,656		62,010		62,177	*

Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey	3,377,513	826,666		868,007		836,649		846,192
New York	7,376,709	1,847,098		1,848,984		1,831,352		1,849,275
Pennsylvania	5,112,722	1,311,167		1,264,920		1,232,320		1,304,314

East North Central:
Illinois	5,087,983	1,234,596		1,292,434		1,283,303		1,277,650
Indiana	2,626,231	671,930		651,383		647,671		655,246
Michigan	3,699,497	918,900		938,697		917,611		924,289
Ohio	4,639,444	1,157,101		1,172,216		1,154,824		1,155,303
Wisconsin	2,532,460	638,518		634,638		623,935		635,369

West North Central:
Iowa	1,190,250	287,211		307,720		297,136		298,182	*
Kansas	1,077,819	271,501		264,346		271,051	*	270,921
Minnesota	2,500,067	639,423		617,817		609,320		633,508
Missouri	2,325,541	587,699		568,794		589,423		579,625
Nebraska	789,503	189,784		203,143		196,304		200,271
North Dakota	277,207	78,350		64,801	*	66,671		67,385
South Dakota	311,847	74,902		80,487		77,508		78,951

South Atlantic:
Delaware	379,315	96,467		89,717		98,978		94,152
District of Columbia	419,582	102,895		105,948		105,326		105,413
Florida	6,793,023	1,723,334		1,629,261		1,744,572		1,695,856
Georgia	3,255,421	799,399		838,100		805,325		812,598
Maryland	2,108,310	528,303		516,851		516,573		546,583
North Carolina	3,288,865	822,867		821,206		821,835		822,957
South Carolina	1,494,705	377,189		370,596		374,403		372,517
Virginia	2,960,869	726,112		754,273		737,300		743,184
West Virginia	549,233	136,250		136,755		138,907		137,321

East South Central:
Alabama	1,577,784	402,025		392,474		390,670		392,615
Kentucky	1,457,143	363,925		363,903		361,986		367,329
Mississippi	840,187	206,408		208,597		211,648		213,534
Tennessee	2,284,904	568,614		563,327		577,920		575,043

West South Central:
Arkansas	962,989	244,991		235,596		242,043		240,359
Louisiana	1,523,840	376,153		355,906		402,553		389,229
Oklahoma	1,163,326	285,932		288,132		297,675		291,587
Texas	7,857,421	2,018,300		1,938,286		1,955,191		1,945,645

Mountain:
Arizona	1,956,808	490,503		487,585		416,919		561,801
Colorado	1,857,055	469,489		460,877		454,514		472,175
Idaho	495,125	122,824		123,211		120,327		128,763
Montana	320,435	80,329		80,273		80,198		79,635
Nevada	1,063,822	267,443		265,864		265,202		265,313
New Mexico	542,185	135,033		135,694		135,376		136,082
Utah	932,564	237,431		231,198		225,618		238,316
Wyoming	178,616	48,008		43,338		43,895		43,376

Pacific:
Alaska	223,206	55,403		56,090		54,869		56,843
California	12,455,532	3,194,495		3,086,661		3,070,973		3,103,403
Hawaii	465,623	117,403		115,659		115,358		117,203
Oregon	1,372,196	365,102		325,528		343,164		338,402
Washington	2,209,006	550,889		556,912		550,478		550,726

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2004 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(2004) Standard error for number of private-sector employees by average wage quartiles and State: United States, 2004

Division and State	Total	Quartile 1 Average Wage		Quartile 2 Average Wage		Quartile 3 Average Wage		Quartile 4 Average Wage

United States	796,961	759,007		479,148		789,980		479,433

New England:
Connecticut	90,542	53,763		54,062		39,750		58,672
Maine	22,280	13,107		18,777		18,000		23,745
Massachusetts	274,844	109,571		103,044		132,985		107,773
New Hampshire	45,995	46,972	*	24,607		15,485		16,732
Rhode Island	36,138	14,756		12,833		32,369		17,342
Vermont	27,242	10,839		7,315		7,267		21,101	*

Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey	290,947	169,099		186,197		107,394		61,901
New York	367,683	142,933		294,881		227,609		156,043
Pennsylvania	275,889	148,629		153,452		94,779		248,642

East North Central:
Illinois	238,350	186,121		99,468		188,400		172,004
Indiana	192,836	98,924		93,391		69,943		131,096
Michigan	180,709	80,259		123,509		94,775		134,360
Ohio	215,223	154,821		153,783		85,778		118,150
Wisconsin	193,965	125,334		82,019		66,401		91,935

West North Central:
Iowa	110,767	41,372		48,311		25,406		122,908	*
Kansas	99,262	31,405		41,586		92,493	*	49,920
Minnesota	130,712	95,067		93,070		94,020		82,697
Missouri	149,443	95,894		64,028		99,266		98,252
Nebraska	69,711	31,302		46,994		35,405		54,524
North Dakota	32,637	15,968		21,041	*	13,636		11,668
South Dakota	16,658	11,261		11,862		18,769		17,946

South Atlantic:
Delaware	32,329	21,629		21,594		16,686		18,124
District of Columbia	33,884	16,828		16,982		10,048		29,979
Florida	296,656	257,602		143,288		207,876		239,347
Georgia	217,500	116,923		129,147		116,403		76,931
Maryland	121,827	78,682		66,500		60,977		116,339
North Carolina	206,426	170,070		113,002		109,752		112,371
South Carolina	101,503	28,753		101,963		69,135		82,561
Virginia	245,095	113,664		151,642		81,313		104,248
West Virginia	41,059	19,028		25,443		14,932		14,746

East South Central:
Alabama	133,694	114,830		49,201		37,371		63,711
Kentucky	67,814	54,404		42,830		54,960		64,816
Mississippi	51,818	22,187		42,792		24,254		20,729
Tennessee	180,707	99,219		119,435		70,696		58,700

West South Central:
Arkansas	61,495	33,994		34,188		28,258		35,975
Louisiana	142,244	111,244		50,950		70,130		59,744
Oklahoma	65,924	48,720		33,949		65,481		35,452
Texas	314,369	202,292		304,737		189,287		147,865

Mountain:
Arizona	172,345	119,148		47,443		59,119		92,445
Colorado	124,521	75,537		66,915		43,952		68,901
Idaho	50,152	34,206		17,010		16,166		17,583
Montana	17,995	11,306		13,737		14,894		9,558
Nevada	78,231	28,644		47,480		51,747		49,784
New Mexico	30,237	32,870		18,798		18,893		23,012
Utah	76,871	62,255		58,109		27,750		51,506
Wyoming	12,086	7,735		7,581		8,526		5,845

Pacific:
Alaska	15,452	5,627		11,086		14,772		8,058
California	480,010	206,562		247,080		312,087		213,223
Hawaii	26,412	14,599		13,060		14,674		8,784
Oregon	107,268	26,343		34,035		55,219		64,539
Washington	145,791	132,601		102,349		75,280		88,336

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2004 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.