Table VIII.A.1.a(2008) Percent of number of private-sector establishments by average wage quartiles and State: United States, 2008

 

Division and State

Total

 

Quartile 1 Average Wage

 

Quartile 2 Average Wage

 

Quartile 3 Average Wage

 

Quartile 4 Average Wage

 

 

United States

6,634,144

37.3%

26.0%

19.9%

16.9%

 

New England:

Connecticut

80,521

35.4%

27.9%

19.7%

17.0%

Maine

37,004

37.0%

27.5%

20.6%

14.8%

Massachusetts

153,927

32.2%

27.7%

24.5%

15.5%

New Hampshire

33,844

35.3%

28.3%

18.2%

18.1%

Rhode Island

25,992

41.0%

23.8%

15.9%

19.3%

Vermont

19,494

37.9%

23.9%

21.4%

16.8%

 

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

211,168

32.4%

25.6%

23.8%

18.2%

New York

443,064

39.8%

26.6%

19.7%

13.9%

Pennsylvania

260,043

38.1%

31.1%

18.2%

12.7%

 

East North Central:

Illinois

285,804

42.0%

24.4%

15.0%

18.6%

Indiana

134,680

44.2%

26.0%

19.9%

9.9%

Michigan

205,678

38.4%

28.2%

18.3%

15.1%

Ohio

239,158

40.3%

26.0%

14.6%

19.1%

Wisconsin

136,073

41.7%

26.0%

17.5%

14.8%

 

West North Central:

Iowa

78,974

43.6%

28.4%

14.4%

13.7%

Kansas

72,983

37.7%

35.2%

13.8%

13.3%

Minnesota

129,704

39.5%

25.9%

21.5%

13.1%

Missouri

135,809

36.6%

22.3%

24.8%

16.3%

Nebraska

49,582

41.0%

31.7%

14.7%

12.6%

North Dakota

22,632

42.2%

22.3%

19.4%

16.1%

South Dakota

24,873

35.9%

26.9%

19.0%

18.2%

 

South Atlantic:

Delaware

20,976

39.9%

20.8%

25.7%

13.6%

District of Columbia

18,271

37.1%

24.7%

21.2%

17.0%

Florida

411,678

39.7%

20.2%

18.9%

21.2%

Georgia

193,752

39.2%

27.1%

19.0%

14.8%

Maryland

119,233

35.5%

28.9%

17.0%

18.6%

North Carolina

198,576

33.2%

24.6%

25.1%

17.1%

South Carolina

88,009

36.2%

24.7%

21.3%

17.8%

Virginia

178,630

39.4%

28.9%

12.9%

18.8%

West Virginia

34,707

33.4%

29.7%

19.7%

17.2%

 

East South Central:

Alabama

88,427

37.8%

25.6%

19.8%

16.9%

Kentucky

83,082

33.2%

29.4%

18.4%

18.9%

Mississippi

54,018

41.3%

26.8%

16.4%

15.5%

Tennessee

115,342

34.4%

27.1%

21.0%

17.5%

 

West South Central:

Arkansas

61,139

38.6%

26.5%

18.8%

16.0%

Louisiana

93,717

32.2%

27.6%

23.1%

17.1%

Oklahoma

82,494

36.8%

22.6%

20.1%

20.5%

Texas

446,937

30.5%

24.0%

25.0%

20.6%

 

Mountain:

Arizona

122,210

37.1%

27.4%

20.6%

14.9%

Colorado

133,790

33.7%

26.2%

20.3%

19.7%

Idaho

40,361

21.8%

32.1%

25.3%

20.8%

Montana

34,640

35.9%

22.6%

27.0%

14.6%

Nevada

53,359

30.6%

20.7%

22.1%

26.6%

New Mexico

39,618

31.2%

20.0%

30.9%

17.9%

Utah

58,519

36.7%

26.4%

19.5%

17.4%

Wyoming

18,639

36.0%

30.9%

22.6%

10.5%

 

Pacific:

Alaska

16,955

37.6%

23.4%

19.7%

19.3%

California

754,695

38.4%

25.4%

19.8%

16.5%

Hawaii

28,653

28.3%

23.0%

19.9%

28.8%

Oregon

99,738

39.2%

29.5%

18.3%

13.0%

Washington

162,973

37.3%

26.6%

20.7%

15.5%

 

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2008 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(2008) Standard error for percent of number of private-sector establishments by average wage quartiles and State: United States, 2008

 

Division and State

Total

 

Quartile 1 Average Wage

 

Quartile 2 Average Wage

 

Quartile 3 Average Wage

 

Quartile 4 Average Wage

 

 

United States

33,240

0.48%

0.23%

0.29%

0.22%

 

New England:

Connecticut

2,111

1.45%

1.95%

1.89%

1.99%

Maine

873

1.72%

2.45%

1.51%

1.23%

Massachusetts

5,195

2.39%

2.83%

2.48%

1.70%

New Hampshire

1,372

1.79%

2.25%

2.17%

1.42%

Rhode Island

685

2.03%

2.14%

1.07%

1.75%

Vermont

689

1.96%

1.80%

2.06%

1.43%

 

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

8,566

1.42%

2.66%

2.94%

1.95%

New York

11,623

2.25%

0.87%

1.77%

1.39%

Pennsylvania

6,099

2.75%

2.23%

1.97%

1.11%

 

East North Central:

Illinois

5,800

1.29%

1.47%

1.13%

1.48%

Indiana

3,053

1.85%

1.19%

2.27%

1.82%

Michigan

5,342

1.68%

1.99%

1.55%

1.28%

Ohio

7,105

2.58%

1.94%

1.17%

2.61%

Wisconsin

4,356

2.98%

2.88%

1.33%

1.31%

 

West North Central:

Iowa

1,329

2.09%

1.57%

0.84%

1.55%

Kansas

1,350

1.94%

2.51%

1.19%

1.18%

Minnesota

2,859

1.83%

1.81%

2.18%

1.60%

Missouri

2,690

1.77%

1.34%

1.38%

2.20%

Nebraska

834

1.72%

2.40%

1.96%

2.09%

North Dakota

419

3.36%

2.42%

2.20%

1.75%

South Dakota

858

2.10%

1.62%

1.46%

1.06%

 

South Atlantic:

Delaware

764

2.98%

1.52%

2.31%

1.84%

District of Columbia

641

2.62%

2.07%

2.62%

1.56%

Florida

10,199

2.15%

1.52%

1.99%

2.16%

Georgia

4,977

2.29%

2.03%

1.69%

1.89%

Maryland

3,603

2.08%

2.11%

2.09%

2.56%

North Carolina

6,012

1.91%

2.28%

2.07%

1.60%

South Carolina

1,564

2.36%

2.76%

2.02%

1.62%

Virginia

4,105

1.97%

2.77%

1.80%

0.94%

West Virginia

872

2.04%

2.72%

1.47%

1.80%

 

East South Central:

Alabama

1,616

2.78%

2.55%

2.01%

1.25%

Kentucky

1,586

3.17%

2.37%

1.91%

2.43%

Mississippi

1,301

2.96%

1.78%

1.32%

1.78%

Tennessee

3,156

2.56%

1.86%

2.76%

2.22%

 

West South Central:

Arkansas

1,363

1.88%

2.08%

1.58%

1.75%

Louisiana

2,133

2.16%

1.91%

1.35%

2.04%

Oklahoma

2,380

1.71%

1.57%

1.43%

2.14%

Texas

10,627

1.13%

1.44%

1.17%

1.40%

 

Mountain:

Arizona

3,555

3.20%

2.63%

1.76%

1.59%

Colorado

3,486

2.85%

2.82%

3.31%

1.90%

Idaho

1,007

1.67%

2.67%

2.07%

2.01%

Montana

799

3.07%

2.45%

2.61%

2.56%

Nevada

1,594

1.68%

1.70%

1.33%

1.92%

New Mexico

758

1.96%

1.60%

1.85%

1.86%

Utah

1,770

2.36%

2.39%

1.95%

2.07%

Wyoming

620

2.36%

2.03%

1.94%

1.67%

 

Pacific:

Alaska

491

2.53%

2.55%

1.40%

1.77%

California

16,572

1.06%

1.05%

0.97%

0.99%

Hawaii

901

3.12%

2.02%

1.93%

2.50%

Oregon

2,075

2.45%

2.81%

2.03%

1.29%

Washington

4,423

1.91%

2.23%

1.53%

1.74%

 

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2008 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.