Table VIII.A.1.a(2011) Percent of number of private-sector establishments by average wage quartiles and State: United States, 2011

Division and State	Total	Quartile 1 Average Wage	Quartile 2 Average Wage	Quartile 3 Average Wage	Quartile 4 Average Wage
United States	6,511,525	41.1%	26.2%	18.4%	14.4%
New England:
Connecticut	83,865	39.7%	19.4%	21.6%	19.2%
Maine	34,629	34.9%	28.4%	20.8%	16.0%
Massachusetts	149,288	42.2%	23.3%	21.0%	13.5%
New Hampshire	31,659	42.2%	27.5%	15.5%	14.8%
Rhode Island	25,544	36.3%	23.6%	20.6%	19.5%
Vermont	19,328	39.1%	27.3%	20.0%	13.6%
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey	203,159	46.5%	26.7%	14.3%	12.5%
New York	446,738	43.3%	26.8%	18.2%	11.7%
Pennsylvania	268,390	47.5%	22.6%	16.3%	13.6%
East North Central:
Illinois	279,595	43.3%	30.4%	14.8%	11.5%
Indiana	128,076	38.4%	26.3%	16.8%	18.5%
Michigan	197,438	43.5%	25.3%	19.1%	12.2%
Ohio	227,018	45.3%	29.7%	12.1%	12.9%
Wisconsin	124,184	38.2%	33.8%	11.6%	16.4%
West North Central:
Iowa	75,502	46.6%	22.7%	19.1%	11.6%
Kansas	66,664	38.1%	20.1%	25.0%	16.8%
Minnesota	130,557	45.7%	26.9%	17.6%	9.8%
Missouri	129,929	40.0%	22.4%	20.5%	17.0%
Nebraska	47,039	41.4%	28.5%	16.4%	13.7%
North Dakota	21,093	44.6%	24.9%	13.8%	16.6%
South Dakota	24,254	36.7%	32.4%	18.6%	12.3%
South Atlantic:
Delaware	20,105	41.6%	24.4%	22.2%	11.8%
District of Columbia	19,422	34.8%	24.5%	19.3%	21.3%
Florida	428,571	39.3%	24.6%	20.1%	16.0%
Georgia	187,274	40.9%	20.4%	22.1%	16.6%
Maryland	118,955	37.9%	26.9%	17.4%	17.8%
North Carolina	183,639	38.4%	32.9%	13.7%	15.0%
South Carolina	89,822	37.7%	32.1%	16.1%	14.1%
Virginia	170,620	38.8%	29.3%	18.9%	13.0%
West Virginia	32,849	37.1%	32.5%	17.1%	13.3%
East South Central:
Alabama	87,685	40.4%	23.4%	20.7%	15.6%
Kentucky	81,683	42.7%	28.3%	14.5%	14.5%
Mississippi	50,600	35.8%	28.1%	21.6%	14.5%
Tennessee	110,205	39.3%	22.0%	21.0%	17.7%
West South Central:
Arkansas	58,995	44.6%	25.4%	10.3%	19.7%
Louisiana	90,068	37.9%	24.6%	23.8%	13.7%
Oklahoma	82,310	36.0%	21.7%	22.3%	20.1%
Texas	452,443	35.8%	28.8%	20.3%	15.2%
Mountain:
Arizona	115,914	40.3%	26.0%	19.4%	14.2%
Colorado	125,593	40.5%	29.0%	18.7%	11.8%
Idaho	38,196	40.0%	25.0%	23.0%	12.0%
Montana	32,995	39.9%	25.0%	21.0%	14.1%
Nevada	49,451	36.6%	24.9%	13.1%	25.4%
New Mexico	38,016	38.1%	28.3%	19.5%	14.1%
Utah	58,109	40.9%	27.6%	12.6%	18.9%
Wyoming	17,893	40.6%	23.6%	24.6%	11.1%
Pacific:
Alaska	17,144	43.8%	22.5%	15.5%	18.2%
California	759,913	41.4%	25.3%	20.3%	13.0%
Hawaii	28,334	37.4%	23.2%	16.3%	23.2%
Oregon	95,528	44.1%	23.9%	17.2%	14.8%
Washington	155,242	45.3%	21.9%	20.5%	12.4%
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2011 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(2011) Standard error for percent of number of private-sector establishments by average wage quartiles and State: United States, 2011

Division and State	Total	Quartile 1 Average Wage	Quartile 2 Average Wage	Quartile 3 Average Wage	Quartile 4 Average Wage
United States	17,631	0.46%	0.41%	0.38%	0.28%
New England:
Connecticut	2,045	2.34%	1.86%	2.29%	2.60%
Maine	1,065	1.92%	2.08%	1.38%	1.65%
Massachusetts	3,153	1.57%	2.01%	2.24%	1.56%
New Hampshire	452	1.40%	1.87%	2.17%	1.45%
Rhode Island	800	2.06%	2.68%	2.53%	2.31%
Vermont	294	2.24%	1.74%	2.40%	1.60%
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey	6,697	2.64%	2.56%	1.39%	0.93%
New York	11,549	1.94%	1.56%	1.68%	1.02%
Pennsylvania	6,586	1.25%	1.17%	0.64%	0.87%
East North Central:
Illinois	7,155	1.65%	1.74%	0.86%	1.52%
Indiana	5,737	1.72%	2.22%	1.98%	2.35%
Michigan	4,474	1.36%	2.53%	3.31%	1.64%
Ohio	7,118	1.62%	1.76%	1.20%	1.66%
Wisconsin	4,063	2.41%	1.87%	1.21%	1.78%
West North Central:
Iowa	3,486	2.32%	1.95%	1.82%	1.11%
Kansas	1,437	1.98%	2.13%	1.81%	2.13%
Minnesota	2,549	2.20%	2.44%	1.78%	1.16%
Missouri	2,516	1.40%	1.93%	1.92%	1.71%
Nebraska	1,068	2.87%	2.82%	1.31%	1.01%
North Dakota	459	2.55%	1.52%	1.67%	1.69%
South Dakota	395	2.13%	1.41%	1.74%	1.16%
South Atlantic:
Delaware	442	2.80%	2.69%	1.34%	1.86%
District of Columbia	471	2.33%	1.50%	2.09%	1.87%
Florida	7,452	2.08%	1.90%	1.93%	1.50%
Georgia	7,623	1.70%	2.29%	3.32%	2.20%
Maryland	4,260	1.95%	2.69%	1.90%	1.34%
North Carolina	6,875	2.43%	2.15%	1.42%	1.28%
South Carolina	2,580	2.34%	1.85%	1.75%	1.30%
Virginia	3,921	2.17%	2.27%	2.44%	1.25%
West Virginia	790	1.38%	1.67%	1.21%	1.40%
East South Central:
Alabama	1,133	3.59%	1.75%	2.36%	1.31%
Kentucky	1,861	2.52%	2.20%	1.93%	1.00%
Mississippi	841	2.39%	2.08%	0.98%	1.12%
Tennessee	1,997	3.41%	1.74%	2.64%	1.22%
West South Central:
Arkansas	1,453	1.82%	1.53%	1.70%	1.87%
Louisiana	3,763	3.14%	2.19%	3.34%	1.75%
Oklahoma	1,326	2.57%	1.79%	1.94%	1.52%
Texas	9,182	1.52%	1.81%	1.19%	1.18%
Mountain:
Arizona	3,646	1.71%	1.55%	1.47%	1.75%
Colorado	2,206	1.33%	1.64%	1.44%	1.86%
Idaho	977	3.04%	2.19%	2.42%	1.47%
Montana	889	2.67%	2.12%	1.41%	1.57%
Nevada	976	3.75%	2.13%	1.31%	2.57%
New Mexico	1,243	2.36%	1.57%	1.80%	1.11%
Utah	1,412	1.67%	2.28%	1.62%	1.30%
Wyoming	371	1.80%	1.50%	1.94%	1.05%
Pacific:
Alaska	405	2.78%	2.58%	1.84%	1.00%
California	13,909	1.51%	1.16%	1.38%	0.94%
Hawaii	674	2.12%	2.55%	1.65%	1.45%
Oregon	1,766	2.32%	2.21%	0.87%	1.51%
Washington	4,375	1.79%	1.72%	1.73%	1.75%
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2011 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.