Table VIII.B.1 Number of private-sector employees by average wage quartiles and State: United States, 2019
Division and State Total Quartile 1 Average Wage Quartile 2 Average Wage Quartile 3 Average Wage Quartile 4 Average Wage
United States 131,332,886    32,557,711    32,870,971    32,588,057    33,316,148   
New England:
Connecticut 1,481,128    368,087    370,822    371,408    370,811   
Maine 566,335    141,011    141,798    141,530    141,996   
Massachusetts 3,429,648    832,568    878,292    852,866    865,923   
New Hampshire 620,492    154,308    155,372    155,197    155,614   
Rhode Island 444,846    109,735    112,090    98,200    124,820   
Vermont 260,383    64,589    65,590    64,668    65,536   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 3,838,021    941,087    968,395    968,650    959,889   
New York 8,508,377    2,120,244    2,133,629    2,106,389    2,148,114   
Pennsylvania 5,497,659    1,372,370    1,369,625    1,367,268    1,388,395   
East North Central:
Illinois 5,473,527    1,361,801    1,373,285    1,367,225    1,371,217   
Indiana 2,796,162    694,744    700,635    696,461    704,322   
Michigan 3,889,032    970,884    968,571    836,564    1,113,014   
Ohio 5,085,751    1,271,278    1,258,409    1,282,517    1,273,547   
Wisconsin 2,629,601    656,267    655,013    657,230    661,092   
West North Central:
Iowa 1,394,287    342,286    353,925    337,449    360,627   
Kansas 1,186,186    296,451    295,547    287,906    306,281   
Minnesota 2,768,637    691,519    677,943    703,433    695,743   
Missouri 2,516,956    617,627    627,494    629,145    642,689   
Nebraska 942,247    222,270    247,796    234,117    238,064   
North Dakota 362,000    90,472    89,687    90,419    91,421   
South Dakota 389,886    97,286    97,045    89,126    106,429   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 432,751    107,356    107,958    99,411    118,026   
District of Columbia 535,636    133,095    134,680    133,205    134,657   
Florida 8,371,110    2,072,507    2,112,242    2,092,790    2,093,571   
Georgia 4,072,997    999,811    1,031,822    1,021,901    1,019,463   
Maryland 2,407,359    600,590    602,882    588,515    615,372   
North Carolina 3,732,212    931,601    931,038    935,753    933,820   
South Carolina 1,869,238    465,123    469,199    467,534    467,382   
Virginia 3,389,264    841,638    852,311    834,723    860,592   
West Virginia 552,250    137,730    122,864    150,731    140,925   
East South Central:
Alabama 1,665,571    415,337    410,585    417,529    422,121   
Kentucky 1,735,929    433,571    428,228    439,135    434,994   
Mississippi 924,603    229,057    232,090    226,471    236,985   
Tennessee 2,735,281    679,786    682,459    687,085    685,952   
West South Central:
Arkansas 1,037,098    259,264    259,063    256,851    261,920   
Louisiana 1,645,625    410,584    410,961    355,152    468,928   
Oklahoma 1,313,222    328,249    307,849    348,804    328,320   
Texas 10,849,308    2,706,362    2,714,027    2,714,687    2,714,232   
Mountain:
Arizona 2,519,393    614,189    643,825    614,754    646,625   
Colorado 2,436,932    605,744    582,083    622,096    627,009   
Idaho 652,064    152,026    173,903    162,946    163,190   
Montana 386,320    95,346    97,801    96,544    96,629   
Nevada 1,246,153    305,366    312,668    313,769    314,350   
New Mexico 655,008    158,144    168,982    163,211    164,671   
Utah 1,337,864    330,498    337,777    329,234    340,354   
Wyoming 200,443    44,116    55,676    50,418    50,233   
Pacific:
Alaska 278,254    68,814    66,744    72,637    70,059   
California 15,098,168    3,762,110    3,758,820    3,752,960    3,824,278   
Hawaii 474,843    117,087    119,893    117,711    120,152   
Oregon 1,711,732    418,211    435,198    429,297    429,027   
Washington 2,985,097    717,515    766,380    754,435    746,767   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2019 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.

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, 2019
Division and State Total Quartile 1 Average Wage Quartile 2 Average Wage Quartile 3 Average Wage Quartile 4 Average Wage
United States 1,185,708    772,311    795,143    721,195    880,183   
New England:
Connecticut 65,471    45,219    44,787    48,551    54,166   
Maine 17,711    13,778    15,185    15,296    13,567   
Massachusetts 156,206    118,626    120,645    98,887    119,983   
New Hampshire 25,300    18,628    18,713    21,400    20,878   
Rhode Island 16,821    13,653    13,420    14,759    13,009   
Vermont 10,077    6,356    6,943    10,782    7,838   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 273,256    125,077    128,703    253,574    152,915   
New York 260,077    146,971    209,067    176,104    186,328   
Pennsylvania 184,976    121,006    153,015    142,400    145,934   
East North Central:
Illinois 184,519    171,244    127,711    122,312    127,355   
Indiana 104,094    78,625    71,334    81,325    90,900   
Michigan 218,229    149,136    113,645    103,810    173,286   
Ohio 231,475    138,838    158,232    140,496    214,149   
Wisconsin 81,935    73,127    64,520    71,752    71,141   
West North Central:
Iowa 65,511    36,659    43,388    40,698    63,104   
Kansas 59,135    33,166    37,651    41,647    50,653   
Minnesota 116,972    90,149    75,802    81,892    96,027   
Missouri 114,747    78,933    64,890    89,531    83,914   
Nebraska 43,656    23,194    31,825    32,376    35,285   
North Dakota 17,084    9,175    9,679    9,824    15,195   
South Dakota 17,784    9,293    12,011    10,133    16,579   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 19,594    12,685    14,599    15,742    18,777   
District of Columbia 27,457    24,988    22,253    22,410    16,750   
Florida 444,441    309,400    270,794    282,067    317,869   
Georgia 296,577    129,967    284,356    111,682    139,379   
Maryland 117,511    74,906    73,794    95,105    82,621   
North Carolina 186,984    89,442    93,652    106,499    186,547   
South Carolina 80,713    53,211    61,948    71,012    62,235   
Virginia 241,457    107,306    230,676    105,591    99,155   
West Virginia 25,740    14,209    17,057    20,101    20,362   
East South Central:
Alabama 64,306    43,435    48,617    53,119    53,828   
Kentucky 77,188    42,517    54,171    66,465    51,843   
Mississippi 41,399    26,785    28,184    33,395    33,411   
Tennessee 114,031    78,643    91,056    70,372    97,549   
West South Central:
Arkansas 49,133    27,172    34,032    33,763    42,106   
Louisiana 61,249    47,250    43,723    51,031    53,484   
Oklahoma 48,867    34,698    42,130    49,687    41,398   
Texas 436,797    381,080    223,357    203,422    276,020   
Mountain:
Arizona 163,194    132,008    93,020    86,917    88,000   
Colorado 147,953    72,149    68,633    86,424    132,395   
Idaho 28,794    17,799    19,818    18,441    26,309   
Montana 15,391    11,106    10,250    16,040    11,884   
Nevada 55,385    33,076    40,637    33,917    48,852   
New Mexico 26,693    20,076    20,499    18,093    20,224   
Utah 64,332    46,378    47,688    43,314    39,825   
Wyoming 8,810    4,863    10,037    5,282    6,420   
Pacific:
Alaska 10,195    7,328    7,981    7,847    8,671   
California 539,629    302,339    358,259    289,570    465,529   
Hawaii 20,639    15,919    16,001    17,359    18,157   
Oregon 78,146    53,017    56,280    52,351    57,045   
Washington 170,164    70,636    86,378    134,714    143,702   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2019 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.

Totals may not sum exactly because of rounding.