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| State | State Rank by 1995 Annual Wage | 1995 Average annual Wage for UI Covered Workers ¹ | 1990 Percent Urban | 1995 Percent College Graduates | 1992 Population per Square Mile |
| Connecticut | 1 | $35,127 | 79.1 | 32.7 | 676.7 |
| New York | 2 | $34,938 | 84.3 | 26.3 | 383.5 |
| New Jersey | 3 | $34,534 | 89.4 | 27.9 | 1,054.1 |
| Alaska | 4 | $32,685 | 67.5 | 25.2 | 1.0 |
| Massachusetts | 5 | $32,352 | 84.3 | 32.6 | 764.6 |
| California | 6 | $30,716 | 92.6 | 24.2 | 198.1 |
| Michigan | 7 | $30,543 | 70.5 | 20.7 | 166.1 |
| Illinois | 8 | $30,099 | 84.6 | 24.6 | 208.9 |
| Maryland | 9 | $29,133 | 81.3 | 26.4 | 503.1 |
| Delaware | 10 | $29,120 | 73.0 | 22.9 | 353.5 |
| Pennsylvania | 11 | $27,904 | 68.9 | 20.5 | 267.6 |
| UNITED STATES | N/A | $27,845 | 75.2 | 23.0 | 71.5 |
| Washington | 12 | $27,453 | 76.4 | 26.5 | 77.2 |
| Minnesota | 13 | $27,383 | 69.9 | 26.5 | 56.1 |
| Colorado | 14 | $27,122 | 82.4 | 33.3 | 33.4 |
| Hawaii | 15 | $26,977 | 89.0 | 22.6 | 179.9 |
| Texas | 16 | $26,900 | 80.3 | 22.0 | 67.5 |
| Virginia | 17 | $26,894 | 69.4 | 26.0 | 161.5 |
| Ohio | 18 | $26,867 | 74.1 | 19.7 | 269.1 |
| Nevada | 19 | $26,647 | 88.3 | 17.4 | 12.2 |
| New Hampshire | 20 | $26,602 | 51.0 | 25.8 | 124.3 |
| Rhode Island | 21 | $26,375 | 86.0 | 27.9 | 958.2 |
| Georgia | 22 | $26,303 | 63.2 | 22.7 | 116.9 |
| Oregon | 23 | $25,833 | 70.5 | 23.0 | 31.0 |
| Missouri | 24 | $25,669 | 68.7 | 21.9 | 75.3 |
| Indiana | 25 | $25,573 | 64.9 | 16.9 | 157.7 |
| Arizona | 26 | $25,324 | 87.5 | 19.1 | 33.7 |
| Wisconsin | 27 | $25,099 | 65.7 | 20.6 | 91.9 |
| Tennessee | 28 | $25,046 | 60.9 | 17.8 | 121.9 |
| Florida | 29 | $24,710 | 84.8 | 22.1 | 250.0 |
| North Carolina | 30 | $24,402 | 50.4 | 20.6 | 140.3 |
| Alabama | 31 | $24,396 | 60.4 | 17.3 | 81.5 |
| Louisiana | 32 | $23,894 | 68.1 | 20.1 | 98.2 |
| Kansas | 33 | $23,709 | 69.1 | 25.8 | 30.7 |
| Utah | 34 | $23,626 | 87.0 | 24.0 | 22.0 |
| Vermont | 35 | $23,583 | 32.2 | 30.3 | 61.8 |
| Kentucky | 36 | $23,490 | 51.8 | 19.3 | 94.5 |
| West Virginia | 37 | $23,489 | 36.1 | 12.7 | 75.1 |
| South Carolina | 38 | $23,292 | 54.6 | 18.2 | 119.7 |
| Maine | 39 | $23,117 | 44.6 | 21.5 | 40.1 |
| New Mexico | 40 | $22,960 | 73.0 | 21.4 | 13.0 |
| Iowa | 41 | $22,875 | 60.6 | 19.7 | 50.2 |
| Idaho | 42 | $22,839 | 57.4 | 22.1 | 12.9 |
| Oklahoma | 43 | $22,671 | 67.7 | 19.1 | 46.7 |
| Nebraska | 44 | $22,368 | 66.1 | 24.1 | 20.8 |
| WYOMING | 45 | $22,351 | 65.0 | 21.2 | 4.8 |
| Arkansas | 46 | $21,590 | 53.5 | 14.2 | 46.0 |
| Mississippi | 47 | $21,120 | 47.1 | 17.6 | 55.7 |
| Montana | 48 | $20,516 | 52.5 | 22.1 | 5.6 |
| North Dakota | 49 | $20,492 | 53.3 | 19.8 | 9.2 |
| South Dakota | 50 | $19,931 | 50.0 | 18.9 | 9.3 |
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