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Table: States Ranked by 1998 Annual
Average Pay

Average Annual Pay
State 1997 1998 Percent Change 1997-1998
United States $30,353 $31,908 5.1
District of Columbia 46,761 48,727 4.2
Connecticut 38,941 40,915 5.1
New York 38,543 40,678 5.5
Massachusetts 35,716 37,787 5.8
New Jersey 37,514 * N/A
California 33,525 35,349 5.4
Illinois 33,024 34,704 5.1
Michigan 32,780 34,542 5.4
Delaware 32,188 33,996 5.6
Alaska 33,156 33,839 2.1
Maryland 31,763 33,306 4.9
Washington 30,769 33,076 7.5
Colorado 30,066 32,246 7.3
Minnesota 30,231 32,073 6.1
Pennsylvania 30,163 31,582 4.7
Texas 29,699 31,512 6.1
Virginia 29,548 31,384 6.2
New Hampshire 29,296 30,943 5.6
Georgia 29,037 30,873 6.3
Ohio 29,094 30,395 4.5
Nevada 28,672 30,201 5.3
Rhode Island 28,662 30,148 5.2
Oregon 28,411 29,542 4.0
Arizona 27,659 29,317 6.0
Indiana 27,635 29,107 5.3
Hawaii 28,357 29,029 2.4
Missouri 27,780 28,907 4.1
Wisconsin 27,337 28,542 4.4
Tennessee 27,248 28,457 4.4
Florida 26,673 28,143 5.5
North Carolina 26,684 28,107 5.3
Alabama 26,139 27,035 3.4
Louisiana 25,755 26,905 4.5
Utah 25,736 26,869 4.4
Kansas 25,694 26,842 4.5
Kentucky 25,577 26,689 4.3
Vermont 25,496 26,615 4.4
South Carolina 24,995 26,151 4.6
Iowa 24,803 26,035 5.0
Maine 24,899 25,875 3.9
New Mexico 24,684 25,716 4.2
Nebraska 24,656 25,535 3.9
West Virginia 24,716 25,269 2.2
Oklahoma 24,226 25,122 3.7
Idaho 24,062 24,866 3.3
Wyoming 23,866 24,747 3.7
Arkansas 23,277 24,422 4.9
Mississippi 22,778 23,822 4.6
North Dakota 22,049 22,990 4.3
South Dakota 21,648 22,754 5.1
Montana 21,946 22,644 3.2
Puerto Rico 16,949 17,902 5.6

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics News Release, "Average Annual Pay by State and Industry, 1998," December 15, 1999.

* (New Jersey data were not available for the third and fourth quarters of 1998 and therefore are not shown in this table. Totals for the United States were calculated using estimated data for New Jersey.) For purposes of ranking, it was assumed that 1998 annual average pay for New Jersey was the same as 1997.


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