Table 3. State 1/ average annual pay for 2000 and 2001 and percent change in pay for all covered workers 2/ (ranked by 2000-01 percent change in average annual pay)
Table 3. State(1) average annual pay for 2000 and 2001 and percent change in pay
for all covered workers(2) (ranked by 2000-01 percent change in average annual pay)
Average annual pay(3) Percent
State change,
2000-01
2000 2001
District of Columbia............ $52,965 $56,024 5.8
Virgin Islands.................. 27,721 29,195 5.3
Delaware........................ 36,535 38,434 5.2
Maryland........................ 36,395 38,237 5.1
Puerto Rico..................... 18,814 19,725 4.8
Vermont......................... 28,914 30,240 4.6
Louisiana....................... 27,888 29,134 4.5
New Mexico...................... 27,498 28,698 4.4
Virginia........................ 35,172 36,716 4.4
Wyoming......................... 26,836 28,025 4.4
Kentucky........................ 28,800 30,017 4.2
Maine........................... 27,664 28,815 4.2
North Dakota.................... 24,683 25,707 4.1
West Virginia................... 26,888 27,982 4.1
Montana......................... 24,272 25,194 3.8
Oklahoma........................ 26,988 28,020 3.8
South Carolina.................. 28,179 29,253 3.8
Alabama......................... 29,041 30,090 3.6
Arkansas........................ 26,317 27,258 3.6
Iowa............................ 27,931 28,840 3.3
Minnesota....................... 35,414 36,585 3.3
Missouri........................ 31,384 32,422 3.3
Connecticut..................... 45,486 46,963 3.2
Florida......................... 30,560 31,551 3.2
South Dakota.................... 24,802 25,600 3.2
North Carolina.................. 31,068 32,026 3.1
Tennessee....................... 30,557 31,491 3.1
Texas........................... 34,943 36,039 3.1
Rhode Island.................... 32,615 33,592 3.0
New York........................ 45,358 46,664 2.9
Utah............................ 29,229 30,074 2.9
Alaska.......................... 35,144 36,140 2.8
Mississippi..................... 25,208 25,919 2.8
Pennsylvania.................... 34,015 34,976 2.8
Wisconsin....................... 30,694 31,556 2.8
Illinois........................ 38,045 39,058 2.7
Kansas.......................... 29,361 30,153 2.7
Georgia......................... 34,214 35,114 2.6
Nevada.......................... 32,277 33,122 2.6
UNITED STATES(4)................ 35,320 36,214 2.5
Nebraska........................ 27,693 28,375 2.5
Arizona......................... 32,610 33,408 2.4
Indiana......................... 31,030 31,778 2.4
Ohio............................ 32,508 33,280 2.4
Colorado........................ 37,168 37,950 2.1
New Hampshire................... 34,736 35,479 2.1
Hawaii.......................... 30,628 31,250 2.0
Massachusetts................... 44,168 44,976 1.8
New Jersey...................... 43,676 44,285 1.4
Oregon.......................... 32,776 33,203 1.3
Michigan........................ 37,011 37,387 1.0
Washington...................... 37,099 37,475 1.0
California...................... 41,207 41,358 0.4
Idaho........................... 27,701 27,765 0.2
1 Includes the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.
2 Includes workers covered by Unemployment Insurance (UI) and Unemployment
Compensation for Federal Employees (UCFE) programs.
3 Data are preliminary.
4 Totals for the United States do not include data for Puerto Rico and the Virgin
Islands.
United States Department of Labor
