2006 State and local Government Employment and Payroll Data

Rank, average annual salary	State	Average annual salary	Rank, FTE per 1000 residents	FTE per 1000 residents	Full-time equivalent (FTE) employees
1	California	$59,267	41	50	1,818,732
2	New Jersey	$55,721	14	59	511,755
3	Connecticut	$54,523	30	54	188,222
4	NEW YORK	$54,503	11	62	1,190,287
5	Rhode Island	$53,102	45	48	51,232
6	Maryland	$50,982	38	52	291,140
7	Nevada	$50,621	50	41	103,304
8	Washington	$50,608	37	52	333,196
9	Massachusetts	$50,406	40	52	332,072
10	Alaska	$50,037	2	78	52,631
11	Minnesota	$47,242	35	53	272,394
12	Illinois	$46,846	43	50	634,990
13	Michigan	$46,564	46	48	486,697
14	Delaware	$46,423	16	58	49,488
15	Hawaii	$46,322	26	54	69,594
16	Colorado	$46,217	32	54	255,002
17	Pennsylvania	$45,829	49	46	568,350
18	Wisconsin	$45,689	39	52	288,073
19	Oregon	$45,099	44	49	181,711
20	Arizona	$44,132	48	46	285,084
21	Ohio	$42,818	31	54	616,739
22	Virginia	$42,221	23	56	430,621
23	Florida	$41,822	47	48	867,259
24	Vermont	$40,852	8	65	40,142
25	Iowa	$40,552	10	63	185,921
26	New Hampshire	$40,302	34	53	69,777
27	Nebraska	$39,598	4	67	117,496
28	Indiana	$39,422	36	53	332,849
29	Utah	$38,901	42	50	128,785
30	North Dakota	$38,845	9	65	41,173
31	North Carolina	$38,715	18	58	511,263
32	Georgia	$38,553	28	54	505,644
33	Wyoming	$38,273	1	89	45,802
34	Texas	$38,259	24	56	1,315,006
35	Maine	$37,809	15	59	77,605
36	Tennessee	$37,110	33	53	323,673
37	Alabama	$36,945	13	59	272,535
38	Kansas	$36,794	3	67	184,943
39	South Carolina	$36,778	20	57	248,966
40	Montana	$36,466	22	57	54,188
41	New Mexico	$36,249	5	66	127,929
42	Missouri	$36,054	25	55	320,083
43	South Dakota	$35,770	21	57	45,186
44	Idaho	$35,638	27	54	79,413
45	Kentucky	$35,634	17	58	243,798
46	Louisiana	$35,340	7	65	275,776
47	West Virginia	$34,624	29	54	97,391
48	Oklahoma	$34,027	12	60	214,343
49	Mississippi	$33,972	6	65	188,905
50	Arkansas	$33,729	19	58	161,923
United States		$45,173		54	16,135,699
NYS % +/- U.S.		21%		14%
Source: Public Policy Institute Analysis of Census Bureau State and Local Government Employment and Payroll data

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