STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT, 2003

Rank, average salary	State	Average annual salary	Full-time equivalent employees (FTE)	FTE/1,000 residents	Rank, FTE/1,000 residents
1	CALIFORNIA	$52,129	1,805,446	51	42
2	NEW YORK	$51,445	1,193,262	62	9
3	NEW JERSEY	$50,228	489,448	57	21
4	CONNECTICUT	$48,444	176,369	51	43
5	RHODE ISLAND	$46,894	55,944	52	39
6	NEVADA	$45,849	92,655	43	50
7	WASHINGTON	$45,693	321,153	53	36
8	MASSACHUSETTS	$45,644	320,372	50	46
9	ALASKA	$45,504	51,102	79	2
10	MARYLAND	$44,874	287,513	53	38
11	MICHIGAN	$42,806	512,026	51	44
12	MINNESOTA	$42,053	283,691	57	26
13	PENNSYLVANIA	$41,429	569,356	46	49
14	ILLINOIS	$41,371	641,248	51	45
15	WISCONSIN	$41,159	288,044	53	35
16	DELAWARE	$41,155	45,947	57	22
17	COLORADO	$40,824	256,018	57	23
18	OREGON	$40,679	181,607	52	41
19	HAWAII	$39,145	71,764	58	18
20	OHIO	$39,007	619,869	54	31
21	ARIZONA	$38,558	261,492	48	48
22	FLORIDA	$37,804	806,682	48	47
23	VIRGINIA	$37,145	411,100	56	28
24	NEW HAMPSHIRE	$36,658	68,192	53	34
25	IOWA	$36,216	179,633	61	11
26	NORTH CAROLINA	$35,805	469,942	56	27
27	VERMONT	$35,764	38,660	63	8
28	UTAH	$35,595	122,209	53	37
29	TEXAS	$34,592	1,253,022	58	19
30	INDIANA	$34,562	332,380	54	32
31	NEBRASKA	$34,407	113,703	66	4
32	GEORGIA	$34,343	484,515	57	24
33	NORTH DAKOTA	$34,103	41,178	65	6
34	MAINE	$33,853	75,041	58	16
35	WEST VIRGINIA	$33,493	93,383	52	40
36	KANSAS	$33,377	178,042	66	5
37	WYOMING	$33,315	43,651	88	1
38	TENNESSEE	$33,267	311,601	54	33
39	ALABAMA	$33,127	269,674	60	12
40	MISSOURI	$32,897	311,972	55	30
41	SOUTH CAROLINA	$32,753	242,222	59	13
42	IDAHO	$32,539	78,548	59	14
43	MONTANA	$32,486	52,886	58	15
44	NEW MEXICO	$32,309	122,040	66	3
45	KENTUCKY	$32,080	227,902	56	29
46	OKLAHOMA	$31,566	201,632	58	17
47	LOUISIANA	$31,499	279,087	62	10
48	SOUTH DAKOTA	$31,187	43,445	57	20
49	ARKANSAS	$30,237	153,382	57	25
50	MISSISSIPPI	$28,563	186,130	65	7
U.S. average		$40,717		55
N.Y.S. % above avg.		26%		14%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau; calculations by The Public Policy Institute

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