2023 Competitiveness Redbook 2023 | Page 24

Source : U . S . Census Bureau TABLE 17
State and Local Government Employment ( March 2021 )
Rank
FTE ’ s / 1,000 Residents
2020 Annual Payroll / FTE
Rank
1 Wyoming
86.3
$ 58,391
29
2 Alaska
68.7
$ 72,188
8
3 Kansas
67.8
$ 53,090
40
4 Nebraska
63.6
$ 59,050
27
5 North Dakota
62.5
$ 58,579
28
6 Mississippi
60.7
$ 46,657
50
7 New York
59.4
$ 78,452
3
8 Iowa
58.7
$ 60,946
25
9 Vermont
57.6
$ 66,148
16
10 New Mexico
56.7
$ 55,077
34
11 Alabama
56.3
$ 53,096
39
12 Louisiana
56.1
$ 49,412
48
13 West Virginia
55.2
$ 49,762
46
14 Arkansas
54.7
$ 48,221
49
15 Montana
53.9
$ 53,756
37
16 Colorado
53.4
$ 65,480
17
17 South Dakota
52.6
$ 52,927
42
18 South Carolina
52.3
$ 52,966
41
19 Minnesota
52.3
$ 68,053
12
20 Kentucky
52.1
$ 49,614
47
21 Texas
51.9
$ 57,337
30
22 North Carolina
51.8
$ 57,226
32
23 Oklahoma
51.4
$ 50,847
44
24 Virginia
51.4
$ 61,251
22
25 Maine
51.1
$ 54,615
35
26 Hawaii
50.9
$ 67,967
13
27 Maryland
50.1
$ 71,031
11
28 Missouri
50.0
$ 50,775
45
29 Delaware
50.0
$ 62,742
19
30 Washington
49.9
$ 84,317
2
31 New Jersey
49.8
$ 77,586
4
32 Connecticut
49.2
$ 73,609
7
33 Utah
49.1
$ 62,386
21
34 Oregon
48.9
$ 72,148
9
35 New Hampshire
48.7
$ 59,439
26
36 Ohio
47.7
$ 61,093
24
37 Indiana
47.5
$ 53,360
38
38 Tennessee
47.4
$ 52,107
43
39 Illinois
47.3
$ 71,165
10
40 Georgia
47.3
$ 55,146
33
41 Massachusetts
47.2
$ 75,302
5
42 Wisconsin
47.1
$ 62,523
20
43 California
46.7
$ 89,936
1
44 Idaho
45.4
$ 54,263
36
45 Rhode Island
42.6
$ 74,031
6
46 Pennsylvania
41.8
$ 66,844
15
47 Michigan
41.8
$ 65,163
18
48 Florida
40.9
$ 57,296
31
49 Arizona
38.4
$ 61,209
23
50 Nevada
36.2
$ 67,965
14
Dist . of Columbia
75.7
$ 90,381
United States
49.4
$ 65,695
Washington ranks 30th in the number of full-time equivalent state and local government employees per capita . The state ranks second in the average salary of these employees .