2023 Competitiveness Redbook 2023 | Page 27

Wages and Productivity of Production Workers in Manufacturing ( 2020 )
Rank
Wages Per Hour
Value Added Per Hour
Rank
1 Wyoming
$ 33.11
$ 223.59
2
2 Connecticut
$ 32.38
$ 196.77
7
3 Louisiana
$ 31.81
$ 231.55
1
4 Washington
$ 30.80
$ 115.32
47
5 West Virginia
$ 29.89
$ 168.71
15
6 Nevada
$ 29.13
$ 155.61
22
7 Oregon
$ 28.40
$ 142.82
29
8 Massachusetts
$ 28.39
$ 181.17
10
9 Idaho
$ 27.99
$ 125.11
44
10 Colorado
$ 27.92
$ 149.92
25
11 Maryland
$ 27.91
$ 199.24
5
12 Maine
$ 27.66
$ 132.60
39
13 New York
$ 27.61
$ 163.31
17
14 California
$ 27.56
$ 201.11
4
15 Missouri
$ 27.23
$ 160.91
18
16 New Jersey
$ 27.11
$ 171.91
12
17 Kentucky
$ 26.97
$ 140.79
33
18 Texas
$ 26.97
$ 203.31
3
19 Kansas
$ 26.60
$ 129.72
41
20 Montana
$ 26.60
$ 198.22
6
21 Minnesota
$ 26.54
$ 142.16
30
22 Rhode Island
$ 26.50
$ 141.76
31
23 Arizona
$ 26.47
$ 188.87
8
24 Michigan
$ 26.41
$ 127.99
42
25 Ohio
$ 26.37
$ 136.55
35
26 Virginia
$ 26.30
$ 185.93
9
27 Indiana
$ 26.30
$ 137.43
34
28 Oklahoma
$ 26.30
$ 135.98
37
29 Pennsylvania
$ 26.25
$ 151.76
24
30 New Hampshire
$ 26.17
$ 136.05
36
31 Iowa
$ 26.06
$ 160.18
20
32 New Mexico
$ 26.00
$ 168.82
14
33 South Carolina
$ 25.96
$ 164.33
16
34 Illinois
$ 25.95
$ 144.65
27
35 Utah
$ 25.79
$ 156.31
21
36 Wisconsin
$ 25.48
$ 125.87
43
37 Hawaii
$ 25.42
$ 134.77
38
38 North Dakota
$ 25.29
$ 160.68
19
39 Tennessee
$ 25.01
$ 154.06
23
40 Florida
$ 24.99
$ 149.56
26
41 Vermont
$ 24.99
$ 122.50
45
42 Alabama
$ 24.71
$ 130.21
40
43 Delaware
$ 24.16
$ 170.58
13
44 Alaska
$ 24.15
$ 90.06
50
45 South Dakota
$ 23.88
$ 104.05
49
46 Georgia
$ 23.81
$ 144.10
28
47 North Carolina
$ 23.71
$ 172.58
11
48 Nebraska
$ 23.43
$ 141.36
32
49 Mississippi
$ 22.75
$ 118.08
46
50 Arkansas
$ 22.74
$ 112.64
48
Dist . of Columbia
$ 27.57
$ 130.20
United States
$ 26.42
$ 156.84
TABLE 20 Source : U . S . Census Bureau
In 2020 Washington ranked fourth in wages per hour for production workers in manufacturing .