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Source : U . S . Census Bureau TABLE 17
State and Local Government Employment ( March 2022 )
Rank
FTE ’ s / 1,000 Residents
2022 Annual Payroll / FTE
Rank
1 Wyoming
85.4
$ 59,109
32
2 Alaska
68.9
$ 74,711
9
3 Kansas
68.2
$ 55,207
40
4 Nebraska
63.5
$ 60,897
27
5 North Dakota
63.4
$ 59,789
30
6 Mississippi
60.9
$ 48,347
50
7 New York
60.2
$ 82,484
3
8 Iowa
59.6
$ 63,984
22
9 Vermont
58.9
$ 66,872
18
10 New Mexico
57.1
$ 57,359
34
11 West Virginia
56.9
$ 49,613
49
12 Alabama
56.0
$ 55,344
39
13 Louisiana
55.5
$ 50,802
47
14 Arkansas
54.9
$ 50,186
48
15 Colorado
53.3
$ 67,977
16
16 Virginia
52.6
$ 62,830
25
17 Kentucky
52.1
$ 50,839
46
18 Maine
52.1
$ 56,186
38
19 South Dakota
52.0
$ 54,903
41
20 North Carolina
51.8
$ 61,146
26
21 Oklahoma
51.6
$ 52,159
45
22 Texas
51.6
$ 59,366
31
23 Minnesota
51.4
$ 69,875
12
24 Montana
51.1
$ 57,671
33
25 Maryland
51.0
$ 73,304
10
26 New Jersey
50.9
$ 79,941
4
27 Washington
50.6
$ 86,586
2
28 South Carolina
50.2
$ 54,790
42
29 Connecticut
50.2
$ 79,622
5
30 Hawaii
50.2
$ 68,434
15
31 Delaware
50.0
$ 64,384
19
32 Missouri
49.7
$ 53,329
44
33 Oregon
49.6
$ 75,465
8
34 Utah
49.3
$ 63,865
23
35 Massachusetts
49.2
$ 78,774
6
36 Illinois
49.2
$ 71,992
11
37 New Hampshire
48.9
$ 60,555
28
38 Ohio
48.9
$ 63,077
24
39 California
48.3
$ 93,249
1
40 Georgia
47.7
$ 56,714
35
41 Wisconsin
47.4
$ 64,275
20
42 Tennessee
47.1
$ 54,417
43
43 Indiana
47.0
$ 56,293
37
44 Idaho
45.2
$ 56,589
36
45 Rhode Island
43.0
$ 76,315
7
46 Michigan
42.6
$ 67,063
17
47 Pennsylvania
41.8
$ 69,370
14
48 Florida
39.7
$ 60,108
29
49 Arizona
38.3
$ 64,107
21
50 Nevada
36.0
$ 69,480
13
Dist . of Columbia
74.8
$ 96,218
United States
49.8
$ 68,264
Washington ranks 27th in the number of full-time equivalent state and local government employees per capita . The state ranks 2nd in the average salary of these employees .