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State and Local FTE Average Annual Pay ( March 2022 )
Rank
State Avg FTE Salary
Local Avg FTE Salary
Rank
1 California
$ 99,936
$ 91,081
1
2 Connecticut
$ 89,168
$ 75,370
7
3 New York
$ 85,821
$ 81,649
3
4 Massachusetts
$ 84,333
$ 76,425
6
5 Washington
$ 81,491
$ 89,175
2
6 Rhode Island
$ 81,451
$ 72,455
10
7 Illinois
$ 80,768
$ 69,815
12
8 New Jersey
$ 80,627
$ 79,687
5
9 Oregon
$ 80,210
$ 72,785
9
10 Alaska
$ 79,445
$ 70,537
11
11 Michigan
$ 79,376
$ 60,885
21
12 Pennsylvania
$ 78,622
$ 65,830
16
13 Iowa
$ 78,349
$ 58,896
27
14 Vermont
$ 77,942
$ 60,868
22
15 Minnesota
$ 77,882
$ 66,796
14
16 Wisconsin
$ 75,630
$ 60,649
23
17 Colorado
$ 72,532
$ 66,045
15
18 Texas
$ 71,644
$ 56,310
32
19 Utah
$ 70,801
$ 59,277
26
20 Ohio
$ 70,740
$ 60,904
20
21 Virginia
$ 70,224
$ 59,937
25
22 Idaho
$ 69,613
$ 51,512
42
23 Maryland
$ 69,185
$ 75,043
8
24 New Hampshire
$ 69,106
$ 57,537
30
25 Nevada
$ 68,945
$ 69,659
13
26 North Carolina
$ 68,724
$ 58,418
28
27 Arizona
$ 68,562
$ 62,541
18
28 Delaware
$ 65,779
$ 63,012
17
29 Kansas
$ 65,689
$ 51,242
44
30 New Mexico
$ 64,838
$ 52,841
38
31 North Dakota
$ 64,790
$ 56,841
31
32 Hawaii
$ 64,482
$ 80,854
4
33 Montana
$ 64,070
$ 54,369
34
34 South Dakota
$ 63,413
$ 51,327
43
35 Tennessee
$ 63,390
$ 51,734
41
36 Alabama
$ 62,342
$ 51,882
40
37 Indiana
$ 62,002
$ 54,185
35
38 Wyoming
$ 61,550
$ 58,312
29
39 Maine
$ 61,372
$ 54,147
36
40 Georgia
$ 60,174
$ 55,645
33
41 Florida
$ 59,894
$ 60,161
24
42 Kentucky
$ 59,142
$ 46,789
47
43 South Carolina
$ 59,050
$ 52,956
37
44 Nebraska
$ 58,964
$ 61,655
19
45 Oklahoma
$ 58,519
$ 49,491
45
46 Arkansas
$ 58,336
$ 45,506
48
47 Louisiana
$ 58,009
$ 47,563
46
48 West Virginia
$ 56,742
$ 45,249
49
49 Mississippi
$ 56,640
$ 45,035
50
50 Missouri
$ 55,570
$ 52,556
39
Dist . of Columbia
N / A
$ 96,218
United States
$ 73,923
$ 66,251
From 2021 to 2022 , Washington ’ s rank moved up from 6th to 5th for average state employee salary . Washington continued to have the 2nd highest average local employee salary .
TABLE 18 Source : U . S . Census Bureau