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Source : U . S . Census Bureau TABLE 17
State and Local Government Employment ( March 2023 )
Rank
FTE ’ s / 1,000 Residents
2023 Annual Payroll / FTE
Rank
1 Wyoming
85.9
$ 63,293
30
2 Alaska
69.5
$ 77,635
9
3 Kansas
68.2
$ 56,952
41
4 Nebraska
65.1
$ 63,468
28
5 North Dakota
63.8
$ 61,391
33
6 Mississippi
61.4
$ 51,725
49
7 New York
60.7
$ 85,089
3
8 Iowa
60.2
$ 64,016
25
9 Vermont
59.2
$ 70,974
17
10 New Mexico
58.4
$ 61,983
32
11 Alabama
57.0
$ 58,410
39
12 West Virginia
56.7
$ 52,282
48
13 Louisiana
55.8
$ 52,327
47
14 Arkansas
55.6
$ 51,417
50
15 Colorado
54.6
$ 72,102
14
16 Oklahoma
54.1
$ 53,710
46
17 Virginia
53.6
$ 66,546
23
18 Kentucky
52.7
$ 55,086
45
19 South Dakota
52.6
$ 56,324
44
20 Maine
52.5
$ 59,512
36
21 Maryland
52.4
$ 77,333
10
22 Montana
52.3
$ 60,075
34
23 Minnesota
52.3
$ 73,270
12
24 Texas
52.2
$ 63,381
29
25 Washington
52.0
$ 90,947
2
26 North Carolina
52.0
$ 63,856
26
27 South Carolina
51.3
$ 58,216
40
28 Oregon
51.2
$ 78,585
7
29 New Jersey
51.2
$ 82,035
5
30 Massachusetts
51.0
$ 81,321
6
31 Delaware
50.9
$ 67,155
21
32 Utah
50.9
$ 68,527
19
33 Connecticut
50.8
$ 82,649
4
34 Ohio
50.7
$ 66,338
24
35 Missouri
50.4
$ 56,779
43
36 Hawaii
50.4
$ 72,218
13
37 Illinois
50.3
$ 73,867
11
38 California
49.1
$ 96,933
1
39 Tennessee
48.8
$ 56,900
42
40 Georgia
48.7
$ 59,714
35
41 New Hampshire
48.6
$ 63,532
27
42 Indiana
47.9
$ 59,375
37
43 Wisconsin
47.3
$ 67,048
22
44 Idaho
46.3
$ 58,964
38
45 Michigan
43.5
$ 70,178
18
46 Rhode Island
43.3
$ 78,492
8
47 Pennsylvania
41.9
$ 71,410
16
48 Florida
40.6
$ 63,210
31
49 Arizona
39.3
$ 67,353
20
50 Nevada
36.8
$ 71,562
15
Dist . of Columbia
77.0
$ 100,104
United States
50.6
$ 71,339
Washington ranks 25th 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 .