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Wages and Productivity of Production Workers in Manufacturing ( 2021 )
Rank
Wages Per Hour
Value Added Per Hour
Rank
1 Wyoming
$ 34.96
$ 282.40
2
2 Louisiana
$ 32.96
$ 405.09
1
3 Connecticut
$ 31.63
$ 234.01
5
4 Washington
$ 31.06
$ 117.34
49
5 West Virginia
$ 30.21
$ 191.52
14
6 Nevada
$ 29.82
$ 167.08
29
7 Colorado
$ 29.47
$ 158.60
36
8 Idaho
$ 29.27
$ 139.24
46
9 Massachusetts
$ 29.09
$ 203.12
8
10 Maine
$ 28.96
$ 141.49
43
11 Oregon
$ 28.80
$ 169.13
24
12 California
$ 28.69
$ 216.97
6
13 Maryland
$ 28.46
$ 206.33
7
14 Missouri
$ 28.26
$ 160.98
33
15 Rhode Island
$ 28.07
$ 144.93
41
16 New York
$ 27.98
$ 199.50
10
17 New Hampshire
$ 27.81
$ 145.60
40
18 New Jersey
$ 27.70
$ 189.45
16
19 Texas
$ 27.67
$ 258.32
3
20 Michigan
$ 27.40
$ 139.53
45
21 Indiana
$ 27.33
$ 175.52
22
22 Minnesota
$ 27.26
$ 156.32
38
23 Kentucky
$ 27.21
$ 155.89
39
24 Virginia
$ 27.16
$ 192.62
13
25 Kansas
$ 27.07
$ 156.44
37
26 Illinois
$ 26.99
$ 168.90
25
27 Ohio
$ 26.94
$ 159.46
35
28 South Carolina
$ 26.94
$ 200.38
9
29 Montana
$ 26.91
$ 186.66
18
30 Pennsylvania
$ 26.85
$ 166.96
30
31 Wisconsin
$ 26.69
$ 140.11
44
32 North Dakota
$ 26.68
$ 196.74
11
33 Oklahoma
$ 26.63
$ 168.37
26
34 Vermont
$ 26.58
$ 130.01
47
35 Iowa
$ 26.54
$ 186.77
17
36 Arizona
$ 26.51
$ 195.17
12
37 Utah
$ 26.34
$ 173.30
23
38 Tennessee
$ 26.02
$ 167.93
27
39 New Mexico
$ 25.89
$ 183.49
19
40 Florida
$ 25.75
$ 161.70
32
41 Alabama
$ 25.55
$ 164.94
31
42 Hawaii
$ 25.12
$ 190.77
15
43 Georgia
$ 24.91
$ 160.90
34
44 Delaware
$ 24.79
$ 245.81
4
45 Nebraska
$ 24.74
$ 181.69
20
46 North Carolina
$ 24.50
$ 179.71
21
47 South Dakota
$ 23.97
$ 126.47
48
48 Arkansas
$ 23.93
$ 143.95
42
49 Mississippi
$ 23.90
$ 167.89
28
50 Alaska
$ 23.43
$ 99.92
50
Dist . of Columbia
$ 27.01
$ 113.14
United States
$ 27.21
$ 180.44
TABLE 20 Source : U . S . Census Bureau
In 2021 Washington ranked 4th in wages per hour for production workers in manufacturing .