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State and Local Government Employment( March 2024)
Rank
FTE’ s / 1,000 Residents
2024 Annual Payroll / FTE
Rank
1 Wyoming
86.7
$ 65,450
32
2 Alaska
70.1
$ 80,861
10
3 Kansas
69.8
$ 59,820
43
4 Nebraska
63.9
$ 66,230
28
5 North Dakota
62.5
$ 65,405
33
6 Mississippi
61.3
$ 53,458
50
7 New York
60.8
$ 89,425
3
8 Iowa
60.3
$ 66,368
27
9 Vermont
58.8
$ 74,160
16
10 New Mexico
58.6
$ 66,840
26
11 West Virginia
57.5
$ 54,649
47
12 Alabama
56.9
$ 62,118
37
13 Colorado
55.3
$ 76,225
14
14 Arkansas
54.4
$ 54,410
48
15 Louisiana
54.4
$ 54,408
49
16 Virginia
53.9
$ 71,854
20
17 Maryland
53.7
$ 82,056
8
18 Oregon
53.0
$ 82,871
7
19 Oklahoma
52.7
$ 58,515
45
20 Kentucky
52.7
$ 58,276
46
21 Montana
52.6
$ 62,919
36
22 Maine
52.4
$ 61,442
38
23 Washington
52.1
$ 95,472
2
24 Minnesota
51.7
$ 77,547
12
25 Hawaii
51.5
$ 75,676
15
26 Texas
51.3
$ 66,039
30
27 Delaware
51.0
$ 70,099
23
28 Missouri
50.9
$ 59,305
44
29 North Carolina
50.9
$ 67,508
25
30 Connecticut
50.9
$ 85,046
5
31 South Dakota
50.8
$ 61,061
39
32 California
50.6
$ 100,786
1
33 Massachusetts
50.4
$ 85,535
4
34 Ohio
50.2
$ 69,337
24
35 New Jersey
49.9
$ 85,034
6
36 Illinois
49.9
$ 78,010
11
37 Utah
49.9
$ 73,002
19
38 South Carolina
49.3
$ 60,820
41
39 New Hampshire
48.9
$ 66,123
29
40 Georgia
48.6
$ 63,100
35
41 Tennessee
48.2
$ 61,055
40
42 Indiana
47.9
$ 63,580
34
43 Wisconsin
47.2
$ 70,170
22
44 Idaho
45.7
$ 60,598
42
45 Michigan
43.5
$ 73,091
18
46 Rhode Island
42.7
$ 81,744
9
47 Pennsylvania
41.6
$ 73,824
17
48 Florida
39.6
$ 65,990
31
49 Arizona
39.5
$ 71,646
21
50 Nevada
36.8
$ 77,268
13
Dist. of Columbia
75.1
$ 104,146
United States
50.5
$ 74,948
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Source: U. S. Census Bureau
Washington ranks 23rd 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.