Wage Increases 1980-1995:
State & Local Government &
Private Employees

The following table provides the latest available data with respect to the analysis of state and local government wages compared to private employee wages from 1980 as provided in America's Protected Class, America's Protected Class II and America's Protected Class III

(Authored by Wendell Cox & Samuel A. Brunelli and published by the American Legislative Exchange Council, 1992 to 1994).

Comparison of Wage Trends: Private Employees v. State & Local Government Employees: 1980-1995
State

or

District

Change in Average Wages per Full Time Equivalent Employee:
1980-1995
Government Employee Change Relative to Private Employees
Ranking Table
Annual
State & Local Government Employee Wage Premium (Millions)
Ranking Table
Annual
Wage Premium per State & Local Government Employee
Ranking Table
Private Employees State & Local Government Employees
United States 4.3% 14.5% 9.8% $39,929 $2,864
Alabama 0.9% 7.8% 6.9% $400 $1,625
Alaska -28.7% -2.5% 36.7% $547 $11,997
Arizona -13.8% 1.4% 17.7% $995 $4,546
Arkansas -1.6% 12.0% 13.8% $391 $2,836
California 8.4% 14.1% 5.3% $2,961 $2,001
Colorado 0.5% 10.1% 9.5% $569 $2,776
Connecticut 25.8% 37.9% 9.6% $572 $3,473
Delaware 1.1% 22.7% 21.4% $232 $5,614
Florida 4.6% 16.7% 11.6% $2,152 $3,036
Georgia 11.0% 15.7% 4.2% $475 $1,060
Hawaii 11.2% 7.0% -3.8% $0 $0
Idaho -4.2% 5.6% 10.2% $162 $2,410
Illinois 2.2% 10.6% 8.1% $1,500 $2,565
Indiana -5.6% 13.5% 20.3% $1,454 $4,754
Iowa -8.0% 15.7% 25.8% $1,009 $5,958
Kansas -2.8% 9.3% 12.5% $497 $2,990
Kentucky -6.5% 22.3% 30.8% $1,394 $6,766
Louisiana -11.4% 3.9% 17.3% $925 $3,511
Maine 6.0% 16.1% 9.5% $161 $2,421
Maryland 10.9% 19.6% 7.9% $648 $2,562
Massachusetts 28.8% 17.5% -8.8% $0 $0
Michigan -2.7% 10.7% 13.7% $2,038 $4,388
Minnesota 7.1% 8.7% 1.5% $129 $480
Mississippi -0.9% 14.9% 16.0% $555 $3,217
Missouri 0.9% 8.7% 7.7% $512 $1,887
Montana -15.2% 6.2% 25.2% $309 $5,494
Nebraska -3.0% 10.5% 13.9% $353 $3,337
Nevada 1.0% 14.7% 13.6% $305 $4,151
New Hampshire 17.8% 28.0% 8.7% $133 $2,400
New Jersey 21.0% 37.4% 13.6% $2,135 $4,884
New Mexico -7.4% 2.6% 10.8% $278 $2,515
New York 20.1% 28.6% 7.1% $2,934 $2,635
North Carolina 10.2% 14.4% 3.8% $395 $1,000
North Dakota -11.1% 1.0% 13.7% $125 $3,260
Ohio -4.8% 18.5% 24.4% $3,559 $6,274
Oklahoma -14.8% 5.4% 23.7% $907 $4,621
Oregon -3.7% 14.6% 19.0% $876 $5,273
Pennsylvania 4.0% 20.6% 16.0% $2,445 $4,690
Rhode Island 13.9% 25.0% 9.8% $161 $3,302
South Carolina 5.3% 13.7% 8.0% $410 $1,918
South Dakota -3.2% 5.4% 8.9% $81 $1,998
Tennessee 7.3% 9.3% 1.9% $135 $495
Texas -0.2% 3.8% 3.9% $1,138 $1,010
Utah -6.1% -1.1% 5.3% $148 $1,415
Vermont 6.3% 13.8% 7.1% $62 $1,837
Virginia 11.5% 12.6% 1.0% $103 $283
Washington -6.2% 11.9% 19.3% $1,677 $5,923
West Virginia -15.9% 10.2% 31.0% $574 $6,088
Wisconsin -2.1% 9.1% 11.5% $920 $3,463
Wyoming -26.1% -6.9% 25.9% $203 $5,339
District of Columbia 29.4% 5.1% -18.8% $0 $0



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