LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN NEVADA
YEAR: 2004
JOB CLASS: Welfare employees
ON AVERAGE, NEVADA'S LOCAL GOVERNMENT WELFARE EMPLOYEES ARE PAID 4th HIGHEST OF 50 STATES

Rank State
Avg March '04 Pay
1 WASHINGTON
$4,357.02
2 WASHINGTON D C
4,324.24
3 CALIFORNIA
3,829.65
4 NEVADA
5 ALASKA
3,673.40
6 NEW JERSEY
3,536.68
7 NEW YORK
3,448.91
8 MINNESOTA
3,436.10
9 OREGON
3,350.54
10 MARYLAND
3,312.80
11 COLORADO
3,288.02
12 VERMONT
3,262.00
13 US LOCAL TOTAL
3,218.05
14 VIRGINIA
3,087.38
15 WISCONSIN
3,075.96
16 CONNECTICUT
3,051.12
17 FLORIDA
2,895.95
18 ARIZONA
2,883.82
19 OHIO
2,863.17
20 RHODE ISLAND
2,848.35
21 WYOMING
2,838.18
22 NEW HAMPSHIRE
2,789.47
23 MICHIGAN
2,777.75
24 KENTUCKY
2,770.04
25 MASSACHUSETTS
2,768.63
26 PENNSYLVANIA
2,751.97
27 HAWAII
2,719.56
28 NORTH CAROLINA
2,593.34
29 ILLINOIS
2,567.24
30 NORTH DAKOTA
2,525.48
31 MAINE
2,510.06
32 TEXAS
2,503.63
33 NEBRASKA
2,477.24
34 IOWA
2,466.91
35 TENNESSEE
2,423.79
36 KANSAS
2,388.07
37 UTAH
2,369.66
38 GEORGIA
2,277.93
39 DELAWARE
2,262.36
40 SOUTH DAKOTA
2,234.68
41 NEW MEXICO
2,207.85
42 WEST VIRGINIA
2,166.69
43 SOUTH CAROLINA
2,093.08
44 ARKANSAS
2,063.15
45 MONTANA
2,051.28
46 IDAHO
2,001.41
47 INDIANA
1,968.23
48 LOUISIANA
1,946.49
49 ALABAMA
1,856.17
50 OKLAHOMA
1,758.14
51 MISSOURI
1,705.42
52 MISSISSIPPI
1,644.71
Source: US Census Bureau

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