STATE GOVERNMENTS
YEAR: 2004
JOB CLASS: Welfare employees
ON AVERAGE, NEVADA'S WELFARE EMPLOYEES ARE PAID 16th HIGHEST OF 50 STATES

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Rank State
Avg March '04 Pay
1 RHODE ISLAND
$4,686.85
2 OHIO
4,626.33
3 CONNECTICUT
4,527.33
4 CALIFORNIA
4,301.02
5 MASSACHUSETTS
4,217.52
6 NEW JERSEY
4,112.54
7 NEW YORK
4,108.76
8 ILLINOIS
4,071.72
9 COLORADO
4,046.72
10 WASHINGTON
3,883.97
11 IOWA
3,558.13
12 PENNSYLVANIA
3,543.68
13 MICHIGAN
3,525.48
14 VERMONT
3,499.12
15 ALASKA
3,466.02
16 NEVADA
3,438.61
17 WISCONSIN
3,393.44
18 OREGON
3,378.43
19 HAWAII
3,352.20
20 MINNESOTA
3,331.32
21 NORTH CAROLINA
3,313.62
22 MARYLAND
3,303.75
23 VIRGINIA
3,275.99
24 US STATE TOTAL
3,191.28
25 DELAWARE
3,074.14
26 MAINE
3,043.48
27 UTAH
2,993.45
28 ALABAMA
2,972.84
29 WYOMING
2,970.02
30 NEW HAMPSHIRE
2,936.42
31 KENTUCKY
2,915.53
32 MONTANA
2,865.60
33 IDAHO
2,853.02
34 LOUISIANA
2,764.17
35 NEW MEXICO
2,759.24
36 FLORIDA
2,735.30
37 TEXAS
2,690.86
38 SOUTH DAKOTA
2,673.81
39 ARIZONA
2,643.84
40 GEORGIA
2,625.66
41 INDIANA
2,593.21
42 NORTH DAKOTA
2,589.64
43 ARKANSAS
2,571.60
44 SOUTH CAROLINA
2,523.91
45 KANSAS
2,511.88
46 OKLAHOMA
2,486.58
47 TENNESSEE
2,480.13
48 NEBRASKA
2,416.86
49 WEST VIRGINIA
2,317.64
50 MISSOURI
2,289.11
51 MISSISSIPPI
2,208.37

source: US Census Bureau

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