STATE GOVERNMENTS
YEAR: 2006
JOB CLASS: Welfare
ON AVERAGE, NEVADA'S WELFARE EMPLOYEES ARE PAID 14th HIGHEST OF 50 STATES AND OUR RATIO OF WELFARE EMPLOYEERS PER THOUSAND CITIZENS RANKS 41st.

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CONNECTICUT
5,130.30
1
1.53
9
RHODE ISLAND
4,874.89
2
1.52
10
OHIO
4,762.22
3
0.26
47
MASSACHUSETTS
4,584.36
4
1.06
24
NEW YORK
4,560.85
5
0.33
45
ILLINOIS
4,406.11
6
0.77
38
NEW JERSEY
4,332.93
7
0.93
34
CALIFORNIA
4,323.97
8
0.10
50
COLORADO
4,221.96
9
0.43
44
MICHIGAN
4,140.59
10
0.99
29
VERMONT
3,919.29
11
2.04
2
IOWA
3,814.64
12
1.00
27
WISCONSIN
3,625.51
13
0.26
48
NEVADA
3,623.55
14
0.64
41
VIRGINIA
3,611.60
15
0.32
46
ALASKA
3,543.21
16
2.69
1
MARYLAND
3,540.77
17
1.22
20
NORTH CAROLINA
3,525.38
18
0.24
49
WASHINGTON
3,519.42
19
1.50
12
OREGON
3,504.17
20
1.51
11
HAWAII
3,490.22
21
0.77
39
PENNSYLVANIA
3,456.73
22
1.00
28
MINNESOTA
3,426.79
23
0.55
42
MAINE
3,246.78
24
1.54
8
DELAWARE
3,241.66
25
1.93
3
WYOMING
3,180.26
26
1.41
14
LOUISIANA
3,151.28
27
1.11
22
NEW HAMPSHIRE
3,145.16
28
1.16
21
UTAH
3,139.18
29
1.32
18
IDAHO
3,135.02
30
1.22
19
MONTANA
3,080.78
31
1.70
6
KENTUCKY
2,929.93
32
1.63
7
NEW MEXICO
2,882.35
33
0.84
36
ARIZONA
2,875.04
34
0.98
30
NORTH DAKOTA
2,825.24
35
0.73
40
ALABAMA
2,801.75
36
0.95
33
INDIANA
2,760.15
37
0.89
35
TEXAS
2,748.89
38
0.97
31
ARKANSAS
2,738.50
39
1.32
17
GEORGIA
2,704.25
40
1.03
25
SOUTH DAKOTA
2,668.04
41
1.37
15
NEBRASKA
2,663.53
42
1.47
13
SOUTH CAROLINA
2,656.13
43
0.96
32
OKLAHOMA
2,622.35
44
1.74
5
TENNESSEE
2,584.43
45
1.08
23
FLORIDA
2,560.65
46
0.55
43
KANSAS
2,468.64
47
1.01
26
WEST VIRGINIA
2,402.28
48
1.85
4
MISSOURI
2,356.20
49
1.34
16
MISSISSIPPI
2,273.02
50
0.83
37

source: US Census Bureau

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