Manufacturing Employment and Payroll 1997-2000
Source: Geographic Area Statistics: 2000, U.S. Census of Manufacturing

State	Employment				Payroll ($1,000s)				Average Pay/Employee
	1,997	2,000	% Change	Rank	1,997	2,000	% Change	Rank	1,997	2,000	% Change	Rank
Alabama	351,466	336,602	(4.23)	44	10,170,963	10,478,653	3.03	48	28,939	31,131	7.57	39
Alaska	10,722	12,635	17.84	2	329,324	390,822	18.67	5	30,715	30,932	0.71	51
Arizona	193,303	200,754	3.85	8	6,740,161	7,730,349	14.69	10	34,868	38,507	10.43	17
Arkansas	229,093	235,327	2.72	14	5,756,536	6,530,969	13.45	15	25,128	27,753	10.45	15
California	1,795,000	1,846,255	2.86	12	65,346,827	72,309,661	10.66	23	36,405	39,166	7.58	37
Colorado	172,307	170,848	(0.85)	27	6,170,883	6,815,812	10.45	24	35,813	39,894	11.39	11
Connecticut	250,848	238,036	(5.11)	46	10,401,916	10,675,492	2.63	50	41,467	44,848	8.15	34
Delaware	39,954	40,697	1.86	21	1,489,381	1,612,317	8.25	29	37,277	39,618	6.28	46
District of Col.	2,847	2,918	2.49	18	100,865	118,029	17.02	8	35,429	40,449	14.17	4
Florida	427,566	426,135	(0.33)	25	12,973,069	14,144,607	9.03	25	30,342	33,193	9.40	28
Georgia	531,450	514,368	(3.21)	38	15,473,204	16,479,717	6.50	35	29,115	32,039	10.04	21
Hawaii	15,093	14,564	(3.50)	39	404,629	420,041	3.81	43	26,809	28,841	7.58	37
Idaho	65,997	64,958	(1.57)	31	2,094,462	2,806,170	33.98	1	31,736	43,200	36.12	1
Illinois	883,358	867,634	(1.78)	32	31,686,026	33,650,171	6.20	36	35,870	38,784	8.12	35
Indiana	625,684	638,330	2.02	20	22,163,782	24,608,070	11.03	22	35,423	38,551	8.83	32
Iowa	236,865	248,326	4.84	7	7,604,137	8,517,842	12.02	19	32,103	34,301	6.85	45
Kansas	193,002	196,309	1.71	22	6,513,519	6,989,779	7.31	33	33,748	35,606	5.50	48
Kentucky	288,541	293,088	1.58	23	9,197,961	10,499,780	14.15	13	31,877	35,825	12.38	8
Louisiana	164,938	162,910	(1.23)	28	6,025,203	6,298,978	4.54	39	36,530	38,665	5.85	47
Maine	81,279	79,788	(1.83)	33	2,562,912	2,926,204	14.17	12	31,532	36,675	16.31	3
Maryland	163,145	167,299	2.55	17	5,810,016	7,048,756	21.32	3	35,613	42,133	18.31	2
Massachusetts	415,224	389,150	(6.28)	49	16,274,205	16,844,532	3.50	44	39,194	43,285	10.44	16
Michigan	828,396	809,927	(2.23)	34	34,209,572	36,757,662	7.45	31	41,296	45,384	9.90	23
Minnesota	379,938	390,180	2.70	15	13,069,217	14,926,926	14.21	11	34,398	38,257	11.22	12
Mississippi	227,007	214,848	(5.36)	48	5,580,639	5,863,365	5.07	38	24,584	27,291	11.01	13
Missouri	367,549	362,450	(1.39)	29	11,551,114	12,547,655	8.63	27	31,427	34,619	10.16	20
Montana	19,478	21,406	9.90	3	557,878	643,629	15.37	9	28,641	30,068	4.98	49
Nebraska	106,556	110,332	3.54	9	3,034,134	3,447,545	13.63	14	28,475	31,247	9.74	25
Nevada	37,473	39,945	6.60	5	1,164,476	1,369,977	17.65	6	31,075	34,297	10.37	18
New Hampshire	97,928	101,258	3.40	10	3,318,423	3,901,834	17.58	7	33,886	38,534	13.71	5
New Jersey	407,272	390,624	(4.09)	43	15,314,686	16,009,358	4.54	39	37,603	40,984	8.99	30
New Mexico	39,539	36,607	(7.42)	50	1,131,505	1,168,849	3.30	45	28,617	31,930	11.57	9
New York	778,833	738,206	(5.22)	47	26,319,424	27,159,864	3.19	46	33,793	36,792	8.87	31
North Carolina	771,474	744,042	(3.56)	40	21,202,451	22,995,047	8.45	28	27,483	30,906	12.45	7
North Dakota	21,948	23,879	8.80	4	604,532	720,681	19.21	4	27,544	30,181	9.57	26
Ohio	980,133	985,785	0.58	24	35,811,374	38,662,771	7.96	30	36,537	39,220	7.34	41
Oklahoma	163,812	172,409	5.25	6	4,967,086	5,589,675	12.53	18	30,322	32,421	6.92	43
Oregon	211,329	205,485	(2.77)	35	7,045,200	7,329,519	4.04	41	33,338	35,669	6.99	42
Pennsylvania	820,204	794,841	(3.09)	37	27,528,493	29,154,114	5.91	37	33,563	36,679	9.28	29
Rhode Island	74,666	74,053	(0.82)	26	2,264,507	2,469,006	9.03	25	30,328	33,341	9.93	22
South Carolina	343,452	330,698	(3.71)	41	10,312,408	11,070,785	7.35	32	30,026	33,477	11.49	10
South Dakota	46,287	41,924	(9.43)	51	1,155,969	1,179,167	2.01	51	24,974	28,126	12.62	6
Tennessee	482,639	468,246	(2.98)	36	14,329,669	15,323,831	6.94	34	29,690	32,726	10.22	19
Texas	958,232	979,029	2.17	19	32,718,983	36,990,890	13.06	16	34,145	37,783	10.65	14
Utah	121,899	125,910	3.29	11	3,765,895	4,202,639	11.60	20	30,894	33,378	8.04	36
Vermont	42,503	43,691	2.80	13	1,457,047	1,645,934	12.96	17	34,281	37,672	9.89	24
Virginia	370,242	351,794	(4.98)	45	11,549,863	12,014,432	4.02	42	31,195	34,152	9.48	27
Washington	327,207	322,241	(1.52)	30	12,970,253	13,315,812	2.66	49	39,639	41,323	4.25	50
West Virginia	72,425	69,525	(4.00)	42	2,453,353	2,529,891	3.12	47	33,874	36,388	7.42	40
Wisconsin	560,582	574,923	2.56	16	18,874,331	21,012,866	11.33	21	33,669	36,549	8.55	33
Wyoming	8,448	10,234	21.14	1	256,382	332,046	29.51	2	30,348	32,445	6.91	44
U.S. Total	16,805,127	16,681,425	(0.74)		569,808,845	618,216,523	8.50		33,907	37,060	9.30

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