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In reply to the discussion: THE PAY IS TOO DAMN LOW [View all]aggiesal
(8,972 posts)Last edited Wed Aug 7, 2013, 05:02 PM - Edit history (1)
Below is the list with the states paying the most at the top,
and the states paying the least at the bottom.
Also, [font color=blue]Blue[/font] for the state that voted for Obama in 2012
and [font color=red]Red[/font] for the state that didn't.
You'll notice that the top 10 states and top 13 of 15 are all blue.
Also that the bottom 5 states, and bottom 12 of 15 are all red.
[font color=blue] 1 Massachusetts $653 Blue[/font]
[font color=blue] 2 Washington $604 Blue[/font]
[font color=blue] 3 NewJersey $600 Blue[/font]
[font color=blue] 4 Minnesota $585 Blue[/font]
[font color=blue] 5 Pennsylvania $573 Blue[/font]
[font color=blue] 6 RhodeIsland $566 Blue[/font]
[font color=blue] 7 Hawaii $560 Blue[/font]
[font color=blue] 8 Connecticut $555 Blue[/font]
[font color=blue] 9 Ohio $524 Blue[/font]
[font color=blue] 10 Oregon $507 Blue[/font]
[font color=red] 11 North Dakota $470 Red[/font]
[font color=blue] 12 Iowa $459 Blue[/font]
[font color=red] 13 Arkansas $457 Red[/font]
[font color=blue] 14 New Mexico $455 Blue[/font]
[font color=blue] 15 Colorado $454 Blue[/font]
[font color=red] 16 Utah $451 Red[/font]
[font color=blue] 17 California $450 Blue[/font]
[font color=red] 18 Montana $446 Red[/font]
[font color=red] 19 Alaska $441 Red[/font]
[font color=blue] 20 New Hampshire $427 Blue[/font]
[font color=red] 21 Texas $426 Red[/font]
[font color=blue] 22 Vermont $425 Blue[/font]
[font color=red] 23 West Virginia $424 Red[/font]
[font color=red] 24 Kansas $420 Red[/font]
[font color=red] 25 Kentucky $415 Red[/font]
[font color=blue] 26 Maryland $410 Blue[/font]
[font color=blue] 27 New York $405 Blue[/font]
[font color=blue] 28 Nevada $398 Blue[/font]
[font color=red] 29 Indiana $390 Red[/font]
[font color=red] 30 Wyoming $387 Red[/font]
[font color=blue] 31 Illinois $385 Blue[/font]
[font color=blue] 32 Virginia $378 Blue[/font]
[font color=blue] 33 Maine $372 Blue[/font]
[font color=red] 34 Oklahoma $368 Red[/font]
[font color=blue] 35 Wisconsin $363 Blue[/font]
[font color=blue] 36 Michigan $362 Blue[/font]
[font color=red] 37 North Carolina $350 Red[/font]
[font color=red] 38 Nebraska $348 Red[/font]
[font color=red] 39 Idaho $343 Red[/font]
[font color=blue] 40 Delaware $330 Blue[/font]
[font color=red] 41 Georgia $330 Red[/font]
[font color=red] 42 South Carolina $326 Red[/font]
[font color=red] 43 Missouri $320 Red[/font]
[font color=red] 44 South Dakota $295 Red[/font]
[font color=blue] 45 Florida $275 Blue[/font]
[font color=red] 46 Tennessee $275 Red[/font]
[font color=red] 47 Alabama $265 Red[/font]
[font color=red] 48 Louisiana $258 Red[/font]
[font color=red] 49 Arizona $240 Red[/font]
[font color=red] 50 Mississippi $235 Red[/font]