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Idaho Wages Dropped Ground to National Wages in 2012
The average and median hourly wages for all occupations in Idaho slipped against the nationwide regular and median wages among spring 2011 and spring 2012, according to Idaho's latest Occupational Employment & Wage Survey.
The survey of practically eleven,000 employers in excess of three years by means of spring 2012 discovered the typical hourly wage for all occupations in Idaho was $ 18.48, or eighty four percent of the countrywide average wage to rank 46th amongst the states and Washington, D.C. The median wage was $ 14.fifty eight an hour, or 87.three % of the national median to rank 43rd.
The study established the average hourly wage in Idaho in spring 2011 at $ eighteen.fifty two, or eighty five.two per cent of the countrywide common to rank forty fiveth. Idaho’s median wage in spring 2011 was $ fourteen.51, or 87.6 % of the countrywide median to rank forty threerd.
The median wage is the wage where 50 % the personnel make much less and half make far more.
In the previous ten years, Idaho’s median wage has fallen from in excess of ninety five p.c of the countrywide median to 87 percent even though the typical wage has dropped from above 90 per cent to eighty four p.c.
The drop underscored the relevance of postsecondary instruction necessary to secure employment with normally higher paychecks. The department’s yearly “Education and Coaching Pay out!” poster emphasizes the fiscal return education and instruction supply over a operating lifetime. The poster is at
Common
Rank
Median
Rank
US
$ 22.01
$ sixteen.seventy one
Alabama
$ 19.01
39
$ fourteen.forty
47
Alaska
$ twenty five.02
seven
$ 20.92
two
Arizona
$ 21.13
21
$ 16.34
24
Arkansas
$ 17.72
forty nine
$ thirteen.seventy nine
49
California
$ 25.seventeen
5
$ eighteen.64
9
Colorado
$ 23.13
13
$ seventeen.84
eleven
Connecticut
$ twenty five.85
three
$ twenty.20
4
Delaware
$ 23.25
12
$ 17.sixty five
fourteen
District of Columbia
$ 36.51
one
$ 29.79
one
Florida
$ 19.sixty eight
33
$ fourteen.seventy two
41
Georgia
$ twenty.82
24
$ 15.forty eight
31
Hawaii
$ 21.54
eighteen
$ 17.47
16
Idaho
$ 18.48
forty six
$ fourteen.58
43
Illinois
$ 22.68
14
$ 17.06
19
Indiana
$ 19.38
37
$ 15.26
34
Iowa
$ 19.02
38
$ fifteen.33
32
Kansas
$ 19.fifty three
36
$ fifteen.06
37
Kentucky
$ eighteen.72
forty four
$ fourteen.seventy eight
forty
Louisiana
$ eighteen.86
forty two
$ 14.93
39
Maine
$ 19.sixty four
34
$ fifteen.84
28
Maryland
$ 25.seventeen
six
$ 19.52
5
Massachusetts
$ 26.73
two
$ 20.88
three
Michigan
$ 21.fourteen
20
$ sixteen.fifty two
22
Minnesota
$ 22.forty two
fifteen
$ seventeen.74
12
Mississippi
$ 16.98
51
$ 13.37
fifty one
Missouri
$ 19.seventy nine
32
$ 15.21
35
Montana
$ 18.29
47
$ fourteen.forty nine
forty six
Nebraska
$ 19.00
40
$ fifteen.01
38
Nevada
$ twenty.16
27
$ 15.87
27
New Hampshire
$ 21.92
sixteen
$ 17.eighteen
17
New Jersey
$ twenty five.00
8
$ 19.17
eight
New Mexico
$ 19.92
31
$ fifteen.11
36
New York
$ 25.76
four
$ 19.19
7
North Carolina
$ twenty.07
30
$ 15.31
33
North Dakota
$ 19.sixty four
35
$ sixteen.40
23
Ohio
$ twenty.fifty two
26
$ sixteen.03
26
Oklahoma
$ 18.83
forty three
$ fourteen.52
forty four
Oregon
$ 21.75
seventeen
$ 17.fourteen
18
Pennsylvania
$ 21.forty
19
$ 16.seventy eight
twenty
Rhode Island
$ 23.31
eleven
$ 17.96
ten
South Carolina
$ eighteen.sixty one
forty five
$ 14.fifty two
45
South Dakota
$ seventeen.32
fifty
$ thirteen.99
forty eight
Tennessee
$ eighteen.ninety
forty one
$ 14.fifty nine
forty two
Texas
$ twenty.ninety seven
23
$ fifteen.fifty five
thirty
Utah
$ 20.12
29
$ 15.75
29
Vermont
$ 21.00
22
$ sixteen.sixty one
21
Virginia
$ 23.82
10
$ seventeen.61
fifteen
Washington
$ 24.fifty nine
9
$ 19.47
six
West Virginia
$ 17.84
48
$ thirteen.73
fifty
Wisconsin
$ 20.15
28
$ 16.18
twenty five
Wyoming
$ twenty.seventy six
25
$ seventeen.67
thirteen
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics