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You can see here which states are creating middle-skill jobs—jobs that pay between $13.84 and $21.13 per hour. “At the bottom, Rhode Island is the only state that’s lost middle-wage jobs the last few years. Coincidentally, it’s also seen a decline in high-wage jobs, meaning all of its job growth has been in occupations that pay $13.83 or lower,” according Joshua Wright at Newgeography.com.

State Name 2013 Jobs New Jobs Since 2010 (Total) New Jobs Since 2010 (Mid-Wage) Share of New Jobs Since 2010 (Mid-Wage)
Source: QCEW Employees, Non-QCEW Employees & Self-Employed – EMSI 2013.3 Class of Worker

Wyoming

319,672

7,607

3,411

45%

Iowa

1,689,811

58,987

21,902

37%

North Dakota

492,918

71,607

25,970

36%

Michigan

4,391,882

214,075

74,536

35%

Arizona

2,805,158

155,430

53,115

34%

Alaska

388,436

9,790

3,296

34%

New Mexico

913,612

13,215

4,315

33%

Oklahoma

1,786,664

66,837

21,153

32%

Minnesota

3,007,618

128,418

39,433

31%

Pennsylvania

6,215,891

123,999

37,616

30%

Vermont

356,643

10,494

3,158

30%

Hawaii

742,002

27,637

8,262

30%

Kentucky

2,038,143

72,485

21,562

30%

South Carolina

2,085,991

83,597

24,601

29%

Wisconsin

2,989,657

60,737

17,661

29%

Louisiana

2,143,399

64,696

18,736

29%

Ohio

5,585,543

159,403

44,960

28%

Indiana

3,160,881

146,127

40,050

27%

Kansas

1,530,232

35,131

9,471

27%

Colorado

2,668,013

153,362

40,122

26%

Nebraska

1,059,262

28,648

7,430

26%

Texas

12,485,450

904,317

226,927

25%

Tennessee

3,061,383

144,846

34,657

24%

Utah

1,408,139

112,919

26,974

24%

California

17,523,783

913,413

208,707

23%

Massachusetts

3,679,152

149,301

33,836

23%

Oregon

1,908,085

66,034

14,817

22%

North Carolina

4,564,124

202,606

45,008

22%

Georgia

4,449,841

182,068

40,297

22%

Montana

511,880

18,730

4,122

22%

Maryland

2,881,471

103,598

22,439

22%

Nevada

1,260,218

47,951

10,160

21%

Idaho

724,549

26,236

5,250

20%

South Dakota

472,376

12,811

2,476

19%

District of Columbia

775,185

23,111

4,378

19%

Washington

3,379,817

140,985

26,352

19%

West Virginia

789,978

22,278

4,134

19%

Arkansas

1,302,641

15,044

2,652

18%

Illinois

6,243,694

178,096

30,999

17%

Missouri

2,988,014

62,799

10,803

17%

Maine

672,708

2,998

508

17%

Delaware

453,952

12,810

2,133

17%

Florida

8,370,099

373,274

61,868

17%

Alabama

2,084,701

22,075

3,605

16%

Connecticut

1,831,478

44,701

7,161

16%

Virginia

4,175,545

133,765

19,079

14%

New Jersey

4,211,361

104,096

14,478

14%

New Hampshire

702,271

13,694

1,877

14%

New York

9,602,939

325,490

43,591

13%

Mississippi

1,255,654

22,961

2,236

10%

Rhode Island

503,723

5,140

-46

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Total

150,645,641

6,080,429

1,502,652

25%
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