The Only State that Lost Middle-Wage Jobs

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	–
Total	150,645,641	6,080,429	1,502,652	25%

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