Rank List: States in Profile

Food Manufacturing Average Production Worker Wage per Hour in 2019

Rank	State	FIPS Code	Production Worker Avg Hourly Wage
1	Iowa	19000	$24.82
2	North Dakota	38000	$24.75
3	Oklahoma	40000	$24.17
4	Arizona	04000	$23.62
5	Pennsylvania	42000	$23.50
6	Wisconsin	55000	$23.48
7	Vermont	50000	$23.41
8	Washington	53000	$23.18
9	New York	36000	$22.81
10	Illinois	17000	$22.68
11	Maryland	24000	$22.52
12	Tennessee	47000	$22.48
13	Massachusetts	25000	$22.45
14	Montana	30000	$22.24
15	Rhode Island	44000	$22.13
16	Indiana	18000	$22.07
17	Kentucky	21000	$22.02
18	Florida	12000	$21.89
19	Ohio	39000	$21.79
20	California	06000	$21.78
20	New Mexico	35000	$21.78
22	West Virginia	54000	$21.63
23	Missouri	29000	$21.57
24	Utah	49000	$21.46
25	Connecticut	09000	$21.40
26	New Hampshire	33000	$21.19
27	Nebraska	31000	$21.02
28	Michigan	26000	$20.93
29	Maine	23000	$20.90
30	Minnesota	27000	$20.63
31	Idaho	16000	$20.61
31	South Dakota	46000	$20.61
33	New Jersey	34000	$20.47
34	Colorado	08000	$20.38
35	Alaska	02000	$20.11
36	Oregon	41000	$20.08
37	Texas	48000	$20.06
38	Kansas	20000	$20.02
39	Virginia	51000	$19.50
40	District of Columbia	11000	$18.80
41	Hawaii	15000	$18.72
42	Nevada	32000	$18.64
43	Wyoming	56000	$18.54
44	Louisiana	22000	$18.35
45	Georgia	13000	$18.32
46	Arkansas	05000	$17.74
47	North Carolina	37000	$17.68
48	South Carolina	45000	$17.45
49	Delaware	10000	$16.42
50	Mississippi	28000	$15.84
51	Alabama	01000	$14.96

Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of Manufactures

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