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Indicator 1.5: Ratio of Average VR Hourly Wage To Average State Hourly Wage: Fiscal Year 2006 General and Combined Agencies

Agency Average Hourly Wage for Individuals with Competitive Employment Outcomes Average Annual State Wage 2006 (Fiscal Year Wage) Average Hourly State Wage for 2006 (Fiscal Year Wage) Ratio of Average Hourly VR Wage to Average State Wage: Indicator 1.5 (>=.52)
ALABAMA-C 8.43 35,776 17.20 0.490
ALASKA-C 12.92 41,223 19.82 0.652
AMERICAN SAMOA-C 12.68     N/A
ARIZONA-C 10.13 39,533 19.01 0.533
ARKANSAS-G 9.84 32,123 15.44 0.637
CALIFORNIA-C 11.02 47,775 22.97 0.480
COLORADO-C 10.31 42,978 20.66 0.499
CONNECTICUT-G 16.06 54,548 26.23 0.612
DELAWARE-G 9.64 46,800 22.50 0.428
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA-C 11.84 69,225 33.28 0.356
FLORIDA-G 10.78 38,025 18.28 0.590
GEORGIA-C 8.65 40,157 19.31 0.448
GUAM-C 8.05     N/A
HAWAII-C 11.02 37,466 18.01 0.612
IDAHO-G 9.28 31,980 15.38 0.603
ILLINOIS-C 9.41 45,084 21.68 0.434
INDIANA-C 11.56 36,309 17.46 0.662
IOWA-G 9.91 33,969 16.33 0.607
KANSAS-C 8.77 35,113 16.88 0.519
KENTUCKY-G 10.26 34,853 16.76 0.612
LOUISIANA-C 11.55 36,062 17.34 0.666
MAINE-G 10.50 33,553 16.13 0.651
MARYLAND-C 10.12 45,747 21.99 0.460
MASSACHUSETTS-G 11.69 51,779 24.89 0.470
MICHIGAN-G 11.14 41,938 20.16 0.552
MINNESOTA-G 10.42 41,704 20.05 0.520
MISSISSIPPI-C 10.51 30,966 14.89 0.706
MISSOURI-G 9.20 36,920 17.75 0.518
MONTANA-C 9.39 30,147 14.49 0.648
NEBRASKA-G 9.06 33,501 16.11 0.562
NEVADA-C 10.75 39,494 18.99 0.566
NEW HAMPSHIRE-C 10.43 41,522 19.96 0.523
NEW JERSEY-G 10.86 51,051 24.54 0.443
NEW MEXICO-G 10.41 33,930 16.31 0.638
NEW YORK-G 10.04 54,691 26.29 0.382
NORTH CAROLINA-G 8.80 37,076 17.83 0.494
NORTH DAKOTA-C 10.07 30,940 14.88 0.677
NORTHERN MARIANAS-C 14.75     N/A
OHIO-C 11.23 38,272 18.40 0.610
OKLAHOMA-C 9.77 33,540 16.13 0.606
OREGON-G 10.18 37,596 18.08 0.563
PENNSYLVANIA-C 10.34 40,872 19.65 0.526
PUERTO RICO-C 7.63 23,348 11.23 0.680
RHODE ISLAND-C 10.24 40,079 19.27 0.532
SOUTH CAROLINA-G 9.75 34,008 16.35 0.597
SOUTH DAKOTA-G 7.77 29,952 14.40 0.540
TENNESSEE-C 10.00 36,985 17.78 0.562
TEXAS-G 10.08 41,795 20.09 0.502
UTAH-C 10.55 34,606 16.64 0.634
VERMONT-G 10.01 35,217 16.93 0.591
VIRGIN ISLANDS-C 11.39 34,840 16.75 0.680
VIRGINIA-G 9.21 43,602 20.96 0.439
WASHINGTON-G 10.15 42,341 20.36 0.499
WEST VIRGINIA-C 9.77 32,331 15.54 0.629
WISCONSIN-C 10.12 36,413 17.51 0.578
WYOMING-C 10.37 35,620 17.13 0.606

FY2006 file of 2/14/2007

Only preliminary state wage data for 2006 were available in February, 2007.

State average wage uses 4 quarters that are comparable to the Fiscal Year 2007.

Average wage was computed from average weekly wages Quarters 1, 2, and 3 (preliminary) of 2006 and 4th Quarter (final) of 2005.

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