Table 3

Raising rates on high-income taxpayers and spending on infrastructure, job impact by state

2013 2014 2015 2016* 2017*
Total 631,952 933,968 966,194 973,245 980,619
Alabama 10,246 15,143 15,665 15,779 15,899
Alaska 1,663 2,458 2,543 2,561 2,581
Arizona 11,140 16,464 17,032 17,156 17,286
Arkansas 6,359 9,398 9,722 9,793 9,867
California 53,776 79,476 82,219 82,819 83,446
Colorado 10,723 15,848 16,395 16,514 16,640
Connecticut 5,731 8,469 8,761 8,825 8,892
Delaware 2,111 3,119 3,227 3,251 3,275
District of Columbia 4,008 5,923 6,127 6,172 6,219
Florida 32,939 48,682 50,361 50,729 51,113
Georgia 19,362 28,615 29,602 29,818 30,044
Hawaii 2,999 4,432 4,585 4,618 4,653
Idaho 3,221 4,760 4,925 4,961 4,998
Illinois 26,606 39,321 40,677 40,974 41,285
Indiana 15,622 23,087 23,884 24,058 24,240
Iowa 8,432 12,462 12,892 12,986 13,084
Kansas 7,089 10,476 10,838 10,917 11,000
Kentucky 9,984 14,755 15,264 15,375 15,492
Louisiana 10,461 15,461 15,994 16,111 16,233
Maine 3,235 4,780 4,945 4,981 5,019
Maryland 10,573 15,626 16,165 16,283 16,407
Massachusetts 13,814 20,416 21,121 21,275 21,436
Michigan 20,143 29,770 30,797 31,021 31,256
Minnesota 13,088 19,343 20,010 20,156 20,309
Mississippi 6,002 8,870 9,176 9,243 9,313
Missouri 14,253 21,065 21,792 21,951 22,117
Montana 2,371 3,505 3,626 3,652 3,680
Nebraska 5,248 7,756 8,023 8,082 8,143
Nevada 5,310 7,847 8,118 8,177 8,239
New Hampshire 2,974 4,395 4,546 4,579 4,614
New Jersey 14,106 20,848 21,567 21,725 21,889
New Mexico 4,367 6,453 6,676 6,725 6,776
New York 38,859 57,431 59,412 59,846 60,299
North Carolina 20,403 30,154 31,194 31,422 31,660
North Dakota 2,355 3,480 3,600 3,626 3,654
Ohio 27,504 40,648 42,051 42,358 42,679
Oklahoma 8,598 12,707 13,145 13,241 13,342
Oregon 8,454 12,494 12,925 13,020 13,118
Pennsylvania 29,273 43,263 44,756 45,083 45,424
Rhode Island 2,283 3,374 3,491 3,516 3,543
South Carolina 9,985 14,757 15,266 15,378 15,494
South Dakota 2,331 3,445 3,564 3,590 3,617
Tennessee 14,277 21,099 21,827 21,987 22,153
Texas 51,309 75,829 78,446 79,018 79,617
Utah 6,491 9,594 9,925 9,997 10,073
Vermont 1,563 2,309 2,389 2,407 2,425
Virginia 16,341 24,151 24,984 25,166 25,357
Washington 13,310 19,670 20,349 20,498 20,653
West Virginia 4,352 6,432 6,653 6,702 6,753
Wisconsin 14,799 21,871 22,626 22,791 22,964
Wyoming 1,514 2,238 2,315 2,332 2,349

*Assuming economy remains below full employment

Source: Author's analysis of data from Citizens for Tax Justice (2008), the Budget for All (Fieldhouse and Thiess 2012), and Bureau of Labor Statistics (2012)

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