Share of employment by wage multiple of poverty wage, by state, 2010

State 0% to 100% >100% to 200% >200% to 300% >300%
UNITED STATES 26.0% 40.8% 18.5% 14.7%
Mississippi 33.7% 43.3% 14.1% 8.9%
Tennessee 32.8% 42.8% 14.1% 10.3%
Arkansas 32.5% 48.4% 13.4% 5.7%
Alabama 32.5% 41.0% 19.2% 7.3%
Texas 32.4% 40.2% 16.0% 11.3%
Louisiana 32.3% 39.4% 16.7% 11.6%
Kentucky 31.2% 44.3% 16.5% 8.1%
Idaho 31.0% 42.3% 16.5% 10.1%
Montana 31.0% 44.8% 16.2% 8.0%
Oklahoma 30.7% 43.4% 16.6% 9.3%
New Mexico 29.8% 38.7% 18.5% 13.0%
Indiana 28.5% 43.6% 18.5% 9.4%
Michigan 28.3% 39.0% 19.2% 13.6%
South Carolina 28.3% 45.9% 16.9% 8.9%
West Virginia 28.2% 41.9% 18.7% 11.1%
Georgia 28.0% 39.0% 19.5% 13.5%
North Carolina 28.0% 42.7% 17.9% 11.4%
Nevada 27.7% 45.7% 15.9% 10.8%
Ohio 27.3% 43.7% 18.6% 10.4%
Missouri 27.2% 43.0% 18.0% 11.7%
South Dakota 27.2% 52.5% 13.2% 7.1%
Oregon 27.0% 41.6% 16.8% 14.6%
Utah 26.5% 44.7% 17.7% 11.1%
Kansas 26.4% 46.0% 15.9% 11.6%
Iowa 26.3% 48.5% 17.4% 7.8%
Illinois 26.0% 38.9% 19.7% 15.4%
Florida 25.4% 43.6% 18.2% 12.8%
Arizona 25.3% 44.0% 16.5% 14.2%
Maine 25.3% 46.3% 18.0% 10.5%
California 25.1% 37.7% 17.8% 19.4%
Nebraska 25.0% 48.5% 16.5% 10.0%
North Dakota 24.5% 50.6% 16.4% 8.5%
Rhode Island 24.5% 39.0% 19.9% 16.6%
New York 24.1% 37.6% 20.2% 18.1%
Pennsylvania 23.6% 43.2% 19.6% 13.6%
Hawaii 23.5% 46.7% 17.5% 12.3%
Wyoming 23.4% 46.2% 22.2% 8.2%
Virginia 23.4% 36.7% 19.6% 20.2%
Wisconsin 23.0% 47.1% 19.4% 10.5%
Delaware 22.7% 40.2% 21.4% 15.7%
Vermont 21.9% 47.2% 20.1% 10.7%
New Jersey 21.8% 32.7% 20.5% 25.1%
Colorado 21.4% 40.1% 20.4% 18.1%
Minnesota 20.4% 43.1% 20.9% 15.6%
Washington 19.5% 39.9% 22.0% 18.7%
Maryland 19.3% 37.7% 20.4% 22.7%
New Hampshire 19.2% 42.2% 21.1% 17.6%
Connecticut 18.6% 35.1% 22.2% 24.0%
Massachusetts 17.6% 37.1% 21.6% 23.7%
Alaska 17.5% 44.5% 22.4% 15.6%
District of Columbia 11.6% 35.1% 24.6% 28.7%

 

Note: Data were calculated using poverty data for a four-person household.

Source: Author's analysis of Current Population Survey Outgoing Rotation Group microdata

View the underlying data on epi.org.