About the Midwest: Workforce

Alliant Energy service territory

Rank

State

Wages/hour

Value-added/hour

17

Iowa

$16.63

$116.25

29

Minnesota

$17.61

$105.80

38

Wisconsin

$17.93

$96.40

State-by-state rankings

Rank

State

Wages/hour

Value-added/hour

1

New Mexico

$17.65

$476.58

2

Louisiana

$20.64

$323.44

3

Delaware

$19.21

$262.84

4

Wyoming

$19.79

$195.75

5

Texas

$17.52

$154.38

6

Washington

$19.45

$147.36

7

Idaho

$15.98

$139.39

8

Oregon

$18.03

$135.01

9

Massachusetts

$18.71

$129.45

10

Connecticut

$20.08

$129.19

11

New Jersey

$18.65

$126.02

12

North Carolina

$15.48

$123.50

13

Maryland

$18.71

$122.12

14

Nevada

$16.67

$122.04

15

New York

$17.51

$120.68

16

California

$17.01

$120.21

17

Iowa

$16.63

$116.25

18

Virginia

$17.13

$115.59

19

Arizona

$18.09

$114.73

20

Vermont

$19.08

$112.58

21

Pennsylvania

$17.65

$110.96

22

Montana

$18.46

$109.43

23

Illinois

$17.74

$109.35

24

Indiana

$19.31

$107.92

25

Colorado

$17.70

$107.91

25

Tennessee

$16.84

$107.91

27

Missouri

$18.78

$107.73

28

Ohio

$19.28

$106.41

29

Minnesota

$17.61

$105.80

30

Utah

$16.52

$104.66

31

Hawaii

$16.12

$103.21

32

West Virginia

$17.55

$102.48

33

North Dakota

$16.28

$102.41

34

Oklahoma

$17.15

$101.60

35

Kentucky

$18.31

$100.62

36

Florida

$15.59

$100.36

37

Michigan

$21.75

$97.89

38

Wisconsin

$17.93

$96.40

39

Maine

$18.56

$95.79

40

New Hampshire

$17.43

$95.61

41

Georgia

$15.69

$95.57

42

South Carolina

$16.92

$94.10

43

Rhode Island

$15.84

$93.47

44

Kansas

$17.41

$92.74

45

Alaska

$14.33

$90.75

46

Alabama

$16.21

$90.40

47

Nebraska

$15.32

$89.53

48

Arkansas

$14.81

$88.74

49

South Dakota

$14.93

$88.26

50

Mississippi

$14.30

$64.26