“Top 5 best state economies”
February 18, 2020
“Massachusetts
The unemployment rate in Massachusetts was 2.9 percent as of November, below the national rate of 3.6 percent. The average annual wage as of 2018, was $63,910, and $121,350 for those earners in the 90th percentile…
Colorado
The unemployment rate in Colorado was even lower than that of Massachusetts at 2.6 percent as of November. That is a decline of 1 percent from the prior year. The average annual wage as of 2018 was $55,820, and for those in the 90th percentile, it was $104,110…
California
As of November, California’s unemployment rate had declined by 0.2 percent year over year to 3.9 percent. Average wages between 2014 and 2018 rose by nearly 10 percent, with the average wage reaching $59,150 by 2018…
New Jersey
New Jersey’s unemployment rate as of November was slightly lower than the national rate, at 3.4 percent. The top 90th percentile earned an average annual wage of $111,920 in 2018, and the average of all earners across the state was $58,210….
Virginia
After a 0.2 percent year over year decline, the unemployment rate in November was 2.6 percent in Virginia. The average annual wage in the state was $55,310 as of 2018. For those in the 90th percentile, it was about double that amount – at $110,140…”
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