Comparisons of Total Production Labor Costs in Manufacturing
Including Fringe Benefits a
Puerto Rico vs. total U.S. and individual states
Area
Earnings
(in current $)
Total Production
Labor Cost
(in current $)
Index b
MAINLAND US (total)
15.18
20.93
100
PUERTO RICO
9.87
13.91
66.5
ALABAMA
13.34
18.10
86.5
ALASKA
12.70
17.15
81.9
ARIZONA
13.17
17.78
85.0
ARKANSAS
12.43
16.86
80.5
CALIFORNIA
14.68
19.82
94.7
COLORADO
15.60
21.05
100.6
CONNECTICUT
16.14
22.42
107.1
DELAWARE
16.58
22.50
107.5
FLORIDA
12.75
17.30
82.7
GEORGIA
13.10
17.78
84.9
HAWAII
14.12
19.07
91.1
IDAHO
15.30
20.65
98.7
ILLINOIS
14.67
20.45
97.7
INDIANA
16.25
22.66
108.2
IOWA
14.94
20.83
99.5
KANSAS
15.22
21.22
101.4
KENTUCKY
15.30
20.76
99.2
LOUISIANA
15.95
21.64
103.4
MAINE
15.25
21.18
101.2
MARYLAND
15.28
20.74
99.1
MASSACHUSETTS
15.30
21.25
101.5
MICHIGAN
19.52
27.22
130.0
MINNESOTA
15.32
21.35
102.0
MISSISSIPPI
12.12
16.45
78.6
MISSOURI
14.83
20.67
98.7
MONTANA
14.86
20.06
95.8
NEBRASKA
13.38
18.06
86.3
NEVADA
14.21
19.19
91.7
NEW HAMPSHIRE
13.90
19.31
92.3
NEW JERSEY
15.88
22.06
105.4
NEW MEXICO
14.24
19.23
91.8
NEW YORK
14.77
20.52
98.0
NORTH CAROLINA
13.25
17.98
85.9
NORTH DAKOTA
12.56
17.51
83.6
OHIO
17.16
23.92
114.3
OKLAHOMA
13.01
17.65
84.3
OREGON
15.70
21.19
101.2
PENNSYLVANIA
14.89
20.68
98.8
RHODE ISLAND
12.17
16.91
80.8
SOUTH CAROLINA
11.20
15.20
72.6
SOUTH DAKOTA
11.49
16.01
76.5
TENNESSEE
13.45
18.25
87.2
TEXAS
12.57
17.05
81.5
UTAH
13.94
18.82
89.9
VERMONT
14.29
19.85
94.8
VIRGINIA
14.25
19.33
92.3
WASHINGTON
17.65
23.83
113.8
WEST VIRGINIA
14.98
20.33
97.1
WISCONSIN
15.25
21.26
101.6
WYOMING
16.49
22.26
106.4