U.S. private wage-and-salary workers as a share of civilian employment; % by state, 2024.
Private wage-and-salary workers are compared across the 50 states for 2024. The measure is private wage-and-salary workers as a share of the civilian employed population aged 16 and over and is reported as a percentage. Indiana has the highest estimate at 83.6%, 0.6 percentage points above Pennsylvania. Massachusetts ranks ninth at 81.5%, making the leading estimate 1.03 times as high; close estimates should be read with their reported 90% margins of error.
| Rank | Entry | Value | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indiana | 83.6% | 2024 |
| 2 | Pennsylvania | 82.9% | 2024 |
| 3 | Michigan | 82.8% | 2024 |
| 4 | Wisconsin | 82.1% | 2024 |
| 5 | Ohio | 82.1% | 2024 |
| 6 | Minnesota | 81.9% | 2024 |
| 7 | Illinois | 81.8% | 2024 |
| 8 | Florida | 81.6% | 2024 |
| 9 | Massachusetts | 81.5% | 2024 |
Source 1: 2024 ACS 1-Year Detailed Table B24080
Publisher: U.S. Census Bureau
Dataset/table: B24080
Units: counts with 90% margins of error
Date checked: 2026-07-15
Evidence: Provides the B24080 state estimates and 90% margins of error used to construct this percentage.
ACS values are survey estimates with 90% margins of error. The ranking contains the 50 states only; District of Columbia is a federal district and Puerto Rico is a territory. The percentage denominator is civilian employed population aged 16 and over, not a total formed by adding the ranked percentages.
For each state, numerator components B24080:[3,6,13,16] were divided by the civilian employed population aged 16 and over denominator B24080:[1] and multiplied by 100. Component margins of error were combined by root-sum-square; percentage margins follow the Census published proportion procedure with the plus-term fallback when required.
Every row uses the 2024 ACS 1-year product, the same detailed-table concept, the same state geography class and the same percentage definition.
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