Table 6.  Highest and lowest paying states by selected occupations
                                                                                           
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                  Highest paying               |               Lowest paying               
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                        | Hourly  |            |                     | Hourly |            
        State           |  mean   | Employment |      State          |  mean  | Employment 
                        |  wage   |            |                     |  wage  |            
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                                       Financial managers                                  
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                         |        |            |                     |        |            
New York ................| $66.20 |     52,950 |Oklahoma ............| $35.62 |      5,740 
New Jersey ..............|  59.82 |     19,940 |Mississippi .........|  34.60 |      2,870 
Delaware ................|  56.21 |      1,950 |Montana .............|  33.98 |        800 
California ..............|  55.40 |     67,680 |Idaho ...............|  32.96 |      2,730 
Minnesota ...............|  54.83 |     11,720 |West Virginia .......|  32.02 |      1,440 
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                                         Loan officers                                     
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                         |        |            |                     |        |            
Alaska ..................| $41.77 |        430 |West Virginia .......| $24.13 |        990 
Massachusetts ...........|  38.78 |      7,380 |Wyoming .............|  23.83 |        660 
California ..............|  36.58 |     44,590 |South Dakota ........|  23.48 |      1,540 
Rhode Island ............|  36.01 |      2,010 |Kentucky ............|  23.17 |      4,680 
Hawaii ..................|  35.53 |        910 |Louisiana ...........|  20.73 |      4,980 
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                                  Loan interviewers and clerks                             
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                         |        |            |                     |        |            
California ..............| $18.56 |     32,840 |West Virginia .......| $12.43 |        570 
Alaska ..................|  18.55 |        290 |Louisiana ...........|  12.41 |      2,900 
District of Columbia ....|  18.09 |       (1)  |New Mexico ..........|  12.27 |      1,680 
Washington ..............|  17.80 |      5,070 |Utah ................|  12.18 |      4,860 
Minnesota ...............|  17.79 |      5,520 |Wyoming .............|  12.11 |        360 
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                                     Construction laborers                                 
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                         |        |            |                     |        |            
Alaska ..................| $21.48 |      3,690 |South Dakota ........| $10.95 |      2,580 
New York ................|  21.28 |     46,520 |New Mexico ..........|  10.83 |     11,840 
Hawaii ..................|  21.28 |      5,620 |Alabama .............|  10.77 |     15,350 
New Jersey ..............|  21.09 |     20,730 |Mississippi .........|  10.48 |      6,900 
Massachusetts ...........|  20.67 |     14,710 |Texas ...............|  10.38 |    119,560 
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   1 Estimate not released.