West Virginia Ranks Near Bottom in Paying Library Staff

Public Libraries in the United States: Fiscal Year 1999
National Center for Education Statistics E.D. Tabs February 11, 2002

Table C10-Total staff expenditures and salaries and wages expenditures per capita: Fiscal year 1999

State	Ranking	Total Staff Expenditures per Capita	State	Ranking	Salaries and Wages Expenditures per Capita
50 States and DC	*	$16.15	50 States and DC	*	$13.16
District of Columbia	1	32.27	District of Columbia	1	27.59
New York	2	28.90	New York	2	23.63
Ohio	3	28.04	Connecticut	3	23.05
Connecticut	4	25.38	Ohio	4	22.50
New Jersey	5	23.61	Massachussets	5	20.45
Washington	6	23.32	Illinois	6	19.60
Illinois	7	23.05	New Jersey	7	18.97
Indiana	8	22.58	Washington	8	18.65
Alaska	9	22.19	Indiana	9	18.60
Maryland	10	21.31	Alaska	10	16.67
Massachusetts	11	20.96	Rhode Island	11	16.59
Rhode Island	12	19.94	Maryland	12	16.45
Colorado	13	19.55	Colorado	13	16.05
Oregon	14	19.08	Minnesota	14	15.19
Wyoming	15	18.73	Wyoming	15	14.68
Minnesota	16	18.71	Oregon	16	14.56
Wisconsin	17	18.29	New Hampshire	17	14.42
Kansas	18	16.87	Kansas	18	14.27
New Hampshire	19	16.79	Wisconsin	19	14.00
Michigan	20	15.59	Hawaii	20	13.76
Virginia	21	15.53	Virginia	21	12.85
Utah	22	15.39	Missouri	22	12.47
Missouri	23	15.02	Michigan	23	12.27
South Dakota	24	14.84	South Dakota	24	12.24
Nevada	25	14.82	Nevada	25	12.09
Nebraska	26	14.01	Maine	26	11.90
Hawaii	27	13.83	Nebraska	27	11.60
California	28	13.64	Utah	28	11.60
Maine	29	13.40	Vermont	29	11.39
Iowa	30	13.34	Iowa	30	11.23
Vermont	31	13.21	California	31	10.82
Arizona	32	12.93	Arizona	32	10.37
Idaho	33	12.84	Idaho	33	10.15
Florida	34	11.75	Louisiana	34	9.51
Pennsylvania	35	11.67	Pennsylvania	35	9.26
Louisiana	36	11.56	Florida	36	9.11
Georgia	37	11.12	Oklahoma	37	8.87
Oklahoma	38	11.04	North Carolina	38	8.80
New Mexico	39	10.93	Georgia	39	8.70
North Carolina	40	10.77	New Mexico	40	8.48
Delaware	41	10.45	South Carolina	41	8.37
South Carolina	42	10.43	Delaware	42	8.33
Texas	43	9.66	Texas	43	7.77
Alabama	44	8.74	North Dakota	44	7.30
Montana	45	8.58	Alabama	45	7.27
Kentucky	46	8.48	Montana	46	7.03
North Dakota	47	8.45	Kentucky	47	6.97
West Virginia	48	7.98	Tennessee	48	6.53
Tennessee	49	7.73	West Virginia	49	6.28
Arkansas	50	7.27	Arkansas	50	6.00
Mississippi	51	7.21	Mississippi	51	5.75

* Not Applicable
Total Staff Expenditures include expenditures for salaries and wages and employee benefits. State rankings of employee benefits expenditures are not included in this report. Per capita is based on the local unduplicated population of legal service areas.
The District of Columbia, while not a state, is included in the state rankings. Special care should be used in comparing its data to state data.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics Federal State Cooperative Systems [FSCS] for Public Library Data. Public Library Survey. Fiscal Year 1999.

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