About the Midwest: Business Climate

Alliant Energy service territory

Rank

State

$ per worker

22

Minnesota

$60

31

Wisconsin

$21

45

Iowa

$2

State-by-state rankings

Rank

State

$ per worker

1

Massachusetts

$824

2

California

$591

3

Colorado

$258

4

Washington

$245

5

New Jersey

$200

6

New Hampshire

$153

6

Utah

$153

8

Maryland

$140

9

Virginia

$130

9

New York

$130

11

Connecticut

$110

11

North Carolina

$110

13

Georgia

$109

14

Kentucky

$96

14

New Mexico

$96

16

Nevada

$92

17

Rhode Island

$90

18

Oregon

$88

19

Texas

$85

20

Pennsylvania

$62

21

Arizona

$61

22

Minnesota

$60

23

Florida

$44

24

Illinois

$42

25

Missouri

$41

26

Hawaii

$29

27

Tennessee

$25

28

Delaware

$23

28

Maine

$23

30

Mississippi

$22

31

Wisconsin

$21

32

Indiana

$15

32

Ohio

$15

34

Idaho

$14

35

South Dakota

$12

36

Wyoming

$11

37

Louisiana

$10

38

Michigan

$8

39

Arkansas

$7

39

Oklahoma

$7

41

West Virginia

$4

42

South Carolina

$3

42

Vermont

$3

44

Iowa

$2

44

Montana

$2

46

Alabama

$0

46

Kansas

$0

46

Nebraska

$0

46

North Dakota

$0