High Performance Bonus

State	Job Entry		Job Retention		Earnings Gain		Success in the Workforce
Table 3(a)

Work-Related Measures
Rates and Ranks of FY 2006 Performance, by Work-Related Measures

State	Rate	Rank	Rate	Rank	Rate	Rank	Rank*
U.S. Average**	35.64		64.70		33.80

Alabama	41.98	8	49.61	51	41.38	28	47
Alaska	39.33	18	66.41	17	36.19	36	27
Arizona	37.93	21	60.89	36	42.21	24	38
Arkansas	39.91	14	64.02	28	46.92	18	16
California	32.13	37	70.01	4	24.78	48	24
Colorado	17.88	50	64.33	27	37.44	34	39
Connecticut	18.77	49	67.17	14	36.07	37	21
Delaware	40.61	12	66.13	22	39.09	32	31
Dist. of Col.	36.09	30	65.06	23	23.23	49	44
Florida	37.79	23	57.22	48	39.36	31	47
Georgia	44.38	3	67.22	13	53.91	9	3
Guam
Hawaii	30.90	41	71.49	2	32.73	40	12
Idaho	45.19	2	66.46	16	67.88	2	2
Illinois	37.22	24	68.41	7	34.56	39	16
Indiana	41.71	10	66.29	18	27.54	47	41
Iowa	42.95	5	68.92	6	43.94	22	7
Kansas	42.16	7	64.79	26	44.97	19	15
Kentucky	38.70	19	56.13	49	40.23	30	47
Louisiana	36.36	26	60.04	39	49.67	12	21
Maine	32.05	38	66.29	19	31.67	44	40
Maryland	37.91	22	65.06	24	48.75	13	9
Massachusetts	30.34	44	58.27	43	42.79	23	42
Michigan	39.45	16	62.99	31	41.43	27	35
Minnesota	39.54	15	68.14	9	36.22	35	14
Mississippi	38.00	20	57.52	47	38.40	33	50
Missouri	43.93	4	66.68	15	31.87	41	33
Montana	42.57	6	66.14	21	59.51	6	6
Nebraska	40.91	11	68.07	10	48.01	15	5
Nevada	28.01	47	70.51	3	44.39	20	4
New Hampshire	34.15	36	61.61	33	48.30	14	19
New Jersey	36.10	29	60.42	38	35.82	38	46
New Mexico	34.64	33	55.36	50	31.70	43	51
New York	30.00	45	64.91	25	28.53	46	43
North Carolina	36.24	27	58.28	42	52.08	10	24
North Dakota	41.83	9	66.21	20	41.84	26	16
Ohio	31.88	40	63.34	30	49.82	11	11
Oklahoma	36.20	28	58.24	44	57.90	8	24
Oregon	29.61	46	59.93	40	64.75	3	13
Pennsylvania	34.97	32	57.87	45	40.90	29	45
Puerto Rico
Rhode Island	34.62	34	67.38	12	31.76	42	31
South Carolina	27.41	48	63.54	29	44.14	21	20
South Dakota	30.45	43	61.37	35	70.82	1	8
Tennessee	39.42	17	69.07	5	20.10	51	33
Texas	36.55	25	68.39	8	28.73	45	27
Utah	40.02	13	67.55	11	59.92	4	1
Vermont	35.59	31	61.49	34	42.13	25	37
Virgin Islands
Virginia	46.28	1	72.49	1	21.73	50	21
Washington	34.25	35	59.11	41	47.17	17	35
West Virginia	30.79	42	57.66	46	58.34	7	27
Wisconsin	31.98	39	61.78	32	59.71	5	9
Wyoming	11.93	51	60.67	37	47.56	16	27
* Ranks on performance in the Job Retention and Earnings Gain submeasures are combined and then re-ranked.
** U.S. Average excludes Guam, Puerto Rico, and Virgin Islands.