Rankings

Website: South Carolina Ranks in Top 5 for Employee Dissatisfaction

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1 year ago

September 28, 2023

HR technology website SelectSoftware Reviews found that South Carolina ranks in Top 5 for employee dissatisfaction.

The company came up with the rankings by measuring performance in key metrics across all 50 states, and awarding each a happiness score out of 100 to reveal where is best and worst for job satisfaction. The index evaluated factors such as annual wages, quit rates, injuries, commute times, PTO (paid time off) laws, weekly working hours, and general state happiness scores out of 300.

Alaska clinched the title as the state with the happiest employees, boasting shorter average workweeks of 31.3 hours, a generous average wage of $52,000 per annum, and an overall job satisfaction score of 69.96.

Meanwhile, employees in South Carolina encounter significant challenges, earning notably $13,000 less than their Alaskan counterparts, at $38,870. South Carolina not only ranks poorly in overall state happiness, but also sustains a high quit rate of 3.1%. Meaning, it wrestles a total employee satisfaction score of 31.65.

RANK	STATE	SCORE
1	Alaska	69.96
2	Rhode Island	56.64
3	North Dakota	56.40
4	Colorado	55.76
5	Minnesota	55.26
6	Nebraska	54.91
7	Maine	53.98
8	Ohio	52.05
9	Arizona	51.69
10	Indiana	48.84
11	Massachusetts	48.33
12	West Virginia	48.31
13	California	46.92
14	Maryland	45.92
15	Hawaii	44.01
16	Illinois	43.70
17	Utah	43.41
18	Washington	42.95
19	Oklahoma	42.98
20	Vermont	42.11
21	Louisiana	41.46
22	Oregon	40.35
23	Wyoming	40.37
24	Iowa	39.50
25	Connecticut	39.28
26	Kansas	39.36
27	Missouri	39.34
28	North Carolina	38.95
29	Mississippi	37.58
30	South Dakota	37.24
31	Montana	36.97
32	Arkansas	36.58
33	New Hampshire	36.64
34	Wisconsin	36.49
35	Nevada	36.06
36	Michigan	35.88
37	Tennessee	35.87
38	Idaho	35.45
39	Kentucky	35.07
40	Delaware	34.60
41	New Mexico	34.25
42	New Jersey	34.09
43	Virginia	33.89
44	Pennsylvania	33.26
45	Alabama	32.68
46	South Carolina	31.65
47	New York	31.51
48	Florida	30.46
49	Texas	30.36
50	Georgia	29.62