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This stress is due to a variety of factors, including work and finances.

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Note that a higher workplace stress score indicates the stress levels of thetypical worker in that state.

But other considerations include average incomes and how far that money goes.

Take Louisiana, themost stressful stateto work in, as an example.

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Hourly wages tend to be below the national average, while commute times are nearly 30 minutes each way.

Louisiana also has 6.4 fatal work-related injuries per 100,000 employees nearly 33% higher than the national average.

As for Minnesota, theleast stressful stateto work in, the average workweek is 33 hours.

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Only factor (1) was used to determine final rankings.

The same information was used to find each states median household income.

Data was collected on and is up to date as of Sept. 10, 2024.

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