MA Ranks 38th in U.S. for Military Retirees
Tuesday, May 24, 2016
MA ranks 34th in economic environment, 51st in quality of life and 14th in health care.
The Rankings
Directly in front of Massachusetts is Ohio and Vermont at 37 and 36 respectively while Michigan and Kentucky rank behind Massachusetts at 39 and 40 respectively.
The number one state for military retirees is Alaska, while South Dakota, Montana, Wyoming and Florida round out the top 5.
See where the rest of the states rank in the map below.
Methodology
In order to determine the best and worst states for military retirees, WalletHub analysts compared the 50 states as well as the District of Columbia across three key areas including economic environment, quality of life and health care.
WalletHub then identified 20 relevant metrics and gave them a value between 0 and 100, with 100 being the most favorable conditions.
WalletHub then calculated the overall score for each state using the weighted average across all metrics and ranked the states accordingly.
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