Arizona state workers

The Arizona Republic claims the state of Arizona workers are underpaid and there's high turnover.

Officials at the Department of Administration calculate the state's turnover rate at 17.6 percent, not counting university and legislative employees. More than 5,300 state employees left their jobs last year. State workers typically make less than their counterparts in county and municipal governments and often leave to make more money in similar jobs, according to Angel Rodriguez of the Arizona chapter of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, an employee union.

Is Arizona one of the few places that doesn't overpaid it's government workers?