All 50 states and D.C. · BLS May 2025

Salaries by state

The median wage across all occupations, state by state. It is a blunt figure on its own. A state can rank high because of what it pays or because of which jobs it has, so each state page breaks it into occupations, take-home pay and local prices.

Median annual wage across all occupations, May 2025
StateJobs countedMedian a year
District of Columbia701,920$91,540
Massachusetts3,637,650$63,590
Washington3,550,970$62,990
Alaska325,570$61,000
Colorado2,873,900$59,800
Connecticut1,696,170$59,690
New York9,688,000$59,670
Maryland2,763,030$59,510
New Jersey4,285,720$58,570
California18,213,700$58,240
Oregon1,967,130$57,000
Minnesota2,949,820$56,920
Rhode Island501,340$56,780
Vermont303,890$56,390
Hawaii627,530$56,320
New Hampshire683,290$55,880
Virginia4,109,320$55,690
North Dakota429,430$52,480
Delaware484,790$52,190
Illinois6,098,130$51,960
Maine640,610$51,430
Wisconsin2,941,540$50,270
Wyoming280,740$50,270
Utah1,735,590$50,110
Arizona3,239,430$50,060
Pennsylvania6,064,600$49,690
Ohio5,550,180$49,380
Michigan4,403,730$49,270
Nebraska1,024,370$48,980
Montana511,580$48,740
Texas14,071,160$48,620
Iowa1,559,240$48,540
Georgia4,889,170$48,170
Kansas1,437,520$48,010
Idaho857,440$47,970
North Carolina4,941,820$47,970
Florida9,929,860$47,880
Indiana3,201,220$47,860
Missouri2,936,050$47,800
Nevada1,551,540$47,660
Tennessee3,278,760$47,380
New Mexico870,970$47,210
South Dakota457,380$47,080
Kentucky2,000,360$46,920
South Carolina2,305,080$46,490
Alabama2,113,660$45,670
Oklahoma1,707,680$45,600
Louisiana1,934,900$45,520
West Virginia701,610$45,300
Arkansas1,303,630$43,630
Mississippi1,163,030$40,120