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Annual payroll per employee: U.S. states ranked (2023)

Measure: Annual payroll per employee ($, derived). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Business establishments, jobs and payroll by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2023.

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Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated
2026-11-09
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National value: 68,342 (United States).

Washington: 82,397Idaho: 55,254Montana: 53,068North Dakota: 62,211Minnesota: 68,321Michigan: 61,194Ohio: 59,539Pennsylvania: 63,690New York: 85,730Vermont: 55,981New Hampshire: 65,717Maine: 58,501Arizona: 61,860California: 87,119New Mexico: 53,065Texas: 67,014Louisiana: 56,936Mississippi: 47,550Alabama: 55,435Florida: 60,013Georgia: 63,644South Carolina: 52,961North Carolina: 60,692Virginia: 70,069District of Columbia: 101,634Maryland: 68,097Delaware: 72,543New Jersey: 74,045Connecticut: 76,505Rhode Island: 61,992Massachusetts: 86,550Oregon: 64,724Utah: 61,016Wyoming: 58,628Nevada: 57,270Colorado: 70,681South Dakota: 53,870Nebraska: 57,518Kansas: 56,950Oklahoma: 54,886Iowa: 56,344Missouri: 61,049Wisconsin: 61,090Illinois: 72,398Kentucky: 54,805Arkansas: 54,370Tennessee: 59,170West Virginia: 51,527Indiana: 57,497Alaska: 72,990Hawaii: 58,199

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • DC 101,634 $
  • RI 61,992 $
  • DE 72,543 $
  • CT 76,505 $
  • NJ 74,045 $
  • MD 68,097 $
  • MA 86,550 $
  • VT 55,981 $
  • NH 65,717 $
  • Lowest: 47,550 to 55,435 $
  • Group 2: 55,435 to 58,628 $
  • Group 3: 58,628 to 61,992 $
  • Group 4: 61,992 to 70,681 $
  • Highest: 70,681 to 101,634 $
The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. The ranked value is itself derived; see the source table for the method. Values are as published in the source table.

1District of Columbia101,634
2California87,119
3Massachusetts86,550
4New York85,730
5Washington82,397
6Connecticut76,505
7New Jersey74,045
8Alaska72,990
9Delaware72,543
10Illinois72,398
11Colorado70,681
12Virginia70,069
13Minnesota68,321
14Maryland68,097
15Texas67,014
16New Hampshire65,717
17Oregon64,724
18Pennsylvania63,690
19Georgia63,644
20North Dakota62,211
21Rhode Island61,992
22Arizona61,860
23Michigan61,194
24Wisconsin61,090
25Missouri61,049
26Utah61,016
27North Carolina60,692
28Florida60,013
29Ohio59,539
30Tennessee59,170
31Wyoming58,628
32Maine58,501
33Hawaii58,199
34Nebraska57,518
35Indiana57,497
36Nevada57,270
37Kansas56,950
38Louisiana56,936
39Iowa56,344
40Vermont55,981
41Alabama55,435
42Idaho55,254
43Oklahoma54,886
44Kentucky54,805
45Arkansas54,370
46South Dakota53,870
47Montana53,068
48New Mexico53,065
49South Carolina52,961
50West Virginia51,527
51Mississippi47,550

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, County Business Patterns 2023 (API dataset 2023/cbp), all sectors (NAICS 00), by employment size class
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, July 1, 2023 resident population (denominator). Reference period: 2023.

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U.S. states ranked by annual payroll per employee ($, derived) (2023). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, County Business Patterns 2023 (API dataset 2023/cbp), all sectors (NAICS 00), by employment size class; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-09. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-annual-payroll-per-employee/

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