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Average annual pay, all covered jobs: U.S. states ranked (2024)

Measure: Average annual pay, all covered jobs ($). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Average annual pay and employment by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2024.

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Data last updated
2026-11-09
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National value: 75,585 (United States).

Washington: 94,985Idaho: 59,572Montana: 60,038North Dakota: 65,694Minnesota: 74,221Michigan: 68,281Ohio: 65,897Pennsylvania: 71,724New York: 95,082Vermont: 64,466New Hampshire: 77,418Maine: 63,220Arizona: 70,406California: 92,145New Mexico: 60,910Texas: 75,394Louisiana: 61,284Mississippi: 50,966Alabama: 62,044Florida: 69,470Georgia: 70,607South Carolina: 61,011North Carolina: 68,721Virginia: 77,671District of Columbia: 122,989Maryland: 78,941Delaware: 72,408New Jersey: 83,334Connecticut: 87,516Rhode Island: 68,289Massachusetts: 96,109Oregon: 71,313Utah: 66,894Wyoming: 61,635Nevada: 67,092Colorado: 80,287South Dakota: 58,306Nebraska: 61,050Kansas: 60,778Oklahoma: 58,691Iowa: 61,347Missouri: 63,937Wisconsin: 63,460Illinois: 77,257Kentucky: 60,431Arkansas: 58,398Tennessee: 67,431West Virginia: 58,280Indiana: 62,727Alaska: 71,861Hawaii: 67,366

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • DC 122,989 $
  • RI 68,289 $
  • DE 72,408 $
  • CT 87,516 $
  • NJ 83,334 $
  • MD 78,941 $
  • MA 96,109 $
  • VT 64,466 $
  • NH 77,418 $
  • Lowest: 50,966 to 61,011 $
  • Group 2: 61,011 to 64,466 $
  • Group 3: 64,466 to 69,470 $
  • Group 4: 69,470 to 77,418 $
  • Highest: 77,418 to 122,989 $
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. Values are as published in the source table.

1District of Columbia122,989
2Massachusetts96,109
3New York95,082
4Washington94,985
5California92,145
6Connecticut87,516
7New Jersey83,334
8Colorado80,287
9Maryland78,941
10Virginia77,671
11New Hampshire77,418
12Illinois77,257
13Texas75,394
14Minnesota74,221
15Delaware72,408
16Alaska71,861
17Pennsylvania71,724
18Oregon71,313
19Georgia70,607
20Arizona70,406
21Florida69,470
22North Carolina68,721
23Rhode Island68,289
24Michigan68,281
25Tennessee67,431
26Hawaii67,366
27Nevada67,092
28Utah66,894
29Ohio65,897
30North Dakota65,694
31Vermont64,466
32Missouri63,937
33Wisconsin63,460
34Maine63,220
35Indiana62,727
36Alabama62,044
37Wyoming61,635
38Iowa61,347
39Louisiana61,284
40Nebraska61,050
41South Carolina61,011
42New Mexico60,910
43Kansas60,778
44Kentucky60,431
45Montana60,038
46Idaho59,572
47Oklahoma58,691
48Arkansas58,398
49South Dakota58,306
50West Virginia58,280
51Mississippi50,966

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW), 2024 annual averages, all industries, total covered (open data file industry/10.csv). Reference period: 2024.

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U.S. states ranked by average annual pay, all covered jobs ($) (2024). Data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, annual averages, total covered, all industries; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-09. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-average-annual-pay-all-covered-jobs/

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