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Average pay in health and social assistance: U.S. states ranked (2023)

Measure: Average pay in health and social assistance ($, derived). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Health care and social assistance jobs by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2023.

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Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated
2026-11-10
Download full table CSVSource: U.S. Census Bureau (County Business Patterns 2023 (API dataset 2023/cbp), NAICS 2017 codes 62, 621, 622, 623, 624 and 00 (all sectors)) (opens in a new tab)Source: U.S. Census Bureau (Population Estimates Program, July 1, 2023 resident population (denominator)) (opens in a new tab)

National value: 63,214 (United States).

Washington: 69,551Idaho: 55,885Montana: 61,840North Dakota: 60,932Minnesota: 58,805Michigan: 58,200Ohio: 60,691Pennsylvania: 59,752New York: 60,487Vermont: 61,154New Hampshire: 67,801Maine: 63,637Arizona: 63,615California: 75,446New Mexico: 54,246Texas: 59,121Louisiana: 57,285Mississippi: 54,162Alabama: 58,422Florida: 64,356Georgia: 63,074South Carolina: 57,637North Carolina: 61,238Virginia: 64,980District of Columbia: 73,461Maryland: 65,174Delaware: 67,751New Jersey: 64,039Connecticut: 63,041Rhode Island: 61,568Massachusetts: 70,184Oregon: 67,638Utah: 56,269Wyoming: 61,412Nevada: 63,905Colorado: 65,254South Dakota: 63,822Nebraska: 60,969Kansas: 56,697Oklahoma: 58,597Iowa: 55,437Missouri: 59,383Wisconsin: 62,018Illinois: 61,336Kentucky: 60,106Arkansas: 59,006Tennessee: 67,563West Virginia: 59,120Indiana: 59,382Alaska: 76,748Hawaii: 73,637

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • DC 73,461 $
  • RI 61,568 $
  • DE 67,751 $
  • CT 63,041 $
  • NJ 64,039 $
  • MD 65,174 $
  • MA 70,184 $
  • VT 61,154 $
  • NH 67,801 $
  • Lowest: 54,162 to 58,597 $
  • Group 2: 58,597 to 60,691 $
  • Group 3: 60,691 to 63,041 $
  • Group 4: 63,041 to 65,254 $
  • Highest: 65,254 to 76,748 $
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.

Note: County Business Patterns counts employer establishments only; states' values for small subsectors may be withheld (blank) to avoid disclosing individual businesses.

1Alaska76,748
2California75,446
3Hawaii73,637
4District of Columbia73,461
5Massachusetts70,184
6Washington69,551
7New Hampshire67,801
8Delaware67,751
9Oregon67,638
10Tennessee67,563
11Colorado65,254
12Maryland65,174
13Virginia64,980
14Florida64,356
15New Jersey64,039
16Nevada63,905
17South Dakota63,822
18Maine63,637
19Arizona63,615
20Georgia63,074
21Connecticut63,041
22Wisconsin62,018
23Montana61,840
24Rhode Island61,568
25Wyoming61,412
26Illinois61,336
27North Carolina61,238
28Vermont61,154
29Nebraska60,969
30North Dakota60,932
31Ohio60,691
32New York60,487
33Kentucky60,106
34Pennsylvania59,752
35Missouri59,383
36Indiana59,382
37Texas59,121
38West Virginia59,120
39Arkansas59,006
40Minnesota58,805
41Oklahoma58,597
42Alabama58,422
43Michigan58,200
44South Carolina57,637
45Louisiana57,285
46Kansas56,697
47Utah56,269
48Idaho55,885
49Iowa55,437
50New Mexico54,246
51Mississippi54,162

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023 (API dataset 2023/cbp), NAICS 2017 codes 62, 621, 622, 623, 624 and 00 (all sectors)
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 average pay in health and social assistance ($, derived) (2023). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, County Business Patterns 2023 (API dataset 2023/cbp), NAICS 2017 sector 62 (health care and social assistance) and subsectors 621, 622, 623, 624; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-10. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-average-pay-in-health-and-social-assistance/

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