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Average pay in manufacturing: U.S. states ranked (2023)

Measure: Average pay in manufacturing ($, derived). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Manufacturing jobs, pay and industries 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 31-33, 311, 325, 332, 333, 334, 336 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: 73,202 (United States).

Washington: 89,335Idaho: 69,546Montana: 64,517North Dakota: 69,310Minnesota: 73,506Michigan: 68,993Ohio: 69,434Pennsylvania: 70,172New York: 73,073Vermont: 64,669New Hampshire: 76,409Maine: 64,608Arizona: 86,957California: 91,763New Mexico: 64,015Texas: 77,487Louisiana: 85,683Mississippi: 60,075Alabama: 67,219Florida: 68,079Georgia: 62,730South Carolina: 68,687North Carolina: 63,742Virginia: 67,674District of Columbia: 82,750Maryland: 82,718Delaware: 75,466New Jersey: 76,991Connecticut: 89,149Rhode Island: 70,230Massachusetts: 89,512Oregon: 77,985Utah: 70,182Wyoming: 87,572Nevada: 77,814Colorado: 76,989South Dakota: 61,039Nebraska: 63,620Kansas: 71,460Oklahoma: 66,726Iowa: 69,570Missouri: 66,651Wisconsin: 68,429Illinois: 73,590Kentucky: 65,243Arkansas: 59,550Tennessee: 66,056West Virginia: 65,021Indiana: 67,136Alaska: 72,691Hawaii: 52,424

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • DC 82,750 $
  • RI 70,230 $
  • DE 75,466 $
  • CT 89,149 $
  • NJ 76,991 $
  • MD 82,718 $
  • MA 89,512 $
  • VT 64,669 $
  • NH 76,409 $
  • Lowest: 52,424 to 64,669 $
  • Group 2: 64,669 to 68,429 $
  • Group 3: 68,429 to 71,460 $
  • Group 4: 71,460 to 77,814 $
  • Highest: 77,814 to 91,763 $
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.

1California91,763
2Massachusetts89,512
3Washington89,335
4Connecticut89,149
5Wyoming87,572
6Arizona86,957
7Louisiana85,683
8District of Columbia82,750
9Maryland82,718
10Oregon77,985
11Nevada77,814
12Texas77,487
13New Jersey76,991
14Colorado76,989
15New Hampshire76,409
16Delaware75,466
17Illinois73,590
18Minnesota73,506
19New York73,073
20Alaska72,691
21Kansas71,460
22Rhode Island70,230
23Utah70,182
24Pennsylvania70,172
25Iowa69,570
26Idaho69,546
27Ohio69,434
28North Dakota69,310
29Michigan68,993
30South Carolina68,687
31Wisconsin68,429
32Florida68,079
33Virginia67,674
34Alabama67,219
35Indiana67,136
36Oklahoma66,726
37Missouri66,651
38Tennessee66,056
39Kentucky65,243
40West Virginia65,021
41Vermont64,669
42Maine64,608
43Montana64,517
44New Mexico64,015
45North Carolina63,742
46Nebraska63,620
47Georgia62,730
48South Dakota61,039
49Mississippi60,075
50Arkansas59,550
51Hawaii52,424

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023 (API dataset 2023/cbp), NAICS 2017 codes 31-33, 311, 325, 332, 333, 334, 336 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 manufacturing ($, derived) (2023). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, County Business Patterns 2023 (API dataset 2023/cbp), NAICS 2017 sectors 31-33 (manufacturing) and subsectors 311, 325, 332, 333, 334, 336; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-10. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-average-pay-in-manufacturing/

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