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

Measure: Average pay in professional services ($, derived). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Professional, scientific and technical services 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 54 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: 107,141 (United States).

Washington: 113,574Idaho: 79,798Montana: 73,637North Dakota: 76,461Minnesota: 98,953Michigan: 98,133Ohio: 88,672Pennsylvania: 100,342New York: 124,447Vermont: 89,031New Hampshire: 101,851Maine: 87,994Arizona: 89,865California: 130,687New Mexico: 90,785Texas: 105,042Louisiana: 79,451Mississippi: 63,284Alabama: 90,391Florida: 89,533Georgia: 101,301South Carolina: 84,302North Carolina: 89,740Virginia: 110,839District of Columbia: 159,248Maryland: 108,007Delaware: 130,624New Jersey: 114,183Connecticut: 114,263Rhode Island: 89,024Massachusetts: 147,606Oregon: 96,431Utah: 80,897Wyoming: 74,487Nevada: 84,659Colorado: 106,266South Dakota: 68,400Nebraska: 75,462Kansas: 79,529Oklahoma: 77,087Iowa: 78,337Missouri: 90,935Wisconsin: 85,979Illinois: 120,096Kentucky: 71,764Arkansas: 73,671Tennessee: 92,105West Virginia: 68,292Indiana: 89,904Alaska: 89,066Hawaii: 81,983

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • DC 159,248 $
  • RI 89,024 $
  • DE 130,624 $
  • CT 114,263 $
  • NJ 114,183 $
  • MD 108,007 $
  • MA 147,606 $
  • VT 89,031 $
  • NH 101,851 $
  • Lowest: 63,284 to 78,337 $
  • Group 2: 78,337 to 88,672 $
  • Group 3: 88,672 to 90,935 $
  • Group 4: 90,935 to 108,007 $
  • Highest: 108,007 to 159,248 $
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.

1District of Columbia159,248
2Massachusetts147,606
3California130,687
4Delaware130,624
5New York124,447
6Illinois120,096
7Connecticut114,263
8New Jersey114,183
9Washington113,574
10Virginia110,839
11Maryland108,007
12Colorado106,266
13Texas105,042
14New Hampshire101,851
15Georgia101,301
16Pennsylvania100,342
17Minnesota98,953
18Michigan98,133
19Oregon96,431
20Tennessee92,105
21Missouri90,935
22New Mexico90,785
23Alabama90,391
24Indiana89,904
25Arizona89,865
26North Carolina89,740
27Florida89,533
28Alaska89,066
29Vermont89,031
30Rhode Island89,024
31Ohio88,672
32Maine87,994
33Wisconsin85,979
34Nevada84,659
35South Carolina84,302
36Hawaii81,983
37Utah80,897
38Idaho79,798
39Kansas79,529
40Louisiana79,451
41Iowa78,337
42Oklahoma77,087
43North Dakota76,461
44Nebraska75,462
45Wyoming74,487
46Arkansas73,671
47Montana73,637
48Kentucky71,764
49South Dakota68,400
50West Virginia68,292
51Mississippi63,284

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023 (API dataset 2023/cbp), NAICS 2017 codes 54 and 00 (all sectors)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, July 1, 2023 resident population (denominator). Reference period: 2023.

Cite this ranking

U.S. states ranked by average pay in professional services ($, derived) (2023). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, County Business Patterns 2023 (API dataset 2023/cbp), NAICS 2017 sector 54 (professional, scientific, and technical services); rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-10. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-average-pay-in-professional-services/

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