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Average pay in restaurants and hotels: U.S. states ranked (2024)

Measure: Average pay in restaurants and hotels ($). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Jobs in restaurants, hotels, arts and recreation 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: 29,838 (United States).

Washington: 33,979Idaho: 23,623Montana: 28,510North Dakota: 23,927Minnesota: 26,730Michigan: 25,563Ohio: 23,358Pennsylvania: 25,513New York: 38,361Vermont: 31,839New Hampshire: 30,641Maine: 32,163Arizona: 31,316California: 35,262New Mexico: 26,043Texas: 27,231Louisiana: 24,665Mississippi: 22,250Alabama: 23,398Florida: 33,367Georgia: 26,687South Carolina: 25,780North Carolina: 25,303Virginia: 28,038District of Columbia: 47,028Maryland: 30,619Delaware: 27,058New Jersey: 32,301Connecticut: 31,249Rhode Island: 30,129Massachusetts: 35,918Oregon: 29,792Utah: 25,609Wyoming: 28,223Nevada: 42,670Colorado: 33,765South Dakota: 23,413Nebraska: 22,584Kansas: 22,280Oklahoma: 22,224Iowa: 22,045Missouri: 25,992Wisconsin: 22,064Illinois: 31,130Kentucky: 23,918Arkansas: 22,090Tennessee: 27,443West Virginia: 23,094Indiana: 23,449Alaska: 34,326Hawaii: 45,512

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • DC 47,028 $
  • RI 30,129 $
  • DE 27,058 $
  • CT 31,249 $
  • NJ 32,301 $
  • MD 30,619 $
  • MA 35,918 $
  • VT 31,839 $
  • NH 30,641 $
  • Lowest: 22,045 to 23,413 $
  • Group 2: 23,413 to 25,780 $
  • Group 3: 25,780 to 28,510 $
  • Group 4: 28,510 to 32,301 $
  • Highest: 32,301 to 47,028 $
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.

Note: Shares use private-sector jobs in each industry over all jobs covered by unemployment insurance (all ownerships).

1District of Columbia47,028
2Hawaii45,512
3Nevada42,670
4New York38,361
5Massachusetts35,918
6California35,262
7Alaska34,326
8Washington33,979
9Colorado33,765
10Florida33,367
11New Jersey32,301
12Maine32,163
13Vermont31,839
14Arizona31,316
15Connecticut31,249
16Illinois31,130
17New Hampshire30,641
18Maryland30,619
19Rhode Island30,129
20Oregon29,792
21Montana28,510
22Wyoming28,223
23Virginia28,038
24Tennessee27,443
25Texas27,231
26Delaware27,058
27Minnesota26,730
28Georgia26,687
29New Mexico26,043
30Missouri25,992
31South Carolina25,780
32Utah25,609
33Michigan25,563
34Pennsylvania25,513
35North Carolina25,303
36Louisiana24,665
37North Dakota23,927
38Kentucky23,918
39Idaho23,623
40Indiana23,449
41South Dakota23,413
42Alabama23,398
43Ohio23,358
44West Virginia23,094
45Nebraska22,584
46Kansas22,280
47Mississippi22,250
48Oklahoma22,224
49Arkansas22,090
50Wisconsin22,064
51Iowa22,045

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW), 2024 annual averages, private ownership, NAICS 72 and 71 (open data files industry/72.csv and industry/71.csv), with all-industry totals (industry/10.csv). Reference period: 2024.

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U.S. states ranked by average pay in restaurants and hotels ($) (2024). Data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW), 2024 annual averages, private ownership, NAICS 72 and 71 (open data files industry/72.csv and industry/71.csv), with all-industry totals (industry/10.csv); rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-09. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-average-pay-in-restaurants-and-hotels/

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