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

Measure: Average pay in retail ($, derived). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Retail trade jobs and pay 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 44-45, 441, 445, 452, 454 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: 37,746 (United States).

Washington: 43,080Idaho: 38,839Montana: 37,795North Dakota: 38,117Minnesota: 34,958Michigan: 35,956Ohio: 35,159Pennsylvania: 34,679New York: 41,560Vermont: 39,232New Hampshire: 39,234Maine: 38,655Arizona: 39,918California: 43,691New Mexico: 35,361Texas: 37,660Louisiana: 33,554Mississippi: 31,597Alabama: 34,151Florida: 37,892Georgia: 35,396South Carolina: 34,228North Carolina: 34,297Virginia: 35,521District of Columbia: 39,268Maryland: 37,719Delaware: 37,068New Jersey: 39,839Connecticut: 40,009Rhode Island: 37,428Massachusetts: 42,388Oregon: 39,043Utah: 38,482Wyoming: 37,949Nevada: 39,642Colorado: 41,073South Dakota: 34,389Nebraska: 33,863Kansas: 33,270Oklahoma: 34,012Iowa: 31,444Missouri: 34,446Wisconsin: 34,687Illinois: 37,101Kentucky: 34,572Arkansas: 33,588Tennessee: 36,427West Virginia: 32,601Indiana: 35,160Alaska: 40,705Hawaii: 40,357

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • DC 39,268 $
  • RI 37,428 $
  • DE 37,068 $
  • CT 40,009 $
  • NJ 39,839 $
  • MD 37,719 $
  • MA 42,388 $
  • VT 39,232 $
  • NH 39,234 $
  • Lowest: 31,444 to 34,297 $
  • Group 2: 34,297 to 35,396 $
  • Group 3: 35,396 to 37,892 $
  • Group 4: 37,892 to 39,642 $
  • Highest: 39,642 to 43,691 $
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.

1California43,691
2Washington43,080
3Massachusetts42,388
4New York41,560
5Colorado41,073
6Alaska40,705
7Hawaii40,357
8Connecticut40,009
9Arizona39,918
10New Jersey39,839
11Nevada39,642
12District of Columbia39,268
13New Hampshire39,234
14Vermont39,232
15Oregon39,043
16Idaho38,839
17Maine38,655
18Utah38,482
19North Dakota38,117
20Wyoming37,949
21Florida37,892
22Montana37,795
23Maryland37,719
24Texas37,660
25Rhode Island37,428
26Illinois37,101
27Delaware37,068
28Tennessee36,427
29Michigan35,956
30Virginia35,521
31Georgia35,396
32New Mexico35,361
33Indiana35,160
34Ohio35,159
35Minnesota34,958
36Wisconsin34,687
37Pennsylvania34,679
38Kentucky34,572
39Missouri34,446
40South Dakota34,389
41North Carolina34,297
42South Carolina34,228
43Alabama34,151
44Oklahoma34,012
45Nebraska33,863
46Arkansas33,588
47Louisiana33,554
48Kansas33,270
49West Virginia32,601
50Mississippi31,597
51Iowa31,444

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023 (API dataset 2023/cbp), NAICS 2017 codes 44-45, 441, 445, 452, 454 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 retail ($, derived) (2023). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, County Business Patterns 2023 (API dataset 2023/cbp), NAICS 2017 sectors 44-45 (retail trade) and subsectors 441, 445, 452, 454; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-10. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-average-pay-in-retail/

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