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

Measure: Average pay in wholesale ($, derived). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Wholesale 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 42 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: 90,505 (United States).

Washington: 88,917Idaho: 83,633Montana: 69,490North Dakota: 80,510Minnesota: 102,494Michigan: 84,135Ohio: 77,973Pennsylvania: 89,336New York: 94,594Vermont: 77,818New Hampshire: 96,528Maine: 81,916Arizona: 85,143California: 106,868New Mexico: 67,131Texas: 90,555Louisiana: 73,236Mississippi: 66,998Alabama: 74,289Florida: 79,443Georgia: 82,829South Carolina: 74,731North Carolina: 89,326Virginia: 88,515District of Columbia: 119,027Maryland: 89,201Delaware: 129,645New Jersey: 116,115Connecticut: 102,748Rhode Island: 92,502Massachusetts: 119,562Oregon: 85,554Utah: 77,991Wyoming: 75,007Nevada: 75,713Colorado: 102,421South Dakota: 74,183Nebraska: 75,149Kansas: 76,710Oklahoma: 69,829Iowa: 73,587Missouri: 75,194Wisconsin: 81,208Illinois: 97,991Kentucky: 73,167Arkansas: 68,076Tennessee: 79,659West Virginia: 64,162Indiana: 79,415Alaska: 71,728Hawaii: 72,099

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • DC 119,027 $
  • RI 92,502 $
  • DE 129,645 $
  • CT 102,748 $
  • NJ 116,115 $
  • MD 89,201 $
  • MA 119,562 $
  • VT 77,818 $
  • NH 96,528 $
  • Lowest: 64,162 to 73,587 $
  • Group 2: 73,587 to 77,973 $
  • Group 3: 77,973 to 84,135 $
  • Group 4: 84,135 to 94,594 $
  • Highest: 94,594 to 129,645 $
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.

1Delaware129,645
2Massachusetts119,562
3District of Columbia119,027
4New Jersey116,115
5California106,868
6Connecticut102,748
7Minnesota102,494
8Colorado102,421
9Illinois97,991
10New Hampshire96,528
11New York94,594
12Rhode Island92,502
13Texas90,555
14Pennsylvania89,336
15North Carolina89,326
16Maryland89,201
17Washington88,917
18Virginia88,515
19Oregon85,554
20Arizona85,143
21Michigan84,135
22Idaho83,633
23Georgia82,829
24Maine81,916
25Wisconsin81,208
26North Dakota80,510
27Tennessee79,659
28Florida79,443
29Indiana79,415
30Utah77,991
31Ohio77,973
32Vermont77,818
33Kansas76,710
34Nevada75,713
35Missouri75,194
36Nebraska75,149
37Wyoming75,007
38South Carolina74,731
39Alabama74,289
40South Dakota74,183
41Iowa73,587
42Louisiana73,236
43Kentucky73,167
44Hawaii72,099
45Alaska71,728
46Oklahoma69,829
47Montana69,490
48Arkansas68,076
49New Mexico67,131
50Mississippi66,998
51West Virginia64,162

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023 (API dataset 2023/cbp), NAICS 2017 codes 42 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 wholesale ($, derived) (2023). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, County Business Patterns 2023 (API dataset 2023/cbp), NAICS 2017 sector 42 (wholesale trade); rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-10. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-average-pay-in-wholesale/

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