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Average weekly wage, all covered jobs: U.S. states ranked (2024)

Measure: Average weekly wage, all covered jobs ($). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Average annual pay and employment 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: 1,454 (United States).

Washington: 1,827Idaho: 1,146Montana: 1,155North Dakota: 1,263Minnesota: 1,427Michigan: 1,313Ohio: 1,267Pennsylvania: 1,379New York: 1,829Vermont: 1,240New Hampshire: 1,489Maine: 1,216Arizona: 1,354California: 1,772New Mexico: 1,171Texas: 1,450Louisiana: 1,179Mississippi: 980Alabama: 1,193Florida: 1,336Georgia: 1,358South Carolina: 1,173North Carolina: 1,322Virginia: 1,494District of Columbia: 2,365Maryland: 1,518Delaware: 1,392New Jersey: 1,603Connecticut: 1,683Rhode Island: 1,313Massachusetts: 1,848Oregon: 1,371Utah: 1,286Wyoming: 1,185Nevada: 1,290Colorado: 1,544South Dakota: 1,121Nebraska: 1,174Kansas: 1,169Oklahoma: 1,129Iowa: 1,180Missouri: 1,230Wisconsin: 1,220Illinois: 1,486Kentucky: 1,162Arkansas: 1,123Tennessee: 1,297West Virginia: 1,121Indiana: 1,206Alaska: 1,382Hawaii: 1,295

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • DC 2,365 $
  • RI 1,313 $
  • DE 1,392 $
  • CT 1,683 $
  • NJ 1,603 $
  • MD 1,518 $
  • MA 1,848 $
  • VT 1,240 $
  • NH 1,489 $
  • Lowest: 980 to 1,173 $
  • Group 2: 1,173 to 1,240 $
  • Group 3: 1,240 to 1,336 $
  • Group 4: 1,336 to 1,489 $
  • Highest: 1,489 to 2,365 $
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.

1District of Columbia2,365
2Massachusetts1,848
3New York1,829
4Washington1,827
5California1,772
6Connecticut1,683
7New Jersey1,603
8Colorado1,544
9Maryland1,518
10Virginia1,494
11New Hampshire1,489
12Illinois1,486
13Texas1,450
14Minnesota1,427
15Delaware1,392
16Alaska1,382
17Pennsylvania1,379
18Oregon1,371
19Georgia1,358
20Arizona1,354
21Florida1,336
22North Carolina1,322
23Michigan1,313
23Rhode Island1,313
25Tennessee1,297
26Hawaii1,295
27Nevada1,290
28Utah1,286
29Ohio1,267
30North Dakota1,263
31Vermont1,240
32Missouri1,230
33Wisconsin1,220
34Maine1,216
35Indiana1,206
36Alabama1,193
37Wyoming1,185
38Iowa1,180
39Louisiana1,179
40Nebraska1,174
41South Carolina1,173
42New Mexico1,171
43Kansas1,169
44Kentucky1,162
45Montana1,155
46Idaho1,146
47Oklahoma1,129
48Arkansas1,123
49South Dakota1,121
49West Virginia1,121
51Mississippi980

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW), 2024 annual averages, all industries, total covered (open data file industry/10.csv). Reference period: 2024.

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U.S. states ranked by average weekly wage, all covered jobs ($) (2024). Data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, annual averages, total covered, all industries; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-09. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-average-weekly-wage-all-covered-jobs/

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