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Median earnings, all workers with earnings: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Median earnings, all workers with earnings. All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Median earnings by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

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Data last updated
2026-10-29
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National value: 49,040 (United States).

Washington: 58,392Idaho: 43,390Montana: 42,629North Dakota: 50,225Minnesota: 52,368Michigan: 45,641Ohio: 46,230Pennsylvania: 49,830New York: 52,022Vermont: 50,380New Hampshire: 55,772Maine: 49,340Arizona: 47,456California: 51,548New Mexico: 40,981Texas: 46,284Louisiana: 41,784Mississippi: 38,284Alabama: 41,895Florida: 45,514Georgia: 46,676South Carolina: 42,503North Carolina: 46,098Virginia: 54,131District of Columbia: 81,276Maryland: 60,324Delaware: 51,401New Jersey: 56,221Connecticut: 55,211Rhode Island: 51,091Massachusetts: 60,386Oregon: 50,006Utah: 46,772Wyoming: 46,229Nevada: 46,148Colorado: 56,223South Dakota: 46,644Nebraska: 47,305Kansas: 44,608Oklahoma: 41,462Iowa: 45,877Missouri: 45,668Wisconsin: 49,396Illinois: 50,701Kentucky: 42,255Arkansas: 41,450Tennessee: 44,975West Virginia: 41,392Indiana: 45,275Alaska: 50,219Hawaii: 51,312

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • DC 81,276 $
  • RI 51,091 $
  • DE 51,401 $
  • CT 55,211 $
  • NJ 56,221 $
  • MD 60,324 $
  • MA 60,386 $
  • VT 50,380 $
  • NH 55,772 $
  • Lowest: 38,284 to 43,390 $
  • Group 2: 43,390 to 46,229 $
  • Group 3: 46,229 to 49,830 $
  • Group 4: 49,830 to 52,022 $
  • Highest: 52,022 to 81,276 $
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 Columbia81,276
2Massachusetts60,386
3Maryland60,324
4Washington58,392
5Colorado56,223
6New Jersey56,221
7New Hampshire55,772
8Connecticut55,211
9Virginia54,131
10Minnesota52,368
11New York52,022
12California51,548
13Delaware51,401
14Hawaii51,312
15Rhode Island51,091
16Illinois50,701
17Vermont50,380
18North Dakota50,225
19Alaska50,219
20Oregon50,006
21Pennsylvania49,830
22Wisconsin49,396
23Maine49,340
24Arizona47,456
25Nebraska47,305
26Utah46,772
27Georgia46,676
28South Dakota46,644
29Texas46,284
30Ohio46,230
31Wyoming46,229
32Nevada46,148
33North Carolina46,098
34Iowa45,877
35Missouri45,668
36Michigan45,641
37Florida45,514
38Indiana45,275
39Tennessee44,975
40Kansas44,608
41Idaho43,390
42Montana42,629
43South Carolina42,503
44Kentucky42,255
45Alabama41,895
46Louisiana41,784
47Oklahoma41,462
48Arkansas41,450
49West Virginia41,392
50New Mexico40,981
51Mississippi38,284

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, Table S2001: Earnings in the Past 12 Months. Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by median earnings, all workers with earnings (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 1-year estimates, Table S2001; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-10-29. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-median-earnings-all-workers-with-earnings/

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