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Median earnings of high school graduates: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Median earnings of high school graduates ($). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Median earnings by educational attainment by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

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Data last updated
2026-11-09
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National value: 41,466 (United States).

Washington: 47,539Idaho: 43,433Montana: 39,320North Dakota: 45,990Minnesota: 45,042Michigan: 40,403Ohio: 40,957Pennsylvania: 41,417New York: 41,218Vermont: 46,406New Hampshire: 51,714Maine: 44,413Arizona: 42,006California: 42,473New Mexico: 38,003Texas: 39,829Louisiana: 39,659Mississippi: 36,134Alabama: 37,616Florida: 39,451Georgia: 40,514South Carolina: 39,294North Carolina: 40,291Virginia: 41,997District of Columbia: 49,845Maryland: 46,522Delaware: 45,394New Jersey: 42,857Connecticut: 46,816Rhode Island: 46,569Massachusetts: 49,781Oregon: 43,221Utah: 46,340Wyoming: 46,868Nevada: 42,173Colorado: 47,309South Dakota: 41,529Nebraska: 41,721Kansas: 40,840Oklahoma: 38,511Iowa: 41,431Missouri: 41,495Wisconsin: 43,480Illinois: 41,650Kentucky: 39,367Arkansas: 39,416Tennessee: 40,397West Virginia: 38,973Indiana: 41,899Alaska: 41,100Hawaii: 46,170

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • DC 49,845 $
  • RI 46,569 $
  • DE 45,394 $
  • CT 46,816 $
  • NJ 42,857 $
  • MD 46,522 $
  • MA 49,781 $
  • VT 46,406 $
  • NH 51,714 $
  • Lowest: 36,134 to 39,659 $
  • Group 2: 39,659 to 41,417 $
  • Group 3: 41,417 to 42,473 $
  • Group 4: 42,473 to 46,340 $
  • Highest: 46,340 to 51,714 $
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.

1New Hampshire51,714
2District of Columbia49,845
3Massachusetts49,781
4Washington47,539
5Colorado47,309
6Wyoming46,868
7Connecticut46,816
8Rhode Island46,569
9Maryland46,522
10Vermont46,406
11Utah46,340
12Hawaii46,170
13North Dakota45,990
14Delaware45,394
15Minnesota45,042
16Maine44,413
17Wisconsin43,480
18Idaho43,433
19Oregon43,221
20New Jersey42,857
21California42,473
22Nevada42,173
23Arizona42,006
24Virginia41,997
25Indiana41,899
26Nebraska41,721
27Illinois41,650
28South Dakota41,529
29Missouri41,495
30Iowa41,431
31Pennsylvania41,417
32New York41,218
33Alaska41,100
34Ohio40,957
35Kansas40,840
36Georgia40,514
37Michigan40,403
38Tennessee40,397
39North Carolina40,291
40Texas39,829
41Louisiana39,659
42Florida39,451
43Arkansas39,416
44Kentucky39,367
45Montana39,320
46South Carolina39,294
47West Virginia38,973
48Oklahoma38,511
49New Mexico38,003
50Alabama37,616
51Mississippi36,134

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, Table S1501: Educational Attainment. Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by median earnings of high school graduates ($) (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 1-year estimates, Table S1501; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-09. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-median-earnings-of-high-school-graduates/

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