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Median earnings of workers with a disability: U.S. states ranked

Measure: Median earnings of workers with a disability ($). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Employment and earnings with and without a disability 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: 35,454 (United States).

Washington: 41,900Idaho: 30,932Montana: 30,087North Dakota: 35,786Minnesota: 32,487Michigan: 31,057Ohio: 32,481Pennsylvania: 33,187New York: 36,853Vermont: 33,459New Hampshire: 39,496Maine: 33,877Arizona: 38,410California: 38,743New Mexico: 32,895Texas: 35,968Louisiana: 32,348Mississippi: 30,875Alabama: 30,395Florida: 36,702Georgia: 36,150South Carolina: 31,717North Carolina: 33,484Virginia: 37,725District of Columbia: 55,061Maryland: 45,261Delaware: 40,841New Jersey: 37,412Connecticut: 37,970Rhode Island: 32,022Massachusetts: 37,333Oregon: 35,054Utah: 36,766Wyoming: 31,050Nevada: 38,829Colorado: 39,719South Dakota: 37,131Nebraska: 34,220Kansas: 30,551Oklahoma: 32,046Iowa: 31,651Missouri: 33,978Wisconsin: 31,792Illinois: 35,213Kentucky: 31,781Arkansas: 31,251Tennessee: 34,679West Virginia: 29,855Indiana: 32,111Alaska: 32,420Hawaii: 46,038

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • DC 55,061 $
  • RI 32,022 $
  • DE 40,841 $
  • CT 37,970 $
  • NJ 37,412 $
  • MD 45,261 $
  • MA 37,333 $
  • VT 33,459 $
  • NH 39,496 $
  • Lowest: 29,855 to 31,717 $
  • Group 2: 31,717 to 32,895 $
  • Group 3: 32,895 to 35,786 $
  • Group 4: 35,786 to 37,970 $
  • Highest: 37,970 to 55,061 $
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.

Note: Covers everyone 16 and over, including retirees; people with a disability are older on average.

1District of Columbia55,061
2Hawaii46,038
3Maryland45,261
4Washington41,900
5Delaware40,841
6Colorado39,719
7New Hampshire39,496
8Nevada38,829
9California38,743
10Arizona38,410
11Connecticut37,970
12Virginia37,725
13New Jersey37,412
14Massachusetts37,333
15South Dakota37,131
16New York36,853
17Utah36,766
18Florida36,702
19Georgia36,150
20Texas35,968
21North Dakota35,786
22Illinois35,213
23Oregon35,054
24Tennessee34,679
25Nebraska34,220
26Missouri33,978
27Maine33,877
28North Carolina33,484
29Vermont33,459
30Pennsylvania33,187
31New Mexico32,895
32Minnesota32,487
33Ohio32,481
34Alaska32,420
35Louisiana32,348
36Indiana32,111
37Oklahoma32,046
38Rhode Island32,022
39Wisconsin31,792
40Kentucky31,781
41South Carolina31,717
42Iowa31,651
43Arkansas31,251
44Michigan31,057
45Wyoming31,050
46Idaho30,932
47Mississippi30,875
48Kansas30,551
49Alabama30,395
50Montana30,087
51West Virginia29,855

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, Table S1811: Selected Economic Characteristics for the Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population by Disability Status. Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by median earnings of workers with a disability ($) (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 1-year estimates, Table S1811; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-09. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-median-earnings-of-workers-with-a-disability/

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