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Median earnings without a high school diploma: U.S. states ranked

Measure: Median earnings without a high school diploma ($). 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: 34,670 (United States).

Washington: 38,924Idaho: 38,421Montana: 31,904North Dakota: 34,029Minnesota: 38,678Michigan: 32,885Ohio: 32,584Pennsylvania: 35,351New York: 32,067Vermont: 31,363New Hampshire: 44,209Maine: 33,559Arizona: 35,068California: 35,293New Mexico: 32,153Texas: 31,753Louisiana: 31,500Mississippi: 30,767Alabama: 31,872Florida: 32,797Georgia: 34,657South Carolina: 30,648North Carolina: 33,415Virginia: 35,834District of Columbia: 34,863Maryland: 38,833Delaware: 36,101New Jersey: 36,301Connecticut: 34,232Rhode Island: 41,833Massachusetts: 41,240Oregon: 35,782Utah: 41,190Wyoming: 34,294Nevada: 40,628Colorado: 41,652South Dakota: 33,589Nebraska: 37,839Kansas: 35,967Oklahoma: 32,274Iowa: 40,751Missouri: 35,814Wisconsin: 37,147Illinois: 35,125Kentucky: 29,845Arkansas: 32,028Tennessee: 32,491West Virginia: 28,479Indiana: 36,837Alaska: 38,768Hawaii: 33,245

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • DC 34,863 $
  • RI 41,833 $
  • DE 36,101 $
  • CT 34,232 $
  • NJ 36,301 $
  • MD 38,833 $
  • MA 41,240 $
  • VT 31,363 $
  • NH 44,209 $
  • Lowest: 28,479 to 32,067 $
  • Group 2: 32,067 to 33,589 $
  • Group 3: 33,589 to 35,782 $
  • Group 4: 35,782 to 38,678 $
  • Highest: 38,678 to 44,209 $
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 Hampshire44,209
2Rhode Island41,833
3Colorado41,652
4Massachusetts41,240
5Utah41,190
6Iowa40,751
7Nevada40,628
8Washington38,924
9Maryland38,833
10Alaska38,768
11Minnesota38,678
12Idaho38,421
13Nebraska37,839
14Wisconsin37,147
15Indiana36,837
16New Jersey36,301
17Delaware36,101
18Kansas35,967
19Virginia35,834
20Missouri35,814
21Oregon35,782
22Pennsylvania35,351
23California35,293
24Illinois35,125
25Arizona35,068
26District of Columbia34,863
27Georgia34,657
28Wyoming34,294
29Connecticut34,232
30North Dakota34,029
31South Dakota33,589
32Maine33,559
33North Carolina33,415
34Hawaii33,245
35Michigan32,885
36Florida32,797
37Ohio32,584
38Tennessee32,491
39Oklahoma32,274
40New Mexico32,153
41New York32,067
42Arkansas32,028
43Montana31,904
44Alabama31,872
45Texas31,753
46Louisiana31,500
47Vermont31,363
48Mississippi30,767
49South Carolina30,648
50Kentucky29,845
51West Virginia28,479

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 without a high school diploma ($) (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-without-a-high-school-diploma/

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