Compare One Occupation Across States

Pick an occupation, then choose states to see its pay side by side.

States

U.S. mean $144,440 · median $139,500

StateRankMeanMedianHourlyMean vs U.S.P10–P90
California #1 $175,330 $170,160 $84
+21.4%
$101,200–$227,900
Massachusetts #2 $163,290 $161,650 $79
+13.1%
$123,670–$220,910
Virginia #3 $154,550 $160,360 $74
+7%
$105,210–$210,160
Connecticut #4 $154,520 $144,460 $74
+7%
$106,040–$210,800
District of Columbia #5 $149,300 $150,010 $72
+3.4%
$82,220–$225,110
Hawaii #6 $147,120 $134,040 $71
+1.9%
$93,780–$212,150
Colorado #7 $146,780 $154,560 $71
+1.6%
$88,000–$195,510
Texas #8 $146,050 $151,370 $70
+1.1%
$92,890–$200,390
Rhode Island #9 $145,930 $140,320 $70
+1%
$92,540–$189,810
New York #10 $145,180 $141,350 $70
+0.5%
$82,540–$216,550
Georgia #11 $144,970 $139,500 $70
+0.4%
$102,400–$187,410
Illinois #12 $144,790 $142,500 $70
+0.2%
$97,820–$193,950
Arizona #13 $144,610 $156,100 $70
+0.1%
$99,730–$189,190
Nevada #14 $143,000 $140,200 $69
-1%
$72,500–$200,190
Florida #15 $142,270 $138,320 $68
-1.5%
$85,880–$206,410
Maryland #16 $141,810 $132,940 $68
-1.8%
$80,090–$205,320
Oregon #17 $140,710 $138,250 $68
-2.6%
$100,820–$175,600
Utah #18 $140,270 $131,740 $67
-2.9%
$97,990–$198,920
Delaware #19 $138,080 $147,800 $66
-4.4%
$83,370–$160,860
New Hampshire #20 $137,030 $139,990 $66
-5.1%
$74,120–$174,850
Wisconsin #21 $136,650 $137,810 $66
-5.4%
$92,660–$170,450
North Carolina #22 $136,590 $134,630 $66
-5.4%
$81,230–$178,380
Washington #23 $135,800 $128,760 $65
-6%
$101,970–$195,590
Nebraska #24 $135,170 $134,320 $65
-6.4%
$91,560–$173,050
Ohio #25 $135,120 $132,910 $65
-6.5%
$94,530–$174,260
Indiana #26 $134,490 $132,830 $65
-6.9%
$83,480–$172,460
Minnesota #27 $134,470 $133,050 $65
-6.9%
$94,220–$169,380
South Carolina #28 $133,300 $130,000 $64
-7.7%
$84,300–$183,700
Idaho #29 $131,490 $121,380 $63
-9%
$79,140–$187,440
New Jersey #30 $130,590 $120,790 $63
-9.6%
$86,230–$197,950
Maine #31 $129,700 $133,120 $62
-10.2%
$86,880–$159,620
Michigan #32 $128,220 $131,000 $62
-11.2%
$79,810–$174,060
Oklahoma #33 $127,250 $110,110 $61
-11.9%
$82,820–$173,990
Kansas #34 $124,980 $129,990 $60
-13.5%
$81,790–$165,330
South Dakota #35 $124,430 $136,540 $60
-13.9%
$95,060–$142,980
Kentucky #36 $124,130 $125,400 $60
-14.1%
$74,140–$173,110
Iowa #37 $122,810 $124,040 $59
-15%
$78,660–$159,790
New Mexico #38 $122,200 $117,950 $59
-15.4%
$70,870–$165,440
Alabama #39 $118,790 $105,450 $57
-17.8%
$78,400–$172,890
Tennessee #40 $117,980 $115,170 $57
-18.3%
$73,440–$170,520
Montana #41 $113,610 $109,990 $55
-21.3%
$86,470–$128,500
Missouri #42 $113,570 $110,570 $55
-21.4%
$64,420–$166,610
North Dakota #43 $113,270 $109,430 $54
-21.6%
$86,370–$138,250
Arkansas #44 $113,190 $104,070 $54
-21.6%
$74,700–$162,920
Alaska #45 $106,680 $112,500 $51
-26.1%
$65,060–$130,500
Mississippi #46 $98,030 $98,420 $47
-32.1%
$61,030–$137,340

P10–P90 bars share one scale across the selected states; the blue band spans P10–P90 and the dot marks the median.