Compare One Occupation Across States

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States

U.S. mean $59,720 · median $57,080

StateRankMeanMedianHourlyMean vs U.S.P10–P90
Massachusetts #1 $90,890 $100,810 $44
+52.2%
$62,220–$110,650
Washington #2 $80,230 $66,860 $39
+34.3%
$46,650–$131,280
Hawaii #3 $79,630 $80,800 $38
+33.3%
$51,230–$104,950
New Jersey #4 $75,720 $70,890 $36
+26.8%
$42,340–$110,020
California #5 $75,020 $64,040 $36
+25.6%
$47,890–$121,620
Oregon #6 $74,280 $70,890 $36
+24.4%
$46,760–$109,740
Illinois #7 $74,200 $61,840 $36
+24.2%
$45,230–$101,990
District of Columbia #8 $73,890 $78,390 $36
+23.7%
$60,310–$82,680
Minnesota #9 $73,470 $66,130 $35
+23%
$51,300–$101,880
New York #10 $69,520 $61,760 $33
+16.4%
$45,080–$103,730
Wisconsin #11 $69,330 $62,400 $33
+16.1%
$46,180–$97,450
Rhode Island #12 $68,080 $61,650 $33
+14%
$47,500–$99,570
Connecticut #13 $67,220 $63,840 $32
+12.6%
$45,500–$92,180
Alaska #14 $65,520 $63,000 $32
+9.7%
$48,000–$75,560
Colorado #15 $64,630 $62,340 $31
+8.2%
$47,290–$80,770
Maryland #16 $63,120 $59,890 $30
+5.7%
$45,870–$78,880
Pennsylvania #17 $61,470 $58,810 $30
+2.9%
$38,680–$94,270
Wyoming #18 $60,180 $55,030 $29
+0.8%
$52,360–$76,040
Indiana #19 $59,840 $60,210 $29
+0.2%
$44,820–$75,360
Idaho #20 $59,440 $59,850 $29
-0.5%
$37,770–$78,730
North Dakota #21 $58,250 $61,800 $28
-2.5%
$40,360–$68,280
New Hampshire #22 $57,910 $58,850 $28
-3%
$38,840–$73,340
Vermont #23 $57,890 $60,390 $28
-3.1%
$48,270–$63,770
Ohio #24 $57,770 $60,200 $28
-3.3%
$44,260–$74,750
Virginia #25 $57,320 $59,260 $28
-4%
$39,520–$72,130
Michigan #26 $56,670 $52,770 $27
-5.1%
$45,320–$73,650
Iowa #27 $56,410 $57,330 $27
-5.5%
$41,040–$71,900
Nebraska #28 $56,140 $50,190 $27
-6%
$37,460–$79,020
Nevada #29 $55,990 $49,490 $27
-6.2%
$44,170–$74,810
Arizona #30 $55,660 $56,560 $27
-6.8%
$44,020–$70,480
Missouri #31 $55,160 $51,430 $27
-7.6%
$29,510–$81,400
Utah #32 $54,850 $51,470 $26
-8.2%
$45,160–$66,170
Kansas #33 $52,400 $47,090 $25
-12.3%
$36,830–$74,480
Montana #34 $52,300 $49,360 $25
-12.4%
$34,880–$70,000
South Carolina #35 $51,820 $50,650 $25
-13.2%
$36,990–$68,530
Kentucky #36 $51,170 $49,110 $25
-14.3%
$39,150–$59,410
Tennessee #37 $50,760 $48,610 $24
-15%
$37,240–$63,120
West Virginia #38 $50,550 $49,810 $24
-15.4%
$33,420–$70,910
Maine #39 $50,250 $47,770 $24
-15.9%
$43,160–$61,720
Louisiana #40 $48,800 $47,150 $23
-18.3%
$31,870–$63,080
Florida #41 $48,500 $47,030 $23
-18.8%
$27,280–$63,200
South Dakota #42 $48,370 $47,140 $23
-19%
$42,920–$58,700
North Carolina #43 $48,240 $46,170 $23
-19.2%
$37,270–$60,830
Texas #44 $47,630 $47,730 $23
-20.2%
$35,500–$59,990
Georgia #45 $47,450 $43,340 $23
-20.5%
$34,670–$71,210
New Mexico #46 $46,250 $46,940 $22
-22.6%
$33,380–$57,140
Alabama #47 $45,200 $45,520 $22
-24.3%
$32,210–$62,900
Oklahoma #48 $43,750 $45,380 $21
-26.7%
$30,070–$54,570
Arkansas #49 $43,030 $44,700 $21
-27.9%
$30,600–$55,590
Mississippi #50 $39,410 $36,750 $19
-34%
$29,680–$48,830

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