Compare One Occupation Across States

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States

U.S. mean $72,950 · median $64,920

StateRankMeanMedianHourlyMean vs U.S.P10–P90
Massachusetts #1 $132,380 $143,350 $64
+81.5%
$82,210–$143,350
New York #2 $126,340 $133,320 $61
+73.2%
$82,190–$171,870
Connecticut #3 $102,260 $98,670 $49
+40.2%
$61,640–$146,370
North Dakota #4 $89,920 $85,530 $43
+23.3%
$70,690–$111,580
Arkansas #5 $87,120 $80,150 $42
+19.4%
$47,050–$112,690
Washington #6 $85,030 $80,240 $41
+16.6%
$62,400–$113,700
Oregon #7 $82,920 $86,870 $40
+13.7%
$77,370–$86,870
Tennessee #8 $77,120 $75,190 $37
+5.7%
$50,240–$100,100
California #9 $76,070 $79,030 $37
+4.3%
$59,620–$90,680
Maine #10 $73,640 $67,890 $35
+0.9%
$67,890–$92,190
Nevada #11 $72,800 $69,600 $35
-0.2%
$53,300–$96,610
Maryland #12 $72,130 $70,110 $35
-1.1%
$59,900–$90,120
Alaska #13 $72,050 $67,580 $35
-1.2%
$62,820–$93,140
Minnesota #14 $71,180 $71,070 $34
-2.4%
$64,980–$79,850
Virginia #15 $70,140 $65,940 $34
-3.9%
$54,310–$89,960
Idaho #16 $70,030 $75,540 $34
-4%
$49,480–$79,880
Iowa #17 $69,700 $64,260 $34
-4.5%
$55,210–$86,350
Texas #18 $67,810 $63,130 $33
-7%
$46,320–$82,400
Georgia #19 $66,480 $55,120 $32
-8.9%
$42,260–$78,050
Missouri #20 $66,400 $66,060 $32
-9%
$59,530–$74,710
Colorado #21 $66,290 $67,230 $32
-9.1%
$61,530–$70,890
Oklahoma #22 $65,960 $44,990 $32
-9.6%
$31,200–$125,990
Michigan #23 $65,150 $62,260 $31
-10.7%
$48,690–$83,380
Louisiana #24 $64,990 $63,180 $31
-10.9%
$40,410–$83,230
Delaware #25 $64,300 $64,720 $31
-11.9%
$60,910–$64,720
Arizona #26 $62,480 $60,170 $30
-14.4%
$46,580–$77,710
Indiana #27 $61,650 $57,140 $30
-15.5%
$38,830–$96,520
New Jersey #28 $61,530 $58,890 $30
-15.7%
$58,890–$69,740
Ohio #29 $60,080 $49,840 $29
-17.6%
$41,730–$102,440
West Virginia #30 $59,970 $52,120 $29
-17.8%
$52,120–$83,890
South Carolina #31 $59,310 $50,330 $29
-18.7%
$41,100–$82,490
Nebraska #32 $57,240 $49,570 $28
-21.5%
$38,350–$104,860
Wisconsin #33 $57,090 $54,250 $27
-21.7%
$48,480–$67,900
Utah #34 $56,770 $51,900 $27
-22.2%
$45,430–$85,700
Florida #35 $56,650 $55,180 $27
-22.3%
$44,950–$63,730
Hawaii #36 $54,200 $47,010 $26
-25.7%
$40,250–$73,840
Montana #37 $52,460 $47,320 $25
-28.1%
$44,240–$66,970
Pennsylvania #38 $52,010 $50,590 $25
-28.7%
$34,310–$76,250
Kansas #39 $48,140 $45,720 $23
-34%
$33,350–$68,920

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