Compare One Occupation Across States

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States

U.S. mean $85,900 · median $81,410

StateRankMeanMedianHourlyMean vs U.S.P10–P90
Mississippi #1 $125,980 $96,710 $61
+46.7%
$59,790–$211,440
Massachusetts #2 $118,340 $108,790 $57
+37.8%
$84,340–$168,600
Illinois #3 $102,480 $93,320 $49
+19.3%
$76,190–$152,420
New York #4 $98,720 $109,220 $47
+14.9%
$61,110–$110,280
Montana #5 $95,640 $90,220 $46
+11.3%
$80,460–$126,950
Florida #6 $93,850 $92,310 $45
+9.3%
$80,070–$94,560
Oklahoma #7 $93,560 $91,970 $45
+8.9%
$60,640–$127,380
Colorado #8 $92,960 $89,360 $45
+8.2%
$57,730–$125,830
Arizona #9 $91,490 $89,840 $44
+6.5%
$81,810–$93,260
Indiana #10 $90,740 $92,790 $44
+5.6%
$62,830–$129,020
Minnesota #11 $88,730 $93,700 $43
+3.3%
$79,780–$93,830
New Jersey #12 $88,640 $86,550 $43
+3.2%
$85,930–$107,060
New Mexico #13 $86,590 $88,330 $42
+0.8%
$83,960–$92,880
Iowa #14 $86,180 $89,970 $41
+0.3%
$74,770–$95,710
Tennessee #15 $85,470 $81,410 $41
-0.5%
$66,060–$91,490
Virginia #16 $85,310 $90,780 $41
-0.7%
$62,490–$90,940
Wyoming #17 $84,680 $78,910 $41
-1.4%
$63,440–$105,080
Kentucky #18 $83,310 $77,620 $40
-3%
$61,820–$98,080
South Carolina #19 $83,100 $89,290 $40
-3.3%
$58,350–$89,290
Pennsylvania #20 $79,680 $82,460 $38
-7.2%
$60,250–$100,870
Missouri #21 $78,270 $78,820 $38
-8.9%
$78,750–$79,040
Wisconsin #22 $77,030 $84,550 $37
-10.3%
$61,780–$84,600
Oregon #23 $76,640 $79,130 $37
-10.8%
$67,440–$83,630
Washington #24 $76,070 $73,750 $37
-11.4%
$59,610–$91,140
Arkansas #25 $75,780 $78,930 $36
-11.8%
$65,050–$78,930
California #26 $75,600 $77,070 $36
-12%
$52,260–$79,940
Texas #27 $73,530 $79,000 $35
-14.4%
$58,700–$79,310
Kansas #28 $72,180 $75,190 $35
-16%
$60,660–$78,300
Alabama #29 $70,290 $77,600 $34
-18.2%
$39,290–$87,380
South Dakota #30 $70,010 $69,180 $34
-18.5%
$62,730–$81,640
West Virginia #31 $67,970 $64,400 $33
-20.9%
$62,880–$90,080
New Hampshire #32 $66,920 $70,670 $32
-22.1%
$49,430–$77,110
Ohio #33 $66,350 $63,280 $32
-22.8%
$63,110–$77,130
Louisiana #34 $64,920 $64,200 $31
-24.4%
$47,180–$73,630
North Carolina #35 $61,880 $61,190 $30
-28%
$59,580–$70,240

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