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Average adjusted gross income per tax return: U.S. states ranked

Measure: Average adjusted gross income per tax return ($, derived). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Federal income tax returns by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2023.

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Data last updated
2026-11-09
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National value: 95,243 (United States).

Washington: 114,848Idaho: 86,033Montana: 85,142North Dakota: 98,230Minnesota: 94,936Michigan: 81,709Ohio: 80,489Pennsylvania: 90,857New York: 107,450Vermont: 83,766New Hampshire: 108,721Maine: 80,888Arizona: 89,405California: 110,960New Mexico: 69,542Texas: 92,870Louisiana: 73,322Mississippi: 65,863Alabama: 77,823Florida: 98,081Georgia: 84,221South Carolina: 80,554North Carolina: 84,870Virginia: 102,403District of Columbia: 143,300Maryland: 100,608Delaware: 87,971New Jersey: 111,864Connecticut: 121,733Rhode Island: 87,336Massachusetts: 121,181Oregon: 87,932Utah: 94,540Wyoming: 110,694Nevada: 95,528Colorado: 101,760South Dakota: 90,778Nebraska: 87,477Kansas: 85,803Oklahoma: 77,287Iowa: 86,119Missouri: 83,389Wisconsin: 86,578Illinois: 99,263Kentucky: 73,762Arkansas: 79,492Tennessee: 86,869West Virginia: 68,156Indiana: 78,924Alaska: 90,076Hawaii: 84,322

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • DC 143,300 $
  • RI 87,336 $
  • DE 87,971 $
  • CT 121,733 $
  • NJ 111,864 $
  • MD 100,608 $
  • MA 121,181 $
  • VT 83,766 $
  • NH 108,721 $
  • Lowest: 65,863 to 80,554 $
  • Group 2: 80,554 to 86,033 $
  • Group 3: 86,033 to 90,778 $
  • Group 4: 90,778 to 101,760 $
  • Highest: 101,760 to 143,300 $
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. The ranked value is itself derived; see the source table for the method. Values are as published in the source table.

1District of Columbia143,300
2Connecticut121,733
3Massachusetts121,181
4Washington114,848
5New Jersey111,864
6California110,960
7Wyoming110,694
8New Hampshire108,721
9New York107,450
10Virginia102,403
11Colorado101,760
12Maryland100,608
13Illinois99,263
14North Dakota98,230
15Florida98,081
16Nevada95,528
17Minnesota94,936
18Utah94,540
19Texas92,870
20Pennsylvania90,857
21South Dakota90,778
22Alaska90,076
23Arizona89,405
24Delaware87,971
25Oregon87,932
26Nebraska87,477
27Rhode Island87,336
28Tennessee86,869
29Wisconsin86,578
30Iowa86,119
31Idaho86,033
32Kansas85,803
33Montana85,142
34North Carolina84,870
35Hawaii84,322
36Georgia84,221
37Vermont83,766
38Missouri83,389
39Michigan81,709
40Maine80,888
41South Carolina80,554
42Ohio80,489
43Arkansas79,492
44Indiana78,924
45Alabama77,823
46Oklahoma77,287
47Kentucky73,762
48Louisiana73,322
49New Mexico69,542
50West Virginia68,156
51Mississippi65,863

Source: Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income, SOI Tax Stats, Historic Table 2: individual income and tax data by state, tax year 2023 (23in55cmcsv.csv). Reference period: 2023.

Cite this ranking

U.S. states ranked by average adjusted gross income per tax return ($, derived) (2023). Data: Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income, SOI Tax Stats, Historic Table 2: individual income and tax data by state, tax year 2023 (23in55cmcsv.csv); rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-09. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-average-adjusted-gross-income-per-tax-return/

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