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Average pay in transportation: U.S. states ranked (2023)

Measure: Average pay in transportation ($, derived). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Transportation and warehousing jobs by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2023.

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Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated
2026-11-10
Download full table CSVSource: U.S. Census Bureau (County Business Patterns 2023 (API dataset 2023/cbp), NAICS 2017 codes 48-49, 481, 484, 492, 493 and 00 (all sectors)) (opens in a new tab)Source: U.S. Census Bureau (Population Estimates Program, July 1, 2023 resident population (denominator)) (opens in a new tab)

National value: 61,391 (United States).

Washington: 68,451Idaho: 50,942Montana: 55,534North Dakota: 64,559Minnesota: 60,796Michigan: 62,994Ohio: 57,413Pennsylvania: 54,991New York: 63,550Vermont: 54,304New Hampshire: 55,058Maine: 58,334Arizona: 67,233California: 68,198New Mexico: 54,474Texas: 64,806Louisiana: 70,120Mississippi: 52,464Alabama: 55,497Florida: 60,386Georgia: 63,200South Carolina: 51,204North Carolina: 54,236Virginia: 60,557District of Columbia: 73,777Maryland: 54,102Delaware: 51,136New Jersey: 63,197Connecticut: 50,770Rhode Island: 48,811Massachusetts: 58,557Oregon: 59,393Utah: 75,367Wyoming: 65,355Nevada: 54,112Colorado: 67,814South Dakota: 54,327Nebraska: 57,183Kansas: 54,252Oklahoma: 62,817Iowa: 55,102Missouri: 51,539Wisconsin: 55,221Illinois: 59,171Kentucky: 67,078Arkansas: 56,166Tennessee: 56,846West Virginia: 58,283Indiana: 58,464Alaska: 99,892Hawaii: 63,865

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • DC 73,777 $
  • RI 48,811 $
  • DE 51,136 $
  • CT 50,770 $
  • NJ 63,197 $
  • MD 54,102 $
  • MA 58,557 $
  • VT 54,304 $
  • NH 55,058 $
  • Lowest: 48,811 to 54,252 $
  • Group 2: 54,252 to 56,166 $
  • Group 3: 56,166 to 60,386 $
  • Group 4: 60,386 to 64,806 $
  • Highest: 64,806 to 99,892 $
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.

Note: County Business Patterns counts employer establishments only; states' values for small subsectors may be withheld (blank) to avoid disclosing individual businesses.

1Alaska99,892
2Utah75,367
3District of Columbia73,777
4Louisiana70,120
5Washington68,451
6California68,198
7Colorado67,814
8Arizona67,233
9Kentucky67,078
10Wyoming65,355
11Texas64,806
12North Dakota64,559
13Hawaii63,865
14New York63,550
15Georgia63,200
16New Jersey63,197
17Michigan62,994
18Oklahoma62,817
19Minnesota60,796
20Virginia60,557
21Florida60,386
22Oregon59,393
23Illinois59,171
24Massachusetts58,557
25Indiana58,464
26Maine58,334
27West Virginia58,283
28Ohio57,413
29Nebraska57,183
30Tennessee56,846
31Arkansas56,166
32Montana55,534
33Alabama55,497
34Wisconsin55,221
35Iowa55,102
36New Hampshire55,058
37Pennsylvania54,991
38New Mexico54,474
39South Dakota54,327
40Vermont54,304
41Kansas54,252
42North Carolina54,236
43Nevada54,112
44Maryland54,102
45Mississippi52,464
46Missouri51,539
47South Carolina51,204
48Delaware51,136
49Idaho50,942
50Connecticut50,770
51Rhode Island48,811

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023 (API dataset 2023/cbp), NAICS 2017 codes 48-49, 481, 484, 492, 493 and 00 (all sectors)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, July 1, 2023 resident population (denominator). Reference period: 2023.

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U.S. states ranked by average pay in transportation ($, derived) (2023). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, County Business Patterns 2023 (API dataset 2023/cbp), NAICS 2017 sectors 48-49 (transportation and warehousing) and subsectors 481, 484, 492, 493; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-10. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-average-pay-in-transportation/

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