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Average receipts of self-employed businesses: U.S. states ranked

Measure: Average receipts of self-employed businesses ($, derived). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Self-employed businesses without employees by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2023.

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Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated
2026-11-09
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National value: 57,611 (United States).

Washington: 59,207Idaho: 55,967Montana: 59,040North Dakota: 65,672Minnesota: 56,533Michigan: 51,756Ohio: 54,421Pennsylvania: 58,451New York: 66,463Vermont: 55,003New Hampshire: 72,055Maine: 56,317Arizona: 56,640California: 64,415New Mexico: 49,822Texas: 57,719Louisiana: 47,654Mississippi: 48,611Alabama: 52,216Florida: 54,735Georgia: 48,833South Carolina: 51,128North Carolina: 51,282Virginia: 51,266District of Columbia: 59,643Maryland: 50,879Delaware: 92,227New Jersey: 68,183Connecticut: 67,690Rhode Island: 52,704Massachusetts: 62,525Oregon: 55,963Utah: 59,767Wyoming: 79,197Nevada: 61,660Colorado: 58,736South Dakota: 59,810Nebraska: 56,801Kansas: 56,690Oklahoma: 57,343Iowa: 56,622Missouri: 54,017Wisconsin: 57,037Illinois: 53,174Kentucky: 54,530Arkansas: 53,337Tennessee: 59,733West Virginia: 46,154Indiana: 51,338Alaska: 54,688Hawaii: 57,742

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • DC 59,643 $
  • RI 52,704 $
  • DE 92,227 $
  • CT 67,690 $
  • NJ 68,183 $
  • MD 50,879 $
  • MA 62,525 $
  • VT 55,003 $
  • NH 72,055 $
  • Lowest: 46,154 to 51,756 $
  • Group 2: 51,756 to 55,003 $
  • Group 3: 55,003 to 57,343 $
  • Group 4: 57,343 to 59,810 $
  • Highest: 59,810 to 92,227 $
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: Nonemployer businesses include sole proprietors, gig workers and landlords with no paid employees.

1Delaware92,227
2Wyoming79,197
3New Hampshire72,055
4New Jersey68,183
5Connecticut67,690
6New York66,463
7North Dakota65,672
8California64,415
9Massachusetts62,525
10Nevada61,660
11South Dakota59,810
12Utah59,767
13Tennessee59,733
14District of Columbia59,643
15Washington59,207
16Montana59,040
17Colorado58,736
18Pennsylvania58,451
19Hawaii57,742
20Texas57,719
21Oklahoma57,343
22Wisconsin57,037
23Nebraska56,801
24Kansas56,690
25Arizona56,640
26Iowa56,622
27Minnesota56,533
28Maine56,317
29Idaho55,967
30Oregon55,963
31Vermont55,003
32Florida54,735
33Alaska54,688
34Kentucky54,530
35Ohio54,421
36Missouri54,017
37Arkansas53,337
38Illinois53,174
39Rhode Island52,704
40Alabama52,216
41Michigan51,756
42Indiana51,338
43North Carolina51,282
44Virginia51,266
45South Carolina51,128
46Maryland50,879
47New Mexico49,822
48Georgia48,833
49Mississippi48,611
50Louisiana47,654
51West Virginia46,154

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Nonemployer Statistics, Nonemployer Statistics 2023 (API dataset 2023/nonemp), all sectors (NAICS 00)
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 receipts of self-employed businesses ($, derived) (2023). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, Nonemployer Statistics, Nonemployer Statistics 2023 (API dataset 2023/nonemp), all sectors (NAICS 00); rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-09. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-average-receipts-of-self-employed-businesses/

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