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Median earnings, full-time year-round workers: U.S. states ranked

Measure: Median earnings, full-time year-round workers. All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Median earnings by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

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Data last updated
2026-10-29
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National value: 63,454 (United States).

Washington: 77,911Idaho: 60,686Montana: 60,266North Dakota: 60,819Minnesota: 70,315Michigan: 61,922Ohio: 61,295Pennsylvania: 64,332New York: 71,406Vermont: 66,315New Hampshire: 74,160Maine: 64,821Arizona: 61,239California: 71,238New Mexico: 56,596Texas: 60,353Louisiana: 55,018Mississippi: 50,023Alabama: 55,287Florida: 56,688Georgia: 60,617South Carolina: 57,298North Carolina: 60,282Virginia: 71,142District of Columbia: 101,525Maryland: 78,272Delaware: 67,992New Jersey: 76,356Connecticut: 76,086Rhode Island: 69,112Massachusetts: 81,515Oregon: 67,210Utah: 65,825Wyoming: 61,259Nevada: 57,355Colorado: 73,301South Dakota: 57,975Nebraska: 60,300Kansas: 58,035Oklahoma: 52,092Iowa: 60,407Missouri: 58,424Wisconsin: 62,480Illinois: 66,963Kentucky: 55,641Arkansas: 51,520Tennessee: 57,171West Virginia: 54,167Indiana: 59,016Alaska: 70,347Hawaii: 62,686

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • DC 101,525 $
  • RI 69,112 $
  • DE 67,992 $
  • CT 76,086 $
  • NJ 76,356 $
  • MD 78,272 $
  • MA 81,515 $
  • VT 66,315 $
  • NH 74,160 $
  • Lowest: 50,023 to 57,298 $
  • Group 2: 57,298 to 60,407 $
  • Group 3: 60,407 to 64,332 $
  • Group 4: 64,332 to 71,142 $
  • Highest: 71,142 to 101,525 $
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. Values are as published in the source table.

1District of Columbia101,525
2Massachusetts81,515
3Maryland78,272
4Washington77,911
5New Jersey76,356
6Connecticut76,086
7New Hampshire74,160
8Colorado73,301
9New York71,406
10California71,238
11Virginia71,142
12Alaska70,347
13Minnesota70,315
14Rhode Island69,112
15Delaware67,992
16Oregon67,210
17Illinois66,963
18Vermont66,315
19Utah65,825
20Maine64,821
21Pennsylvania64,332
22Hawaii62,686
23Wisconsin62,480
24Michigan61,922
25Ohio61,295
26Wyoming61,259
27Arizona61,239
28North Dakota60,819
29Idaho60,686
30Georgia60,617
31Iowa60,407
32Texas60,353
33Nebraska60,300
34North Carolina60,282
35Montana60,266
36Indiana59,016
37Missouri58,424
38Kansas58,035
39South Dakota57,975
40Nevada57,355
41South Carolina57,298
42Tennessee57,171
43Florida56,688
44New Mexico56,596
45Kentucky55,641
46Alabama55,287
47Louisiana55,018
48West Virginia54,167
49Oklahoma52,092
50Arkansas51,520
51Mississippi50,023

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, Table S2001: Earnings in the Past 12 Months. Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by median earnings, full-time year-round workers (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 1-year estimates, Table S2001; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-10-29. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-median-earnings-full-time-year-round-workers/

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