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Median earnings with a bachelor's degree: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Median earnings with a bachelor's degree ($). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Median earnings by educational attainment by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

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Data last updated
2026-11-09
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National value: 71,709 (United States).

Washington: 85,226Idaho: 65,236Montana: 60,425North Dakota: 66,394Minnesota: 74,444Michigan: 69,425Ohio: 68,856Pennsylvania: 71,449New York: 80,262Vermont: 62,153New Hampshire: 75,511Maine: 62,723Arizona: 70,092California: 81,307New Mexico: 61,598Texas: 69,421Louisiana: 60,704Mississippi: 52,279Alabama: 62,369Florida: 62,154Georgia: 70,770South Carolina: 62,016North Carolina: 66,534Virginia: 78,511District of Columbia: 93,573Maryland: 82,068Delaware: 75,493New Jersey: 81,055Connecticut: 81,785Rhode Island: 73,939Massachusetts: 81,916Oregon: 71,747Utah: 70,402Wyoming: 60,936Nevada: 62,986Colorado: 79,205South Dakota: 61,498Nebraska: 65,913Kansas: 65,443Oklahoma: 61,436Iowa: 63,983Missouri: 63,816Wisconsin: 70,037Illinois: 76,137Kentucky: 65,089Arkansas: 61,954Tennessee: 66,572West Virginia: 60,677Indiana: 65,175Alaska: 76,713Hawaii: 63,624

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • DC 93,573 $
  • RI 73,939 $
  • DE 75,493 $
  • CT 81,785 $
  • NJ 81,055 $
  • MD 82,068 $
  • MA 81,916 $
  • VT 62,153 $
  • NH 75,511 $
  • Lowest: 52,279 to 62,153 $
  • Group 2: 62,153 to 65,236 $
  • Group 3: 65,236 to 70,092 $
  • Group 4: 70,092 to 76,713 $
  • Highest: 76,713 to 93,573 $
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 Columbia93,573
2Washington85,226
3Maryland82,068
4Massachusetts81,916
5Connecticut81,785
6California81,307
7New Jersey81,055
8New York80,262
9Colorado79,205
10Virginia78,511
11Alaska76,713
12Illinois76,137
13New Hampshire75,511
14Delaware75,493
15Minnesota74,444
16Rhode Island73,939
17Oregon71,747
18Pennsylvania71,449
19Georgia70,770
20Utah70,402
21Arizona70,092
22Wisconsin70,037
23Michigan69,425
24Texas69,421
25Ohio68,856
26Tennessee66,572
27North Carolina66,534
28North Dakota66,394
29Nebraska65,913
30Kansas65,443
31Idaho65,236
32Indiana65,175
33Kentucky65,089
34Iowa63,983
35Missouri63,816
36Hawaii63,624
37Nevada62,986
38Maine62,723
39Alabama62,369
40Florida62,154
41Vermont62,153
42South Carolina62,016
43Arkansas61,954
44New Mexico61,598
45South Dakota61,498
46Oklahoma61,436
47Wyoming60,936
48Louisiana60,704
49West Virginia60,677
50Montana60,425
51Mississippi52,279

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, Table S1501: Educational Attainment. Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by median earnings with a bachelor's degree ($) (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 1-year estimates, Table S1501; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-09. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-median-earnings-with-a-bachelors-degree/

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