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Median earnings, graduate degree holders: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Median earnings with a graduate or professional 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: 91,554 (United States).

Washington: 108,357Idaho: 82,452Montana: 74,727North Dakota: 80,820Minnesota: 89,714Michigan: 86,122Ohio: 85,293Pennsylvania: 86,672New York: 96,389Vermont: 74,563New Hampshire: 91,558Maine: 77,697Arizona: 86,833California: 111,140New Mexico: 83,833Texas: 91,197Louisiana: 72,437Mississippi: 66,370Alabama: 75,333Florida: 81,028Georgia: 85,598South Carolina: 75,877North Carolina: 84,089Virginia: 102,282District of Columbia: 122,500Maryland: 106,167Delaware: 90,543New Jersey: 102,129Connecticut: 99,811Rhode Island: 87,317Massachusetts: 100,982Oregon: 90,926Utah: 97,332Wyoming: 77,447Nevada: 86,337Colorado: 93,610South Dakota: 74,103Nebraska: 78,472Kansas: 75,154Oklahoma: 76,573Iowa: 76,978Missouri: 78,442Wisconsin: 81,682Illinois: 90,940Kentucky: 72,179Arkansas: 70,448Tennessee: 80,532West Virginia: 78,395Indiana: 80,560Alaska: 87,331Hawaii: 91,367

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • DC 122,500 $
  • RI 87,317 $
  • DE 90,543 $
  • CT 99,811 $
  • NJ 102,129 $
  • MD 106,167 $
  • MA 100,982 $
  • VT 74,563 $
  • NH 91,558 $
  • Lowest: 66,370 to 76,573 $
  • Group 2: 76,573 to 81,028 $
  • Group 3: 81,028 to 86,833 $
  • Group 4: 86,833 to 93,610 $
  • Highest: 93,610 to 122,500 $
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 Columbia122,500
2California111,140
3Washington108,357
4Maryland106,167
5Virginia102,282
6New Jersey102,129
7Massachusetts100,982
8Connecticut99,811
9Utah97,332
10New York96,389
11Colorado93,610
12New Hampshire91,558
13Hawaii91,367
14Texas91,197
15Illinois90,940
16Oregon90,926
17Delaware90,543
18Minnesota89,714
19Alaska87,331
20Rhode Island87,317
21Arizona86,833
22Pennsylvania86,672
23Nevada86,337
24Michigan86,122
25Georgia85,598
26Ohio85,293
27North Carolina84,089
28New Mexico83,833
29Idaho82,452
30Wisconsin81,682
31Florida81,028
32North Dakota80,820
33Indiana80,560
34Tennessee80,532
35Nebraska78,472
36Missouri78,442
37West Virginia78,395
38Maine77,697
39Wyoming77,447
40Iowa76,978
41Oklahoma76,573
42South Carolina75,877
43Alabama75,333
44Kansas75,154
45Montana74,727
46Vermont74,563
47South Dakota74,103
48Louisiana72,437
49Kentucky72,179
50Arkansas70,448
51Mississippi66,370

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 graduate or professional 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-graduate-or-professional-degree/

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