Average Salary by State

The average advertised pay range in every US state, from 383,514 live job postings that list a salary. California, New York, Washington pay the most. States with pay transparency laws publish far more salaries, so their averages rest on larger samples. Pick a state to see its open jobs.

#	State	Average pay	Jobs listing pay	Open jobs
1	California	$106k – $134k	74,820	167,602
2	New York	$98k – $121k	42,114	94,745
3	Washington	$89k – $114k	14,390	40,447
4	Massachusetts	$88k – $112k	17,269	39,045
5	Colorado	$77k – $97k	12,518	33,270
6	Maryland	$77k – $98k	9,116	25,757
7	Virginia	$76k – $103k	13,332	43,335
8	Illinois	$76k – $95k	18,097	50,867
9	Texas	$75k – $95k	23,800	130,561
10	New Jersey	$75k – $95k	10,994	29,452
11	Alaska	$75k – $92k	775	3,727
12	Connecticut	$70k – $88k	3,534	13,225
13	North Carolina	$70k – $91k	9,991	46,767
14	Georgia	$70k – $88k	7,339	40,385
15	New Mexico	$69k – $87k	1,584	7,541
16	Mississippi	$69k – $83k	1,030	8,822
17	Rhode Island	$68k – $84k	1,135	4,695
18	Vermont	$68k – $85k	740	1,783
19	Oregon	$67k – $83k	4,849	17,894
20	Arizona	$66k – $81k	7,431	33,791
21	Missouri	$65k – $83k	5,513	26,119
22	Michigan	$65k – $85k	7,119	35,910
23	West Virginia	$65k – $78k	622	3,459
24	Florida	$65k – $81k	14,221	78,382
25	Alabama	$65k – $87k	2,885	18,033
26	Kentucky	$65k – $79k	2,671	15,533
27	Pennsylvania	$64k – $78k	9,273	44,525
28	Minnesota	$64k – $83k	10,252	26,540
29	Oklahoma	$64k – $81k	2,244	13,716
30	Montana	$64k – $81k	1,001	5,279
31	Utah	$63k – $79k	2,789	12,770
32	Delaware	$63k – $82k	440	1,811
33	Tennessee	$63k – $79k	5,051	31,452
34	Maine	$63k – $79k	1,110	3,839
35	Hawaii	$63k – $79k	1,974	5,249
36	Idaho	$63k – $82k	1,349	7,443
37	Nevada	$62k – $77k	3,597	14,946
38	South Carolina	$61k – $76k	3,514	21,265
39	Ohio	$60k – $74k	9,502	45,617
40	New Hampshire	$60k – $74k	1,205	5,530
41	Wisconsin	$60k – $75k	5,210	26,242
42	Louisiana	$60k – $73k	2,174	16,940
43	Wyoming	$59k – $76k	371	1,790
44	Indiana	$58k – $72k	4,478	24,670
45	South Dakota	$58k – $75k	1,796	4,849
46	Arkansas	$56k – $68k	1,416	9,502
47	Nebraska	$56k – $70k	1,471	7,731
48	Iowa	$56k – $69k	2,077	11,919
49	Kansas	$55k – $69k	2,026	11,344
50	North Dakota	$54k – $73k	1,305	4,122

See also the highest paying cities. Averages cover advertised annual pay in US dollars between $15k and $1M, refreshed daily. They describe the jobs hiring now, not every worker in the state, so they can differ from government wage statistics. Browse jobs by salary range or by location.