State rankings
OT Salary by State
California has the highest Mean Annual Wage ($109,220), followed by Nevada ($105,020) and New Jersey ($104,710). Maine has the lowest ($76,490).
51 of 51 states
Cost-of-living adjustmentConverts wages and incomes to what they would buy at average US prices, so $100k in a cheap state and $100k in an expensive one are not treated as equal.More in the glossary →
Mean Annual Wage
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Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →
Each dot is one state; the lines mark the median and the middle half.
Median
$89,330
Middle half $84,645 – $95,170
Average
$89,848
51 states
Highest
$109,220
California
Lowest
$76,490
Maine
Data
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51 states · # = rank by Mean Annual Wage
| # | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  California | $109,220 | $104,380 | $52.51 | $50.19 | 0.75 |
| 2 |  Nevada | $105,020 | $102,130 | $50.49 | $49.10 | 0.55 |
| 3 |  New Jersey | $104,710 | $103,090 | $50.34 | $49.56 | 1.04 |
| 4 |  Alaska | $100,810 | $97,970 | $48.46 | $47.10 | 0.96 |
| 5 |  Virginia | $97,980 | $97,080 | $47.11 | $46.68 | 0.84 |
| 6 |  Colorado | $97,720 | $96,450 | $46.98 | $46.37 | 1.43 |
| 7 |  Texas | $96,900 | $96,260 | $46.59 | $46.28 | 0.69 |
| 8 |  Hawaii | $96,600 | $95,890 | $46.44 | $46.10 | 0.65 |
| 9 |  Oregon | $96,370 | $100,910 | $46.33 | $48.52 | 0.56 |
| 10 |  District of Columbia | $96,000 | $92,670 | $46.16 | $44.56 | 0.6 |
| 11 |  Maryland | $95,810 | $98,280 | $46.06 | $47.25 | 1.1 |
| 12 |  Connecticut | $95,400 | $96,340 | $45.87 | $46.32 | 1.38 |
| 13 |  New York | $95,280 | $86,370 | $45.81 | $41.52 | 0.95 |
| 14 |  Georgia | $95,060 | $95,200 | $45.70 | $45.77 | 0.71 |
| 15 |  Washington | $94,450 | $94,900 | $45.41 | $45.62 | 1.01 |
| 16 |  New Mexico | $94,100 | $86,560 | $45.24 | $41.62 | 0.97 |
| 17 |  Rhode Island | $92,110 | $93,600 | $44.28 | $45.00 | 1.22 |
| 18 |  Massachusetts | $91,840 | $93,140 | $44.15 | $44.78 | 1.46 |
| 19 |  Louisiana | $91,790 | $94,280 | $44.13 | $45.33 | 0.97 |
| 20 |  Ohio | $91,670 | $93,060 | $44.07 | $44.74 | 1 |
| 21 |  Tennessee | $91,040 | $95,560 | $43.77 | $45.94 | 0.73 |
| 22 |  Arizona | $90,740 | $84,250 | $43.62 | $40.50 | 0.8 |
| 23 |  Oklahoma | $90,200 | $92,230 | $43.37 | $44.34 | 0.55 |
| 24 |  Utah | $89,740 | $85,260 | $43.14 | $40.99 | 0.5 |
| 25 |  Mississippi | $89,590 | $91,800 | $43.07 | $44.14 | 1.03 |
| 26 |  Illinois | $89,330 | $93,290 | $42.95 | $44.85 | 1.13 |
| 27 |  Florida | $88,910 | $91,970 | $42.75 | $44.22 | 0.84 |
| 28 |  Pennsylvania | $88,560 | $87,930 | $42.58 | $42.27 | 1.25 |
| 29 |  Delaware | $88,180 | $87,360 | $42.39 | $42.00 | 0.91 |
| 30 |  South Carolina | $88,090 | $84,390 | $42.35 | $40.57 | 0.79 |
| 31 |  Nebraska | $87,620 | $83,530 | $42.13 | $40.16 | 1.19 |
| 32 |  Indiana | $87,510 | $84,990 | $42.07 | $40.86 | 0.94 |
| 33 |  Kansas | $87,030 | $84,610 | $41.84 | $40.68 | 0.95 |
| 34 |  Alabama | $86,860 | $83,770 | $41.76 | $40.28 | 0.59 |
| 35 |  North Carolina | $86,270 | $83,560 | $41.48 | $40.17 | 0.72 |
| 36 |  Missouri | $85,780 | $88,340 | $41.24 | $42.47 | 0.94 |
| 37 |  Montana | $84,680 | $83,660 | $40.71 | $40.22 | 0.96 |
| 38 |  Wyoming | $84,650 | $81,040 | $40.70 | $38.96 | 1.12 |
| 39 |  Idaho | $84,640 | $82,000 | $40.69 | $39.42 | 0.76 |
| 40 |  Kentucky | $83,960 | $81,130 | $40.37 | $39.00 | 1.07 |
| 41 |  New Hampshire | $83,930 | $83,200 | $40.35 | $40.00 | 1.51 |
| 42 |  Michigan | $83,900 | $82,450 | $40.34 | $39.64 | 1.04 |
| 43 |  Iowa | $83,820 | $80,960 | $40.30 | $38.92 | 0.81 |
| 44 |  Arkansas | $82,920 | $79,980 | $39.87 | $38.45 | 1.11 |
| 45 |  Wisconsin | $82,080 | $81,700 | $39.46 | $39.28 | 1.14 |
| 46 |  Minnesota | $81,840 | $81,370 | $39.35 | $39.12 | 1.01 |
| 47 |  Vermont | $81,710 | $79,920 | $39.28 | $38.42 | 0.86 |
| 48 |  West Virginia | $78,410 | $79,620 | $37.70 | $38.28 | 0.68 |
| 49 |  North Dakota | $78,020 | $75,640 | $37.51 | $36.36 | 1.28 |
| 50 |  South Dakota | $76,900 | $76,400 | $36.97 | $36.73 | 0.94 |
| 51 |  Maine | $76,490 | $76,860 | $36.77 | $36.95 | 1.81 |
What correlates with Mean Annual Wage?
Pearson r against 2,092 other state metrics sharing at least 31 states. Ranks are read by standing: a better rank counts as higher, whether rank 1 is the best place on a list or the worst. Correlation is not causation.
Higher together
Places that have a higher Mean Annual Wage tend to score higher on these (or rank better)
- Cultural Diversity RankMost Diverse US StatesA rank: rank 1 is the bestPlotr = −0.83 · very strong · n = 50
- Cultural DiversityLeast Diverse States in the USA rank: rank 1 is the bestPlotr = −0.83 · very strong · n = 50
- Racial & Ethnic DiversityMost Diverse US StatesA rank: rank 1 is the bestPlotr = −0.80 · very strong · n = 50
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Opposite directions
Places that have a higher Mean Annual Wage tend to score lower on these (or rank worse)
Quick answers
- Which state has the highest Mean Annual Wage?
- California has the highest Mean Annual Wage, at $109,220, followed by Nevada ($105,020) and New Jersey ($104,710).
- Which state has the lowest Mean Annual Wage?
- Maine has the lowest Mean Annual Wage, at $76,490.
- What is the median Mean Annual Wage across US states?
- The median is $89,330 across the 51 US states with data.
- Where does this ot salary by state data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics - US Bureau of Labor Statistics.