Median annual wage, all occupations
Median annual wage of wage and salary jobs in all occupations, in US dollars, from the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) survey of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Half of jobs pay more and half pay less. Estimates refer to May of each year.
A wage per job, not household or personal income: for those use median_household_income or per_capita_personal_income. Covers employees of nonfarm establishments; the self-employed, farm workers and private household workers are excluded. Pay is straight-time gross pay: base rate, cost-of-living allowances, commissions, production bonuses and tips. Overtime, shift differentials, nonproduction bonuses and employer-paid benefits are excluded. BLS converts hourly rates to annual pay at 2,080 hours a year.
Key facts
- Median annual wage, all occupations in the United States was $50,980 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
- District of Columbia had the highest median annual wage, all occupations of 51 states in 2025, at $91,540, and Mississippi the lowest, at $40,120. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
- Published for 52 places, with figures from 2003 to 2025.
Rankings
US states by median annual wage, all occupations, 2025
Places with data
Countries
Regions and states
- California
- Texas
- Florida
- New York
- Pennsylvania
- Illinois
- Ohio
- Georgia
- North Carolina
- Michigan
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- Maine
- New Jersey
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