# US states by mean annual wage, all occupations, 2025

All 51 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `mean_annual_wage`
- Unit: USD
- Definition: Average (mean) 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. Estimates refer to May of each year.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May estimates, state cross-industry file: annual mean wage, all occupations (00-0000) (https://www.bls.gov/oes/special-requests/oesm25st.zip)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-labor-statistics
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May estimates, state cross-industry file: annual mean wage, all occupations (00-0000). https://www.bls.gov/oes/special-requests/oesm25st.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/mean-annual-wage/us-states

| Rank | Place | USD |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | District of Columbia | 111,010 |
| 2 | Massachusetts | 85,610 |
| 3 | Washington | 83,330 |
| 4 | New York | 82,460 |
| 5 | California | 80,690 |
| 6 | New Jersey | 78,040 |
| 7 | Maryland | 77,580 |
| 8 | Connecticut | 77,420 |
| 9 | Colorado | 77,190 |
| 10 | Alaska | 74,720 |
| 11 | Virginia | 74,040 |
| 12 | Oregon | 72,460 |
| 13 | Rhode Island | 71,900 |
| 14 | New Hampshire | 71,360 |
| 15 | Minnesota | 71,160 |
| 16 | Illinois | 71,130 |
| 17 | Hawaii | 70,270 |
| 18 | Delaware | 69,880 |
| 19 | Vermont | 69,050 |
| 20 | Arizona | 67,620 |
| 21 | Utah | 66,290 |
| 22 | Georgia | 65,920 |
| 23 | Maine | 65,780 |
| 24 | Texas | 65,750 |
| 25 | Pennsylvania | 65,730 |
| 26 | Michigan | 64,920 |
| 27 | Florida | 64,670 |
| 28 | Ohio | 64,390 |
| 29 | North Carolina | 64,290 |
| 30 | Wisconsin | 64,270 |
| 31 | North Dakota | 64,050 |
| 32 | Nebraska | 62,400 |
| 33 | New Mexico | 62,330 |
| 34 | Missouri | 62,160 |
| 35 | Nevada | 62,050 |
| 36 | Wyoming | 61,560 |
| 37 | Idaho | 61,170 |
| 38 | Montana | 60,880 |
| 39 | Indiana | 60,840 |
| 40 | Tennessee | 60,800 |
| 41 | Kansas | 60,640 |
| 42 | Iowa | 59,830 |
| 43 | South Carolina | 59,280 |
| 44 | Kentucky | 58,990 |
| 45 | South Dakota | 57,610 |
| 46 | Alabama | 57,500 |
| 47 | Oklahoma | 56,950 |
| 48 | Louisiana | 56,600 |
| 49 | West Virginia | 56,470 |
| 50 | Arkansas | 54,890 |
| 51 | Mississippi | 50,810 |