US states by personal income

California had the highest personal income of 51 states in 2015, at $2.1 trillion. Vermont had the lowest, at $30.59 billion. The median was $187.42 billion and the figure for the United States was $15.47 trillion. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Highest2,097,497.5California

Lowest30,593.5Vermont

Median187,417.151 states

United States15,467,113History

Map of states, 2015

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50K to 110K
110K to 190K
190K to 280K
280K to 430K
430K and over

USD million, 2015. Source: BEA, SAINC1: state annual personal income summary, personal income, millions of current dollars, United States and states. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All states, 2015

USD million. Source: BEA, SAINC1: state annual personal income summary, personal income, millions of current dollars, United States and states. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	States	2015 USD million	Change on 2014
1	California	2,097,497.5	+7.2%
2	Texas	1,281,474	+1.9%
3	New York	1,137,014.8	+4.3%
4	Florida	905,500	+6.7%
5	Illinois	656,977	+4.4%
6	Pennsylvania	635,857	+4%
7	New Jersey	530,443.3	+4.1%
8	Ohio	511,483.1	+3.8%
9	Virginia	433,046	+4.4%
10	Michigan	429,338.3	+5.4%
11	Georgia	423,497.9	+6.2%
12	Massachusetts	422,634.8	+6.6%
13	North Carolina	414,885.7	+5.3%
14	Washington	376,470.4	+5.9%
15	Maryland	333,016.9	+4.4%
16	Minnesota	282,892.3	+4.8%
17	Colorado	279,533.6	+4.2%
18	Indiana	279,179.9	+3.8%
19	Tennessee	277,408.3	+5.1%
20	Arizona	266,704.1	+5.5%
21	Wisconsin	266,159.6	+4.3%
22	Missouri	259,313.5	+3.4%
23	Connecticut	239,152.4	+2.6%
24	Louisiana	198,488.9	+0.4%
25	South Carolina	192,151	+6.2%
26	Alabama	187,417.1	+4.5%
27	Oregon	177,439.4	+7.5%
28	Oklahoma	172,716.7	-2.8%
29	Kentucky	172,275.3	+4.5%
30	Iowa	142,355.3	+3.5%
31	Kansas	136,172.6	+1%
32	Nevada	125,151	+8.3%
33	Utah	119,517.2	+7.7%
34	Arkansas	116,656.2	+3.1%
35	Mississippi	104,827.8	+1.3%
36	Nebraska	94,683.6	+3.9%
37	New Mexico	79,152.9	+2.4%
38	New Hampshire	72,723.2	+4.5%
39	West Virginia	68,369.1	+1.9%
40	Hawaii	68,215.7	+4.6%
41	Idaho	64,550.4	+6%
42	Maine	57,357.2	+4.3%
43	Rhode Island	51,762.8	+3.5%
44	District of Columbia	49,652.5	+7.9%
45	Delaware	44,630.2	+5.2%
46	Montana	44,590.6	+3.9%
47	Alaska	41,900.8	+3.1%
48	South Dakota	41,130	+3.9%
49	North Dakota	40,394.6	-4.2%
50	Wyoming	32,757.1	+0.2%
51	Vermont	30,593.5	+2.9%

Other periods

About this ranking

Total income received by the residents of a place from work, own businesses, property and government benefits, before income taxes, in millions of current US dollars. United States: Bureau of Economic Analysis regional accounts, table SAINC1 line 1 for the nation and states and CAINC1 line 1 for counties.

Counted where people live, not where they work. The national figure is the total of the states, which differs slightly from personal income in the national accounts. Divided by BEA population it gives per_capita_personal_income.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the states are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. SAINC1: state annual personal income summary, personal income, millions of current dollars, United States and states. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. (2026). SAINC1: state annual personal income summary, personal income, millions of current dollars, United States and states (US states by personal income, 2015) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip

MLA 9

SAINC1: state annual personal income summary, personal income, millions of current dollars, United States and states, US states by personal income, 2015. U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, 30 Sept. 2026, https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/personal-income/us-states?period=2015. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. 2026. SAINC1: state annual personal income summary, personal income, millions of current dollars, United States and states. US states by personal income, 2015. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/personal-income/us-states?period=2015.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (2026) SAINC1: state annual personal income summary, personal income, millions of current dollars, United States and states, US states by personal income, 2015 [Dataset]. Available at: https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/personal-income/us-states?period=2015 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Which state has the highest personal income?

California, with $2.1 trillion in 2015, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Which state has the lowest personal income?

Vermont, with $30.59 billion in 2015.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, SAINC1: state annual personal income summary, personal income, millions of current dollars, United States and states. Retrieved 2026-10-12.