Rank List: States in Profile

Average Wage Per Job (2024 Adj. Dollars) in 2016

Rank	State	FIPS Code	Adj. Average Wage per Job
1	District of Columbia	11000	$116,952
2	New York	36000	$88,798
3	Massachusetts	25000	$88,134
4	Connecticut	09000	$86,092
5	California	06000	$82,294
6	New Jersey	34000	$82,050
7	Washington	53000	$77,144
8	Maryland	24000	$75,945
9	Illinois	17000	$73,776
10	Virginia	51000	$71,671
11	Colorado	08000	$71,446
12	Texas	48000	$71,013
13	Minnesota	27000	$70,966
14	Delaware	10000	$70,271
15	Alaska	02000	$70,062
16	New Hampshire	33000	$70,007
17	Pennsylvania	42000	$68,565
18	Rhode Island	44000	$67,249
19	Michigan	26000	$66,582
20	Georgia	13000	$66,234
21	Oregon	41000	$64,662
22	North Dakota	38000	$63,877
23	Arizona	04000	$63,420
24	Hawaii	15000	$62,969
25	Ohio	39000	$62,344
26	Tennessee	47000	$61,956
27	North Carolina	37000	$61,781
28	Nevada	32000	$61,578
29	Florida	12000	$61,475
30	Missouri	29000	$60,281
31	Wisconsin	55000	$60,132
32	Louisiana	22000	$59,628
33	Utah	49000	$59,148
34	Vermont	50000	$58,854
35	Wyoming	56000	$58,781
36	Iowa	19000	$58,697
37	Alabama	01000	$58,595
38	Indiana	18000	$58,279
39	Kansas	20000	$57,694
40	Kentucky	21000	$57,637
41	Oklahoma	40000	$57,385
42	Nebraska	31000	$56,981
43	South Carolina	45000	$56,045
44	New Mexico	35000	$55,677
45	Maine	23000	$55,673
46	West Virginia	54000	$54,456
47	Arkansas	05000	$54,333
48	South Dakota	46000	$53,820
49	Montana	30000	$53,216
50	Idaho	16000	$51,806
51	Mississippi	28000	$49,854

Data Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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