U.S. States by Median Household Income
Which U.S. States have the greatest household income on average?
Notes
This data is for the year 2022. It comes from the American Community Survey which is run by the U.S. Census Bureau.
All States by Median Household Income
| Income | State |
|---|---|
| $101,027 | District of Columbia |
| $96,346 | New Jersey |
| $94,991 | Maryland |
| $94,488 | Massachusetts |
| $92,458 | Hawaii |
| $91,551 | California |
| $91,306 | Washington |
| $89,992 | New Hampshire |
| $89,302 | Colorado |
| $89,168 | Utah |
| $88,429 | Connecticut |
| $88,121 | Alaska |
| $85,873 | Virginia |
| $82,338 | Minnesota |
| $82,174 | Delaware |
| $81,854 | Rhode Island |
| $79,557 | New York |
| $76,708 | Illinois |
| $75,657 | Oregon |
| $74,568 | Arizona |
| $73,991 | Vermont |
| $72,837 | Georgia |
| $72,785 | Idaho |
| $72,333 | Nevada |
| $72,284 | Texas |
| $71,970 | North Dakota |
| $71,798 | Pennsylvania |
| $70,996 | Wisconsin |
| $70,042 | Wyoming |
| $69,728 | South Dakota |
| $69,597 | Nebraska |
| $69,588 | Iowa |
| $69,543 | Maine |
| $69,303 | Florida |
| $68,925 | Kansas |
| $67,631 | Montana |
| $67,481 | North Carolina |
| $66,986 | Michigan |
| $66,785 | Indiana |
| $65,720 | Ohio |
| $65,254 | Tennessee |
| $64,811 | Missouri |
| $64,115 | South Carolina |
| $59,726 | New Mexico |
| $59,674 | Alabama |
| $59,673 | Oklahoma |
| $59,341 | Kentucky |
| $55,432 | Arkansas |
| $55,416 | Louisiana |
| $54,329 | West Virginia |
| $52,719 | Mississippi |
New York filters over into New Jersey and they have less of a "law of averages" for high NYC-area wages to be brought down over a much smaller state and populace, as compared to New York State.
But Massachusetts. Again, I don't get it. Yes, I know...Ivy League universities, especially Harvard. But there's got to be more to it than that. Is it the Puritan heritage? Have the Boston Brahmins somehow done a really good job of retaining intellectual elitism and made sure that applies to so much of the state, even relative to the much greater population surge and talent surge in other, "newer" areas of the country. I don't get it.
If it wasn't for NoVA (well actually DC bc Government jobs), than VA would be a lot lower on the list.
There's also a large swath of VA (SWVA) where if you counted just that, it would probably be close to if not in last place.