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All Occupations — wages and employment

All Occupations earned a median annual wage of $49,500 in the United States in May 2024, with 154,187,380 people employed, according to the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics.

MEDIAN 2024: $49,500SOURCE: BLS OEWSEvery value source-linked

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What stands out

All Occupations earned a median annual wage of $49,500 in the United States in May 2024, with 154,187,380 people employed, according to the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics. The lowest-paid tenth earned $29,990 or less, the best-paid tenth $125,720 or more. Since May 2023 the median moved from $48,060 to $49,500, +3.0 %. The best-paying state is District of Columbia at $88,000; the lowest Puerto Rico at $27,030. Among metropolitan areas, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA pays the highest median, $82,470. Wages are as published by BLS for May of each year; '≥ $239,200' is BLS's top code. Every value links to its fact record.

United States, year by year

Annual wages at the median, mean and four percentiles; employment is the May estimate.

ReferenceEmploymentMedianMean10th25th75th90thMedian hourlySource
May 2024154,187,380$49,500$67,920$29,990$36,730$78,810$125,720$23.80evidence →
May 2023151,853,870$48,060$65,470$29,050$35,660$76,980$121,470$23.11evidence →

By state

Median annual wage, May 2024, highest first. Each state has its own record with the full series.

StateMedian annualEmployment
District of Columbia$88,000708,790
Massachusetts$62,2703,642,650
Washington$61,5903,539,650
Alaska$59,400321,040
New York$58,5609,541,880
Connecticut$58,4001,682,000
Colorado$58,2102,891,210
Maryland$58,0502,746,300
New Jersey$57,2304,250,430
California$56,94018,057,850
Rhode Island$54,040493,800
Minnesota$53,8102,920,470
Oregon$53,3901,965,700
Hawaii$53,260620,930
Virginia$53,0204,064,640
New Hampshire$52,610683,160
Vermont$52,410304,170
Delaware$51,030476,450
North Dakota$50,320424,030
Illinois$50,0006,065,230
Maine$49,440635,460
Wyoming$49,160278,500
Wisconsin$48,9302,923,420
Arizona$48,8103,196,750
Utah$48,6001,709,790
Pennsylvania$48,5506,014,180
Michigan$48,3004,390,620
Ohio$48,0605,526,300
Nebraska$47,9901,016,070
Iowa$47,6701,561,660
Texas$47,50013,846,880
Montana$47,360510,020
Georgia$47,0204,856,190
North Carolina$46,9504,898,270
Indiana$46,9303,186,690
Florida$46,8609,820,120
Kansas$46,8501,431,180
Idaho$46,470844,910
Nevada$46,4401,529,480
Missouri$46,3902,918,050
Tennessee$46,1203,274,390
New Mexico$45,870860,880
Kentucky$45,7401,993,680
South Dakota$45,620452,940
South Carolina$44,7602,271,770
Oklahoma$43,9501,691,930
Alabama$43,8302,091,480
Louisiana$43,7701,911,530
West Virginia$43,320701,470
Virgin Islands$41,55034,050
Arkansas$41,0201,288,810
Mississippi$39,0701,159,710
Guam$35,00062,120
Puerto Rico$27,030939,550

Highest-paying metropolitan areas

Top 20 by median annual wage.

Metro areaMedian annualEmployment
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$82,4701,134,660
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$73,9602,405,740
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$68,4303,118,630
Boulder, CO$67,510195,570
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$67,5102,082,610
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$64,6202,707,940
Lexington Park, MD$62,97071,670
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$62,610239,220
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$61,1101,618,390
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$61,09093,560
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$60,4609,363,020
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$60,440402,330
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$60,300127,360
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$59,740342,530
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$59,270592,620
Rochester, MN$59,220121,610
Anchorage, AK$59,060174,740
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$59,0401,213,760
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$58,8801,066,390
Fairbanks-College, AK$58,82035,970

Occupations in this group

831 detailed occupations, largest first.

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