List Of U.S. States By Median Wage
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by annual median wage and annual mean wage. The first table contains a list of U.S. states and territories by annual
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. The second table contains a list of U.S. states and territories by annual mean wage. Average wage in the United States was $69,392 in 2020. Median income per person in the U.S. was $42,800 in 2019. The average is higher than the median because there are a small number of individuals with very high earnings, and a large number of individuals with relatively low earnings. (See
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Mean salary map

Map of U.S. states by annual average salary (as of 2020).


List of U.S. states and territories by annual median wage


List of U.S. states and territories by annual mean wage


See also

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List of countries by average wage The average wage is a measure of total income after taxes divided by total number of employees employed. In this article, the average wage is adjusted for living expenses "purchasing power parity" (PPP). This is not to be confused with the Disposa ...
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List of US states by minimum wage This is a list of the official minimum wage rates of the US states, 50 US states and the federal district of Washington, D.C.List of U.S. states and territories by income This is a list of U.S. states, territories and the District of Columbia by income. Data is given according to the 2019 American Community Survey (ACS) 1-Year Estimates, except for the American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands and the U. ...
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Personal income in the United States Personal income is an individual's total earnings from wages, investment interest, and other sources. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported a median weekly personal income of $1,037 for full-time workers in Q1 2022. For the year 2020, the U.S. ...
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Household income in the United States Household income is an economic standard that can be applied to one household, or aggregated across a large group such as a county, city, or the whole country. It is commonly used by the United States government and private institutions to ...
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List of lowest-income places in the United States This is a list of lowest-income places in the United States. According to the United States Census Bureau, the following are the places in the United States with the lowest median household income. Locations with populations from the 2013—2017 ...
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List of lowest-income counties in the United States These are lists of the lowest-income counties in the United States, based on measures of per capita income and median household income. 50 counties/parishes with lowest per capita personal income Two common measurements of the average annual incom ...
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Thank God for Mississippi "Thank God for Mississippi" is an adage used in the United States, particularly in the South, that is generally used when discussing rankings of U.S. states. Since the U.S. state of Mississippi commonly ranks at or near the bottom of such rankings ...
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List of European countries by average wage This is the map and list of European countries by monthly average wage (annual divided by 12 months) gross and net income (after taxes) average wages for full-time employees in their local currency and in euros. The chart below reflects the ave ...


References

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median wage In statistics and probability theory, the median is the value separating the higher half from the lower half of a data sample, a population, or a probability distribution. For a data set, it may be thought of as "the middle" value. The basic f ...
States by median wage
median wage In statistics and probability theory, the median is the value separating the higher half from the lower half of a data sample, a population, or a probability distribution. For a data set, it may be thought of as "the middle" value. The basic f ...
United states, median wage