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title: "What Is a Good Salary?"
description: "Where $50,000 to $200,000 rank among US workers and in every state (BLS OEWS May 2025)."
canonical: "https://nuecareer.com/average-salary/what-is-a-good-salary"
last-updated: "2026-10-15T08:19:32.066Z"
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# What is a good salary?

US wage and salary workers (BLS OEWS May 2025): median $50,980, 75th percentile $80,520, 90th percentile $128,560, 10th percentile $31,200.

| Salary | US percentile | Hourly (2,080 h) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| $50,000 | 48th | $24.04 |
| $60,000 | 58th | $28.85 |
| $70,000 | 66th | $33.65 |
| $75,000 | 70th | $36.06 |
| $80,000 | 75th | $38.46 |
| $90,000 | 78th | $43.27 |
| $100,000 | 81st | $48.08 |
| $120,000 | 87th | $57.69 |
| $150,000 | Top 10% | $72.12 |
| $200,000 | Top 10% | $96.15 |

## Percentile within each state

| State | $50k | $75k | $100k | $150k |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Alabama](https://nuecareer.com/average-salary/alabama) | 55th | 79th | 89th | Top 10% |
| [Alaska](https://nuecareer.com/average-salary/alaska) | 34th | 61st | 78th | Top 10% |
| [Arizona](https://nuecareer.com/average-salary/arizona) | 50th | 72nd | 83rd | Top 10% |
| [Arkansas](https://nuecareer.com/average-salary/arkansas) | 59th | 81st | Top 10% | Top 10% |
| [California](https://nuecareer.com/average-salary/california) | 38th | 61st | 76th | 88th |
| [Colorado](https://nuecareer.com/average-salary/colorado) | 35th | 61st | 77th | Top 10% |
| [Connecticut](https://nuecareer.com/average-salary/connecticut) | 37th | 61st | 77th | Top 10% |
| [Delaware](https://nuecareer.com/average-salary/delaware) | 46th | 69th | 81st | Top 10% |
| [District of Columbia](https://nuecareer.com/average-salary/district-of-columbia) | 20th | 39th | 54th | 77th |
| [Florida](https://nuecareer.com/average-salary/florida) | 52nd | 75th | 84th | Top 10% |
| [Georgia](https://nuecareer.com/average-salary/georgia) | 52nd | 73rd | 82nd | Top 10% |
| [Hawaii](https://nuecareer.com/average-salary/hawaii) | 40th | 69th | 82nd | Top 10% |
| [Idaho](https://nuecareer.com/average-salary/idaho) | 52nd | 76th | 88th | Top 10% |
| [Illinois](https://nuecareer.com/average-salary/illinois) | 47th | 69th | 81st | Top 10% |
| [Indiana](https://nuecareer.com/average-salary/indiana) | 52nd | 77th | 89th | Top 10% |
| [Iowa](https://nuecareer.com/average-salary/iowa) | 52nd | 77th | Top 10% | Top 10% |
| [Kansas](https://nuecareer.com/average-salary/kansas) | 52nd | 76th | 88th | Top 10% |
| [Kentucky](https://nuecareer.com/average-salary/kentucky) | 54th | 79th | Top 10% | Top 10% |
| [Louisiana](https://nuecareer.com/average-salary/louisiana) | 55th | 79th | 90th | Top 10% |
| [Maine](https://nuecareer.com/average-salary/maine) | 47th | 74th | 87th | Top 10% |
| [Maryland](https://nuecareer.com/average-salary/maryland) | 38th | 60th | 76th | Top 10% |
| [Massachusetts](https://nuecareer.com/average-salary/massachusetts) | 32nd | 57th | 73rd | 87th |
| [Michigan](https://nuecareer.com/average-salary/michigan) | 51st | 72nd | 85th | Top 10% |
| [Minnesota](https://nuecareer.com/average-salary/minnesota) | 40th | 68th | 81st | Top 10% |
| [Mississippi](https://nuecareer.com/average-salary/mississippi) | 62nd | 84th | Top 10% | Top 10% |
| [Missouri](https://nuecareer.com/average-salary/missouri) | 52nd | 75th | 88th | Top 10% |
| [Montana](https://nuecareer.com/average-salary/montana) | 51st | 76th | 90th | Top 10% |
| [Nebraska](https://nuecareer.com/average-salary/nebraska) | 51st | 76th | 88th | Top 10% |
| [Nevada](https://nuecareer.com/average-salary/nevada) | 52nd | 75th | 87th | Top 10% |
| [New Hampshire](https://nuecareer.com/average-salary/new-hampshire) | 41st | 68th | 81st | Top 10% |
| [New Jersey](https://nuecareer.com/average-salary/new-jersey) | 39th | 61st | 76th | Top 10% |
| [New Mexico](https://nuecareer.com/average-salary/new-mexico) | 53rd | 75th | 86th | Top 10% |
| [New York](https://nuecareer.com/average-salary/new-york) | 37th | 60th | 75th | 88th |
| [North Carolina](https://nuecareer.com/average-salary/north-carolina) | 52nd | 74th | 83rd | Top 10% |
| [North Dakota](https://nuecareer.com/average-salary/north-dakota) | 46th | 74th | 88th | Top 10% |
| [Ohio](https://nuecareer.com/average-salary/ohio) | 51st | 73rd | 87th | Top 10% |
| [Oklahoma](https://nuecareer.com/average-salary/oklahoma) | 55th | 79th | 90th | Top 10% |
| [Oregon](https://nuecareer.com/average-salary/oregon) | 38th | 67th | 80th | Top 10% |
| [Pennsylvania](https://nuecareer.com/average-salary/pennsylvania) | 50th | 72nd | 83rd | Top 10% |
| [Rhode Island](https://nuecareer.com/average-salary/rhode-island) | 40th | 66th | 80th | Top 10% |
| [South Carolina](https://nuecareer.com/average-salary/south-carolina) | 54th | 77th | 89th | Top 10% |
| [South Dakota](https://nuecareer.com/average-salary/south-dakota) | 54th | 80th | Top 10% | Top 10% |
| [Tennessee](https://nuecareer.com/average-salary/tennessee) | 53rd | 77th | 89th | Top 10% |
| [Texas](https://nuecareer.com/average-salary/texas) | 51st | 73rd | 82nd | Top 10% |
| [Utah](https://nuecareer.com/average-salary/utah) | 50th | 72nd | 83rd | Top 10% |
| [Vermont](https://nuecareer.com/average-salary/vermont) | 38th | 70th | 85th | Top 10% |
| [Virginia](https://nuecareer.com/average-salary/virginia) | 42nd | 64th | 78th | Top 10% |
| [Washington](https://nuecareer.com/average-salary/washington) | 30th | 58th | 74th | 89th |
| [West Virginia](https://nuecareer.com/average-salary/west-virginia) | 56th | 80th | Top 10% | Top 10% |
| [Wisconsin](https://nuecareer.com/average-salary/wisconsin) | 49th | 74th | 87th | Top 10% |
| [Wyoming](https://nuecareer.com/average-salary/wyoming) | 49th | 75th | 88th | Top 10% |

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This bank includes information from the O\*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). O\*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. NueCareer has transformed the data by joining it to BLS wage and projection data and deriving facet, personality-fit and AI-resilience scores. BLS and BEA data are public domain (17 U.S.C. §105).

O\*NET content is used under [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). How these figures are sourced and derived: https://nuecareer.com/careers/methodology