About StateSalary

Federal salary data, made readable.

What this site is

StateSalary is an independent reference for U.S. wage data at the state level. It reorganizes publicly released figures from three federal agencies — the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the Census Bureau — into one place, without spreadsheet downloads and cross-table lookups.

Every number on the site is traceable to a named government release, or is a simple, documented calculation from one. We do not run surveys, scrape job boards or publish self-reported salaries. StateSalary is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, any government agency.

What the data covers

• Mean, median, hourly and percentile wages for all occupations combined, by state (BLS OEWS May 2025).
• State-by-state pay for 54 common occupations, plus the highest-paying and most common jobs in every state.
• Regional Price Parities — BEA’s index of state price levels (2024) — and cost-of-living adjusted wages.
• Median household, family and per-capita income and median earnings by sex (Census ACS 2024).
• A 2026 take-home pay estimator using IRS and SSA parameters.

What this site is not

StateSalary is not a job board, salary-negotiation service or tax adviser. Federal wage tables cannot tell you what a particular employer will pay or what you will owe in tax.

Contact

General enquiries: contact@statesalary.com
Data corrections: data@statesalary.com