Highest adjusted income by state

Cost-of-living adjusted income.

Median income restated in national-average dollars: income divided by the cost of living index. It answers what a paycheck is actually worth locally, so a lower salary in a cheap area can outrank a higher one in an expensive area. Cost of living is published statewide only, so county figures pair county income with the state index.

Not ranked, because this measure is not published for them: Alaska, Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Wyoming.

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Source: Derived from Census ACS and MERIC/C2ER. · How this is built