Pay by state
What postings pay, state by state
The median weekly pay in current job postings that publish their pay. Pick a role. Darker tiles pay less, lighter tiles pay more; grey means fewer than 5 postings with pay, too few to call.
Nationwide median for RNs: $2,209/week across 12,442 postings with pay. 51 states have enough postings to show.
| State | Median / week | Top quarter starts at | Postings with pay | Change since October 26, 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | $2,841 | $3,143 | 108 | same |
| Rhode Island | $2,605 | $2,800 | 20 | same |
| California | $2,516 | $2,821 | 1,389 | same |
| Massachusetts | $2,430 | $2,700 | 607 | −$40 |
| North Dakota | $2,401 | $2,725 | 99 | same |
| Vermont | $2,373 | $2,700 | 124 | +$15 |
| Washington | $2,371 | $2,538 | 425 | same |
| Nevada | $2,368 | $2,480 | 17 | same |
| Montana | $2,361 | $2,587 | 99 | +$33 |
| Minnesota | $2,360 | $2,575 | 123 | −$40 |
| New York | $2,348 | $2,612 | 586 | −$40 |
| Connecticut | $2,320 | $2,446 | 150 | same |
| New Hampshire | $2,316 | $2,683 | 159 | −$4 |
| Wisconsin | $2,296 | $2,432 | 447 | +$21 |
| District of Columbia | $2,294 | $2,520 | 29 | +$1 |
| Oregon | $2,289 | $2,520 | 295 | same |
| Hawaii | $2,284 | $2,664 | 65 | +$34 |
| Maine | $2,281 | $2,422 | 136 | +$6 |
| Nebraska | $2,257 | $2,374 | 136 | same |
| South Dakota | $2,250 | $2,455 | 40 | same |
| Iowa | $2,242 | $2,414 | 304 | +$21 |
| Arizona | $2,235 | $2,401 | 237 | +$1 |
| West Virginia | $2,220 | $2,419 | 168 | +$20 |
| Colorado | $2,209 | $2,409 | 357 | +$1 |
| Michigan | $2,203 | $2,341 | 214 | same |
| Kentucky | $2,203 | $2,318 | 178 | same |
| New Jersey | $2,188 | $2,465 | 111 | −$12 |
| Illinois | $2,185 | $2,407 | 532 | −$84 |
| Maryland | $2,184 | $2,383 | 215 | −$2 |
| Pennsylvania | $2,183 | $2,370 | 184 | +$16 |
| Idaho | $2,167 | $2,599 | 59 | −$27 |
| Missouri | $2,130 | $2,334 | 390 | same |
| Ohio | $2,102 | $2,250 | 512 | same |
| Louisiana | $2,094 | $2,400 | 54 | −$67 |
| Mississippi | $2,091 | $2,620 | 19 | same |
| Wyoming | $2,089 | $2,450 | 21 | −$24 |
| Florida | $2,086 | $2,317 | 240 | −$6 |
| Kansas | $2,066 | $2,188 | 213 | same |
| New Mexico | $2,061 | $2,340 | 184 | +$2 |
| Indiana | $2,059 | $2,212 | 221 | −$45 |
| Arkansas | $2,026 | $2,507 | 65 | +$56 |
| Oklahoma | $2,023 | $2,253 | 207 | −$6 |
| Virginia | $2,020 | $2,166 | 375 | −$11 |
| North Carolina | $1,998 | $2,117 | 481 | +$1 |
| Utah | $1,987 | $2,236 | 23 | same |
| Georgia | $1,982 | $2,170 | 577 | +$2 |
| Delaware | $1,950 | $2,063 | 7 | −$80 |
| Tennessee | $1,897 | $2,069 | 239 | same |
| South Carolina | $1,897 | $2,020 | 131 | same |
| Texas | $1,861 | $2,107 | 829 | same |
| Alabama | $1,822 | $1,942 | 38 | same |
Nationwide median for Paramedics: $966/week across 240 postings with pay. 17 states have enough postings to show.
| State | Median / week | Top quarter starts at | Postings with pay | Change since October 26, 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon | $1,728 | $1,790 | 6 | same |
| Iowa | $1,694 | $1,703 | 8 | same |
| New Mexico | $1,605 | $1,624 | 10 | same |
| California | $1,251 | $1,271 | 22 | same |
| Maryland | $1,224 | $1,224 | 5 | — |
| Massachusetts | $1,116 | $1,116 | 7 | — |
| Kansas | $1,100 | $1,100 | 5 | same |
| Minnesota | $1,097 | $1,116 | 5 | — |
| New York | $1,087 | $1,178 | 10 | same |
| Illinois | $954 | $954 | 36 | same |
| Texas | $936 | $1,080 | 26 | same |
| Colorado | $900 | $900 | 7 | same |
| Missouri | $900 | $948 | 6 | same |
| Florida | $864 | $900 | 5 | same |
| Arizona | $828 | $919 | 15 | −$91 |
| Kentucky | $768 | $792 | 7 | same |
| Oklahoma | $768 | $768 | 12 | same |
Nationwide median for EMTs: $720/week across 208 postings with pay. 14 states have enough postings to show.
| State | Median / week | Top quarter starts at | Postings with pay | Change since October 26, 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa | $1,694 | $1,703 | 8 | −$6 |
| New Mexico | $1,536 | $1,624 | 11 | same |
| California | $944 | $1,008 | 6 | same |
| Massachusetts | $828 | $828 | 8 | — |
| Pennsylvania | $810 | $810 | 5 | same |
| Kansas | $763 | $785 | 8 | same |
| Arizona | $733 | $756 | 6 | same |
| New York | $722 | $739 | 11 | same |
| Illinois | $720 | $720 | 29 | same |
| Maryland | $720 | $720 | 21 | — |
| Tennessee | $720 | $744 | 6 | same |
| Florida | $648 | $676 | 8 | same |
| Texas | $630 | $756 | 11 | same |
| Kentucky | $567 | $612 | 8 | same |
Nationwide median for LPNs: $1,345/week across 392 postings with pay. 22 states have enough postings to show.
| State | Median / week | Top quarter starts at | Postings with pay | Change since October 26, 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | $1,898 | $2,033 | 8 | +$111 |
| Pennsylvania | $1,800 | $2,016 | 5 | — |
| Massachusetts | $1,734 | $2,024 | 16 | same |
| California | $1,659 | $1,659 | 16 | same |
| Wisconsin | $1,591 | $1,628 | 10 | same |
| North Dakota | $1,584 | $1,653 | 6 | same |
| Minnesota | $1,570 | $1,692 | 10 | same |
| Nebraska | $1,513 | $1,598 | 6 | −$85 |
| Arizona | $1,465 | $1,620 | 6 | same |
| North Carolina | $1,465 | $1,598 | 10 | same |
| South Dakota | $1,460 | $1,524 | 7 | same |
| Missouri | $1,446 | $1,508 | 10 | +$76 |
| New York | $1,416 | $1,640 | 77 | −$77 |
| Louisiana | $1,345 | $1,345 | 6 | same |
| Virginia | $1,337 | $1,337 | 9 | +$41 |
| Iowa | $1,210 | $1,508 | 17 | −$18 |
| New Hampshire | $1,199 | $1,340 | 12 | same |
| Maine | $1,168 | $1,321 | 23 | −$108 |
| New Mexico | $1,139 | $1,260 | 64 | −$61 |
| Texas | $1,076 | $1,081 | 5 | same |
| Ohio | $1,059 | $1,230 | 15 | same |
| Vermont | $1,034 | $1,049 | 12 | same |
Nationwide median for CNAs: $910/week across 103 postings with pay. 6 states have enough postings to show.
| State | Median / week | Top quarter starts at | Postings with pay | Change since October 26, 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | $1,186 | $1,343 | 7 | same |
| Minnesota | $1,136 | $1,174 | 5 | — |
| New York | $927 | $976 | 29 | −$29 |
| Pennsylvania | $710 | $710 | 6 | same |
| Arizona | $633 | $648 | 5 | — |
| New Mexico | $540 | $540 | 10 | same |
How to read this
These are posted rates, not what everyone earns: most postings that publish pay are travel and contract jobs, which pay more than staff jobs. Weekly pay is the posted rate turned into a week (hourly × the stated hours, otherwise 36). Snapshot from October 27, 2026; it updates with each job refresh, so the change column fills in over time. For what staff jobs pay on average, see pay check, which uses BLS wage data.