Here’s how your income stacks up against your neighbor’s

Most people would love to compare paychecks, if only it were more socially acceptable.

To pull the curtain back on who is making what and where, personal finance site GoBankingRates determined the average income in every state and the District of Columbia based on data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2017 American Community Survey.

The results found that only five spots — D.C.; Connecticut, New Jersey, Maryland and Massachusetts — had average annual incomes over six figures.

Residents of nation’s capital had the biggest paydays overall, with household incomes averaging $116,090. (Household incomes take in account every kind of household, ranging from one person to multiple people.)

On the flip side, Southern states made up a majority of the low end of the pay scale, with eight of the lowest-income states out of the bottom 10. In the last spot, Mississippi posted an average household income of $58,371, GoBankingRates found.

However, the South also has a lower cost of living, and some states in the region — such as Florida — have no personal income tax, noted Andrew DePietro, GoBankingRates’lead researcher and data analyst. By contrast, in D.C. “the cost of living is so high that it necessitates a high income,” he added.

The key,DePietro said, is to try to find a location with both high incomes and low expenses.

So how does your income measure up to your neighbors’? Here’s a breakdown of the average in every state and D.C. (in alphabetical order), according to GoBankingRates:

Alabama 
Average income: $64,476

Alaska 
Average income: $94,469

Arizona
Average income: $73,735

Arkansas 
Average income: $61,330

California
Average income: $96,104

Colorado
Average income: $88,388

Connecticut
Average income: $105,998

Delaware
Average income: $84,146

District of Columbia
Average income: $116,090

Florida
Average income: $72,993

Georgia
Average income: $74,763

Hawaii
Average income: $95,569

Idaho
Average income: $67,338

Illinois
Average income: $85,262

Indiana
Average income: $69,197

Iowa
Average income: $73,510

Kansas
Average income: $74,633

Kentucky
Average income: $64,436

Louisiana
Average income: $66,861

Maine
Average income: $70,210

Maryland
Average income: $103,845

Massachusetts 
Average income: $101,858

Michigan 
Average income: $72,091

Minnesota 
Average income: $86,796

Mississippi
Average income: $58,371

Missouri 
Average income: $70,144

Montana 
Average income: $68,622

Nebraska 
Average income: $74,309

Nevada 
Average income: $73,862

New Hampshire 
Average income: $91,605

New Jersey 
Average income: $105,917

New Mexico 
Average income: $64,625

New York 
Average income: $93,443

North Carolina 
Average income: $70,523

North Dakota 
Average income: $81,334

Ohio 
Average income: $71,119

Oklahoma 
Average income: $67,682

Oregon 
Average income: $75,851

Pennsylvania 
Average income: $78,192

Rhode Island 
Average income: $82,407

South Carolina 
Average income: $66,759

South Dakota 
Average income: $71,085

Tennessee 
Average income: $68,386

Texas 
Average income: $80,879

Utah 
Average income: $83,147

Vermont 
Average income: $75,621

Virginia 
Average income: $94,229

Washington 
Average income: $88,563

West Virginia
Average income: $59,634

Wisconsin
Average income: $74,372

Wyoming 
Average income: $76,731

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