Anthropology: earnings by state

What Anthropology graduates typically earn 4 years out, in each state.

Graduates with a bachelor's in Anthropology typically earn most 4 years out in New Jersey ($60,331) and least in Utah ($40,871). Pay usually follows local wages and living costs, so a high figure isn't a reason on its own to study there.

Median of school medians, earnings 4 years after graduating, today's dollars. Blank: fewer than 3 schools report. Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars.
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Median of school medians, earnings 4 years after graduating, today's dollars. Blank: fewer than 3 schools report. Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars.
StateMedian earnings
Alabama—
Alaska—
Arizona$47k
Arkansas—
California$55k
Colorado$56k
Connecticut$59k
Delaware—
District of Columbia—
Florida$48k
Georgia$50k
Hawaii—
Idaho—
Illinois$54k
Indiana$47k
Iowa$46k
Kansas—
Kentucky—
Louisiana—
Maine—
Maryland—
Massachusetts$50k
Michigan$46k
Minnesota—
Mississippi—
Missouri$48k
Montana—
Nebraska—
Nevada—
New Hampshire$55k
New Jersey$60k
New Mexico—
New York$57k
North Carolina$48k
North Dakota—
Ohio$48k
Oklahoma—
Oregon$49k
Pennsylvania$50k
Rhode Island—
South Carolina—
South Dakota—
Tennessee$45k
Texas$46k
Utah$41k
Vermont—
Virginia$56k
Washington$51k
West Virginia—
Wisconsin$51k
Wyoming—

Every state, highest first

StateMedian, 4 years outSchools
New Jersey$60,3314
Connecticut$58,9775
New York$57,13913
Virginia$55,6513
Colorado$55,5485
New Hampshire$54,8883
California$54,61923
Illinois$53,8969
Wisconsin$51,3553
Washington$50,9094
Georgia$50,4406
Massachusetts$50,1776
Pennsylvania$49,7627
Oregon$48,5334
Missouri$48,2004
Ohio$47,61310
Florida$47,5657
North Carolina$47,5069
Arizona$47,1385
Indiana$46,7664
Michigan$45,9687
Iowa$45,7033
Texas$45,68210
Tennessee$44,8633
Utah$40,8713

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