English Language and Literature, General: earnings by state

What English Language and Literature, General graduates typically earn 4 years out, in each state.

Graduates with a bachelor's in English Language and Literature, General typically earn most 4 years out in District of Columbia ($79,409) and least in Idaho ($41,605). 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$50k
Alaska—
Arizona$51k
Arkansas$49k
California$59k
Colorado$50k
Connecticut$59k
Delaware—
District of Columbia$79k
Florida$51k
Georgia$49k
Hawaii—
Idaho$42k
Illinois$52k
Indiana$43k
Iowa$52k
Kansas$50k
Kentucky$44k
Louisiana$45k
Maine$51k
Maryland$55k
Massachusetts$57k
Michigan$52k
Minnesota$50k
Mississippi$42k
Missouri$42k
Montana—
Nebraska$52k
Nevada$52k
New Hampshire$57k
New Jersey$61k
New Mexico—
New York$59k
North Carolina$49k
North Dakota—
Ohio$45k
Oklahoma$47k
Oregon$47k
Pennsylvania$54k
Rhode Island$64k
South Carolina$45k
South Dakota—
Tennessee$50k
Texas$52k
Utah$50k
Vermont—
Virginia$53k
Washington$54k
West Virginia$43k
Wisconsin$50k
Wyoming—

Every state, highest first

StateMedian, 4 years outSchools
District of Columbia$79,4093
Rhode Island$63,5134
New Jersey$60,91919
Connecticut$59,48116
California$59,06143
New York$58,93148
Massachusetts$57,33030
New Hampshire$56,6038
Maryland$55,47314
Washington$54,47710
Pennsylvania$54,02741
Virginia$52,65817
Nevada$52,3883
Texas$52,37531
Illinois$52,03321
Nebraska$51,8763
Michigan$51,66613
Iowa$51,5416
Maine$50,8324
Arizona$50,7526
Florida$50,57712
Utah$50,4897
Alabama$50,4019
Minnesota$50,20413
Kansas$50,0716
Wisconsin$50,01212
Tennessee$49,77711
Colorado$49,57511
North Carolina$49,41813
Georgia$49,22114
Arkansas$48,5606
Oklahoma$46,7185
Oregon$46,5559
South Carolina$45,20210
Ohio$45,09933
Louisiana$45,0447
Kentucky$44,4509
Indiana$43,41314
West Virginia$43,2905
Mississippi$42,1213
Missouri$41,68310
Idaho$41,6054

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