This Map Shows the Average Income in Your State
Mar 05, 2018, 01:00 PM
Geography can transform a paycheck. That is: How much your wages are actually worth depends largely on where you live.
On some level, everyone understands that—even if you don’t have a firm grasp on precisely how far a $50,000 salary would go in California, compared with, say, Ohio. MONEY set out to find the answer, meshing average income data with a cost of living measurement for each state.