Trade wages by state, 2026 report
What 14 trades earn in every state, read straight from the Bureau of Labor Statistics wage survey for May 2025. Median hourly and yearly pay, the highest and lowest paying states, and the full table to download.
The short version
- Construction Supervisors have the highest national median of the 14 trades, $38.42 an hour ($79,920 a year). House Cleaners have the lowest, $17.07.
- Where you work matters as much as the trade. For sheet metal workers, the median runs from $22.03 in Arkansas to $47.38 in Washington.
- These are wages paid to employees on a payroll. Owner-operators are not counted, and a business has to charge well above the wage to cover taxes, time off, unbilled hours, overhead and profit. The labor rate calculator does that math.
Median hourly pay by trade
National median for May 2025, highest first. Half of the workers in the trade earn more, half less.
The spread across states
For each trade, the light bar runs from the lowest state median to the highest. The dark mark is the national median.
| Trade | National | Highest state | Lowest state | States published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Construction Supervisors | $38.42 | Washington, $52.68 | Arkansas, $29.44 | 51 |
| Plumbers | $30.67 | District of Columbia, $48.57 | Arkansas, $23.39 | 51 |
| Electricians | $30.38 | Oregon, $48.71 | Arkansas, $23.59 | 51 |
| Sheet Metal Workers | $29.71 | Washington, $47.38 | Arkansas, $22.03 | 50 |
| HVAC Technicians | $29.33 | District of Columbia, $40.57 | Arkansas, $23.13 | 51 |
| Carpenters | $29.12 | Hawaii, $41.00 | Oklahoma, $22.55 | 51 |
| Roofers | $26.65 | Illinois, $37.45 | Oklahoma, $21.00 | 51 |
| Solar Installers | $25.55 | New Jersey, $37.96 | South Dakota, $20.37 | 32 |
| Painters | $23.75 | Hawaii, $32.80 | Arkansas, $19.28 | 51 |
| Construction Laborers | $22.66 | Hawaii, $37.07 | Alabama, $17.74 | 51 |
| Pest Control Technicians | $21.75 | Washington, $24.66 | New Mexico, $17.82 | 50 |
| Landscapers | $18.82 | District of Columbia, $23.46 | Mississippi, $15.21 | 51 |
| Janitors | $17.71 | Massachusetts, $21.91 | Mississippi, $13.64 | 51 |
| House Cleaners | $17.07 | Hawaii, $24.81 | Mississippi, $12.19 | 51 |
Median hourly pay in every state
Eight of the trades side by side. The CSV has all 14, with employment, the yearly median and the 10th to 90th percentiles.
| State | Electricians | Plumbers | HVAC Technicians | Roofers | Carpenters | Painters | Landscapers | House Cleaners |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | $30.38 | $30.67 | $29.33 | $26.65 | $29.12 | $23.75 | $18.82 | $17.07 |
| Alabama | $26.78 | $28.21 | $23.26 | $21.96 | $23.18 | $21.12 | $17.13 | $13.21 |
| Alaska | $43.00 | $45.15 | $37.23 | $32.09 | $35.51 | $29.32 | $22.93 | $17.97 |
| Arizona | $29.36 | $29.84 | $28.56 | $22.76 | $28.17 | $23.20 | $18.71 | $17.13 |
| Arkansas | $23.59 | $23.39 | $23.13 | $22.82 | $22.96 | $19.28 | $17.20 | $13.44 |
| California | $36.62 | $35.01 | $34.88 | $30.58 | $36.50 | $28.38 | $21.90 | $20.51 |
| Colorado | $29.92 | $30.40 | $31.35 | $24.88 | $30.21 | $25.47 | $22.00 | $18.06 |
| Connecticut | $37.28 | $37.16 | $36.83 | $29.84 | $30.80 | $28.12 | $21.99 | $17.39 |
| Delaware | $30.63 | $31.11 | $29.96 | $28.58 | $28.46 | $28.14 | $17.96 | $16.42 |
| District of Columbia | $37.97 | $48.57 | $40.57 | $29.69 | $29.67 | $28.61 | $23.46 | $20.32 |
| Florida | $27.52 | $25.44 | $27.24 | $22.88 | $23.98 | $22.85 | $17.84 | $16.28 |
| Georgia | $28.04 | $27.50 | $27.11 | $22.57 | $23.72 | $23.24 | $18.25 | $14.31 |
| Hawaii | $46.38 | $37.53 | $31.47 | $28.64 | $41.00 | $32.80 | $22.08 | $24.81 |
| Idaho | $30.29 | $25.18 | $27.04 | $27.78 | $25.00 | $21.58 | $20.00 | $16.62 |
| Illinois | $47.87 | $48.05 | $37.21 | $37.45 | $37.98 | $29.45 | $21.05 | $17.49 |
| Indiana | $32.93 | $36.69 | $29.05 | $27.88 | $30.23 | $24.16 | $18.30 | $15.11 |
| Iowa | $29.26 | $30.72 | $29.17 | $23.39 | $27.75 | $23.90 | $18.71 | $15.68 |
| Kansas | $31.66 | $31.36 | $29.07 | $22.69 | $27.39 | $21.88 | $18.91 | $14.95 |
| Kentucky | $28.71 | $30.84 | $28.18 | $22.57 | $25.33 | $23.13 | $17.63 | $14.85 |
| Louisiana | $29.59 | $30.62 | $28.20 | $23.44 | $24.00 | $22.31 | $16.76 | $12.79 |
| Maine | $36.24 | $30.77 | $30.37 | $24.10 | $29.88 | $28.50 | $22.10 | $18.09 |
| Maryland | $35.33 | $31.44 | $33.67 | $28.89 | $30.27 | $23.62 | $18.93 | $17.07 |
| Massachusetts | $38.18 | $45.14 | $37.16 | $34.98 | $36.16 | $27.65 | $23.40 | $18.73 |
| Michigan | $36.67 | $38.56 | $29.26 | $28.62 | $29.66 | $24.35 | $18.33 | $16.66 |
| Minnesota | $37.58 | $45.39 | $36.71 | $35.81 | $31.22 | $27.54 | $22.41 | $18.01 |
| Mississippi | $29.26 | $26.67 | $23.41 | $21.61 | $23.39 | $21.54 | $15.21 | $12.19 |
| Missouri | $31.45 | $32.11 | $28.82 | $23.35 | $29.25 | $27.65 | $18.52 | $16.19 |
| Montana | $36.90 | $38.44 | $29.26 | $28.38 | $28.28 | $28.03 | $21.80 | $17.18 |
| Nebraska | $29.24 | $29.31 | $28.77 | $22.34 | $24.19 | $22.73 | $18.82 | $16.43 |
| Nevada | $35.37 | $29.62 | $29.09 | $24.56 | $29.99 | $27.11 | $18.66 | $22.38 |
| New Hampshire | $30.21 | $32.12 | $35.51 | $28.76 | $29.42 | $23.88 | $21.58 | $17.75 |
| New Jersey | $37.14 | $37.61 | $35.79 | $36.83 | $30.77 | $28.49 | $19.88 | $18.26 |
| New Mexico | $28.07 | $29.54 | $24.17 | $21.78 | $28.71 | $22.23 | $18.06 | $14.65 |
| New York | $37.86 | $37.26 | $35.78 | $31.74 | $34.77 | $28.64 | $21.56 | $20.17 |
| North Carolina | $27.31 | $27.44 | $27.53 | $23.56 | $23.61 | $21.21 | $18.22 | $15.05 |
| North Dakota | $31.59 | $30.56 | $35.81 | $28.72 | $27.83 | $26.38 | $19.61 | $16.85 |
| Ohio | $31.11 | $30.45 | $30.06 | $23.74 | $29.24 | $23.77 | $18.38 | $15.47 |
| Oklahoma | $29.33 | $27.87 | $27.67 | $21.00 | $22.55 | $21.59 | $17.20 | $13.76 |
| Oregon | $48.71 | $46.66 | $30.26 | $28.35 | $30.23 | $23.51 | $21.65 | $18.07 |
| Pennsylvania | $32.50 | $32.73 | $30.00 | $26.79 | $28.54 | $25.06 | $18.99 | $16.29 |
| Rhode Island | $35.62 | $36.77 | $32.39 | $29.63 | $29.25 | $20.00 | $21.51 | $18.05 |
| South Carolina | $28.24 | $25.93 | $27.22 | $22.00 | $24.36 | $19.64 | $17.65 | $14.55 |
| South Dakota | $29.51 | $24.82 | $29.51 | $22.94 | $23.14 | $23.15 | $17.01 | $14.40 |
| Tennessee | $29.37 | $28.17 | $26.68 | $21.97 | $24.44 | $20.78 | $17.80 | $14.83 |
| Texas | $28.16 | $28.77 | $27.77 | $22.13 | $23.51 | $21.86 | $17.66 | $14.26 |
| Utah | $29.81 | $29.76 | $28.24 | $23.40 | $25.17 | $22.14 | $19.59 | $17.44 |
| Vermont | $30.49 | $29.89 | $29.88 | $28.39 | $30.00 | $25.54 | $22.23 | $18.12 |
| Virginia | $30.24 | $29.07 | $28.72 | $23.28 | $26.77 | $22.82 | $18.46 | $16.26 |
| Washington | $45.78 | $38.96 | $36.38 | $29.16 | $35.67 | $28.68 | $22.57 | $20.28 |
| West Virginia | $31.16 | $27.39 | $23.49 | $24.60 | $23.42 | $21.26 | $15.50 | $13.51 |
| Wisconsin | $36.80 | $39.04 | $29.67 | $28.54 | $29.65 | $24.08 | $19.82 | $17.08 |
| Wyoming | $36.59 | $30.01 | $26.30 | $21.95 | $27.33 | $22.70 | $18.42 | $15.32 |
How this report is made
Every figure is a cell from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics files for May 2025: the state file and the national file, across all industries, for one standard occupation code per trade. BLS holds back a figure when its sample is too small; those cells read "Not published" here and are empty in the CSV, never estimated.
Some BLS groups are wider than the trade name: plumbers include pipefitters and steamfitters, house cleaners are filed with hotel and hospital housekeeping. Each trade's salary page says what its group covers.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025.
Built October 9, 2026 from BLS OEWS, May 2025. All reports.