The highest-paying states for all other assemblers and fabricators (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of all other assemblers and fabricators in those states are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with an annual salary of $37,780, Alaska is the highest paying state for all other assemblers and fabricators. It is followed by Kentucky (average annual salary $36,810). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2020 [1]. For more salary information of all other assemblers and fabricators in a specific state, use the links in the table.
| Rank | State | Average Salary i | Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alaska | $37,780 |
$22,910 | 200 |
| 2 | Kentucky | $36,810 |
$22,900 | 61,480 |
| 3 | Missouri | $36,510 |
$22,800 | 25,140 |
| 4 | North Dakota | $36,160 |
$26,640 | 3,860 |
| 5 | Washington | $35,830 |
$26,040 | 16,440 |
| 6 | South Carolina | $34,780 |
$22,630 | 46,990 |
| 7 | Wyoming | $34,270 |
$25,090 | 580 |
| 8 | Indiana | $34,250 |
$22,690 | 94,910 |
| 9 | Maine | $34,230 |
$24,520 | 3,570 |
| 10 | Kansas | $33,950 |
$22,070 | 14,460 |
| 11 | Iowa | $33,470 |
$22,650 | 20,520 |
| 12 | Nebraska | $33,460 |
$22,170 | 6,820 |
| 13 | Michigan | $33,330 |
$22,550 | 111,560 |
| 14 | Minnesota | $33,320 |
$23,650 | 32,050 |
| 15 | Hawaii | $33,110 |
$22,540 | 490 |
| 16 | Ohio | $32,860 |
$21,450 | 74,420 |
| 17 | Pennsylvania | $32,690 |
$21,050 | 45,880 |
| 18 | Oregon | $32,660 |
$24,530 | 12,430 |
| 19 | Massachusetts | $32,460 |
$24,710 | 17,200 |
| 20 | Louisiana | $32,380 |
$20,250 | 4,360 |
| 21 | Tennessee | $32,190 |
$22,000 | 54,720 |
| 22 | Colorado | $31,950 |
$23,290 | 6,910 |
| 23 | New Hampshire | $31,880 |
$22,720 | 5,770 |
| 24 | West Virginia | $31,800 |
$20,180 | 4,060 |
| 25 | Alabama | $31,410 |
$19,030 | 37,700 |
| 26 | Delaware | $31,380 |
$22,400 | 1,370 |
| 27 | Wisconsin | $31,330 |
$21,540 | 48,170 |
| 28 | Connecticut | $31,130 |
$22,910 | 12,400 |
| 29 | Oklahoma | $30,810 |
$20,870 | 11,830 |
| 30 | California | $30,760 |
$23,220 | 112,530 |
| 31 | New York | $30,300 |
$22,580 | 39,300 |
| 32 | Illinois | $30,200 |
$20,450 | 68,420 |
| 33 | Vermont | $29,870 |
$23,490 | 1,340 |
| 34 | Virginia | $29,560 |
$20,410 | 19,650 |
| 35 | Montana | $29,480 |
$21,420 | 1,500 |
| 36 | Utah | $29,250 |
$21,570 | 12,530 |
| 37 | Nevada | $29,240 |
$21,530 | 5,550 |
| 38 | Mississippi | $29,040 |
$20,640 | 20,500 |
| 39 | Idaho | $28,880 |
$20,660 | 7,830 |
| 40 | Arkansas | $28,680 |
$20,050 | 13,120 |
| 41 | North Carolina | $28,550 |
$19,400 | 53,880 |
| 42 | Florida | $28,530 |
$19,650 | 48,970 |
| 43 | Georgia | $28,490 |
$20,060 | 57,780 |
| 44 | South Dakota | $28,310 |
$21,150 | 3,380 |
| 45 | Arizona | $28,220 |
$22,330 | 15,050 |
| 46 | Texas | $28,120 |
$19,110 | 73,260 |
| 47 | Maryland | $27,910 |
$20,300 | 7,160 |
| 48 | New Jersey | $27,770 |
$19,540 | 11,000 |
| 49 | Rhode Island | $27,520 |
$21,660 | 3,010 |
| 50 | District of Columbia | $27,430 |
$26,430 | 40 |
| 51 | New Mexico | $27,400 |
$18,870 | 2,080 |
| 52 | Puerto Rico | $19,040 |
$16,320 | 9,140 |