The highest-paying states for bartenders (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 bartenders in those states are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with an annual salary of $44,930, Arizona is the highest paying state for bartenders. It is followed by New York (average annual salary $42,930). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of bartenders in a specific state, use the links in the table.
| Rank | State | Average Salary i | Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arizona | $44,930 |
$28,770 | 12,310 |
| 2 | New York | $42,930 |
$28,450 | 31,220 |
| 3 | Washington | $37,580 |
$30,430 | 14,020 |
| 4 | District of Columbia | $35,930 |
$31,620 | 4,090 |
| 5 | New Jersey | $35,640 |
$27,700 | 15,220 |
| 6 | Massachusetts | $35,060 |
$30,260 | 18,790 |
| 7 | Virginia | $34,940 |
$22,880 | 9,980 |
| 8 | California | $32,390 |
$29,550 | 57,480 |
| 9 | Vermont | $31,400 |
$26,710 | 1,710 |
| 10 | Maine | $31,200 |
$27,590 | 2,990 |
| 11 | Colorado | $30,450 |
$27,110 | 16,220 |
| 12 | Connecticut | $30,380 |
$27,040 | 7,160 |
| 13 | Maryland | $30,210 |
$26,000 | 8,840 |
| 14 | Utah | $30,140 |
$20,250 | 3,240 |
| 15 | Oregon | $30,020 |
$27,420 | 9,770 |
| 16 | Hawaii | $29,590 |
$21,740 | 3,560 |
| 17 | Michigan | $28,710 |
$21,440 | 16,780 |
| 18 | Kentucky | $28,410 |
$17,010 | 4,960 |
| 19 | Florida | $28,380 |
$21,220 | 43,230 |
| 20 | Illinois | $28,340 |
$24,960 | 29,300 |
| 21 | New Hampshire | $28,310 |
$17,500 | 3,090 |
| 22 | North Dakota | $28,100 |
$19,120 | 3,970 |
| 23 | Delaware | $28,100 |
$21,840 | 2,220 |
| 24 | Rhode Island | $27,890 |
$25,480 | 2,230 |
| 25 | Alaska | $27,700 |
$21,770 | 1,850 |
| 26 | Missouri | $27,670 |
$23,190 | 11,990 |
| 27 | Arkansas | $27,560 |
$22,940 | 2,400 |
| 28 | South Dakota | $27,210 |
$23,290 | 3,430 |
| 29 | West Virginia | $27,190 |
$18,370 | 2,500 |
| 30 | New Mexico | $26,830 |
$23,920 | 2,350 |
| 31 | Minnesota | $26,000 |
$21,800 | 18,770 |
| 32 | North Carolina | $25,690 |
$17,320 | 15,710 |
| 33 | Texas | $25,450 |
$17,400 | 45,710 |
| 34 | Kansas | $24,320 |
$17,300 | 4,600 |
| 35 | Virgin Islands | $24,310 |
$22,080 | 320 |
| 36 | Ohio | $23,420 |
$20,760 | 22,310 |
| 37 | Wisconsin | $23,400 |
$17,970 | 24,420 |
| 38 | Georgia | $23,100 |
$16,480 | 13,460 |
| 39 | Nebraska | $22,980 |
$20,530 | 6,100 |
| 40 | Indiana | $22,670 |
$17,550 | 11,950 |
| 41 | Wyoming | $22,600 |
$16,720 | 2,320 |
| 42 | Montana | $22,160 |
$19,140 | 5,930 |
| 43 | Nevada | $22,120 |
$20,530 | 14,360 |
| 44 | Pennsylvania | $21,920 |
$17,100 | 29,170 |
| 45 | Tennessee | $21,360 |
$17,270 | 7,690 |
| 46 | Iowa | $20,950 |
$17,550 | 10,070 |
| 47 | Idaho | $20,790 |
$16,220 | 3,510 |
| 48 | South Carolina | $20,390 |
$16,930 | 7,340 |
| 49 | Puerto Rico | $19,940 |
$17,940 | 1,600 |
| 50 | Louisiana | $19,890 |
$16,940 | 9,040 |
| 51 | Guam | $19,620 |
$19,240 | 190 |
| 52 | Mississippi | $19,530 |
$16,400 | 3,270 |
| 53 | Alabama | $19,500 |
$17,150 | 3,790 |
| 54 | Oklahoma | $19,310 |
$15,840 | 6,580 |