The highest-paying states for driver/sales workers (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 driver/sales workers in those states are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with an annual salary of $45,880, North Dakota is the highest paying state for driver/sales workers. It is followed by California (average annual salary $38,740). 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 driver/sales workers in a specific state, use the links in the table.
| Rank | State | Average Salary i | Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Dakota | $45,880 |
$24,950 | 2,520 |
| 2 | California | $38,740 |
$29,820 | 49,280 |
| 3 | Vermont | $38,060 |
$26,100 | 1,210 |
| 4 | Louisiana | $38,010 |
$21,520 | 4,410 |
| 5 | Washington | $37,810 |
$31,200 | 9,160 |
| 6 | Missouri | $37,600 |
$23,980 | 12,890 |
| 7 | Maine | $36,530 |
$27,190 | 1,910 |
| 8 | Massachusetts | $36,450 |
$29,640 | 8,270 |
| 9 | Virginia | $36,140 |
$22,880 | 10,930 |
| 10 | Kansas | $36,120 |
$18,580 | 3,390 |
| 11 | Illinois | $34,840 |
$24,960 | 18,760 |
| 12 | District of Columbia | $34,630 |
$32,280 | 1,070 |
| 13 | New York | $34,390 |
$29,000 | 21,250 |
| 14 | Michigan | $34,330 |
$22,750 | 14,300 |
| 15 | South Dakota | $33,280 |
$21,590 | 1,290 |
| 16 | Pennsylvania | $32,950 |
$17,320 | 15,710 |
| 17 | Oregon | $32,790 |
$27,300 | 7,310 |
| 18 | New Jersey | $32,690 |
$27,040 | 21,710 |
| 19 | Rhode Island | $32,440 |
$25,480 | 3,750 |
| 20 | Colorado | $32,440 |
$26,160 | 10,900 |
| 21 | New Hampshire | $32,390 |
$16,610 | 1,840 |
| 22 | Florida | $32,180 |
$20,800 | 30,760 |
| 23 | Arizona | $31,890 |
$27,110 | 11,200 |
| 24 | Arkansas | $31,480 |
$22,880 | 3,080 |
| 25 | Utah | $31,200 |
$17,980 | 2,660 |
| 26 | Indiana | $31,020 |
$19,200 | 10,780 |
| 27 | Texas | $30,830 |
$16,360 | 43,680 |
| 28 | Iowa | $30,400 |
$16,850 | 6,920 |
| 29 | Delaware | $29,960 |
$21,840 | 1,590 |
| 30 | Tennessee | $29,900 |
$17,880 | 10,320 |
| 31 | Alabama | $29,850 |
$19,110 | 5,730 |
| 32 | Connecticut | $29,490 |
$27,040 | 4,010 |
| 33 | Maryland | $29,010 |
$26,000 | 7,410 |
| 34 | Idaho | $29,000 |
$15,330 | 2,340 |
| 35 | Nebraska | $28,860 |
$20,630 | 3,660 |
| 36 | Minnesota | $28,470 |
$22,020 | 10,710 |
| 37 | Mississippi | $28,390 |
$16,800 | 3,420 |
| 38 | Alaska | $27,620 |
$22,730 | 820 |
| 39 | Hawaii | $27,090 |
$21,010 | 820 |
| 40 | Virgin Islands | $26,850 |
$22,300 | 40 |
| 41 | New Mexico | $26,840 |
$23,920 | 1,640 |
| 42 | Kentucky | $25,090 |
$16,960 | 8,850 |
| 43 | Ohio | $24,550 |
$19,760 | 30,920 |
| 44 | Nevada | $23,320 |
$20,280 | 5,590 |
| 45 | Montana | $23,060 |
$20,470 | 1,930 |
| 46 | Wisconsin | $22,890 |
$17,760 | 12,110 |
| 47 | Oklahoma | $22,820 |
$15,380 | 6,300 |
| 48 | Georgia | $22,760 |
$15,650 | 17,220 |
| 49 | Wyoming | $22,030 |
$15,400 | 1,460 |
| 50 | West Virginia | $21,330 |
$18,200 | 2,800 |
| 51 | North Carolina | $20,860 |
$16,130 | 13,720 |
| 52 | South Carolina | $20,710 |
$15,930 | 5,370 |
| 53 | Guam | $19,830 |
$19,240 | 440 |
| 54 | Puerto Rico | $18,890 |
$18,320 | 3,370 |