The highest-paying states for tellers (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 tellers in those states are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with an annual salary of $48,820, District of Columbia is the highest paying state for tellers. It is followed by California (average annual salary $39,930). 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 tellers in a specific state, use the links in the table.
| Rank | State | Average Salary i | Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | District of Columbia | $48,820 |
$37,860 | 480 |
| 2 | California | $39,930 |
$36,160 | 27,890 |
| 3 | Connecticut | $39,240 |
$30,940 | 3,620 |
| 4 | Massachusetts | $39,120 |
$35,310 | 8,330 |
| 5 | Washington | $38,890 |
$36,170 | 10,020 |
| 6 | Rhode Island | $38,700 |
$35,200 | 1,620 |
| 7 | Maryland | $38,650 |
$30,860 | 3,800 |
| 8 | New York | $38,370 |
$33,290 | 17,220 |
| 9 | Alaska | $38,030 |
$35,460 | 1,170 |
| 10 | Colorado | $37,760 |
$32,180 | 6,100 |
| 11 | Oregon | $37,740 |
$33,900 | 3,630 |
| 12 | New Jersey | $37,650 |
$31,830 | 10,630 |
| 13 | Delaware | $37,490 |
$30,580 | 1,250 |
| 14 | Arizona | $37,400 |
$31,690 | 6,060 |
| 15 | Vermont | $37,320 |
$31,190 | 1,070 |
| 16 | Minnesota | $36,900 |
$30,290 | 5,930 |
| 17 | Florida | $36,890 |
$30,510 | 14,950 |
| 18 | Virginia | $36,590 |
$28,900 | 8,050 |
| 19 | North Dakota | $36,570 |
$30,530 | 2,200 |
| 20 | Michigan | $36,550 |
$29,220 | 11,250 |
| 21 | Illinois | $36,550 |
$28,680 | 16,060 |
| 22 | Hawaii | $36,350 |
$33,270 | 1,720 |
| 23 | Wisconsin | $36,280 |
$29,240 | 10,110 |
| 24 | North Carolina | $36,110 |
$29,630 | 8,900 |
| 25 | New Hampshire | $36,090 |
$30,270 | 1,430 |
| 26 | Maine | $35,980 |
$30,960 | 2,210 |
| 27 | Indiana | $35,930 |
$28,790 | 8,750 |
| 28 | Nevada | $35,930 |
$34,420 | 2,290 |
| 29 | Ohio | $35,910 |
$29,170 | 15,390 |
| 30 | Pennsylvania | $35,820 |
$28,660 | 13,740 |
| 31 | South Carolina | $35,650 |
$29,240 | 6,160 |
| 32 | Idaho | $35,620 |
$30,810 | 2,470 |
| 33 | Montana | $35,310 |
$29,720 | 1,920 |
| 34 | Georgia | $35,290 |
$27,690 | 9,170 |
| 35 | Nebraska | $35,030 |
$27,870 | 3,880 |
| 36 | New Mexico | $34,960 |
$26,780 | 2,300 |
| 37 | Texas | $34,670 |
$26,720 | 27,460 |
| 38 | South Dakota | $34,640 |
$29,620 | 1,770 |
| 39 | Utah | $34,560 |
$29,050 | 3,960 |
| 40 | Louisiana | $34,470 |
$24,190 | 5,710 |
| 41 | Tennessee | $34,200 |
$26,890 | 10,520 |
| 42 | Iowa | $34,070 |
$28,760 | 5,660 |
| 43 | Alabama | $33,960 |
$25,490 | 7,510 |
| 44 | Wyoming | $32,260 |
$27,640 | 900 |
| 45 | Kansas | $31,760 |
$26,080 | 5,470 |
| 46 | Kentucky | $30,700 |
$27,410 | 5,350 |
| 47 | Mississippi | $29,500 |
$23,050 | 4,740 |
| 48 | Missouri | $29,440 |
$26,450 | 7,950 |
| 49 | Arkansas | $29,360 |
$26,570 | 4,470 |
| 50 | Oklahoma | $28,960 |
$23,590 | 6,600 |
| 51 | Virgin Islands | $28,570 |
$25,340 | 140 |
| 52 | West Virginia | $28,450 |
$23,230 | 2,600 |
| 53 | Guam | $24,340 |
$19,820 | 340 |
| 54 | Puerto Rico | $22,670 |
$18,440 | 2,930 |