AHIP published its state-by-state report on health coverage Nov. 12, which includes the average salary for health insurance industry employees across the U.S.
Calculations for the average salaries are based on U.S. Census Bureau data from 2022. The District of Columbia, Connecticut and California have made the top three previously.
Here is the average wage of health plan workers in every state, plus the District of Columbia, ranked:
- District of Columbia*: $171,681
- Connecticut: $130,507
- California*: $126,630
- New Jersey*: $124,564
- Maryland*: $123,757
- Rhode Island: $116,097
- Colorado*: $114,330
- Massachusetts*: $113,841
- Minnesota*: $111,184
- Kentucky: $110,256
- Oregon*: $105,424
- Iowa: $105,205
- Alabama: $102,187
- Michigan*: $100,527
- Virginia*: $100,438
- Georgia*: $100,311
- New Hampshire: $100,300
- Hawaii*: $100,015
- Washington*: $99,504
- Alaska: $99,491
- New York*: $99,038
- Delaware*: $98,518
- Illinois*: $98,283
- Missouri*: $97,706
- Nebraska: $96,528
- Arizona*: $93,696
- Pennsylvania*: $93,145
- Maine: $91,885
- Utah*: $90,750
- Vermont: $90,238
- Oklahoma: $90,048
- Montana: $89,408
- Kansas*: $89,229
- Idaho: $89,027
- Indiana: $87,636
- Ohio: $87,329
- Louisiana: $85,932
- Arkansas*: $85,722
- South Dakota: $85,368
- Tennessee: $84,926
- Mississippi: $84,014
- Wisconsin*: $83,215
- Texas*: $82,361
- North Carolina: $82,350
- South Carolina*: $79,205
- West Virginia: $78,787
- Florida*: $77,410
- Nevada*: $74,251
- New Mexico: $74,154
- Wyoming: $73,035
- North Dakota: $68,574
*Averages also reflect how the U.S. Census Bureau only had direct jobs data on HMO medical centers for these states.
