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Maryland, Virginia ranked in top 10 highest household income in US, study shows
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WASHINGTON – Maryland and Virginia are among the top 10 states for the highest household income in the U.S., a new study shows.
The data comes from QR Code Generator, which analyzed U.S. Census data to estimate household incomes based on annual earnings in 2022. Also factoring into the rankings are the median household incomes for each state, and their percentage earning brackets.
According to their findings, Maryland placed #5 with an average $125,876 household income and Virginia placed #10 with an average $119,058 per household.
In all, New Jersey topped the rankings with an average household income of $134,191 per year, and a median income of $96,346.
The list of the Top 10 highest average household incomes in the U.S. includes:
- New Jersey: $134,191, 3.5 million households
- Massachusetts: $133,823, 2.79 million households
- California: $131,504, 13.55 million households
- Connecticut: $128,160, 1.4 million households
- Maryland: $125,876, 2.37 million households
- Washington: $125,847, 3 million households
- Hawaii: $120,969, 494,827 households
- New Hampshire: $119,452, 557,220 households
- New York: $119,130, 7.77 million households
- Virginia: $119,058, 3.38 million households
“This study offers valuable insight into the estimated average earnings for households across America in recent years, alongside which income brackets are the most representative of the population in each state,” said QR Code Generator CEO Marc Porcar.
“It would be interesting to see whether these rankings change in subsequent years and to compare results across the past five or ten years to see which states have had the highest growth in average household earnings,” Porcar added.
Porcar suggests that high household incomes — like those found in the Top 3 spots of New Jersey, Massachusetts, and California — likely come from the states’ comparatively high cost of living.
They are each known for having prestigious universities, which is the case for Washington, as well.
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Maryland schools made nation-leading strides in their recovery from students’ learning loss in the pandemic, data show.
Maryland schools made nation-leading strides in their recovery from students’ learning loss in the pandemic, according to new data.
They ranked third in the nation in their students’ reading recovery rates, and were fifth in math recovery, according to the 2025 Education Scorecard from Harvard and Stanford Universities and Dartmouth College.
D.C. led the U.S. in math and reading recovery.
The data was presented at the Maryland State Board of Education meeting Thursday.
Trish Brennan-Gac, executive director of literacy nonprofit Maryland READS, said the state board is correct to celebrate gains in reading, but proficiency is “nowhere near where we need to be.”
“It is not that we are No. 3-ranked in reading proficiency,” she told WTOP. “It’s a rate of change, and we are making a faster rate of change,” than most school districts nationally.
Brennan-Gac was at the meeting to ask that the state board consider ways to reduce the use of technology in classroom instruction and support a return to print and textbooks in schools.
“This is no longer a fringe concern. It is a growing movement, and it’s not about social media and phones,” she told the board.
Brennan-Gac said the board and Maryland schools superintendent Carey Wright can take a “visible meaningful leadership role.”
“You can develop transition guidance and funding pathways for districts that are ready to move now, and send a clear signal to the field that Maryland prioritizes developmentally appropriate instruction aligned to brain research that shows how books, not tech-based platforms, are effective in wiring kids’ brains for reading,” she said.
The Maryland State Department of Education has issued guidance to school districts on the use of cellphones in schools, and this year issued guidance on the use of artificial intelligence. In both instances, the state has made clear that it leaves implementation of policies to individual school districts.
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