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Millennials came of age during a tough economic time: Student debt has reached an all-time high , and the job market is more competitive than ever. As a result, young people today aren't earning as much money as their parents did when they were young. So how much are they making?
Using data from the Minnesota Population Center's 2014 "American Community Survey" in the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series , we found the median annual total personal income for employed millennials. We used the Pew Research Center's definition of millennials : Americans born between 1981 and 1997.
The medians ranged between a low of $18,000 per year in Montana and a high of $43,000 in the District of Columbia. How do you stack up?
Business Insider/Andy Kiersz, data from Minnesota Population Center
Note that the youngest millennials are college-aged and may only be working part-time, which may skew the median downwards.
Below, we included the median annual personal income by state for all employees over age 17, also from the Minnesota Population Center's 2014 "American Community Survey" in the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series .
Read on to see how millennials compare to earners of all ages:
Alabama
Mobile Bay, Alabama.
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Median personal income for all employees: $31,100
Median income for millennials: $20,000
Alaska
Anchorage, Alaska.
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Median personal income for all employees : $44,000
Median income for millennials: $27,500
Arizona
Sedona, Arizona.
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Median personal income for all employees : $33,000
Median income for millennials: $20,800
Arkansas
Little Rock, Arkansas.
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Median personal income for all employees : $30,000
Median income for millennials: $20,000
California
San Francisco, California.
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Median personal income for all employees : $35,000
Median income for millennials: $21,900
Colorado
Denver, Colorado.
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Median personal income for all employees : $38,000
Median income for millennials: $24,000
Connecticut
Hartford, Connecticut.
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Median personal income for all employees : $44,000
Median income for millennials: $23,300
Delaware
Wilmington, Delaware.
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Median personal income for all employees : $38,000
Median income for millennials: $25,000
District of Columbia
Washington, DC.
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Median personal income for all employees : $55,000
Median income for millennials: $43,000
Florida
Miami, Florida.
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Median personal income for all employees : $30,000
Median income for millennials: $20,000
Georgia
Atlanta, Georgia.
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Median personal income for all employees : $33,000
Median income for millennials: $20,000
Hawaii
Honolulu, Hawaii.
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Median personal income for all employees : $37,000
Median income for millennials: $25,900
Idaho
Sun Valley, Idaho.
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Median personal income for all employees : $30,000
Median income for millennials: $19,000
Illinois
Chicago, Illinois.
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Median personal income for all employees : $37,500
Median income for millennials: $23,000
Indiana
Indianapolis, Indiana.
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Median personal income for all employees : $33,000
Median income for millennials: $20,000
Iowa
Des Moines, Iowa.
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Median personal income for all employees : $35,000
Median income for millennials: $23,000
Kansas
The Kansas state capitol building.
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Median personal income for all employees : $35,000
Median income for millennials: $21,000
Kentucky
Louisville, Kentucky.
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Median personal income for all employees : $31,000
Median income for millennials: $20,000
Louisiana
New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Median personal income for all employees : $33,000
Median income for millennials: $22,000
Maine
Acadia National Park, Maine.
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Median personal income for all employees : $33,400
Median income for millennials: $19,200
Maryland
Baltimore, Maryland.
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Median personal income for all employees : $45,000
Median income for millennials: $26,000
Massachusetts
Boston, Massachusetts.
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Median personal income for all employees : $44,000
Median income for millennials: $25,000
Michigan
Detroit, Michigan.
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Median personal income for all employees : $33,700
Median income for millennials: $19,300
Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Median personal income for all employees : $39,000
Median income for millennials: $24,000
Mississippi
Mississippi State Capitol.
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Median personal income for all employees : $30,000
Median income for millennials: $19,400
Missouri
St. Louis, Missouri.
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Median personal income for all employees : $32,900
Median income for millennials: $20,000
Montana
Montana's Glacier National Park.
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Median personal income for all employees : $30,000
Median income for millennials: $18,000
Nebraska
Omaha, Nebraska.
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Median personal income for all employees : $34,400
Median income for millennials: $23,000
Nevada
Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Median personal income for all employees : $33,000
Median income for millennials: $24,000
New Hampshire
Mount Washington in New Hampshire.
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Median personal income for all employees : $40,000
Median income for millennials: $21,000
New Jersey
Hoboken, New Jersey.
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Median personal income for all employees : $44,000
Median income for millennials: $25,000
New Mexico
Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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Median personal income for all employees : $30,000
Median income for millennials: $19,200
New York
New York, New York.
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Median personal income for all employees : $40,000
Median income for millennials: $25,000
North Carolina
Charlotte, North Carolina.
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Median personal income for all employees : $31,900
Median income for millennials: $20,000
North Dakota
North Dakota.
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Median personal income for all employees : $36,000
Median income for millennials: $25,000
Ohio
Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Median personal income for all employees : $35,000
Median income for millennials: $20,000
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
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Median personal income for all employees : $32,000
Median income for millennials: $22,000
Oregon
Portland, Oregon.
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Median personal income for all employees : $32,000
Median income for millennials: $20,000
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Median personal income for all employees : $36,000
Median income for millennials: $23,400
Rhode Island
Providence, Rhode Island.
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Median personal income for all employees : $37,200
Median income for millennials: $20,000
South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina.
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Median personal income for all employees : $30,000
Median income for millennials: $19,700
South Dakota
Badlands National Park in South Dakota.
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Median personal income for all employees : $32,200
Median income for millennials: $21,000
Tennessee
Nashville, Tennessee.
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Median personal income for all employees : $31,000
Median income for millennials: $20,000
Texas
Austin, Texas.
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Median personal income for all employees : $34,000
Median income for millennials: $22,000
Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Median personal income for all employees : $31,000
Median income for millennials: $20,000
Vermont
Stowe, Vermont.
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Median personal income for all employees : $35,500
Median income for millennials: $24,000
Virginia
Richmond, Virginia.
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Median personal income for all employees : $40,000
Median income for millennials: $25,000
Washington
Seattle, Washington.
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Median personal income for all employees : $40,000
Median income for millennials: $24,000
West Virginia
New River Gorge Bridge in West Virginia.
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Median personal income for all employees : $31,000
Median income for millennials: $19,000
Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin.
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Median personal income for all employees : $35,000
Median income for millennials: $20,000
Wyoming
Leigh Lake in Wyoming.
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Median personal income for all employees : $37,000
Median income for millennials: $24,400
Andy Kiersz
Quantitative Editor
Kathleen Elkins
Investing Correspondent
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