It’s evident that pay rates in the post-COVID era (can we confidently identify this as the current era?) are quite unstable, with a noticeable decline since the start of 2022.
According to pay data from Vivian Health, the average pay across all states in January of this year was $3,113 but that has dropped to $2,469 (which is more than a 20-percent drop) in April of 2022.
Missouri has seen the most drastic pay decreases, going from $2,945 down to $1,791 – a drop of 39.2%. Other states seeing more than a 30-percent drop since the start of the year are Wisconsin from $3,015 to $1,976 (34.5%); New Jersey from $3,712 to $2,552 (31.3%); and Oklahoma from $2,815 to $1,970 (30.1%).
All 50 states have lower pay in April than January. States that have had the most stable pay over the first four months of the year include Hawaii (2.2%), Louisiana (8.6%), Ohio (8.8%) and Oregon (9.4%).
| January | February | March | April | % Change since Jan | |
| Alabama | $ 2,856.00 | $ 2,830.00 | $ 2,236.00 | $ 2,105.00 | (-26.3%) |
| Alaska | $ 3,196.00 | $ 3,156.00 | $ 2,940.00 | $ 2,624.00 | (-17.9%) |
| Arizona | $ 3,049.00 | $ 2,891.00 | $ 2,791.00 | $ 2,585.00 | (-16.3%) |
| Arkansas | $ 3,147.00 | $ 3,118.00 | $ 2,551.00 | $ 2,378.00 | (-24.5%) |
| California | $ 3,203.00 | $ 3,140.00 | $ 2,952.00 | $ 2,869.00 | (-10.5%) |
| Colorado | $ 3,075.00 | $ 2,926.00 | $ 2,772.00 | $ 2,619.00 | (-14.9%) |
| Connecticut | $ 3,214.00 | $ 3,103.00 | $ 2,753.00 | $ 2,370.00 | (-26.3%) |
| Delaware | $ 2,934.00 | $ 2,655.00 | $ 2,478.00 | $ 2,272.00 | (-22.6%) |
| Florida | $ 2,614.00 | $ 2,598.00 | $ 2,359.00 | $ 2,270.00 | (-13.2%) |
| Georgia | $ 3,154.00 | $ 2,971.00 | $ 2,410.00 | $ 2,249.00 | (-28.7%) |
| Hawaii | $ 2,516.00 | $ 2,560.00 | $ 2,622.00 | $ 2,459.00 | (-2.2%) |
| Idaho | $ 3,085.00 | $ 3,040.00 | $ 2,626.00 | $ 2,374.00 | (-23.1%) |
| Illinois | $ 3,339.00 | $ 3,215.00 | $ 2,660.00 | $ 2,477.00 | (-25.9%) |
| Indiana | $ 3,334.00 | $ 3,218.00 | $ 2,888.00 | $ 2,733.00 | (-18.1%) |
| Iowa | $ 3,362.00 | $ 3,378.00 | $ 2,854.00 | $ 2,581.00 | (-23.3%) |
| Kansas | $ 2,869.00 | $ 2,708.00 | $ 2,418.00 | $ 2,262.00 | (-21.2%) |
| Kentucky | $ 3,196.00 | $ 3,145.00 | $ 2,742.00 | $ 2,543.00 | (-20.5%) |
| Louisiana | $ 2,675.00 | $ 2,691.00 | $ 2,532.00 | $ 2,445.00 | (-8.6%) |
| Maine | $ 3,482.00 | $ 3,383.00 | $ 2,881.00 | $ 2,709.00 | (-22.2%) |
| Maryland | $ 3,378.00 | $ 3,291.00 | $ 2,771.00 | $ 2,387.00 | (-29.4%) |
| Massachusetts | $ 3,162.00 | $ 3,109.00 | $ 2,661.00 | $ 2,654.00 | (-16.1%) |
| Michigan | $ 3,201.00 | $ 3,075.00 | $ 2,648.00 | $ 2,546.00 | (-20.5%) |
| Minnesota | $ 3,320.00 | $ 3,267.00 | $ 2,751.00 | $ 2,788.00 | (-16.1%) |
| Mississippi | $ 2,579.00 | $ 2,659.00 | $ 2,591.00 | $ 2,297.00 | (-11.0%) |
| Missouri | $ 2,945.00 | $ 2,862.00 | $ 2,034.00 | $ 1,791.00 | (-39.2%) |
| Montana | $ 2,743.00 | $ 2,819.00 | $ 2,575.00 | $ 2,461.00 | (-10.3%) |
| Nebraska | $ 3,222.00 | $ 3,276.00 | $ 2,708.00 | $ 2,513.00 | (-22.1%) |
| Nevada | $ 3,374.00 | $ 3,376.00 | $ 3,003.00 | $ 2,790.00 | (-17.4%) |
| New Hampshire | $ 3,255.00 | $ 3,147.00 | $ 2,679.00 | $ 2,511.00 | (-22.9%) |
| New Jersey | $ 3,712.00 | $ 3,531.00 | $ 2,732.00 | $ 2,552.00 | (-31.3%) |
| New Mexico | $ 3,363.00 | $ 3,280.00 | $ 2,735.00 | $ 2,382.00 | (-29.2%) |
| New York | $ 3,343.00 | $ 3,354.00 | $ 3,002.00 | $ 2,836.00 | (-15.2%) |
| North Carolina | $ 3,057.00 | $ 3,031.00 | $ 2,602.00 | $ 2,415.00 | (-21.1%) |
| North Dakota | $ 3,662.00 | $ 3,596.00 | $ 2,863.00 | $ 2,763.00 | (-24.6%) |
| Ohio | $ 3,012.00 | $ 2,971.00 | $ 2,836.00 | $ 2,748.00 | (-8.8%) |
| Oklahoma | $ 2,815.00 | $ 2,790.00 | $ 2,146.00 | $ 1,970.00 | (-30.1%) |
| Oregon | $ 3,130.00 | $ 3,152.00 | $ 2,945.00 | $ 2,838.00 | (-9.4%) |
| Pennsylvania | $ 3,502.00 | $ 3,363.00 | $ 2,632.00 | $ 2,494.00 | (-28.8%) |
| Rhode Island | $ 3,222.00 | $ 3,069.00 | $ 2,856.00 | $ 2,602.00 | (-19.5%) |
| South Carolina | $ 2,973.00 | $ 2,896.00 | $ 2,416.00 | $ 2,131.00 | (-28.4%) |
| South Dakota | $ 3,224.00 | $ 3,323.00 | $ 2,780.00 | $ 2,619.00 | (-18.8%) |
| Tennessee | $ 2,745.00 | $ 2,762.00 | $ 2,561.00 | $ 2,371.00 | (-13.7%) |
| Texas | $ 2,891.00 | $ 2,753.00 | $ 2,410.00 | $ 2,331.00 | (-19.4%) |
| Utah | $ 2,695.00 | $ 2,656.00 | $ 2,370.00 | $ 2,250.00 | (-16.6%) |
| Vermont | $ 3,275.00 | $ 3,219.00 | $ 2,757.00 | $ 2,455.00 | (-25.1%) |
| Virginia | $ 2,957.00 | $ 2,893.00 | $ 2,502.00 | $ 2,356.00 | (-20.4%) |
| Washington | $ 3,446.00 | $ 3,392.00 | $ 3,061.00 | $ 2,756.00 | (-20.1%) |
| West Virginia | $ 3,031.00 | $ 3,028.00 | $ 2,787.00 | $ 2,618.00 | (-13.7%) |
| Wisconsin | $ 3,015.00 | $ 3,211.00 | $ 2,286.00 | $ 1,976.00 | (-34.5%) |
| Wyoming | $ 3,106.00 | $ 3,013.00 | $ 2,781.00 | $ 2,370.00 | (-23.7%) |