Here's the average income in every state — and what it's really worth

Here's the average income in every state — and what it's really worth  

Geography can transform a paycheck. That is: How much your wages are actually worth depends largely on where you live.  On some level, everyone understands that — even if you don't have a firm grasp on precisely how far a $50,000 salary would go in California, compared with, say, Ohio. MONEY set out to find the answer, meshing average income data with a cost of living measurement for each state.