Religious Workers, All Other pay in the U.S.

$53,870avg. a year
$25.90 an hour · 15,760 employed

Religious Workers, All Other in the U.S. earn an average of $53,870 a year and a median of $45,280. Pay is highest in New York ($69,760) and lowest in Kentucky ($32,860).

$45,280Median pay
$25.90Average hourly
+34%Avg. pay since 2020
15,760Jobs in the U.S.

Top-paying states for religious workers, all other

Average pay by state. Swipe to see the top 10.

1
New York
$69,760
$33.54 an hour
2790 jobs
Washington
$60,140
$28.92 an hour
3250 jobs
Colorado
$59,580
$28.64 an hour
4110 jobs
District of Columbia
$56,500
$27.16 an hour
5530 jobs
Arizona
$56,490
$27.16 an hour
61,390 jobs
California
$56,290
$27.06 an hour
7630 jobs
Georgia
$52,700
$25.34 an hour
8600 jobs
Illinois
$52,400
$25.19 an hour
9370 jobs
Maryland
$52,270
$25.13 an hour
10560 jobs
New Jersey
$51,830
$24.92 an hour

Why people trust JobPayFacts

Official government dataEvery number comes from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics wage survey of employers, not self-reported salaries.
Every state and city830 jobs across all 50 states, D.C. and 199 large metro areas.
Updated every yearNew figures each spring when BLS releases them. This site uses May 2025 data.
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Religious Workers, All Other pay, charted

Pay over time

United States, annual wage, May of each year
AverageMedian

Where the jobs are

Employment by state, May 2025

Average pay by state

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Top-paying metro areas

Average pay, May 2025 (areas with 100+ jobs)
Metro areaAvg. payHourly
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$83,750$40.27
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$64,870$31.19
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$60,670$29.17
Rochester, NY$59,140$28.43
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$57,090$27.45
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$56,610$27.22
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$54,880$26.39
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$54,130$26.02

Religious Workers, All Other pay in every state

States without a figure had too few jobs or too little survey data for BLS to publish.

StateAvg. payMedianJobs
Arizona$56,490$50,750530
Arkansas$43,050$44,760100
California$56,290$45,4401,390
Colorado$59,580$50,440250
Connecticut$49,820$39,310150
District of Columbia$56,500$47,430110
Florida$43,920$38,490750
Georgia$52,700$49,200630
Hawaii$42,400$37,730180
Illinois$52,400$47,070600
Indiana$40,350$38,130210
Iowa$43,880$44,110230
Kentucky$32,860$34,090–
Maryland$52,270$37,860370
Michigan$48,560$46,960810
Minnesota$43,580$36,660280
Mississippi$39,770$37,13090
Missouri$46,390$46,78080
Montana$40,260$37,250150
New Jersey$51,830$43,480560
New York$69,760$51,150–
Ohio$41,740$40,780320
Oregon$41,580$36,830660
Pennsylvania$37,770$34,580940
Tennessee$48,840$43,980130
Texas$40,290$36,420440
Virginia$48,130$48,21090
Washington$60,140$62,620790

Metro areas with the most jobs

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
$60,670
720 jobs
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
$56,610
470 jobs
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
$54,130
450 jobs
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ
$57,090
450 jobs
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
$51,990
390 jobs
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
$37,880
350 jobs
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
$45,100
320 jobs
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
$51,330
300 jobs

Questions and answers

How much do religious workers, all other make?

The average is $53,870 a year across the U.S. Half earn more than $45,280 and half earn less (the median).

What is the hourly pay?

The average hourly wage is $25.90, and the median is $21.77 an hour.

Which state pays religious workers, all other the most?

New York, with an average of $69,760 a year. The best-paying metro area is San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA at $83,750.

What is the pay range?

The lowest-paid 10% earn under $31,200 a year, and the top 10% earn over $93,900.

Sources and notes. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 (trend: May 2020–May 2025), occupation code 21-2099. Wages are gross pay before taxes and don't include overtime premiums, tips, bonuses or benefits; self-employed workers aren't included. Year-to-year changes can partly reflect survey method changes, so treat the trend as a guide. How we use the data. JobPayFacts isn't affiliated with BLS.