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. But just how much are they making?
Using data from the Minnesota Population Center's 2014 American Community Survey Integrated Public Use Microdata Series, we found the median total personal income for employed millennials. We used the Pew Research Center's definition of millennials as 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?
Read on to see how millennials compare to earners of all ages - below, we included the median personal income by state for all employees over the age of 17, also from the Minnesota Population Center's 2014 American Community Survey Integrated Public Use Microdata Series: