The most disproportionately high-paying job in every state

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Bartenders earn more in Hawaii than in most other states.

• Some jobs are paid better in one part of the US than in other parts.
• Using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, we found the job in each state that pays the highest relative to the typical national median salary for that job.
• For instance, bartenders earn more in Hawaii than they do in most other states.

Some careers are more lucrative in one part of the US than another.

Using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment Statistics program, Business Insider found the job in each state that pays the highest relative to the typical annual salary nationwide for that job. That is, we found the job with the highest percent difference between the median annual salary in a particular state and the national median salary.

Here's the most disproportionately high-paying job in every state, along with a brief description of what the job entails according to the Department of Labor's O*NET careers database where those descriptions are available: