Per capita personal income in 2025: $119,772 in the District, $82,387 in Maryland, $80,903 in Virginia, $77,028 nationally

Source. BEA SAINC1, per capita personal income by state, current dollars, 1990–2025.

Method and data

Method. Personal income divided by midyear population, by place of residence, so commuters’ earnings count where they live. Maryland was 118% of the national figure in 1990 and 107% in 2025; Virginia 106% and 105%.

Year	DC ($)	Maryland	Virginia	United States
1990	26,117	23,104	20,840	19,619
1991	27,527	23,627	21,452	20,050
1992	29,036	24,492	22,390	21,077
1993	30,311	25,222	23,180	21,713
1994	31,325	26,140	24,085	22,552
1995	32,021	27,039	25,011	23,577
1996	33,799	28,070	25,935	24,725
1997	35,657	29,363	27,328	25,925
1998	38,064	31,417	28,965	27,493
1999	39,679	32,948	30,574	28,592
2000	43,401	35,480	32,631	30,551
2001	44,809	37,012	33,940	31,548
2002	45,124	37,995	34,495	31,801
2003	45,978	39,295	36,151	32,659
2004	49,986	41,515	38,082	34,183
2005	52,686	43,311	40,027	35,669
2006	55,384	45,293	42,164	37,843
2007	59,358	47,033	44,020	39,588
2008	60,609	49,026	45,383	40,854
2009	59,881	48,457	44,092	39,307
2010	62,977	49,629	45,442	40,557
2011	66,793	51,811	47,561	42,650
2012	67,356	52,492	49,047	44,238
2013	66,930	51,882	48,193	44,402
2014	70,395	53,085	49,755	46,289
2015	74,650	55,042	51,611	48,062
2016	77,354	56,615	52,650	48,974
2017	79,409	58,252	54,371	51,006
2018	82,090	59,922	56,124	53,311
2019	83,429	61,730	58,356	55,567
2020	90,449	64,871	61,446	59,151
2021	97,855	69,296	67,220	64,718
2022	100,947	70,900	69,571	66,316
2023	107,332	75,673	74,000	70,191
2024	115,442	79,558	77,492	73,634
2025	119,772	82,387	80,903	77,028

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Higgins Strategy. “Per capita personal income in 2025: $119,772 in the District, $82,387 in Maryland, $80,903 in Virginia, $77,028 nationally” Exhibit 9, What the Region Makes (Study XVIII). October 12, 2026. https://higginsstrategy.com/charts/18-09-per-capita-personal-income-1990-2025/