Interesting that in those states Median Salaries are also in the top half of the country.
Hawaii: 80,212 #4
California: 75,277 #7
Oregon: 63,426 #20
New York: $67,844 #15
Mass: $79,835 #5. Mass is interesting because a lot of people who live in Mass work in Rhode Island (#18) or Connecticut (#6) or vice versa