Couples getting married in Wyoming and New Jersey have much different wedding bills. A new analysis of more than 10,000 weddings by the Knot puts those two states at the extremes in terms of costs: Wyoming's average bill is $17,000, while New Jersey's comes in at $57,000. As a map at Visual Capitalist makes clear, the Northeast in general is pricey, with even the region's "cheaper" options, Maine and New Hampshire at $37,000, coming in at more than double Wyoming's average. The most and least expensive states:
Most expensive:
- New Jersey, $57,000
- Rhode Island, $51,000
- New York, $49,000
- Vermont, $47,000
- Massachusetts, $45,000
Least expensive
- Wyoming, $17,000
- Idaho, $18,000
- Utah, $18,000
- Alaska, $19,000
- Arkansas, $19,000
- Oklahoma, $19,000
- West Virginia, $19,000
See
the Knot for more details, including a look at expensive cities within states. (New York City is by far tops at $88,000.)