After polling nearly 13,000 couples for The Knot 2017 Real Weddings Study, we found out the national average cost of a wedding is $33,391. While you might be busy picking your jaw up off the floor, remember this is still an average, which means weddings in different locations across the country will have very different price tags. (A wedding in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, will rack up quite a different bill than a similarly outfitted wedding in Toledo, Ohio, for example.) So while you’re wedding could cost much less than $33,391, it could potentially cost even more—particularly if you’re saying “I do” in one of these US hot spots. Below, see the 25 most expenses place to get married in America.
1. New York — Manhattan: $76,944
2. New Jersey — North/Central: $62,074
3. New York — Long Island: $61,113
4. New York — Westchester/Hudson Valley: $55,357
5. Massachusetts — Cape Cod: $55,083
6. Rhode Island: $52,777
7. Illinois — Chicago: $52,332
8. Connecticut: $47,435
9. New York City — Boroughs Outside of Manhattan: $46,808
10. Delaware & Pennsylvania — Philadelphia: $46,211
11. California — Los Angeles: $44,142
12. Louisiana — New Orleans: $41,167
13. Massachusetts — Boston: $40,667
14. Florida — Southern: $40,634
15. New Jersey — South: $40,231
16. Washington, DC/Northern Virginia/Suburban Maryland: $39,465
17. California — San Francisco/Greater Bay Area: $39,329
18. Hawaii: $38,984
19. California — Santa Barbara/Ventura: $38,025
20. California — Orange County/Inland Empire: $37,050
21. Maryland — Baltimore: $36,305
22. Michigan — Detroit: $35,843
23. Pennsylvania — Pittsburgh/Southwest: $34,928
24. California — San Diego: $34,722
25. Illinois — Chicago Suburbs: $34,675
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