According to The Knot®, the average cost of a US wedding overall is about $34k. However, this number varies greatly by state or region. State averages range from $53k to $19k.

But what about us here in the QCA? We’re not firmly set in rural Iowa where the state average wedding budget is just over $22k, nor are we living in the burbs or big-city Chicago where that number jumps to almost $40k.