State Technology and Science Index | Technology and Science Workforce Composite Index

Sub-Indexes

Technology and Science Workforce (TSW)

The intensity of the technology and science workforce indicates whether states have sufficient depth of high-caliber technical talent, represented by the share of workers in a particular field relative to total state employment. We look at 49 occupations spread across three categories: computer and information sciences, engineering, and life and physical sciences.

2020

State	Rank	Score
Maryland	1	93.33
Washington	1	93.33
Massachusetts	3	90.67
Colorado	4	89.33
California	5	81.33
Minnesota	6	71.33
New Hampshire	6	71.33
Virginia	6	71.33
Oregon	9	69.33
Utah	10	68.67
Alaska	11	67.33
Michigan	12	66.67
New Jersey	12	66.67
New Mexico	14	65.33
Delaware	15	63.33
North Carolina	15	63.33
Ohio	17	62.00
Pennsylvania	17	62.00
Texas	17	62.00
Wisconsin	20	61.33
Connecticut	21	60.67
Idaho	22	58.00
Rhode Island	23	54.00
Alabama	24	50.00
Montana	25	48.67
Kansas	26	47.33
Iowa	27	46.67
Wyoming	27	46.67
Arizona	29	45.33
Georgia	30	44.67
Nebraska	31	44.00
Illinois	32	42.00
Missouri	33	41.33
South Carolina	34	40.00
Oklahoma	35	38.00
Indiana	36	37.33
South Dakota	36	37.33
Vermont	36	37.33
North Dakota	39	36.00
Maine	40	34.00
Hawaii	41	31.33
West Virginia	41	31.33
New York	43	30.00
Kentucky	44	26.67
Tennessee	45	26.00
Louisiana	46	24.00
Florida	47	22.00
Mississippi	48	14.67
Arkansas	49	9.33
Nevada	50	5.33

2018

State	Rank	Score
Nevada	50	25.86
Louisiana	49	26.42
Mississippi	48	27.09
Kentucky	47	28.66
Arkansas	46	31.23
Florida	45	33.11
Iowa	44	34.18
West Virginia	43	35.27
Tennessee	42	35.37
Indiana	41	36.11
Oklahoma	40	36.43
Maine	39	38.45
New York	38	39.83
South Dakota	37	40.23
South Carolina	36	40.31
North Dakota	35	41.20
Hawaii	34	42.31
Alabama	33	42.36
Kansas	32	43.17
Michigan	31	43.51
Wisconsin	30	43.76
Nebraska	29	43.83
Georgia	28	44.25
Missouri	27	46.32
Illinois	26	46.41
Wyoming	25	46.62
Montana	24	46.72
Ohio	23	48.15
New Mexico	22	48.41
Rhode Island	21	49.01
New Jersey	20	49.18
North Carolina	19	49.40
Connecticut	18	49.50
Texas	17	49.81
Vermont	16	50.15
Pennsylvania	15	51.16
Arizona	14	52.22
Alaska	13	52.70
Idaho	12	53.76
New Hampshire	11	54.45
Oregon	10	54.90
Utah	9	55.47
Virginia	8	55.70
Minnesota	7	58.43
California	6	61.47
Delaware	5	63.47
Colorado	4	65.94
Massachusetts	3	67.48
Washington	2	67.79
Maryland	1	75.76

2016

State	Rank	Score
Maryland	1	96.00
Massachusetts	2	95.33
Colorado	3	92.67
Minnesota	4	88.00
Washington	5	87.33
Utah	6	80.67
California	7	79.33
Virginia	8	76.67
Alaska	9	72.67
Connecticut	10	72.00
Nebraska	11	68.00
Delaware	12	67.33
North Dakota	13	64.67
Pennsylvania	14	62.67
Texas	15	62.00
Wyoming	15	62.00
Wisconsin	17	61.33
Ohio	18	59.33
New Jersey	19	57.33
Oregon	19	57.33
North Carolina	21	54.67
Rhode Island	21	54.67
Michigan	23	53.33
Illinois	24	52.00
Idaho	25	50.67
New Hampshire	26	50.00
Arizona	27	47.33
Indiana	28	46.67
Montana	29	46.00
South Dakota	29	46.00
New Mexico	31	45.33
Kansas	32	43.33
Missouri	33	42.67
Alabama	34	42.00
Georgia	35	40.67
New York	36	38.67
Iowa	37	34.67
Vermont	38	34.00
South Carolina	39	31.33
Hawaii	40	30.67
Oklahoma	40	30.67
Tennessee	42	27.33
Maine	43	26.00
Florida	44	20.67
Kentucky	45	16.67
Louisiana	45	16.67
West Virginia	45	16.67
Mississippi	48	16.00
Arkansas	49	14.67
Nevada	50	11.33

2014

State	Rank	Score
Massachusetts	1	87.06
Maryland	2	86.47
Washington	3	83.22
California	4	82.33
Virginia	5	78.78
Colorado	6	78.22
Minnesota	7	71.06
Utah	8	68.93
Rhode Island	9	68.50
Texas	10	67.67
Delaware	11	63.83
Pennsylvania	12	63.78
New Hampshire	13	63.43
Arizona	14	63.29
Georgia	15	63.00
Connecticut	16	62.00
Wisconsin	17	61.41
New Mexico	18	61.25
North Carolina	19	61.00
New Jersey	20	60.71
Kansas	21	60.53
Alabama	22	59.75
Idaho	23	59.00
Michigan	24	57.53
Missouri	25	56.47
New York	26	56.35
Illinois	27	55.11
Alaska	28	53.64
Nebraska	29	53.50
Ohio	30	53.11
Vermont	31	52.80
Indiana	32	52.13
Oregon	33	51.20
Tennessee	34	49.06
Iowa	35	47.25
Montana	36	46.33
South Dakota	37	45.14
Florida	38	44.56
Oklahoma	39	44.00
Hawaii	40	43.14
South Carolina	41	42.00
Maine	42	39.73
Arkansas	43	35.69
Mississippi	44	34.29
Kentucky	45	33.88
Wyoming	46	31.75
North Dakota	47	30.50
West Virginia	48	27.71
Nevada	49	25.38
Louisiana	50	24.27

Concentration of Computer and Information Scientist Experts

Concentration of Engineers

Concentration of Life and Physical Scientists