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.

2022

State	Rank	Score
Washington	1	93.33
Colorado	2	92.00
Maryland	3	91.33
Massachusetts	4	88.67
California	5	80.67
Oregon	6	78.67
Minnesota	7	77.33
Virginia	8	74.67
Delaware	9	71.33
Utah	10	70.67
Connecticut	11	70.00
New Jersey	11	70.00
Michigan	13	68.67
New Mexico	14	65.33
Alaska	15	64.67
New Hampshire	16	64.00
Pennsylvania	17	63.33
North Carolina	18	61.33
Wisconsin	19	60.00
Kansas	20	58.00
Alabama	21	56.67
Texas	22	53.33
Montana	22	53.33
Idaho	24	51.33
Ohio	25	50.67
Iowa	26	50.00
Hawaii	27	48.67
Rhode Island	28	46.00
Vermont	29	45.33
Wyoming	29	45.33
Arizona	31	44.00
Nebraska	32	43.33
Georgia	33	40.67
Maine	34	39.33
Illinois	35	37.33
Tennessee	36	36.00
South Carolina	36	36.00
New York	38	34.67
Indiana	38	34.67
Missouri	40	32.00
Oklahoma	41	30.67
North Dakota	42	28.00
Kentucky	43	26.67
South Dakota	44	26.00
West Virginia	45	24.00
Florida	46	22.67
Louisiana	47	17.33
Nevada	48	16.00
Mississippi	49	10.00
Arkansas	50	6.00

2020

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

2018

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

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

Concentration of Computer and Information Scientist Experts

Concentration of Engineers

Concentration of Life and Physical Scientists