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2020 State Technology and Science Index
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State Technology and Science Index | Technology and Science Workforce Composite Index
 

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

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