2024 Competitiveness Redbook | Page 26

Source : The Computing Technology Industry Association ( CompTIA ) TABLE 19
State of the Tech Workforce ( Cyberstates 2023 )
Net Tech
Share of Total
Median
Rank
Employment
Employment Rank
Wage $
Rank
1 California
1,487,864
8.4 %
5 $ 119,568
2
2 Texas
867,278
6.4 %
14
$ 89,833
18
3 New York
535,457
5.6 %
16 $ 105,767
7
4 Florida
484,593
5.1 %
24
$ 81,533
28
5 Virginia
358,713
8.8 %
2 $ 109,646
5
6 Washington
347,093
9.8 %
1 $ 129,955
1
7 Illinois
325,685
5.4 %
19
$ 90,986
17
8 Massachusetts
318,631
8.7 %
3 $ 112,912
4
9 Pennsylvania
300,447
5.0 %
24
$ 86,082
21
10 Georgia
294,133
6.1 %
13
$ 96,197
13
11 North Carolina
293,284
6.1 %
15
$ 98,640
11
12 New Jersey
271,312
6.4 %
10 $ 113,345
3
13 Ohio
270,462
4.9 %
27
$ 84,810
24
14 Colorado
248,508
8.7 %
4 $ 103,946
8
15 Maryland
222,031
8.2 %
5 $ 109,357
6
16 Michigan
202,190
4.6 %
29
$ 85,010
23
17 Arizona
201,183
6.5 %
10
$ 88,355
19
18 Minnesota
187,836
6.4 %
10
$ 93,196
16
19 Missouri
153,419
5.2 %
20
$ 78,245
36
20 Wisconsin
140,727
4.7 %
26
$ 80,564
30
21 Oregon
139,350
7.1 %
9
$ 97,171
12
22 Tennessee
123,909
3.8 %
35
$ 74,837
39
23 Utah
123,450
7.4 %
8
$ 83,891
26
24 Indiana
118,872
3.7 %
35
$ 77,140
37
25 Connecticut
95,324
5.7 %
16
$ 99,809
10
26 Alabama
87,524
4.1 %
31
$ 85,764
22
27 South Carolina
86,446
3.9 %
34
$ 78,480
33
28 Iowa
65,906
4.2 %
31
$ 83,728
27
29 Kansas
65,245
4.6 %
27
$ 78,880
32
30 Kentucky
64,719
3.3 %
38
$ 71,339
43
31 Oklahoma
57,807
3.4 %
39
$ 73,830
40
32 New Hampshire
56,748
8.3 %
5
$ 95,179
14
33 Nebraska
52,556
5.1 %
23
$ 81,479
29
34 Nevada
48,595
3.3 %
41
$ 75,778
38
35 Louisiana
48,186
2.5 %
47
$ 68,661
47
36 Idaho
39,897
4.8 %
30
$ 70,490
45
37 Arkansas
39,896
3.0 %
44
$ 71,525
42
38 New Mexico
35,043
4.1 %
33
$ 78,426
34
39 Mississippi
28,609
2.5 %
48
$ 66,901
49
40 Rhode Island
27,806
5.6 %
16
$ 94,860
15
41 Delaware
24,792
5.3 %
21 $ 103,329
9
42 Maine
24,769
3.9 %
37
$ 79,878
31
43 West Virginia
20,506
2.9 %
46
$ 68,862
46
44 Hawaii
20,410
3.3 %
42
$ 86,864
20
45 Montana
16,971
3.3 %
45
$ 72,873
41
46 Vermont
16,687
5.5 %
22
$ 78,290
35
47 South Dakota
15,855
3.5 %
38
$ 65,877
50
48 North Dakota
13,272
3.1 %
50
$ 71,205
44
49 Alaska
9,525
3.0 %
42
$ 84,063
25
50 Wyoming
6,348
2.2 %
49
$ 67,175
48
Dist . of Columbia
70,554
9.2 %
$ 122,889
United States
9,156,390
6.0 %
$ 100,615
Washington remained 1st in high-tech industries ’ share of total employment and in median high-tech wage .