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Source : The Computing Technology Industry Association ( CompTIA ) TABLE 19
State of the Tech Workforce ( Cyberstates 2024 )
Net Tech Employment
( 2023 )
Share of Total Employment Rank
Median Wage ( 2022 ) Rank
Rank
1 California
1,533,554
8.6 %
5
$ 134,696
1
2 Texas
936,296
6.7 %
10
$ 96,031
19
3 New York
574,225
5.9 %
17
$ 113,241
7
4 Florida
532,760
5.5 %
21
$ 89,640
25
5 Virginia
379,451
9.1 %
2
$ 116,182
6
6 Washington
358,616
10.0 %
1
$ 129,618
2
7 Illinois
337,272
5.5 %
20
$ 99,141
17
8 Massachusetts
319,989
8.6 %
4
$ 117,349
4
9 Pennsylvania
313,152
5.1 %
25
$ 91,123
22
10 Georgia
312,010
6.4 %
13
$ 102,898
14
11 North Carolina
308,540
6.2 %
15
$ 105,366
10
12 New Jersey
285,751
6.6 %
12
$ 118,147
3
13 Ohio
268,976
4.8 %
29
$ 90,165
24
14 Colorado
260,032
8.8 %
3
$ 112,069
8
15 Maryland
228,266
8.3 %
7
$ 116,220
5
16 Michigan
215,074
4.8 %
28
$ 90,310
23
17 Arizona
212,045
6.6 %
11
$ 96,583
18
18 Minnesota
189,182
6.3 %
14
$ 100,557
16
19 Missouri
161,156
5.4 %
22
$ 86,955
29
20 Oregon
144,085
7.3 %
9
$ 104,198
11
21 Wisconsin
144,011
4.8 %
30
$ 86,591
30
22 Tennessee
142,068
4.3 %
33
$ 81,558
36
23 Utah
126,592
7.3 %
8
$ 91,823
21
24 Indiana
121,668
3.8 %
37
$ 77,912
40
25 Connecticut
100,505
5.9 %
16
$ 103,999
12
26 South Carolina
96,249
4.2 %
35
$ 84,187
33
27 Alabama
93,600
4.3 %
32
$ 89,544
26
28 Kansas
70,850
4.9 %
27
$ 83,331
34
29 Kentucky
69,964
3.5 %
42
$ 75,394
44
30 Iowa
67,644
4.3 %
34
$ 85,672
31
31 Oklahoma
63,128
3.6 %
39
$ 79,179
37
32 New Hampshire
59,084
8.5 %
6
$ 103,237
13
33 Nebraska
54,763
5.2 %
24
$ 85,665
32
34 Nevada
53,978
3.5 %
40
$ 78,729
39
35 Louisiana
52,323
2.7 %
48
$ 73,779
47
36 Arkansas
43,356
3.2 %
45
$ 75,815
43
37 Idaho
42,087
5.0 %
26
$ 77,549
41
38 New Mexico
38,901
4.5 %
31
$ 87,481
28
39 Mississippi
30,166
2.6 %
49
$ 70,832
50
40 Rhode Island
28,626
5.7 %
18
$ 101,639
15
41 Maine
26,595
4.1 %
36
$ 78,776
38
42 Delaware
25,335
5.2 %
23
$ 111,143
9
43 Hawaii
22,002
3.5 %
41
$ 89,295
27
44 West Virginia
21,458
3.0 %
46
$ 72,921
49
45 Montana
17,880
3.4 %
43
$ 77,157
42
46 Vermont
17,466
5.6 %
19
$ 82,386
35
47 South Dakota
16,648
3.6 %
38
$ 73,324
48
48 North Dakota
14,117
3.2 %
44
$ 75,321
45
49 Alaska
9,912
3.0 %
47
$ 92,678
20
50 Wyoming
6,863
2.4 %
50
$ 74,893
46
Dist . of Columbia
72,305
9.4 %
$ 121,770
United States
9,620,576
6.2 %
$ 104,556
In 2023 Washington ranked 1st in high-tech industries ’ share of total employment and 2nd in median high-tech wage .