2026 Competitiveness Redbook | Seite 27

State of the Tech Workforce( Cyberstates 2025)
Net Tech Employment
( 2024)
Share of Total Employment Rank
Median Wage( 2024) Rank
Rank
1 California
1,472,275
8.2 %
5
$ 145,434
2
2 Texas
972,747
6.9 %
11
$ 111,463
13
3 New York
577,624
5.9 %
17
$ 125,570
5
4 Florida
546,449
5.5 %
20
$ 102,908
21
5 Virginia
375,469
8.9 %
2
$ 125,463
7
6 Washington
356,736
9.8 %
1
$ 145,443
1
7 Illinois
328,975
5.4 %
21
$ 106,265
20
8 North Carolina
323,422
6.4 %
12
$ 111,787
11
9 Pennsylvania
312,537
5.1 %
24
$ 100,662
22
10 Massachusetts
311,165
8.4 %
4
$ 133,792
3
11 Georgia
306,962
6.2 %
14
$ 106,434
19
12 New Jersey
300,555
6.9 %
10
$ 125,503
6
13 Ohio
260,062
4.6 %
31
$ 95,881
28
14 Colorado
259,394
8.7 %
3
$ 119,244
9
15 Maryland
227,139
8.0 %
7
$ 126,467
4
16 Michigan
220,061
4.9 %
26
$ 96,150
27
17 Arizona
206,247
6.4 %
13
$ 107,052
18
18 Minnesota
184,718
6.1 %
15
$ 109,857
15
19 Missouri
156,802
5.2 %
22
$ 86,919
40
20 Tennessee
145,637
4.3 %
33
$ 92,255
33
21 Wisconsin
142,557
4.7 %
29
$ 90,781
36
22 Oregon
139,857
7.0 %
9
$ 119,581
8
23 Utah
129,230
7.4 %
8
$ 107,529
17
24 Indiana
123,613
3.8 %
37
$ 84,112
44
25 Connecticut
100,788
5.9 %
16
$ 112,677
10
26 South Carolina
99,162
4.2 %
34
$ 89,698
38
27 Alabama
97,442
4.4 %
32
$ 97,528
24
28 Kentucky
70,542
3.5 %
43
$ 81,847
46
29 Kansas
68,606
4.7 %
28
$ 93,361
30
30 Iowa
67,019
4.2 %
35
$ 91,693
34
31 Oklahoma
64,676
3.6 %
38
$ 84,651
42
32 New Hampshire
57,031
8.1 %
6
$ 110,434
14
33 Nevada
55,176
3.5 %
42
$ 92,619
32
34 Nebraska
54,426
5.1 %
23
$ 96,803
25
35 Louisiana
52,196
2.6 %
49
$ 79,747
48
36 Arkansas
43,669
3.2 %
45
$ 84,220
43
37 New Mexico
41,586
4.7 %
30
$ 95,319
29
38 Idaho
40,807
4.7 %
27
$ 90,105
37
39 Mississippi
32,508
2.7 %
48
$ 71,178
50
40 Rhode Island
29,698
5.8 %
18
$ 109,357
16
41 Maine
27,411
4.2 %
36
$ 91,137
35
42 Delaware
24,121
4.9 %
25
$ 111,613
12
43 West Virginia
23,060
3.2 %
44
$ 89,443
39
44 Hawaii
22,530
3.5 %
41
$ 97,642
23
45 Montana
18,815
3.6 %
39
$ 86,294
41
46 Vermont
17,621
5.7 %
19
$ 96,638
26
47 South Dakota
16,600
3.5 %
40
$ 81,220
47
48 North Dakota
13,528
3.0 %
47
$ 84,100
45
49 Alaska
10,539
3.1 %
46
$ 93,352
31
50 Wyoming
7,733
2.6 %
50
$ 77,012
49
Dist. of Columbia
70,060
9.1 %
$ 131,552
United States
9,607,925
6.1 %
$ 112,667
Washington ranked 1st in high-tech industries’ share of total employment and 1st in median high-tech wage.
TABLE 19 Source: The Computing Technology Industry Association( CompTIA)