Click a column header to sort. Location quotient (LQ) compares this state's industry concentration to the national average — 1.00 means national-average concentration; 1.50 means 50% denser than national; 0.50 means half as dense.
| State | Firms | Employment | Avg Pay | LQ | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California (CA) | 22,560 | 139,968 | $62,943 | 1.08 | +0.8% |
| Texas (TX) | 12,507 | 87,976 | $62,788 | 1.31 | +2.5% |
| Florida (FL) | 9,432 | 69,016 | $68,654 | 0.95 | +4.7% |
| New York (NY) | 7,930 | 54,311 | $68,743 | 0.99 | -1.3% |
| Illinois (IL) | 5,230 | 38,864 | $65,063 | 1.17 | -1.4% |
| Pennsylvania (PA) | 4,468 | 34,782 | $65,104 | 1.02 | -0.2% |
| New Jersey (NJ) | 4,421 | 32,009 | $65,804 | 1.20 | +0.8% |
| Georgia (GA) | 4,154 | 31,836 | $66,796 | 0.94 | +5.2% |
| North Carolina (NC) | 3,951 | 34,389 | $71,061 | 0.93 | +2.8% |
| Ohio (OH) | 3,772 | 33,228 | $64,414 | 0.97 | -0.5% |
| Virginia (VA) | 3,537 | 28,676 | $72,414 | 0.99 | +0.9% |
| Michigan (MI) | 3,492 | 33,105 | $64,880 | 1.03 | -9.6% |
| Washington (WA) | 3,126 | 29,402 | $58,584 | 1.17 | +1.5% |
| Colorado (CO) | 3,020 | 21,567 | $66,152 | 1.07 | -2.7% |
| Massachusetts (MA) | 2,988 | 25,545 | $76,321 | 0.93 | -2.2% |
| Arizona (AZ) | 2,751 | 22,461 | $60,985 | 1.08 | -1.8% |
| Maryland (MD) | 2,478 | 18,041 | $69,109 | 1.12 | -0.3% |
| Tennessee (TN) | 2,356 | 19,905 | $65,680 | 0.92 | +0.6% |
| Indiana (IN) | 2,162 | 20,817 | $64,652 | 1.00 | -0.7% |
| Missouri (MO) | 1,938 | 16,729 | $68,861 | 0.71 | -0.3% |
| Oregon (OR) | 1,932 | 15,999 | $68,601 | 0.92 | -1.6% |
| Wisconsin (WI) | 1,853 | 18,940 | $73,269 | 0.81 | +1.6% |
| South Carolina (SC) | 1,843 | 15,935 | $69,613 | 0.86 | +3.7% |
| Minnesota (MN) | 1,842 | 18,046 | $76,368 | 0.77 | +5.7% |
| Utah (UT) | 1,833 | 15,214 | $45,915 | 1.16 | +0.8% |
| Louisiana (LA) | 1,648 | 12,289 | $54,573 | 0.94 | +0.6% |
| Kentucky (KY) | 1,601 | 11,049 | $60,494 | 0.90 | +2.4% |
| Connecticut (CT) | 1,576 | 11,759 | $71,691 | 0.94 | -0.4% |
| Alabama (AL) | 1,543 | 12,883 | $60,848 | 0.85 | +1.0% |
| Nevada (NV) | 1,410 | 10,652 | $62,694 | 1.16 | +2.2% |
| Oklahoma (OK) | 1,338 | 11,350 | $63,466 | 0.92 | -4.6% |
| Iowa (IA) | 1,029 | 8,878 | $68,026 | 0.82 | -1.7% |
| Idaho (ID) | 1,014 | 7,585 | $48,301 | 0.87 | +6.6% |
| Mississippi (MS) | 997 | 6,738 | $55,938 | 0.99 | +2.5% |
| Arkansas (AR) | 972 | 8,051 | $58,714 | 0.83 | -0.9% |
| Kansas (KS) | 924 | 8,830 | $60,663 | 0.82 | +0.0% |
| Puerto Rico (PR) | 817 | 3,920 | $26,530 | 1.39 | -0.4% |
| Nebraska (NE) | 750 | 6,217 | $63,937 | 0.87 | +1.2% |
| Hawaii (HI) | 717 | 4,524 | $62,558 | 1.07 | +3.6% |
| New Mexico (NM) | 688 | 5,585 | $58,654 | 0.89 | -0.6% |
| New Hampshire (NH) | 575 | 5,320 | $83,190 | 0.76 | +0.0% |
| Montana (MT) | 500 | 3,912 | $61,286 | 0.69 | -4.6% |
| West Virginia (WV) | 477 | 3,893 | $54,119 | 0.69 | -0.4% |
| Maine (ME) | 446 | 4,183 | $73,399 | 0.60 | +1.6% |
| District of Columbia (DC) | 343 | 1,660 | $88,685 | 0.58 | +0.6% |
| Rhode Island (RI) | 327 | 2,861 | $66,065 | 0.59 | -4.7% |
| South Dakota (SD) | 308 | 3,269 | $73,490 | 0.68 | -1.0% |
| Delaware (DE) | 300 | 2,950 | $83,114 | 0.58 | +5.3% |
| Alaska (AK) | 271 | 2,452 | $58,338 | 0.96 | -2.2% |
| North Dakota (ND) | 268 | 2,581 | $78,586 | 0.65 | +0.8% |
| Wyoming (WY) | 230 | 1,815 | $53,017 | 0.67 | +0.9% |
| Vermont (VT) | 210 | 1,851 | $80,338 | 0.58 | -2.8% |