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) | 30,454 | 607,236 | $36,169 | 0.75 | -0.1% |
| Texas (TX) | 21,263 | 503,584 | $28,630 | 1.15 | +1.8% |
| Florida (FL) | 20,591 | 448,666 | $34,605 | 1.07 | +3.4% |
| New York (NY) | 19,638 | 314,321 | $39,272 | 1.27 | +0.8% |
| Illinois (IL) | 10,134 | 191,889 | $31,447 | 1.17 | +2.4% |
| North Carolina (NC) | 9,354 | 178,857 | $26,016 | 1.13 | -1.5% |
| Pennsylvania (PA) | 8,973 | 185,068 | $25,285 | 1.05 | +0.4% |
| Georgia (GA) | 8,798 | 169,842 | $27,620 | 1.02 | +2.5% |
| Ohio (OH) | 7,842 | 183,602 | $25,130 | 1.04 | +0.3% |
| New Jersey (NJ) | 7,622 | 127,958 | $32,450 | 1.07 | +0.9% |
| Virginia (VA) | 7,298 | 143,662 | $28,879 | 1.05 | -0.5% |
| Michigan (MI) | 7,164 | 141,546 | $25,857 | 1.09 | -7.3% |
| Washington (WA) | 6,860 | 108,733 | $36,270 | 1.32 | +3.0% |
| Massachusetts (MA) | 5,880 | 134,590 | $35,312 | 0.95 | -1.7% |
| Tennessee (TN) | 5,393 | 123,997 | $28,859 | 1.08 | +2.7% |
| Colorado (CO) | 4,896 | 108,721 | $35,770 | 0.89 | -3.7% |
| South Carolina (SC) | 4,870 | 99,835 | $26,082 | 1.17 | +4.1% |
| Indiana (IN) | 4,728 | 103,017 | $24,324 | 1.12 | +0.7% |
| Wisconsin (WI) | 4,638 | 89,509 | $22,230 | 1.04 | +4.7% |
| Missouri (MO) | 4,555 | 98,533 | $27,072 | 0.85 | -0.3% |
| Oregon (OR) | 4,371 | 62,900 | $32,091 | 1.07 | -2.1% |
| Arizona (AZ) | 4,269 | 110,262 | $33,073 | 0.86 | -0.8% |
| Minnesota (MN) | 4,061 | 88,882 | $27,921 | 0.87 | +0.0% |
| Louisiana (LA) | 3,934 | 71,536 | $25,600 | 1.16 | +2.2% |
| Maryland (MD) | 3,861 | 89,289 | $29,470 | 0.90 | +4.4% |
| Connecticut (CT) | 3,687 | 56,990 | $32,787 | 1.13 | +0.2% |
| Kentucky (KY) | 3,337 | 66,035 | $24,738 | 0.96 | +3.9% |
| Alabama (AL) | 3,123 | 64,591 | $25,489 | 0.89 | +2.7% |
| Oklahoma (OK) | 3,120 | 62,422 | $22,943 | 1.10 | -3.8% |
| Nevada (NV) | 2,420 | 69,424 | $35,865 | 1.02 | +1.6% |
| Iowa (IA) | 2,274 | 43,107 | $22,281 | 0.93 | +0.7% |
| Kansas (KS) | 2,139 | 45,036 | $23,235 | 0.98 | +2.0% |
| Arkansas (AR) | 2,124 | 40,273 | $24,023 | 0.93 | +0.5% |
| Mississippi (MS) | 1,902 | 35,874 | $22,818 | 0.97 | +2.3% |
| Utah (UT) | 1,791 | 40,369 | $27,298 | 0.59 | +2.9% |
| Puerto Rico (PR) | 1,667 | 28,005 | $19,937 | 1.46 | -6.0% |
| Hawaii (HI) | 1,575 | 33,286 | $38,494 | 1.21 | +4.2% |
| Idaho (ID) | 1,498 | 25,981 | $25,509 | 0.67 | +5.4% |
| Maine (ME) | 1,389 | 24,176 | $33,964 | 0.97 | -0.4% |
| New Hampshire (NH) | 1,386 | 28,188 | $32,301 | 0.95 | +3.1% |
| Nebraska (NE) | 1,324 | 27,454 | $23,937 | 0.79 | -0.7% |
| New Mexico (NM) | 1,275 | 29,658 | $27,633 | 0.85 | -1.9% |
| West Virginia (WV) | 1,248 | 22,026 | $22,719 | 0.92 | +3.0% |
| Rhode Island (RI) | 1,150 | 22,824 | $30,770 | 1.07 | -1.2% |
| District of Columbia (DC) | 1,132 | 29,814 | $41,991 | 0.99 | +1.4% |
| Montana (MT) | 1,070 | 20,388 | $26,167 | 0.76 | -5.7% |
| Delaware (DE) | 955 | 21,426 | $27,225 | 0.95 | +3.7% |
| South Dakota (SD) | 637 | 12,902 | $24,558 | 0.72 | -2.0% |
| Vermont (VT) | 608 | 9,573 | $29,206 | 0.86 | -1.0% |
| North Dakota (ND) | 577 | 12,053 | $25,616 | 0.72 | +4.3% |
| Wyoming (WY) | 521 | 9,956 | $26,212 | 0.78 | -0.8% |
| Alaska (AK) | 496 | 9,013 | $33,731 | 0.90 | +0.4% |