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) | 7,836 | 314,467 | $41,884 | 0.87 | -0.6% |
| New York (NY) | 6,816 | 158,842 | $34,030 | 1.98 | +0.3% |
| Florida (FL) | 3,834 | 216,063 | $30,869 | 0.89 | +0.7% |
| Texas (TX) | 3,336 | 238,716 | $34,568 | 0.81 | +1.5% |
| Pennsylvania (PA) | 2,456 | 114,225 | $28,083 | 1.30 | +1.3% |
| Illinois (IL) | 2,446 | 90,705 | $34,115 | 1.27 | +1.3% |
| New Jersey (NJ) | 2,330 | 78,484 | $37,704 | 1.47 | -0.8% |
| North Carolina (NC) | 2,000 | 95,983 | $28,107 | 1.09 | +1.5% |
| Georgia (GA) | 1,798 | 86,803 | $29,413 | 0.94 | +6.3% |
| Ohio (OH) | 1,792 | 77,940 | $29,918 | 1.07 | +0.3% |
| Michigan (MI) | 1,481 | 52,057 | $32,994 | 1.01 | -6.6% |
| Washington (WA) | 1,426 | 59,907 | $40,617 | 1.23 | +2.4% |
| Virginia (VA) | 1,360 | 71,070 | $33,155 | 0.88 | +1.9% |
| Maryland (MD) | 1,179 | 51,463 | $35,462 | 1.24 | +6.4% |
| Tennessee (TN) | 1,038 | 50,471 | $29,379 | 0.94 | +0.6% |
| Massachusetts (MA) | 994 | 74,899 | $33,526 | 0.72 | -1.2% |
| Louisiana (LA) | 948 | 32,166 | $27,584 | 1.26 | -0.3% |
| Minnesota (MN) | 947 | 43,994 | $30,648 | 0.92 | +2.0% |
| Puerto Rico (PR) | 908 | 25,427 | $19,466 | 3.59 | -5.0% |
| Indiana (IN) | 902 | 34,155 | $29,231 | 0.97 | -1.4% |
| Missouri (MO) | 902 | 35,941 | $28,320 | 0.76 | -1.6% |
| Wisconsin (WI) | 901 | 45,256 | $27,632 | 0.91 | +5.1% |
| South Carolina (SC) | 862 | 43,888 | $27,678 | 0.93 | +3.7% |
| Connecticut (CT) | 769 | 33,950 | $36,076 | 1.06 | -1.0% |
| Arizona (AZ) | 757 | 55,402 | $35,232 | 0.69 | +1.7% |
| Kentucky (KY) | 744 | 26,857 | $29,883 | 0.97 | +0.9% |
| Alabama (AL) | 742 | 33,020 | $27,916 | 0.95 | +1.1% |
| Oregon (OR) | 702 | 34,785 | $36,240 | 0.77 | -1.3% |
| Colorado (CO) | 643 | 39,749 | $41,654 | 0.53 | -3.5% |
| Iowa (IA) | 617 | 33,734 | $25,388 | 1.13 | -0.2% |
| Oklahoma (OK) | 506 | 19,308 | $29,359 | 0.81 | -1.2% |
| Kansas (KS) | 454 | 21,244 | $27,997 | 0.93 | +1.1% |
| Arkansas (AR) | 445 | 16,709 | $28,271 | 0.88 | +0.7% |
| Nebraska (NE) | 413 | 17,034 | $26,108 | 1.10 | +0.2% |
| Utah (UT) | 395 | 24,084 | $30,659 | 0.58 | +2.1% |
| Mississippi (MS) | 387 | 14,809 | $25,170 | 0.89 | +0.0% |
| Maine (ME) | 334 | 16,436 | $31,351 | 1.05 | -1.5% |
| Nevada (NV) | 329 | 23,045 | $36,940 | 0.63 | +3.5% |
| Idaho (ID) | 316 | 14,656 | $36,144 | 0.63 | +3.3% |
| West Virginia (WV) | 264 | 9,033 | $29,073 | 0.88 | -3.3% |
| Hawaii (HI) | 249 | 11,002 | $39,784 | 0.86 | -0.4% |
| Montana (MT) | 245 | 10,691 | $34,403 | 0.79 | -2.4% |
| New Hampshire (NH) | 234 | 19,098 | $29,132 | 0.72 | +3.5% |
| New Mexico (NM) | 226 | 13,605 | $32,211 | 0.68 | +0.4% |
| Vermont (VT) | 207 | 8,364 | $31,697 | 1.32 | -1.9% |
| South Dakota (SD) | 189 | 7,226 | $25,972 | 0.96 | -0.5% |
| Rhode Island (RI) | 188 | 9,444 | $32,933 | 0.79 | -0.5% |
| Delaware (DE) | 184 | 8,247 | $31,707 | 0.83 | -2.6% |
| North Dakota (ND) | 169 | 5,254 | $26,281 | 0.95 | -3.4% |
| District of Columbia (DC) | 161 | 5,609 | $39,705 | 0.63 | -3.0% |
| Alaska (AK) | 124 | 3,781 | $36,553 | 1.02 | -1.6% |
| Wyoming (WY) | 82 | 4,116 | $35,798 | 0.55 | +1.2% |