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Just the Facts - Key Economic and Social Indicators for New York State

knowledge jobs (2007)

 
IT Professionals1
Managerial, Professional, Technical Jobs2
Workforce Education3
Immigration of Knowledge Workers4
Manufacturing Value-Added5
High-Wage Traded Services6
State
Rank
Score
Rank
Score
Rank
Score
Rank
Score
Rank
Score
Rank
Score
Alabama
33
0.95%
37
18.80%
42
32.6
12
14.2
43
15.60%
37
11.10%
Alaska
35
0.89%
15
21.20%
16
41.6
16
14
16
29.50%
42
9.70%
Arizona
23
1.22%
30
19.80%
23
38.9
49
12.3
13
35.70%
20
13.50%
Arkansas
47
0.65%
46
17.60%
49
28.7
37
13.1
8
40.20%
30
12.30%
California
16
1.29%
17
21.00%
12
43
33
13.2
20
26.70%
6
17.10%
Colorado
6
1.60%
14
21.40%
2
50
34
13.2
11
35.90%
16
14.20%
Connecticut
5
1.83%
3
24.50%
4
49.4
2
14.8
14
33.20%
2
20.20%
Delaware
8
1.56%
10
22.30%
20
40.4
22
13.7
21
25.70%
1
24.30%
Florida
26
1.13%
40
18.60%
29
37.5
35
13.2
19
27.90%
24
13.00%
Georgia
12
1.40%
19
20.80%
24
38.9
32
13.3
29
21.70%
15
14.50%
Hawaii
40
0.79%
44
18.10%
17
41.4
4
14.6
31
21.30%
46
8.50%
Idaho
38
0.88%
27
20.10%
37
35.9
45
12.8
50
6.00%
38
11.10%
Illinois
9
1.54%
9
22.60%
14
42.3
20
13.8
40
17.00%
8
16.70%
Indiana
39
0.86%
36
19.00%
43
32.3
30
13.4
1
48.70%
41
10.00%
Iowa
27
1.09%
42
18.60%
36
35.9
9
14.3
6
42.70%
18
13.60%
Kansas
17
1.27%
26
20.10%
19
40.8
17
13.9
48
9.20%
32
12.10%
Kentucky
36
0.88%
43
18.60%
47
29.9
42
12.9
33
20.90%
40
10.60%
Louisiana
45
0.68%
29
19.80%
46
30.5
24
13.7
25
24.40%
21
13.20%
Maine
41
0.79%
21
20.40%
27
38.2
23
13.7
23
24.60%
35
11.50%
Maryland
2
2.06%
2
24.80%
3
49.5
19
13.8
10
37.10%
25
13.00%
Massachusetts
4
1.86%
1
26.80%
1
52.4
15
14.1
2
46.80%
7
16.80%
Michigan
22
1.22%
11
22.10%
28
37.6
6
14.4
22
24.80%
29
12.30%
Minnesota
7
1.57%
7
23.00%
10
44.7
28
13.5
9
39.20%
4
17.70%
Mississippi
49
0.54%
47
17.40%
48
29.8
39
13
49
7.30%
43
9.70%
Missouri
13
1.40%
33
19.60%
38
35.2
25
13.7
34
20.80%
11
15.30%
Montana
48
0.61%
41
18.60%
22
39.1
13
14.1
45
14.40%
49
7.80%
Nebraska
14
1.38%
34
19.40%
21
40.1
40
12.9
41
16.80%
12
15.10%
Nevada
46
0.66%
50
15.00%
45
31.8
48
12.4
7
40.70%
44
9.00%
New Hampshire
20
1.23%
13
21.90%
8
46
1
15.3
28
22.70%
13
15.10%
New Jersey
3
1.94%
5
23.60%
6
46.9
29
13.5
32
21.10%
5
17.30%
New Mexico
34
0.91%
18
20.80%
26
38.6
41
12.9
42
16.30%
45
9.00%
NEW YORK
11
1.47%
4
23.90%
9
45.3
10
14.2
27
23.70%
3
19.60%
North Carolina
15
1.29%
32
19.70%
33
37.1
36
13.1
36
19.30%
28
12.90%
North Dakota
43
0.72%
45
17.80%
25
38.9
18
13.9
5
43.50%
39
10.60%
Ohio
24
1.21%
20
20.70%
39
34.6
7
14.4
30
21.50%
17
13.90%
Oklahoma
29
1.03%
25
20.10%
41
33.5
43
12.9
17
29.30%
36
11.40%
Oregon
30
1.02%
24
20.10%
18
41.4
14
14.1
24
24.60%
19
13.60%
Pennsylvania
21
1.23%
12
21.90%
32
37.1
21
13.7
18
28.30%
14
14.50%
Rhode Island
25
1.17%
6
23.50%
13
42.5
3
14.6
37
18.30%
23
13.10%
South Carolina
37
0.88%
38
18.80%
40
34.5
38
13.1
26
24.10%
34
11.50%
South Dakota
42
0.78%
49
17.10%
30
37.3
50
12
47
11.40%
26
12.90%
Tennessee
31
0.99%
39
18.70%
44
32.2
46
12.7
39
17.80%
33
11.80%
Texas
18
1.25%
22
20.20%
34
36.3
44
12.8
35
20.40%
27
12.90%
Utah
19
1.24%
23
20.20%
15
42.1
26
13.6
15
33.10%
10
15.50%
Vermont
32
0.99%
28
19.90%
7
46.5
8
14.4
38
18.20%
50
7.50%
Virginia
1
2.36%
8
22.90%
5
47.1
11
14.2
4
45.90%
9
16.40%
Washington
10
1.48%
16
21.10%
11
44.6
5
14.6
3
46.70%
31
12.10%
West Virginia
44
0.68%
31
19.80%
50
26.1
47
12.6
46
14.00%
48
8.00%
Wisconsin
28
1.07%
35
19.40%
31
37.2
31
13.4
12
35.90%
22
13.20%
Wyoming
50
0.52%
48
17.30%
35
35.9
27
13.5
44
15.10%
47
8.20%
U.S. Average
1.30%
21.00%
39.7
13.5
26.90%
14.50%

Source: The 2007 State New Economy Index

  1. Employment in IT occupaitions in non-IT industries as a share of total jobs.
  2. Managers, professionals, and technicians as a share of total workers.
  3. A weighted measure of the educational attainment of the workforce.
  4. The average educational attainment of recent immigrants.
  5. The percentage of a state's manufacturing workforce employed in sectors in which the value-added per production hour worked is above the sector's national average.
  6. The share of employment in traded service sectors in which the average weight is above the national median for traded services.
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