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Share of workers in service occupations: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Share of workers in service occupations (%). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Employment by occupation group by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-10-29

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National value: 16.9 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 11.3 %
RI 17.9 %
DE 18.4 %
CT 17.2 %
NJ 15.3 %
MD 15.4 %
MA 15.4 %
VT 14.5 %
NH 14.6 %

Lowest: 11.3 to 15.6 %
Group 2: 15.6 to 16.3 %
Group 3: 16.3 to 16.8 %
Group 4: 16.8 to 18.1 %
Highest: 18.1 to 22.7 %

The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.


1	Nevada	22.7
2	Hawaii	21.5
3	New Mexico	19.8
4	New York	19.6
5	West Virginia	19.3
6	Louisiana	18.5
7	Delaware	18.4
8	California	18.3
8	Oregon	18.3
10	Florida	18.2
11	Arizona	18.1
12	Montana	18
13	Rhode Island	17.9
14	Alaska	17.8
15	Connecticut	17.2
15	North Dakota	17.2
15	South Carolina	17.2
15	South Dakota	17.2
19	Idaho	17.1
20	Ohio	17
21	Oklahoma	16.8
21	Wyoming	16.8
23	Washington	16.7
24	Iowa	16.6
25	Mississippi	16.5
26	Arkansas	16.3
26	Illinois	16.3
26	Maine	16.3
26	Michigan	16.3
26	Pennsylvania	16.3
26	Texas	16.3
32	Tennessee	16.2
33	Kansas	16.1
33	Kentucky	16.1
33	Missouri	16.1
36	Indiana	16
36	Wisconsin	16
38	Virginia	15.8
39	Alabama	15.7
39	Minnesota	15.7
41	Georgia	15.6
42	North Carolina	15.5
43	Colorado	15.4
43	Maryland	15.4
43	Massachusetts	15.4
46	Nebraska	15.3
46	New Jersey	15.3
48	New Hampshire	14.6
48	Utah	14.6
50	Vermont	14.5
51	District of Columbia	11.3

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, Table DP03: Selected Economic Characteristics. Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by share of workers in service occupations (%) (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 1-year estimates, Table DP03; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-10-29. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-service/

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