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Information industry jobs and pay by state
Establishments and paid employees in the information sector (publishing and software, film and broadcasting, telecommunications, data processing and hosting), its share of private-sector jobs, employees per 1,000 residents and average annual pay, with the shares of the sector's jobs in publishing (including software publishers), telecommunications, and data processing and hosting. From County Business Patterns 2023: establishments with paid employees, employees in the pay period including March 12, and annual payroll. Shares, per-resident figures and average pay are derived by Quadranac (all-sector total: NAICS 00; population: July 1, 2023 estimate). CBP excludes self-employed people, most government employees, private households and (for some sectors) railroads; employment is counted where the establishment is, not where workers live. Blank cells are not published for that state.
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| United States | 160,704 | 3,809,059 | 2.7 | 11.3 | 149,198 | 33.1 | 24 | 16.5 |
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| Alabama | 1,887 | 30,227 | 1.7 | 5.9 | 77,317 | 28.2 | 42.4 | 11.9 |
| Alaska | 422 | 6,715 | 2.5 | 9.1 | 84,797 | 3.6 | 66.8 | 16 |
| Arizona | 2,662 | 55,189 | 1.9 | 7.4 | 91,352 | 23.1 | 33.1 | 26.5 |
| Arkansas | 1,174 | 20,052 | 1.8 | 6.5 | 78,832 | 22.7 | 33.2 | 30.6 |
| California | 27,338 | 891,636 | 5.4 | 22.8 | 232,014 | 35.7 | 9.4 | 13.9 |
| Colorado | 3,804 | 101,428 | 4 | 17.2 | 143,330 | 29.9 | 38.5 | 17.4 |
| Connecticut | 1,687 | 32,430 | 2.1 | 8.9 | 118,357 | 19.4 | 26 | 15.3 |
| Delaware | 1,070 | 10,680 | 2.3 | 10.3 | 126,102 | 52.8 | 18.3 | 16.3 |
| District of Columbia | 851 | 30,015 | 5.4 | 44 | 141,260 | 32.5 | 8.7 | 11.6 |
| Florida | 10,336 | 175,767 | 1.8 | 7.7 | 102,977 | 26.2 | 35.6 | 17.3 |
| Georgia | 5,030 | 133,617 | 3 | 12.1 | 120,422 | 27.7 | 30.8 | 19.6 |
| Hawaii | 557 | 6,945 | 1.3 | 4.8 | 81,063 | 11.9 | 56.7 | 7.6 |
| Idaho | 877 | 17,726 | 2.5 | 9 | 99,479 | 51.3 | 27 | 11.3 |
| Illinois | 5,616 | 120,174 | 2.1 | 9.5 | 122,814 | 34.1 | 25.1 | 18.3 |
| Indiana | 2,380 | 38,255 | 1.3 | 5.6 | 94,784 | 37.4 | 30.2 | 13 |
| Iowa | 1,615 | 23,918 | 1.7 | 7.4 | 76,290 | 34.6 | 32 | 16.3 |
| Kansas | 1,424 | 26,297 | 2.1 | 8.9 | 95,558 | 24.7 | 42.3 | 14 |
| Kentucky | 1,995 | 26,469 | 1.5 | 5.8 | 62,565 | 14.2 | 42.6 | 26.3 |
| Louisiana | 1,591 | 19,384 | 1.1 | 4.2 | 65,917 | 13.6 | 48.8 | 14.9 |
| Maine | 817 | 9,398 | 1.7 | 6.7 | 70,634 | 19.4 | 38.4 | 19.6 |
| Maryland | 2,598 | 49,309 | 2 | 7.9 | 112,177 | 25.9 | 27.5 | 27.6 |
| Massachusetts | 3,655 | 141,099 | 4 | 19.9 | 162,286 | 51.4 | 12 | 19.8 |
| Michigan | 3,887 | 59,414 | 1.5 | 5.9 | 97,263 | 33 | 29.8 | 17.2 |
| Minnesota | 2,631 | 62,246 | 2.2 | 10.8 | 110,228 | 41.6 | 16.9 | 25.1 |
| Mississippi | 1,087 | 11,896 | 1.2 | 4 | 60,716 | 10.2 | 59.7 | 13.6 |
| Missouri | 2,582 | 52,743 | 2 | 8.5 | 92,314 | 25.4 | 45.6 | 14 |
| Montana | 697 | 7,801 | 1.9 | 6.9 | 74,878 | 31 | 38.5 | 9 |
| Nebraska | 978 | 25,307 | 2.7 | 12.7 | 88,078 | 34.1 | 23.7 | 24.9 |
| Nevada | 1,631 | 19,335 | 1.4 | 6 | 85,027 | 21.5 | 34.2 | 17.7 |
| New Hampshire | 772 | 14,427 | 2.3 | 10.3 | 123,014 | 39.7 | 24.1 | 23.7 |
| New Jersey | 3,802 | 88,523 | 2.2 | 9.4 | 130,150 | 26.1 | 35.2 | 21 |
| New Mexico | 857 | 9,165 | 1.4 | 4.3 | 64,677 | 14.7 | 52.1 | 10.3 |
| New York | 12,089 | 328,460 | 3.7 | 16.6 | 157,751 | 25.1 | 15.9 | 12.1 |
| North Carolina | 4,150 | 94,965 | 2.2 | 8.7 | 110,267 | 31.6 | 36.8 | 18.2 |
| North Dakota | 376 | 7,401 | 2.1 | 9.4 | 86,196 | 45.5 | 33.1 | 3.2 |
| Ohio | 4,391 | 93,136 | 1.8 | 7.9 | 82,888 | 36.6 | 29.4 | 15.8 |
| Oklahoma | 1,604 | 23,471 | 1.6 | 5.8 | 68,801 | 11.7 | 55.1 | 14 |
| Oregon | 2,404 | 38,519 | 2.3 | 9.1 | 112,496 | 42.7 | 21.3 | 17.4 |
| Pennsylvania | 5,685 | 112,393 | 2 | 8.6 | 104,913 | 27.6 | 34.7 | 17.3 |
| Rhode Island | 477 | 6,243 | 1.4 | 5.7 | 89,144 | 35.7 | 30 | 7.8 |
| South Carolina | 1,764 | 31,582 | 1.5 | 5.9 | 80,970 | 20.4 | 53.2 | 11.8 |
| South Dakota | 463 | 6,035 | 1.6 | 6.6 | 61,790 | 16.8 | 49.7 | 7 |
| Tennessee | 2,980 | 47,723 | 1.6 | 6.7 | 83,805 | 20.4 | 30.6 | 18.4 |
| Texas | 11,777 | 293,377 | 2.4 | 9.6 | 117,710 | 29.8 | 33.2 | 19.2 |
| Utah | 2,004 | 59,792 | 3.8 | 17.3 | 118,485 | 53.9 | 18.3 | 15.5 |
| Vermont | 490 | 6,224 | 2.4 | 9.6 | 108,740 | 23 | 16.3 | 36.9 |
| Virginia | 4,006 | 111,454 | 3.1 | 12.8 | 139,665 | 29 | 22.5 | 30 |
| Washington | 4,036 | 163,445 | 5.3 | 20.9 | 245,097 | 62.6 | 13.9 | 8.9 |
| West Virginia | 752 | 7,090 | 1.3 | 4 | 61,367 | 17.2 | 56.1 | 6.5 |
| Wisconsin | 2,400 | 56,278 | 2.1 | 9.5 | 99,482 | 46.7 | 27.7 | 10.7 |
| Wyoming | 546 | 3,884 | 1.8 | 6.6 | 70,136 | 22.6 | 46.9 | 7.5 |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023 (API dataset 2023/cbp), NAICS 2017 codes 51, 511, 517, 518 and 00 (all sectors)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, July 1, 2023 resident population (denominator). Reference period: 2023.
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Information industry jobs and pay by state (United States, 2023). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, County Business Patterns 2023 (API dataset 2023/cbp), NAICS 2017 sector 51 (information) and subsectors 511, 517, 518. Retrieved 2026-11-10 via Quadranac, https://quadranac.com/tables/us-information-industry/