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Jobs in education and health services: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Educational services, health care and social assistance. All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Employment by industry by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

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2026-11-03
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National value: 24.4 (United States).

Washington: 22.7Idaho: 22.4Montana: 25.2North Dakota: 26Minnesota: 27.2Michigan: 24.5Ohio: 25.4Pennsylvania: 27.4New York: 30Vermont: 29.3New Hampshire: 24.4Maine: 27.6Arizona: 23.1California: 23.8New Mexico: 26.7Texas: 22.3Louisiana: 25.7Mississippi: 25.9Alabama: 23.4Florida: 21.7Georgia: 21.9South Carolina: 22.9North Carolina: 23.7Virginia: 23.5District of Columbia: 18.2Maryland: 24.7Delaware: 25.2New Jersey: 25.1Connecticut: 29.1Rhode Island: 28.3Massachusetts: 29.2Oregon: 25.3Utah: 22.9Wyoming: 24.2Nevada: 18Colorado: 22.5South Dakota: 26.5Nebraska: 25.5Kansas: 24.1Oklahoma: 23.9Iowa: 25Missouri: 24.7Wisconsin: 24.3Illinois: 24.9Kentucky: 25Arkansas: 23.6Tennessee: 22.9West Virginia: 28Indiana: 24.7Alaska: 24.3Hawaii: 24

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • Lowest: 18 to 22.9 %
  • Group 2: 22.9 to 24.2 %
  • Group 3: 24.2 to 25 %
  • Group 4: 25 to 26.5 %
  • Highest: 26.5 to 30 %
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.

1New York30
2Vermont29.3
3Massachusetts29.2
4Connecticut29.1
5Rhode Island28.3
6West Virginia28
7Maine27.6
8Pennsylvania27.4
9Minnesota27.2
10New Mexico26.7
11South Dakota26.5
12North Dakota26
13Mississippi25.9
14Louisiana25.7
15Nebraska25.5
16Ohio25.4
17Oregon25.3
18Delaware25.2
18Montana25.2
20New Jersey25.1
21Iowa25
21Kentucky25
23Illinois24.9
24Indiana24.7
24Maryland24.7
24Missouri24.7
27Michigan24.5
28New Hampshire24.4
29Alaska24.3
29Wisconsin24.3
31Wyoming24.2
32Kansas24.1
33Hawaii24
34Oklahoma23.9
35California23.8
36North Carolina23.7
37Arkansas23.6
38Virginia23.5
39Alabama23.4
40Arizona23.1
41South Carolina22.9
41Tennessee22.9
41Utah22.9
44Washington22.7
45Colorado22.5
46Idaho22.4
47Texas22.3
48Georgia21.9
49Florida21.7
50District of Columbia18.2
51Nevada18

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 educational services, health care and social assistance (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 1-year estimates, Table DP03; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-03. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-educational-services-health-care-and-social-assistance/

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