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Securities and investments share of finance jobs: U.S. states ranked

Measure: Securities and investments share of finance and insurance jobs (%, derived). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Finance and insurance jobs and pay by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2023.

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Data last updated
2026-11-10
Download full table CSVSource: U.S. Census Bureau (County Business Patterns 2023 (API dataset 2023/cbp), NAICS 2017 codes 52, 522, 523, 524 and 00 (all sectors)) (opens in a new tab)Source: U.S. Census Bureau (Population Estimates Program, July 1, 2023 resident population (denominator)) (opens in a new tab)

National value: 14.9 (United States).

Washington: 15.2Idaho: 7.5Montana: 9North Dakota: 6.3Minnesota: 12.4Michigan: 8.7Ohio: 8Pennsylvania: 20.5New York: 34.2Vermont: 11.4New Hampshire: 25.4Maine: 6Arizona: 8.7California: 17.8New Mexico: 12.5Texas: 11.9Louisiana: 7.3Mississippi: 4.1Alabama: 5.5Florida: 12.7Georgia: 9.9South Carolina: 9North Carolina: 10.9Virginia: 8.5District of Columbia: 22.3Maryland: 20.9Delaware: 12.2New Jersey: 20.9Connecticut: 16.6Rhode Island: 13.2Massachusetts: 26.2Oregon: 10.4Utah: 15.8Wyoming: 10.4Nevada: 9.2Colorado: 15.2South Dakota: 6.1Nebraska: 9.8Kansas: 12.4Oklahoma: 7.6Iowa: 6.2Missouri: 10.9Wisconsin: 9.4Illinois: 16.7Kentucky: 13Arkansas: 6.9Tennessee: 9West Virginia: 4.6Indiana: 9Alaska: 9.7Hawaii: 5.4

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • Lowest: 4.1 to 7.5 %
  • Group 2: 7.5 to 9.2 %
  • Group 3: 9.2 to 11.9 %
  • Group 4: 11.9 to 15.8 %
  • Highest: 15.8 to 34.2 %
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. The ranked value is itself derived; see the source table for the method. Values are as published in the source table.

Note: County Business Patterns counts employer establishments only; states' values for small subsectors may be withheld (blank) to avoid disclosing individual businesses.

1New York34.2
2Massachusetts26.2
3New Hampshire25.4
4District of Columbia22.3
5Maryland20.9
5New Jersey20.9
7Pennsylvania20.5
8California17.8
9Illinois16.7
10Connecticut16.6
11Utah15.8
12Colorado15.2
12Washington15.2
14Rhode Island13.2
15Kentucky13
16Florida12.7
17New Mexico12.5
18Kansas12.4
18Minnesota12.4
20Delaware12.2
21Texas11.9
22Vermont11.4
23Missouri10.9
23North Carolina10.9
25Oregon10.4
25Wyoming10.4
27Georgia9.9
28Nebraska9.8
29Alaska9.7
30Wisconsin9.4
31Nevada9.2
32Indiana9
32Montana9
32South Carolina9
32Tennessee9
36Arizona8.7
36Michigan8.7
38Virginia8.5
39Ohio8
40Oklahoma7.6
41Idaho7.5
42Louisiana7.3
43Arkansas6.9
44North Dakota6.3
45Iowa6.2
46South Dakota6.1
47Maine6
48Alabama5.5
49Hawaii5.4
50West Virginia4.6
51Mississippi4.1

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023 (API dataset 2023/cbp), NAICS 2017 codes 52, 522, 523, 524 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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U.S. states ranked by securities and investments share of finance and insurance jobs (%, derived) (2023). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, County Business Patterns 2023 (API dataset 2023/cbp), NAICS 2017 sector 52 (finance and insurance) and subsectors 522, 523, 524; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-10. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-securities-and-investments-share-of-finance-and-insurance-jobs/

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