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Women's share of management and professional jobs: U.S. states ranked

Measure: Women's share of management, business, science and arts jobs (%). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Women's share of jobs by occupation group by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-11-09

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National value: 53.3 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 53.6 %
RI 54.5 %
DE 55.1 %
CT 53.9 %
NJ 53.2 %
MD 54.3 %
MA 53.6 %
VT 54.8 %
NH 53.2 %

Lowest: 48 to 52.8 %
Group 2: 52.8 to 53.8 %
Group 3: 53.8 to 54.5 %
Group 4: 54.5 to 55.2 %
Highest: 55.2 to 58.2 %

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. Values are as published in the source table.


1	Maine	58.2
2	Mississippi	57.5
3	Louisiana	57.4
4	South Carolina	56.1
5	Arkansas	56
6	West Virginia	55.9
7	Hawaii	55.8
8	Alabama	55.6
9	New Mexico	55.4
10	Kentucky	55.3
11	Missouri	55.2
12	Delaware	55.1
12	Iowa	55.1
12	Nebraska	55.1
12	North Carolina	55.1
16	Alaska	54.9
16	Wisconsin	54.9
18	Vermont	54.8
19	Oklahoma	54.6
20	Georgia	54.5
20	Rhode Island	54.5
22	Maryland	54.3
22	New York	54.3
24	Ohio	54.2
25	North Dakota	54.1
26	Illinois	54
26	Indiana	54
26	Minnesota	54
29	Connecticut	53.9
29	Pennsylvania	53.9
31	Tennessee	53.8
32	District of Columbia	53.6
32	Massachusetts	53.6
34	Montana	53.2
34	New Hampshire	53.2
34	New Jersey	53.2
34	Oregon	53.2
38	Kansas	53.1
39	Florida	52.9
39	South Dakota	52.9
41	Virginia	52.8
42	Michigan	52.7
43	Wyoming	52.6
44	Nevada	52.4
45	Texas	52
46	Arizona	51.2
47	California	51
47	Washington	51
49	Idaho	50.8
50	Colorado	50.6
51	Utah	48

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, Table S2401: Occupation by Sex for the Civilian Employed Population 16 Years and Over. Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by women's share of management, business, science and arts jobs (%) (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 1-year estimates, Table S2401; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-09. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-womens-share-of-management-business-science-and-arts-jobs/

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