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Women's share of production and transportation jobs

Measure: Women's share of production, transportation and material moving 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: 25.2 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 29.2 %
RI 24.7 %
DE 24.1 %
CT 24.2 %
NJ 27.3 %
MD 25.8 %
MA 28.3 %
VT 20.6 %
NH 24.9 %

Lowest: 16 to 23.4 %
Group 2: 23.4 to 24.2 %
Group 3: 24.2 to 24.8 %
Group 4: 24.8 to 27.2 %
Highest: 27.2 to 29.2 %

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	District of Columbia	29.2
2	Tennessee	28.4
3	Massachusetts	28.3
4	South Carolina	28.2
5	Hawaii	28.1
6	Arizona	27.9
7	Kentucky	27.7
8	Utah	27.6
9	Georgia	27.5
10	New Jersey	27.3
11	North Carolina	27.2
12	Nevada	26.5
13	California	26.2
13	Indiana	26.2
15	Ohio	26.1
16	Maryland	25.8
17	Illinois	25.5
18	Alabama	25
18	Michigan	25
20	New Hampshire	24.9
21	Florida	24.8
21	Iowa	24.8
23	Missouri	24.7
23	Rhode Island	24.7
23	Wisconsin	24.7
26	Pennsylvania	24.4
26	Washington	24.4
28	Oregon	24.3
29	Connecticut	24.2
29	Kansas	24.2
29	Mississippi	24.2
32	Delaware	24.1
32	Maine	24.1
34	Texas	24
35	Minnesota	23.8
35	South Dakota	23.8
37	Colorado	23.7
37	New Mexico	23.7
39	Arkansas	23.5
40	Nebraska	23.4
40	Virginia	23.4
42	Oklahoma	23.2
43	Alaska	22.9
44	Idaho	21.2
44	New York	21.2
46	Vermont	20.6
47	Louisiana	20.2
48	Montana	19.5
49	West Virginia	19.3
50	Wyoming	19
51	North Dakota	16

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 production, transportation and material moving 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-production-transportation-and-material-moving-jobs/

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