Forbes鈥� new ranking of the in 2024 includes the District along with other states, but D.C. comes out on top.
The rankings analyzed seven factors 鈥� including employment rates, pay and projected growth.
Forbes says there are a lot of IT professionals in D.C., with 7.06% of the D.C. workforce employed in tech 鈥� the highest rate in the country. D.C. also has some of the highest-earning tech workers in the country, with a mean annual salary of $119,610.
鈥淲hile tech workers earn higher mean salary in a few states, Washington, D.C. cultivates a highly favorable climate for tech workers,” Forbes said in its rankings. “Additionally, Washington, D.C. exhibited strong GDP growth over the past five years.鈥�
D.C. also outscores states for share of women technology professionals at 31.6%, compared to 25.9% nationally.
Despite the tech-heavy San Francisco Bay Area, California ranks only at No. 4 on Forbes鈥� list. Colorado and Washington state take the No. 2 and No. 3 rankings, behind D.C.
Virginia, with a mean annual IT job salary of $118,100, ranks No. 5 overall. Maryland, where the mean annual pay is $117.500, ranks No. 9 overall for tech careers.
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