This indicator represents the percentage of engineers in a state’s workforce. Engineers design and operate production processes and create new products and services. This indicator represents the percentage of engineers in a state’s workforce. Engineers are identified from standard occupational categories that include marine engineers and naval architects; aerospace, biomedical and agricultural, chemical, civil, computer hardware, electrical and electronics, environmental, industrial, materials, and mechanical engineers; petroleum, mining, and geological engineers; and other engineering occupations.

Data on individuals in engineering occupations and total occupations come from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS), the largest household survey in the United States, with a sample size of about 3.5 million addresses. The ACS collects information on an annual basis.

Data source: Census Bureau, special tabulations of the American Community Survey.