The National Science Foundation recently released a study about the dispersal of scientists and engineers employed in the United States in 2011, the most recent data available. The authors found that California, Texas, and New York account for the location of about a quarter of employed scientists and engineers. Florida, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Massachusetts, and Ohio collectively accounted for about another quarter.
In Connecticut, there were 79,910 people employed in science and engineering occupations, about 1.4% of the national total, placing it 24th nationally. Connecticut out-paced the national average when it came to percentage of workers employed in science and engineering (and placed 12th among all states and the District of Columbia). About 4.6% of Connecticut’s workforce is comprised of scientists and engineers while the national average is 4.1%.
