"Rank (HVAC-weighted per 10,000 homes)",State,"Employer establishments, plumbing + HVAC (CBP 2023)","Nonemployer businesses, plumbing + HVAC (NES 2024)","HVAC share of trade's work, 2022 (%)","HVAC-weighted employer establishments, 2023 (our estimate)",Housing units (ACS 2024),"HVAC-weighted employer establishments per 10,000 housing units","Nonemployers per 10,000 housing units","Change in employer establishments, 2017 to 2023 (%)"
1,Vermont,303,502,66.9,203,343166,5.91,14.6,2.7
2,South Dakota,401,387,61.2,245,423705,5.79,9.1,6.4
3,New Hampshire,776,1060,45.7,355,657198,5.4,16.1,21.8
4,Montana,712,470,40.6,289,539622,5.36,8.7,18.1
5,Utah,1443,1354,43.2,623,1283206,4.86,10.6,23.9
6,New Jersey,3454,4680,52.7,1820,3816432,4.77,12.3,-4.6
7,Idaho,904,809,43.5,393,832052,4.73,9.7,27.3
8,Massachusetts,3069,4223,46.0,1412,3057853,4.62,13.8,-3.8
9,Oklahoma,1592,2640,51.3,817,1800427,4.54,14.7,8.2
10,Nebraska,837,824,46.3,387,880521,4.4,9.4,-0.1
11,Connecticut,1318,1863,51.2,675,1554057,4.35,12.0,3.4
12,Delaware,344,425,59.5,205,476415,4.29,8.9,4.2
13,New York,7061,9754,52.7,3724,8676911,4.29,11.2,-0.6
14,Hawaii,403,518,59.8,241,572824,4.21,9.0,8.0
15,Arkansas,1145,2217,51.8,593,1421029,4.17,15.6,17.2
16,Wyoming,315,250,36.1,114,281789,4.04,8.9,-5.1
17,Rhode Island,494,489,38.8,192,488011,3.93,10.0,14.4
18,North Carolina,3973,5969,50.1,1989,5073509,3.92,11.8,14.9
19,California,11686,17184,47.9,5595,14877017,3.76,11.6,14.6
20,North Dakota,336,228,41.4,139,380994,3.65,6.0,-0.9
21,Florida,9353,20993,41.2,3853,10629845,3.62,19.7,17.6
22,Louisiana,1623,2918,47.7,774,2138882,3.62,13.6,12.0
23,Maine,781,847,35.2,275,764713,3.59,11.1,18.5
24,Georgia,3101,8550,52.7,1635,4668796,3.5,18.3,12.4
25,Kansas,1028,1314,43.6,448,1310001,3.42,10.0,1.6
26,Colorado,2620,3505,33.5,877,2662111,3.3,13.2,9.2
27,Pennsylvania,4154,6154,46.1,1917,5861320,3.27,10.5,7.1
28,Alabama,1647,3313,45.9,755,2381771,3.17,13.9,18.6
29,Missouri,1915,3170,47.3,906,2858527,3.17,11.1,5.2
30,Oregon,1337,903,44.6,597,1896851,3.15,4.8,8.1
31,Minnesota,1816,1783,44.4,807,2597229,3.11,6.9,0.7
32,Iowa,1108,1180,40.5,449,1458471,3.08,8.1,-0.5
33,Illinois,4070,6052,40.1,1632,5482133,2.98,11.0,-0.2
34,Virginia,2765,4512,39.0,1079,3746211,2.88,12.0,4.1
35,Kentucky,1379,2569,42.7,588,2051004,2.87,12.5,11.6
36,Maryland,1986,3789,37.3,740,2588337,2.86,14.6,-4.3
37,Arizona,2567,4134,36.6,941,3299178,2.85,12.5,25.5
38,West Virginia,406,586,60.1,244,866433,2.81,6.8,3.0
39,New Mexico,691,887,39.1,270,973944,2.77,9.1,4.1
40,Tennessee,1899,5103,46.5,882,3243954,2.72,15.7,20.3
41,Alaska *,264,195,34.0,90,329757,2.72,5.9,-1.1
42,Wisconsin,1944,1851,39.2,761,2820538,2.7,6.6,1.9
43,Nevada,909,1228,39.7,361,1365893,2.64,9.0,19.4
44,Washington,2242,1467,38.9,872,3400980,2.56,4.3,0.2
45,Texas,8966,27853,36.1,3232,12616736,2.56,22.1,18.6
46,Indiana,2008,2765,35.9,721,3026101,2.38,9.1,3.1
47,Ohio,2970,5151,40.8,1211,5336168,2.27,9.7,0.1
48,South Carolina,1685,3346,33.0,556,2531310,2.2,13.2,6.1
49,Michigan,2661,4405,37.9,1009,4669109,2.16,9.4,3.5
50,Mississippi,709,2231,30.9,219,1359223,1.61,16.4,3.4
51,District of Columbia *,37,144,60.5,22,368700,0.61,3.9,19.4