Rank,State,Tightness index (0 to 100),Pipeline score,Density score,Growth score,Pay score,Completions per 100 openings,"Technicians per 10,000 homes",Projected growth 2024 to 2034 %,Price-adjusted median wage $ 1,District of Columbia,77.8,99.0,100.0,18.0,94.0,0.0,12.0,6.8,76790 2,Montana,76.0,92.0,80.0,84.0,48.0,3.6,25.6,16.3,64290 3,Washington,76.0,84.0,84.0,52.0,84.0,21.2,23.2,10.6,70700 4,North Dakota,74.5,72.0,68.0,58.0,100.0,30.8,27.6,12.4,83740 5,Oregon,72.5,90.0,86.0,78.0,36.0,10.8,22.8,14.7,60890 6,Wyoming,70.0,96.0,72.0,94.0,18.0,1.4,26.9,26.3,59010 7,Minnesota,67.5,22.0,98.0,54.0,96.0,78.0,17.6,11.1,77420 8,Wisconsin,66.2,59.0,78.0,68.0,60.0,45.6,25.8,13.5,65580 9,Massachusetts,64.2,68.0,56.0,45.0,88.0,37.2,29.0,9.9,73090 10,West Virginia,62.5,70.0,90.0,86.0,4.0,33.9,22.6,16.8,54580 11,Iowa,61.8,47.0,64.0,56.0,80.0,52.4,28.3,11.2,69140 12,Colorado,60.5,78.0,22.0,100.0,42.0,25.2,36.0,28.3,63270 13,Illinois,57.0,2.0,96.0,32.0,98.0,201.1,19.0,8.9,77440 14,South Dakota,57.0,64.0,10.0,72.0,82.0,39.2,41.5,13.8,69300 15,Nebraska,56.0,66.0,18.0,74.0,66.0,37.6,36.5,14.2,66420 16,California,54.5,18.0,82.0,61.0,57.0,93.3,25.3,12.8,65530 17,Connecticut,54.0,30.0,74.0,22.0,90.0,74.3,26.1,7.3,73940 18,Tennessee,53.8,59.0,36.0,90.0,30.0,45.6,33.0,20.7,60400 19,Ohio,53.5,54.0,62.0,24.0,74.0,47.5,28.5,7.4,67380 20,Hawaii,52.5,88.0,76.0,20.0,26.0,16.4,26.0,7.2,59530 21,Delaware,51.5,74.0,12.0,82.0,38.0,30.0,41.0,15.7,62440 22,Idaho,51.5,94.0,0.0,98.0,14.0,2.4,59.5,28.0,58890 23,Maryland,51.5,76.0,26.0,34.0,70.0,28.9,35.2,9.2,66710 24,New Jersey,51.5,34.0,56.0,40.0,76.0,71.9,29.0,9.7,68430 25,New York,50.5,80.0,42.0,2.0,78.0,24.3,31.1,1.6,68970 26,Utah,50.5,86.0,2.0,92.0,22.0,17.8,46.2,21.3,59400 27,New Mexico,47.5,50.0,90.0,48.0,2.0,51.1,22.6,10.0,54520 28,Arizona,47.0,52.0,24.0,96.0,16.0,47.7,35.7,27.3,59000 29,New Hampshire,47.0,82.0,4.0,16.0,86.0,23.0,44.6,6.7,70900 30,Alaska,46.5,0.0,94.0,0.0,92.0,382.5,21.9,-0.5,75650 31,Vermont,46.2,99.0,30.0,12.0,44.0,0.0,33.9,6.5,63450 32,Indiana,46.0,47.0,45.0,42.0,50.0,52.4,30.3,9.8,64750 33,Nevada,45.8,42.0,33.0,76.0,32.0,56.2,33.5,14.3,60520 34,Rhode Island,45.2,20.0,38.0,61.0,62.0,84.3,32.2,12.8,65870 35,Mississippi,44.0,6.0,90.0,70.0,10.0,138.4,22.6,13.7,55980 36,Missouri,41.5,28.0,66.0,8.0,64.0,75.0,27.7,5.1,66010 37,Pennsylvania,41.0,56.0,52.0,10.0,46.0,46.0,29.4,6.4,63950 38,Georgia,40.0,8.0,60.0,80.0,12.0,123.9,28.8,14.8,58560 39,Louisiana,40.0,10.0,56.0,26.0,68.0,121.8,29.0,7.6,66490 40,South Carolina,39.8,38.0,48.0,45.0,28.0,60.7,30.1,9.9,60380 41,Kansas,38.5,12.0,40.0,30.0,72.0,106.7,31.3,8.6,67130 42,Texas,38.5,16.0,50.0,64.0,24.0,97.4,29.9,13.0,59510 43,Florida,34.5,36.0,8.0,88.0,6.0,64.0,42.0,18.4,54800 44,North Carolina,34.0,32.0,33.0,37.0,34.0,72.5,33.5,9.3,60700 45,Arkansas,33.5,44.0,16.0,66.0,8.0,52.5,38.8,13.1,55340 46,Kentucky,33.0,4.0,70.0,6.0,52.0,159.8,27.0,4.1,65020 47,Oklahoma,31.8,14.0,28.0,28.0,57.0,100.8,35.0,8.2,65530 48,Michigan,31.2,26.0,45.0,14.0,40.0,75.6,30.3,6.6,63240 49,Virginia,31.2,62.0,6.0,37.0,20.0,42.1,42.2,9.3,59080 50,Maine,29.5,40.0,20.0,4.0,54.0,57.9,36.2,1.7,65090 51,Alabama,22.0,24.0,14.0,50.0,0.0,75.8,39.9,10.2,54460