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From Worst To First: Here’s How Each State Ranks For Finding Tech Talent In 2021
Rick Whiting
Looking for highly skilled technology workers? CRN’s annual Best States project ranks all 50 states for finding and hiring technology employees.

No. 39: Hawaii (No. 45 in 2020)
Workforce Experience and Education Rank: 26
State Employment and Economy Rank: 49
Tech Industry Employment: 30,465
Tech Worker Average Salary: $83,870
Hawaii is ranked No. 50 – the worst among all states – by WalletHub on employment rates bouncing back in 2021.
The Aloha State lost 416 tech jobs in 2020 and is forecast to lose 44 more (0.1 percent of the tech workforce) in 2021.
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