2015 Best (And Worst) States For Hiring Top Talent

October 01, 2015, 06:02 PM EDT

Where The Talent Is -- And Isn't

Finding the best managerial, professional and technical talent is one of the biggest challenges faced by any solution provider -- especially fast-growing ones.

As part of the 2015 Best States To Grow A Solution Provider Business analysis, we've ranked the states according to the percentage of manager, professional and technical jobs as a share of the state's total private-sector jobs.

The rankings are based on information provided in a report from the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation. On average in the U.S., managerial, professional and technical positions make up 30.1 percent of the workforce.

The states with the highest percentage of managerial, professional and technical workers are listed from No. 10 to No. 1. The states with the lowest percentage of such talent are then listed from No. 41 (out of all 50 states) to No. 50.

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Rick Whiting

Rick Whiting has been with CRN since 2006 and is currently a feature/special projects editor. Whiting manages a number of CRN’s signature annual editorial projects including Channel Chiefs, Partner Program Guide, Big Data 100, Emerging Vendors, Tech Innovators and Products of the Year. He also covers the Big Data beat for CRN. He can be reached at rwhiting@thechannelcompany.com.