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Many private businesses conduct scientific research and experimental development in a variety of areas, including agriculture, electronics, biology, botany, biotechnology, computers, food, chemistry, fisheries, forestry, geology, medicine, oceanography, cognitive development, sociology, psychology, and languages. Let’s take a look at county employment and wages in the scientific research and development services industry.
In September 2019, 12 counties had employment concentrations in the scientific research and development services industry at least 5 times the national rate. Three were located in Maryland. Middlesex County, Massachusetts, had an employment concentration in this industry that was 12.30 times the national rate. The 57,164 employees in scientific research and development services within Middlesex county earned an average of $3,179 a week.
County | Employment location quotient | Employment | Average weekly wage |
---|---|---|---|
Middlesex County, MA |
12.30 | 57,164 | $3,179 |
Durham County, NC |
11.21 | 11,729 | 1,870 |
San Mateo County, CA |
11.02 | 22,838 | 3,870 |
Howard County, MD |
9.25 | 8,037 | 2,446 |
Bernalillo County, NM |
8.94 | 14,800 | 1,786 |
Boulder County, CO |
6.37 | 5,972 | 8,794 |
Montgomery County, MD |
6.31 | 14,783 | 2,256 |
Madison County, AL |
5.86 | 5,980 | 2,045 |
Union County, NJ |
5.46 | 6,155 | 3,954 |
Montgomery County, PA |
5.45 | 13,611 | 3,030 |
Frederick County, MD |
5.43 | 2,827 | 1,726 |
Alameda County, CA |
5.25 | 20,571 | 2,566 |
New Hanover County, NC |
4.98 | 2,903 | 1,720 |
San Diego County, CA |
4.90 | 36,153 | 2,872 |
Greene County, OH |
4.78 | 1,809 | 1,756 |
Ravalli County, MT |
4.60 | 282 | 1,588 |
Hunterdon County, NJ |
4.59 | 1,086 | 3,294 |
Morris County, NJ |
4.25 | 6,194 | 3,617 |
Mercer County, NJ |
4.11 | 5,293 | 2,675 |
Cache County, UT |
4.04 | 1,169 | 1,626 |
Santa Clara County, CA |
4.01 | 22,234 | 3,696 |
Arlington County, VA |
3.55 | 3,213 | 2,178 |
Hampton City, VA |
3.54 | 937 | 1,714 |
St. Mary's County, MD |
3.43 | 778 | 2,130 |
Chester County, PA |
3.35 | 4,205 | 2,860 |
Albemarle County, VA |
3.29 | 975 | 1,934 |
Suffolk County, MA |
3.19 | 11,071 | 3,051 |
Somerset County, NJ |
3.07 | 2,863 | 2,433 |
Wayne County, MI |
3.04 | 11,082 | 2,266 |
Washtenaw County, MI |
3.03 | 3,318 | 1,723 |
District of Columbia |
2.98 | 11,455 | 2,018 |
Alexandria City, VA |
2.85 | 1,260 | 1,989 |
Albany County, NY |
2.84 | 3,284 | 1,356 |
Dane County, WI |
2.83 | 4,794 | 1,405 |
Jefferson County, CO |
2.77 | 3,342 | 2,114 |
Allegheny County, PA |
2.64 | 9,219 | 2,371 |
Fairfax County, VA |
2.59 | 7,961 | 2,524 |
Barnstable County, MA |
2.57 | 1,299 | 1,564 |
Grafton County, NH |
2.49 | 668 | 3,171 |
Wake County, NC |
2.34 | 6,659 | 2,606 |
San Francisco County, CA |
2.33 | 8,807 | 3,648 |
Westchester County, NY |
2.26 | 4,790 | 3,504 |
Tompkins County, NY |
2.23 | 553 | 1,769 |
Benton County, OR |
2.11 | 400 | 2,263 |
Kane County, IL |
2.10 | 2,215 | 1,790 |
Winnebago County, WI |
2.09 | 960 | 2,008 |
Suffolk County, NY |
1.93 | 6,373 | 1,538 |
Essex County, MA |
1.81 | 2,937 | 2,240 |
Onondaga County, NY |
1.77 | 2,177 | 1,309 |
New Castle County, DE |
1.76 | 2,537 | 3,412 |
Rockland County, NY |
1.76 | 1,132 | 1,670 |
King County, WA |
1.74 | 12,429 | 2,402 |
Fairfield County, CT |
1.73 | 3,567 | 2,780 |
DuPage County, IL |
1.71 | 5,205 | 2,080 |
Philadelphia County, PA |
1.70 | 5,918 | 1,970 |
Yolo County, CA |
1.68 | 903 | 2,049 |
Worcester County, MA |
1.64 | 2,868 | 2,134 |
Erie County, NY |
1.57 | 3,670 | 1,140 |
Baltimore City, MD |
1.56 | 2,653 | 2,013 |
Clay County, MN |
1.53 | 147 | 998 |
Monmouth County, NJ |
1.53 | 2,002 | 2,750 |
Middlesex County, NJ |
1.52 | 3,251 | 2,498 |
Story County, IA |
1.51 | 350 | 1,585 |
Montgomery County, VA |
1.50 | 314 | 1,729 |
Charlottesville City, VA |
1.47 | 302 | 2,026 |
Deschutes County, OR |
1.47 | 629 | 1,502 |
Salt Lake County, UT |
1.47 | 5,284 | 1,930 |
Tippecanoe County, IN |
1.46 | 627 | 2,390 |
Santa Cruz County, CA |
1.44 | 783 | 1,202 |
Sacramento County, CA |
1.43 | 4,815 | 2,631 |
Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK |
1.40 | 145 | 865 |
Larimer County, CO |
1.39 | 1,152 | 2,051 |
New London County, CT |
1.39 | 844 | 2,775 |
Okaloosa County, FL |
1.39 | 588 | 1,774 |
Orange County, NC |
1.39 | 498 | 2,313 |
Richmond City, VA |
1.29 | 1,012 | 2,791 |
Calhoun County, AL |
1.23 | 270 | 682 |
Pierce County, WI |
1.18 | 61 | 1,427 |
Loudoun County, VA |
1.17 | 1,013 | 1,781 |
Broomfield County, CO |
1.16 | 234 | 1,546 |
Johnson County, KS |
1.14 | 1,993 | 1,476 |
New York County, NY |
1.14 | 14,130 | 1,905 |
Orange County, FL |
1.14 | 4,917 | 2,429 |
Prince George's County, MD |
1.14 | 1,791 | 2,118 |
Snohomish County, WA |
1.13 | 1,633 | 2,537 |
Alachua County, FL |
1.12 | 742 | 1,540 |
Kauai County, HI |
1.11 | 186 | 1,670 |
Houston County, GA |
1.10 | 343 | 1,565 |
Santa Barbara County, CA |
1.09 | 1,128 | 2,196 |
Hamilton County, OH |
1.08 | 2,785 | 1,867 |
Buchanan County, MO |
1.07 | 249 | 1,138 |
Gallatin County, MT |
1.05 | 322 | 1,931 |
Licking County, OH |
1.05 | 338 | 1,976 |
Brookings County, SD |
1.00 | 93 | 1,180 |
Franklin County, OH |
0.99 | 3,755 | 1,666 |
Travis County, TX |
0.99 | 3,816 | 2,034 |
Bucks County, PA |
0.98 | 1,304 | 2,604 |
Newport County, RI |
0.98 | 210 | 1,526 |
Kalamazoo County, MI |
0.96 | 575 | 1,806 |
Hawaii County, HI |
0.95 | 339 | 1,763 |
Jackson County, MO |
0.95 | 1,760 | 1,399 |
Utah County, UT |
0.95 | 1,194 | 1,626 |
Contra Costa County, CA |
0.91 | 1,661 | 2,440 |
St. Louis County, MO |
0.91 | 2,734 | 2,245 |
Santa Fe County, NM |
0.90 | 279 | 1,425 |
Transylvania County, NC |
0.89 | 41 | 1,208 |
New Haven County, CT |
0.88 | 1,618 | 2,482 |
Bristol County, MA |
0.87 | 982 | 2,158 |
Lancaster County, NE |
0.87 | 743 | 1,029 |
Norfolk City, VA |
0.87 | 598 | 820 |
Hillsborough County, FL |
0.86 | 3,001 | 1,525 |
Prince George County, VA |
0.86 | 63 | 1,995 |
Champaign County, IL |
0.85 | 386 | 1,106 |
Prince William County, VA |
0.85 | 558 | 1,657 |
Clark County, WA |
0.84 | 686 | 2,820 |
Albany County, WY |
0.83 | 67 | 1,283 |
Brazos County, TX |
0.83 | 450 | 1,652 |
Montgomery County, OH |
0.83 | 1,049 | 1,594 |
Los Angeles County, CA |
0.82 | 18,308 | 2,314 |
Lake County, IL |
0.80 | 1,343 | 2,917 |
Barnwell County, SC |
0.79 | 21 | 630 |
Lane County, OR |
0.79 | 619 | 1,098 |
Pima County, AZ |
0.79 | 1,460 | 1,540 |
San Benito County, CA |
0.79 | 72 | 1,831 |
Danville City, VA |
0.78 | 97 | 1,448 |
Oneida County, NY |
0.78 | 404 | 1,620 |
St. Charles County, MO |
0.78 | 591 | 1,852 |
Harford County, MD |
0.77 | 360 | 2,154 |
Hennepin County, MN |
0.76 | 3,513 | 3,097 |
Niagara County, NY |
0.76 | 281 | 1,463 |
El Paso County, CO |
0.75 | 1,054 | 2,433 |
Anne Arundel County, MD |
0.74 | 1,000 | 2,292 |
Merced County, CA |
0.74 | 313 | 1,465 |
Norfolk County, MA |
0.74 | 1,288 | 2,523 |
Orange County, CA |
0.74 | 6,023 | 2,322 |
Hillsborough County, NH |
0.72 | 731 | 1,910 |
Cass County, ND |
0.70 | 419 | 1,146 |
Washington County, OR |
0.70 | 1,057 | 2,053 |
Marin County, CA |
0.69 | 397 | 1,747 |
Lancaster County, PA |
0.68 | 825 | 1,435 |
Dona Ana County, NM |
0.67 | 246 | 1,908 |
Polk County, IA |
0.66 | 996 | 1,994 |
Rensselaer County, NY |
0.66 | 179 | 1,608 |
Harris County, TX |
0.65 | 7,557 | 2,584 |
Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK |
0.64 | 121 | 1,457 |
Bergen County, NJ |
0.63 | 1,398 | 2,104 |
Ventura County, CA |
0.63 | 1,031 | 2,211 |
Anoka County, MN |
0.62 | 393 | 2,975 |
Windham County, CT |
0.62 | 121 | 2,507 |
Burlington County, NJ |
0.61 | 614 | 2,168 |
Summit County, OH |
0.61 | 813 | 1,698 |
Cook County, IL |
0.60 | 7,719 | 2,375 |
Camden County, GA |
0.58 | 41 | 1,117 |
Curry County, NM |
0.58 | 49 | 1,750 |
Napa County, CA |
0.58 | 239 | 425 |
Laramie County, WY |
0.57 | 133 | 494 |
Lehigh County, PA |
0.56 | 547 | 2,436 |
San Luis Obispo County, CA |
0.56 | 334 | 1,279 |
Sonoma County, CA |
0.56 | 599 | 2,059 |
Boone County, IA |
0.55 | 25 | 1,220 |
Minnehaha County, SD |
0.55 | 349 | 1,150 |
Monroe County, IN |
0.55 | 175 | 1,455 |
Bexar County, TX |
0.54 | 2,326 | 1,607 |
Brevard County, FL |
0.54 | 592 | 1,860 |
Houghton County, MI |
0.54 | 31 | 1,292 |
Twin Falls County, ID |
0.54 | 109 | 1,170 |
Anderson County, SC |
0.53 | 175 | 1,191 |
Davis County, UT |
0.53 | 354 | 1,709 |
Cobb County, GA |
0.52 | 964 | 1,608 |
Dallas County, IA |
0.52 | 120 | 1,614 |
Delaware County, PA |
0.52 | 587 | 2,234 |
Cochise County, AZ |
0.51 | 87 | 1,830 |
Dutchess County, NY |
0.50 | 280 | 2,011 |
Fayette County, TN |
0.50 | 20 | 2,186 |
Hartford County, CT |
0.50 | 1,271 | 2,099 |
Warren County, VA |
0.50 | 32 | 927 |
Forsyth County, NC |
0.49 | 459 | 1,197 |
Multnomah County, OR |
0.49 | 1,252 | 1,668 |
Washington County, VT |
0.49 | 82 | 1,956 |
Centre County, PA |
0.48 | 162 | 1,205 |
Cuyahoga County, OH |
0.48 | 1,754 | 1,841 |
Portsmouth City, VA |
0.48 | 105 | 1,464 |
Kanawha County, WV |
0.47 | 225 | 1,487 |
Marion County, OR |
0.47 | 373 | 1,870 |
St. Clair County, IL |
0.47 | 216 | 1,976 |
St. Louis City, MO |
0.47 | 534 | 2,105 |
Fulton County, GA |
0.46 | 2,069 | 1,867 |
Stutsman County, ND |
0.45 | 24 | 804 |
Arapahoe County, CO |
0.44 | 723 | 3,224 |
Berkshire County, MA |
0.44 | 134 | 2,216 |
Leon County, FL |
0.44 | 330 | 1,359 |
Payne County, OK |
0.44 | 73 | 932 |
Charleston County, SC |
0.43 | 550 | 1,894 |
Henry County, GA |
0.43 | 142 | 1,222 |
Knox County, TN |
0.43 | 511 | 1,764 |
Somerset County, PA |
0.43 | 52 | 1,690 |
Washington County, AR |
0.43 | 235 | 796 |
Wright County, IA |
0.43 | 13 | 1,097 |
Cumberland County, ME |
0.42 | 393 | 1,501 |
Northampton County, PA |
0.42 | 247 | 1,671 |
St. Lawrence County, NY |
0.42 | 75 | 765 |
Washington County, WI |
0.42 | 119 | 1,017 |
Baltimore County, MD |
0.41 | 757 | 1,809 |
Fort Bend County, TX |
0.41 | 396 | 1,897 |
Orange County, NY |
0.41 | 297 | 3,306 |
Washington County, MN |
0.41 | 181 | 1,474 |
Bronx County, NY |
0.40 | 646 | 673 |
Latah County, ID |
0.40 | 28 | 726 |
Missoula County, MT |
0.40 | 123 | 1,087 |
Kings County, NY |
0.39 | 1,527 | 861 |
Dallas County, TX |
0.38 | 3,300 | 2,949 |
DeKalb County, GA |
0.38 | 564 | 1,521 |
Monroe County, PA |
0.38 | 106 | 3,908 |
Sarasota County, FL |
0.38 | 317 | 1,118 |
Tooele County, UT |
0.38 | 31 | 1,099 |
Bay County, FL |
0.37 | 135 | 1,463 |
Fayette County, KY |
0.37 | 364 | 1,303 |
Washington County, Mississippi |
0.37 | 30 | 1,367 |
Kodiak Island Borough, AK |
0.36 | 11 | 1,849 |
Martin County, FL |
0.36 | 122 | 2,501 |
Oklahoma County, OK |
0.36 | 818 | 1,459 |
Shelby County, TN |
0.36 | 899 | 1,958 |
Chittenden County, VT |
0.35 | 178 | 2,707 |
Miami-Dade County, FL |
0.35 | 1,995 | 1,709 |
Camden County, NJ |
0.34 | 343 | 1,773 |
Delaware County, OH |
0.34 | 149 | 1,678 |
Hudson County, NJ |
0.34 | 458 | 3,735 |
Jefferson County, AL |
0.34 | 591 | 1,602 |
Johnson County, IA |
0.34 | 140 | 1,602 |
LaSalle County, IL |
0.34 | 70 | 1,186 |
Linn County, OR |
0.34 | 80 | 1,479 |
Oakland County, MI |
0.34 | 1,242 | 2,078 |
Pinellas County, FL |
0.34 | 739 | 1,296 |
Plymouth County, MA |
0.34 | 328 | 2,946 |
Queens County, NY |
0.34 | 1,198 | 641 |
Stanislaus County, CA |
0.34 | 332 | 609 |
Clark County, NV |
0.33 | 1,685 | 1,826 |
Maricopa County, AZ |
0.33 | 3,353 | 1,776 |
Monroe County, FL |
0.33 | 65 | 970 |
Palm Beach County, FL |
0.33 | 999 | 1,984 |
Windsor County, VT |
0.33 | 37 | 1,168 |
Beaufort County, SC |
0.32 | 108 | 1,933 |
Columbia County, NY |
0.32 | 36 | 799 |
Monterey County, CA |
0.32 | 336 | 2,038 |
Ramsey County, MN |
0.32 | 533 | 2,007 |
Alamance County, NC |
0.31 | 95 | 2,024 |
Mecklenburg County, NC |
0.31 | 1,092 | 1,834 |
Ozaukee County, WI |
0.31 | 66 | 1,738 |
Clackamas County, OR |
0.30 | 257 | 2,068 |
Lewis and Clark County, MT |
0.30 | 54 | 1,152 |
Monroe County, NY |
0.30 | 573 | 1,566 |
Nassau County, NY |
0.30 | 945 | 1,548 |
Otero County, NM |
0.30 | 26 | 1,426 |
Rockingham County, NH |
0.30 | 225 | 2,211 |
Sheridan County, WY |
0.30 | 20 | 933 |
Volusia County, FL |
0.30 | 256 | 1,068 |
Walton County, FL |
0.30 | 40 | 3,476 |
Denver County, CO |
0.29 | 754 | 1,731 |
Tolland County, CT |
0.29 | 60 | 1,371 |
Clarke County, GA |
0.28 | 98 | 945 |
Collin County, TX |
0.28 | 608 | 2,021 |
El Dorado County, CA |
0.28 | 82 | 1,033 |
Hampshire County, MA |
0.28 | 92 | 1,804 |
Jackson County, MI |
0.28 | 80 | 1,457 |
North Slope Borough, AK |
0.28 | 17 | 948 |
Ottawa County, MI |
0.28 | 181 | 1,691 |
Richmond County, GA |
0.28 | 147 | 1,535 |
Shelby County, AL |
0.28 | 118 | 2,064 |
Spotsylvania County, VA |
0.28 | 49 | 844 |
Hamilton County, IN |
0.27 | 190 | 2,429 |
Kent County, MI |
0.27 | 534 | 1,398 |
Walla Walla County, WA |
0.27 | 39 | 1,720 |
Greene County, MO |
0.26 | 217 | 872 |
Marion County, IN |
0.26 | 788 | 1,563 |
Rio Arriba County, NM |
0.26 | 13 | 2,500 |
Cecil County, MD |
0.25 | 43 | 1,424 |
Honolulu County, HI |
0.25 | 574 | 1,605 |
Ingham County, MI |
0.25 | 194 | 1,349 |
Kitsap County, WA |
0.25 | 115 | 2,464 |
Riley County, KS |
0.25 | 36 | 1,141 |
Seminole County, FL |
0.25 | 252 | 1,494 |
Bonneville County, ID |
0.24 | 65 | 1,954 |
Davidson County, TN |
0.24 | 620 | 1,744 |
Kennebec County, ME |
0.24 | 72 | 1,087 |
Lake County, SD |
0.24 | 6 | 2,192 |
Montgomery County, AL |
0.24 | 156 | 1,872 |
Oldham County, KY |
0.24 | 20 | 27,494 |
Ontario County, NY |
0.24 | 63 | 1,366 |
Providence County, RI |
0.24 | 351 | 1,821 |
Virginia Beach City, VA |
0.24 | 208 | 999 |
Washington County, RI |
0.24 | 66 | 1,475 |
Wicomico County, MD |
0.24 | 53 | 1,288 |
Allen County, IN |
0.23 | 216 | 966 |
Burleigh County, ND |
0.23 | 65 | 1,441 |
Dakota County, MN |
0.23 | 216 | 2,581 |
Flathead County, MT |
0.23 | 51 | 1,221 |
Teton County, WY |
0.23 | 26 | 2,098 |
Marion County, WV |
0.22 | 19 | 1,681 |
Medina County, OH |
0.22 | 67 | 801 |
Platte County, MO |
0.22 | 53 | 792 |
Sedgwick County, KS |
0.22 | 279 | 1,666 |
Summit County, UT |
0.22 | 29 | 1,801 |
Thurston County, WA |
0.22 | 130 | 1,383 |
Williamson County, TX |
0.22 | 194 | 1,894 |
Yuma County, AZ |
0.22 | 68 | 1,247 |
Allegany County, NY |
0.21 | 14 | 1,167 |
Anchorage Municipality, AK |
0.21 | 157 | 1,165 |
Atlantic County, NJ |
0.21 | 135 | 1,934 |
Chatham County, NC |
0.21 | 16 | 3,458 |
Coconino County, AZ |
0.21 | 67 | 1,532 |
Cumberland County, NC |
0.21 | 127 | 1,773 |
Guilford County, NC |
0.21 | 293 | 1,502 |
Lee County, FL |
0.21 | 273 | 1,548 |
Orleans Parish, LA |
0.21 | 203 | 1,442 |
Tarrant County, TX |
0.21 | 968 | 2,070 |
Washoe County, NV |
0.21 | 232 | 2,338 |
Whitman County, WA |
0.21 | 20 | 585 |
Boone County, MO |
0.20 | 96 | 993 |
Broward County, FL |
0.20 | 815 | 1,913 |
Dauphin County, PA |
0.20 | 180 | 1,514 |
Douglas County, CO |
0.20 | 127 | 2,839 |
Douglas County, KS |
0.20 | 49 | 1,703 |
Jefferson County, KY |
0.20 | 474 | 2,013 |
Pulaski County, AR |
0.20 | 251 | 1,297 |
Crisp County, GA |
0.19 | 8 | 1,159 |
Escambia County, FL |
0.19 | 133 | 1,491 |
Marion County, FL |
0.19 | 99 | 982 |
Pasco County, FL |
0.19 | 116 | 1,261 |
Carroll County, MD |
0.18 | 52 | 1,591 |
Collier County, FL |
0.18 | 130 | 2,019 |
Gwinnett County, GA |
0.18 | 325 | 1,749 |
Hall County, GA |
0.18 | 78 | 1,243 |
Montgomery County, TX |
0.18 | 173 | 1,973 |
Randall County, TX |
0.18 | 29 | 1,612 |
Rock Island County, IL |
0.18 | 67 | 1,688 |
San Juan County, NM |
0.18 | 41 | 637 |
San Juan County, WA |
0.18 | 6 | 1,834 |
Solano County, CA |
0.18 | 130 | 2,553 |
Erie County, PA |
0.17 | 106 | 705 |
Lackawanna County, PA |
0.17 | 82 | 992 |
Lucas County, OH |
0.17 | 175 | 1,904 |
Person County, NC |
0.17 | 8 | 1,133 |
Santa Rosa County, FL |
0.17 | 34 | 1,603 |
Ulster County, NY |
0.17 | 53 | 829 |
Vanderburgh County, IN |
0.17 | 91 | 1,483 |
Wayne County, NY |
0.17 | 25 | 1,371 |
Canyon County, ID |
0.16 | 59 | 1,113 |
Hood River County, OR |
0.16 | 12 | 1,767 |
Kent County, RI |
0.16 | 60 | 1,531 |
Lincoln County, OR |
0.16 | 15 | 2,101 |
Milwaukee County, WI |
0.16 | 394 | 1,567 |
Ada County, ID |
0.15 | 183 | 1,740 |
Boone County, IN |
0.15 | 23 | 1,961 |
Butte County, CA |
0.15 | 62 | 921 |
Citrus County, FL |
0.15 | 24 | 693 |
Douglas County, NV |
0.15 | 15 | 3,027 |
Kern County, CA |
0.15 | 258 | 1,420 |
Olmsted County, MN |
0.15 | 73 | 1,526 |
St. Johns County, FL |
0.15 | 57 | 2,992 |
St. Joseph County, IN |
0.15 | 93 | 1,000 |
Tuscaloosa County, AL |
0.15 | 73 | 1,188 |
Island County, WA |
0.14 | 12 | 837 |
Litchfield County, CT |
0.14 | 44 | 1,696 |
Muscogee County, GA |
0.14 | 66 | 1,116 |
Westmoreland County, PA |
0.14 | 94 | 6,130 |
Yamhill County, OR |
0.14 | 27 | 1,111 |
Adams County, CO |
0.13 | 143 | 1,604 |
Brazoria County, TX |
0.13 | 76 | 1,355 |
Charles County, MD |
0.13 | 27 | 2,236 |
Chatham County, GA |
0.13 | 100 | 805 |
Cleveland County, OK |
0.13 | 54 | 2,412 |
Douglas County, NE |
0.13 | 226 | 1,201 |
Haywood County, NC |
0.13 | 11 | 919 |
Jackson County, OR |
0.13 | 57 | 1,068 |
Okanogan County, WA |
0.13 | 12 | 705 |
Phelps County, MO |
0.13 | 12 | 933 |
Pierce County, WA |
0.13 | 209 | 1,606 |
Portage County, OH |
0.13 | 36 | 1,949 |
San Patricio County, TX |
0.13 | 12 | 2,983 |
Sioux County, IA |
0.13 | 14 | 1,241 |
St. Lucie County, FL |
0.13 | 52 | 2,194 |
Washington County, UT |
0.13 | 45 | 707 |
Woodford County, KY |
0.13 | 6 | 1,075 |
Bannock County, ID |
0.12 | 21 | 599 |
Berks County, PA |
0.12 | 106 | 1,000 |
Bonner County, ID |
0.12 | 9 | 1,304 |
Chaves County, NM |
0.12 | 13 | 2,170 |
Eddy County, NM |
0.12 | 21 | 1,882 |
Elkhart County, IN |
0.12 | 78 | 1,184 |
Essex County, NJ |
0.12 | 201 | 1,918 |
Hays County, TX |
0.12 | 45 | 2,017 |
Kootenai County, ID |
0.12 | 38 | 1,679 |
Lyon County, KS |
0.12 | 9 | 1,316 |
Marshall County, IN |
0.12 | 11 | 1,654 |
Middlesex County, CT |
0.12 | 40 | 2,895 |
Nicollet County, MN |
0.12 | 9 | 1,316 |
Queen Anne's County, MD |
0.12 | 9 | 2,371 |
Austin County, TX |
0.11 | 6 | 2,900 |
Comal County, TX |
0.11 | 33 | 2,042 |
Comanche County, OK |
0.11 | 23 | 1,667 |
Forsyth County, GA |
0.11 | 41 | 3,011 |
Greenville County, SC |
0.11 | 151 | 1,805 |
Midland County, TX |
0.11 | 61 | 2,058 |
Pitt County, NC |
0.11 | 43 | 2,760 |
Richland County, SC |
0.11 | 122 | 1,333 |
Sarpy County, NE |
0.11 | 40 | 2,641 |
Warren County, OH |
0.11 | 52 | 3,197 |
Calcasieu Parish, LA |
0.10 | 51 | 1,101 |
Fresno County, CA |
0.10 | 197 | 1,104 |
Hinds County, Mississippi |
0.10 | 60 | 796 |
Jefferson County, TX |
0.10 | 61 | 1,411 |
Josephine County, OR |
0.10 | 15 | 825 |
Limestone County, AL |
0.10 | 12 | 1,185 |
Lorain County, OH |
0.10 | 48 | 2,669 |
Manatee County, FL |
0.10 | 62 | 2,483 |
Osceola County, FL |
0.10 | 49 | 2,416 |
Roanoke City, VA |
0.10 | 31 | 1,832 |
Weld County, CO |
0.10 | 59 | 1,337 |
Whatcom County, WA |
0.10 | 45 | 1,500 |
Williamson County, TN |
0.10 | 69 | 2,367 |
Bartholomew County, IN |
0.09 | 23 | 1,565 |
Buncombe County, NC |
0.09 | 58 | 1,216 |
Cabarrus County, NC |
0.09 | 33 | 1,386 |
Campbell County, KY |
0.09 | 13 | 1,493 |
Denton County, TX |
0.09 | 122 | 2,066 |
East Baton Rouge Parish, LA |
0.09 | 120 | 1,690 |
James City County, VA |
0.09 | 13 | 1,708 |
Lincoln County, NC |
0.09 | 11 | 2,473 |
Outagamie County, WI |
0.09 | 48 | 1,060 |
Strafford County, NH |
0.09 | 21 | 1,662 |
Allegany County, MD |
0.08 | 12 | 1,350 |
Bell County, TX |
0.08 | 46 | 1,674 |
Cherokee County, GA |
0.08 | 25 | 1,153 |
Clay County, FL |
0.08 | 21 | 962 |
Clermont County, OH |
0.08 | 24 | 4,231 |
Duval County, FL |
0.08 | 206 | 1,270 |
Essex County, NY |
0.08 | 6 | 2,999 |
Humboldt County, CA |
0.08 | 21 | 968 |
Hunt County, TX |
0.08 | 11 | 1,072 |
Indian River County, FL |
0.08 | 21 | 877 |
Kerr County, TX |
0.08 | 7 | 1,012 |
Kosciusko County, IN |
0.08 | 16 | 1,772 |
Mason County, WA |
0.08 | 6 | 3,402 |
Otter Tail County, MN |
0.08 | 9 | 896 |
Penobscot County, ME |
0.08 | 27 | 1,301 |
Shasta County, CA |
0.08 | 27 | 917 |
Sumter County, SC |
0.08 | 14 | 2,221 |
Tulare County, CA |
0.08 | 63 | 971 |
Union County, NC |
0.08 | 27 | 2,772 |
Walworth County, WI |
0.08 | 17 | 1,425 |
York County, SC |
0.08 | 38 | 2,105 |
Belknap County, NH |
0.07 | 9 | 776 |
Berkeley County, SC |
0.07 | 18 | 1,585 |
Boone County, KY |
0.07 | 31 | 2,160 |
Bristol County, RI |
0.07 | 5 | 1,563 |
Butler County, OH |
0.07 | 56 | 1,771 |
Calhoun County, MI |
0.07 | 19 | 1,307 |
Flagler County, FL |
0.07 | 8 | 4,004 |
Franklin County, TN |
0.07 | 4 | 232 |
Garfield County, CO |
0.07 | 9 | 2,263 |
Hampden County, MA |
0.07 | 73 | 2,081 |
Lake County, OH |
0.07 | 33 | 1,768 |
Livingston County, MI |
0.07 | 21 | 1,965 |
Moore County, NC |
0.07 | 12 | 2,643 |
Nassau County, FL |
0.07 | 8 | 3,779 |
San Bernardino County, CA |
0.07 | 249 | 1,603 |
Sangamon County, IL |
0.07 | 45 | 1,519 |
Scott County, IA |
0.07 | 34 | 1,372 |
Tulsa County, OK |
0.07 | 130 | 1,792 |
Will County, IL |
0.07 | 81 | 1,202 |
Adams County, WA |
0.06 | 3 | 948 |
Chesterfield County, VA |
0.06 | 37 | 1,420 |
Chisago County, MN |
0.06 | 5 | 1,270 |
Fauquier County, VA |
0.06 | 7 | 1,088 |
Houston County, AL |
0.06 | 15 | 1,078 |
Jefferson Parish, LA |
0.06 | 52 | 1,635 |
Juneau City and Borough, AK |
0.06 | 6 | 1,139 |
Lancaster County, SC |
0.06 | 8 | 1,303 |
Mobile County, AL |
0.06 | 55 | 1,388 |
Rutherford County, TN |
0.06 | 37 | 2,572 |
Spokane County, WA |
0.06 | 68 | 1,325 |
St. Tammany Parish, LA |
0.06 | 27 | 2,278 |
Baldwin County, AL |
0.05 | 20 | 4,367 |
Caddo Parish, LA |
0.05 | 27 | 1,116 |
Charlotte County, FL |
0.05 | 11 | 1,289 |
Coweta County, GA |
0.05 | 10 | 1,387 |
Dougherty County, GA |
0.05 | 11 | 1,246 |
Greenwood County, SC |
0.05 | 7 | 1,844 |
Johnson County, TX |
0.05 | 13 | 1,811 |
Lake County, IN |
0.05 | 46 | 1,211 |
Lubbock County, TX |
0.05 | 34 | 1,690 |
McCracken County, KY |
0.05 | 10 | 803 |
Oxford County, ME |
0.05 | 4 | 1,739 |
Saginaw County, MI |
0.05 | 19 | 1,400 |
Smith County, TX |
0.05 | 26 | 1,089 |
Warren County, KY |
0.05 | 17 | 2,310 |
Washington County, TN |
0.05 | 14 | 1,382 |
Yakima County, WA |
0.05 | 32 | 726 |
Addison County, VT |
0.04 | 3 | 3,250 |
Aiken County, SC |
0.04 | 11 | 1,814 |
Carson City, NV |
0.04 | 6 | 2,301 |
Chenango County, NY |
0.04 | 3 | 1,590 |
Dare County, NC |
0.04 | 4 | 1,575 |
El Paso County, TX |
0.04 | 59 | 1,224 |
Ellis County, TX |
0.04 | 10 | 1,021 |
Galveston County, TX |
0.04 | 20 | 1,234 |
Henderson County, NC |
0.04 | 7 | 1,177 |
Hidalgo County, TX |
0.04 | 58 | 2,225 |
Johnston County, NC |
0.04 | 10 | 1,241 |
Kenosha County, WI |
0.04 | 13 | 1,349 |
Lafayette Parish, LA |
0.04 | 23 | 2,247 |
Lexington County, SC |
0.04 | 27 | 1,514 |
Natrona County, WY |
0.04 | 7 | 1,272 |
Nevada County, CA |
0.04 | 6 | 1,444 |
Ocean County, NJ |
0.04 | 36 | 967 |
Pickens County, SC |
0.04 | 8 | 1,369 |
Polk County, FL |
0.04 | 49 | 964 |
Rutherford County, NC |
0.04 | 4 | 927 |
Saline County, AR |
0.04 | 5 | 1,736 |
San Joaquin County, CA |
0.04 | 50 | 1,274 |
Sandoval County, NM |
0.04 | 7 | 2,320 |
Washington County, PA |
0.04 | 16 | 2,445 |
Worcester County, MD |
0.04 | 6 | 1,534 |
York County, ME |
0.04 | 15 | 2,126 |
Carteret County, NC |
0.03 | 3 | 1,471 |
Chelan County, WA |
0.03 | 6 | 785 |
Dorchester County, SC |
0.03 | 6 | 2,232 |
Hendricks County, IN |
0.03 | 12 | 1,937 |
Placer County, CA |
0.03 | 26 | 1,942 |
Riverside County, CA |
0.03 | 124 | 1,323 |
Spartanburg County, SC |
0.03 | 22 | 1,004 |
Weber County, UT |
0.03 | 17 | 1,717 |
Yavapai County, AZ |
0.03 | 9 | 1,274 |
Cameron County, TX |
0.02 | 16 | 1,162 |
Clay County, MO |
0.02 | 9 | 3,095 |
Horry County, SC |
0.02 | 13 | 1,003 |
Lake County, FL |
0.02 | 11 | 1,347 |
Merrimack County, NH |
0.02 | 6 | 2,255 |
Nueces County, TX |
0.02 | 19 | 1,357 |
Parker County, TX |
0.02 | 3 | 3,899 |
Putnam County, TN |
0.02 | 3 | 1,223 |
Waukesha County, WI |
0.02 | 23 | 1,918 |
York County, PA |
0.02 | 17 | 665 |
Benton County, AR |
0.01 | 6 | 1,679 |
Chesapeake City, VA |
0.01 | 6 | 2,899 |
Genesee County, MI |
0.01 | 6 | 407 |
Mahoning County, OH |
0.01 | 7 | 2,258 |
Mesa County, CO |
0.01 | 4 | 2,388 |
Yellowstone County, MT |
0.01 | 6 | 1,727 |
In September 2019, other counties with high employment concentrations in scientific research and development services were Durham County, North Carolina (11.21), San Mateo County, California (11.02), and Howard County, Maryland (9.25). In San Mateo County, California, there were 22,838 workers in this industry with an average weekly wage of $3,870.
Location quotients are the ratio of an industry’s employment share in an area to its national share. For example, an industry with 6 percent of county employment and 2 percent of national employment would have a location quotient in that county of 6/2 = 3. A location quotient greater than 1 means the industry has a higher share of area employment than the national average.
These data are from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages. You can get more industry employment data for the nation, states, counties, and metropolitan areas through the data viewer tool.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Counties with highest concentration of jobs in scientific research and development, September 2019 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2020/counties-with-highest-concentration-of-jobs-in-scientific-research-and-development-services-september-2019.htm (visited October 08, 2024).