Managerial, Professional, and Technical Jobs

Managers, professionals, and technicians as a share of the total workforce.

Why Is This Important? The rise of new industries has meant the rise of new jobs, while new technology and new ways of organizing work have transformed many existing jobs. Both trends have changed the occupational mix in America. In particular, managerial, professional, and technical jobs have increased as a share of total employment. These workers include, among others, managers, engineers and scientists, health professionals, lawyers, educators, accountants, bankers, consultants, and engineering technicians.

The Rankings: Metro areas with high rankings tend to have a large number of corporate or regional headquarters. For example, Hartford is home to insurance and defense headquarters. But government helps as well. Washington, D.C.'s large number of government jobs, combined with its many lawyers and growing high-tech industry, accounts for its number one rank, while Hartford, Austin, Minneapolis, Denver, Raleigh, Boston, and Salt Lake City are all state capitols. Places that score low (e.g., Las Vegas, Memphis, San Antonio, all the Florida metros) tend to be in the South and Southwest, and are places that have historically focused on a low-cost industrial recruitment model, emphasizing low costs over quality of life and an infrastructure for innovation.6

Managerial, Professional, and Technical Jobs

		100th-76th Percentile
		75th-51st Percentile
		50th-26th Percentile
		25th-1st Percentile

METRO AREAS BY RANK
Rank	Metro Area	Score
1	Washington	48%
2	Hartford	46%
3	Austin	46%
4	Minneapolis	45%
5	Denver	45%
6	Raleigh-Durham	44%
7	Seattle	44%
8	Boston	43%
9	Nashville	41%
10	Salt Lake City	41%
11	San Diego	40%
12	Atlanta	40%
13	Philadelphia	40%
14	San Francisco	40%
15	Indianapolis	39%
16	Cincinnati	39%
17	Cleveland	39%
18	Dallas	38%
19	Columbus	38%
20	Oklahoma City	38%
21	Kansas City	37%
22	Dayton	37%
23	Detroit	37%
24	Buffalo	37%
25	New York	37%
26	Milwaukee	37%
27	New Orleans	37%
28	Portland	36%
29	Chicago	36%
30	Pittsburgh	36%
31	Rochester	36%
32	Charlotte	35%
33	Norfolk	35%
34	Phoenix	34%
35	Richmond	33%
36	Grand Rapids	33%
37	St. Louis	33%
38	Tampa	32%
39	Louisville	32%
40	Sacramento	32%
41	Orlando	31%
42	Los Angeles	31%
43	West Palm Beach	31%
44	Houston	31%
45	Greensboro	31%
46	San Antonio	30%
47	Miami	30%
48	Jacksonville	27%
49	Memphis	26%
50	Las Vegas	25%
	U.S. Average	36.0%
	Top 50 Metro Average	37.3%

ALPHABETICALLY
Metro Area	Rank	Score
Atlanta	12	40%
Austin	3	46%
Boston	8	43%
Buffalo	24	37%
Charlotte	32	35%
Chicago	29	36%
Cincinnati	16	39%
Cleveland	17	39%
Columbus	19	38%
Dallas	18	38%
Dayton	22	37%
Denver	5	45%
Detroit	23	37%
Grand Rapids	36	33%
Greensboro	45	31%
Hartford	2	46%
Houston	44	31%
Indianapolis	15	39%
Jacksonville	48	27%
Kansas City	21	37%
Las Vegas	50	25%
Los Angeles	42	31%
Louisville	39	32%
Memphis	49	26%
Miami	47	30%
Milwaukee	26	37%
Minneapolis	4	45%
Nashville	9	41%
New Orleans	27	37%
New York	25	37%
Norfolk	33	35%
Oklahoma City	20	38%
Orlando	41	31%
Philadelphia	13	40%
Phoenix	34	34%
Pittsburgh	30	36%
Portland	28	36%
Raleigh-Durham	6	44%
Richmond	35	33%
Rochester	31	36%
Sacramento	40	32%
Salt Lake City	10	41%
San Antonio	46	30%
San Diego	11	40%
San Francisco	14	40%
Seattle	7	44%
St. Louis	37	33%
Tampa	38	32%
Washington	1	48%
West Palm Beach	43	31%

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