The report is based on labor market data and includes 27,246 data points from sources including Emsi Burning Glass, Zillow and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The gender gaps were determined by subtracting the percentage of female tech workers from the percentage of male ones.
These 10 states have the smallest gender gaps among the top 25 states with the highest growth rate of tech workers:
1. Georgia (38 percent gender gap)
2. Maryland (38 percent)
3. North Carolina (40 percent)
4. California (42 percent)
5. New York (42 percent)
6. Virginia (42 percent)
7. Massachusetts (42 percent)
8. Minnesota (42 percent)
9. Connecticut (42 percent)
10. Texas (44 percent)
These 10 states have the biggest gender gaps among the top 25 states with the highest growth rate of tech workers:
1. Utah (60 percent gender gap)
2. Florida (46 percent)
3. Ohio (46 percent)
4. Indiana (46 percent)
5. Texas (44 percent)
6. Washington (44 percent)
7. Illinois (44 percent)
8. Pennsylvania (44 percent)
9. New Jersey (44 percent)
10. Colorado (44 percent)
