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STEM Workforce

Higher computer, engineering, and science occupation share scores higher using ACS 5-year place data.

Scale0-100

Higher values rank better for this score.

How It's Calculated

The latest published score is normalized to a 0-100 scale. The method below explains what the score rewards, with technical source metadata available for audit.

Scoring Method

How the ranking is built

STEM Workforce rewards places with a higher share of employed residents in computer, engineering, and science occupations.

  1. 1

    The adjusted STEM occupation share is converted to a population-weighted percentile-rank score.

  2. 2

    Higher adjusted shares score higher without forcing every score against the single strongest observed outlier.

Technical details
Score TypeMaster Score

Read from the current master score table for this criterion.

Ranking BasisSingle Score

The top 10 below ignore your blended relocation weights and sort only by STEM Workforce.

No source details available for this score.

What This Score Means

STEM Workforce rewards places with a higher share of employed residents in computer, engineering, and science occupations.

Statistics Feeding This Score

  • Computer, engineering, and science workers

    ACS count of employed residents in computer, engineering, and science occupations.

    Source: U.S. Census American Community Survey 5-Year
  • Employed civilian population

    ACS employed civilian population age 16 and over, used as the denominator.

    Source: U.S. Census American Community Survey 5-Year
  • Adjusted STEM occupation share

    STEM worker share after small-denominator shrinkage.

    Source: Derived from ACS inputs

Source Data

Source: U.S. Census American Community Survey 5-YearCensus ACS 5-year estimates for housing, income, population, occupation, education, and race/ethnicity inputs at place, county, or CBSA geography depending on the score.

Known Limits

  • These are ACS place-level proxies, not direct measures of job openings, company headquarters, venture capital, salaries by occupation, remote-work availability, or commute sheds.
  • Occupation and education shares are shrunk toward all-place means when denominators are small.
  • The score describes residents by place, not necessarily jobs located inside the municipality.

Top 10 Locations

Ranked by STEM Workforce.

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