STEM Jobs? Not In Honolulu
Nationally, we rank close to the bottom when it comes to professions involving science, technology, engineering and math.
With STEM jobs 鈥 it stands for science, technology, engineering and math 鈥 expected to grow 1.7 times faster than non-STEM jobs聽in the coming years, has a new聽analysis of 2017鈥檚 .
Data sets included 鈥減er-capita job openings for STEM graduates鈥 and聽鈥渁nnual median wage growth for STEM workers.鈥
Honolulu, sadly, ranked No. 95 out of 100 metropolitan areas, barely ahead of places like Jackson, Miss.
Here’s some rankings聽for聽us and STEM jobs:
- 72nd 鈥 % of Workforce in STEM
- 85th 鈥 STEM Employment Growth
- 100th 鈥 Annual Median Wage for STEM Workers (Adjusted by Cost of Living)
- 100th 鈥 Housing Affordability
- 79th 鈥 Projected Demand for STEM Jobs by 2020
The best areas of the country for STEM professions were (no surprise at all)聽Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue in Washington,聽San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara in California, San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward (also in the Golden State) and Boston-Cambridge-Newton in the Massachusetts-New Hampshire region.
Somewhere, both Linda Lingle and David Ige are weeping.
