Infographic: What work is unique about your state?

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Matt Tarpey, CareerBuilder Writer

The United States is composed of an amazing variety of unique landscapes, climates and cultures. Needless to say that the regional economy are as great a diversity. An industry is a major economic driver in one State may not be nearly nonexistent a few states away. So, how can you know which jobs are best suited for your home?

One possibility is to use a measure of localization of said ratio is a measure of the concentration of use. It's by the proportion of the workforce that. For a state in a particular occupation and the comparison of the percentage of domestic workers in the profession

In other words, SQ Question: "What is the percentage of workers in Texas are petroleum engineers", and then asked: "What percentage of American workers are petroleum engineers" and compare the two answers?.

An LQ of 1.0 means that the profession so focused on the state, as it is at the national level. The higher the LQ, is the unique work in this state. Returning to the previous example, the LQ of Petroleum Engineers in Texas 6.39, indicating that the petroleum engineering jobs more than six times more common in Texas than they in the country as a whole.

The sectors which occupations are more concentrated in one sector are usually a good indicator of what drives the economy in this region. Again, this light to shed on the career opportunities that can not in other regions.

The map below, published by CareerBuilder and specialists in economic models. International and designed by the mental_floss magazine used the LQ unique works of all States to the 2013th

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The following table provides a more detailed look at the data behind the map.

State	Profession	LQ	Jobs 2013	Med. Compensation per hour
Alabama	Tire Manufacturer	7.75	1900	$ 24.55
Alaska	Fishermen and related fishing workers	33.56	2901	$ 16.85
Arizona	Semiconductor processors	4.19	1640	$ 15.32
Arkansas	Workers in the food processing	6.78	2303	$ 10.59
California	Throw	3.19	33328	$ 29.23
Colorado	Atmospheric and space scientists	7.76	1510	$ 49.34
Connecticut	Actuaries	4.16	1141	$ 51.22
DC	Political scientist	86.61	3197	$ 55.64
Delaware	Chemical	11.65	3050	$ 41.45
Florida	Operators of motor boats	5.92	1315	$ 14.17
Georgia	Textile winding, twisting, and drawing machines, operators, and tenders	10:52	8607	$ 13.03
Hawaii	Tour guides and escorts	8.55	1687	$ 12.82
Idaho	Foresters and conservation	14.2	2273	$ 15.06
Illinois	Dedicated correspondence	3.93	1727	$ 19.88
Indiana	Boilermakers	7.03	2686	$ 31.66
Iowa	Soil scientists and plant	8.94	1574	$ 30.05
Kansas	Referee, referees, officials from other sports	5.42	1216	$ 11.16
Kentucky	Roof bolters, mining	14:14	1184	$ 25.65
Louisiana	Captains, mates, and pilots of water vessels	17.2	8857	$ 34.88
Maine	Fishermen and related fishing workers	27.31	4070	$ 17.52
Maryland	The metro and tram operators	10.41	1884	$ 25.43
Massachusetts	Psychiatric Technicians	4.86	8202	$ 17.52
Michigan	Model builders, metal and plastic	6.23	1095	$ 24.72
Minnesota	Fenders and Meat Packers	4.82	7619	$ 12.80
Mississippi	Coil winders, cone and Finishing	11:18	1340	$ 18.87
Missouri	Food and roast snuff, baking, and drying machine operators and tenders	5.58	2303	$ 12.37
Montana	Foresters and conservation	19:41	2200	$ 15.05
Nebraska	Meat, poultry and fish cutters and trimmers	9.92	11453	$ 13.58
Nevada	Gaming supervisors	30.91	7414	$ 25.40
NH	Metal and plastics, other	10:05	1020	$ 14.40
NJ	Biochemists and biophysicists	4.71	3628	$ 50.38
New Mexico	Wellhead fire trucks	13.75	1358	$ 22.50
New York	Fashion Designers	5.18	7164	$ 32.27
NC	Textile winding, twisting, and drawing machines, operators, and tenders	7.63	6394	$ 11.12
North Dakota	Derrick operators, oil and gas	28.21	2137	$ 26.65
Ohio	Lathe Setter, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	3.53	4778	$ 17.21
Oklahoma	Wellhead fire trucks	8.66	1671	$ 20.51
Oregon	Login workers, all other	21:24	1400	$ 16.57
Pennsylvania	Survey researchers	3.54	2776	$ 13.09
RI	Education, training and library staff	3.04	1062	$ 20.42
South Carolina	Weaving looms and textile Setter, Operator and Tenders	10.99	3220	$ 13.70
South Dakota	Farmers, ranchers and other agricultural services	9.42	14827	$ 12.78
Tennessee	Transport operators and tenders	4.25	3486	$ 13.73
Texas	Petroleum Engineers	6.39	21457	$ 66.80
Utah	Foresters and conservation	4.4	1362	$ 13.46
Vermont	Maintenance personnel street	3.99	1364	$ 16.88
Virginia	Legal Support Workers, Other	5.75	9039	$ 43.50
Washington	Aircraft structure, surfaces, instruments and systems assemblers	14:21	13535	$ 23.09
West Virginia	Roof bolters, mining	66.29	2129	$ 26.84
Wisconsin	Mold and Macheros	5.47	1351	$ 15.72
Wyoming	Rotary drilling operators, oil and gas	28.0	1566	$ 27.05