New Hampshire Ranks First as Top US State to Build a Career in the Digital Economy

New Hampshire will always play a pivotal role in US politics when holding the nation's first presidential primary, but now there's more to brag about. According to a new HostingAdvice.com economic tech career study of all 50 states and the District of Columbia, our cozy New England state ranks number one as the "Best State to Build a Career in the Digital Economy." Although Silicon Valley may still be vibrant with many innovative tech companies and dot.coms, our "Live Free or Die" state could also be nicknamed the "Tech Job or Sleep" State as well.

HostingAdvice.com tells the reader that one of the most important takeaways from this study is that the best places to build a digital career aren’t necessarily the states most people might associate with the tech industry. What's interesting enough is that the states that sit atop the list are never in the same breath as those traditionally associated with America's technology regions, and that HostingAdvice.com looked hard into economic performance with their scores. Altogether, there were three areas of concentration in this study:

From these very well-thought-out metrics, the top ten states, including Washington DC, played out like this, along with their total scores:

1. New Hampshire - 58.91
2. District of Columbia - 57.37
3. Idaho - 57.28
4. Utah - 55.80
5. Washington - 55.27
6. South Carolina - 53.57
7. South Dakota - 53.02
8. North Dakota - 52.39
9. Virginia - 52.39
10. Minnesota - 51.84

HostingAdvice.com measures all four areas in all states, and New Hampshire, with all of the numbers combined, landed NH at number one overall. The state hit a 72.50, which landed NH at #1 nationally on the economic front, a 51.69 in education/workforce (#18 nationally), a 57.92 in migration (#11 nationally), and a 50.37 in digital infrastructure (#6 nationally).

We can brag all we want about our great Granite State, but there were a number of states that showed impressive numbers in perspective areas. The highly governmental job District of Columbia scored a 78.67 , as they are number one in education and workforce. South Carolina scored a perfect 100 in migration trends and California scored a 54.97 as they are still, unsurprisingly, the leader in technology infrastructure. New Hampshire at number six in this tech category really stands out, as the five before it are all big western states, so it also says that New Hampshire is the big tech giant on this side of the Mississippi.

For the complete HostingAdvice.com survey, check out hostingadvice.com/studies/best-states-to-build-career-in-the-digital-economy/