State Computing Workforce Pipeline

California reported 11,310 first-major bachelor’s degrees in computing for awards conferred from July 2022 through June 2023. The analysis keeps that award period separate from the revised 2023–24 IPEDS collection release that contains it. Degree counts describe where colleges reported awards, not where graduates later worked.

California had 339,270 jobs across the three selected careers in May 2025, the largest state total. North Carolina ranked 16th in computing degrees but sixth in selected-career employment, showing why education output and job location should be compared without assuming they measure the same people.

California had 26,150 projected annual openings across the selected careers. Mississippi had the fastest complete-state projection at 41.5% growth and 420 annual openings. State projection periods and publication coverage are preserved; openings include growth and replacement needs rather than current vacancies.

No. New Hampshire had 3.43 reported degrees per projected annual opening, while New Mexico had 0.36. The ratio is a descriptive comparison across different populations and periods. It does not account for migration, experienced workers, graduates entering other careers, vacancies, or placement.

California has the largest pipeline and workforce footprint

California reported 11,310 computing bachelor’s degrees for the 2022–23 reporting period. It also had 339,270 jobs across the three selected careers in May 2025.

California had 26,150 projected annual openings across those careers for 2024–34.

Mississippi had the fastest complete-state projection, at 41.5% growth from 2024 to 2034. Its projection included 420 annual openings.

Several states show notable differences between education and workforce measures

New Hampshire had 3.43 reported degrees per projected annual opening, the highest observed ratio.

New Mexico had 0.36 reported degrees per projected annual opening, the lowest observed ratio.

North Carolina ranked 16th in computing degrees but 6th in employment across the three careers.

These are descriptive differences, not evidence of shortages or graduate placement. Degrees identify where colleges reported awards, not where graduates worked.

The wage measure is an employment-weighted average of three occupation-specific median wages. It is not a statewide worker median.

Chart colors compare states within each measure. They do not create an overall state ranking. Every downloadable row includes its encoded indicator label.

National AI observations remain separate

The national occupation observations reported AI-use exposure values of 0.486 for Information Security Analysts, 0.461 for Data Scientists, and 0.288 for Software Developers.

These values describe observed Claude use in the source population. They cannot establish state-level AI use, displacement, productivity, or employment effects.