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Southeast advantage in 25 high growth industries
Wells Fargo has released a study entitled “Employment Dynamics and State Competitiveness” which predicts 25 industries will drive employment growth in the next few years, and ranks states according to their likely ability to capitalize on those trends. As with previous related studies – see here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here – our region performs very well.
The team of economists in their Securities Economics Group credit (among other things) the availability of skilled workers in our region – both homegrown and those drawn to the quality of life.
States with a large number of high-growth industries that also have a large skilled workforce will be at a greater competitive advantage. This would tend to favor states, such as Georgia, North Carolina, Arizona, Virginia and Texas, which not only have a large supply of skilled workers but have also been successful at attracting such workers from other parts of the nation. Florida, which has more high-growth industries than any other state, would be in a stronger position if not for the weakened housing market, which has cut into worker mobility. The Sunshine State is making important enhancements to its university system to bring in more cutting-edge research, and this should pay off with an even better mix of high-growth industries in future years.
