3. Texas
IM Score: 43
Annual median wage: $102,110
Job growth: 12.2%
Cost of living index: 90.7
If you want to be a citizen of the second largest state in the United States, Texas will welcome you with arms wide open. There will be a substantial increase in jobs for nuclear engineers with a number of employed rising from 480 to 540. Also, you won’t have to worry about spending big, since the cost of living is rather affordable. There are two active nuclear power plants in Texas, while two more were proposed but never materialized.
