21. Washington
IM Score: 82
Annual median wage: $88,570
Job growth: 11.6%
Cost of living index: 107.1
Washington will likely be a home to 820 newly employed mechanical engineers in the future. The average annual job openings figure is 320. Also, the state’s unemployment rate is 4.7%.
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