Young, highly paid professionals are migrating away from states including California and New York, with the largest number of millennial workers flocking to Texas in 2022, according to an Oct. 7 study from CNBC.
CNBC studied professionals 35 and under making over $100,000 a year to determine the seven states the young workforce is moving to en masse based on net inflow this year:
1. Texas had a total inflow of 15,024 and a net inflow of 3,823.
2. Florida had a total inflow of 10,258 and a net inflow of 3,411.
3. Washington had a total inflow of 9,882 and a net inflow of 2,753.
4. Colorado had a total inflow of 7,306 and a net inflow of 2,641.
5. New Jersey had a totalinflow of 11,015 and a net inflow of 2,459.
6. North Carolina had a total inflow of 6,929 and a net inflow of 2,048.
7. Arizona had a total inflow of 4,231 and a net inflow of 1,437.