22. Pennsylvania

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Pennsylvania remains a major steel and manufacturing state. 

Category	Score	2018 Rank	2017 Rank	Grade
Workforce	257	13	21	B+
Infrastructure	185	37	38	C
Cost of Doing Business	184	25	34	B-
Economy	116	41	34	D+
Quality of Life	134	34	30	D
Technology & Innovation	151	13	10	B+
Education	145	7	10	A-
Business Friendliness	71	31	28	C
Access to Capital	86	6	5 (Tie)	A-
Cost of Living	19	32	34 (Tie)	D+
Overall	1348	22	23	-

Economic Profile

Governor: Tom Wolf, Democrat

Population: 12,805,537

GDP growth (Q4 2017): 2.5 percent

Unemployment rate (May 2018): 4.5 percent

Top corporate tax rate: 9.99 percent

Top individual income tax rate: 3.07 percent

Gasoline tax: 58.70 cents/gallon

Bond rating (Moody's/S&P): Aa3, stable/A+, stable

Major private employers: Knouse Foods Cooperative, Comcast

Economic profile sources: U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Federation of Tax Administrators, American Petroleum Institute (excluding 18.40 cent/gallon federal tax), Moody's Investor Service, S&P Global Market Intelligence

Overall Rankings 2018