Plano’s strength is its educated workforce: a highly educated local workforce with proximity to Dallas' large labor pool.
Key Facts
- Plano's workforce exceeds 300,000 within a 30-mile radius
- 57% of Plano residents have a bachelor’s degree or higher (nearly twice the US average)
- 4 million workers in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington MSA
- 2.7 million workers in the Dallas-Plano-Irving Metro Division
- Texas is a Right-to-Work State
Access to a highly-educated workforce is one of Plano's strengths. Evidence of this is the steady migration of prominent companies to Plano.
- Plano’s proximity to Dallas’ large labor pool of 4 million workers and excellent transportation system provide employers access to employees at all levels.
- The University of Texas at Dallas, Collin College and the University of North Texas provide a steady pipeline of college graduates.
