Why, because quality of living and working is not impacted at all by degrees of inclusiveness and reproductive rights? I guess it depends on whether you would personally be affected, or lack any ability to emphasize or care about others.

Also, the category is called “Life, Health, and Inclusion”.

One of the biggest categories they mention is access to childcare facilities. They also have crime as a category.

They make the link between inclusiveness/reproductive rights to living and working in a state clear right at the top of the article:

Each year, as part of our overall assessment of state business climates, CNBC’s America’s Top States for Business study considers how welcoming each state is to workers and their families.

Life, Health and Inclusion is one of the study’s ten categories of competitiveness. And this year, with the nationwide worker shortage so severe, the category is taking on increased importance in our methodology.

We consider multiple quality of life factors, including crime rates, environmental quality, and health care. We also look at the quality and availability of childcare, which is one of the most important factors in getting parents back into the workforce.

Casting the widest possible net for workers means not turning anyone away. So we consider inclusiveness in state laws by measuring protections against discrimination, as well as voting rights. And with surveys showing a substantial percentage of women considering abortion restrictions when making a choice of where to live in the wake of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, reproductive rights are part of this year’s equation as well.

If by “don’t see anything” you ignore crime, health, workers’ rights. Sure

But since you asked, they’re amongst the lowest average/median salaries in the country. I’m sure access to good medical care is an imaginary thing, and will only get worse as doctors avoid working there due to patients’ rights that you’re so flippant about