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Cyberstates 2010: The Definitive State-by-State Analysis of the U.S. High-Tech Industry

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TechAmerica Foundation’s 13^th annual Cyberstates report details national and state trends in high-tech employment, wages, and other key economic factors.  The report, Cyberstates 2010: The Definitive State-by-State Analysis of the High-Technology Industry, covers all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.

The U.S. high-tech industry lost 245,600 jobs in 2009, for a total of 5.9 million workers.  This recession–induced, four percent decline in tech employment is slightly lower than the five percent decline experienced by the private sector as a whole and follows four years of steady growth in tech industry employment.  TechAmerica Foundation’s 2009 quarterly breakdown revealed a bright spot amidst the losses – software services added 10,100 jobs in the fourth quarter, growing by one percent.

Cyberstates 2010 Key National Findings

(National employment data is for 2009; national wage data is for 2008)

• U.S. high-tech employment totaled 5.9 million in 2009.
• Tech employment was down in 2009 by 245,600, or by 4.0 percent, compared to a 5.2 percent decline in the private sector.
• High-tech manufacturing employment fell by 8.1 percent, losing 112,600 jobs between 2008 and 2009.
• The electronic components industry lost the most jobs of any manufacturing subsector, 37,100 in 2009, while space and defense systems manufacturing lost the least, with 1,200 jobs lost.
• All nine of the tech manufacturing sectors lost jobs between 2008 and 2009.
• The communications services sector continued to shed jobs in 2009, albeit at a faster pace, losing 53,000 compared to a loss of 11,000 in 2008.
• The software services sector lost 20,700 jobs in 2009, following five consecutive years of growth.
• The engineering and tech services sector lost 59,100 jobs in 2009, also following five consecutive years of growth.
• The unemployment rate for electrical engineers was 6.9 percent in 2009 and 6.1 percent for computer scientists and systems analyst.
• The tech industry paid an annual average wage of $84,400 in 2008, 86 percent more than the average private sector wage of $45,400.

Note:  Data are rounded.

Cyberstates 2010 Key State Findings

(All state data is for 2008)

• The leading states by high-tech employment in 2008 were California (993,300), Texas (492,400), New York (312,300), Florida (292,300), and Virginia (283,400).  2008 data are the most recent available at the state level.
• California led the nation in net tech job creation in 2008, adding 15,700 jobs.  The next largest gains occurred in Texas (+14,700), Washington (+9,300), Massachusetts (+6,300), and Virginia (+5,700).
• For the fourth straight year, Virginia led the nation in concentration of high-tech workers in 2008, with 95 high-tech workers per 1,000 private sector workers.
• Forty-seven cyberstates have annual average high-tech wages that are 50 percent or higher than the average private sector wage in their respective state, and five cyberstates have wages that are 100 percent higher.

Note:  Data are rounded.

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