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Cyberstates 2009
Learn more about the Cyberstates 2010: The definitive state-by-state analysis of the U.S. high-tech industry
TechAmerica is delighted to bring you Cyberstates 2009: A Complete State-by-State Overview of the High-Technology Industry. This 128 page report provides you with new 2008 national data on high-tech employment. Cyberstates 2009 also includes the latest available state data on employment, wages, establishments, and payroll.
Additionally, for the first time in Cyberstates 12 year history, TechAmerica provides a free supplemental fourth quarter update that shows job losses in the tech industry occurred at a slower pace than U.S. private sector in Q4 2008.
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Cyberstates 2009: Highlights of What’s Inside
- U.S. high-tech employment totaled 5.9 million in 2008.
- Tech employment was up in 2008 by 77,000 or by 1.3 percent.
- High-tech manufacturing employment fell by 1.8 percent, losing 23,100 jobs between 2007 and 2008.
- The semiconductor industry lost the most jobs of any manufacturing sector, 10,900 in 2008.
- Six of the nine tech manufacturing sectors lost jobs in 2007. Only the communications equipment, defense electronics, and electromedical equipment sectors added jobs.
- The communications services sector continued to shed jobs in 2008, albeit at a faster pace, losing 12,700 compared to a loss of 7,200 in 2007.
- The software services industry added 86,200 jobs in 2008, up for the fifth year in a row.
- The engineering and tech services industry added 26,600 jobs in 2008, also up for the fifth year in a row, putting it at an all time high.
- The unemployment rate for electrical engineers was 2.5 percent in 2008 and 2.7 percent for computer and math occupations.
- The tech industry paid an annual average wage of $83,300 in 2007, 88 percent more than the average private sector wage of $44,400.
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