Job Statistics
Job Statistics
Why are job statistics important? They are important because if you are having no luck finding a job perhaps you are looking in the wrong field.
What Does High Tech Mean for Colorado?
- 166,300 high-tech workers in 2008 (15th ranked cyberstate)
- 5,100 jobs gained between 2007 and 2008
- High-tech firms employed 86 of every 1,000 private sector workers in 2008, ranked 3rd nationwide
- High-tech workers earned an average wage of $89,500 (7th ranked), or 92 percent more than Colorado's average private sector wage
- A high-tech payroll of $14.9 billion in 2008, ranked 11th nationwide
- 12,400 high-tech establishments in 2008, ranked 10th nationwide
Colorado's National Industry Sector Rankings:
- 5th in software publishers employment with 12,300 jobs
- 7th in computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing employment with 5,500 jobs
- 8th in engineering services employment with 33,000 jobs
Source: Cyberstates 2010
Data are for 2008 unless otherwise noted.
2008 state data are the most current available for employment, wages, payroll, establishments, and industry sector jobs. TechAmerica Foundation, Washington, D.C., April 28, 2010.
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National Job Statistics
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.
2008 state data are the most current available for employment, wages, payroll, establishments, and industry sector jobs from TechAmerica Foundation, Washington, D.C., April 28, 2010 and Cyberstates 2010.
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