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Washington, DC
(June 24, 2008) – AeA, the
nation’s largest technology trade association representing all segments of
the high-tech industry, today released Cybercities 2008: An Overview of
the High-Technology Industry in the Nation's Top 60 Cities. This
detailed report tracks trends in high-tech employment, wages,
establishments, payroll, employment concentration, and wage differential at
the metropolitan level.
The high-tech industry in the Washington, DC metro area added 6,100 jobs for
an industry total of 295,800 workers in 2006, according to the most current
metropolitan data available. This makes the capital region the second
largest cybercity by high-tech employment, behind only the New York Metro
Area. DC also has the fifth highest concentration of high-tech workers in
the nation. High-tech firms employed 132 of every 1,000 private sector
workers in 2006. These jobs are high paying; the average tech industry
worker in DC earned $92,700, or 67 percent more than the metro area’s
average private sector wage.
Ninety-five percent of Washington, DC’s high-tech industry is in the
services sectors. DC ranked 1st in the nation by employment in computer
systems design and related services, with 137,100 workers in 2006. It also
ranked 1st in engineering services, with 44,400 jobs, and 2nd in R&D and
testing labs, with 40,200 jobs.
“In the National Capital region, government agencies and local industries
continue to benefit from the expanding role of high technology," said
Jeffrey Holmes Director, PRTM. "This proliferation of high technology
products and services, when combined with business transformation, produces
more efficient government operations and a more effective and competitive
commercial environment. This area is unique in that it can meld the superb
capabilities of the commercial sector with Federal, State and Local
Governments to create Public-Private partnerships that are able to address
many significant issues affecting our region and the Nation at large.”
“The region benefits from a highly educated workforce and access to major
research centers, continued Kazmierczak. “Education and research are two of
the key factors of innovation and we urge policymakers to recommit to
investing federal dollars in both for the good of the region and the
country. They showed signs of doing this with the America Competes Act,
which overwhelmingly passed through Congress and was signed by the President
in 2007. But in DC we know that’s only a half step. Unfortunately, the
funding never followed.”
Cybercities 2008 shows that the top five
cybercities by high-tech employment in 2006 were the New York Metro Area,
Washington, DC, San Jose/Silicon Valley, Boston, and Dallas-Fort Worth. The
nation’s highest tech industry concentration was in San Jose/Silicon Valley,
where more than one in four private sector workers were employed by the tech
industry. Seattle saw the largest tech industry employment growth, adding
7,800 jobs in 2006.
Later this summer, AeA will release Trade in
the Cyberstates 2008: A State-by-State Overview of High-Tech International
Trade. That report will look at the most recent data on high-tech
exports from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.
AeA members can purchase Cybercities 2008
for $125; non-members for $250. Visit
www.aeanet.org/cybercities
to download the report, or call 408.987.4200.
What Does High Tech Mean for Washington, DC?
295,800 high-tech workers in 2006 (2nd ranked
cybercity)
6,100 jobs added between 2005 and 2006 (3rd
ranked cybercity)
High-tech firms employed 132 of every 1,000
private sector workers in 2006 (5th ranked cybercity)
High-tech workers earned an average wage of
$92,700 (9th ranked), or 67 percent more than Washington’s average private
sector wage
A high-tech payroll of $27.4 billion in 2006
(3rd ranked cybercity)
14,400 high-tech establishments in 2006 (2nd
ranked cybercity)
Washington’s National Industry Sector Rankings:
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1st in computer systems design and related
services employment with 137,100 jobs
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1st in engineering services employment with
44,400 jobs
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2nd in R&D and testing labs employment with
40,200 jobs
Notes:
Washington, DC = Maryland Counties: Calvert, Charles, Frederick, Montgomery,
and Prince George's; District of Columbia; Virginia Counties: Alexandria,
Arlington, Clarke, Fairfax, Fairfax,
Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, Spotsylvania, Stafford, and Warren; West
Virginia: Jefferson County.
Data are for 2006 unless otherwise noted.
2006 data are the most current available for employment, wages, payroll,
establishments, and industry sector jobs.
Source: Cybercities 2008
Published by AeA, Advancing the Business of Technology (www.aeanet.org)
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