Cyberstates 2005^TM

Cyberstates 2005: A State-by-State Overview of the High-Technology Industry is AeA's newest study in the cyber report series consisting of 165 pages and nine chapters detailing national and state trends in employment, wages, exports, and venture capital.

In discussing our top public policy priorities with Congress, the Executive Branch, and State Legislatures, AeA's Cyber publications provide important statistical information which brings credibility to our issues.

U.S. High-Tech Employment Down Slightly in 2004

• U.S. high-tech employment totaled 5.6 million in 2004, down by 25,000 jobs in 2003.
• High-tech manufacturing industry employment fell by 32,000 jobs between 2003 and 2004.
• Software services employment and engineering and tech services employment both increased in 2004, by 30,000 jobs each.
  

• California, Texas, New York, Florida, and Virgina led the nation in high-tech employment
• Virginia moved up to fifth place by high-tech employment in 2003, displacing Massachusetts.
• Only four cyberstates added tech jobs between 2002 and 2003:  Puerto Rico, Alaska, North Dakota, and Wyoming. Job losses in most other cyberstates were significantly lower than between 2002 and 2003.
• Over the long run, the high-tech industry in Virginia added the most jobs nationwide, nearly 20,000 between 1998 and 2003.
• Colorado led the nation in concentration of high-tech workers in 2003, with 91 high-tech workers per 1,000 private sector jobs, followed by Virginia.

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