Baltimore’s Tech Employment Totals 71,200
Baltimore’s Measuring and Control Instruments Manufacturing Employment Ranks 5th in Nation

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 Baltimore employed 71,200 people in 2006, according to the most current metropolitan data available, representing an increase of 1,500 jobs over the previous year. These jobs represent 7 percent of the private sector workforce in Baltimore, and pay well with wages that were 78 percent higher then the rest of private sector wages.

Baltimore’s largest high-tech sector was computer systems design and related services, which employed 20,800 workers in 2006. Baltimore also had the nations 5th largest workforce in measuring and control instruments manufacturing, employing 8,700 workers.

“Baltimore’s high-tech industry has now seen three consecutive years of job growth,” said Thomas M. Brandt, Jr., Senior Vice President and CFO, TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. “This is in part due to the fact that we benefit from world class universities in the area and have successfully migrated from a manufacturing centered city to services, many of which are science and technology based. But in order for us to continue this crucial growth, we must encourage students to continue pursuing science and engineering, and make it attractive for graduates to stay in our local economy and community."

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 Baltimore?

• 171,200 high-tech workers in 2006 (22nd ranked cybercity)
   

• 1,500 jobs gained between 2005 and 2006 (24th ranked cybercity)
   

• High-tech firms employed 69 of every 1,000 private sector workers in 2006 (23rd ranked cybercity)
   

• High-tech workers earned an average wage of $79,100 (24th ranked), or 78 percent more than Baltimore’s average private sector wage
   

• A high-tech payroll of $5.6 billion in 2006 (22nd ranked cybercity)
   

• 3,300 high-tech establishments in 2006, (21st ranked cybercity)

Baltimore’s National Industry Sector Rankings:

• 10th in R&D and testing labs employment with 13,400 jobs
   

• 12th in engineering services employment with 15,500 jobs
   

• 14th in computer systems design and related services employment with 20,800 jobs

Notes:

Baltimore = Maryland Counties: Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Harford, Howard, and Queen Anne’s.

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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