Indianapolis’s Tech Employment Increases 4 Years in a Row
Computer Systems Design and Related Services Leading High-Tech Sector in Indianapolis

Oakbrook Terrace, IL (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.

Indianapolis’ high-tech industry employs a total of 28,500, a two percent increase from the previous year, according to the most current metropolitan data available. These jobs are high paying, with the average tech worker in Indianapolis earning $63,900 in 2006 or 54 percent more than the average private sector wage.

Computer systems design and related services was the largest high-tech industry sector in Indianapolis with 7,200 jobs in 2006, an increase of 400 from the previous year. Telecommunications services was the second leading industry sector in Indianapolis, with 6,200 employees.

“The high-tech industry in Indianapolis has seen four straight years of growth and expansion,” said Dr. Donald Brown, CEO of Indianapolis-based Interactive Intelligence, Inc. “This significant growth can be attributed to our strong education in the K-12 system – math scores for our K-12 students are above average. However, in order for this positive trend to continue, we must demand the same excellence from our science education. Emphasizing math and science education together at a young age will greatly prepare our workforce for the tech jobs of tomorrow.”

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 Indianapolis?

• 128,500 high-tech workers in 2006 (41st ranked cybercity)
   

• 500 jobs gained between 2005 and 2006 (38th ranked cybercity)
   

• High-tech firms employed 39 of every 1,000 private sector workers in 2006 (54th ranked cybercity)
   

• High-tech workers earned an average wage of $63,900 (54th ranked cybercity), or 54 percent more than Indianapolis’s average private sector wage
   

• A high-tech payroll of $1.8 billion in 2006 (44th ranked cybercity)
   

• 1,900 high-tech establishments in 2006 (35th ranked cybercity)

Indianapolis’s National Industry Sector Rankings:

• 31st in telecommunications services employment with 6,200 jobs
   

• 37th in computer systems design and related services employment with 7,200 jobs
   

• 38th in engineering services employment with 5,300 jobs

Notes:

Indianapolis = Indiana Counties: Boone, Brown, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan, Putnam, and Shelby.

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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