Cyberstates 2007: A Complete State-by-State Overview of the High-Technology Industry is AeA's 10th anniversary edition of our Cyberstates report.  The report offers 148 pages and seven chapters detailing national and state trends in tech employment, establishments, wages, payroll, venture capital investments, and research and development expenditures.

In addition to our annual Cyberstates series, AeA produces current reports on issues crucial to the vitality and competitiveness of the U.S. high-tech industry and the nation as a whole.  The following are AeA's most recent publications:

• The Competitiveness Series: Timely Research Reports on Keeping the United States Competitive in a Global Economy
• We Are Still Losing the Competitive Advantage - Now Is the Time To Act
• Losing the Competitive Advantage?: The Challenge for Science and Technology in the United States
• Sarbanes-Oxley 404: The 'Section' of Unintended Consequences and Its Impact on Small Business

In discussing our top public policy priorities with Congress, the Executive Branch, and State Legislatures, AeA's research publications provide the data and analysis that brings credibility and understanding to our issues.

U.S. High-Tech Employment Up Three Percent in 2006

• U.S. high-tech employment totaled 5.8 million in 2006, up by 146,600 jobs or three percent in 2006.
• High-tech manufacturing industry employment was up for the first time since 2000, by 5,100 jobs between 2005 and 2006.
• Software services employment and engineering and tech services employment both increased in 2006 for the third consecutive year, by 88,500 and 66,300 jobs, respectively.

Key Employment Findings by Cyberstate

• California, Texas, New York, Florida, and Virginia led the nation in high-tech employment in 2005.
• Forty cyberstates added tech jobs between 2004 and 2005. The remaining 12 cyberstates all lost technology industry jobs.
• California pays its tech workers the highest wage - $95,300 in 2005 - followed by Massachusetts, New Jersey, Washington, and Virginia.
• Virginia surpassed Colorado to lead the nation in concentration of high-tech workers in 2005, with 89.0 high-tech workers per 1,000 private sector jobs, followed by Massachusetts with 86.1 and Colorado with 85.8.

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