Cyberstates 2008: A Complete State-by-State Overview of the High-Technology Industry is AeA's 11th annual edition of our Cyberstates report.  The 148 page report offers seven chapters and 43 pages of detailed appendices on national and state trends in tech employment, establishments, wages, payroll, venture capital investments, and research and development expenditures.

Two other major AeA cyber reports are forthcoming that analyze the U.S. high-tech industry: Cybercities 2008: An Overview of the High-Technology Industry in the Nation’s Top 60 Cities, and Trade in the Cyberstates 2008: A State-by-State Overview of High-Tech International Trade.

In addition to our series of Cyber Reports, AeA produces reports on issues crucial to the vitality and competitiveness of the U.S. high-tech industry and the nation as a whole.  The following is a selected list of recent AeA publications:

• The Competitiveness Series: Timely Research Reports on Keeping the United States Competitive in a Global Economy
  • The U.S.- Colombia Free Trade Agreement - March 2008
  • eHealth 201: Designing the Virtual Hospital - November 2007
  • China's 15 Year Science and Technology Plan - April 2007
• We Are Still Losing the Competitive Advantage - Now Is the Time To Act - March 2007
• Losing the Competitive Advantage?: The Challenge for Science and Technology in the United States - February 2005
• Sarbanes-Oxley 404: The 'Section' of Unintended Consequences and Its Impact on Small Business - February 2005

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 in 2007

• U.S. high-tech employment totaled 5.9 million in 2007, up by 91,400 jobs or 1.6 percent in 2007.
• Software services employment and engineering and tech services employment both increased in 2007 for the fourth consecutive year, by 82,600 and 45,800 jobs, respectively.
• The High-tech manufacturing industry shed 29,800 jobs and the communications services industry shed 7,200 jobs in 2007.

Key Employment Findings by Cyberstate

• California, Texas, New York, Florida, and Virginia led the nation in high-tech employment in 2006.
• Forty-eight cyberstates added tech jobs between 2005 and 2006. Only four cyberstates lost technology industry jobs.
• California pays its tech workers the highest wage - $101,200 in 2006 - followed by Massachusetts, New Jersey, Washington, and Colorado.
• For the second straight year, Virginia led the nation in concentration of high-tech workers in 2006, with 91 high-tech workers per 1,000 private sector workers.

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