U.S. Tech Industry Adds 78,300 Jobs
from January to July 2008
Tech
Industry Adding Jobs, but Pace Is Slowing Amidst Economic Downturn
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- The U.S. high-tech industry employed 5.9 million
people as of July 2008, the highest level since 2002.
- The tech industry added 78,300 jobs from January
to July 2008, lagging behind pace of the 111,400 jobs
added in the same period in 2007.
- January to July 2008 tech job growth
also lagged that of the U.S. private sector, 1.3 percent compared to
2.0
percent.
- High-tech manufacturing is shedding jobs for the
second consecutive year, 2,500 from January to July 2008.
- The high-tech services sectors added 80,800 U.S.
jobs in the last seven months, a rise of 1.8 percent.
- Within the high-tech services sectors, employment
growth was led by engineering and tech services (+50,000) and software services, (+42,300).
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