Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana all posted slight gains in high-tech jobs in 2006, a new report released today shows. Only Ohio has seen an increase in such jobs since 2000, however.
Nationally, the high-tech industry continued growing in 2007, adding 91,400 net jobs for a total of 5.9 million in the United States, according to the report, “Cyberstates 2008: A Complete State-by-State Overview of the High-Technology Industry” made by AeA, the nation’s largest high-tech trade association.
The 2007 increase was on top of job gains of 139,000 in 2006 and 87,400 in 2005.
“While we are certainly pleased to report that the technology industry added jobs nationally and across nearly every state, national tech growth slowed in 2007, making the story good but not great,” said Christopher Hansen, AeA’s president, in a release.
Software services added 82,600 jobs in 2007, up for the fourth year in a row. Engineering and tech services added 45,800 jobs in 2007, also up for the fourth year in a row, putting it at an all time high.
On the downside, high-tech manufacturing lost 29,800 net jobs in 2007. And the communications services sector continued to shed jobs in 2007, albeit at a slower pace, losing 7,200 compared to a loss of 16,900 in 2006.
The leading states by high-tech employment in 2006 were California (940,700), Texas (459,500), New York (300,500), Florida (282,100), and Virginia (270,800). The 2006 data are the most recent available at the state level.
Ohio had 155,174 high-tech jobs, ranking 15th in the nation. Kentucky had 43,777 high-tech jobs, ranking 30th in employment, while Indiana with 70,233 jobs ranked 23rd.
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