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Santa Clara,
CA (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.
The high-tech industry in the Bay Area totaled
386,200 in 2006, according to the most current metropolitan data available.
The Bay Area combines the three metro areas of San Francisco, San
Jose/Silicon Valley, and Oakland. While San Jose had the majority of these
tech industry jobs (225,300), San Francisco's and Oakland's were also
significant at 79,400 and 81,400.
San Jose had the highest concentration of tech workers with more than one in
four private sector workers in the metro area employed by the tech industry.
In both San Francisco and Oakland more than nine percent of the private
sector workforce was employed by tech companies. By high-tech wages, San
Jose, San Francisco, and Oakland ranked first, second, and fourth in the
nation at $144,800, $118,500, and $96,900,respectively, in 2006.
When examining employment by high-tech industry sectors, San Jose ranked
near the top in seven of the nine high-tech manufacturing categories,
including semiconductors, computer and peripheral equipment, electronic
components, and communications equipment. San Francisco ranked second
nationwide by software publishers with 11,500 workers in this sector.
Oakland had 17,300 people working in computer systems design and related
services in 2006.
“AeA's Cybercities report places the Bay Area as the epicenter of the
tech industry,” said Ed Keible, CEO of Endwave Corporation. “Combining
Oakland, San Francisco, and San Jose, we are the largest technology cluster
in the nation. I believe that the Bay Area is attractive to the tech
industry because of our world-class research universities, large pool of
talented and technical workers, availability of capital, and a quality of
life that is hard to beat."
"While tech job growth was up in 2006 for the entire Bay Area, today the
region is struggling to
find the right workers with the required technical skills,” continued Mr.
Keible. “Our government should be doing all it can to keep innovation in
America by improving the high-skilled visa and green card processes for
skilled foreign tech employees, particularly those educated in the U.S.
It hurts our worldwide competitiveness to not allow these talented
individuals to remain in the U.S. In fact, 25 percent of all new
companies in Silicon Valley have a foreign national as a founder. To
not allow such individuals to remain in the U.S. hurts our job creation
capabilities.”
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 the Bay Area (Combining San Francisco, San
Jose, and Oakland)?
386,200 high tech workers
9,300 jobs gained between 2005 and 2006
High-tech payroll of $49.9 billion in 2006
Average wage: $129,300
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13,100 high-tech establishments in 2006
What Does High Tech Mean for San Francisco?
79,400 high-tech workers in 2006 (19th ranked cybercity)
2,700 jobs gained between 2005 and 2006 (12th ranked cybercity)
High-tech firms employed 94 of every 1,000 private sector workers in 2006
(13th ranked cybercity)
High-tech workers earned an average wage of $118,500 (2nd ranked), or 73
percent more than San Francisco’s average private sector wage
A high-tech payroll of $9.4 billion in 2006 (13th ranked cybercity)
3,600 high-tech establishments in 2006 (20th ranked cybercity)
San Francisco’s National Industry Sector Rankings:
2nd in software publishers employment with 11,500 jobs
10th in computer systems design and related services employment with 26,600
jobs
11th in R&D and testing labs employment with 12,800 jobs
Notes:
San Francisco = Marin, San Francisco, and San Mateo Counties in California.
What Does High Tech Mean for San Jose/Silicon Valley?
225,300 high-tech workers in 2006 (3rd ranked cybercity)
5,900 jobs gained between 2005 and 2006 (4th ranked cybercity)
High-tech firms employed 286 of every 1,000 private sector workers in 2006
(1st ranked cybercity)
High-tech workers earned an average wage of $144,800 (1st ranked), or 82
percent more than San Jose’s average private sector wage
A high-tech payroll of $32.6 billion in 2006 (1st ranked cybercity)
5,500 high-tech establishments in 2006 (12th ranked cybercity)
San Jose’s National Industry Sector Rankings:
1st in semiconductor manufacturing employment with 37,900 jobs
1st in computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing employment with
33,200 jobs
3rd in computer systems design and related services employment with 46,400
jobs
Notes:
San Jose/Silicon Valley = Santa Clara County in California.
What Does High Tech Mean for Oakland?
81,400 high-tech workers in 2006 (17th ranked cybercity)
700 jobs gained between 2005 and 2006 (37th ranked cybercity)
High-tech firms employed 93 of every 1,000 private sector workers in 2006
(14th ranked cybercity)
High-tech workers earned an average wage of $96,900 (4th ranked), or 79
percent more than Oakland’s average private sector wage
A high-tech payroll of $7.9 billion in 2006 (16th ranked cybercity)
4,000 high-tech establishments in 2006 (19th ranked cybercity)
Oakland’s National Industry Sector Rankings:
13th in R&D and testing labs employment with 11,400 jobs
16th in telecommunications services employment with 13,600 jobs
17th in computer systems design and related services employment with 17,300
jobs
Notes:
Oakland = Alameda and Contra Costa Counties in California.
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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