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Irvine, 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.
Riverside-San Bernardino's tech industry added 2,700 net jobs, for an
industry total of 25,900 in 2006, according to the most current metropolitan
data available. This represented a growth rate of 12 percent between 2005
and 2006, the fastest growth rate of any metropolitan area in the nation.
These jobs are well paid. The average high-tech wage was $57,200, 65 percent
higher than the Inland Empire’s average private sector wage.
Riverside-San Bernardino's largest tech sector was engineering services,
which employed 6,500 workers in 2006. This was followed by
telecommunications services with 6,200 jobs and computer systems design and
related services with 4,200 jobs.
"The attractive real estate values in Riverside and San Bernardino Counties
are bringing technology companies inland from Los Angeles, Orange County,
and San Diego," said Don Hicks, Executive Director, AeA Orange County/Inland
Empire. "This is especially true in the engineering services sector, where
it is easier to move the company closer to the employees.”
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 Inland Empire?
25,900 high-tech workers in 2006 (44th ranked
cybercity)
12 percent job growth between 2005 and 2006 (1st
ranked cybercity)
High-tech firms employed 24 of every 1,000
private sector workers in 2006 (59th ranked cybercity)
High-tech workers earned an average wage of
$57,200 (58th ranked), or 65 percent more than the Inland Empire’s average
private sector wage.
A high-tech payroll of $1.5 billion in 2006
(50th ranked cybercity)
1,700 high-tech establishments in 2006 (39th
ranked cybercity)
The Inland Empire’s National Industry Sector Rankings:
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17th in electronic components manufacturing
employment at 2,900 jobs
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30th in engineering services employment at 6,500
jobs
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30th in telecommunications services employment
at 6,200 jobs
Notes:
Riverside-San Bernardino, CA = Riverside County and San Bernardino County.
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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