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San Diego, 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 San Diego added 1,500 net jobs, for an industry
total of 106,400 in 2006, according to the most current metropolitan data
available. This makes San Diego the nation’s 13th largest cybercity. The
metro area also has a high concentration of tech workers. High-tech firms
employed 97 of every 1,000 private sector workers in 2006, 11th ranked in
the nation. These high-tech jobs pay extremely well, $92,300 in 2006, or 105
percent more then the average private sector wage of $45,100. Only Austin,
Texas has a higher differential.
The largest tech sector in San Diego was R&D and testing labs, which had
27,000 jobs in 2006, the sixth largest in the nation for this sector. The
second largest tech sector in San Diego was telecommunications services,
which had 15,800 employees in 2006.
“The tech industry is a major part of San Diego’s growing economy. Tech
companies represent nearly ten percent of our private sector workforce,”
said Joe Budano, President, Xantrex Technology Inc. and Chair of AeA San
Diego Council. “The growth in our economy is in some part related to the
attractive location and climate of San Diego, but more importantly to the
terrific diversity we have in our technology clusters. We do very well
attracting high paying jobs despite fierce competition from places like
Orange County, Los Angeles, Riverside, and Ventura.”
“However,” continued Budano “while students come here to get an education,
many highly-skilled foreign nationals are unable to stay because of the
difficulty in obtaining visas and green cards. We educate these best and
brightest and then we make it difficult for them to stay, inviting them to
leave and compete with us from abroad. This is absurd. For San Diego to
remain competitive, we need access to these talented individuals while we
work on our K-12 education system to prepare more Americans for these
high-paying jobs.”
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 San Diego?
106,400 high-tech workers in 2006 (13th ranked
cybercity)
1,500 jobs gained between 2005 and 2006 (23rd
ranked cybercity)
High-tech firms employed 97 of every 1,000
private sector workers in 2006 (11th ranked cybercity)
High-tech workers earned an average wage of
$92,300 (10th ranked), or 105 percent more than San Diego’s average private
sector wage
A high-tech payroll of $9.8 billion in 2006
(12th ranked cybercity)
4,400 high-tech establishments in 2006 (16th
ranked cybercity)
San Diego’s
National Industry Sector Rankings:
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2nd in consumer electronics manufacturing
employment with 3,200 jobs
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5th in defense electronics manufacturing with
4,400 jobs
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6th in R&D and testing labs employment with
27,000 jobs
Notes:
San Diego = San Diego 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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