Last year saw increases in tech employment numbers...
Last year saw increases in tech employment numbers for 39 states, according to a report from TechAmerica (http://bit.ly/ahgfei). The largest gains by number were in California, Texas, New York, Michigan and Georgia, while the largest gains by percentage were in…
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North Dakota, Michigan, Missouri, Georgia and New York, said the report. The states with the biggest decline in tech employment were New Mexico, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Connecticut and the District of Columbia. At 9.8 percent, Virginia has the largest percentage of private sector employees working in the tech industry, while California has the highest number of employees in every tech sector except for computer training, software publishing and electromedical equipment manufacturing, where Florida, Washington and Minnesota lead, respectively. Nationally, the U.S. tech industry had 5.95 million employees in 2012, a 1.1 percent increase from 2011, the report said. The Internet and telecommunication sector, the software services sector and the engineering and tech services sector all saw employment increases, while tech manufacturing sectors overall saw a 0.8 percent decrease.