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CompTIA Cyberstates™ 2018 finds the Empire State ranks 3^rd in tech employment and innovation

New York – Employment in New York’s technology industry grew by 2.4 percent in 2017 and the industry contributed $9 billion to the state’s economy, according to Cyberstates™ 2018, the definitive annual analysis of the nation’s tech industry published today by CompTIA, the world’s leading technology industry association.

With 639,500 workers, New York ranks 3^rd among the 50 states and the District of Columbia in net tech employment.[1] The New York tech workforce makes up 6.3 percent of the state’s total workforce. The average tech industry wage in New York is $119,400, compared to the state’s average private sector annual wage of $69,070.

The tech sector is responsible for an estimated 7.1 percent ($98.4 billion) of the overall economy in New York, which is home to some 24,471 tech business establishments.

New York saw its Cyberstates Innovation Score climb to 3^rd this year, up from 10^th a year ago. This ranking is based on a state-by-state per capita analysis of new tech patents awarded, tech startups and new tech business establishments.

New York also experienced a 27 percent increase from 2016 to 2017 in the number of job postings related to emerging technologies – such as the Internet of Things, smart cities, drones, artificial intelligence, machine learning, virtual reality and augmented reality, and blockchain. While these positions accounted for a small percentage of total tech job postings, it’s an indicator of where organizations are headed with the technology investments.

The strongest year-over-year job growth occurred in the categories of packaged software (+ 13 percent); telecommunications and Internet services (+ 4.1 percent); and IT services and custom software services (+ 2.4 percent).

Cyberstates 2018 (#cyberstates) is based on CompTIA’s analysis of data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, EMSI, Burning Glass Technologies Labor Insights, and other sources. Estimates for 2017 are subject to change as government data is revised and updated. The complete Cyberstates 2018 report, with complete national, state and metropolitan level data, is available at http://www.cyberstates.org/

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CompTIA
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Steven Ostrowski
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