Virginia is No. 1 in U.S. Tech Jobs

Washington, DC – TechAmerica Foundation, a non-profit organization in the U.S. which educates industry executives, policymakers, and opinion leaders on the promise of technological innovation to advance prosperity, security, and the general welfare has released its 14th annual Cyberstates report which states that Virginia leads the nation with the most private-sector technology workers having 9.8% of its private sector workforce in the tech industry.

The research study entitled Cyberstates 2011: The Definitive State-by-State Analysis of the U.S. High-Tech Industry provides thorough study regarding trends in high-tech employment, wages, and other key economic factors and it covers all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.

Even though Virginia loses 2,800 tech jobs last year, it still has 277,600 high-tech workers employed in the field of computer science and engineering and other related I.T. fields. According to Olga Grkavac, the executive vice president of public sector at TechAmerica. “More than 75% of the tech industry is concentrated in software and engineering and tech services — the sectors driving growth of the technology industry, and least affected by the recession.”

Olga also added that “Despite the onset of the recession, Virginia’s tech industry still managed to add jobs in 2008, marking its sixth consecutive year of growth.”

Virginia’S leading percentage of the tech workers belongs to the computer systems design and related services which employs 138,800 workers. The cyber state did well in the R&D and testing labs sector which boosts additional 1,600 jobs this year.

Despite the recession and losing 115,800 jobs in 2010, The U.S. Tech industry is showing an improving trend and sustained a 5.75 million workers.

Read more about the report at Tech America’s Official Website:

http://www.techamericafoundation.org/