This document summarizes key findings from the Cyberstates 2016 report on the tech industry and tech occupations. It finds that the tech sector continues to grow, adding over 198,000 new jobs in 2015. The top tech industry segments by employment are IT services, computer systems design, and telecom. Tech occupations are also growing and average higher wages than the private sector overall. The report provides state and metro level analysis of tech sector employment trends, wages, and industry composition.

1. Cyberstates 2016 Review
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The full report is available at:
http://www.cyberstates.org/

2. Key Forces Shaping the Tech Landscape
Cloud Data Mobile / Apps Automation
Everything-
as-a-Service
Connectivity / IoT Software-Defined Cybersecurity and
Privacy
Source: CompTIA

3. Source: EMSI | BLS | CompTIA
Tech
Industry
Tech
Occupations
N number of:
- Self employed
- Knowledge workers
- Emerging tech jobs
6.7 million
employed
7.1 million
employed
46%
Two Sides of the Tech Discussion

4. Tech Sector Employment Growth Continues
5.0
5.4
5.8
6.2
6.6
7.0
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Millions
+3.0%
-5.6%
+198,200 new tech sector workers added in 2015
Source: EMSI | BLS | CompTIA
Employer-level data

5. ENGINEERING
SERVICES
25%
20%
TELECOM &
INTERNET
17%
TECH MFG.
5%
PACKAGED
SOFTWARE
IT SERVICES
& SOLUTIONS
33%
EMPLOYMENT GROWTH
REVENUE
+5.0%
+1.7%
+0.3%
+2.8%
+2.9%
Sizing and Shaping the Tech Sector
Source: EMSI | BLS | CompTIA
Employer-level data

6. Top Tech Sector Segments by State
1
2
3
4
7
34
Software publishing
Semiconductor mfg.
R&D | Testing labs
Engineering services
Telecommunications
Computer system design | IT services
Frequency of sector ranked as top tech industry employer by state
473,666 = number of tech sector
business establishments in 2015,
up 2.7% YoY.
Top States Adding New
Business Establishments
1. California
2. Illinois
3. Texas
4. Massachusetts
5. Washington
Source: EMSI | BLS | CompTIA

7. Tech Sector Employment Drill Down
TECH MFG.IT SERVICES
ENGINEERING
TELECOM +
INTERNET
SERVICES
LARGEST
1. Custom Computer Design services
2. Custom Computer Programming services
FASTEST GROWING
1. Computer Facilities mgt.
2. Custom Computer Programming
LARGEST
1. Semiconductor Device and related mfg.
2. Computer mfg.
FASTEST GROWING
1. Computer manufacturing
2. Storage Device manufacturing
LARGEST
1. Engineering services
2. R&D in Engineering and Life Sciences
FASTEST GROWING
1. R&D in Biotechnology
2. Engineering services
LARGEST
1. Wired telecom services
2. Data processing, hosting, Internet services
FASTEST GROWING
1. Web search portals, Internet publishing
2. Data processing, hosting, Internet services
Source: EMSI | BLS | CompTIA

8. Uncovering Insights at the State Level
A B C D
Tech Sector Empl.
as % of Total Empl.
1. Massachusetts
2. Virginia
3. Colorado
4. Maryland
5. California
6. Washington
7. Utah
8. New Mexico
9. New Hampshire
10. District of Columbia
Total Tech Sector
Employment
1. California
2. Texas
3. New York
4. Florida
5. Massachusetts
6. Virginia
7. Illinois
8. Pennsylvania
9. Washington
10. New Jersey
Tech Sector YoY
Empl. % Change
1. Utah
2. Idaho
3. Louisiana
4. California
5. North Carolina
6. Oregon
7. Montana
8. New York
9. Wisconsin
10. Massachusetts
Self-Employed Tech
Sector Workers as a
% of Total
1. Nevada
2. Wyoming
3. Montana
4. Hawaii
5. Tennessee
6. Maine
7. Oklahoma
8. Mississippi
9. Florida
10. Arkansas
Source: EMSI | BLS | CompTIA

9. Uncovering Insights at the MSA Level
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LOS ANGELES MSA
- 287,491 tech sector
workers; +2.7% YoY
- Top growth segments:
Comm. Equip. Mfg.,
R&D/Testing Labs,
Components
- 3.73 LQ for Mfg. of
Nav./Aeronautical Systems
DENVER MSA
- 109,833 tech sector
workers; +1.8% YoY
- Top growth segments:
Space & Defense Systems,
IT Services, R&D/Testing
Labs
- 2.01 LQ for Software Pub.
MEMPHIS MSA
- 13,366 tech sector workers;
+3.6% YoY
- Top growth segments:
Engineering Services, IT
Services, Tech Distribution
- 3.30 LQ for Computer
Repair
BOSTON MSA
- 263,430 tech sector
workers; +4.0% YoY
- Top growth segments: IT
Services, Internet Services,
Computer Equip. Mfg.
- 10.46 LQ for R&D in
Biotechnology
PITTSBURGH MSA
- 54,538 tech sector workers;
+ 2.8% YoY
- Top growth segments:
Internet Services, Computer
Equip. Mfg., Computer
Repair
- 1.77 LQ for Engineering
Source: EMSI | BLS | CompTIA

10. Understanding Wage Dynamics
$23.89
$30.00
$37.92
$47.15
$58.43
10th
percen-
tile
25th
percen-
tile
Median 75th
percen-
tile
90th
percen-
tile
145%
$51,600 = Average annual
private sector wage, 2015
$105,400 =
Average annual
tech sector wage,
2015
TECH OCCUPATIONS AVERAGE
HOURLY WAGE QUARTILES
TECH SECTOR AVERAGE ANNUAL
WAGE VS. PRIVATE SECTOR WAGE
California
South Dakota
$30,000
$50,000
$70,000
$90,000
$110,000
$130,000
$150,000
$30,000 $50,000 $70,000 $90,000 $110,000 $130,000 $150,000
AVERAGEANNUALTECHSECTORWAGE
AVERAGE ANNUAL PRIVATE SECTOR WAGE
Source: EMSI | BLS | CompTIA
Employer-level data

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$20
$40
$60
$80
$100
$120
0.0% 5.0% 10.0% 15.0% 20.0% 25.0%
GROSSSTATEPRODUCT(GSP),BILLIONS$
GSP AS A PERCENT OF PRIVATE SECTOR GSP
Evaluating Gross State Product (GSP)
7.1% = Average annual
private sector wage, 2015
California
Oregon
$250
1. Oregon
2. Washington
3. Colorado
4. Massachusetts
5. California
6. Virginia
7. New Hampshire
8. Maryland
9. Georgia
10. New York
TECH SECTOR GSP AS A %
OF PRIVATE SECTOR GSP
TECH SECTOR GROSS
STATE PRODUCT (GSP)
1. California
2. New York
3. Texas
4. Washington
5. Massachusetts
6. Oregon
7. Florida
8. Pennsylvania
9. Virginia
10. Illinois
Source: BEA | CompTIA

12. Tech Industry Growth Drivers | Outlook
59%% of professional
services firms [net]
reporting cloud is
driving the adoption of
new applications
throughout their
business.
2010 2015
Building Digital
Organizations
ITinfrastructure
innovation
92%Projected importance
rating [net] of data to
organizations in 2017.
Data becoming more
tightly integrated into
business operations and
the consequences of
ineffective data utilization
becoming more severe.
Source: CompTIA

13. Tech Industry Growth Drivers | Outlook Cont.
8%YoY % increase in
Tech Patents
16%YoY % increase in Tech
Venture Capital
Drivers for Changing
Security Approach
43%
47%
34%
Change
in IT ops
Security
breaches
Train
-ing
1 in 3
Number of tech firms that
expect to make money from
IoT products or services
opportunities over the next
18 months.
For IT services firms,
deployment, integration, and
monitoring services are
rated as having the most
potential.
Source: CompTIA

14. Tech Occupation Employment Growth
5.0
5.4
5.8
6.2
6.6
7.0
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Millions
+2.6%
-6.2%
62%
Core IT occ.
182,081 new tech occupation workers added in 2015
Source: EMSI | BLS | CompTIA
Employer-level data

15. Tech Workforce Overview
375,270
403,110
555,470
584,630
724,660
Network and Computer
Systems Administrators
Software Developers,
Systems Software
Computer Systems
Analysts
Computer User Support
Specialists
Software Developers,
Applications
+4.2%
+3.4%
+4.0%
+3.9%
+2.4%
Fastest growing IT occupation:
cybersecurity professionals @ 4.9%
CORE IT OCCUPATIONS OTHER TECH OCCUPATIONS
Engineers
1.2m | +1.8%
Installers & Repairers
577k | +1.8%
Engineering Technicians
350k | +1.1%
Assemblers
177k | 2.0%
SAMPLING OF KNOWLEDGE
WORKER OCCUPATIONS
Business Operations
4.4 m | +2.4%
Mathematicians / Statisticians / Operations
Research
152k | +4.0%
Graphic Designers
202k | +2.1%
Medical Record Information Technicians
191k | +2.8%
Source: EMSI | BLS | CompTIA
Employer-level data

16. 78%
22%
Gender Ratio Analysis
1. Computer Systems Analysts [33%]
2. Computer User Support Specialists [29%]
3. Software Developers, Applications [21%]
4. Electronic Equipment Assemblers [54%]
5. Information Systems Managers [30%]
6. Software Developers, Systems [21%]
7. Network Systems Administrators [20%]
8. Computer Programmers [24%]
9. Computer Occupations, All Other [30%]
10. Network Support Specialists [29%]
TOP OCCUPATIONS BY NUMERIC
COUNT OF FEMALE WORKERS
TOP STATES FOR % OF FEMALES
EMPLOYED IN TECH SECTOR
1. District of Columbia [40%]
2. South Dakota [39%]
3. Mississippi [38%]
4. Wisconsin [37%]
5. Nebraska [37%]
6. Missouri [37%]
7. North Carolina [37%]
8. Iowa [36%]
9. Arkansas [36%]
10. Kentucky 36%]
66%
34%
TECH SECTOR GENDER RATIO
TECH OCCUPATIONS GENDER
RATIO
% Female
% Female
Source: EMSI | BLS | CompTIA

17. Postings for U.S. Tech Job Openings
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100,000
150,000
200,000
250,000
300,000
350,000
400,000
450,000
Jul-14
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Sep-14
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Nov-14
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Jan-15
Feb-15
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Jul-15
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Oct-15
Nov-15
Dec-15
Jan-16
Feb-16
U.S. TECH JOB POSTINGS
48% Information Security Analysts
46% Computer Systems Engineers/Architects
42% Electrical Engineers
41% Database Administrators
41% Computer Network Architects
39% Document Management Specialists
39% Computer User Support Specialists
39% Web Developers
37% Network and Computer Systems Admins
37% Software Developers, Systems Software
34% Information Technology Project Managers
33% Telecommunications Equipment Installers
33% Software Developers, Applications
32% Architectural and Engineering Managers
31% Mechanical Engineers
25% Computer Programmers
25% Data Warehousing Specialists
Q4 2015 YoY % Change in Job Postings
Source: Burning Glass Technologies Labor Insights | CompTIA

18. Job Postings Drill Down
1. District of Columbia
2. Delaware
3. Oregon
4. Virginia
5. South Dakota
6. New York
7. Colorado
8. New Jersey
9. Georgia
10. Connecticut
Oracle
Accenture
Deloitte
General Dynamics
IBM
UnitedHealth Group
Anthem Blue Cross
Northrop Grumman
Hewlett-Packard
Leidos
Best Buy
Amazon.com
Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.
Raytheon
Net2Source Inc
JP Morgan Chase Company
Verizon Communications
General Electric Company
TOP TECH JOB POSTING COMPANIESJOB POSTINGS AS A % OF EXISTING
TECH OCCUPATIONS EMPLOYMENT
BASE
Source: Burning Glass Technologies Labor Insights | CompTIA

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