About High-Tech Employment

According to the Puget Sound Regional Council, high-tech employment in the central Puget Sound region peaked in late 2000 – estimated at 154,000 jobs as of March 2001.

 

Between 1995 and 2001, the region gained over 60,000 high-tech jobs at a rate of 8.8 percent.

 

Between 2001 and 2003, however, the region experienced a decline of about 22,000 jobs or 7.5 percent.

 

The most recent information shows that high-tech employment stabilized from 2003 to 2004, with a slight net addition of over 1,000 jobs.

 

Overall, the region gained 40,000 high-tech jobs (or 4.1 percent) since 1995, and is beginning to recapture the jobs lost between 2001 and 2003.

 

Software had the largest gains in employment between 1995 and 2004, with an increase of more than 22,000. The Software sector has consistently held the largest share of high-tech employment in the region.

 

More information about high-tech jobs is available online at psrc.org. Detailed employment estimates for the central Puget Sound region are available at psrc.org/datapubs/data/index.htm.

 

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