If you had to predict where the majority of the country’s tech jobs were located, where would be your best guess? Would it be California? Or, maybe New York? If one of those states was your guess, you wouldn’t be wrong. But, would you be surprised to learn that North Carolina, Michigan and Massachusetts also hold prominent places on the top Cyberstates™ by net tech employment job gains rankings?
Cyberstates, published annually, is the definitive guide to national, state and metropolitan area tech sector and tech workforce analytics. Cyberstates aggregates mountains of data and transforms it into easy-to-understand visuals and actionable insights.
Job Gains in Tech Employment
The term “net tech employment job gains” simply means how many net new jobs in technology were added in a year. This year’s data shows that job gains in tech employment have grown steadily over time. Since 2010, 46 states experienced positive tech employment gains. Twenty-three states generated gains of more than 25,000 net new tech jobs during this stretch, while five states topped the 100,000 mark for tech job additions. As a whole, 260,865 new tech jobs were added nationwide last year.
California net tech employment was an estimated 1,782,499 workers in 2018, a gain of 51,567 net new jobs year-over-year. Other states that experienced notable tech employment gains include Florida, Texas, North Carolina, New York, and Washington.
Top 10 States by Net Tech Employment Job Gains
California +51,567
Florida +18,147
Texas +17,855
North Carolina +13,773
New York +13.732
Washington +12,864
Michigan +12,354
Georgia +11,302
Massachusetts +11,175
Ohio +9,248
Which Sectors Are Growing?
On an industry sector basis, the IT services and custom software services has been the growth engine for the greatest number of states over the past few years. This is both in response to as well as an enabler of the ongoing digital business transformation trend.
Top categories by state:
- IT services/custom software services: 39 states
- R&D, Testing, and Engineering Services: 8 states
- Tech manufacturing: 3 states
- Telecommunications and Internet Services: 1 state
Which Companies Employ the Most People?
Nationwide, Accenture, Deloitte and Amazon employ the most people in technology-related positions, and the data shows that companies are hiring. There were 3.7 million postings for tech occupation job openings during 2018; with nearly 400,000 postings occurring in emerging tech areas.
Top employers in these 10 states:
California
- Apple Inc.
- Northrop Grumman
- Amazon
Florida
- Accenture
- Lockheed Martin Corporation
- Deloitte
Texas
- IBM
- Deloitte
- Accenture
North Carolina
- Wells Fargo
- IBM
- Bank of America
New York
- IBM
- JP Morgan Chase Company
- Capital Markets Placement
Washington
- Amazon
- Microsoft Corporation
- The Boeing Company
Michigan
- General Motors
- Fca Us, Llc
- Fast Switch Limited
Georgia
- Capgemini
- Deloitte
- Anthem Blue Cross
Massachusetts
- Raytheon
- Capital Markets Placement
- World Travel Holdings
Ohio
- JP Morgan Chase Company
- Accenture
- Fast Switch Limited
Cyberstates 2019 (#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 3 Technologies Labor Insights, and other sources. Estimates for 2018 are subject to change as government data is revised and updated. The full report, with complete national, state and metropolitan level data, is available at www.cyberstates.org.
