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CompTIA Cyberstates 2017™ finds state is home to 4,200 tech businesses and 45,000 tech professionals

Des Moines, Iowa – Technology industry employment in Iowa recorded a modest decline in 2016, according to Cyberstates 2017™, the definitive annual analysis of the nation’s tech industry released today by CompTIA, the world’s leading technology association.

The tech industry workforce declined by an estimated 834 jobs, a drop of 1.8 percent. Iowa is home to an estimated 45,068 tech industry workers.

Technology occupations across all other industries in Iowa – the second component of the tech workforce – reached an estimated 62,500 in 2016.

The tech sector accounts for an estimated 4 percent ($7 billion) of the overall state economy.

The annualized average wage for a tech industry worker in Iowa was an estimated $77,600 in 2016, 75 percent higher than the average state wage ($44,400).

Other Key Findings

• An estimated 4,234 tech business establishments are located in Iowa.
• Among the leading tech occupations in the state are application software developers (7,380), computer systems analysts (5,300) and computer user support specialists (3,870).
• The strongest year-over-year job growth occurred in the categories of computer systems design and IT services (+ 7.1 percent) and engineering services (+ 7 percent).
• Employers across the state posted an estimated 6,123 job openings for tech occupations in Q4 2016.

Cyberstates 2017 is based on CompTIA’s analysis of data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, EMSI, and other sources. Estimates for 2016 are subject to change as government data is revised and updated. The complete report with full national, state and metropolitan level data is available at http://www.cyberstates.org/.

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CompTIA
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CompTIA
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