A report examining the nation's "top 60" high tech cities says Austin has 65,400 tech sector jobs. The report was released yesterday by the TechAmerica Foundation, a non-profit affiliate of a .
The size of the labor force in the greater Austin metropolitan is 893,505, according to . TechAmerica's study is presumably only looking within Austin City Limits.
Other from the report:
65,400 high-tech workers in 2009 (23rd ranked) 5,800 jobs lost between 2008 and 2009 (52nd ranked) High-tech firms employed 112 of every 1,000 private sector workers in 2009 (9th ranked) High-tech workers earned an average wage of $93,200 (12th ranked), or 100 percent more than Austin鈥檚 average private sector wage A high-tech payroll of $6.1 billion in 2009 (21st ranked) 3,300 high-tech establishments in 2009 (24th ranked)
The report ranked tech cities on their overall job numbers; it was not a per capita measurement. That's why Austin was 23rd and first place New York City topped San Jose/Silicon Valley in third.
