High-tech workers in Washington state earned an average wage of $95,900, the third highest in the nation, according to the annual CyberStates report from TechAmerica.
In the past, the state has ranked first in high-tech wages in part because of the wealth created by Microsoft. The annual report, which ranks wages, employment, research dollars and other factors for every state, also found that Washington has the largest number of people working in the software publishing business. (47,600)
The employment numbers aren't quite as valuable since TechAmerica relies on state data from 2007, but even so it shows that a health ecosystem has grown around Washington's tech community. According to the report, 11,300 jobs were added in the tech sector in 2007, bringing total employment in the state to 174,100.
That made the state one of the biggest gainers, behind Texas (14,700 new jobs) and Georgia (13,100 new jobs).
Other findings:
--174,100 high-tech workers in 2007 (12th ranked cyberstate)
--High-tech firms employed 72 of every 1,000 private sector workers in 2007, ranked 7th nationwide
--High-tech workers earned an average wage of $95,900 (3rd ranked), or 115 percent more than Washington's average private sector wage
--A high-tech payroll of $16.7 billion in 2007, ranked 8th nationwide
--7,700 high-tech establishments in 2007, ranked 16th nationwide
-- 1st in software publishers employment with 47,600 jobs
--8th in electromedical equipment manufacturing with 3,600 jobs
--13th in R&D and testing labs employment with 20,100 jobs
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