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New Report Pegs Michigan 3rd in the Nation For Tech Job Growth in 2017

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Tech industry jobs are dramatically on the rise in Michigan. In fact, by the latest analytical measure, Michigan outpaced every state in the nation except for California and Texas for net new tech jobs added last year, and now ranks 9th in the national for overall net tech employment.

The new annual analysis report released Tuesday by CompTIA found that Michigan had added 13,160 net new tech jobs last year, third in the nation behind California and Texas.

In addition to added jobs, the Cyberstates 2018 report shows Michigan’s tech sector is increasingly contributing to its economy – responsible for an estimated $34.7 billion of the overall state economy.

Responding to the news, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder says, “The continued growth of Michigan’s tech industry is encouraging and the Cyberstates ranking reaffirms Michigan’s place as a national leader in tech employment.” Snyder adds, “Through efforts like the Marshall Plan for Talent, Michigan is reinventing the way we develop, attract and invest in talent. We’re continuing to help Michiganders fill high-tech, high-salary and in-demand jobs as the IT field continues its rapid growth throughout our state.”

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The governor’s Marshall Plan for Talent is a revolutionary partnership between educators, employers and stakeholders to transform how the state develops talent. It seeks to help Michiganders fill career openings in fields that are facing critical talent shortages – including IT and computer science, which is expected to have more than 270,600 job openings through 2024. State experts predict this field will grow at double the rate of the occupational average.

With 404,300 workers, Michigan’s 9th place ranking among the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia, accounts for 8.7-percent of the state’s total workforce. Better yet, the average tech industry wage in Michigan is $92,000, compared to the state’s average private sector annual wage of $51,790.

Michigan is home to some 11,328 tech industry business establishments. Michigan also ranked 16th in the Cyberstates Innovation Score in 2017. That ranking is based on a state-by-state per capita analysis of tech startups and new tech business formations and venture capital.

Lt. Gov. Brian Calley is also focused on jobs, saying today, “Michigan has become a leader in job creation and this ranking shows that our focus on talent development is making a difference, specifically in the tech sector.” After surveying the report Calley said, “Ranking third in tech job gains is impressive, but I’m confident we’ll be number one after we fully implement the Marshall Plan for Talent.”

This is in line with the Cyberstates report, which shows a 43.4-percent increase in the number of job postings related to emerging technologies – such as the Internet of Things, smart cities, drones, artificial intelligence, machine learning, virtual reality and augmented reality, and blockchain.

The state’s leading tech occupations include software and web developers, computer support specialists, and computer system and information security analysts, with the strongest year-over-year job growth happening in R&D, testing, and engineering services and software.

Cyberstates 2018 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 Technologies Labor Insights, and other sources. The full Cyberstates 2018 report, with complete national, state and metropolitan level data, is available by clicking the link below:

http://www.cyberstates.org