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Science and Technology in the Economy
Quartiles | Findings | Description
Employment in high-technology establishments as share of total employment: 2002
Employment in high-technology establishments as share of total employment: 2002
Quartiles
Employment in high-technology establishments as share of total employment: 2002*
| 1st Quartile (11.73%–9.13%) |
2nd Quartile (8.90%–7.55%) |
3rd Quartile (7.47%–5.78%) |
4th Quartile (5.47%–2.56%) |
No data |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado | Arizona | Alabama | Alaska | California |
| Connecticut | Delaware | Arkansas | Florida | Texas |
| District of Columbia | Illinois | Georgia | Hawaii | |
| Idaho | Iowa | Missouri | Louisiana | |
| Indiana | Kentucky | Nebraska | Maine | |
| Kansas | Minnesota | New Mexico | Mississippi | |
| Maryland | New Jersey | New York | Montana | |
| Massachusetts | Ohio | North Carolina | Nevada | |
| Michigan | Oregon | North Dakota | South Dakota | |
| New Hampshire | South Carolina | Oklahoma | West Virginia | |
| Vermont | Tennessee | Pennsylvania | Wyoming | |
| Virginia | Utah | Rhode Island | ||
| Washington | Wisconsin | |||
| *States in alphabetical order, not data order.
SOURCES: U.S. Census Bureau, 1989-2002 Business Information Tracking Series, special tabulations; and County Business Patterns. See |
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Findings
- Employment in high-technology establishments grew from 9.6 to 10.1 million workers between 1998 and 2000 but declined to 9. million workers by 2002.
- Nearly 7% of the jobs in high-technology industries in the United States disappeared between 2000 and 2002.
- On the high-technology employment indicator, states varied greatly in 2002, ranging from 2.6% to 11.7% of their workforce.
- Not surprisingly, states were distributed similarly on the high-technology employment and high-technology establishment indicators.
Description
This indicator measures the extent to which the workforce in a state is employed in high-technology industries. High-technology industries are defined as those in which the proportion of employees both in research and development and in all technology occupations is at least twice the average proportion for all industries. State economies with a high value are probably well positioned to take advantage of new technological developments because they have a relatively larger pool of experienced high-technology workers.
The data pertaining to establishments for the years 1998 through 2002 were based on their classification according to the 1997 edition of the North American Industry Classification System.
