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1,100-plus new jobs added in 2018, according to CompTIA Cyberstates 2019™

Boise, Idaho – Tech-related employment in the Boise metropolitan area increased by an estimated 1,127 new jobs in 2018, according to Cyberstates 2019™,  the definitive guide to tech sector and workforce analytics released this week by CompTIA, the leading technology industry association.

Net tech employment in the Boise market grew by an impressive 4.1 percent in 2018 and is now estimated at 28,645 workers, or 8.4 percent of the region’s total workforce.[1] Since 2010 more than 5,900 tech-related jobs have been added to the local economy.

Tech occupations in high demand in the market include software and web developers (+5.6 percent year over year growth), computer support specialists (+4.8 percent) and network architects, administrators and support specialists (+2.6 percent).

The median tech occupation wage is $71,924; 90 percent higher than the median wage for all occupations.

The tech sector’s contribution to the local economy is estimated at $4.7 billion, equal to about 14.9 percent of the total economy. That economic impact is the 12^th highest among the 46 U.S. metropolitan statistics areas covered in the report.

The outlook for future employment growth is positive. Cyberstates projects the base of tech occupation employment – a subset of net tech employment – will grow by 11.2 percent in the region by 2026.

Cyberstates 2019 (#cyberstates) 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. Estimates for 2018 are subject to change as government data is revised and updated. The full report, with complete national, state and metropolitan level data, is available at https://www.cyberstates.org/.

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