Ohio’s high-tech industries gained 2,800 jobs in 2006, study finds

The number of good-paying, high-tech jobs is growing in Ohio, a new report finds. Ohio’s high-tech industry gained a net 2,800 jobs in 2006, the most current state data available, says AeA, a technology trade association.
 
The new numbers are found in its 11th annual “Cyberstates” report. Statewide, high-tech jobs totaled 155,200, the report says. These jobs are well paid. Tech-industry workers made an average of $63,500 in 2006 – 67 percent more than the state’s average private sector wage.

Ohio’s high-tech job growth was driven by significant gains in high-tech services such as computer systems design and related services (+2,400) and R&D and testing labs (+1,300).  More growth appears likely, says Joseph P. Keithley, CEO of Keithley Instruments, Inc. “In 2007, venture capital investments more than tripled to $170 million,” he says. “These new ventures will create the high-paying jobs that Ohio needs.”

Writer: David Holthaus
Source: Ed Longanecker, AeA