New Jersey Technology Industry Added 1,800 Jobs in 2017, Boosted Contribution to State's Economy

CompTIA Cyberstates™ 2018 finds Garden State ranks 11th in innovation

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Mar 27, 2018, 01:05 ET

TRENTON, N.J., March 27, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Employment in New Jersey's technology industry expanded by an estimated 1,800 jobs in 2017 and the industry contributed $48 billion to the state's economy, according to Cyberstates™ 2018, the definitive annual analysis of the nation's tech industry published today by CompTIA, the world's leading technology industry association.

With 337,900 workers, New Jersey ranks 13^th among the 50 states and the District of Columbia in net tech employment.¹ This accounts for 7.8 percent of the state's total workforce. The average tech industry wage in New Jersey is $122,830. That's 93 percent higher than the state's average private sector annual wage of $63,600, and 4^th highest in the country.

The tech sector is responsible for an estimated 9.5 percent ($52 billion) of the overall state economy. New Jersey is home to nearly 16,000 tech business establishments.

New Jersey's Cyberstates Innovation Score places the state 11^th, down from 5^th last year. This ranking is based on a state-by-state per capita analysis of new tech patents awarded, tech startups and new tech business establishments.

New Jersey saw a 71.1 percent jump from 2016 to 2017 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. While these positions accounted for a small percentage of total tech job postings, it's an indicator of where organizations are headed with the technology investments.

The strongest year-over-year job growth occurred in the categories of packaged software (+ 5.2 percent) and IT services and custom software services (+ 2.1 percent)

Cyberstates 2018 (#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 2017 are subject to change as government data is revised and updated. The complete Cyberstates 2018 report, with complete national, state and metropolitan level data, is available at http://www.cyberstates.org/

¹ Net tech employment includes tech industry workers in technical and non-technical positions, technical workers in other industries and self-employed technology workers.

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