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Where in the United States Are the High-Tech Jobs?

Knowing where high-tech industries are located is crucial for many states and communities because businesses in these industries introduce new products and services, create jobs and drive economic growth.

And now a new experimental U.S. Census Bureau data product ? Business Dynamics Statistics of U.S. High Tech Industries (BDS-HT) ? provides the first- ever view of the dynamics and geographic distribution of employment and businesses in the high-tech sector.

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These new data provide annual measures of business dynamics for high-tech and non high-tech industries, defined by the concentration of employment in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) occupations. (The BDS-HT?methodology?page provides additional details on industry classification.)?

Many metropolitan statistical areas with a significant share of high-tech employment are on the coasts.

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* High-tech employment in metro areas
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* Average high-tech employment intensity over time
* High-tech share of establishment entrants
* High-tech establishment entry rate





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