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2017
YoY %
Change
IT Services + Custom Software Services 7,710 3.5%
Telecommunications and Internet Services 4,310 -5.9%
R&D, Testing, and Engineering Services 3,900 1.5%
Tech Manufacturing 3,250 -0.9%
Software [packaged] 800 -4.5%
0
12,000
24,000
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
est.
[
-20 jobs
-0.1%
TECH INDUSTRY EMPLOYMENT
TECH
INDUSTRY
JOBS
20,000
TECH
OCCUPATION
JOBS
24,300
STATE OF TECHNOLOGY SUMMARY
50% of Tech Industry Jobs
Are in Tech Occupations
LEADING TECH OCCUPATION CATEGORIES
TECH INDUSTRY WAGES
Software and Web Developers
Network Architects, Admins., and Support Specialists
Computer System and Information Security Analysts
6.4%Estimated direct
contribution of the
tech sector to the
Rhode Island
economy: $3.4 billion
ECONOMIC IMPACT
Rhode Island
$52,350
$85,880
Average
State Wage
Average Tech
Industry Wage
35,300 NET TECH EMPLOYMENT1
180 NET TECH JOB GAINS [2017 vs. 2016]
6.7% NET EMPLOYMENT AS A % OF OVERALL WORKFORCE
2,574 TECH BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS [firms with payroll]
8,210 TECH OCCUPATION JOB POSTINGS [2017 total]
9.8% EMERGING TECH JOB POSTINGS % CHANGE [2017 vs. 2016]
LEADING TECH INDUSTRY SECTORS [by employment]
1
net of tech industry + tech occupation + self-employed [see methodology for details]
41st NET TECH EMPLOYMENT RANK
36th NET TECH EMPLOYMENT JOBS ADDED RANK
34th INNOVATION SCORE RANK
3,790
+1.4% YoY
3,350
+1.2% YoY
2,240
+2.2% YoY
Primary data sources: EMSI | U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics | U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
| Burning Glass Technologies Labor Insights. All data are estimates covering the 2017 time
period, unless specified as earlier | See Appendix for full methodology and data tables
TECH
WAGES
ARE 64%
HIGHER