This document provides an overview of technology employment and industry in Louisiana in 2017. It finds that the state had 81,500 net technology jobs, representing a 1,260 job decrease from 2016. The top technology industry sectors by employment were R&D, testing, and engineering services (19,980 jobs), IT services and custom software (11,950 jobs), and telecommunications and internet services (11,180 jobs). The leading technology occupation categories were network architects, administrators, and support specialists (4,880 jobs), software and web developers (3,590 jobs), and computer support specialists (3,560 jobs).

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Network Architects, Admins., and Support Specialists
Software and Web Developers
Computer Support Specialists
2017
YoY %
Change
R&D, Testing, and Engineering Services 19,980 -1.3%
IT Services + Custom Software Services 11,950 4.3%
Telecommunications and Internet Services 11,180 -1.6%
Tech Manufacturing 2,040 -7.8%
Software [packaged] 560 6.1%
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25,000
50,000
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
est.
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-100 jobs
-0.2%
TECH INDUSTRY EMPLOYMENT
TECH
INDUSTRY
JOBS
45,700
TECH
OCCUPATION
JOBS
49,400
STATE OF TECHNOLOGY SUMMARY
35% of Tech Industry Jobs
Are in Tech Occupations
LEADING TECH OCCUPATION CATEGORIES
$46,220
$76,600
Average
State Wage
Average Tech
Industry Wage
TECH
WAGES
ARE 66%
HIGHER
TECH INDUSTRY WAGES
3.3%Estimated direct
contribution of the
tech sector to the
Louisiana economy:
$7.4 billion
ECONOMIC IMPACT
Louisiana
81,500 NET TECH EMPLOYMENT1
-1,260 NET TECH JOB GAINS [2017 vs. 2016]
3.8% NET EMPLOYMENT AS A % OF OVERALL WORKFORCE
5,058 TECH BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS [firms with payroll]
12,610 TECH OCCUPATION JOB POSTINGS [2017 total]
-6.5% 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]
32nd NET TECH EMPLOYMENT RANK
51st NET TECH EMPLOYMENT JOBS ADDED RANK
30th INNOVATION SCORE RANK
4,880
-1.4% YoY
3,590
-3.0% YoY
3,560
-0.8% 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