This document summarizes technology industry and employment statistics for Massachusetts in 2017. It finds that the tech industry employed over 307,000 workers, with the leading sectors being IT services and custom software services, R&D and engineering services, and tech manufacturing. Tech industry wages were on average 101% higher than the state average. The tech sector contributed an estimated $75.7 billion to the Massachusetts economy. Leading tech occupations included software and web developers, computer support specialists, and computer security analysts.

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2017
YoY %
Change
IT Services + Custom Software Services 93,150 4.1%
R&D, Testing, and Engineering Services 86,520 3.7%
Tech Manufacturing 62,870 -1.6%
Telecommunications and Internet Services 34,580 1.2%
Software [packaged] 30,040 3.0%
0
150,000
300,000
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
est.
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+7,040 jobs
+2.3%
TECH INDUSTRY EMPLOYMENT
TECH
INDUSTRY
JOBS
307,200
TECH
OCCUPATION
JOBS
240,400
STATE OF TECHNOLOGY SUMMARY
45% of Tech Industry Jobs
Are in Tech Occupations
LEADING TECH OCCUPATION CATEGORIES
$68,740
$138,020
Average
State Wage
Average Tech
Industry Wage
TECH
WAGES
ARE 101%
HIGHER
TECH INDUSTRY WAGES
Software and Web Developers
Computer Support Specialists
Computer System and Information Security Analysts
15.9%Estimated direct
contribution of the
tech sector to the
Massachusetts
economy: $75.7 billion
ECONOMIC IMPACT
Massachusetts
416,300 NET TECH EMPLOYMENT1
8,130 NET TECH JOB GAINS [2017 vs. 2016]
10.6% NET EMPLOYMENT AS A % OF OVERALL WORKFORCE
16,617 TECH BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS [firms with payroll]
104,090 TECH OCCUPATION JOB POSTINGS [2017 total]
20.0% 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]
8th NET TECH EMPLOYMENT RANK
8th NET TECH EMPLOYMENT JOBS ADDED RANK
8th INNOVATION SCORE RANK
65,080
+3.0% YoY
19,790
+2.5% YoY
18,120
+2.7% 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