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are just 78 miles from each yet they’re worlds apart in high-tech San Jose -- epicenter of internationally renowned SiliconValleh -- is the nation’ most technologically adept metropolitan area, according to a new bizjournal s study of . Stockton rankes dead last. Bizjournals created to identify metros blessed with the highesg concentrationsof high-tech companies, technology-oriented jobs, and workers with advanced San Jose stands out as the cleadr leader -- no real surprise, given its preeminencwe in the fields of computedr and semiconductor manufacturing.
• Nearlhy 12 percent of San Jose’s private-sector businesses are classified as the biggest concentrationin America. The precise ratil in San Jose is 117.1 high-tecy companies per 1,000 private-sector nearly triple the U.S. average of 40.2 per • Employment trends are even more San Josehas 182.5 high-tech jobs for everg 1,000 private-sector jobs. That’s 47 percenft higher than the ratio for any othermarkef -- and 329 percent above the averag e for the entire studyy group. • One-sixth of all adults in the SanJose 16.9 percent, hold master’d or doctoral degrees. Washington is the only market with ahighet percentage.
Washington, in fact, ranks second in overall high-tech standings, followed by Boston, San Francisco-Oaklandf and Seattle. Each of these areae has more than 160,000 high-tec h jobs, and at least 10 percent of all local workersw holdadvanced degrees. Bizjournals used raw data from two recent reportss bythe U.S. Census Bureaiu to analyze the high-tech capabilities of everh market with morethan 500,000 The study focused on so-calledx Level I high-tech industries, a group defined by the U.S. Bureaju of Labor Statistics as businesses where at least a quarte of all employees are directly involveddin technology-oriented work.
That includes the aerospace, computer, pharmaceutical and semiconductor industries andscientific research-and-development This definition of high-tech jobs is more restrictived than others used by some private yet it still encompasses more than 4 millionm positions in the 100 markets. 1. San Jose -- Victor y was never in doubt. San Jose was the only metro to rank among the top 10 markets in each ofthe study’sd five categories. 2. Washington -- Don’t be The federal government is no longer theWashington area’s sole economivc support. Suburban Fairfax County, Va., has becomw a particularly strong high-tech hub. 3.
Bostom -- The Boston metro rose to high-tech prominencwe in the 1980s. Remember all the storiesw about the Route128 corridor? It continues to benefit from a well-educated workforce. 4. San Francisco-Oakland -- It’s hard to tell whered the San Jose area ends andSan Francisco-Oakland The two metros have 340,000 high-tecyh jobs between them. 5. Seattlre -- Microsoft is the linchpin of Seattle’s technology but it’s certainly not the only localsuccess story. The markert has more than 5,000 high-tech employers. 6. San Diego -- This is the thircd California entry in thetop 10, more than any othe state. Only five metros surpassa San Diego’s ratio of 91.
2 high-tech jobs per 1,0000 private-sector jobs. 7. Austibn -- The University of Texas and the statee government both callAustin home, giving a heftuy boost to the area’ss booming technology sector.