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#1 in High-Tech Job Creation. |
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Boston is the leading market in the creation of high-tech jobs. |
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[New Economy Index, The Progressive Policy Institute, 2002] - last available |
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The Lion’s Share of Revenue |
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8 of the areas’ largest 25 public companies are high-tech (including the largest, Raytheon). High-tech companies account for 33% of all revenue among the area’s 150 largest companies |
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[2007 Book of Lists, BBJ] |
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A Driving Industry |
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282,000 — or nearly 6% of all Boston-market adults — are employed in the high-tech sector. |
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[2005/2006 Gallup Poll of Media Usage & Consumer Behavior, Boston DMA] |
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Younger and Wealthier |
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8 years younger (39) than the market average (47), Boston’s high-tech employees earn an average household income of $107,653 - well above the market average of $79,146. |
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[2005/2006 Gallup Poll of Media Usage & Consumer Behavior, Boston DMA] |
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#1 in Broadband |
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According to the Corporation for Enterprise Development, Massachusetts ties with Connecticut in residential broadband access, with 0.18 lines per person in 2005. |
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[2007 Corporation for Enterprise Development] - <Click Here for More> |
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Boston is a Technopolis |
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Popular Science rates Boston the #4 high-tech city, and the #1 city for high-tech education. |
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[Popular Science March 2005] |
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Silicon Valley East |
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Route 128 — a.k.a. the ’high-tech highway’ — is home to some of the world’s largest high-tech companies and ranks 2nd in number of high-tech companies (2,900) compared to Silicon Valley’s 3,400. |
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[2005 The Competitiveness Institute] |
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High-Tech IPOs |
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Over half of all Massachusetts IPOs last year were for high-tech companies. |
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[2004 Index of the Massachusetts Innovation Economy] - last available |
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Scientists Among Us |
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Scientists and engineers make up 14% of the total labor force in Massachusetts, a higher percentage than any other state. |
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[2004 Index of the Massachusetts Innovation Economy] - last available |
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Wireless |
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Boston ranks #4 among Top 10 DMAs for use of wireless Internet. |
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[2007 SRDS Lifestyle Market Analyst, Top 10 DMAs] |
