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  #1 in High-Tech Job Creation.
> Boston is the leading market in the creation of high-tech jobs.
  [New Economy Index, The Progressive Policy Institute, 2002] - last available
 
  The Lion’s Share of Revenue
> 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
  [2007 Book of Lists, BBJ]
 
  A Driving Industry
> 282,000 — or nearly 6% of all Boston-market adults — are employed in the high-tech sector.
  [2005/2006 Gallup Poll of Media Usage & Consumer Behavior, Boston DMA]
 
  Younger and Wealthier
> 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.
  [2005/2006 Gallup Poll of Media Usage & Consumer Behavior, Boston DMA]
 
  #1 in Broadband
> According to the Corporation for Enterprise Development, Massachusetts ties with Connecticut in residential broadband access, with 0.18 lines per person in 2005.
  [2007 Corporation for Enterprise Development] - <Click Here for More>
 
  Boston is a Technopolis
> Popular Science rates Boston the #4 high-tech city, and the #1 city for high-tech education.
  [Popular Science March 2005]
 
  Silicon Valley East
> 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.
  [2005 The Competitiveness Institute]
 
  High-Tech IPOs
> Over half of all Massachusetts IPOs last year were for high-tech companies.
  [2004 Index of the Massachusetts Innovation Economy] - last available
 
  Scientists Among Us
> Scientists and engineers make up 14% of the total labor force in Massachusetts, a higher percentage than any other state.
  [2004 Index of the Massachusetts Innovation Economy] - last available
 
  Wireless
> Boston ranks #4 among Top 10 DMAs for use of wireless Internet.
  [2007 SRDS Lifestyle Market Analyst, Top 10 DMAs]

     
 
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