Massachusetts Stats
03/17/2008 by admin
- Ranks first in the percentage of the workforce holding “knowledge jobs”. (Dr. Rob Atkinson, The 2007 State New Economy Index)
- Ranks in the top 5 for employment in IT occupations in non-IT sectors, at 1.86%. (Dr. Rob Atkinson, The 2007 State New Economy Index)
- Ranks first in the percentage of jobs held by managers, professionals and technicians, at 26.80% of the total workforce. (Dr. Rob Atkinson, The 2007 State New Economy Index)
- Ranks in the top 5 for “Digital Economy”. (Dr. Rob Atkinson, The 2007 State New Economy Index)
- Ranks in the top 5 for the percentage of farmers with internet access and using computers for business. (Dr. Rob Atkinson, The 2007 State New Economy Index)
- Ranks first for the percentage of the total workforce holding high tech jobs, at 6.46%. (Dr. Rob Atkinson, The 2007 State New Economy Index)
- Total economic impact of $3,840,751,425 if broadband deployment were increased at a reasonable level. (Connected Nation, The Economic Impact of Stimulating Broadband Nationally)
- Net job growth of 58,411 jobs from increase in broadband deployment. (Connected Nation, The Economic Impact of Stimulating Broadband Nationally)
- Boston, MA ranks in the top ten markets for broadband penetration. (Scarbrough Research, “The Need for Internet Speed: Broadband Penetration Increased More than 300% Since 2002”)
- The Massachusetts Broadband Initiative is a public-private partnership dedicated to fostering opportunities for innovation and investment in broadband projects to connect all Massachusetts citizens to broadband. (Alliance for Public Technology and Communications Workers of America, State Broadband Initiatives)
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