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California has more than twice as many high-tech workers as any other state, and is also home to some of the industry’s highest wages, according to a study by the American Electronics Assn.,
an industry trade group. New Hampshire has the highest concentration of high-tech workers with 78 per thousand employees, while California was fourth with 62 high-tech workers per 1,000.
But California had by far the largest high-tech employment, with 669,000 workers. Texas was second with 313,460. With average annual wages of $55,160, California’s technology workers
received higher pay than employees in all other states except Washington and New York. High-tech workers in California also earn 84% more than the statewide average for all industries,
$30,021. The trade group has 170 member companies in Orange County that employ about 30,000 workers. Greg Miller covers high technology for The Times. He can be reached at (714) 966-7830 and
at [email protected]. MORE TO READ