Economic development officials continue to focus on technology sector jobs as high-yield, high-paying and lucrative when it comes to attracting other sectors to a state. While tech jobs have their own niche, most companies today use information technology to touch customers, vendors, clients and manage internal operations.
Information trade group CompTIA published a report on information tech employment in all 50 states. Here's our takeaway.
IT pays across the Southeast
Information technology workers in nearly all of the Southeast earn less than the national average, though these jobs pay significantly more than the state average for other private-sector jobs.