There’s reason to celebrate in the Florida, as a new report just released states that almost 1,100 tech jobs in Florida have been created since 2008.

According to the 13th annual Cyberstates report published on Wednesday, the modest 0.4 percent gain to 292,300 high-tech jobs during a recession compared with an overall 4.1 percent loss in the state’s private work force in 2008, the most current data available.

Other findings from the study include:

• Florida high-tech firms employed 44 out of every 1,000 private-sector workers in 2008, ranking 26th nationwide.

• The state’s high-tech workers earned an average wage of $68,200, or 72 percent more than Florida’s average private-sector wage, ranking it 33rd nationwide.

• The state’s high-tech payroll totaled $19.9 billion in 2008, ranking it seventh nationwide.

• Florida had 24,500 high-tech businesses in 2008, ranking it third nationwide.

Nationally, the high-tech industry lost 245,600 jobs in 2009, for a total of 5.9 million workers. The recession–induced 4 percent drop is slightly lower than the 5 percent decline in the private sector as a whole and followed four years of steady growth in tech industry employment.

The study is put together every year by the TechAmerica Foundation.

TechAmerica Foundation’s 13th annual Cyberstates report details national and state trends in high-tech employment, wages, and other key economic factors. The report, Cyberstates 2010: The Definitive State-by-State Analysis of the High-Technology Industry, covers all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.

The U.S. high-tech industry lost 245,600 jobs in 2009, for a total of 5.9 million workers. This recession–induced, four percent decline in tech employment is slightly lower than the five percent decline experienced by the private sector as a whole and follows four years of steady growth in tech industry employment. TechAmerica Foundation’s 2009 quarterly breakdown revealed a bright spot amidst the losses – software services added 10,100 jobs in the fourth quarter, growing by one percent.

• U.S. high-tech employment totaled 5.9 million in 2009.
  Tech employment was down in 2009 by 245,600, or by 4.0 percent, compared to a 5.2 percent decline in the private sector.
  High-tech manufacturing employment fell by 8.1 percent, losing 112,600 jobs between 2008 and 2009.
  The electronic components industry lost the most jobs of any manufacturing subsector, 37,100 in 2009, while space and defense systems manufacturing lost the least, with 1,200 jobs lost.
  All nine of the tech manufacturing sectors lost jobs between 2008 and 2009.
  The communications services sector continued to shed jobs in 2009, albeit at a faster pace, losing 53,000 compared to a loss of 11,000 in 2008.
  The software services sector lost 20,700 jobs in 2009, following five consecutive years of growth.
  The engineering and tech services sector lost 59,100 jobs in 2009, also following five consecutive years of growth.
  The unemployment rate for electrical engineers was 6.9 percent in 2009 and 6.1 percent for computer scientists and systems analyst.
  The tech industry paid an annual average wage of $84,400 in 2008, 86 percent more than the average private sector wage of $45,400.

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