New Report Shows Utah’s Tech Sector Invests In Its Workforce

By |2019-07-29T16:58:51-06:00July 30th, 2019|

New Report Shows Utah’s Tech Sector Invests In Its Workforce

A new report, released today by the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute, shows Utah’s tech community leading the country in wage growth at a resounding 16.6% growth in the last year. It’s followed by Washington and Nevada, respectively.

Some other highlights include:

  • Tech is growing twice as fast as other industries in the state, and three times as fast as tech across the country.
  • Tech wages are two times more than the average wage in Utah.
  • 28 out of 29 counties has at least one tech company.
  • As a pillar of the state, tech supports nearly 1/5 of Utah’s overall economy.

Read the full report here .

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