Employment in Austin's high tech industries totaled nearly 97,000 in 2005.
High tech accounts for 14 percent of the metro's total employment and 18 percent of its private employment.
As a percent of total area payrolls, high tech represents 28 percent of all payrolls and 35 percent of private payrolls.
No metro in Texas has a higher proportion of its workforce in high tech.
The rate of employment in high tech occupational categories (computer/mathematics, engineering/architecture, and science) is nearly double the rate nationally.