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  • 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.

Austin's High Technology Mix 2005