High-tech employment totaled 6 million jobs in 2002, down from 6.5 million in 2001.
High-tech manufacturing declined by 233,000 jobs in 2002.
High-tech services employment declined by 306,500 jobs, dropping by:
c 145,500 in communication services,
c 146,200 in software and
c 14,800 in engineering and tech services.
Unemployment rates for computer programmers jumped to 6.2 percent in 2002, up from 4.5 percent in 2001.
U.S. high-tech venture capital declined by 52 percent in 2002.
Tech employment was down in all but three states in 2002.
Florida jumped to fourth place by high-tech employment in 2002, moving up from fifth place in 2001, displacing Massachusetts.
(Source: the American Electronics Association)
