Alberta
STATE OF TECHNOLOGY SUMMARY
NET TECHEMPLOYMENT 1
173,759
-1,608
NET TECH JOB GAINS [2019 vs.2018]
7.1%
NET EMPLOYMENT AS A % OF OVERALLWORKFORCE
10,498
TECH BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS [firms with payroll]
4 th
NET TECH EMPLOYMENTRANK
14,919
TECH OCCUPATION JOB POSTINGS [2019total]
NET TECH EMPLOYMENT JOBS ADDED RANK
10 th
61.2%
EMERGING TECH JOB POSTINGS % CHANGE [2019 vs.2018]
NET EMPL AS % OF WORKFORCERANK
4 th
1 net of tech industry + tech occupation + self-employed [see methodology for details]
NET TECH EMPLOYMENT
-1,608 jobs -0.9%
200,000
TECH INDUSTRY JOBS 87,816
TECH OCCUPATION JOBS 91,855
100,000
0
41% of Tech Industry Jobs Are in TechOccupations
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 est.
LEADING TECH OCCUPATIONCATEGORIES
LEADING TECH INDUSTRY SECTORS [by employment]
YoY% 2019 Change
Software and WebDevelopers
15,791 +1.3%YoY
R&D, Testing, and Engineering Services
42,846 0.4%
Information Systems Analysts and Consultants
IT Services + Custom Software Services
26,188 6.7%
14,231 +6.0%YoY
Telecommunications and Internet Services
12,768 -5.2%
IT User Support Technicians
TechManufacturing
3,846 13.8%
2,167
7,668 +1.6%YoY
Software[packaged]
3.8%
ECONOMIC IMPACT
TECH OCCUPATION WAGES [by percentile]
$150K
3.1% Estimated direct contribution of the tech sector to the Alberta economy
$125K $100K $75K
The estimated median techwage of $86,488 is 39% higher than the median province wage
$50K $25K $K
Primary data sources: EMSI | Statistics Canada | CompTIA | Burning Glass Technologies Labour Insights. All data are estimates covering the 2019 time period, unless specified as earlier | See Appendix for full methodology and data tables
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