British Columbia
STATE OF TECHNOLOGY SUMMARY
NET TECHEMPLOYMENT 1
216,700
12,323
NET TECH JOB GAINS [2019 vs.2018]
7.6%
NET EMPLOYMENT AS A % OF OVERALLWORKFORCE
9,641
TECH BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS [firms with payroll]
3 rd
NET TECH EMPLOYMENTRANK
18,894
TECH OCCUPATION JOB POSTINGS [2019total]
NET TECH EMPLOYMENT JOBS ADDED RANK
3 rd
38.2%
EMERGING TECH JOB POSTINGS % CHANGE [2019 vs.2018]
NET EMPL AS % OF WORKFORCERANK
3 rd
1 net of tech industry + tech occupation + self-employed [see methodology for details]
NET TECH EMPLOYMENT
+12,323 jobs +6.0%
250,000
TECH INDUSTRY JOBS 111,861
TECH OCCUPATION JOBS 128,057
125,000
0
49% 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
33,803 +7.5%YoY
R&D, Testing, and Engineering Services
38,678 5.8%
IT User Support Technicians
IT Services + Custom Software Services
34,617 4.9%
15,533 +17.1%YoY
Telecommunications and Internet Services
21,556 -3.8%
9,420
Software[packaged]
2.8%
Information Systems Analysts and Consultants
TechManufacturing
7,591 6.9%
15,282 +13.6%YoY
ECONOMIC IMPACT
TECH OCCUPATION WAGES [by percentile]
$125K
4.5% Estimated direct contribution of the tech sector to the BritishColumbia
$100K
The estimated median techwage of $75,626 is 40% higher than the median province
$75K
$50K
$25K
wage
economy
$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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