U.S. tech job growth in ‘06 could be hottest since 2000

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This year alone should see the creation of 217,000 new tech jobs in the United States, Singh predicts, making for the best year the industry has seen since it flattened toward the end 2000.

That year, a high for employment during the tech boom, saw 440,000 new positions added to the country’s job force.

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While the nation as a whole will see an upswing in tech hiring, the hottest place to bring those highly honed programming skills will be the Mountain states which run from Colorado to Arizona to Idaho, according to the IT Hiring Index and Skills Report conducted by Robert Half Technology.

Twenty-four percent of CIO’s in the region plan to expand their IT departments, and only two percent anticipate personnel cutbacks.

“CIO’s in the Mountain states are actively hiring,” Katherine Spencer Lee, executive director of Robert Half Technology, said.

Techies who can assist with wireless network installations, regulatory compliance work and growing Internet-related business opportunities are the hottest in demand, according to Lee.

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And it is not just jobs on the rise, wages are also trending upward.

Nationwide, the average high tech salary grew 5.1 percent, to $69,000 in 2005, a telling leap compared to a year earlier, when it grew at 4.3 percent, according to Economy.com.

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Although industry analysts say the need for workers will stretch from coast to coast, and incorporate a wide range of opportunities, as always, some will find themselves more in demand then others. Those who can expect to receive the heaviest recruitment are employees with extensive Microsoft Windows administration skills, network management experience, and SQL Server management, according to the IT Hiring Index and Skills Report.

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Idaho? Since when does it take techies to grow taters?

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I hope that growth exists in my area as well since both my husband and I are in that industry. I can say that my own income has grown more in the past year than in any other period of my life, so that is hopeful. I still don't make anywhere close to $69k though.

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Idaho? Since when does it take techies to grow taters?

Maybe they're reporting hiring rates. So if Idaho has an IT workforce of 5 and that becomes 15... that's 3 times as much. While is New York has an IT workforce of 500,000 and it turns into 600,000... that's just 20% more.

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Idaho? Since when does it take techies to grow taters?

Maybe they're reporting hiring rates. So if Idaho has an IT workforce of 5 and that becomes 15... that's 3 times as much. While is New York has an IT workforce of 500,000 and it turns into 600,000... that's just 20% more.

Micron Semiconductor facilities are located in Boise along with lots of other high tech companies.

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I hope that growth exists in my area as well since both my husband and I are in that industry. I can say that my own income has grown more in the past year than in any other period of my life, so that is hopeful. I still don't make anywhere close to $69k though.

I hope it grows for my hubby too. He's been in this industry since he was 14 and during the tech crash he found himself facing severe pay cuts.