Chicago Still Tech-Friendly

By Margaret Lyons in News on Jun 24, 2008 5:48PM

We're the seventh-biggest "cybercity" according to a new report, whose findings we will immediately dismiss based on their use of the prefix "cyber." What year is it, people? We ranked behind New York, Washington, D.C., San Jose, Boston, Dallas-Fort Worth, and Los Angeles. All the data is from 2006, the last year for which info is available.

The report, issued by the American Electronics Association, says Chicago has 164,000 "high-tech workers," (7th nationally, out of 60), but only 43 out of every 1,000 private sector employees is in a high-tech gig (47th). But those that have 'em are making bank: "High-tech workers earned an average wage of $81,400 (22nd ranked), or 66 percent more than Chicago’s average private sector wage."

In other strange terminology news, the Sun-Times says this is evidence of continued vitality of the "silicon prairie." [AEA]