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A Better Measure of the Sector
JOBS
1996 EMPLOYMENT
(MILLIONS)
CORE INDUSTRIES: Computers, software,
and communications 3.8
ASSOCIATED INDUSTRIES: High-tech sales,
repairs, and a portion of management
consulting and temporary agencies 1.8
REST OF THE ECONOMY: Programmers, network
technicians, and other high-tech workers 3.5
TOTAL HIGH-TECH JOBS 9.1
OUTPUT
MAJOR HIGH-TECH HIGH-TECH SECTOR
COMPONENTS OF GDP: (Billions of 1996 Dollars)*
Business and consumer 1988 $215.7
spending on computers, 1989 229.2
peripherals, and 1990 237.2
communications equipment; 1991 243.2
net exports of information 1992 268.0
technology; consumer spending 1993 289.1
on telephone service and 1994 322.3
cable television; investment 1995 365.0
in telecom structures 1996 420.3
*Chain-Weighted
DATA: BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS, BUSINESS WEEK
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