High Tech Spotlight: The Computer Systems Design and Related Services (CSDRS) Industry in Texas by Metro Area | 2002 to 2008 | LEARN MORE BELOW
August 2009
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Austin, TX – 08/05/09 – With revenues of $11.0 billion in 2002 and an estimated $16.6 billion in 2008 in Texas alone, the Computer System Design and Related Services (CSDRS) industry is among the fastest growing industries in Texas. Over the next five years, the CSDRS industry will continue to be a significant producer of innovative products and services – providing relatively high amounts of science, engineering, and technology oriented occupations in Texas. A 2005 study by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics entitled High Tech Employment, found that 60 percent of occupations in the CSDRS industry are technology-oriented occupations. The same study ranked the CSDRS industry 1st among high-tech industries based on the percent of occupations in science, engineering, and technology in the industry.
As expected, the Texas metro areas with the greatest amount of employees in the CSDRS industry in 2008 were Dallas-Ft Worth-Arlington, Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land, and Austin-Round Rock. However, the metro areas that experienced the greatest growth in CSDRS employment from 2002 to 2008 were Beaumont-Port Arthur and Abilene. In 2008, the metro areas with the greatest concentration of CSDRS employees were Austin-Round Rock and Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood.
The metro areas that experienced the greatest growth in CSDRS employment from 2002 to 2008 were Beaumont-Port Arthur and Abilene.
Growth and Concentration of the Computer Systems Design and Related Services Industry in Texas by Metro Area| 2002 to 20081 2002 2008
Metro Area Abilene, TX MSA Amarillo, TX MSA Austin-Round Rock, TX MSA Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX MSA Brownsville-Harlingen, TX MSA College Station-Bryan, TX MSA Corpus Christi, TX MSA Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX MSA El Paso, TX MSA Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land, TX MSA Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX MSA Laredo, TX MSA Longview, TX MSA Lubbock, TX MSA McAllen-Edinburg-Pharr, TX MSA Midland, TX MSA Odessa, TX MSA San Angelo, TX MSA San Antonio, TX MSA Sherman-Denison, TX MSA Texarkana, TX-Texarkana, AR MSA Tyler, TX MSA Victoria, TX MSA Waco, TX MSA Wichita Falls, TX MSA State of Texas United States 1Source:
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Employment
CSDRS Employees Per 1,000 Total Employees
Establishments
Employment
CSDRS Employees Per 1,000 Total Employees
9 21 848 28 9 34 43 2,848 76 1,883 40 11 24 40 26 14 3 11 368 9 8 27 7 20 10
63 135 9,950 114 16 504 250 36,314 564 23,124 1,044 35 116 320 78 58 8 156 3,532 10 16 88 13 118 21
1.0 1.4 15.3 0.7 0.1 6.1 1.5 13.7 2.2 10.3 9.8 0.5 1.4 2.7 0.5 1.1 0.2 3.5 4.8 0.2 0.3 1.0 0.3 1.2 0.4
22 38 1,594 39 26 51 63 4,098 104 2,541 84 22 24 47 29 27 13 11 521 12 16 31 8 34 11
267 302 14,824 873 46 555 342 40,991 1,296 25,249 1,848 72 187 162 79 86 32 110 3,750 30 42 121 15 195 25
4.1 2.7 19.3 5.4 0.4 6.0 1.9 14.0 4.8 9.9 14.9 0.8 1.9 1.3 0.4 1.2 0.5 2.4 4.5 0.7 0.7 1.3 0.3 1.9 0.4
144% 81% 88% 39% 189% 50% 47% 44% 37% 35% 110% 100% 0% 18% 12% 93% 333% 0% 42% 33% 100% 15% 14% 70% 10%
324% 124% 49% 666% 188% 10% 37% 13% 130% 9% 77% 106% 61% -49% 1% 48% 300% -29% 6% 200% 163% 38% 15% 65% 19%
8,149 145,973
82,337 1,140,411
8.9 8.9
11,913 180,062
101,307 1,443,996
9.7 10.7
46% 23%
23% 27%
% Change from 2002 to 2008 Establishments Employment
Metro Rank By % Change in Employment 2 8 13 1 5 20 16 19 7 21 10 9 12 25 23 14 3 24 22 4 6 15 18 11 17
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Quarterly Census of Employment & Wages, annual data for 2002 and 2008.
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