Selected U.S. Technology Occupations, 1999 - November 2003

Absoulte Change in Employment

Percentage Change

November, 2003 Employment

November, 2003 Wages

Call-Center Type Occupations

(Telemarketers, telephone operators)

-126,110

-22

444,500

$25,000

Low-wage Technology Workers


(Switchboard, answering services, computer operators, data entry, word processors)

-419,140

-33

856,720

$24,000

Total Call-Center and Low-Wage Tech Workers

-545,250

-30

1,301,220

$25,000

Computer Programmers

-125,380

-31

403,220

$65,000

Computer S/W Engineers, applications, systems s/w, analysts

263,980

22

1,188,820

$73,000

Database Administrators

-3,900

-4

97,540

$62,000

Network and Systems Administrators

137,800

21

645,490

$65,000

Computer H/W and Electrical Engineers

34,430

10

350,890

$77,000

Total High-wage Tech Workers

264,470

11

2,465,120

$70 ,000