Apps development is becoming an economic force. According to a new study published by TechNet, an industry group, mobile app development is creating jobs.
The study found that there were about 466,000 jobs in the “App Economy” in the United States, up from zero in 2007.
Top U.S. Metro Areas With Highest Percentage of App Economy Jobs
New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island………………….. 9.2%
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont………………………. 8.5%
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara……………………… 6.3%
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue……………………………….. 5.7%
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana………………….. 5.1%
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria………………………. 4.8%
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet……………………………….. 3.5%
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy……………………………… 3.5%
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta………………………… 3.3%
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington……………………………… 2.6%
What is the App Economy
According to the study, the total number of Apps Economy jobs includes
… jobs at “pure” app firms such as Zynga as well as app-related jobs at large companies such as Electronic Arts, Amazon, and AT&T, as well as app ‘”infrastructure” jobs at core firms such as Google, Apple, and Facebook. In addition, the App Economy total includes employment spillovers to the rest of the economy. —TechNet “Where The Jobs Are: The App Economy“
Government & the App Economy
App economy workers can take a look at data sources on www.data.gov to find opportunities using government data. You can start by exploring data sets here.
(This week’s Trends on Tuesday is published a day late. We know.)
**reposted from the Mobile Gov Blog from the Office of Citizen Services & Innovative Technologies at GSA**
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