TECHNOLOGY

From CoverMyMeds, a billion-dollar unicorn startup solving one of healthcare’s biggest problems, to
JPMorgan Chase’s innovation lab, keeping your account convenient and secure, companies count on
the Columbus Region and its workforce for their technology operations.

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NOTABLE TECHNOLOGY EMPLOYERS
• Ranked No. 1 market for tech talent COMPANY FTE
among similarly sized metros by Nationwide 13,400
CBRE and No. 1 city for tech workers Alliance Data Card Services 3,057
by SmartAsset Verizon Communications, Inc. 2,406
• Top metro for IT staffing potential, Battelle 1,650
according to KLG Advisors IBM 1,053
• 14 Fortune 1000 headquarters
AT&T Corp. 1,000
and other major operations with
Fiserv, Inc. (CheckFree Corp) 1,000
significant IT workforces have
CenturyLink, Inc. 811
created an entire ecosystem of
Accenture LLP 750
IT-related operations spanning
healthcare, defense, finance and OCLC 740

retail industries Information Control Company 549

• Numerous sources of capital Nokia Corporation 425
available for high-growth enterprises TEKsystems Inc. 400
• Home to unique partnerships, Fast Switch Ltd. 329
including: CoverMyMeds LLC 300
• Columbus Collaboratory, an IBM iX 280
advanced technology company PCM Sarcom 250
founded by a task force of seven
Exact Software North America LLC 150
companies that is focused on
Infor, Inc. 150
driving solutions in big data,
Pillar Technology Group 150
analytics and cybersecurity
• IBM Client Center for Advanced
Analytics, which partnered with
The Ohio State University on an
all-new business and technology
curricula
RECENT ANNOUNCEMENT

Since 2016, Nikola Labs has raised more than

$4 million, led by Columbus-based Ikove Capital
Partners. The wireless technology startup plans to
double to 20 employees over the next year.

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EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS LABOR COSTS FOR IT OCCUPATIONS
METRO AREA JOBS AVG. HOURLY RATE
At all levels of attainment, cutting-edge programs
exist to educate talent for careers in today’s fast-paced Indianapolis 29,865 $36.18
environment. Starting in high school, Knox County Career Nashville 22,886 $36.48
Center, Tolles Career and Technical Center and more
Orlando 30,425 $37.63
offer computer networking technology and programming
certifications. More than two dozen programs at the Detroit 61,280 $39.02
vocational and associate degree level are available across Pittsburgh 75,775 $39.08
the Columbus Region, as are bachelor degree programs in Chicago 141,688 $41.75
specialty areas such as data analytics and cybersecurity at
Austin 57,549 $41.97
The Ohio State University, Denison University and more.
Unique programs are also supplying companies Columbus 41,494 $42.84
with talent. i.c.stars is a tech-based workforce program Raleigh 33,569 $42.98
for adults. Participants learn through a 16-week internship Washington, D.C. 216,339 $50.64
before entering a two-year residency program. In its first
Seattle 129,026 $52.93
cycle in Columbus, i.c.stars has partnered with Dublin-
based IGS Energy and tasked program participants with San Francisco 138,213 $53.97
developing a dashboard to inform users of the status of
electronic data interchange transactions.

TECHNOLOGY OCCUPATIONS EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES (COLUMBUS MSA)

OCCUPATION JOBS AVG. HOURLY RATE
Computer User Support Specialists 4,055 $24.39
Web Developers 677 $31.02
Computer Network Support Specialists 2,333 $34.34
Computer Programmers 1,646 $35.73
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 3,286 $38.29
Electrical Engineers 1,097 $40.79
Operations Research Analysts 1,025 $40.87
Database and Systems Administrators and Network Architects 6,165 $42.13
Information Security Analysts 1,119 $42.62
Database Administrators 1,196 $43.23
Statisticians 215 $44.27
Computer Systems Analysts 9,268 $44.53
Actuaries 379 $47.24
Computer Network Architects 1,683 $48.86
Software Developers, Systems Software 1,786 $49.50
Software Developers, Applications 11,131 $51.22
Computer and Information Systems Managers 3,602 $71.59

Source: EMSI, 2018

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