PPT Slide
- In Washington State
- Software is a $3.5B/year business, with the fastest growth rate of any industry
- 35,000 people are employed in “computer services” just in Pierce, King, and Snohomish counties
- The average annual wage in 1997 was $164,488 -- an increase of 150% since 1990 (compared to an average of 11% for the rest of the labor force)