State of The Industry Report 2006

The report, which covers the 13-county southwestern Pennsylvania region, documents among other things, increases in total annual payroll and average wages which are manifested generally across most industry clusters and subclusters. According to the 2006 report, the 13-county southwestern Pennsylvania region has 7,559 technology companies that employ nearly 213,000 with a total annual payroll of roughly $10.8 billion.