INDUSTRY | HIGH TECH INDUSTRY Number of of High-tech Advanced Industry Services Businesses Businesses The Information Age Was Born in DFW 1 25 88 High Tech 1 60 760 | Top Semiconductor & Semiconductor Machinery Microsoft [Irving] HIGH TECH In 1958, Dallas led the nation into the new Manufacturers with Operations in DFW NTT Data [Plano] era of information and communication Creation Technologies [Plano] Oracle [Dallas, Irving] technologies with Nobel Laureate Jack Maxim Integrated Products [Dallas, Irving] Raytheon [McKinney, Dallas, Plano] Kilby’s invention of the microchip at Texas Qorvo [Richardson] RealPage [Richardson] Instruments. This invention spurred the Texas Instruments [Dallas, Plano, Richardson] SAP America [Plano] development of technologies ranging from Siemens PLM Software [Plano] laptop computers to smartphones to those Top Fabless Semiconductor Companies TEKsystems [Irving] that make space travel possible. with Operations in DFW Trend Micro NA [Irving] The DFW technology industry Diodes Inc. [Plano] Xerox [Dallas] encompasses four general categories: Micron Technology [Allen] manufacturing, information services, Qorvo [Richardson] Top Cloud Services & Data Center professional technical services, and STMicroelectronics [Coppell] Companies with Operations in DFW bio-life sciences. The region’s activity ADP [Dallas] in key emerging technologies such as Top Telecom Companies with Operations in DFW Amazon [Dallas/Fort Worth] next generation wireless and broadband AT&T [Dallas] AT&T [Dallas] communications, artificial intelligence, and BT Global Services [Coppell] Atos [Irving] Cisco Systems [Dallas, Irving, Richardson] Cisco Systems [Allen, Richardson] virtual reality, as well as medical, bio, and life Ericsson [Plano] Comparex USA [Dallas] sciences, is gaining national recognition. Frontier Communications [Allen] CyrusOne [Carrollton, Dallas] Fujitsu Network Communications [Richardson] Equinix [Dallas] Ribbon Communications [Plano] Facebook [Fort Worth] th Goodman Networks [Frisco] Fujitsu Ltd. [Richardson] The 6 Largest Concentration Metro by T-Mobile [Richardson] HP Enterprise Services [Plano] of High-Tech Jobs in the U.S. NEC Corporation [Irving] IBM [Dallas] 2020 High-Tech Employment Nokia North America [Dallas, Plano] Level 3 Communications [Dallas] High Tech Manufacturing Bio Sciences & Medical Technology Samsung Electronics America [Plano, Coppell] Rackspace Hosting [Richardson] Avg. Avg. New York-Newark- Verizon Communications [Irving, Richardson] Raging Wire [Garland] Industry Establishments Employment Industry Establishments Employment 498,548 Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA [Dallas] ZTE USA [Richardson] SAVVIS (CenturyLink) Semiconductor Machinery Basic Chemical Manufacturing 67 2,089 10 167 SoftLayer [Dallas] Manufacturing Washington- Pharmaceutical and Medicine Top Electronic Instrument Companies T5 Data Centers [Plano] 62 4,720 Arlington-Alexandria, 370,124 Optical Instrument and Lens Manufacturing 12 192 DC-VA-MD-WV with Operations in DFW Verio (NTT Communications) [Dallas] Manufacturing Medical Equipment and Supplies BAE Systems [Dallas, Fort Worth] Verizon Terremark [Irving] 237 6,277 Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing Los Angeles-Long 504 44,517 359,512 Collins Aerospace [Richardson] ViaWest [Plano] Manufacturing Beach-Anaheim, CA Scientific Research and Elbit Systems of America [Fort Worth] XO Communications [Dallas] 371 5,328 Aerospace Product and Parts Development Services Emerson [McKinney] 109 32,701 San Francisco- Manufacturing Oakland-Berkeley, CA 285,877 Garrett Electronics [Garland] Top Online Services Companies Sub-total 737 18,414 Honeywell [Richardson] with Operations in DFW Sub-total 635 77,577 Boston-Cambridge- 269,901 Leonardo DRS [Dallas] Amazon [Coppell, Dallas, Haslet] Newton, MA-NH Megger Group [Dallas] Facebook [Fort Worth] Dallas-Fort Worth- Schneider Electric [Carrollton] Hotels.com (Expedia Group) [Dallas] Arlington, TX 258,813 Match Group [Dallas] Information Services Professional & Technical Services Avg. 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Top Computer Systems & Software Sabre Holdings [Southlake] Industry Establishments Employment Industry Establishments Employment Chicago-Naperville- Companies with Operations in DFW Thryv [Dallas] 254,039 Elgin, IL-IN-WI Accenture [Irving ] Travelocity (Expedia Group) [Dallas] Software Publishers 457 9,738 Engineering Services 1,398 24,199 Capgemini [Irving] Uber Technologies [Dallas] Telecommunications 919 35,197 Testing Laboratories 191 2,944 Seattle-Tacoma- Cognizant [Irving] Bellevue, WA 245,185 Data Processing, Hosting, and Computer Training 56 330 502 13,955 DXC Technology [Irving, Plano, Richardson] Related Services Computer Systems Design San Jose-Sunnyvale- HP Enterprise Services [Plano] 7,619 88,353 234,470 Internet Publishing and and Related Services Santa Clara, CA IBM [Dallas] Broadcasting and Web Search 256 2,623 Infosys [Plano, Richardson] Portals Sub-total 9,264 115,826 Houston-The Intuit [Plano] Woodlands-Sugar 208,082 Sub-total 2,1341,869 61,513 Total for all sectors 12,770 273,330 L3Harris-ComCept [Rockwall] Land, TX Source: EMSI, QCEW Employees, Non-QCEW Employees, and Self-Employed Legend: Computer Computer Computer Software Aerospace Computer Electrical Mechanical Industrial Semiconductor Occupation Systems Network Support Network Developers and Engineers Hardware Engineers Engineers Engineering Processing Jobs | Median hourly earnings Analysts Specialists Architects Software QA 3,192 | $62.10 Engineers 4,372 | $49.33 6,157 | $45.37 Technologists and Technicians 19,762 | $45.14 5,433 | $36.22 5,618 | $60.76 Analysts 1,634 | $57.79 Technicians 2,093 | $17.74 51,998 | $52.56 2,053 | $32.55 98 DALLAS REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GUIDE 2021 2021 DALLAS REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GUIDE 99.