Information Technology Facts

• More than 19,000 IT jobs are unfilled at large and midsize companies in the United States (1997 ITAA study)
• Average salary for entry-level positions in the IT field is $26,000 to $36,000 a year. (1996 Datamation Salary Survey)
• 83 percent of employers say they have difficulty finding enough employees with technical education.
• In a 1997 survey, more than two-thirds of IT companies cited a lack of skilled workers as a barrier to future corporate growth. (1997 ITAA study)
• More than 80 percent of IT graduates from BCC find employment within three months of graduation. (BCC Career Resource Center)
• 82 percent of IT companies expect to hire more workers. (1977 ITAA study).
• Within a 30-mile radius of BCC are more than 1,900 firms that specialize in information technology or biotechnology.
• Currently over 80 percent of BCC's high-tech grads find work within three weeks of graduation.
• By the year 2000, one third of all United State's jobs will be Information Technology related