TechHire Needs Assessment: Information & Computer Technologies Occupational Survey Analysis, June 2016

Introduction

Recent research data from Economic Modeling Specialists International (hereafter EMSI) for the nine counties Finger Lakes Regional Economic Development Council shows a projected 4% growth from 2015 to 2020 in eleven of the IT positions noted on page 9 of this report. While in percent, the greatest growth can be found in Seneca County (15%), the greatest growth by size is in Monroe County (an increase of 268). The figure below shows a color coded map of the projected growth by county. The average hourly rate for these nine IT positions is $33.42. Some of the concerns expressed by survey respondents involve future IT employment within the Finger Lakes region. Of primary concern, is whether the region is able compete from a salary perspective and how this might impact regional IT employment growth (please see Table 5 of this report).

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For this project, the select key partners are:  The City of Rochester  Monroe Community College 

The Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce  Digital Rochester  Finger Lakes Regional Economic Development Council

The numerical difference from the EMSI report and the above quote is due to the number of IT jobs selected for analysis. This report was more limited in scope with regard to occupations tracked. EMSI used a different filter for occupation selection and therefore made different assumptions.

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