The United States IT Workforce Shortage

By Howard Rubin

Dr. Dobb's Journal Fall 1998

% Annual Growth New Jobs in Oct 1996
Computer & data processing13.8 14,000
Retail3.5 62,000
Construction2.2 10,000
Services minus computer and data processing1.1 105,000
Government0.8 13,000
Manufacturing0.0 0

Table 3: Job growth by sector.

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