High Tech Boom

A 2016 report by the Bureau of Business and Economic Research at the University of Montana, based on a survey of200 Montana High Tech Business Alliance members, found high-tech and manufacturing companies were projected to grow seven times faster than the overall Montana economy and pay average annu...

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Published inMontana business quarterly Vol. 55; no. 1; p. 16
Main Author Henderson, Christina Quick
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Missoula Bureau of Business and Economic Research 01.04.2017
Subjects
Entrepreneurs
High tech industries
Manufacturing
R&D
Research & development
Startups
Venture capital
Montana
United States > US
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Summary:A 2016 report by the Bureau of Business and Economic Research at the University of Montana, based on a survey of200 Montana High Tech Business Alliance members, found high-tech and manufacturing companies were projected to grow seven times faster than the overall Montana economy and pay average annual salaries of $57,000 - more than twice the median Montana wage. The sector shows no signs of slowing down in 2017. Since acquiring RightNow Technologies in 2011 for $1.8 billion, Oracle has maintained hundreds of high-paying jobs in Montana and is building a new operations center in Bozeman.
ISSN:0026-9921