About Technology
Highlights
- Washington is the largest employer of software publishing workers in the US. Total ICT jobs are estimated at over 174,000
- Washington ranks first in the nation in the creation of new software companies
- Software publishing is the largest single component of Washington's information economy generating 41 percent of all paid wages.
- Washington is home to over 150 Interactive Media companies - the largest concentration of game developers in the United States.
- Redmond is home to Microsoft, the world's largest software publisher.
- Seattle is home to Amazon.com - the global innovator in e-commerce.
- California-based giants Google, Intel, Hewlett Packard, Oracle, Yahoo! and Adobe have all established engineering and operations based in the Seattle region.
- Washington is a leader in Radio Frequency Indentification (RFID) technology, home to Impinj (fabless semi-conductor manufacturer) and Intermec (founder of the most widely used bar code technology for supply chain management).
Leading Companies in Our Region
- Amazon.com, Inc.
- Attachmate Corporation
- Clearwire Corporation
- F5 Networks
- Getty Images
- Intermec Technologies Corporation
- Isilon Systems, Inc.
- Microsoft
- Nintendo of America
- Real Networks, Inc.
- T-Mobile USA, Inc.
- Valve Corporation