Information & Computer Technology

The Information and Computer Technology (ICT) industry encompasses many industry segments, including computers, software, telecommunications, and IT services. Dell, Microsoft, Texas Instruments, HP Enterprise Services, VCE, Cisco, and National Instruments are just of few of the major employers that call Texas home.

Texas is home to over 15,100 technology firms, employing 172,900 workers with an average wage of $89,400.	Texas ranks No. 2 nationally for computer and video game employment, with over 13,600 individuals directly and indirectly employed by the industry.	Employment in computer systems design has risen 40 percent in Texas over the past five years.

The computer science program at The University of Texas at Austin is the largest top-10 ranked computer science program in the nation.	Dell Computers, originated in Austin when Michael Dell was a student at the University of Texas, is number 51 on the 2013 Fortune 500 list.	Texas is the birthplace of the handheld calculator, invented by Texas Instruments in 1967.