Information and Communication Technology

Seattle's Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Industry sector includes over 850 companies, 18,250 jobs, and contributes over $3.5 billion to the city's economy.

The ICT industry sector includes businesses or workers involved in technical fields, including software developers and engineers, programmers, analysts, and administrators, and graphic designers. Seattle ranks second in the nation in its concentration of software programmers and engineers and third in the nation in concentration of all ICT occupations.

Seattle's commitment to the ICT industry sector was featured in a special report by The Brookings Institution's Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy. The report, "Ten Steps to A High Tech Future: The New Economy in Metropolitan Seattle" recommends Seattle's best practices as a model other urban areas can use to foster the development of an ICT presence. Also, Intel recently named Seattle as the most "unwired" city in the country-the easiest place in America in which to access wireless Internet connections.

• ICT Flyer (pdf)
• ICT Study (pdf)
• Broadband Telecommunications Task Force recommendations (pdf)
• "Ten Steps to A High Tech Future: The New Economy in Metropolitan Seattle" (pdf)
• The Technology Alliance is a statewide consortium of technology-based businesses, Washington's leading research institutions, and high tech trade associations.
• Washington Technology Center links Washington companies with the scientific and engineering resources of the state's universities.
• The Alliance of Angels is a regionally-focused group of individual investors and representatives of investment corporations.
• Washington Software Alliance (WSA) - Founded in 1984, the WSA is the oldest and largest statewide technology trade association.
• Seattle's Department of Information Technology is responsible for providing technology services and policy planning for the City of Seattle.