An article came out June 3, in the Phoenix Business Journal stating that the Phoenix area ranks 23rd on a list of high-tech metropolitan areas, according to a study by the Milken Institute. That’s a drop of three spots from the No. 20 ranking the area earned in 2003, the last year the study was conducted. 

The top five were respectively: San Jose, Seattle, Cambridge, Washington D.C., and Los Angeles, all of which ranked in the top 5 during the 2003 study as well. 

The region fared well in terms of its semiconductor industry, ranked in the top 5 nationally, as well medical and diagnostic laboratories and aerospace product and parts manufacturing. 

Additionally, San Jose, Calif., ranked as the top spot for high-tech work, followed by Seattle; Cambridge, Mass.; the Washington-Arlington area; Los Angeles; Dallas; San Diego; the Santa Ana and Anaheim, Calif., area; New York; and San Francisco. 

View the entire report to see how your city is currently ranked and how the rank may have changed since the 2003 study. What do you feel may have contributed to the rank change in your city?

 

Lara Smith