Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Washington fifth best in U.S. in tech/science study - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

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In the 's latest "State Technology and Science Index" of 77 indicators, whicn was previously conducted fouryearsx ago, Washington state scored the top marks in the countryy in the categories of highest percentage of people working in the high-techn industry and the percentage of payroll going to peoplde in the high-tech Massachusetts retained its No. 1 rank in the it was followedby Maryland, Colorado, California and Mississippi ranked last.
"States that have a visionb and a plan for building andretaininv high-wage jobs and viable industriez are finding ways to investr in their science and technology assets," said Ross director of regional economics at the Milkenh Institute, and lead author of the in a statement. Milken is a nonpartisan think tank inSants Monica, Calif. States were rankedr on the 77 indicators infive including: research and development inputs, risk capital and entrepreneuria infrastructure, human capital investment, technologgy and science work force, and technologyh concentration and dynamism.

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