Greater Washington is the largest high-tech market in the country. The region’s technology cluster has the country’s highest concentration of network and computer systems administrators, database administrators, and computer programmers.
As a percentage of the total workforce, Greater Washington features the country’s highest proportion of computer and science occupations and the second highest proportion of architecture and engineering occupations.
Several multinational IT companies call Greater Washington home, including:
| SAIC |
17,500 |
McLean, VA |
| Lockhead Martin |
16,300 |
Gaithersburg, MD |
| Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. |
12,000 |
McLean, VA |
| General Dynamics Inc. |
6,600 |
|
| The Mitre Corp. |
3,250 |
McLean, VA |
| CACI International |
5,900 |
Arlington, VA |
In addition to leading IT companies, two major technology associations support the information technology industry throughout the region— the Northern Virginia Technology Council, and the Tech Council of Maryland.
Greater Washington's Information and Communication Technology
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