Capital Region, December 13, 2017– Today, the Greater Washington Partnership (the Partnership), a civic alliance of CEOs that together employ more than 175,000 workers in the region, released a new report that outlines why developing, attracting and retaining digital technology workers will be imperative for the Capital Region’s future growth and economic competitiveness.
Underscoring the report’s thesis are the results from a survey of the Partnership’s 20 employer organizations, revealing that those employers alone will need to hire more than 135,000 workers – including more than 20,000 “digital tech” workers – over the next five years to fill open jobs through growth and attrition in the Capital Region that are vital to their organization’s success. “Digital tech” workers are those in 20 defined occupations with high levels of digital activity, including software developers and programmers, computer support, database and systems, technology and engineering related, and computer and information systems managers.
