Philadelphia Statistics/Growth

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The CEO Council for Growth, the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce and other local Philadelphia/New Jersey-based organizations are working in partnership to create a stronger, more prosperous Greater Philadelphia by helping to improve many economic factors to ensure that they can compete on a worldwide basis with the challenge of globalization. These organizations look to stimulate and create new business and economic activity in the eleven counties that make up the Greater Philadelphia region. Philadelphia is on a course to create a much-more attractive place to visit and do business.

At one time Philadelphia was focused primarily on manufacturing, but now the Greater Philadelphia area’s business climate has grown to become extremely diverse. There now seems to be a high concentration of healthcare and pharmaceutical businesses in Philadelphia , and guess what, as of January 2007, the region boasts the sixth largest information technology sector in the country. It seems as if the City of Freedom is now a good place for the IT expert to look for work.

With a diverse range of industries to choose from and a strong job market, the greater Philadelphia area is now a very desirable region for job searchers." Project managers, business analysts, testers, applications engineers, and infrastructure engineers as the types of experts most in demand.

A recently released survey finds that 18% of Philadelphia CIOs plan to hire new employees this quarter, a reasonable percentage for this previously hindered city, but one that falls rather short of many other metro areas.

As for salaries, Philadelphia is almost thriving in the current climate. The average IT salary in Philadelphia was found to be over $72,000. That's up 1.26% from 2005 but slightly short of the national average of over $73,000, and far lower than the nearby cities of New York ($80,000). The City of Brotherly Love does, however, have a much lower cost of living than the Big Apple.

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