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Did you know last year The Valley’s tech-job growth was 58%? Combined with cheap labor, and year round sunshine the Valley is turning into a mini silicon valley. Every year more and more engineering jobs, technical, and digital jobs are brought to the Valley. Due to affordable home prices, low cost of living, and substantial job growth many skilled job seekers, and employers are moving to the valley. Alexi Venneri, CEO of Scottsdale-based automotive social-media firm Digital Air Strike, said the Valley isn’t just a call-center hub for big tech firms like Yelp anymore. She said more big tech firms are adding other operations and hiring developers here because the Valley has the right conditions for their growth. These ample conditions helped bring Motorola to the valley in the 1950’s, and now Intel has recently announced a $7 billion dollar Chandler plant. Below are a few current stats that break down the economy of Scottsdale Arizona.
- the total population of Scottsdale is 241,812
- the median age is 45.77
- 48.11% male 51.89% female
- 48.32% has a College Degree
- the labor force of 129,507 people
- the unemployment rate of 3.90%
- 251,402 total employees
- 33% blue collar 66% white collar
- 25,476 businesses
- leading industries and top jobs
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- 33,295 health care and social services with 5,218 establishments
- 32,411 retail jobs with 2,459 establishments
- real estate and rental jobs 25,389 with 7,427 establishments
- accommodation and food service 23,796 with 1,070 establishments
- 71.57% of businesses in Scottsdale have 1-4 employees
- Households in Scottsdale earn a median yearly income of $76,891
- 59.41% of the households earn more than the national average