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\"Detroit<\/a>Detroit’s job market<\/strong> is good despite what the orange one<\/a> says. Statista<\/em><\/a> reports<\/a> data from the New York Times<\/a><\/em>, Detroit has posted a 27.2% increase in technology jobs<\/strong> between 2010 and 2015. I have written about the strength of the metro Detroit tech job sector<\/strong> as far back as 2011 here<\/a>, here<\/a>, and here<\/a>.\"Areas<\/a>This rate of job growth places Motown<\/a> 8th nationally in tech job creation over the past five years. The Motor City<\/a> came in only .01% behind Boston and out-performed cities like Atlanta<\/a> (22.6%) and Chicago<\/a> (18.7%) in creating tech jobs.<\/p>\n

\"Detroit\"<\/a>Not only is the Detroit tech sector a national leader, according<\/a> to Crain’s Detroit,<\/em><\/a> but Detroit is also a job-seekers market.<\/strong> The article says manufacturers<\/strong> are struggling to find entry-level employees and are being forced to raise wages to find talent.<\/p>\n

The average advertised salary<\/strong> for local workers with zero to two years of experience has risen<\/strong> more than 16.5% to $52,729 in 2015 from $45,256 in 2011, according to an analysis by the Workforce Intelligence Network for Southeast Michigan<\/a>. For workers with three to eight years of experience, that average has increased 13%; and for those with nine-plus years of work experience, it increased only 0.5 percent.<\/p>\n

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This can be traced to the rejuvenated \"Upward\"<\/a>auto industry, which is increasingly dependent on high-tech skills. Manufacturing is an increasingly prodigious driver of tech jobs; games and dot-coms are not the only paths to technical employment growth.<\/em><\/p>\n

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