📈 Long-Term Growth in Tech Jobs Ends with Post-2022 Slowdown

Combined employment in the tech sector—including semiconductor manufacturing, software publishing, web search portals, information services, and custom computer programming—grew at a compound annual rate of 4.7% from 546,000 in 1992 to 2.1 million in 2022, despite setbacks during the Dot-com bust and the global financial crisis. After peaking in November 2022, employment declined by 3.2% over the following year and then plateaued, holding steady at around 2.1 million through April 2025.