the economic impact of technology based industries in washington state 1997 william b beyers department geography university seattle wa 98195 peter nelson november 1998 a report prepared for alliance executive summary are now responsible over third total employment making them largest industry s economy natural resource such as agriculture and food products forest continue to be very important particularly more rural parts were defined this study those standard industrial classification codes with at least 10 their occupations by national science foundation research development related using definition finds that 896 000 jobs some 35 percent aggregate supported business activity similar percentages overall sales generated labor income is earned working included have higher than average impacts on creating 3 36
