. "Appendix B: Estimating the Size of the IT Workforce." Building a Workforce for the Information Economy. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2001.
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Building a Workforce for the Information Economy
TABLE B.2 Estimating the Size of the Total (Category 1 + Category 2) IT Workforce
Estimate of IT Workforce
Federal Agency/Analyst/Organization
Description of Groups Included in Estimate
Category 1
Categories 1 and 2
Capers Jones, Software
1998 software occupation groups
2,034,000
Productivity Research (1999)
1998 software occupations, including support occupations
2,383,500
U.S. Department of Commerce
Digital Workforce
(1999)
1998 Current Population Survey (CPS): computer systems analysts and scientists, computer programmers (all)
2,084,000
Digital Economy
2000 (2000)
1998 Occupational Employment Survey (OES): Estimate of a “middle range” of all IT workers
5,300,000
Information Technology Association of America
Help Wanted
(1998)
Estimate of number employed in “core” IT occupations: programmers, systems analysts, computer engineers/scientists
3,354,000
Bridging the
Gap (2000)
Estimate of Category 1 and Category 2 positions in private, for-profit firms based on NWCET skills standards
