Florida gained 12,500 tech industry jobs in 2014, ranking it the third-best among the 50 states, trailing only California (+32,900) and Texas (+20,100).
According to the Cyberstates 2015: The Definitive State-by-State Analysis of the U.S. Tech Industry report published by CompTIA, tech industry jobs accounted for 5.7 percent of the entire private-sector workforce.
Growth was led by the IT services sector, which added 63,300 jobs between 2013 and 2014, and the R&D, testing and engineering services sector that added 50,700 jobs.