Anyone who has used an iPhone or iPad knows that apps are a big part of the experience. But according to TechNet, apps are important for the economy as well, having created nearly half a million jobs since 2008.
The apps include Android, BlackBerry, Facebook and Windows Phone in addition to apps for Apple’s iOS platform, and the jobs involve both technical and non-technical work. The Loop’s Jim Dalrymple reports:
TechNet figures that about 155,000 of those jobs are tech related and include app developers and tech support personell. The other 311,000 jobs require tech-related skills and non-tech jobs.
Nearly 24% of app-related jobs are in California, followed by New York, Washington, Texas, and New Jersey, each of which have less than 7% of all app-related jobs.
Keep up the good work, app developers! Keep making awesome apps, and I’ll keep buying them!