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Washington, D.C. engineering jobs and other high-tech positions were recently ranked second among the top in the U.S., according to a report by the American Electronics Association.

The AEA’s Cybercities 2008 report used the data gathered by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2006, which is the most recent information available, to reach its conclusions. The New York metro area topped the list, followed by D.C. and Silicon Valley.

New York had the most positions in the tech services sector, including telecomm, Internet services and computer training services and the Silicon Valley area led the U.S. in high tech manufacturing jobs. Washington D.C., however, had one of the highest concentrations of engineering jobs and computer systems design positions. Overall, there were 295,800 jobs in the area that were considering high tech employment.

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