PROSPERITY
TECH JOBS Greater Grand Rapids continues to attract and grow tech talent throughout the region. In line with the regional Tech Strategy, overall tech employment grew by nearly 1,000 jobs from 2022 to 2023. This growth represents a 2.4% increase from the previous year and a nearly 5% increase from pre-pandemic levels. Meanwhile, regional employers continue to look for talent with experience in advanced software skills including SAP Applications, SQL for database querying, and programming languages like Python.
GREATER GRAND RAPIDS TECH JOBS
34,500 34,000 35,000 35,500 36,500 36,000 37,000 37,500 39,000 38,500 38,000
TOP SOFTWARE SKILLS (JAN. 2023-OCT. 2023)
1,163 1,345 1,052 1,613 NUMBER OF JOB POSTINGS
SAP Applications
SQL (Programming Language)
2020
2021
2022
2023
Source: Lightcast
AutoCAD
Microsoft Azure
984
Python (Programming Language)
Source: Lightcast
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