Missouri is emerging as a national leader in the tech sector

Missouri appears to be outperforming its neighboring states in the tech sector. 

That’s according to a newly released report from the Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry. 

Missouri’s tech industry added over 38-hundred jobs year-over-year from 2021 to 2022, marking a 2.5 percent growth rate. 

Over the last ten years, Missouri has outpaced the national average in tech industry job growth and is projected to exceed the national average through the next decade. 

The report highlights that Missouri was a top ten state in tech manufacturing job growth and is projected to be a top ten state through the next five years. 

Missouri is, additionally, ranked in the top 15 states for six of the 34 technology performance indicators.