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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGYCharleston | South Carolina | USA

Charleston offers an ideal business environment for technology companies, entrepreneurs, and talent to thrive in a metro that consistently tops the World’s Best Cities lists.

Home to 600+ tech companies, a skilled talent pool, and an ever-expanding supportive ecosystem, we offer what you need to succeed.

#5High Tech

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CHARLESTON IS A TALENT MAGNET

#1 mid-size metro for IT jobs growth. 295% increase since 2010

2,800+ high school students enrolled in business and IT career academies

CHARLESTON’S NON-STOP FLIGHTS

IT NICHE SECTORS INCLUDING:

HUMAN RESOURCES IT

CYBERSECURITY

DEFENSE IT

SOFTWARE PRODUCTS

HEALTH IT

CHARLESTON IS BOOMINGFast emerging as a tech hub, Charleston offers a great place to do business, to innovate, grow your skills, and be successful. It’s why 30 people move here each day, and why our labor pool has grown 3 times faster than the U.S. average since 2010.

HOME TO 700+ TECH COMPANIES

Offers a labor force of 390k+ employees, growing 3 times faster than the U.S. 62% of incoming talent have post-secondary education

Charleston region’s tech workforce concentration is higher than the U.S.

• 14,000+ people employed in IT occupations

CONTINUING EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIESCharleston’s talent pipeline is fueled by 45,000+ students attending college including-Masters, PhDs and Graduate Certificates in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Systems, Software Engineering

IPOS: Benefitfocus - 5M shares at $26.50 each for $131M (2013) Blackbaud - 8M shares at $8 each for $64.8M (2004)

ACQUISITIONS: Blue Acorn iCi acuired by Infosys Limited ($125M) (2020) Engage Talent acuired by Workforce Logiq (Terms not disclosed) (2019) Gotcha acquired by OjO Electric ($12M) (2019) Good Done Great acquired by YourCause (Terms not disclosed) (2017) Snagajob acquires PeopleMatter (Terms not disclosed) (2016)

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: R. Megan Anderson, Director, Global Business Development Charleston Regional Development Alliance | +1 843.760.4531 | manderson@crda.org | charlestoneconomicdevelopment.com