“Currently, the Department of Labor estimates that there are about 656,000 unemployed IT workers in the U.S. In addition, the slowing economy has led to a loss of jobs across the board including in IT. The Denver-based Rocky Mountain News reports that Colorado — the state with the third highest concentration of IT workers — has lost 47,200 technology jobs since 2001.”

http://www.fairus.org/site/PageServer?pagename=research_may08nl02