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 San
Jose is the residential as well as commercial center of Silicon
Valley, home to some 944,000 people.
The brightest, most creative talent from all over the nation and the world call San Jose home.
- Exceptionally productive. Employee productivity, at $180,000 per worker, is more than double the national average
- Highly educated. More than 40% of the workforce has a bachelors degree or higher, compared with 25% nationally.
- Cosmopolitan. More than one-third of San Jose residents were born outside of the United States. The community enjoys strong cultural and economic ties to some of the most dynamic economies in the world, including China, India, Taiwan and the European Union.
Talented people are attracted to San Jose's career opportunities, quality of life, and characteristic openness to creative people and ideas. Hundreds of foreign-owned companies play an important role in the San Jose community, including Acer, Fujitsu, Hitachi, Infineon, Samsung, Siemens, Sony Electronics, and TSMC.
Residents enjoy first-rate opportunities for education and learning. This includes access to outstanding academic institutions such as Stanford University, San Jose State University, Santa Clara University, University of California Santa Cruz, University of California Berkeley, and more than 30 community colleges and training providers--all actively partnering with industry.
San Jose State University is the number one provider of engineers to Silicon Valley.
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