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 “The San Jose metro area remains the world’s preeminent high-tech cluster. Its unique ecosystem of collaborating agents is unparalleled, resulting in a high-tech employment concentration that is four-and-a-half times the average for all North American metros.”
North America's High-Tech Economy: The Geography of Knowledge-Based Industries
Milken Institute, 2010
San Jose is home to a diverse and expansive business community including some of the most influential industry leading corporations, innovative start-ups, and fastest growing small and emerging companies. The San Jose Area is home to more than 6,300 technology companies employing more than 256,000 people-- the largest concentration of technology expertise in the world and creating a uniquely dynamic business environment. The brightest, most creative talent from all over the nation and the world call San Jose home, pervading this spirit of innovation throughout San Jose's world-class community, as well as its economy.
The City of San Jose values and continues to support the unparalleled infrastructure for innovation brought together here by specialized suppliers, research organizations, and venture capital and professional service firms. These companies and organizations are ensuring fast time-to-market and an environment for practical creativity that is unique throughout the world. Like the companies that operate here we value speed and responsiveness. The San Jose Office of Economic Development is committed to timely and predictable interactions with government and is a first point of call for any business interacting with and/or in the City of San Jose.
 Industries – The San Jose metropolitan region is known worldwide as a center of innovation. Here, like nowhere else, entrepreneurial people turn new ideas into products, services, and industries. No other region in the world comes close to the San Jose area's exceptional breadth and depth of technology expertise—we’re leading the world in semiconductors, information and communications technologies, software, and biomedical. Collaboration among converging fields is creating the next wave of commercial innovation as San Jose rapidly emerges as a global center for clean technologies.
 Education – San Jose is the residential as well as commercial center of Silicon Valley, home to some 1,023,000 people. More than 35% of the workforce has a bachelor’s degree or higher, compared with 27% nationally. 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. More information on education
 Live – San Jose offers a variety of quality neighborhoods and housing options, from urban living to garden suburbs, from historic districts to exclusive golf communities. Recreation opportunities are right at hand, from neighborhood parks to miles of hiking and biking trails near the bay, along the lakes, and within the hills. Residents enjoy 300 days of sunshine each year, and an average annual temperature of 70 degrees. More information on live
 Data Center – In order to provide easy access to relevant information we’ve complied more than 1,200 pieces of data contained in 25 spreadsheets. These spreadsheets provide easy access to information primarily aimed at facility planners and site selection consultants but are increasingly relevant for a wider audience. The following tables modeled after the International Economic Development Council (IEDC) Site Selection Data Standards. More information on data
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Nanci Klein
Chris Burton
John Lang