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WORST
52. Kansas
Job cuts: 1,989
% growth: -3.68
Declining industries: Telecommunications, computer systems
Average tech wage (rank): $65,104 (25th)
% private-sector workers in tech firms: 4.9
More than half of Kansas' tech workers are in telecommunications, an industry that lost 2,400 jobs statewide in 2005. Pay is also a big reason for Kansas' woes: In the five-year period ending in 2005, the average tech wage dropped by 0.9%, or about $560.
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