Dayton area among fast-growing in U.S. for high-tech jobs

A new report issued Thursday says the Dayton area is the third fastest-growing metro area in the nation for high-tech jobs.

From 2010 to 2011, the Dayton area saw a 24.2 percent increase in the number of high-tech jobs created, and was the third-largest increase in the United States, behind only Greensboro, N.C. and Columbia, S.C., according to the study by the Bay Area Council Economic Institute on behalf of Engine Advocacy, a San Fransisco-based nonprofit that “works to foster innovation and entrepreneuership across the U.S.”