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Technology Economy Indicators

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Technology Economy Metrics
Industrial Economy Metrics
Worldwide total IT spending (including vendors, services, and all in-house costs), as extrapolated from sample data provided by organizations accounting for 17% of global IT spending.
World IT GDP Projection
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$9,145,252,556,000

3.9%
As of Jan 1, 2026
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Source:
IMF
World Population
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8,040,961,000.00

0.72%
As of Sep 30, 2025
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IT GDP per capita projection based on the current world population.
World IT GDP per Capita
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$1,137

5.48%
As of Jan 1, 2026
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IT Inflation

6.90%

×
US total IT spending extrapolated for the US GDP.
US IT GDP
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$2,863,916,370,000

3.94%
As of Sep 30, 2025
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Source:
IMF
US Population
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342,594,000.00

0.26%
As of Sep 30, 2025
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US IT GDP, as based on the current US population.
US IT GDP per Capita
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$8,360

3.67%
As of Sep 30, 2025
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Technical data extrapolated from US total IT spending over the past five years.
US Technical Debt
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$795,532,325,000

3.94%
As of Sep 30, 2025
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US technical debt divided by the total hours in a calendar year.
US Technical Debt Hourly
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$81,732,991

3.94%
As of Sep 30, 2025
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Source:
FRED
US National Debt
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$39T

6.35%
As of Oct 1, 2025
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Computed using IT Intensity formula patented by Dr. Howard Rubin which considers IT spending as a percent of revenue and operating expense for revenue generating organizations
IT Intensity
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0.53

3.9%
×
Cost of NIST defined cybersecurity activities as a % of US IT GDP
CyberSecurity Spending as % IT GDP
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6.60%

3.1%
×
CyberSecurity $ Amount

$194,747,652,000

6.3%
×
Source:
IMF
GDP Projection
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$123,584,494,000,000

5.48%
As of Jan 1, 2026
×
Source:
IMF
World Population
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8,040,961,000.00

0.72%
As of Sep 30, 2025
×
World Population divided by 2026 GDP Projection
World GDP per Capita
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$15,369

4.73%
As of Jan 1, 2026
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Source:
IMF
US Inflation
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2.44%

-10.31%
As of Sep 30, 2025
×
Source:
IMF
US GDP Projection
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$31,821,293,000,000

3.94%
As of Sep 30, 2025
×
Source:
IMF
US Population
?

342,594,000.00

0.26%
As of Sep 30, 2025
×
Source:
IMF
US GDP per Capita
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$92,883

3.67%
As of Sep 30, 2025
×
This number doesn’t make sense based. The number provided is not the 2026 projected GDP * .242 that would be 29911200000000.00
World Technical Debt
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$2,293,148,138,000

3.1%
×
World Technical Debt Hourly

$261,774,902

3.1%
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×

×

×

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Technology Economy Metrics
Industrial Economy Metrics
Technology job opening count as posted by US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
US IT Job Openings
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91,000.00

-19.47%
As of Feb 1, 2026
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US Average IT salary across jobs as defined by US BLS.
US Average IT Salary
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$113,589

As of Mar 1, 2026
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US Infrastructure Labor Productivity Index

119.00

10.2%
×
US Job Openings

6,882,000.00

-0.92%
As of Feb 1, 2026
×
Average US Salary

$77,750

0.16%
As of Mar 1, 2026
×
US Productivity

1.80%

28.57%
As of Jan 1, 2025
×
Technology Economy Metrics
Industrial Economy Metrics
Propriety Rubin Systems Index of costs for basic consumer technology, including internet, cable, and media subscriptions, as well as commodities such as TVs – (index base is 100 set to the year 2020)
Consumer Technology Price Index
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122.00

5.17%
×
Price Index for hardware and software tied to US Consumer Price Index
Company Consumer Price Index
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122.00

8%
×
Propriety Rubin Systems Index of unit costs for all common infrastructure compute, storage, end user, and network platforms – (index base is 100 set to the year 2020)
Infrastructure Cost Index
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105.00

45.8%
×
Conference Board five-question model applied to consumer respondent sample regarding technology
Consumer Technology Confidence Index
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0.72

-99.2%
×
Company Technology Confidence Index

0.65

-99.9%
×
Source:
BLS
Consumer Price Index
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330.21

1.05%
As of Mar 1, 2026
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×

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Source:
FRED
Consumer Confidence Index
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56.40

-21.34%
As of Jan 1, 2026
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×
Technology Economy Metrics
Industrial Economy Metrics

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Carbon Footprint (BIILIONS OF TONS)

38.00

1.2%
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