March 8, 2021 The technology sector is traditionally a low-yield space, but it’s the biggest dividend-paying sector in the S&P 500 in dollar terms, plus it’s home to ample payout growth. Those positive traits highlight the case for the Recent data confirm that the technology sector is an increasingly prominent part of the dividend growth landscape. “Technology stocks have steadily increased their contribution to the overall dividends paid out by S&P 500 companies, reflecting their impressive growth and increasingly crucial position as a linchpin of the global economy,” reports Lawrence Strauss for . “At the end of March 2018, the tech sector accounted for about 15% of the dividends paid by the companies in that index, according to S&P 500 Dow Jones Indices. Two and half years later, at the end of last year’s third quarter, it had risen to 18.4%.”