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Prime 20 Cities for Tech Jobs Embrace Austin, New York, and… Hartford?

Kelly Lee
Digital Content Specialist

What are the most effective cities for tech jobs? That’s a posh query, and it relies on a number of elements. For a lot of technologists, it’s not only a query of the general variety of jobs accessible; in addition they need a cheap price of dwelling, a strong job marketplace for the foreseeable future, and the potential for a excessive wage.

CompTIA has an inventory of the highest 20 cities for tech jobs, damaged down by job postings, anticipated progress in tech jobs over the following 5 years, median tech wage, and whether or not the native price of dwelling is increased than the nationwide common. The group relied on information from Emsi Burning Glass (which collects and analyzes tens of millions of job postings from throughout the nation) in addition to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Right here’s the total breakdown:

Metro areas like Austin, San Jose, San Francisco, and New York Metropolis repeatedly seem on lists of “finest tech cities,” usually for clear-cut causes: Regardless of a excessive price of dwelling, all of them provide ample job alternatives and excessive salaries. Along with these main tech hubs, CompTIA’s checklist additionally options some sudden (and fascinating) cities, resembling Charlotte, Huntsville, Colorado Springs, and Hartford.

Inside lots of these cities, the price of dwelling is notably decrease than the nationwide common. Mix that with strong salaries and anticipated progress, and you've got the very definition of up-and-coming tech hubs. For the leaders of those cities (each elected officers and tech-company executives), sustaining that momentum for the long run will hinge on a number of elements, together with whether or not there are sufficient facilities, housing, and faculties to draw and retain technologists. 

On a broader degree, lists like this one display (but once more) that you simply don’t have to reside in Silicon Valley, Seattle, or New York Metropolis to discover a fulfilling tech job, or perhaps a nice tech neighborhood; all throughout the nation, alternatives are bobbing up in cities massive and small. 

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