20 best cities for tech jobs

Austin, Texas, tops the list when it comes to demand for IT professionals in the U.S., according to an index released March 7 by the IT industry trade group CompTIA.

To determine city rankings, CompTIA looked at 2021 job posting data from 20 metropolitan areas with populations over 250,000, to determine where the demand for tech workers is greatest. The cities were then ranked based on cost of living, number of postings for open IT positions and projected job growth over the next 12 months and the next five years. 

The 20 best tech job cities in the U.S., according to CompTIA:

  1. Austin, Texas

  2. San Jose, Calif.

  3. Dallas

  4. Atlanta

  5. Huntsville, Ala.

  6. Charlotte, N.C.

  7. Raleigh, N.C.

  8. San Francisco

  9. Seattle

  10. Washington, D.C.

  11. Lansing, Mich.
     
  12. Baltimore

  13. Durham-Chapel Hill, N.C.

  14. Trenton, N.J.

  15. Boulder, Colo.

  16. New York City

  17. Colorado Springs, Colo.

  18. Des Moines, Iowa

  19. Hartford, Conn.

  20. Tallahassee, Fla.

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