Texas metros top CompTIA’s list of best cities for tech jobs
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Texas metros top CompTIA’s list of best cities for tech jobs

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The top US metro area for tech jobs and business opportunities is Austin, Texas, according to CompTIA, a nonprofit association for the global technology industry and workforce.
For tech workers, Austin offers the most appealing combination of opportunity and livability, according to CompTIA’s 2020 Tech Town Index. It notes more than 100 tech companies have relocated to the Austin metro area in the past two years, adding more than 4,600 new jobs. In addition, IT job postings in the city have increased year over year by 19,000 jobs.
Here is the ranking of the top 20 cities overall:
Austin-Round Rock, Texas
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas
Raleigh, North Carolina
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, North Carolina-South Carolina
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, California
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, Georgia
Huntsville, Alabama
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, Colorado
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria D.C.-Virginia-Maryland-West Virginia
Boulder, Colorado
Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Columbus, Ohio
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, Massachusetts-New Hampshire
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, Maryland
Madison, Wisconsin
San Diego-Carlsbad, California
Trenton, New Jersey
The report evaluated US metro areas with populations of more than 250,000 where demand for tech professionals is high, based on job posting data for the 12-month period between August 2019 and July 2020. The metro areas were then ranked on livability and career factors, including the cost of living and projected IT job growth over the next five years.