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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

November 30, 2020
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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:

  1. Austin-Round Rock, Texas

  2. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas

  3. Raleigh, North Carolina

  4. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California

  5. Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, North Carolina-South Carolina

  6. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington

  7. San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, California

  8. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, Georgia

  9. Huntsville, Alabama

  10. Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, Colorado

  11. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria D.C.-Virginia-Maryland-West Virginia

  12. Boulder, Colorado

  13. Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina

  14. Columbus, Ohio

  15. Colorado Springs, Colorado

  16. Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, Massachusetts-New Hampshire

  17. Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, Maryland

  18. Madison, Wisconsin

  19. San Diego-Carlsbad, California

  20. 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.