The 30 Best Cities for Tech Jobs
Albert Sun / Business Week
Tech geeks, take note: Silicon Valley is still the center of the technology universe, but if you’re thinking about a career in computing and want to avoid the Bay Area’s sky-high cost of living, consider another locale—say, Durham, N.C., or even Huntsville, Ala.
Flip through this slide show for a glimpse of the 30 cities boasting the most high-tech jobs per capita. The American Electronics Assn., a trade group, compiled statistics on 60 cities using Labor Dept. data from 2006, the most recent period for which it’s available. The slides rank cities by tech job density and include data on total jobs, growth in that total from 2005, average annual IT salary, ranking by salary, and biggest sector in each city.
Slides also include tech or health-care employers in the region, based on information from City-Data.com and other sources.
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42n81
4 months ago
6 comments
It'd be nice if we could print articles...I like keeping my own files without having to go back to the website.
SanDieganWannabe
8 months ago
2 comments
San DIego? Puleeze! I've been out of work in this city for over a year. Been to several interviews and found the "technology" here is way behind the times!
Knighterrant
8 months ago
2 comments
It's not what you know, it's whether you know who you are and who HE is in you. At least, I'm been surviving by a prayer since 911. My "career" is dead and only Jesus can resurect it. Dallas is not far from San Antonio, but, they demand experience and give none in return. Companies always keep the best and dump the rest. Social networking is required before you can computer network anyhow. Maybe we'll get through this depression soon.
oddmodd
8 months ago
2 comments
Where is Charlotte on that list. I thought Charlotte was a good IT city
jayaho
8 months ago
2 comments
I'm happy to see that Detroit beat out some great cities. We are retooling around here... not just our auto plants... but our careers. Many of us here in Detroit need to realize that the manufacturing jobs of yesterday are gone, and they aren't coming back. http://gen18.com/wordpress/?p=1
unemployed_michigan
8 months ago
2 comments
i live near detroit (50 miles) and i am lair off from my job and can't find a new one. looks like i am moving. last one out ofmichigan, turn the lights off
rtech05
8 months ago
2 comments
I also relocated to Sacramento like vicmontana just a couple of weeks ago. All I am finding is entry level tech jobs and temp agencies who have nothing to offer anyone with any experience (this is what I am being told).
I have eight years as a senior support tech under my belt, but I find either temp agencies calling with nothing, saying I am "overqualified". I hope this changes.
bulletkid
8 months ago
2 comments
We win again!!
nonnald
8 months ago
2 comments
Detroit? I call Bullshit
Slow
8 months ago
4 comments
This has to be the absolute slowest site on the net. Is there a list so I don't have to spend all day looking at the pretty pictures?
blkrocket
8 months ago
2 comments
If you are able to stay under 45 and your skills sharp for the rest of your life, the San Francisco Bay area will always have a job for you in high technology. Keep in mind that your terms of unemployment and opportunity of mobility is only as good as your social network.
doctorhrdware
8 months ago
6 comments
I guess it is time to leave the Chicago area. This place is dying when it comes to the employment situation.
gatorb
10 months ago
4 comments
Where's Cincinnati stand ? I'd loved to work in Colorado Spings, it's beautiful there.
aogilmor
10 months ago
8 comments
some of these places are hardly cheap (Orange county, CA). Detroit? Hmmmm. Maybe it's cheap for a reason. I guess if your criteria is tech jobs per capita you'll be all over the map. Nice to see options.....
Arbiter1
10 months ago
8 comments
I was absolutely excited to see Colorado Springs in the Top 10. I am absoultely amazed, cause this is where I live and want to get into the field.