Geek America: The Top 10 U.S. Cities for Technology Jobs
By Diann Daniel
Take a photo tour through New York, Silicon Valley, Boston and the rest of America's leading cities for high-tech jobs.
Which cities are the best for technology workers? The American Electronics Association sought to answer that question by analyzing U.S. cities on a host of factors, including which have the most tech jobs, which have the best tech job growth, which cities have the highest tech salaries, and which techies make the most money compared with their non-tech counterparts. (You'll have to look into dating life and such on your own.)
So without further ado, CIO.com takes you on a tour of geek America, arranged by which cities can claim the most high-tech jobs. (Click here to find out more on methodology or to weigh in about what makes the top high-tech cities great—or terrible.)
1. New York Metro Area
With an unbeatable nightlife, a smorgasboard of ethnic food, and high-glam jobs galore, the Big Apple and surrounding areas can offer its 316,500 techies choice on an unmatched scale. The area leads the U.S. in sheer number of high-tech jobs, and also boasts the number-two spot in job growth. On the other hand, the gap between tech wages and non-tech wages is the smallest of the top 10 cities. New York-area techies average $91,451, while the non-techies average $62,750, for a 46 percent difference. The bright side? More folks than anywhere else who can go quid pro quo on buying rounds of drinks.
Source: Photos.com
