Seattle lands No. 2 spot as best North America market for tech talent

A new report ranked Seattle as the No. 2 market in North America for tech talent, placing the city in the same spot it was last year.

This ranking from CBRE's Scoring Tech Talent report looks at the top 50 North American markets and their ability to attract and develop tech talent. It ranks cities based on 13 metrics, such as labor market conditions, concentration of tech jobs and graduation rates.

Tech talent, which makes up more than 20 occupations such as data managers and software developers, has grown in the U.S. by 11.4% or 610,000 employees since 2020.


In the Puget Sound region, tech jobs increased 29% between 2017 and 2022, according to the report, adding 44,020 jobs to the local economy. The majority of the local tech talent works in the tech industry (63.4%). The next largest industry for tech talent is manufacturing (7.1%).

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