Seattle just ranked among the top cities for tech talent in North America

What pairs with Seattle like peanut butter and jelly? Tech of course! These days our city is known for its tech talent and job opportunities in the sector. So much so that we had one of the top scores on CBRE’s annual scoring tech talent report.

The report ranks the top 75 tech markets in the U.S. and Canada. Overall, the U.S. added a net 136,000 tech talent jobs last year despite economic shifts and increased remote hiring. What’s more, remote work is looking like a new way to expand; with nearly a quarter of all tech job listings now being for remote positions.

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Here are the top 10 tech talent markets in the US and Canada.

1. SF Bay Area
2. Seattle
3. Toronto
4. Washington, D.C.
5. NY Metro
6. Austin
7. Boston
8. Vancouver
9. Dallas/Ft. Worth
10. Denver

The top five markets listed in CBRE’s 2022 report are the same as last year’s. While rankings haven’t changed in the top 5, Seattle was behind Toronto’s 88,900 jobs for tech talent growth with 45,560 new jobs in Seattle. Also interesting for our local tech market, 77% of Seattle’s tech jobs are for software engineering making our city the top place in the nation for software engineers.

If you’d like to check out CBRE’s full report, you can visit their website. Enjoy!