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Top 25 Cities for Tech Jobs
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Tania Khadder, Anna Hennings, Eric Dahl, Adam Starr, Alice Handley | InsideTech
#2. Washington, DC
Population: 591,833
Average Salary: $54,840
Cost of Living Rank (in a 1-100 list): 32
Average Commute Time: 28.4 minutes
Job Growth Rank (in a list of 372 Highest Growth Cities): 12
Unemployment Rate: 6.1
Wired Cities Rank: 3
America's political center checks in at #2 on our list thanks to its high ranking on the most-wired cities list and low unemployment rate. As the new administration and the stimulus package create new jobs, DC is sure to see some impressive growth. Plus, as President Obama's staff found out when they entered the White House, the government's IT infrastructure is in desperate need of an overhaul. That should create plenty of opportunity for tech workers.
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Nikita
5 days ago
2 comments
Minneapolis. MN is not listed here, quite funny.
TonyaVrana
12 days ago
2 comments
It's nice to know I'll be moving to one of the top Tech cities!
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Jahmakeun
about 1 month ago
2 comments
Well, I'm just glad that I chose a good career field being that it's part of my natural talent and that it's going to be in so much more need in the future. So get excited y'all, we can go places, practically work anywhere! Be as positive as you can despite the frightening things seen and heard. We got this man!
stoneey1
2 months ago
2 comments
What about Huntsville, AL?
tmcomp2002
4 months ago
6 comments
I am surprised that NY is only #16. Would think it would be in the top 5.
tmcomp2002
4 months ago
6 comments
Didn't expect this to be on the list at all, the previous comment was placed in the wrong spot.
tmcomp2002
4 months ago
6 comments
Would have thought it would be higher up the ladder
Azurise
4 months ago
2 comments
Why did you list Rochester, NY? We're losing a heck of a lot more jobs than we are gaining...
And Kodak? Can you say JOB CUTS. This is not a growth area anymore!
Lot's of the youthful college educated are just trying to get out, I know I am.
The people are nice (ish), but the taxes are brutal. NYC sucks us dry.
rogerbrad
4 months ago
4 comments
IT is what keeps everything tied together world-wide. It's like, DUH... It's so simple.
ihatethis
4 months ago
26 comments
Here some comments: Aerospace-been dead since cold war ended; semiconductiors-only H1B slave labor need apply; biomed-eh so so; entertainment-right, buying a lottery ticket has a better chance; petrochem-outsourced overseas where there is no EPA; defense-no clearance, no job, no exceptions; manufacturing-not done in America anymore. IT is all that is left, and that is being outsourced rapidly.
mlgreen55
4 months ago
4 comments
It's interesting that all comments regard IT work. What about aerospace, semiconductors, biomed, entertainment, petrochemical, robotics, research, defense, lots of automated manufacturing jobs, etc. IT people are famous for self importance and this pretty much affirms that perception.
ihatethis
4 months ago
26 comments
DC is not an IT hotbed. Lived there for 5 years, everyone obsessed with the security clearance, but nobody know how to get one. karisue_07 is full of crap. Firms stopped clearing people 10 years ago, that common knowledge figure from numerous recruiters at job fairs. Want to work in IT, try any of the other cities on this list. In DC all you will hear is no clearance, no job interview, no exceptions. But any other city, no clearences are needed, but you must compete with the H1B slave labor, no degrees, no students loans, so they work cheap. They also do not know what they are doing, but then when did the computer industry ever care about quality? Not Microsoft.
cirrusb
4 months ago
2 comments
Couple things. Wondering why Boise, ID didn't make it since it has a pretty solid base of tech jobs.
The other thing is that probably not the best time to list Austin at #1 spot, considering this article just got posted today: Austin unemployment hits 7.1%. Oops!
http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2009/07/13/daily43.html
ihatethis
4 months ago
26 comments
DC does NOT belong on this list!!! Every IT job in DC requires a TOP SECRET SECURITY CLEARENCE. No clearence, no job, no exceptions. The only way to get a clearence is to get a company with an agent to sponsor you, a person cannot do this alone. Since companies are too CHEAP to spend the $20,000 no one gets a clearence anymore. Look at Raytheon at rayjobs.com, Lockheed at lm.com, or Deloitte, or Bearing Point before wasting time, money and effort going to DC. Dont believe the hype or the lies, in DC the mantra is No clearence, no job, no exceptions. Period. End of Discussion.