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Want a Tech Job? Silicon Valley Is Still Your Best Bet
Silicon Valley is one of the most expensive places on earth, and the competition for tech talent is fierce. But according to a report by job site Indeed, Silicon Valley's share of tech job listings is growing, not shrinking.
Tech job listings are growing elsewhere too. But they're growing faster in Silicon Valley and other established tech hubs, according to the study.
Indeed identified eight metropolitan areas with populations of at least 1 million where technology jobs account for a "high share" of the total listings on the company's site: Austin; Baltimore; Boston; Raleigh; San Francisco; San Jose; Seattle; and Washington, DC.
You don't have to live in a big tech hub to work in tech. Big metropolitan areas like Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York often have more tech jobs than smaller cities like Austin or Raleigh, due to their size. But tech jobs account for a smaller percentage of the total jobs in those larger cities.
The study found that some cities are developing specialties in tech. Detroit and Pittsburgh, for example, have become hubs for autonomous vehicles.
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