Best cities for tech jobs — Yourlist

Best cities for tech jobs

a Yourlist ranking · the crowd decides the order

Where the industry actually hires.

What counts: Seeded with approximate real-world figures — the crowd's votes decide the order from here.

Austin▲ Rising
Metro pop.: 2,400,000Median home: $450,000Sunny days: 228
added by IJRin 8 rankings
81
San Francisco▲ Rising
Metro pop.: 4,600,000Median home: $1,200,000Sunny days: 259
added by IJRin 6 rankings
47
San Jose▲ Rising
Metro pop.: 1,900,000Median home: $1,400,000Sunny days: 257
added by IJRin 7 rankings
31
New York City▲ Rising
Metro pop.: 19,600,000Median home: $700,000Sunny days: 224
added by IJRin 6 rankings
23
Columbus▲ Rising
Metro pop.: 2,100,000Median home: $300,000Sunny days: 179
added by IJRin 4 rankings
21
Raleigh▲ Rising
Metro pop.: 1,500,000Median home: $420,000Sunny days: 213
added by IJRin 3 rankings
16
Denver▲ Rising
Metro pop.: 3,000,000Median home: $560,000Sunny days: 245
added by IJRin 7 rankings
8
Seattle▼ Falling
Metro pop.: 4,000,000Median home: $750,000Sunny days: 152
added by IJRin 4 rankings
1
Durham▼ Falling
Metro pop.: 600,000Median home: $400,000Sunny days: 211
added by IJRin 3 rankings
-9
Pittsburgh
Metro pop.: 2,400,000Median home: $230,000Sunny days: 160
added by IJRin 5 rankings
-9
Boston▼ Falling
Metro pop.: 4,900,000Median home: $700,000Sunny days: 200
added by IJRin 5 rankings
-14
Salt Lake City▼ Falling
Metro pop.: 1,300,000Median home: $550,000Sunny days: 222
added by IJRin 4 rankings
-20

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GGrace Silva14h
The commute data should be weighted double, honestly.
LLeo Mueller5d
Lived in two of these — the cost-of-living numbers are the whole story.
NNoah IvanovJul 28, 2026
Weather is underrated in these rankings until you've done one bad winter.
OOlga Johnson1d
Visited last spring and it absolutely lives up to the hype.