Top 5 US cities for tech jobs!

Muhammed H

What are the top five cities for IT jobs in USA?

dsgm

google is your friend

PC509

http://tinyurl.com/pf5gofz

One of the results : CompTIA Reports: The Top Five Cities for IT Jobs | Windows content from Windows IT Pro

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3. Want to move to a state where you'll have the best chance of getting a job or moving up in the tech industry? The top five states by tech industry employment were:

• California
• Texas
• New York
• Florida
• Massachusetts

4. With that said, you may not have to move at all: 38 states added tech jobs in 2014.

Nemowolf

Of those states; California and New York are EXTREMELY cost prohibitive for folks relocating into the state. Texas, Florida and Mass would all be easier to relo into from almost anywhere else.

Sticker shock doesn't even come close to explaining how 70% of your income will go toward rent unless your a seasoned employee coming into a job with a great relocation package.

Jasiono

If I wasn't married I would move to Texas in a heartbeat, or south in general.

DoubleNNs

I've heard people say in other threads that Florida doesn't have many IT jobs.

dsgm

DoubleNNs wrote: »

I've heard people say in other threads that Florida doesn't have many IT jobs.

I am one of those people. Unless you know someone or you have 7+ years experience, most jobs advertised nowadays want a seasoned vet, i am lucky i have the job i just got, i have a family member with 16 yrs experience struggling to get a job but getting calls from atlanta etc where i see a lot of jobs.
I plan on going down that side myself

Chitownjedi

I have been looking at TEXAS for a few years, and it was between Houston/Austin for quite a while, however Arizona and the Glendale/Gilbert area (which surround Phoenix) has jumped to the top for me, as it has some of the things I am looking for, and still has the potential to become a hub.

I might have missed the Boat for Austin, as enough people have moved there to drive up the cost.

JoJoCal19

Jasiono wrote: »

If I wasn't married I would move to Texas in a heartbeat, or south in general.

If I didn't have a family I'd move to Texas in a heartbeat.

anoeljr

Texas, specifically Dallas, and Houston. I've heard San Antonio and Austin are good too.

Techguru365

Where is DC/NoVA on this list?

bloodshotbetty

I am really surprised Minneapolis isn't on the list. Tech jobs are thriving here- so many options! Plus we are home to Target, 3m, best buy (sinking ship...) and other big companies.

Jasiono

JoJoCal19 wrote: »

If I didn't have a family I'd move to Texas in a heartbeat.

Yeah this is what really meant to say. Kinda hard moving my wife and child away from her side of the family.
My side of the family is pretty much dead to me.

DoubleNNs

I think the DMV area would be high up on the list as well, except that it's an area instead of a single state or city.

srabiee

My fiance and I have been talking about relocating to the Salt Lake City/Provo/Orem/Ogden area for quite some time. The IT jobs aren't as plentiful as Dallas or Seattle for example, but I hear it's still decent there.

successrealm

Techguru365 wrote: »

Where is DC/NoVA on this list?

Yeah, I am surprised it's not, also.

I live in Richmond, VA. and I have tons of offers to work in DC all of the time, but you couldn't pay me ANY amount of money to deal with that traffic.
Those that work in DC and drive from other cities, I don't know how you do it.

Claymoore

Florida is in the top 5 because of job growth. That's a function of population growth and recovery from the housing and mortgage industry collapse. I don't think it means we're about to turn into Silicon Beach down here.

My office is busy and every client I visit is busy. We need to add people and my clients need to add staff. I had one client lose 5 people in 6 weeks to new jobs elsewhere, so the market is picking up. It still doesn't feel like a large tech pool down here, although one metro area may be doing better than others. As a consultant, it doesn't really matter where I live as long as I have a good internet connection and it's near a major airport.

Cisco Inferno

dsgm wrote: »

I am one of those people. Unless you know someone or you have 7+ years experience, most jobs advertised nowadays want a seasoned vet, i am lucky i have the job i just got, i have a family member with 16 yrs experience struggling to get a job but getting calls from atlanta etc where i see a lot of jobs.
I plan on going down that side myself

I would have to agree. It is beyond difficult to get a nice job here. S. Florida as a whole is becoming more and more developed. There is job growth but it isn't really in the tech sector. Honestly, the market is controlled by recruiters. It really squeezes the lower ends of the market where you will have 200 people fight for a $14/hr Help Desk role. I moved from NYC and over there it seemed a little easier to get a job.
Over here I am just harassed by recruiters every other day who want 5 yrs exp, MCSA, CCNA for desktop support roles that pay $15.

There are many senior roles for chump change, and few junior roles for crumbs.

Cisco Inferno

Claymoore wrote: »

Florida is in the top 5 because of job growth. That's a function of population growth and recovery from the housing and mortgage industry collapse. I don't think it means we're about to turn into Silicon Beach down here.

My office is busy and every client I visit is busy. We need to add people and my clients need to add staff. I had one client lose 5 people in 6 weeks to new jobs elsewhere, so the market is picking up. It still doesn't feel like a large tech pool down here, although one metro area may be doing better than others. As a consultant, it doesn't really matter where I live as long as I have a good internet connection and it's near a major airport.

Spot on about the economy here.

Also, I wish I had known about those job openings when I needed them

IIIMaster

Depends on location, north Florida may not be so good except for Jacksonville ,south FL is okay, central FL has good opportunity. I recall stating that before and been call out. But hey I keep moving up down here I already have my new job offer and will be moving on to the next.
I was orginally from Ga and applied constantly for jobs in Atl and recieve no replies. Came down here and I had offers left and right. At the time I had an A.A.S 1 CompTia and 1 professional cert and that was good enough to draw interest down here.
But to be honest most people I know down here take their skills and move on. They get Their certs move to TX or the next company. It goes down to the big 3 , certs, education and experience. Keep those 3 good and you will find a job anywhere.

Ukimokia

Yeah I live in the DC/NoVA area and can say there's a lot of opportunities here especially if you like working in the public sector. I take the metro to work so I don't have to deal with traffic.

I've had friends and family who live in Texas and a lot of people who move there don't like it. Everything is cheap for a reason.

markulous

Chitownjedi wrote: »

I have been looking at TEXAS for a few years, and it was between Houston/Austin for quite a while, however Arizona and the Glendale/Gilbert area (which surround Phoenix) has jumped to the top for me, as it has some of the things I am looking for, and still has the potential to become a hub.

I might have missed the Boat for Austin, as enough people have moved there to drive up the cost.

A guy I work with is from that area in Phoenix and is saying right now the salary for tech jobs is ridiculous. Like for tier 2/3 help desk (so expert desktop, basic server/network admin, etc) he's saying Amazon and other companies are paying ~90k whereas here in Denver it's like ~55-60k at best. Guess there's tons of big tech companies but not a ton of people willing to move into the desert. Any truth to this? I saw on Glassdoor a "Systems Engineer" makes ~100K but not sure if that's the position he's talking about.

goatama

markulous wrote: »

A guy I work with is from that area in Phoenix and is saying right now the salary for tech jobs is ridiculous. Like for tier 2/3 help desk (so expert desktop, basic server/network admin, etc) he's saying Amazon and other companies are paying ~90k whereas here in Denver it's like ~55-60k at best. Guess there's tons of big tech companies but not a ton of people willing to move into the desert. Any truth to this? I saw on Glassdoor a "Systems Engineer" makes ~100K but not sure if that's the position he's talking about.

There are a ton of tech jobs in the Phoenix area... at least on the surface. When I was looking on Dice, I realized that there was only one actual job for every five or six postings because it was different recruiters recruiting for the *same* job. (Dunno if it's like that everywhere, but I've looked at other cities and haven't seen it that bad.) It doesn't take long to realize this because you start noticing that they're copy/pasting the same job description, complete with typos and grammar inconsistencies. Once you get through the chaff it still looks like there's a decent amount of openings, but it seems like almost everything is contract work. Which works for some folks, but not everybody. If you're interested in gov't work, the state pays somewhat decently but the benefits more than make up for it. Total compensation looks like 120-130k when your salary is 85-95k, but 11% goes to state retirement system after 6 months.

markulous

I'll have to look into it more. I'm down to move there, but just would need to save up a bit of cash to move.

goatama

PM me if you have questions as I just made the move here myself and might be able to offer tips on what parts of Phoenix to move to, depending on your lifestyle.

Cherper

srabiee wrote: »

My fiance and I have been talking about relocating to the Salt Lake City/Provo/Orem/Ogden area for quite some time. The IT jobs aren't as plentiful as Dallas or Seattle for example, but I hear it's still decent there.

The biggest problem with that area is a glut of educated professionals. There are 5+ universities along the Wasatch Front, and it means that there are a lot of people with degrees. They want to stay there and are willing to work for less. I have family there, and would relocate there if the jobs paid well.

markulous

goatama wrote: »

PM me if you have questions as I just made the move here myself and might be able to offer tips on what parts of Phoenix to move to, depending on your lifestyle.

PM Sent

DoubleNNs

goatama wrote: »

Total compensation looks like 120-130k when your salary is 85-95k, but 11% goes to state retirement system after 6 months.

How much experience is needed for these types of jobs out there? That sounds like a lot of money, especially since I hear cost of living out in Phoenix is low, tho I don't know how true that is.

verbhertz

That's good news about Phoenix. I'm looking to move the family there in a year or two.

no!all!

CA and FL, really?! All I hear about is how terrible FL is for jobs period. Then there's CA which is one of the most expensive states to live in!

scaredoftests

Florida..REALLY?