The 10 Best States For Tech Job Openings

A monthly tech job posting report from CompTIA identifies the states with the most tech job postings in March and how those numbers compare with February. Here’s a look.

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California remains the technology powerhouse in the U.S. in terms of tech job openings. But based on tech job postings in March, there is a lot of tech job growth—and employment opportunities for people with tech skills—in other states including Texas, New York and Florida.

That’s the gist of the latest monthly tech jobs posting report from CompTIA, the Computing Technology Industry Association. The report looks at the states with the most job postings in the tech sector and also ranks states by the change in job postings from the previous month.

CompTIA’s analysis includes jobs at technology companies, both tech occupations and non-tech jobs like sales, marketing and HR, as well as tech jobs at non-technology businesses and organizations.

The report also identifies the top 10 metro areas for tech job postings in March and the top 10 states for remote/work-from-home tech job postings during the month.

Here’s a look at the top 10 states in tech job postings. Some of these statistics are sure to appear in the CRN Best States project later this year.

No. 10: Colorado

Colorado had 10,043 tech job postings in March, up by 470 postings from February.

The Centennial State was also No. 10 with 2,841 remote/work-from-home job postings in March, an increase of 276 postings from February.

(No metro area in Colorado was in the top 10 for tech job postings.)

No. 9: Washington

Washington had 10,828 tech job postings in March, a decline of 643 postings from February.

Seattle was No. 8 among metro areas with 8,982 postings in March, up by 468 postings from February.

The Evergreen State was No. 9 with 2,938 remote/work-from-home tech jobs in March, an increase of 1,014 postings from February.

No. 8: North Carolina

North Carolina had 11,969 tech job postings in March, a decline of 757 postings from February.

The Tar Heel State was No. 7 with 3,423 remote/work-from-home job postings in March, a decline of 39 from February.

(No metro area in North Carolina made the top 10 for tech job postings.)

No. 7: Illinois

Illinois had 12,684 tech job postings in March. But that was down by 2,124 postings from February.

Chicago was No. 7 among metro areas with 11,136 tech job postings in March—a decline of 1,442 from February.

The Prairie State was No. 6 with 3,766 remote/work-from-home tech job postings in March, a decline of 593 from February.

No. 6: Georgia

Georgia had 13,422 tech job postings in March, up by 2,861 postings from February. That gave the Peach State the second biggest gain in postings among all states behind only Texas.

Atlanta was the No. 6 metro area for tech job postings with 11,255, up by 2,519 from February.

Georgia was No. 5 in remote/work-from-home tech job postings with 4,008, an increase of 1,108 from February.

No. 5: Florida

Florida had 14,098 tech job postings in March. That was up by 2,203 postings from February, the fourth biggest gain among all states.

The Sunshine State was No. 3 in remote/work-from-home tech job postings with 4,435 in March, an increase of 1,017 from February.

(No Florida metropolitan area made the top 10 list for tech job postings.)

No. 4: Virginia

Virginia had 14,171 tech job postings in March, up by 1,864 postings from February. That makes The Old Dominion State No. 6 among states with gains.

Washington, D.C., which includes areas of Virginia south of the city, was the No. 2 metro area for tech job postings with 16,896. That was up by 761 postings from February, giving it the ninth biggest gain among all states.

Virginia was No. 8 with 3,322 remote/work-from-home tech job postings in March, an increase of 751 from February.

No. 3: New York

New York had 15,028 tech job postings in March, up by 2,518 postings from February. That puts the Empire State at No. 3 for both total number of tech job postings and in its gain from February.

New York City was No. 1 among all metro areas in tech job postings with 19,090 and No. 1 among all metro areas in the gain from February, up by 3,193. (Note: The tech job postings number for New York City is bigger than for all of New York state because the New York metro area includes areas in nearby New Jersey and Pennsylvania, as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau.)

New York state was No. 4 with 4,018 remote/work-from-home tech job postings, an increase of 846 from February.

No. 2: Texas

The Lone Star State had 27,978 tech job postings in March. But that was up by 4,180 postings from February—the biggest gain among all states.

In tech job postings by metro area, Dallas was No. 3 with 13,336 in March, up by 1,872 postings from February—the third largest gain among all metro areas.

Texas was also No. 2 in postings for remote/work-from-home tech jobs with 8,597 —an increase of 2,004 from February.

No. 1: California

California, not surprisingly, led all states with 43,042 tech job postings in March.

But that’s 1,349 fewer than in February, making the Golden State one of the few states in which tech job postings declined month to month. Given the recent high-visibility announcements from Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Oracle that they are moving their headquarters from California to Texas, one has to wonder if this is a trend.

In terms of tech job postings in metro areas, Los Angeles was No. 4 with 12,760, up 450 from February. But No. 5 metro area San Francisco had 11,654 tech job postings in March, 1,006 fewer than in February, while No. 9 metro area San Jose had 8,971 job postings, 63 fewer job postings than in February.

California led all states in remote/work-from-home tech job postings with 12,372, an increase of 816 from February.