3. Raleigh-Durham, N.C.

Increase In Labor Pool, 2011-2016: 51.3 percent

Tech Jobs, 2016: 60,900

The region has a growing technology industry as home to Red Hat and SAS Institute, with other vendors having a large presence. Tech pay grew 15.3 percent to an average annual salary of $94,400 from 2011 to 2016. And the number of computer engineering degrees soared 43.7 percent from 2010 to 2015. In that same span, the millennial population grew a healthy 11.2 percent.