2. Tampa, Fla.

Increase In Labor Pool, 2011-2016: 55.3 percent

Tech Jobs, 2016: 45,340

Although wage growth among tech workers from 2011 to 2016 (6.2 percent) lagged that of non-tech talent, there was a 35-percent jump in conferred technology degrees from 2010 to 2015, with a 47 percent increase in computer engineering degrees.