1. Charlotte, N.C.

Increase In Labor Pool, 2011-2016:  77.1 percent

Tech Jobs, 2016: 49,830

Charlotte is home to Bank of America and a hub for another of the nation's largest banks – Wells Fargo. It saw an 8 percent jump in technology pay from 2011 to 2016, to an average annual salary of $93,105. And it appears to be a young city, with its millennial population having grown 13.3 percent from 2010 to 2015, and the number of technology degrees having soared more than 50 percent.