Top 15 U.S. Cities With Deepening Tech Talent Pools
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9. Salt Lake City
Increase In Labor Pool, 2011-2016: 45.3 percent
Tech Jobs, 2016: 31,750
The Utah capital is one of the fastest-growing U.S. cities and also saw a 91 percent jump in the number of technology degrees awarded from 2011 to 2015, according to data from The National Center for Education Statistics. The increase in the number of tech jobs also pushed up wages 13 percent, on average. Meanwhile, the millennial population jumped 8.4 percent.