--- title: New York has more tech workers than San Francisco for... description: New York's metro area now has more tech workers than the San Francisco Bay Area for the first time in CBRE's 13 years of tracking, per its Scoring Tech Talent... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/new-york-has-more-tech-workers-than-san-francisco-for-the-first-time-kzwmbqnhy twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: New York has more tech workers than San Francisco for the first time | daily.dev og:description: New York's metro area now has more tech workers than the San Francisco Bay Area for the first time in CBRE's 13 years of tracking, per its Scoring Tech Talent... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/new-york-has-more-tech-workers-than-san-francisco-for-the-first-time-kzwmbqnhy og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/KzwmBqnHY.png og:image:alt: New York has more tech workers than San Francisco for the first time og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # New York has more tech workers than San Francisco for the first time **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 6 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary New York's metro area now has more tech workers than the San Francisco Bay Area for the first time in CBRE's 13 years of tracking, per its Scoring Tech Talent 2026 report, but this is due to San Francisco losing 23,900 jobs since 2022 rather than New York's growth outpacing others. San Francisco still ranks first overall on CBRE's weighted scorecard and leads in AI-specific talent (98,699 vs New York's 67,949). AI job postings now make up 31% of US tech postings (up from 11% in 2022), while non-AI postings fell 60% nationally and 73% in the Bay Area. Layoffs attributed to AI rose from 4.5% of cuts in 2024 to 22.9% by June 2026. Finance, not tech, is driving New York's hiring, and remote postings in the Bay Area collapsed from 24% to 7% as AI companies require in-office work. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Does New York now have more tech workers than San Francisco? Yes, as of 2025 data, the New York metro area had 394,300 tech talent jobs compared to 375,730 in the San Francisco Bay Area, the first time this has happened since CBRE began tracking the data 13 years ago. New York did not grow fastest; it added 30,640 tech jobs between 2022 and 2025 while the Bay Area lost 23,900 jobs over the same period. _Anyone weighing tech job markets can track shifting talent hubs like this on daily.dev._ ### Is San Francisco still the top ranked tech talent market despite losing jobs? Yes, San Francisco Bay Area remains ranked first overall on CBRE's Scoring Tech Talent 2026 scorecard, which weighs 13 metrics including talent depth, concentration, cost, and education pipeline, scoring 81.98 versus New York's 70.38. San Francisco also still leads specifically in AI talent, with 98,699 AI workers compared to New York's 67,949. _Developers deciding where AI hiring is strongest can follow market comparisons like this on daily.dev._ ### How much have AI-related job postings grown compared to non-AI tech postings in 2026? AI roles made up 31% of available US tech talent job postings by June 2026, up from 11% at the mid-2022 hiring peak, with the Bay Area's AI postings share rising from 20% to 57%. Meanwhile non-AI tech postings fell 60% across the US and 73% in the Bay Area over the same period. _Job seekers navigating the AI-driven hiring shift can keep tabs on these trends via daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [AI is now nearly half of US tech office demand](https://daily.dev/posts/ai-is-now-nearly-half-of-us-tech-office-demand-rgqxfprhf) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [The AI talent story everyone is missing](https://daily.dev/posts/the-ai-talent-story-everyone-is-missing-qmsghb3ep) · LeadDev · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [US AI giants are flocking to London. Here's why](https://daily.dev/posts/us-ai-giants-are-flocking-to-london-here-s-why-oltjyr3rq) · The Next Web · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#ai](https://daily.dev/tags/ai), [#career](https://daily.dev/tags/career), [#remote-work](https://daily.dev/tags/remote-work) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/new-york-has-more-tech-workers-than-san-francisco-for-the-first-time-kzwmbqnhy) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"New York has more tech workers than San Francisco for the first time","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/new-york-has-more-tech-workers-than-san-francisco-for-the-first-time-kzwmbqnhy","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/new-york-has-more-tech-workers-than-san-francisco-for-the-first-time-kzwmbqnhy"},"datePublished":"2026-08-21T14:53:21.771Z","dateModified":"2026-08-21T15:18:24.246Z","description":"New York's metro area now has more tech workers than the San Francisco Bay Area for the first time in CBRE's 13 years of tracking, per its Scoring Tech Talent...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/bdbcebed981ed652331752b57d5a4f06?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/bdbcebed981ed652331752b57d5a4f06?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"The Next Web","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"The Next Web","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/tnw","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/tnw"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/new-york-has-more-tech-workers-than-san-francisco-for-the-first-time-kzwmbqnhy","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"ai,career,remote-work","timeRequired":"PT6M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Next Web","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/tnw"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"New York has more tech workers than San Francisco for the first time"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/new-york-has-more-tech-workers-than-san-francisco-for-the-first-time-kzwmbqnhy#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"Does New York now have more tech workers than San Francisco?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Yes, as of 2025 data, the New York metro area had 394,300 tech talent jobs compared to 375,730 in the San Francisco Bay Area, the first time this has happened since CBRE began tracking the data 13 years ago. 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