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Boston Ranks 8th on CBRE’s ‘Scoring Tech Talent’ Report

CBRE has ranked Boston eighth on the firm’s tech talent scorecard, part of its annual Scoring Tech Talent Report, which ranks 50 North American markets according to their ability to attract and grow tech talent.

Boston’s tech-talent labor pool is the seventh largest nationally at 167,110 workers, according to CBRE, which amounts to 6% of the city’s overall workforce. The national average is 3.7%.

“Boston’s large concentration of prestigious universities greatly contributes to the city’s highly competitive tech labor pool, securing its position as one of the top markets for tech talent in the nation,” said Andy Hoar, president at CBRE New England.

The top five markets for tech talent in 2020 were the San Francisco Bay Area, Washington, DC, Seattle, Toronto and New York.

 

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David Cohen is Southeast Editorial Director at Connect Commercial Real Estate. David is a media veteran with more than 10 years of experience in journalism, copywriting and communications across a variety of roles. He is responsible for covering commercial real estate news and trends in the Southeast, Florida, Washington D.C. and Boston at Connect CRE as well as specializing in the Student Housing sector. Prior to joining Connect, David was the editor of Northeast Real Estate Business magazine and Student Housing Business magazine at France Media as well as spending time freelancing for ESPN and the Associated Press in the fast-paced field of live sports event production. He is also an owner and investor in multifamily real estate in Atlanta, GA. David currently resides in Atlanta and graduated from the College of Communication & Information at the University of Tennessee Knoxville.