New York Surpasses San Francisco as Top Tech Talent Market Due to AI Growth
· Technology · CNBC, Fortune
New York has overtaken the San Francisco Bay Area as the top market for tech talent for the first time in 13 years of CBRE reporting. New York's office market recorded 394,300 tech talent jobs, edging out San Francisco's 375,730 roles. The shift is largely driven by financial sector hiring of tech talent and artificial intelligence workers as Bay Area tech companies face workforce contractions. Across the U.S. and Canada, AI tech roles grew by 45 percent over the past year, with San Francisco and New York each adding more than 20,000 AI-specific jobs since mid-2025. AI-related roles now account for nearly one-third of all tech-talent job listings in the U.S.
Why it matters
The rise of artificial intelligence employment is reshaping regional real estate and corporate hiring patterns across North America, shifting tech-talent dominance from the West Coast to the East Coast.
Read the original report — CNBC
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