Submission + - Move Over, Silicon Valley: St. Louis, Atlanta, Small Cities Gaining Tech Jobs (dice.com) 1
SpaceForceCommander writes: According to the just-released Dice Salary Survey, Columbus and St. Louis enjoyed double-digit year-over-year growth in salaries (14.2 percent and 13.6 percent, respectively), and other cities such as Denver and Atlanta also experienced an ideal mix of growth and high salaries. These up-and-comers benefitted from the presence of key employers such as Amazon and IBM; in addition, a lower cost of living and plentiful amenities have made them increasingly attractive to technologists, even those coming from well-established tech hubs such as Silicon Valley.
Silicon Valley remains a world of high salaries—but the cost of living in the Bay Area remains extraordinarily high, which chews into that higher-than-average paycheck. And that’s before we factor in issues such as grinding commutes. In Seattle, New York City (also known as “Silicon Alley”), and other well-established tech hubs, costs are similarly high, which only makes up-and-coming tech hubs more potentially attractive to technologists.
Silicon Valley remains a world of high salaries—but the cost of living in the Bay Area remains extraordinarily high, which chews into that higher-than-average paycheck. And that’s before we factor in issues such as grinding commutes. In Seattle, New York City (also known as “Silicon Alley”), and other well-established tech hubs, costs are similarly high, which only makes up-and-coming tech hubs more potentially attractive to technologists.
