California's still the spot for IT jobs
Where's a good place to find a job in technology? Texas, New York, Florida, Massachusetts, and Washington are all strong players, but California continues to be tops for tech employment, often by a wide margin.
Industry group CompTIA's "Cyberstates 2016" report analyzed trends in the tech jobs field -- manufacturing, telecom, software, IT services, and engineering -- over the past year, broken down by state. California, with 1.15 million tech jobs, had a nearly two-to-one lead over second-place finisher Texas, with 585,600. New York, Florida, and Massachusetts trailed with 369,500, 311,800, and 294,600 respectively.
California also had the largest number of job postings in tech -- 152,700 in Q4 2015, leaving New York's 63,200 a distant second.
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