NYC Listed Among Cities With Most Tech Jobs

PC World recently crunched some numbers and determined that New York City and Washington D.C. are among the areas with the most tech jobs available.

Some signs of economic recovery are emerging and a variety of organizations in some of the biggest U.S. cities are seeing demand for tech professionals, according to high-tech career industry watchers. The results are according to jobs and payscale posted on Dice as of May 1, 2009. Below are the results of the study from highest to lowest:

Washington D.C./Baltimore
Available jobs: 6,817
Average salary: $110,028

New York
Available jobs: 5,341
Average salary: $69,700

Silicon Valley
Available jobs: 2,534
Average salary: $83,842

Chicago
Available jobs: 2,056
Average salary: $70,337

Los Angeles
Available jobs: 2,022
Average salary: $62,302

Boston
Available jobs: 1,902
Average salary: $92,630

Philadelphia
Available jobs: 1,557
Average salary: $51,912

Dallas
Available jobs: 1,451
Average salary: $88,327

Atlanta
Available jobs: 1,372
Average salary: $80,798

Seattle
Available IT jobs: 1,195
Average salary: $73,716

Remember that these aren't exclusively game development jobs we're talking about. This is the tech industry as a whole. However, it does provide a very promising glimpse at NYC’s future ability to attract fresh tech talent.

(via PCWorld)