WorkAugust 21, 2026via CNBC Technology
New York unseats San Francisco as the top market for tech talent, CBRE reports
Why it matters
The geographic center of AI hiring is shifting from San Francisco to New York, signaling how AI is remaking the tech labor market and where practitioners should expect competition for AI engineering and data talent.
Key signals
- AI-related roles account for nearly one-third of all U.S. tech-talent job listings
- New York now unseats San Francisco as the top market for tech talent (per CBRE report)
- Regional talent clustering shifting away from traditional Bay Area dominance
- AI-related roles now account for nearly one-third (~33%) of all tech-talent job listings in the U.S.
- New York unseats San Francisco as the top market for tech talent (per CBRE report)
- Published August 2026 — reflects current labor-market geography
The hook
AI roles now account for nearly one-third of all U.S. tech-talent job listings — and they're reshaping where tech talent clusters.
AI-related roles now account for nearly one-third of all tech-talent job listings in the U.S., per the new CBRE report.