Brian Womack
The Dallas Morning News (TNS)
Dallas-Fort Worth has passed up a massive California market in a key technology ranking.
North Texas rose to No. 5 in North America among large markets for its technology workforce, according to a recent report by CBRE, the Dallas-based real estate firm. D-FW in 2025 surpassed the greater Los Angeles area, which fell to No. 6.
Between 2022 and 2025, the Dallas area was among the biggest job gainers, adding more than 37,000 positions, the report showed. That’s an increase of about 19%.
The No. 1 market for tech talent in 2025 was New York City, passing up the San Francisco Bay area. Toronto was No. 3 and Washington, D.C., was No. 4.
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The Dallas area is attracting technology talent as the area continues to bring new investments from locally grown companies and from those around the world. For example, South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics said earlier this year it’s moving its U.S. headquarters to Plano while Taiwan-based Lite-On has picked McKinney for a nearly $1 billion campus project. Dallas-based Texas Instruments is among those companies that are longtime players in the tech industry.
D-FW’s No. 5 ranking puts it ahead of markets such as Seattle and Boston while Texas cousins Austin and Houston placed in the top 20.
The concentration of tech talent, or the percentage of total employment, was 5.8% in North Texas. The 50-market average was 5.5%.
“As companies across all industries use more technology, there is high demand for tech talent in both large and small markets,” the report said. “Major gateway markets dominate overall tech talent growth because of their size.”
Still, North Texas trailed Austin, Boston, Seattle and others for the “Tech Talent Scorecard.” It ranked No. 8 by that grade, which uses more than a dozen metrics to measure each market’s depth, vitality and attractiveness to companies seeking tech talent and to tech workers seeking employment.
The D-FW market showed some strength in the crucial area of artificial intelligence. It ranked No. 6 for AI tech talent, edging out the greater Los Angeles area and Boston.
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