New York passes Bay Area on tech talent

New York’s tech workforce reached 394,300 jobs, edging the San Francisco Bay Area’s 375,730 for the first time in CBRE’s 13-year analysis, CNBC reports from the 2026 Tech Talent report. AI roles grew 45% across the U.S. and Canada in the past year, reaching 751,000 workers, although San Francisco still leads on AI concentration. Operators should read the result as a change in recruiting geography—not a Bay Area surrender—and compare location strategy with the archive’s evidence on AI-driven job redesign.