CBRE: Seattle No. 1 for Tech Labor Quality in 2020, No. 3 Overall Among 50 North American Markets

CBRE’s 2020 Scoring Tech Talent report ranks Seattle No. 1 for quality of tech labor pool in North America and No. 3 overall among 50 markets, citing concentrations of experienced engineers and graduates from top CS programs. Seattle also ranks highly for educational attainment, millennial population growth, tech wages ($119,170 average), and tech workforce concentration (155,330 workers, 7.7% of workforce).