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Tech hiring velocity in any metro is bounded by a single upstream variable: how many qualified candidates already live there. Pulling engineers from other markets adds cost and time; the local pool is the constraint.
That constraint has shifted location. A new CBRE report places New York ahead of San Francisco as the leading U.S. AI is the mechanism reshaping demand.
AI-related roles now represent nearly one-third of all tech-talent job listings nationally, per CBRE.
That share matters because AI hiring concentrates rather than disperses: teams need engineers with specific skills, and those engineers tend to cluster.
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