{"id":861012,"date":"2026-06-12T00:18:38","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T00:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/861012\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T00:18:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T00:18:38","slug":"report-dallas-fort-worth-ranks-no-3-in-the-u-s-for-tech-job-postings-dallas-innovates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/861012\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Dallas-Fort Worth Ranks No. 3 in the U.S. for Tech Job Postings \u00bb Dallas Innovates"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Dallas-Fort Worth had the third-most tech job postings of any U.S. metro in May, trailing only New York and Washington, D.C., according to CompTIA\u2019s latest monthly Tech Jobs Report<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

DFW logged 10,840 postings in May, up 273 from April, extending a run of growth for a regional tech base that has expanded alongside North Texas\u2019 broader corporate and finance boom. The region also ranked fifth among U.S. metros for hiring in dedicated artificial intelligence roles, even as those AI-specific jobs remain a small share of overall demand. Looking further out, CompTIA\u2019s annual State of the Tech Workforce report<\/a>, published in March, projects DFW will add the second-most net tech jobs of any U.S. metro in 2026, behind only New York.<\/p>\n

Only two metros posted more: New York, at 19,363, and Washington, D.C., at 16,799. Texas ranked as the second-largest state for tech job postings, at 22,415, behind only California. DFW also ranked second among metros for tech hiring in the finance sector, with 1,048 postings to New York\u2019s 1,663, and third for remote tech postings, at 2,292.<\/p>\n

AI jobs draw attention, but traditional tech roles dominate<\/p>\n

On the AI front, the Dallas-Fort Worth metro accounted for 4% of the nation\u2019s postings for dedicated AI and machine-learning roles, behind New York at 10%, San Francisco, and San Jose at 7% each, and Washington at 5%. Nationally, those dedicated AI engineer roles totaled 17,267 postings in May and slipped 286 from April, fewer than postings for software developers and engineers, the largest category at 57,386, or systems engineers, at 25,557. <\/p>\n

The appetite for AI skills goes well beyond those specialized roles: DFW employers posted 38,828 jobs requiring an AI skill in the year ending in January, across all occupations, according to the annual State of the Tech Workforce report.<\/p>\n

CompTIA, the Chicago-area IT industry association, compiles the figures from job-posting data tracked by labor-market firm Lightcast and federal labor statistics. In DFW, tech demand is spread across many industries rather than concentrated in a single sector. The country\u2019s AI and digital transformation could push more tech jobs toward greater Dallas<\/a>, Seth Robinson, vice president of industry research at CompTIA, told The Dallas Morning News, which first reported the regional figures. \u201cIt\u2019s really going to be one of the cities probably at the forefront of those two activities,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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Nationally, these were the five tech roles with the most job postings in May, and AI engineering was the only one of the five to slip from April. [Source: CompTIA Tech Jobs Report, June 2026]<\/p>\n

The region\u2019s diversity is part of the draw, Robinson said. \u201cThese tech jobs are popping up in a wide variety of industries\u2014it\u2019s not just in the high-tech industry,\u201d he told the paper, noting that a high-population, diversified market like Dallas benefits as a result.<\/p>\n

The broader U.S. tech labor market has kept expanding even as several of the largest tech firms cut staff amid their AI pivots, a split CompTIA attributes to rising tech demand at small and midsize companies.<\/p>\n

Second only to New York, and climbing<\/p>\n

The May postings add to what is already one of the nation\u2019s largest tech footprints. DFW recorded net tech employment of 377,013 in 2025, second only to New York among U.S. metros, with tech workers making up 8.7% of the region\u2019s overall workforce and the sector\u2019s direct economic impact estimated at $89.4 billion, according to the annual report. The same report pegs the median tech wage in DFW at $119,634, 137% higher than the area\u2019s median across all occupations, and ranks the region in the top quartile of U.S. metros for that wage premium.<\/p>\n

Those figures are projected to climb. CompTIA expects DFW to add 11,013 net tech jobs in 2026, lifting the total to 388,026, the second-largest gain of any U.S. metro behind only New York. Tech occupation employment across all industries is projected to grow 3.3% next year, to 231,594, more than double the 1.34% national rate.<\/p>\n

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