During a nationwide hiring spree for technology jobs, Atlanta is among the top 10 markets for most tech jobs added, according to the latest data from IT trade association CompTIA. But even amid a red-hot job market, many in the tech industry are worried the good times may be coming to an end.
About 44,500 tech jobs were posted in the Atlanta market in the past year. That puts Atlanta almost on par with Seattle, the home of Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN) and Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) — both of which are now expanding locally.
That growth comes as Atlanta continues to score massive corporate tech expansions. Semiconductor giant Intel Corp. (Nasdaq: INTC) is the latest West Coast company to plan a local expansion. Global footwear company Nike, retailer Walmart and short-term rental company Airbnb have also announced they plan to add hundreds of local tech jobs.
Atlanta saw an 18% year-over-year growth in tech jobs, lower than all the markets ahead of it.
New York, Washington D.C., Dallas, Los Angeles, Chicago and San Francisco are the only other markets that added more tech jobs.
CompTIA found national postings for tech jobs surpassed 443,000 in April and 1.6 million year-to-date. That’s an increase of 40% over the same period last year.
Top metros for tech job postings
The five markets with the most tech job postings in 2022 each saw at least a 32% increase in tech job postings compared to the same period in 2021.
The New York City metro area saw the most tech job postings of any city since Jan. 1 with more than 91,000 listings, followed by Washington, D.C. (78,001), Dallas (73,736), Los Angeles (68,653) and Chicago (56,346).