An aerial shot of downtown Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Fayetteville, Arkansas.
  • Tech companies are expanding their workforces, breeding new tech hubs across the country.
  • Many are emerging in mid-size cities, like Fayetteville, Arkansas, and Rochester, New York.
  • Three metros in Utah are among the mid-size cities with the most advanced tech talent.

A new crop of mid-size cities across the country are attracting in-demand tech talent.

Usual suspects like San Francisco and Seattle tend to lead the way when it comes to the concentration of advanced tech talent within the city, but according to a study from research firm the Burning Glass Institute cited in the Wall Street Journal, mid-size cities are gaining ground.