2015 IT Salary & Jobs Regional Report: The Southwest
The coasts might have the high-profile IT employers-- big banks and insurance companies, Google, Apple and Microsoft. But the Southwest is the region that leads the nation in technology job growth; and, as many IT professionals have found, that part of the country has plenty of natural charms.
"I think we're a hidden gem," says Lorenzo Gomez, director of the co-working space Geekdom in San Antonio, referring to the 80-mile Texas corridor from Austin (metro population 1.9 million) south to San Antonio (metro population 2.3 million) that comprises one of the economic centers of the Southwest.