> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.implicator.ai/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # New York Overtakes San Francisco Bay Area With 394,300 Tech Workers in CBRE Count - URL: https://www.implicator.ai/new-york-overtakes-san-francisco-tech-workers/ - Published: 2026-08-21T16:03:04.000Z - Updated: 2026-08-21T16:03:04.000Z - Description: New York reached 394,300 tech workers in 2025, passing the Bay Area for the first time in CBRE’s survey. Yet San Francisco still leads the wider scorecard and AI hiring. The split between those measures shows how finance-sector demand is redrawing tech employment without displacing Silicon Valley. - Author: Marcus Schuler - Tags: AI News, Politics New York Metro became North America’s largest metropolitan tech workforce in 2025, with 394,300 workers in CBRE’s [2026 Scoring Tech Talent report](https://www.cbre.com/insights/books/scoring-tech-talent-2026?ref=implicator.ai). CBRE said cuts reduced the Bay Area’s tech-talent workforce while New York financial-services companies hired tech and AI workers; AI startups also moved into Midtown South. The reversal covers raw workforce size, not CBRE’s broader market scorecard, which still puts San Francisco first. New York added 30,640 tech-talent workers from 2022 through 2025, an 8.4% increase, to reach 394,300\. The Bay Area lost 23,900 workers during the same three-year period, a 6% decline, and finished 2025 with 375,730. What Changed - New York reached 394,300 tech workers in 2025, surpassing the Bay Area’s 375,730. - New York gained 30,640 tech workers since 2022 while the Bay Area lost 23,900. - San Francisco remains CBRE’s top overall market and the largest AI-talent cluster. - AI-related roles reached 31% of open U.S. tech-talent jobs in June 2026. AI-generated summary, reviewed by an editor. [More on our AI guidelines](https://www.implicator.ai/about/). ## The headcount reversal CBRE’s 13th annual study counts more than 20 technology-oriented occupations across every industry. Its [definition of tech talent](https://www.cbre.ca/press-releases/rapid-growth-ai-related-jobs-boosts-top-markets-cbre-annual-scoring-tech-talent-report?ref=implicator.ai) includes software developers, hardware engineers, data scientists and computer and information systems managers. A developer working for a bank counts, even though the employer is not a technology company. New York’s financial-services companies, early adopters of AI, increased their technical hiring. AI startups also moved into Midtown South. ## How the count works Raw headcount is only one part of CBRE’s assessment. The separate scorecard compares 50 large North American markets using 13 weighted measures, including workforce concentration, the talent pipeline, labor cost and research and development. San Francisco placed first and New York fourth in the August 2026 edition. CBRE’s exact metropolitan headcounts were not independently reproduced. Its underlying sources include government labor statistics, and its occupational definition crosses industry boundaries. The company’s AI-skilled employment measure also combines newly created positions with existing jobs converted into AI-skilled roles, so growth in that measure is not a count of net new jobs. FREE WEEKDAY MORNING BRIEFING Don’t miss the next AI story that matters. The Implicator Morning Briefing filters the AI news cycle to the stories worth your attention and explains their consequences. From San Francisco, every weekday at 4:45 a.m. Pacific, 7:45 a.m. Eastern. Email address Send me tomorrow’s briefing Check your inbox. Click the link to confirm. About five minutes. No hype. No spam. ## Hiring shifts toward AI The AI-skilled workforce across the United States and Canada reached 751,000 in June 2026, up 45% from June 2025\. AI-related roles accounted for 31% of open U.S. tech-talent jobs that month, compared with 11% at the mid-2022 posting peak. The share of Bay Area tech-talent job postings that were AI-related moved from 20% at that peak to 57% in June 2026\. New York and the Bay Area each added more than 20,000 AI-specialty jobs after mid-2025, but the San Francisco Bay Area retained the largest AI cluster. [Regional business surveys](https://libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org/2026/08/ais-impact-on-labor-and-hiring/?ref=implicator.ai) also found few AI-driven layoffs through 2025; the clearer effect was a change in hiring plans and demand for workers with AI skills. Know someone who'd find this useful? 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The tech industry in San Francisco and San Mateo counties employed 184,300 people at the end of June 2026, up 1,100 workers, or 0.6%, from June 2025\. That figure uses a smaller geography and counts industry employment, so it cannot be compared directly with CBRE’s Bay Area occupational total. San Francisco’s citywide unemployment rate was 3.7% in June 2026, with health care and tourism leading current job growth. City mass layoffs fell 49% from the previous 12 months to 3,667 workers in the year ended June 30, 2026, the lowest total since the 2021-2022 post-Covid hiring boom. AI companies accounted for 58% of San Francisco office leasing in the first half of 2026 and about 30% of leasing since 2023, totaling roughly 10 million square feet. Colin Yasukochi, executive director of CBRE’s Tech Insights Center in San Francisco, said: “The Bay Area is likely to remain ... the central location for the AI industry and for innovation. But as we’ve seen during past cycles, as it tends to grow, that spreads out to all the key markets.” Frequently Asked Questions What does CBRE count as tech talent? CBRE counts workers in more than 20 technology-oriented occupations across every industry, including software developers, hardware engineers, data scientists, and computer and information systems managers. Did New York replace San Francisco as the top overall tech market? No. New York moved ahead by raw workforce headcount, with 394,300 tech workers in 2025\. San Francisco remained first in CBRE’s separate 13-metric market scorecard, while New York ranked fourth. Why did New York’s tech workforce overtake the Bay Area’s? CBRE tied the change to Bay Area job cuts and hiring by New York financial-services companies. New York gained 30,640 tech workers from 2022 through 2025 while the Bay Area lost 23,900. Is San Francisco’s tech employment recovering? A narrower measure covering San Francisco and San Mateo counties rose 0.6% from June 2025 to June 2026\. City mass layoffs also fell 49% over the year ended June 30, although health care and tourism led current job growth. How much has AI hiring grown? The AI-skilled workforce across the United States and Canada reached 751,000 in June 2026, up 45% in one year. AI-related roles were 31% of open U.S. tech-talent jobs, but CBRE’s measure includes both new positions and converted existing roles. AI-generated summary, reviewed by an editor. [More on our AI guidelines](https://www.implicator.ai/about/). 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