The irony of the U.S. tech industry is that even though it’s made it possible to work anywhere, for much of its history jobs have been concentrated in a handful of mostly coastal cities and urban areas.
But that’s beginning to change according to a new report from the Washington D.C.-based public policy think tank Brookings Institution. It tracked the growth and change of the tech sector, defined as a group of “advanced industries” such as computer equipment manufacturing, software publishing and data processing.
Researchers say the changes seem to be driven by the pandemic and rise of remote work. The report found job growth has slowed in some of the biggest tech “superstars” like the Bay Area and Seattle and increased in other midsized and smaller markets, including “smaller quality-of-life meccas and college towns.
One of the beneficiaries is Ogden, which had a 7% increase in tech-related jobs between 2019 and 2020, the report found. That’s more than any other region in the state.
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