Dallas-Fort Worth had the third-most tech job postings of any U.S. metro in May, trailing only New York and Washington, D.C., according to CompTIA’s latest monthly Tech Jobs Report.
DFW logged 10,840 postings in May, up 273 from April, extending a run of growth for a regional tech base that has expanded alongside North Texas’ broader corporate and finance boom. The region also ranked fifth among U.S. metros for hiring in dedicated artificial intelligence roles, even as those AI-specific jobs remain a small share of overall demand. Looking further out, CompTIA’s annual State of the Tech Workforce report, published in March, projects DFW will add the second-most net tech jobs of any U.S. metro in 2026, behind only New York.
AI jobs draw attention, but traditional tech roles dominate…