BALTIMORE, Maryland
Population: 278,427
Unemployment: 5.9 percent
Leading Industries: Electronics, Technology
Once an industrial and manufacturing town, Baltimore’s workforce has gone through a transformation to accommodate the city’s growing reputation as a tech hotspot. The tech sector has grown by nearly 40 percent since 2001, helped by its reach into education, fashion and computers. STEM (science, tech, engineering, math) job employees grew by 17 percent over the same time, leading CBRE Tech Talent Report to rank Baltimore eighth for high growth in the number of tech professionals.