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Charlotte shines among top tech markets

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Driving home other recent headlines about Charlotte’s increasing strength as a tech hub, CBRE is out with an annual report that analyzes 50 markets across the U.S. and Canada on their ability to attract and retain talent in that often-coveted industry.

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The commercial real estate firm’s 2019 Scoring Tech Talent Report found the fastest-growing tech talent pool in the nation right here in the Queen City, which ranked No. 2 by that measure overall, with Toronto taking the No. 1 spot.

CBRE notes tech labor concentration — defined as the percentage of total employment — is influential in a market’s growth potential. Charlotte has a tech talent labor pool of 55,430, or 4.6% of its total employment, compared with a national average of 3.7%, according to a news release accompanying the report.

The city saw its tech talent pool increase by 48.4% from 2013 to 2018.

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