CBRE’s 2026 Scoring Tech Talent report shows New York Metro’s 394,300 tech workers have overtaken the Bay Area’s 375,730 for the first time in 13 years, driven by finance firms hiring aggressively for AI talent while non-AI tech layoffs shrank Silicon Valley’s headcount. San Francisco still leads CBRE’s broader quality-weighted index, but the shift signals Wall Street is now a direct competitor for AI engineering talent.
