View the Best Cities for Information Jobs 2014 List
| 2014 MSA Info Ranking - LARGE MSAs | Area | Weighted INDEX | 2013 Information Employment | 20012-13 Info Growth | 2014 Change from 2013 - Large MSAs |
| 1 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 96.4 | 60.8 | 9.2% | 0 |
| 2 | Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | 90.7 | 23.6 | 2.6% | 3 |
| 3 | San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Metro Div | 89.5 | 52.3 | 3.2% | (1) |
| 4 | Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ | 84.9 | 33.7 | 4.1% | 5 |
| 5 | New York City, NY | 84.3 | 181.8 | 3.3% | 8 |
| 6 | Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Division | 80.1 | 59.5 | 2.5% | (2) |
| 7 | San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | 79.9 | 20.9 | 3.6% | 0 |
| 8 | Columbus, OH | 79.5 | 18.2 | 2.8% | 21 |
| 9 | Salt Lake City, UT | 78.2 | 18.5 | -2.8% | 8 |
| 10 | Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metro Div | 78.0 | 88.0 | 1.7% | 5 |
| 11 | Raleigh-Cary, NC | 77.8 | 18.1 | 2.3% | (3) |
| 12 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metro Div | 77.7 | 201.5 | 2.3% | 16 |
| 13 | Indianapolis-Carmel, IN | 77.5 | 16.1 | 1.5% | 1 |
| 14 | Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | 77.3 | 23.1 | 1.3% | 13 |
| 15 | Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metro Div | 76.7 | 18.8 | 2.4% | (3) |
| 16 | Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA | 76.7 | 85.0 | 1.4% | (10) |
| 17 | Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC | 75.2 | 22.2 | 1.4% | (6) |
| 18 | New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA | 73.3 | 8.1 | -8.6% | (15) |
| 19 | Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | 72.6 | 20.3 | 1.2% | (9) |
| 20 | Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metro Div | 71.1 | 19.7 | 1.2% | (4) |
| 21 | Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metro Div | 69.4 | 66.6 | 3.0% | 9 |
| 22 | Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | 68.8 | 23.9 | 2.0% | 20 |
| 23 | Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX | 68.2 | 32.7 | 2.8% | 1 |
| 24 | West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Metro Div | 67.8 | 9.6 | 1.8% | 16 |
| 25 | St. Louis, MO-IL | 66.3 | 29.6 | 1.0% | 0 |
| 26 | Las Vegas-Paradise, NV | 65.3 | 9.7 | -4.3% | (4) |
| 27 | Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN | 64.7 | 9.5 | -0.3% | (8) |
| 28 | Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT NECTA | 64.2 | 11.0 | -2.4% | 17 |
| 29 | Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 62.5 | 38.7 | -0.3% | (8) |
| 30 | Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA Metro Div | 62.2 | 25.6 | 3.2% | 7 |
| 31 | Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO | 61.7 | 43.4 | 0.2% | 2 |
| 32 | Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN | 61.2 | 14.0 | -1.2% | 3 |
| 33 | Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL Metro Div | 60.7 | 74.6 | -0.2% | (13) |
| 34 | Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metro Div | 57.0 | 18.1 | 0.0% | (3) |
| 35 | Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA | 55.9 | 11.0 | -0.3% | (17) |
| 36 | Honolulu, HI | 55.8 | 7.1 | -3.2% | 10 |
| 37 | Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | 55.5 | 26.0 | 0.1% | 11 |
| 38 | Pittsburgh, PA | 54.7 | 18.5 | -0.5% | (12) |
| 39 | Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI Metro Div | 50.5 | 7.4 | 3.2% | 21 |
| 40 | Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY | 48.9 | 7.4 | -1.8% | (8) |
| 41 | Philadelphia City, PA | 48.7 | 11.5 | -3.6% | (18) |
| 42 | Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH | 48.4 | 15.1 | -0.4% | 5 |
| 43 | Jacksonville, FL | 47.4 | 9.1 | -0.4% | 9 |
| 44 | Nassau-Suffolk, NY Metro Div | 46.5 | 23.6 | -2.2% | (5) |
| 45 | Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 44.9 | 6.0 | 0.6% | (1) |
| 46 | Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI | 44.1 | 14.5 | -1.4% | 5 |
| 47 | Edison-New Brunswick, NJ Metro Div | 43.4 | 24.2 | -2.9% | (13) |
| 48 | Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 43.0 | 11.2 | -2.0% | 16 |
| 49 | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Div | 42.3 | 61.4 | -1.7% | 1 |
| 50 | Birmingham-Hoover, AL | 41.7 | 8.8 | -0.8% | 9 |
| 51 | Northern Virginia, VA | 40.1 | 38.9 | -1.7% | (2) |
| 52 | Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA NECTA | 39.2 | 10.0 | -4.1% | 4 |
| 53 | San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA | 38.9 | 24.0 | -1.8% | (17) |
| 54 | Bergen-Hudson-Passaic, NJ | 38.7 | 17.3 | -2.4% | 1 |
| 55 | Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Div | 38.6 | 13.2 | -2.9% | (1) |
| 56 | Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, MD Metro Div | 37.5 | 13.7 | -4.8% | (13) |
| 57 | Newark-Union, NJ-PA Metro Div | 36.6 | 18.5 | -1.8% | (19) |
| 58 | Kansas City, MO | 36.5 | 14.7 | -1.6% | 3 |
| 59 | Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC | 36.4 | 11.2 | -2.9% | (2) |
| 60 | Richmond, VA | 35.0 | 8.1 | 2.1% | 5 |
| 61 | Putnam-Rockland-Westchester, NY | 34.7 | 12.6 | -2.1% | (8) |
| 62 | Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA Metro Div | 33.4 | 21.4 | -2.3% | (4) |
| 63 | Rochester, NY | 30.9 | 8.4 | -6.7% | (22) |
| 64 | Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA | 28.3 | 14.7 | -4.5% | (1) |
| 65 | Camden, NJ Metro Div | 24.8 | 6.2 | -9.7% | 1 |
| 66 | Oklahoma City, OK | 17.1 | 8.1 | -2.4% | (4) |
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