Erin Sullivan had only visited New York City once before she decided to take a job in the Big Apple.
But that visit made a strong impression: "Having the freedom of just hopping on the subway and getting anywhere was so magical for me," she says. "I knew that I wanted to end back up" in the city.
After graduating from the University of Oklahoma in 2023 with a computer science degree, Sullivan, 25, landed a role as a software engineer at Bank of America in New York City.
She's part of a growing contingent of tech workers who are drawn to the city.
The New York metro area is now home to the most tech workers in the country with 394,300 jobs, edging out the San Francisco Bay Area's 375,730 jobs, according to an August report from CBRE, a real estate services and investment firm.