11. Nashville, Tenn.

Increase In Labor Pool, 2011-2016: 43.5 percent

Tech Jobs, 2016: 27,270

In the cradle of country music, technology salaries grew 12.7 percent from 2011 to 2016, while the number of conferred degrees in computer engineering soared 55 percent, according to data CBRE took from The National Center for Education Statistics. Meanwhile, the millennial population grew 6.8 percent, outpacing the national average of 4.6 percent.