10. Dallas-Fort Worth

Cost of living as a percentage of salary: 55%

Paysa found more than 16,000 open tech jobs in the Texas metroplex, with five firms – Greenberg-Farrow, Brand Protection Agency, GM Financial, Nationstar Mortgage and Citigroup – accounting for more than 13 percent of those positions.

The Dallas-Fort Worth area has the ninth-lowest average annual cost of living in the U.S., at $47,908.