Top 10 Cities For Tech Workers

5. Philadelphia

Cost of living as a percentage of salary: 49.7%

Financial services giants Vanguard and J.P. Morgan Chase are two of the top five companies that, together, are seeking to fill close to 21 percent of an estimated 8,271 tech job openings, according to Paysa's data.

Meanwhile, Philadelphia's average annual tech salary of $96,294 is ninth highest in the U.S. among the metro areas surveyed.