78% of IT workers would relocate for a lower cost of living

Seventy-eight percent of tech workers would relocate somewhere else if they could, citing affordability (60%) and the economy (56%) as the reasons in Tech on the Move, a study from CompTIA. The association for IT professionals said that with more than 260,000 IT jobs in the U.S. alone, tech workers are in high demand. Respondents' top three criteria when choosing where to work were job security, income/salary and expertise/ongoing learning. Their top three considerations for deciding where to live were overall cost of living, weather and climate and commute times, CompTIA said. Millennials working in IT value salary slightly more and meaningful work slightly less than their Gen Z counterparts, according to CompTIA. The survey broke down more reasons for relocating by gender, with more women than men citing job security and income as important factors, but more men than women citing expertise/ongoing learning.