STEM Jobs: Ahead of S.F. (kinda)

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Joe Copeland

Joe Copeland Feb 6, 2018

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h1>STEM Jobs: Ahead of S.F. (kinda)</h1>
                <h2><p>NerdWallet ranks Seattle ahead of San Francisco as a place for graduates of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) programs. Overall, the Seattle area, which includes Bellevue and Everett, finishes second in terms of the percent of jobs in STEM fields, as well as in salaries and affordable rent. That&</p></h2>
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               <p>By <a href="/author/joe-copeland-crosscut-com/">Joe Copeland</a></p> 
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            <p>NerdWallet <a href="http://www.nerdwallet.com/blog/cities/economics/best-places-stem-graduates/?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">ranks Seattle ahead of San Francisco</a> as a place for graduates of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) programs. Overall, the Seattle area, which includes Bellevue and Everett, finishes second in terms of the percent of jobs in STEM fields, as well as in salaries and affordable rent. That's three spots ahead of San Francisco. But the No. 1 spot goes to the San Jose/Sunnyvale/Santa Clara area, which isn't San Francisco — technically speaking. Well, we don't mind behind San Francisco, except in football. — J.C.</p>
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NerdWallet ranks Seattle ahead of San Francisco as a place for graduates of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) programs. Overall, the Seattle area, which includes Bellevue and Everett, finishes second in terms of the percent of jobs in STEM fields, as well as in salaries and affordable rent. That's three spots ahead of San Francisco. But the No. 1 spot goes to the San Jose/Sunnyvale/Santa Clara area, which isn't San Francisco — technically speaking. Well, we don't mind behind San Francisco, except in football. — J.C.

By Joe Copeland

Joe Copeland is the former senior editor&nbsp;for Crosscut, where he has been an editor since 2010. Before that, he was an editorial writer and columnist for the Seattle P-I and editorial page edi