In fact, in response to such a high demand for blockchain professionals, Anthony Pompliano of Morgan Creek Digital has just launched a new blockchain industry recruitment website in partnership with Coinbase, Gemini and others.

As of writing time, there are more than 300 jobs listed on the site. Pompliano said he hopes to have 10,000 jobs listed on the site by the end of 2021. So far, though, the jobs listed on this site represent only the tip of the iceberg of demand in the U.S. blockchain industry.

To gain a better understanding of the job market, we analyzed job postings on Indeed.com, one of the largest job boards in the US. We found that 3,000+ job postings contain the word “blockchain”, some of which are technical positions responsible for developing blockchain applications, and some are non-technical positions within blockchain companies, such as marketing and HR personnel .

So, where are these blockchain jobs distributed? When we looked at these job postings filtered by state, there were some surprising findings. California and New York are clearly the blockchain capitals of the East and West coasts, while in the Southwest and Midwest, Texas and Illinois, respectively, offer blockchain opportunities.

When we dug deeper into the data, we found some more surprising trends.

But first, we'll make some notes on the data from this study. On Indeed.com, job search results are displayed by geographic proximity. For example, if you search for blockchain jobs in New York City, the results will include jobs in neighboring New Jersey. Since we sampled all jobs shown in each location, some jobs may be double counted. Additionally, as of January 25, 2021, the same remote job will be included in every state's search results on the Indeed webpage. This also explains why no state has 0 open jobs on Indeed's map.

Regardless, when we analyzed the data in more detail, we found some more interesting results. For example, while the raw job numbers aren’t surprising, if we analyze blockchain job vacancies per state per state based on estimated 2020 populations, we find some interesting hotspots.

As an example, both Utah and Massachusetts have relatively high numbers of blockchain job openings per capita.

Even more outrageous, though, is Washington, D.C. Although its size is too small to be mapped, Washington, D.C. has ten times more blockchain jobs per capita than the nearest state. That's thanks in part to Washington's regulatory, legal and lobbying roles, which provide quick windows into government figures and regulatory groups. For example, Coinbase is currently hiring a Washington, D.C.-based deputy general counsel to lobby the Treasury and Justice Departments.

When we further zoom in on the map and subdivide it into cities, we can also see some areas with prominent growth. Note that on the map below we only list cities with at least 8 blockchain job vacancies.

For example, while the Bay Area is clearly the blockchain city of the California region, there is also a sizeable blockchain job market developing in Southern California. Texas jobs are mostly concentrated in Houston, but Austin also has dozens of blockchain job opportunities.

On the other hand, while New York is undoubtedly the center of the East Coast blockchain universe, North Carolina and Georgia are also emerging as new hotbeds.

This data is limited to open job openings posted on Indeed. Since many companies will post job listings on other platforms, there may be more real blockchain vacancies in these regions. Of course, the blockchain field also provides many remote work opportunities.

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