In Las Vegas, women rule the tech world

While Silicon Valley struggles to close the gender gap, the tech workforce in nearby Las Vegas is overwhelmingly female, according to a new report.

Fox Business reports the tech scene in Vegas is comprised of 65 percent women. Women only make up 29 percent of the U.S. tech community, according to data from Meetup, the U.S. Census Bureau and business intelligence firm RJMetrics, which recently explored the state of women in tech.

Vegas, led by female Mayor Carolyn Goodman since 2011, is the only U.S. city where women make up a majority of tech roles, perhaps influenced by paycheck equality and education, according to the report.

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