San Jose, California

=== Silicon Valley ===
{{main|Silicon Valley}}
[[File:San Jose Convention Center plaza, WWDC17.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.9|[[Apple Worldwide Developers Conference]] 2017 at the [[San Jose Convention Center]].]]
The large concentration of high-technology engineering, computer, and microprocessor companies around San Jose has led the area to be known as Silicon Valley. Area schools such as the [[University of California, Berkeley]], [[University of California, Santa Cruz]], [[San Jose State University]], [[San Francisco State University]], [[California State University, East Bay]], [[Santa Clara University]], and [[Stanford University]] pump thousands of engineering and computer science graduates into the local economy every year.

San Jose residents produce more U.S. patents than any other city.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web |url=http://www.mostlivable.org/cities/sanjose/home_accolades.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20061106074340/http://www.mostlivable.org/cities/sanjose/home_accolades.html |archive-date=November 6, 2006 |title=America's most livable:San Jose, California |access-date=November 9, 2013 }}</ref> On October 15, 2015, the [[United States Patent and Trademark Office]] opened a satellite office in San Jose to serve Silicon Valley and the Western United States.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mercurynews.com/2015/10/15/san-jose-u-s-satellite-patent-office-opens/ |title=San Jose: U.S. satellite Patent Office opens |work=The Mercury News |date=October 15, 2015 |access-date=May 21, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170524235020/http://www.mercurynews.com/2015/10/15/san-jose-u-s-satellite-patent-office-opens/ |archive-date=May 24, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uspto.gov/about-us/uspto-locations/silicon-valley-california |title=Silicon Valley U.S. Patent and Trademark Office |website=www.uspto.gov |access-date=June 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602144956/http://www.uspto.gov/about-us/uspto-locations/silicon-valley-california |archive-date=June 2, 2016 }}</ref> By April 2018, [[Google]] was in the process of planning the "biggest tech campus in Silicon Valley" in San Jose.<ref name=P>{{cite web |url=https://patch.com/california/mountainview/group-rallies-google-hq-makes-demands-sj-mega-campus |title=Group Rallies At Google HQ, Makes Demands For SJ Mega-Campus |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=April 12, 2018 |publisher=Patch |access-date=April 26, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180427044753/https://patch.com/california/mountainview/group-rallies-google-hq-makes-demands-sj-mega-campus |archive-date=April 27, 2018 }}</ref> However, in April 2023, it was reported that [[Google]] paused on Google West San Jose Campus constructions due to slowing economic conditions and a decreased requirement for physical office space by tech companies,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2023/04/21/googles-80-acre-san-jose-mega-campus-on-hold-amid-economic-slowdown-.html |title=Google's 80-acre San Jose mega-campus is on hold as company reckons with economic slowdown |author=Jennifer Elias |date=April 21, 2023 |publisher=[[CNBC]] |access-date=April 22, 2023 |archive-date=April 22, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230422004357/https://www.cnbc.com/2023/04/21/googles-80-acre-san-jose-mega-campus-on-hold-amid-economic-slowdown-.html |url-status=live }}</ref> although the tech ecosystem has also recently become more geographically dispersed.<ref name=NewYorkCloserThanEvertoBayAreaTech>{{cite news|url=https://www.crainsnewyork.com/technology/new-york-closer-ever-beating-bay-area-tech|title=New York is closer than ever to beating the Bay Area on tech|author=Cara Eisenpress|newspaper=[[Crain Communications]]|date=April 28, 2023|access-date=May 29, 2023}}</ref>

High economic growth during the [[Dot-com bubble|tech bubble]] caused employment, housing prices, and traffic congestion to peak in the late 1990s. As the economy slowed in the early 2000s, employment and traffic congestion was somewhat diminished.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/SANJ906URN |title=Unemployment Rate in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA (MSA) |last=U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics |date=January 1, 1990 |website=FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis |access-date=December 3, 2019 |archive-date=December 3, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191203232327/https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/SANJ906URN |url-status=live }}</ref> In the mid-2000s, traffic along major highways again began to worsen as the economy improved. San Jose had 405,000 jobs within its city limits in 2006, and an unemployment rate of 4.6%. San Jose has the highest median income of any U.S. city with over 280,000 people.

On March 14, 2013, San Jose implemented a public wireless connection in its downtown area. Wireless access points have been placed on outdoor light posts throughout the city.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Louie |first1=David |title=More wireless broadband coverage coming to San Jose via light poles |url=https://abc7news.com/san-jose-wireless-wifi-strength-light-poles-pole/3382838/ |access-date=8 August 2021 |agency=ABC7 News |date=23 April 2018 |archive-date=August 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210808095702/https://abc7news.com/san-jose-wireless-wifi-strength-light-poles-pole/3382838/ |url-status=live }}</ref>