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Milken calls its report the 2005 Best Performing Cities, but all data is from 2004.

-- Jamie Eckle

Confident, yes, but let's not get cocky

IT workers are almost giddy with confidence, according to the Hudson Employment Index. The index is calculated monthly for the U.S. as a whole, for various regions and cities, and for several industries. IT's confidence level for March 2006 towers above that of any other category, whether it be an industry or a geographic area. A look at IT workers' answers to three of the survey questions gives you an idea of why they're so self-assured.