Best Cities for Job-Seekers
Posted on | June 11, 2010 | No Comments
Now that the market’s heating up, time to pull your job-hunting strategy together, to put a finer point on your plans. We want to help you by pointing you in the direction of the cities with the most jobs and least competition for those jobs. Hint: The two best cities are both on the East Coast.
CITIES WITH THE MOST JOBS
- New York, NY (299,000)
- Washington, DC (201,000)
- Los Angeles, CA (175,000)
- Chicago, IL (128,000)
- Boston, MA (119,000)
- San Francisco, CA (109,000)
- Dallas, TX (93,000)
- Philadelphia, PA (92,000)
- Atlanta, GA (82,000)
- Seattle-Tacoma, WA (79,000)
CITIES WITH THE LEAST COMPETITION
(# of unemployed people for every one job)
- Washington, DC (1.25)
- Oklahoma City, OK (1.76)
- Baltimore, MD (1.79)
- Honolulu, HI (1.81)
- Boston, MA (2.19)
- Salt Lake City, UT (2.23)
- Austin,TX (2.32)
- New Orleans, LA (2.34)
- San Antonio, TX (2.38)
- Hartford, CT (2.5)
Source: The Conference Board
Based on these stats, the absolute best cities for job-seekers are: Washington, DC and Boston, MA.
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