Best U.S. Cities For Job Seekers

March 3, 2014 3:51 PM | 1 min read | Make a Comment
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Even though unemployment is down from frightening highs a few years ago, there are still 10 million unemployed in the United States. Consumer research group WalletHub released a report on the best and worst cities to find a job. The organization used 13 metrics to rank the 60 largest cities in the country. Here are a few highlights:
  • Texas is the place to be for job seekers, as five cities in the Lone Star State showed up in the top ten.
  • Honolulu, New York City and Los Angeles were in the bottom five.
  • Detroit (Benzinga's home) takes the #38 spot. Considering the city is going through arguably the largest and most complicated municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history, we think that's not so bad.
  • Anaheim, CA has the highest job openings per captia.
    • Charlotte, NC takes the top spot for highest average annual income, but San Jose, CA has the highest median starting salary.
    The metrics used for survey can be broken down into three categories: ease of finding a job, salary and benifits, and cost of living. WalletHub's report took into account specific factors such as part-time vs. full-time, health care coverage, time spent working and commuting, and income tax burden. Here are the top ten cities:
    1. Fort Worth, TX
    2. Washington, DC
    3. Tampa, FL
    4. Arlington, TX
    5. Dallas, TX
    6. Austin, TX
    7. Seattle, WA
    8. Denver, CO
    9. Mesa, AZ
    10. Houston, TX
    The full survey can be found here.
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