Where to Find Work: Top 5 U.S. Cities for Job Openings
If you’re looking for work, should you head north, south, east or west of where you are? Likely east.
Job site, Indeed.com, recently pulled together a list of the 50 most populous metropolitan areas in the U.S. and how they compare for finding a job. They researched job listings in each of the towns and then compared them to each city's jobless statistics from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for June of 2009. Each town was given a ratio of job listings per unemployed person and only two are positive – Washington, D.C. and Baltimore, MD. Washington offers six jobs for every one person looking and Baltimore has three.
As you move down the list you see tougher statistics, like six job seekers for every one job in St. Louis, MO, 10 for every one opening in Miami, FL, and, finally, 18 job hunters for every gig listed in Detroit.
In an effort to help the cause of getting folks employed, I thought we could see, according to PayScale data, which jobs are most common in the cities with the most openings.
From D.C. to New York City, you can see where you might fit in best.
Below you will find graphs with the seven most common jobs in the top five cities according to PayScale’s database. Then, I’ve listed Indeed’s ratio of jobs openings to job seekers.
Best wishes, job hunters! I hope this information helps you.
1. Washington, D.C. - 6:1
2. Jacksonville, FL - 3:1
3. Baltimore, MD – 1:1
4. Salt Lake City, UT – 1:2
5. New York, NY – 1:2
If you're interested in Spokane, see PayScale's page of information about common jobs and employers there. http://www.payscale.com/research/US/City=Spokane/Hourly_Rate
Best wishes.
Posted by: Bridget Quigg | April 02, 2010 at 11:26 AM
hi.were can i find jobs and were is better economy know.what abt o washington state.like spokane wa .thanks
let me know please please,thank you
Posted by: vyrtyt ramadani | April 02, 2010 at 10:15 AM
Kathryn,
I looked into marketing specailist information on PayScale.com. You're right, there isn't a ton of information about nothern Canada. I did find the graph below for Ontario.
Best wishes,
Bridget
http://www.payscale.com/research/US/State=Ontario/Salary
Posted by: Bridget Quigg | February 08, 2010 at 11:36 AM
Hey I live in Northern Canada and where I live there are simply no opportunities for a Marketing Specalist Can you pin point where the big salaries are in Canada for Marketing Specalists, Probably Vancouver British Columbia I would assume. Kathyrn at Kmartellmackenzie@yahoo.com.sg
Posted by: Kathyrn Martell-MacKenzie | February 06, 2010 at 09:01 AM
Amal,
You can learn more about Portland in PayScale's research center. You can fill out our salary survey and see how your income would compare if you moved to Portland.
Here's the link: http://www.payscale.com/research/US/People_in_the_Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton%2c_Oregon_%2f_Washington_Metropolitan_Area/Salary
Thanks,
Bridget
Posted by: Bridget Quigg | February 02, 2010 at 07:16 PM
Where does Portland Oregon stack up in jobs?
Posted by: Amal Mehta | February 02, 2010 at 06:40 PM