On April 12, 2018 Indeed.com published their list of the top 25 cities in the U.S. for job seekers. Four key questions were used to determine the rankings. They were:
1 – How favorable is the local labor market to the job seeker?
2 – What’s the average salary, adjusted for cost of living?
3 – How high do employers score for work-life balance in Indeed’s review database?
4 – How high do employers score for job security and advancement opportunities in Indeed’s review database?
Then they analyzed data for the 50 metro areas with the most job postings on Indeed, and ranked each city on the four criteria, and created a score scale topping at 100. Here are the Top 25.
- San Jose, CA Score: 100
- San Francisco, CA Score: 83.3
- Boston, MA Score: 65.4
- San Diego, CA Score: 59.1
- Los Angeles, CA Score: 57.7
- Minneapolis, MN Score: 55.4
- Sacramento, CA Score: 50.6
- Miami, FL Score: 46.5
- Seattle, WA Score: 43.5
- Washington, DC Score: 42.8
- Milwaukee, WI Score: 39.2
- Austin, TX Score: 38.3
- Riverside, CA Score: 38.2
- New Orleans, LA Score: 35.1
- Hartford, CT Score: 34.6
- Portland, OR Score: 33.3
- San Antonio, TX Score: 32.7
- Baltimore, MD Score: 32.4
- Columbus, OH Score: 31.3
- Omaha, NE Score: 31.3
- St. Louis, MO Score: 31.2
- Atlanta, GA Score: 31.0
- Memphis, TN Score: 28.2
- Chicago, IL Score: 27.9
- Houston, TX Score: 27.4
If you would like to read the entire article with Indeed’s additional comments, you can find it here.
