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Author: Mark Schill

  • All Cities Business Services Jobs – 2017 Best Cities Rankings

    Read about how we selected the 2017 Best Cities for Job Growth

    2017 MSA Prof & Bus Svcs  – Overall Ranking Area Weighted INDEX 2016 Nonfarm Emplymt (1000s) Total Prof &
    Bus Svcs Emplymt Growth Rate 2015-2016    		 Overall Rank Change
    2016 to 2017
    1 Wausau, WI 92.5 73.0 13.8% 110
    2 Monroe, MI 91.1 42.1 4.6% 1
    3 Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN 89.7 968.8 5.2% (1)
    4 College Station-Bryan, TX 89.6 116.5 8.9% 9
    5 Provo-Orem, UT 89.0 243.4 5.8% 13
    6 Jackson, TN 88.9 68.8 10.0% 4
    7 Salisbury, MD-DE 88.1 149.7 14.0% 30
    8 Grants Pass, OR 87.8 25.8 14.8% 124
    9 Bend-Redmond, OR 86.7 78.5 5.6% 23
    10 Topeka, KS 85.8 113.4 7.5% 119
    11 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 85.5 249.5 8.0% 5
    12 Kansas City, MO 85.3 608.6 9.0% 35
    13 Cleveland, TN 84.2 51.7 12.5% 228
    14 Lynn-Saugus-Marblehead, MA NECTA Div 84.1 45.2 5.3% 295
    15 Olympia-Tumwater, WA 83.8 114.7 3.6% 66
    16 Gainesville, FL 83.5 143.3 7.1% 56
    17 Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, KY 82.8 57.2 5.4% (10)
    18 Laredo, TX 82.0 104.2 11.3% 5
    19 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 81.9 96.8 4.1% 213
    20 Austin-Round Rock, TX 81.7 1,015.4 3.7% (12)
    21 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 81.5 199.3 10.3% 3
    22 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 81.3 237.3 7.2% 180
    23 St. George, UT 80.2 61.8 2.1% (11)
    24 Boise City, ID 79.9 311.0 10.4% 248
    25 San Francisco-Redwood City-South San Francisco, CA Metro Div 79.5 1,108.6 2.8% (20)
    26 Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metro Div 79.3 2,554.6 5.5% (5)
    27 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX 79.2 1,027.9 5.5% 70
    28 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 79.0 1,084.7 2.6% (14)
    29 North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL 78.9 301.9 5.4% 46
    30 Morristown, TN 78.6 46.2 15.1% 204
    31 Springfield, IL 78.2 115.7 14.4% 90
    32 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC 78.2 154.1 10.4% 125
    33 State College, PA 77.7 78.0 7.8% 106
    34 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC 76.3 1,170.0 4.8% (5)
    35 Salt Lake City, UT 76.2 713.6 4.4% 49
    36 Lubbock, TX 76.0 146.9 7.3% 49
    37 Elkhart-Goshen, IN 75.9 132.7 7.0% 62
    38 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL 75.7 109.8 4.0% 66
    39 Spartanburg, SC 75.7 149.4 8.9% 145
    40 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL 75.6 1,233.2 4.8% (14)
    41 Yuba City, CA 75.3 43.4 13.6% 49
    42 Redding, CA 75.2 66.1 7.4% 6
    43 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 75.2 1,321.1 5.2% (9)
    44 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA 75.1 2,721.2 4.6% (1)
    45 Sioux Falls, SD 74.9 153.4 6.3% (34)
    46 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN 74.8 670.8 5.2% (10)
    47 Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metro Div 74.3 836.9 4.1% 16
    48 Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV 73.8 964.6 4.6% 7
    49 Ann Arbor, MI 73.8 220.3 7.9% 34
    50 Charleston-North Charleston, SC 73.3 350.5 5.9% 66
    51 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI 73.2 148.2 10.9% 93
    52 Sacramento–Roseville–Arden-Arcade, CA 71.9 958.1 6.7% 141
    53 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 71.8 262.6 2.0% (34)
    54 Port St. Lucie, FL 71.7 146.4 6.7% 10
    55 Fort Smith, AR-OK 71.7 113.9 2.4% 181
    56 Waco, TX 71.6 119.8 0.0% (29)
    57 Raleigh, NC 71.5 610.1 4.7% (35)
    58 Savannah, GA 70.5 177.9 12.4% 56
    59 Tacoma-Lakewood, WA Metro Div 70.4 309.8 -0.3% 36
    60 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC 70.2 307.1 5.1% 107
    61 Philadelphia City, PA 69.9 714.0 4.9% 139
    62 Kankakee, IL 69.8 44.9 18.5% 124
    63 Monroe, LA 69.6 79.5 5.2% 193
    64 Eugene, OR 69.6 158.4 5.6% 78
    65 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA 69.6 1,153.4 1.8% (35)
    66 Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL 69.4 145.2 1.3% 47
    67 New York City, NY 68.9 4,388.9 3.1% (23)
    68 Santa Rosa, CA 68.7 202.0 7.6% 42
    69 Tallahassee, FL 68.3 181.7 9.0% 194
    70 Charlottesville, VA 67.8 115.5 1.8% (45)
    71 Boulder, CO 67.8 188.2 5.7% 132
    72 Reno, NV 67.6 225.1 4.2% 21
    73 Ogden-Clearfield, UT 67.5 249.8 0.8% (17)
    74 Madison, WI 67.4 399.4 4.2% 29
    75 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metro Div 67.2 1,664.4 2.6% (17)
    76 Ocala, FL 67.0 103.5 10.7% 190
    77 Dover, DE 66.6 69.3 4.5% (1)
    78 Wilmington, NC 66.6 123.5 5.5% 45
    79 Athens-Clarke County, GA 66.6 94.4 3.0% 17
    80 Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metro Div 66.5 1,180.1 2.6% 26
    81 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 66.1 360.1 2.8% (43)
    82 Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH NECTA Div 66.1 155.0 3.9% 228
    83 Flagstaff, AZ 65.8 66.2 8.9% (34)
    84 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX 65.6 143.0 4.2% 25
    85 Taunton-Middleborough-Norton, MA NECTA Div 65.4 59.5 4.4% 33
    86 Gary, IN Metro Div 65.1 280.2 6.3% 204
    87 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 64.8 151.9 9.4% 229
    88 Asheville, NC 64.7 188.7 1.8% (31)
    89 Jackson, MI 64.4 57.4 3.6% 214
    90 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY 64.3 42.0 0.0% 240
    91 Lincoln, NE 64.3 189.9 8.0% 73
    92 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach, FL Metro Div 64.2 623.6 3.3% (18)
    93 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA NECTA Div 64.2 1,831.6 2.7% 27
    94 Bowling Green, KY 64.1 76.3 6.1% (29)
    95 Greeley, CO 64.0 100.3 2.1% (62)
    96 Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 63.8 2,015.6 3.3% 5
    97 Modesto, CA 63.6 173.5 3.7% 54
    98 Yuma, AZ 63.6 55.9 7.0% 35
    99 Salem, OR 63.0 162.1 2.8% (5)
    100 Middlesex-Monmouth-Ocean, NJ 62.8 895.9 1.9% 0
    101 Lawton, OK 62.7 45.9 3.0% (95)
    102 Janesville-Beloit, WI 62.5 67.6 2.2% (93)
    103 El Paso, TX 62.5 315.1 3.8% 89
    104 Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN 62.4 1,056.9 0.8% (34)
    105 Panama City, FL 62.0 82.6 -0.9% (3)
    106 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL 62.0 219.6 6.7% 30
    107 Lexington-Fayette, KY 61.9 281.2 -2.1% 0
    108 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ 61.7 128.3 6.8% 74
    109 Napa, CA 61.3 70.9 3.0% (92)
    110 Montgomery, AL 61.0 173.4 6.5% 203
    111 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA 61.0 114.5 -3.2% (45)
    112 Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO 61.0 1,442.3 1.7% (61)
    113 Oakland-Hayward-Berkeley, CA Metro Div 60.7 1,150.1 2.4% (5)
    114 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT NECTA 60.6 571.5 2.1% (32)
    115 York-Hanover, PA 59.7 184.5 3.3% 40
    116 Tuscaloosa, AL 59.5 105.9 1.3% (74)
    117 Johnson City, TN 59.4 80.0 6.9% 153
    118 Jackson, MS 59.3 280.2 -0.4% 59
    119 Fort Collins, CO 59.2 162.6 3.0% 92
    120 Toledo, OH 59.2 313.5 3.9% 101
    121 Wichita, KS 58.8 296.9 4.0% 20
    122 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA 58.8 242.3 3.2% (51)
    123 Salinas, CA 58.7 137.9 -0.5% (32)
    124 Prescott, AZ 58.5 62.6 3.9% (55)
    125 Orange-Rockland-Westchester, NY 58.3 712.1 4.2% 87
    126 Springfield, MO 58.2 212.6 2.4% (49)
    127 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 57.9 142.9 2.4% 27
    128 Lake Charles, LA 57.8 111.3 -1.1% (124)
    129 Huntsville, AL 57.7 228.8 1.4% 16
    130 Yakima, WA 57.7 84.5 13.4% 10
    131 Trenton, NJ 57.6 269.6 -0.7% (116)
    132 Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine, CA Metro Div 57.0 1,592.2 2.2% 37
    133 Ithaca, NY 56.7 64.9 1.0% 4
    134 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA NECTA 56.7 582.6 1.0% (19)
    135 Haverhill-Newburyport-Amesbury Town, MA-NH NECTA Div 56.4 66.2 3.7% (57)
    136 Killeen-Temple, TX 56.0 146.5 3.0% 22
    137 Logan, UT-ID 55.9 60.9 1.7% (3)
    138 Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metro Div 55.3 1,236.6 1.9% (12)
    139 New Bedford, MA NECTA 55.2 68.2 -7.6% (138)
    140 Reading, PA 55.0 178.5 -0.1% (72)
    141 Leominster-Gardner, MA NECTA 54.9 51.8 0.0% 31
    142 Chattanooga, TN-GA 54.9 255.5 2.5% (83)
    143 Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA 54.8 42.4 3.2% 58
    144 Appleton, WI 54.5 125.9 3.0% 106
    145 Clarksville, TN-KY 54.4 89.8 3.5% 25
    146 Columbus, OH 54.4 1,077.8 1.6% (24)
    147 Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL 54.3 52.1 4.5% 93
    148 Amarillo, TX 53.4 121.4 2.8% 12
    149 Baton Rouge, LA 53.3 405.2 1.2% (70)
    150 Idaho Falls, ID 53.3 63.9 5.1% 58
    151 Nashua, NH-MA NECTA Div 53.0 129.3 -0.2% (3)
    152 Morgantown, WV 52.9 70.9 -0.5% (117)
    153 Framingham, MA NECTA Div 52.5 173.9 -0.1% (67)
    154 Akron, OH 52.5 340.8 2.7% 75
    155 Muskegon, MI 52.5 62.7 5.8% 4
    156 Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 52.5 500.1 1.3% (28)
    157 Fresno, CA 52.3 339.1 1.1% 59
    158 Nassau County-Suffolk County, NY Metro Div 52.3 1,337.8 3.2% 73
    159 St. Louis, MO-IL 52.3 1,368.7 1.4% 46
    160 Bangor, ME NECTA 51.8 66.4 1.0% 2
    161 Kingston, NY 51.8 62.0 3.0% 20
    162 Camden, NJ Metro Div 51.4 540.4 -0.1% (37)
    163 Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights, IL Metro Div 51.2 3,717.2 0.5% 24
    164 Springfield, OH 51.2 49.6 -2.1% (144)
    165 Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 51.1 551.2 1.8% 104
    166 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 50.5 256.4 3.8% 41
    167 Richmond, VA 50.4 666.4 -4.5% (139)
    168 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Div 50.1 2,653.9 2.4% 10
    169 Bellingham, WA 49.9 92.0 -0.8% (23)
    170 Burlington-South Burlington, VT NECTA 49.9 124.9 -0.5% (97)
    171 Northern Virginia, VA 49.5 1,449.9 2.6% 24
    172 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 49.3 1,964.8 1.9% 26
    173 Auburn-Opelika, AL 49.3 63.8 0.5% (128)
    174 Springfield, MA-CT NECTA 49.2 334.8 2.7% (31)
    175 Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX 48.6 3,017.5 0.0% (48)
    176 Montgomery County-Bucks County-Chester County, PA Metro Div 48.6 1,058.2 1.7% 0
    177 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ 48.0 48.5 14.6% 78
    178 Jacksonville, FL 48.0 677.5 1.2% (80)
    179 Iowa City, IA 47.9 101.9 4.5% (11)
    180 Fort Wayne, IN 47.8 221.0 3.8% 43
    181 Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, MA NECTA Div 47.8 81.6 0.9% 39
    182 San Diego-Carlsbad, CA 47.5 1,439.0 0.2% 8
    183 Calvert-Charles-Prince George’s, MD 47.5 404.3 2.9% 2
    184 Pittsburgh, PA 47.4 1,165.0 1.0% (9)
    185 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 47.3 466.5 2.8% 121
    186 Manchester, NH NECTA 47.2 110.9 -0.8% (132)
    187 Baltimore City, MD 47.1 367.5 -0.6% 72
    188 Peoria, IL 46.8 173.0 0.0% 22
    189 Peabody-Salem-Beverly, MA NECTA Div 46.8 97.1 2.0% 86
    190 Knoxville, TN 46.8 395.7 -0.7% (128)
    191 New Haven, CT NECTA 46.6 281.7 0.6% (25)
    192 Barnstable Town, MA NECTA 46.6 100.6 1.6% 26
    193 Fargo, ND-MN 46.4 142.2 0.2% (152)
    194 Billings, MT 46.4 84.9 4.6% 169
    195 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 46.1 91.1 0.0% (57)
    196 Delaware County, PA 45.9 235.9 1.0% (66)
    197 Colorado Springs, CO 45.9 281.6 -0.5% (3)
    198 Mansfield, OH 45.6 52.6 3.1% 149
    199 Scranton–Wilkes-Barre–Hazleton, PA 45.6 261.1 -6.8% (75)
    200 Stockton-Lodi, CA 45.6 227.9 -2.2% (169)
    201 Bergen-Hudson-Passaic, NJ 45.5 928.9 2.3% 53
    202 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN 45.3 104.8 4.0% 20
    203 Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI 45.3 75.2 2.4% (50)
    204 Coeur d’Alene, ID 45.1 60.6 1.1% 146
    205 Cedar Rapids, IA 45.1 143.9 3.4% 90
    206 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR 45.1 354.8 -0.2% 32
    207 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metro Div 45.0 4,442.2 1.1% 36
    208 East Stroudsburg, PA 44.8 57.7 0.0% 22
    209 Memphis, TN-MS-AR 44.8 646.2 -3.2% (148)
    210 Winston-Salem, NC 44.6 262.3 -2.0% (121)
    211 Urban Honolulu, HI 44.5 481.1 0.7% (23)
    212 Battle Creek, MI 44.4 59.4 0.5% 52
    213 Portland-South Portland, ME NECTA 44.1 200.9 0.7% (22)
    214 Vineland-Bridgeton, NJ 43.9 60.1 -3.7% 124
    215 Canton-Massillon, OH 43.9 171.7 2.8% 104
    216 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 43.8 339.0 -3.7% (111)
    217 Kansas City, KS 43.8 469.2 -0.6% (82)
    218 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN 43.7 1,087.6 1.6% 33
    219 Corvallis, OR 43.6 42.2 -2.3% (159)
    220 Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Div 43.6 1,023.6 0.7% (1)
    221 Dayton, OH 43.4 385.4 0.9% (7)
    222 Rockford, IL 43.4 150.0 3.1% (91)
    223 Macon, GA 43.2 103.5 0.3% (143)
    224 Victoria, TX 42.9 42.2 5.3% (51)
    225 Lansing-East Lansing, MI 42.5 235.5 0.5% 20
    226 Portsmouth, NH-ME NECTA 42.5 90.6 -2.8% (114)
    227 Mobile, AL 42.3 179.0 0.1% 40
    228 Punta Gorda, FL 42.2 48.9 -2.9% (111)
    229 Detroit-Dearborn-Livonia, MI Metro Div 42.2 753.3 2.2% (16)
    230 Fond du Lac, WI 41.8 48.4 -1.2% (163)
    231 Lancaster, PA 41.7 250.3 -2.2% 17
    232 Silver Spring-Frederick-Rockville, MD Metro Div 41.6 598.0 2.0% 68
    233 Michigan City-La Porte, IN 41.4 41.3 5.0% 20
    234 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 41.1 213.4 4.6% 83
    235 Bismarck, ND 41.1 73.5 -5.2% (196)
    236 Burlington, NC 40.4 61.7 -0.6% (148)
    237 Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC 40.4 412.4 -3.2% (197)
    238 Danbury, CT NECTA 40.3 79.5 -1.1% (42)
    239 Medford, OR 40.1 86.2 1.4% 43
    240 Columbus, IN 40.0 52.9 -0.6% (148)
    241 New Orleans-Metairie, LA 40.0 577.0 0.6% (35)
    242 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 40.0 305.9 1.0% 98
    243 Dalton, GA 39.8 69.8 3.3% 38
    244 Grand Forks, ND-MN 39.7 59.0 2.2% 24
    245 Syracuse, NY 39.6 317.6 3.1% 119
    246 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 39.5 138.8 1.3% 25
    247 Tyler, TX 39.3 106.0 0.4% 52
    248 San Rafael, CA Metro Div 39.3 115.9 1.5% (31)
    249 Rapid City, SD 39.0 65.8 1.3% 12
    250 Roanoke, VA 38.9 163.5 0.2% (100)
    251 Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metro Div 38.8 404.0 -4.9% 9
    252 Birmingham-Hoover, AL 38.4 522.9 0.4% (8)
    253 Pittsfield, MA NECTA 38.2 41.4 0.0% 32
    254 Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY 38.2 565.7 2.3% 91
    255 Cleveland-Elyria, OH 37.7 1,051.8 0.9% 22
    256 Owensboro, KY 37.7 53.5 -0.8% (104)
    257 Lewiston, ID-WA 37.5 28.7 2.5% 91
    258 Evansville, IN-KY 37.5 159.0 1.4% 34
    259 Greensboro-High Point, NC 37.4 361.6 -0.3% (213)
    260 Bakersfield, CA 37.4 258.1 2.1% 45
    261 Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA 37.4 122.4 1.7% (24)
    262 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 37.3 857.0 -1.6% (37)
    263 Lawrence, KS 37.1 54.7 -2.9% 65
    264 Rochester, NY 37.0 532.9 -1.4% 20
    265 Abilene, TX 37.0 68.3 -0.6% (32)
    266 Kennewick-Richland, WA 36.7 110.6 1.8% (38)
    267 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 36.6 174.3 -0.6% (118)
    268 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 36.5 1,436.3 -6.9% (59)
    269 Pueblo, CO 36.4 62.2 -1.0% (216)
    270 Texarkana, TX-AR 36.0 60.6 -0.8% (151)
    271 Bay City, MI 35.8 36.4 3.2% (106)
    272 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 35.6 182.9 -1.6% (25)
    273 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 35.6 87.8 3.9% 82
    274 Terre Haute, IN 35.4 71.6 4.6% 22
    275 Chico, CA 35.1 81.7 -0.6% (104)
    276 Saginaw, MI 34.8 89.1 -0.3% (189)
    277 Albuquerque, NM 34.7 390.1 0.6% 41
    278 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 34.6 768.4 -0.6% 1
    279 Decatur, IL 34.6 51.4 -2.9% 15
    280 St. Cloud, MN 34.3 108.4 0.0% (53)
    281 Utica-Rome, NY 33.9 126.5 2.0% 72
    282 Walla Walla, WA 33.9 28.2 0.0% (85)
    283 Eau Claire, WI 33.8 85.2 0.4% (41)
    284 Altoona, PA 33.4 60.7 0.0% (10)
    285 Lewiston-Auburn, ME NECTA 33.3 51.7 -0.5% (111)
    286 Lima, OH 33.0 52.9 -4.8% (125)
    287 Corpus Christi, TX 32.8 191.0 -3.7% (107)
    288 Newark, NJ-PA Metro Div 32.7 1,193.8 -0.8% (64)
    289 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA 32.4 182.9 -0.2% 4
    290 Columbus, GA-AL 32.3 121.5 -0.8% (12)
    291 Glens Falls, NY 32.3 54.9 0.6% (56)
    292 Oklahoma City, OK 31.6 628.3 -1.7% (53)
    293 Worcester, MA-CT NECTA 31.5 284.1 0.1% 50
    294 Las Cruces, NM 31.5 73.2 -0.5% 28
    295 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV 31.3 108.9 -4.2% (96)
    296 Bloomington, IN 31.3 77.5 4.5% 64
    297 Duluth, MN-WI 31.2 135.3 -0.8% 11
    298 Niles-Benton Harbor, MI 31.2 61.1 -1.8% (52)
    299 Hanford-Corcoran, CA 31.2 38.5 0.0% 2
    300 Tulsa, OK 31.1 444.4 -0.6% 23
    301 Gadsden, AL 31.0 38.6 -8.1% (251)
    302 Dothan, AL 31.0 57.8 1.5% 44
    303 Champaign-Urbana, IL 30.3 109.8 1.7% 36
    304 Santa Fe, NM 30.2 63.5 -0.7% (47)
    305 Columbia, SC 30.1 395.4 -8.3% (126)
    306 Waterbury, CT NECTA 29.7 67.0 -1.8% 21
    307 Erie, PA 29.3 127.8 1.0% (9)
    308 Pocatello, ID 28.5 35.8 -5.3% (152)
    309 Racine, WI 28.1 76.9 2.2% 6
    310 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 27.4 101.4 -2.4% (127)
    311 Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metro Div 27.0 359.8 -3.6% (62)
    312 Chambersburg-Waynesboro, PA 26.8 60.1 -13.0% (260)
    313 Sherman-Denison, TX 26.8 46.7 -6.7% 18
    314 El Centro, CA 26.7 53.0 -6.9% 11
    315 Carson City, NV 26.3 28.6 3.7% 41
    316 Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 26.3 89.1 -3.7% (12)
    317 Cheyenne, WY 26.3 46.0 -1.0% 27
    318 Tucson, AZ 26.0 377.8 -2.3% (114)
    319 Norwich-New London-Westerly, CT-RI NECTA 26.0 129.0 -1.1% (5)
    320 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 25.9 361.6 -7.1% (18)
    321 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 25.6 163.7 -1.8% (106)
    322 Rochester, MN 25.3 118.5 -2.4% 14
    323 Anniston-Oxford-Jacksonville, AL 25.3 45.8 2.3% 43
    324 Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 25.1 223.7 -1.7% 10
    325 Dutchess County-Putnam County, NY Metro Div 25.0 143.5 -0.3% 27
    326 Rocky Mount, NC 24.9 58.0 0.0% (14)
    327 Missoula, MT 24.9 59.8 -2.1% 10
    328 Flint, MI 24.8 140.7 -0.9% (17)
    329 Dover-Durham, NH-ME NECTA 24.5 54.6 -10.7% (182)
    330 Greenville, NC 24.4 79.3 0.5% (44)
    331 Great Falls, MT 24.3 35.9 -2.2% (58)
    332 Danville, IL 23.9 28.6 1.7% (56)
    333 Sheboygan, WI 23.6 61.8 -0.8% (7)
    334 Fayetteville, NC 23.5 130.6 -5.7% (46)
    335 Grand Junction, CO 23.3 60.9 -3.2% (48)
    336 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 23.2 180.1 -0.4% 15
    337 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN 22.8 79.0 -0.5% 21
    338 Decatur, AL 22.6 53.6 -2.5% 3
    339 Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 22.3 137.2 -3.9% (113)
    340 Visalia-Porterville, CA 22.3 125.6 -8.3% (82)
    341 Midland, TX 21.2 87.5 -8.9% (178)
    342 Bloomington, IL 21.2 93.0 -2.4% 17
    343 Elgin, IL Metro Div 21.2 253.1 -5.5% (52)
    344 Longview, TX 21.0 96.8 -4.2% (79)
    345 Lawrence-Methuen Town-Salem, MA-NH NECTA Div 20.7 82.6 -0.7% (24)
    346 San Angelo, TX 20.0 48.8 -2.7% (22)
    347 Binghamton, NY 19.9 104.3 -2.6% 2
    348 Lynchburg, VA 18.7 104.5 -3.9% 6
    349 Fairbanks, AK 18.4 36.1 -4.6% (69)
    350 Albany, OR 17.7 44.0 -11.1% (98)
    351 Charleston, WV 17.4 118.9 -5.6% (44)
    352 Lafayette, LA 17.3 198.5 -8.0% (69)
    353 Anchorage, AK 17.1 173.7 -7.6% (33)
    354 Madera, CA 17.0 37.3 -1.5% (165)
    355 Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS 16.8 154.0 -4.9% 7
    356 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT NECTA 16.7 407.9 -7.3% (24)
    357 Wichita Falls, TX 16.5 57.5 -5.2% 0
    358 Green Bay, WI 16.2 173.9 -6.5% (25)
    359 Odessa, TX 15.2 69.7 -8.3% (24)
    360 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL 14.0 57.2 -4.2% (31)
    361 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ 12.8 34.5 -4.2% 0
    362 Johnstown, PA 12.8 55.6 -9.5% (65)
    363 Merced, CA 12.0 65.7 -7.9% 2
    364 Elmira, NY 11.1 37.7 -7.1% (102)
    365 Casper, WY 10.8 37.1 -8.3% (23)
    366 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH 9.9 41.0 -17.5% (77)

  • Large Cities Business Services Jobs – 2017 Best Cities Rankings

    Read about how we selected the 2017 Best Cities for Job Growth

    2017 MSA Prof & Bus Svcs Ranking among Large MSAs Area Weighted INDEX 2016 Prof & Bus Svcs  Emplmt (1000s) Total Prof &
    Bus Svcs Emplmt Growth Rate 2015-2016    		 Overall Rank Change
    2016 to 2017
    1 Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN 89.7 160.3 5.2% 0
    2 Kansas City, MO 85.3 99.6 9.0% 13
    3 Austin-Round Rock, TX 81.7 171.1 3.7% 0
    4 San Francisco-Redwood City-South San Francisco, CA Metro Div 79.5 274.4 2.8% (2)
    5 Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metro Div 79.3 482.8 5.5% 0
    6 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX 79.2 134.0 5.5% 19
    7 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 79.0 227.5 2.6% (3)
    8 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC 76.3 198.9 4.8% 1
    9 Salt Lake City, UT 76.2 126.1 4.4% 15
    10 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL 75.6 209.6 4.8% (3)
    11 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 75.2 236.6 5.2% 0
    12 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA 75.1 503.7 4.6% 1
    13 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN 74.8 91.8 5.2% (1)
    14 Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metro Div 74.3 151.2 4.1% 6
    15 Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV 73.8 136.8 4.6% 2
    16 Sacramento–Roseville–Arden-Arcade, CA 71.9 131.3 6.7% 30
    17 Raleigh, NC 71.5 115.2 4.7% (11)
    18 Philadelphia City, PA 69.9 97.6 4.9% 31
    19 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA 69.6 176.6 1.8% (9)
    20 New York City, NY 68.9 735.3 3.1% (6)
    21 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metro Div 67.2 250.9 2.6% (3)
    22 Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metro Div 66.5 170.8 2.6% 7
    23 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach, FL Metro Div 64.2 111.1 3.3% (1)
    24 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA NECTA Div 64.2 354.4 2.7% 8
    25 Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 63.8 348.7 3.3% 3
    26 Middlesex-Monmouth-Ocean, NJ 62.8 155.7 1.9% 1
    27 Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN 62.4 169.9 0.8% (6)
    28 Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO 61.0 257.1 1.7% (12)
    29 Oakland-Hayward-Berkeley, CA Metro Div 60.7 182.4 2.4% 1
    30 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT NECTA 60.6 73.7 2.1% (7)
    31 Orange-Rockland-Westchester, NY 58.3 92.2 4.2% 22
    32 Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine, CA Metro Div 57.0 299.2 2.2% 7
    33 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA NECTA 56.7 71.0 1.0% (2)
    34 Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metro Div 55.3 269.7 1.9% 1
    35 Columbus, OH 54.4 182.3 1.6% (2)
    36 Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 52.5 74.5 1.3% 1
    37 Nassau County-Suffolk County, NY Metro Div 52.3 176.5 3.2% 21
    38 St. Louis, MO-IL 52.3 211.1 1.4% 12
    39 Camden, NJ Metro Div 51.4 78.6 -0.1% (5)
    40 Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights, IL Metro Div 51.2 689.7 0.5% 3
    41 Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 51.1 79.1 1.8% 23
    42 Richmond, VA 50.4 110.7 -4.5% (34)
    43 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Div 50.1 615.4 2.4% (1)
    44 Northern Virginia, VA 49.5 398.9 2.6% 3
    45 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 49.3 321.9 1.9% 3
    46 Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX 48.6 470.6 0.0% (10)
    47 Montgomery County-Bucks County-Chester County, PA Metro Div 48.6 202.4 1.7% (6)
    48 Jacksonville, FL 48.0 102.3 1.2% (22)
    49 San Diego-Carlsbad, CA 47.5 234.8 0.2% (4)
    50 Pittsburgh, PA 47.4 183.2 1.0% (10)
    51 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 47.3 55.4 2.8% 18
    52 Bergen-Hudson-Passaic, NJ 45.5 145.8 2.3% 11
    53 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metro Div 45.0 610.7 1.1% 7
    54 Memphis, TN-MS-AR 44.8 98.3 -3.2% (35)
    55 Urban Honolulu, HI 44.5 67.9 0.7% (11)
    56 Kansas City, KS 43.8 92.9 -0.6% (18)
    57 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN 43.7 170.4 1.6% 5
    58 Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Div 43.6 112.4 0.7% (3)
    59 Detroit-Dearborn-Livonia, MI Metro Div 42.2 125.5 2.2% (5)
    60 Silver Spring-Frederick-Rockville, MD Metro Div 41.6 128.1 2.0% 8
    61 New Orleans-Metairie, LA 40.0 74.8 0.6% (10)
    62 Birmingham-Hoover, AL 38.4 65.9 0.4% (1)
    63 Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY 38.2 72.4 2.3% 7
    64 Cleveland-Elyria, OH 37.7 148.7 0.9% 1
    65 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 37.3 124.1 -1.6% (8)
    66 Rochester, NY 37.0 68.2 -1.4% 1
    67 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 36.5 146.8 -6.9% (15)
    68 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 34.6 103.7 -0.6% (2)
    69 Newark, NJ-PA Metro Div 32.7 216.2 -0.8% (13)
    70 Oklahoma City, OK 31.6 78.7 -1.7% (11)

  • Mid Sized Cities Business Services Jobs – 2017 Best Cities Rankings

    Read about how we selected the 2017 Best Cities for Job Growth

    2017 MSA Prof & Bus Svcs Ranking among Midsized MSAs Area Weighted INDEX 2016 Prof & Bus Svcs  Emplmt (1000s) Total Prof & Bus Svc Emplmt Growth Rate 2011-2016 Overall Rank Change
    2016 to 2017
    1 Provo-Orem, UT 89.0 32.9 40.1% 3
    2 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 85.5 51.1 33.7% 1
    3 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 81.5 23.9 34.3% 3
    4 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 81.3 38.4 25.1% 52
    5 Boise City, ID 79.9 46.7 21.7% 72
    6 North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL 78.9 45.8 48.1% 12
    7 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC 78.2 14.5 33.4% 38
    8 Sioux Falls, SD 74.9 15.2 22.9% (7)
    9 Ann Arbor, MI 73.8 30.8 24.7% 12
    10 Charleston-North Charleston, SC 73.3 54.1 20.8% 22
    11 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 71.8 34.9 34.4% (6)
    12 Savannah, GA 70.5 20.9 16.1% 19
    13 Tacoma-Lakewood, WA Metro Div 70.4 29.2 25.7% 13
    14 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC 70.2 42.5 17.4% 34
    15 Eugene, OR 69.6 18.1 24.0% 23
    16 Santa Rosa, CA 68.7 21.8 24.9% 14
    17 Tallahassee, FL 68.3 21.0 17.1% 58
    18 Boulder, CO 67.8 36.1 17.7% 39
    19 Reno, NV 67.6 31.6 23.8% 5
    20 Ogden-Clearfield, UT 67.5 29.1 26.3% (8)
    21 Madison, WI 67.4 52.4 18.8% 6
    22 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 66.1 48.1 20.9% (13)
    23 Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH NECTA Div 66.1 23.9 14.7% 62
    24 Gary, IN Metro Div 65.1 24.3 17.6% 55
    25 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 64.8 14.7 12.2% 61
    26 Asheville, NC 64.7 18.5 16.6% (13)
    27 Lincoln, NE 64.3 19.8 14.6% 19
    28 Modesto, CA 63.6 15.1 20.2% 15
    29 Salem, OR 63.0 13.6 25.8% (4)
    30 El Paso, TX 62.5 34.9 16.0% 24
    31 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL 62.0 29.9 20.6% 5
    32 Lexington-Fayette, KY 61.9 42.6 28.2% (3)
    33 Montgomery, AL 61.0 22.5 10.9% 52
    34 York-Hanover, PA 59.7 21.9 15.1% 10
    35 Jackson, MS 59.3 34.8 18.4% 14
    36 Fort Collins, CO 59.2 20.3 16.9% 25
    37 Toledo, OH 59.2 38.9 17.5% 28
    38 Wichita, KS 58.8 34.3 16.5% (1)
    39 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA 58.8 26.2 15.4% (22)
    40 Springfield, MO 58.2 25.1 21.4% (21)
    41 Huntsville, AL 57.7 55.0 14.4% (1)
    42 Trenton, NJ 57.6 43.6 18.7% (40)
    43 Reading, PA 55.0 23.8 17.5% (27)
    44 Chattanooga, TN-GA 54.9 29.3 13.1% (30)
    45 Baton Rouge, LA 53.3 48.8 14.1% (25)
    46 Framingham, MA NECTA Div 52.5 36.4 13.8% (24)
    47 Akron, OH 52.5 54.0 10.7% 20
    48 Fresno, CA 52.3 31.9 21.0% 16
    49 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 50.5 16.4 8.6% 10
    50 Springfield, MA-CT NECTA 49.2 26.7 9.9% (11)
    51 Fort Wayne, IN 47.8 21.7 6.9% 15
    52 Calvert-Charles-Prince George’s, MD 47.5 49.2 7.1% 0
    53 Baltimore City, MD 47.1 47.7 15.5% 20
    54 Peoria, IL 46.8 23.9 2.9% 6
    55 Knoxville, TN 46.8 61.9 10.9% (40)
    56 New Haven, CT NECTA 46.6 30.3 10.2% (9)
    57 Delaware County, PA 45.9 32.1 8.0% (23)
    58 Colorado Springs, CO 45.9 43.3 10.8% (3)
    59 Scranton–Wilkes-Barre–Hazleton, PA 45.6 30.6 13.2% (26)
    60 Stockton-Lodi, CA 45.6 19.2 22.1% (53)
    61 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR 45.1 47.0 10.2% 7
    62 Winston-Salem, NC 44.6 35.1 9.4% (39)
    63 Portland-South Portland, ME NECTA 44.1 27.4 5.9% (10)
    64 Canton-Massillon, OH 43.9 14.6 7.9% 24
    65 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 43.8 47.1 12.2% (37)
    66 Dayton, OH 43.4 51.4 8.7% (4)
    67 Rockford, IL 43.4 16.5 6.2% (32)
    68 Lansing-East Lansing, MI 42.5 22.3 7.7% 1
    69 Mobile, AL 42.3 22.8 5.1% 7
    70 Lancaster, PA 41.7 23.9 13.8% 1
    71 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 41.1 30.6 3.1% 15
    72 Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC 40.4 68.1 10.2% (62)
    73 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 40.0 36.6 6.6% 21
    74 Syracuse, NY 39.6 34.0 2.7% 24
    75 Roanoke, VA 38.9 21.8 6.7% (33)
    76 Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metro Div 38.8 69.2 8.1% (2)
    77 Evansville, IN-KY 37.5 18.8 -0.2% 4
    78 Greensboro-High Point, NC 37.4 50.2 6.6% (67)
    79 Bakersfield, CA 37.4 26.4 2.7% 5
    80 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 36.6 22.1 2.9% (39)
    81 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 35.6 24.5 8.7% (11)
    82 Albuquerque, NM 34.7 58.1 3.0% 5
    83 Corpus Christi, TX 32.8 16.6 8.8% (32)
    84 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA 32.4 22.1 0.9% (2)
    85 Worcester, MA-CT NECTA 31.5 26.7 -0.6% 10
    86 Tulsa, OK 31.1 57.8 6.0% 4
    87 Columbia, SC 30.1 47.2 8.8% (37)
    88 Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metro Div 27.0 54.0 5.5% (16)
    89 Tucson, AZ 26.0 49.9 2.2% (31)
    90 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 25.9 47.6 2.5% (7)
    91 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 25.6 14.5 -1.4% (28)
    92 Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 25.1 21.7 -3.1% 1
    93 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 23.2 16.7 -6.7% 3
    94 Elgin, IL Metro Div 21.2 33.5 2.4% (14)
    95 Lafayette, LA 17.3 19.9 -6.9% (17)
    96 Anchorage, AK 17.1 18.8 -9.5% (7)
    97 Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS 16.8 14.8 -10.5% 0
    98 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT NECTA 16.7 63.5 -4.7% (7)
    99 Green Bay, WI 16.2 18.6 -7.0% (7)

  • Small Cities Business Services Jobs – 2017 Best Cities Rankings

    Read about how we selected the 2017 Best Cities for Job Growth

    2017 MSA Prof & Bus Svcs  – Small MSAs Area Weighted INDEX 2016 Prof & Bus Svcs  Emplmt (1000s) Total Prof &
    Bus Svcs Emplmt Growth Rate 2015-2016    		 Overall Rank Change
    2016 to 2017
    1 Wausau, WI 92.5       7.2 13.8% 50
    2 Monroe, MI 91.1       5.3 4.6% 0
    3 College Station-Bryan, TX 89.6       9.0 8.9% 6
    4 Jackson, TN 88.9       7.3 10.0% 3
    5 Salisbury, MD-DE 88.1     13.3 14.0% 13
    6 Grants Pass, OR 87.8       2.3 14.8% 54
    7 Bend-Redmond, OR 86.7       9.4 5.6% 8
    8 Topeka, KS 85.8     14.9 7.5% 51
    9 Clevel&, TN 84.2     10.5 12.5% 105
    10 Lynn-Saugus-Marblehead, MA NECTA Div 84.1       3.3 5.3% 146
    11 Olympia-Tumwater, WA 83.8     11.5 3.6% 28
    12 Gainesville, FL 83.5     14.2 7.1% 22
    13 Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, KY 82.8       7.1 5.4% (8)
    14 Laredo, TX 82.0       9.8 11.3% (2)
    15 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 81.9     12.7 4.1% 92
    16 St. George, UT 80.2       4.9 2.1% (8)
    17 Morristown, TN 78.6       4.1 15.1% 92
    18 Springfield, IL 78.2     14.9 14.4% 39
    19 State College, PA 77.7       6.9 7.8% 46
    20 Lubbock, TX 76.0     12.8 7.3% 20
    21 Elkhart-Goshen, IN 75.9     10.7 7.0% 26
    22 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL 75.7     15.6 4.0% 27
    23 Spartanburg, SC 75.7     17.9 8.9% 68
    24 Yuba City, CA 75.3       3.3 13.6% 19
    25 Redding, CA 75.2       6.7 7.4% (3)
    26 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI 73.2     18.3 10.9% 41
    27 Port St. Lucie, FL 71.7     17.5 6.7% 2
    28 Fort Smith, AR-OK 71.7     12.9 2.4% 83
    29 Waco, TX 71.6     12.5 0.0% (15)
    30 Kankakee, IL 69.8       3.6 18.5% 62
    31 Monroe, LA 69.6       8.8 5.2% 90
    32 Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL 69.4     16.1 1.3% 21
    33 Charlottesville, VA 67.8     15.3 1.8% (20)
    34 Ocala, FL 67.0     10.0 10.7% 94
    35 Dover, DE 66.6       4.6 4.5% 1
    36 Wilmington, NC 66.6     16.0 5.5% 22
    37 Athens-Clarke County, GA 66.6       8.0 3.0% 9
    38 Flagstaff, AZ 65.8       3.3 8.9% (15)
    39 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX 65.6     12.3 4.2% 11
    40 Taunton-Middleborough-Norton, MA NECTA Div 65.4       6.3 4.4% 15
    41 Jackson, MI 64.4       4.8 3.6% 111
    42 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY 64.3       2.4 0.0% 129
    43 Bowling Green, KY 64.1       9.3 6.1% (13)
    44 Greeley, CO 64.0       9.8 2.1% (28)
    45 Yuma, AZ 63.6       7.1 7.0% 16
    46 Lawton, OK 62.7       4.6 3.0% (42)
    47 Janesville-Beloit, WI 62.5       6.1 2.2% (41)
    48 Panama City, FL 62.0     10.9 -0.9% 0
    49 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ 61.7     10.4 6.8% 40
    50 Napa, CA 61.3       6.9 3.0% (40)
    51 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA 61.0       9.9 -3.2% (20)
    52 Tuscaloosa, AL 59.5     10.7 1.3% (32)
    53 Johnson City, TN 59.4       8.8 6.9% 77
    54 Salinas, CA 58.7     13.2 -0.5% (10)
    55 Prescott, AZ 58.5       3.5 3.9% (22)
    56 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 57.9     14.0 2.4% 17
    57 Lake Charles, LA 57.8       9.4 -1.1% (54)
    58 Yakima, WA 57.7       4.2 13.4% 8
    59 Ithaca, NY 56.7       3.5 1.0% 4
    60 Haverhill-Newburyport-Amesbury Town, MA-NH NECTA Div 56.4       5.6 3.7% (23)
    61 Killeen-Temple, TX 56.0     10.2 3.0% 14
    62 Logan, UT-ID 55.9       6.1 1.7% 0
    63 New Bedford, MA NECTA 55.2       5.7 -7.6% (62)
    64 Leominster-Gardner, MA NECTA 54.9       3.9 0.0% 21
    65 Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA 54.8       4.3 3.2% 32
    66 Appleton, WI 54.5     13.9 3.0% 51
    67 Clarksville, TN-KY 54.4       8.9 3.5% 16
    68 Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL 54.3       5.4 4.5% 45
    69 Amarillo, TX 53.4       9.8 2.8% 8
    70 Idaho Falls, ID 53.3     13.7 5.1% 28
    71 Nashua, NH-MA NECTA Div 53.0     15.4 -0.2% (1)
    72 Morgantown, WV 52.9       6.6 -0.5% (55)
    73 Muskegon, MI 52.5       3.7 5.8% 3
    74 Bangor, ME NECTA 51.8       6.7 1.0% 5
    75 Kingston, NY 51.8       4.6 3.0% 13
    76 Springfield, OH 51.2       4.7 -2.1% (65)
    77 Bellingham, WA 49.9       8.0 -0.8% (9)
    78 Burlington-South Burlington, VT NECTA 49.9     14.2 -0.5% (43)
    79 Auburn-Opelika, AL 49.3       7.4 0.5% (58)
    80 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ 48.0       3.4 14.6% 40
    81 Iowa City, IA 47.9       7.0 4.5% 1
    82 Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, MA NECTA Div 47.8       7.1 0.9% 19
    83 Manchester, NH NECTA 47.2     16.0 -0.8% (56)
    84 Peabody-Salem-Beverly, MA NECTA Div 46.8     10.3 2.0% 50
    85 Barnstable Town, MA NECTA 46.6       8.7 1.6% 15
    86 Fargo, ND-MN 46.4     15.8 0.2% (67)
    87 Billings, MT 46.4       9.1 4.6% 109
    88 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 46.1       7.7 0.0% (24)
    89 Mansfield, OH 45.6       5.6 3.1% 93
    90 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN 45.3       7.7 4.0% 12
    91 Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI 45.3       7.2 2.4% (19)
    92 Coeur d’Alene, ID 45.1       6.3 1.1% 93
    93 Cedar Rapids, IA 45.1     14.3 3.4% 53
    94 East Stroudsburg, PA 44.8       3.5 0.0% 12
    95 Battle Creek, MI 44.4       6.2 0.5% 31
    96 Vineland-Bridgeton, NJ 43.9       4.3 -3.7% 80
    97 Corvallis, OR 43.6       4.3 -2.3% (69)
    98 Macon, GA 43.2     11.6 0.3% (60)
    99 Victoria, TX 42.9       2.6 5.3% (13)
    100 Portsmouth, NH-ME NECTA 42.5     11.5 -2.8% (48)
    101 Punta Gorda, FL 42.2       4.5 -2.9% (47)
    102 Fond du Lac, WI 41.8       2.7 -1.2% (70)
    103 Michigan City-La Porte, IN 41.4       2.8 5.0% 16
    104 Bismarck, ND 41.1       7.9 -5.2% (86)
    105 Burlington, NC 40.4       5.5 -0.6% (63)
    106 Danbury, CT NECTA 40.3       9.3 -1.1% (12)
    107 Medford, OR 40.1       7.1 1.4% 32
    108 Columbus, IN 40.0       5.4 -0.6% (63)
    109 Dalton, GA 39.8       6.2 3.3% 29
    110 Grand Forks, ND-MN 39.7       3.1 2.2% 19
    111 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 39.5     12.6 1.3% 20
    112 Tyler, TX 39.3       8.9 0.4% 38
    113 San Rafael, CA Metro Div 39.3     18.6 1.5% (14)
    114 Rapid City, SD 39.0       5.1 1.3% 10
    115 Pittsfield, MA NECTA 38.2       4.0 0.0% 25
    116 Owensboro, KY 37.7       3.9 -0.8% (45)
    117 Lewiston, ID-WA 37.5       1.4 2.5% 66
    118 Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA 37.4       9.7 1.7% (6)
    119 Lawrence, KS 37.1       5.6 -2.9% 50
    120 Abilene, TX 37.0       5.5 -0.6% (12)
    121 Kennewick-Richland, WA 36.7     21.2 1.8% (16)
    122 Pueblo, CO 36.4       6.8 -1.0% (96)
    123 Texarkana, TX-AR 36.0       4.3 -0.8% (67)
    124 Bay City, MI 35.8       3.3 3.2% (43)
    125 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 35.6       8.1 3.9% 64
    126 Terre Haute, IN 35.4       5.3 4.6% 21
    127 Chico, CA 35.1       5.4 -0.6% (43)
    128 Saginaw, MI 34.8     11.2 -0.3% (87)
    129 Decatur, IL 34.6       3.3 -2.9% 16
    130 St. Cloud, MN 34.3       8.5 0.0% (26)
    131 Utica-Rome, NY 33.9       8.5 2.0% 56
    132 Walla Walla, WA 33.9       0.9 0.0% (37)
    133 Eau Claire, WI 33.8       9.0 0.4% (18)
    134 Altoona, PA 33.4       5.4 0.0% (1)
    135 Lewiston-Auburn, ME NECTA 33.3       6.8 -0.5% (48)
    136 Lima, OH 33.0       4.7 -4.8% (58)
    137 Columbus, GA-AL 32.3     12.9 -0.8% (1)
    138 Glens Falls, NY 32.3       5.6 0.6% (28)
    139 Las Cruces, NM 31.5       6.8 -0.5% 25
    140 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV 31.3       9.2 -4.2% (44)
    141 Bloomington, IN 31.3       4.7 4.5% 53
    142 Duluth, MN-WI 31.2       8.1 -0.8% 13
    143 Niles-Benton Harbor, MI 31.2       5.6 -1.8% (27)
    144 Hanford-Corcoran, CA 31.2       1.3 0.0% 7
    145 Gadsden, AL 31.0       3.8 -8.1% (121)
    146 Dothan, AL 31.0       4.4 1.5% 35
    147 Champaign-Urbana, IL 30.3       7.8 1.7% 30
    148 Santa Fe, NM 30.2       4.5 -0.7% (26)
    149 Waterbury, CT NECTA 29.7       5.4 -1.8% 19
    150 Erie, PA 29.3     10.0 1.0% (1)
    151 Pocatello, ID 28.5       3.6 -5.3% (77)
    152 Racine, WI 28.1       6.3 2.2% 9
    153 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 27.4       9.4 -2.4% (63)
    154 Chambersburg-Waynesboro, PA 26.8       5.4 -13.0% (129)
    155 Sherman-Denison, TX 26.8       2.8 -6.7% 17
    156 El Centro, CA 26.7       2.2 -6.9% 10
    157 Carson City, NV 26.3       1.9 3.7% 33
    158 Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 26.3       6.9 -3.7% (5)
    159 Cheyenne, WY 26.3       3.2 -1.0% 21
    160 Norwich-New London-Westerly, CT-RI NECTA 26.0       8.7 -1.1% 0
    161 Rochester, MN 25.3       5.5 -2.4% 13
    162 Anniston-Oxford-Jacksonville, AL 25.3       4.5 2.3% 36
    163 Dutchess County-Putnam County, NY Metro Div 25.0     11.5 -0.3% 23
    164 Rocky Mount, NC 24.9       5.2 0.0% (5)
    165 Missoula, MT 24.9       6.2 -2.1% 10
    166 Flint, MI 24.8     15.3 -0.9% (8)
    167 Dover-Durham, NH-ME NECTA 24.5       3.6 -10.7% (98)
    168 Greenville, NC 24.4       6.6 0.5% (27)
    169 Great Falls, MT 24.3       3.0 -2.2% (37)
    170 Danville, IL 23.9       2.0 1.7% (35)
    171 Sheboygan, WI 23.6       4.0 -0.8% (4)
    172 Fayetteville, NC 23.5     12.2 -5.7% (29)
    173 Grand Junction, CO 23.3       5.1 -3.2% (31)
    174 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN 22.8       6.1 -0.5% 18
    175 Decatur, AL 22.6       5.2 -2.5% 3
    176 Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 22.3       9.9 -3.9% (73)
    177 Visalia-Porterville, CA 22.3     10.4 -8.3% (54)
    178 Midland, TX 21.2       8.2 -8.9% (98)
    179 Bloomington, IL 21.2       9.6 -2.4% 14
    180 Longview, TX 21.0       8.4 -4.2% (53)
    181 Lawrence-Methuen Town-Salem, MA-NH NECTA Div 20.7       9.7 -0.7% (18)
    182 San Angelo, TX 20.0       3.6 -2.7% (17)
    183 Binghamton, NY 19.9       8.9 -2.6% 1
    184 Lynchburg, VA 18.7     11.4 -3.9% 4
    185 Fairbanks, AK 18.4       2.1 -4.6% (48)
    186 Albany, OR 17.7       2.9 -11.1% (68)
    187 Charleston, WV 17.4     13.5 -5.6% (33)
    188 Madera, CA 17.0       2.2 -1.5% (95)
    189 Wichita Falls, TX 16.5       3.6 -5.2% 2
    190 Odessa, TX 15.2       3.7 -8.3% (17)
    191 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL 14.0       3.8 -4.2% (21)
    192 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ 12.8       3.8 -4.2% 3
    193 Johnstown, PA 12.8       5.1 -9.5% (45)
    194 Merced, CA 12.0       3.5 -7.9% 3
    195 Elmira, NY 11.1       2.2 -7.1% (70)
    196 Casper, WY 10.8       2.6 -8.3% (17)
    197 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH 9.9       1.6 -17.5% (53)

  • All Cities Rankings – 2017 Best Cities for Job Growth

    Read about how we selected the 2017 Best Cities for Job Growth

    2017
    Overall Ranking    		 Area Weighted INDEX 2016 Nonfarm Eplmnt (1000s) Overall Movement 2016 to 2017  2017 Size 
    1 Provo-Orem, UT 99.0         243.4 1  M 
    2 Lake Charles, LA 97.1         111.3 18  S 
    3 St. George, UT 96.5           61.8 -2  S 
    4 Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metro Div 96.4      2,554.6 5  L 
    5 San Francisco-Redwood City-South San Francisco, CA Metro Div 96.2      1,108.6 -2  L 
    6 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 95.6         249.5 0  M 
    7 Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN 95.5         968.8 1  L 
    8 Fort Collins, CO 94.3         162.6 4  M 
    9 The Villages, FL 94.1           27.9 13  S 
    10 Gainesville, GA 93.8           88.4 -6  S 
    11 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC 93.2      1,170.0 10  L 
    12 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL 93.1      1,233.2 -5  L 
    13 Salt Lake City, UT 92.6         713.6 23  L 
    14 Charleston-North Charleston, SC 92.6         350.5 5  M 
    15 Austin-Round Rock, TX 92.6      1,015.4 -4  L 
    16 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 92.1      1,084.7 -11  L 
    17 Boise City, ID 92.0         311.0 16  M 
    18 Ogden-Clearfield, UT 90.7         249.8 -3  M 
    19 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metro Div 90.4      1,664.4 7  L 
    20 Raleigh, NC 89.7         610.1 3  L 
    21 Olympia-Tumwater, WA 89.7         114.7 64  S 
    22 Wenatchee, WA 89.5           44.1 7  S 
    23 Auburn-Opelika, AL 89.3           63.8 24  S 
    24 Bend-Redmond, OR 88.0           78.5 -10  S 
    25 Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO 87.1      1,442.3 -7  L 
    26 Savannah, GA 86.6         177.9 -10  M 
    27 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL 86.1           71.4 -2  S 
    28 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX 85.8      1,027.9 0  L 
    29 Coeur d’Alene, ID 85.6           60.6 12  S 
    30 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 84.6         262.6 -13  M 
    31 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA 84.4      2,721.2 -1  L 
    32 Tacoma-Lakewood, WA Metro Div 84.2         309.8 44  M 
    33 Boulder, CO 83.6         188.2 34  M 
    34 Killeen-Temple, TX 83.4         146.5 35  S 
    35 North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL 83.4         301.9 28  M 
    36 Elkhart-Goshen, IN 83.1         132.7 23  S 
    37 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 82.7      1,436.3 -2  L 
    38 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach, FL Metro Div 81.6         623.6 12  L 
    39 Punta Gorda, FL 80.8           48.9 26  S 
    40 Portsmouth, NH-ME NECTA 80.6           90.6 -1  S 
    41 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA 80.5      1,153.4 -17  L 
    42 Bowling Green, KY 80.2           76.3 61  S 
    43 Port St. Lucie, FL 79.9         146.4 0  S 
    44 Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 79.7         551.2 40  L 
    45 Merced, CA 79.4           65.7 52  S 
    46 Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL 79.3         145.2 -2  S 
    47 Spartanburg, SC 79.2         149.4 23  S 
    48 Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metro Div 78.7      1,180.1 23  L 
    49 Fresno, CA 78.7         339.1 8  M 
    50 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 78.5      1,321.1 31  L 
    51 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN 78.4         670.8 31  L 
    52 Asheville, NC 78.2         188.7 20  M 
    53 Trenton, NJ 78.0         269.6 8  M 
    54 Wilmington, NC 77.7         123.5 66  S 
    55 Cleveland, TN 77.7           51.7 76  S 
    56 Jonesboro, AR 77.6           56.5 -22  S 
    57 Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV 77.5         964.6 11  L 
    58 Visalia-Porterville, CA 77.3         125.6 -4  S 
    59 Jacksonville, FL 76.9         677.5 -11  L 
    60 College Station-Bryan, TX 76.8         116.5 -29  S 
    61 Oakland-Hayward-Berkeley, CA Metro Div 76.8      1,150.1 34  L 
    62 Idaho Falls, ID 76.7           63.9 16  S 
    63 Bellingham, WA 76.5           92.0 100  S 
    64 Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN 76.5      1,056.9 29  L 
    65 Stockton-Lodi, CA 76.4         227.9 -14  M 
    66 Modesto, CA 76.3         173.5 41  M 
    67 Salem, OR 76.1         162.1 7  M 
    68 El Paso, TX 75.7         315.1 36  M 
    69 New York City, NY 75.6      4,388.9 -32  L 
    70 Columbus, OH 75.6      1,077.8 22  L 
    71 Colorado Springs, CO 75.6         281.6 16  M 
    72 Columbus, IN 75.1           52.9 -62  S 
    73 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 74.9         101.4 68  S 
    74 Chico, CA 74.8           81.7 73  S 
    75 Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 74.8      2,015.6 -37  L 
    76 Reno, NV 74.5         225.1 36  M 
    77 Kennewick-Richland, WA 74.3         110.6 33  S 
    78 Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Div 74.0      1,023.6 10  L 
    79 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 74.0         360.1 56  M 
    80 Haverhill-Newburyport-Amesbury Town, MA-NH NECTA Div 73.9           66.2 -48  S 
    81 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 73.5         199.3 45  M 
    82 Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL 73.3           52.1 46  S 
    83 Sioux Falls, SD 72.8         153.4 -31  M 
    84 San Diego-Carlsbad, CA 72.8      1,439.0 6  L 
    85 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA 72.3         114.5 -39  S 
    86 Gainesville, FL 72.2         143.3 75  S 
    87 Lexington-Fayette, KY 72.1         281.2 13  M 
    88 Logan, UT-ID 72.1           60.9 -28  S 
    89 Madera, CA 72.1           37.3 29  S 
    90 Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metro Div 71.8         836.9 -15  L 
    91 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA NECTA Div 71.8      1,831.6 36  L 
    92 Dover-Durham, NH-ME NECTA 71.6           54.6 150  S 
    93 Kansas City, MO 71.6         608.6 91  L 
    94 Fargo, ND-MN 71.5         142.2 -38  S 
    95 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC 71.4         307.1 43  M 
    96 San Rafael, CA Metro Div 71.4         115.9 9  S 
    97 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL 71.3         219.6 32  M 
    98 Laredo, TX 71.2         104.2 -49  S 
    99 Napa, CA 71.2           70.9 -86  S 
    100 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC 71.0         154.1 -60  M 
    101 Lubbock, TX 71.0         146.9 -5  S 
    102 Yakima, WA 71.0           84.5 42  S 
    103 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX 70.9         143.0 33  S 
    104 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 70.8         256.4 2  M 
    105 Charlottesville, VA 70.8         115.5 -43  S 
    106 Waco, TX 70.2         119.8 82  S 
    107 Iowa City, IA 70.1         101.9 52  S 
    108 Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC 69.9         412.4 -50  M 
    109 Yuba City, CA 69.9           43.4 21  S 
    110 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL 69.6         109.8 79  S 
    111 Santa Rosa, CA 69.4         202.0 -45  M 
    112 Sacramento–Roseville–Arden-Arcade, CA 69.3         958.1 22  L 
    113 Greeley, CO 68.9         100.3 -86  S 
    114 Salinas, CA 68.8         137.9 0  S 
    115 Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 68.7         137.2 -24  S 
    116 Tyler, TX 68.5         106.0 -5  S 
    117 Medford, OR 68.3           86.2 33  S 
    118 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, SC 67.9           75.5 -73  S 
    119 Kokomo, IN 67.7           42.4 109  S 
    120 Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH NECTA Div 67.6         155.0 76  M 
    121 Albany, OR 67.6           44.0 114  S 
    122 Lewiston, ID-WA 66.9           28.7 99  S 
    123 Grants Pass, OR 66.3           25.8 39  S 
    124 Huntsville, AL 66.0         228.8 77  M 
    125 Philadelphia City, PA 65.6         714.0 99  L 
    126 Ocala, FL 65.4         103.5 81  S 
    127 Madison, WI 65.0         399.4 10  M 
    128 Sebring, FL 64.9           27.1 101  S 
    129 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 64.8         237.3 110  M 
    130 Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metro Div 64.4      1,236.6 2  L 
    131 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 64.4         174.3 59  M 
    132 Springfield, MO 64.4         212.6 -13  M 
    133 Redding, CA 64.0           66.1 61  S 
    134 Walla Walla, WA 63.4           28.2 125  S 
    135 Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, KY 62.5           57.2 -46  S 
    136 Prescott, AZ 62.5           62.6 -59  S 
    137 Middlesex-Monmouth-Ocean, NJ 62.4         895.9 23  L 
    138 Harrisonburg, VA 62.0           68.4 157  S 
    139 Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI 61.8           75.2 -53  S 
    140 Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine, CA Metro Div 61.7      1,592.2 -41  L 
    141 Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX 61.7      3,017.5 -62  L 
    142 Winchester, VA-WV 61.7           62.5 -87  S 
    143 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA 61.3           49.1 31  S 
    144 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA 61.3         242.3 47  M 
    145 Ames, IA 61.0           54.0 -81  S 
    146 Jackson, TN 60.6           68.8 56  S 
    147 Northern Virginia, VA 60.5      1,449.9 40  L 
    148 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metro Div 60.5      4,442.2 34  L 
    149 Sherman-Denison, TX 60.3           46.7 20  S 
    150 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 59.8         213.4 90  M 
    151 Ithaca, NY 59.7           64.9 98  S 
    152 Kansas City, KS 59.4         469.2 -36  L 
    153 Columbia, SC 59.4         395.4 -70  M 
    154 Lincoln, NE 59.4         189.9 27  M 
    155 New Bedford, MA NECTA 59.3           68.2 13  S 
    156 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Div 59.1      2,653.9 1  L 
    157 Chattanooga, TN-GA 58.9         255.5 -2  M 
    158 Lawrence-Methuen Town-Salem, MA-NH NECTA Div 58.9           82.6 -116  S 
    159 Ann Arbor, MI 58.7         220.3 7  M 
    160 Knoxville, TN 58.6         395.7 -52  M 
    161 Panama City, FL 58.5           82.6 10  S 
    162 Barnstable Town, MA NECTA 58.5         100.6 3  S 
    163 Eugene, OR 58.5         158.4 10  M 
    164 Corvallis, OR 58.0           42.2 8  S 
    165 Lansing-East Lansing, MI 57.7         235.5 122  M 
    166 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA 57.6         182.9 -44  M 
    167 Grand Forks, ND-MN 57.5           59.0 103  S 
    168 Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, MA NECTA Div 57.4           81.6 -47  S 
    169 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN 57.4         104.8 -27  S 
    170 Clarksville, TN-KY 57.0           89.8 -97  S 
    171 Brunswick, GA 57.0           43.5 15  S 
    172 Richmond, VA 56.8         666.4 -119  L 
    173 Tallahassee, FL 55.9         181.7 141  M 
    174 Tuscaloosa, AL 55.7         105.9 -73  S 
    175 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN 55.6      1,087.6 43  L 
    176 Athens-Clarke County, GA 55.5           94.4 -63  S 
    177 Flagstaff, AZ 55.3           66.2 1  S 
    178 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 54.9      1,964.8 1  L 
    179 Lancaster, PA 54.8         250.3 6  M 
    180 Calvert-Charles-Prince George’s, MD 54.5         404.3 35  M 
    181 Pueblo, CO 54.3           62.2 -32  S 
    182 Appleton, WI 54.0         125.9 18  S 
    183 El Centro, CA 53.8           53.0 -27  S 
    184 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI 53.5         148.2 27  S 
    185 Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 53.3         500.1 7  L 
    186 Missoula, MT 53.2           59.8 -9  S 
    187 Nassau County-Suffolk County, NY Metro Div 52.6      1,337.8 65  L 
    188 Billings, MT 52.5           84.9 -71  S 
    189 Salisbury, MD-DE 52.3         149.7 -65  S 
    190 Manchester, NH NECTA 51.8         110.9 -37  S 
    191 Baton Rouge, LA 51.7         405.2 -97  M 
    192 Hattiesburg, MS 51.5           64.4 -34  S 
    193 Manhattan, KS 51.4           44.6 -113  S 
    194 Morristown, TN 51.3           46.2 4  S 
    195 Urban Honolulu, HI 50.9         481.1 8  L 
    196 Columbia, MO 50.5           99.9 -98  S 
    197 Camden, NJ Metro Div 50.1         540.4 75  L 
    198 Yuma, AZ 49.8           55.9 21  S 
    199 St. Cloud, MN 49.4         108.4 -54  S 
    200 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 49.3         305.9 101  M 
    201 Florence, SC 48.9           88.2 -4  S 
    202 Las Cruces, NM 48.5           73.2 141  S 
    203 Rochester, MN 48.4         118.5 7  S 
    204 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN 48.3           79.0 70  S 
    205 Rapid City, SD 48.0           65.8 99  S 
    206 Springfield, MA-CT NECTA 47.5         334.8 79  M 
    207 Hinesville, GA 47.2           20.3 126  S 
    208 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 47.0         466.5 102  L 
    209 Toledo, OH 46.8         313.5 32  M 
    210 Fort Wayne, IN 46.7         221.0 -30  M 
    211 Warner Robins, GA 46.7           73.3 125  S 
    212 Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights, IL Metro Div 46.7      3,717.2 -8  L 
    213 Portland-South Portland, ME NECTA 46.7         200.9 100  M 
    214 Mankato-North Mankato, MN 46.6           57.7 6  S 
    215 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV 46.4         108.9 87  S 
    216 Amarillo, TX 46.3         121.4 -21  S 
    217 Dover, DE 45.9           69.3 0  S 
    218 Delaware County, PA 45.9         235.9 37  M 
    219 Burlington, NC 45.9           61.7 102  S 
    220 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 45.9           96.8 64  S 
    221 Bismarck, ND 45.8           73.5 -119  S 
    222 Topeka, KS 45.7         113.4 155  S 
    223 Pocatello, ID 45.6           35.8 -48  S 
    224 Montgomery County-Bucks County-Chester County, PA Metro Div 45.5      1,058.2 40  L 
    225 Framingham, MA NECTA Div 45.5         173.9 1  M 
    226 Worcester, MA-CT NECTA 45.2         284.1 32  M 
    227 Oklahoma City, OK 45.0         628.3 -94  L 
    228 Lawrence, KS 44.9           54.7 40  S 
    229 Orange-Rockland-Westchester, NY 44.9         712.1 -13  L 
    230 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ 44.8           48.5 75  S 
    231 Gadsden, AL 44.5           38.6 6  S 
    232 Sheboygan, WI 44.5           61.8 90  S 
    233 Lewiston-Auburn, ME NECTA 44.2           51.7 50  S 
    234 Janesville-Beloit, WI 43.7           67.6 -88  S 
    235 Bakersfield, CA 43.5         258.1 -126  M 
    236 Midland, TX 43.2           87.5 -97  S 
    237 Fond du Lac, WI 42.9           48.4 56  S 
    238 Staunton-Waynesboro, VA 42.7           50.8 116  S 
    239 Lynn-Saugus-Marblehead, MA NECTA Div 42.7           45.2 -8  S 
    240 Lebanon, PA 42.7           52.0 87  S 
    241 Jackson, MS 42.6         280.2 10  M 
    242 Macon, GA 42.6         103.5 -43  S 
    243 Bergen-Hudson-Passaic, NJ 42.6         928.9 26  L 
    244 Hanford-Corcoran, CA 42.2           38.5 -90  S 
    245 Rome, GA 42.0           41.3 72  S 
    246 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 41.8         142.9 -32  S 
    247 Gettysburg, PA 41.5           34.8 106  S 
    248 Hammond, LA 41.5           45.1 92  S 
    249 Glens Falls, NY 41.4           54.9 67  S 
    250 New Orleans-Metairie, LA 41.2         577.0 -42  L 
    251 State College, PA 41.2           78.0 81  S 
    252 Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 40.9           89.1 -69  S 
    253 Memphis, TN-MS-AR 40.7         646.2 7  L 
    254 Nashua, NH-MA NECTA Div 40.7         129.3 77  S 
    255 Morgantown, WV 40.6           70.9 -85  S 
    256 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA 40.6           77.5 -51  S 
    257 St. Louis, MO-IL 40.6      1,368.7 16  L 
    258 Vineland-Bridgeton, NJ 40.5           60.1 132  S 
    259 Silver Spring-Frederick-Rockville, MD Metro Div 40.5         598.0 -23  L 
    260 Burlington-South Burlington, VT NECTA 40.5         124.9 -117  S 
    261 Springfield, IL 40.4         115.7 42  S 
    262 Battle Creek, MI 40.1           59.4 5  S 
    263 Peabody-Salem-Beverly, MA NECTA Div 40.0           97.1 49  S 
    264 Longview, WA 39.9           39.1 -124  S 
    265 Ocean City, NJ 39.6           35.9 -114  S 
    266 Owensboro, KY 39.3           53.5 -73  S 
    267 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 39.2         339.0 -24  M 
    268 St. Joseph, MO-KS 39.2           63.9 26  S 
    269 Greenville, NC 39.1           79.3 -16  S 
    270 Winston-Salem, NC 39.0         262.3 -23  M 
    271 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 38.9         151.9 110  M 
    272 Grand Island, NE 38.8           42.5 93  S 
    273 Valdosta, GA 38.8           56.5 4  S 
    274 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 38.5         361.6 -49  M 
    275 Leominster-Gardner, MA NECTA 38.4           51.8 -12  S 
    276 Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY 38.1         565.7 86  L 
    277 Reading, PA 37.6         178.5 -64  M 
    278 San Angelo, TX 37.6           48.8 -130  S 
    279 Gary, IN Metro Div 37.1         280.2 73  M 
    280 Dubuque, IA 36.8           60.2 -116  S 
    281 Danbury, CT NECTA 36.7           79.5 -2  S 
    282 Wausau, WI 36.7           73.0 -52  S 
    283 Dalton, GA 36.7           69.8 -26  S 
    284 Corpus Christi, TX 36.4         191.0 -161  M 
    285 Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metro Div 36.3         359.8 -118  M 
    286 Detroit-Dearborn-Livonia, MI Metro Div 36.1         753.3 23  L 
    287 Albuquerque, NM 36.1         390.1 55  M 
    288 East Stroudsburg, PA 35.9           57.7 67  S 
    289 Baltimore City, MD 35.8         367.5 59  M 
    290 York-Hanover, PA 35.8         184.5 -63  M 
    291 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR 35.8         354.8 -53  M 
    292 Greensboro-High Point, NC 35.4         361.6 -44  M 
    293 Sumter, SC 34.8           39.2 -31  S 
    294 California-Lexington Park, MD 34.6           45.2 -23  S 
    295 Kankakee, IL 34.4           44.9 -4  S 
    296 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA NECTA 34.3         582.6 -16  L 
    297 Montgomery, AL 34.0         173.4 47  M 
    298 Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA 33.7           42.4 31  S 
    299 Monroe, MI 33.5           42.1 -147  S 
    300 Albany, GA 33.5           63.2 75  S 
    301 New Bern, NC 33.3           44.9 -13  S 
    302 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 33.2           87.8 -93  S 
    303 Jackson, MI 33.0           57.4 98  S 
    304 Chambersburg-Waynesboro, PA 32.5           60.1 -179  S 
    305 Kingston, NY 32.4           62.0 36  S 
    306 Roanoke, VA 32.3         163.5 -17  M 
    307 Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metro Div 32.2         404.0 -74  M 
    308 Green Bay, WI 32.0         173.9 -22  M 
    309 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL 31.4           57.2 40  S 
    310 Birmingham-Hoover, AL 31.4         522.9 14  L 
    311 Akron, OH 31.2         340.8 -99  M 
    312 Tulsa, OK 31.1         444.4 -90  M 
    313 Johnson City, TN 30.9           80.0 -16  S 
    314 Dayton, OH 30.7         385.4 -32  M 
    315 Fayetteville, NC 30.5         130.6 36  S 
    316 Evansville, IN-KY 30.4         159.0 31  M 
    317 Taunton-Middleborough-Norton, MA NECTA Div 30.3           59.5 18  S 
    318 Cheyenne, WY 30.1           46.0 -112  S 
    319 Jacksonville, NC 30.1           49.0 -19  S 
    320 Odessa, TX 29.9           69.7 -144  S 
    321 Carson City, NV 29.6           28.6 89  S 
    322 Niles-Benton Harbor, MI 28.9           61.1 -46  S 
    323 Eau Claire, WI 28.9           85.2 -58  S 
    324 Rochester, NY 28.8         532.9 52  L 
    325 Duluth, MN-WI 28.8         135.3 47  S 
    326 Jefferson City, MO 28.6           77.3 67  S 
    327 Tucson, AZ 28.5         377.8 -93  M 
    328 Cedar Rapids, IA 28.4         143.9 -29  S 
    329 Monroe, LA 28.3           79.5 17  S 
    330 Champaign-Urbana, IL 28.1         109.8 -7  S 
    331 Muncie, IN 28.1           52.0 -75  S 
    332 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 27.9         768.4 -13  L 
    333 Victoria, TX 27.9           42.2 -218  S 
    334 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 27.7         857.0 -26  L 
    335 Cleveland-Elyria, OH 27.7      1,051.8 2  L 
    336 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT NECTA 27.6         571.5 -30  L 
    337 Mobile, AL 27.5         179.0 23  M 
    338 Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA 27.5         122.4 -48  S 
    339 Abilene, TX 27.4           68.3 -28  S 
    340 Midland, MI 27.3           37.4 -95  S 
    341 Bloomington, IN 26.5           77.5 47  S 
    342 Pittsburgh, PA 26.4      1,165.0 14  L 
    343 Norwich-New London-Westerly, CT-RI NECTA 26.4         129.0 27  S 
    344 New Haven, CT NECTA 26.0         281.7 -16  M 
    345 Santa Fe, NM 26.0           63.5 -53  S 
    346 Canton-Massillon, OH 25.7         171.7 -8  M 
    347 Syracuse, NY 25.6         317.6 35  M 
    348 Elgin, IL Metro Div 25.1         253.1 -102  M 
    349 Hot Springs, AR 24.9           37.5 1  S 
    350 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY 24.8           42.0 -20  S 
    351 Saginaw, MI 24.8           89.1 -97  S 
    352 Lawton, OK 24.8           45.9 -26  S 
    353 Terre Haute, IN 24.6           71.6 34  S 
    354 Great Falls, MT 24.5           35.9 -9  S 
    355 Wichita, KS 24.0         296.9 -57  M 
    356 Texarkana, TX-AR 23.8           60.6 -90  S 
    357 Homosassa Springs, FL 23.8           33.3 -23  S 
    358 Flint, MI 23.4         140.7 21  S 
    359 Newark, NJ-PA Metro Div 23.2      1,193.8 -20  L 
    360 Lima, OH 23.1           52.9 -53  S 
    361 Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS 23.1         154.0 2  M 
    362 Grand Junction, CO 22.7           60.9 -87  S 
    363 Columbus, GA-AL 22.7         121.5 5  S 
    364 Dothan, AL 22.4           57.8 35  S 
    365 Lynchburg, VA 22.0         104.5 1  S 
    366 Anchorage, AK 22.0         173.7 -88  M 
    367 Scranton–Wilkes-Barre–Hazleton, PA 21.8         261.1 6  M 
    368 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT NECTA 21.4         407.9 -50  M 
    369 Muskegon, MI 21.2           62.7 -108  S 
    370 Casper, WY 21.1           37.1 -89  S 
    371 Joplin, MO 20.6           80.9 -56  S 
    372 Fort Smith, AR-OK 20.6         113.9 8  S 
    373 Utica-Rome, NY 20.5         126.5 19  S 
    374 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 20.4           91.1 0  S 
    375 Cumberland, MD-WV 20.3           39.2 38  S 
    376 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL 20.1           44.5 -7  S 
    377 Racine, WI 20.0           76.9 7  S 
    378 Bangor, ME NECTA 20.0           66.4 -19  S 
    379 Carbondale-Marion, IL 19.8           57.2 -147  S 
    380 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 19.1         182.9 25  M 
    381 Longview, TX 19.1           96.8 -61  S 
    382 Rocky Mount, NC 19.0           58.0 16  S 
    383 Bay City, MI 18.9           36.4 17  S 
    384 Altoona, PA 17.7           60.7 -23  S 
    385 Houma-Thibodaux, LA 17.6           86.5 -60  S 
    386 Mansfield, OH 17.3           52.6 22  S 
    387 Rockford, IL 17.0         150.0 -137  S 
    388 Binghamton, NY 16.6         104.3 29  S 
    389 Pittsfield, MA NECTA 16.1           41.4 -145  S 
    390 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ 15.8         128.3 29  S 
    391 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 15.7         163.7 -168  M 
    392 Decatur, IL 15.5           51.4 -14  S 
    393 Dutchess County-Putnam County, NY Metro Div 15.4         143.5 -22  S 
    394 Alexandria, LA 15.0           63.2 -30  S 
    395 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 14.8         138.8 12  S 
    396 Waterbury, CT NECTA 14.4           67.0 -7  S 
    397 Pine Bluff, AR 14.0           33.5 23  S 
    398 Lafayette, LA 14.0         198.5 -40  M 
    399 Farmington, NM 14.0           48.4 -103  S 
    400 Decatur, AL 13.0           53.6 4  S 
    401 Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 12.5         223.7 -7  M 
    402 Erie, PA 11.7         127.8 -17  S 
    403 Anniston-Oxford-Jacksonville, AL 11.6           45.8 12  S 
    404 Wheeling, WV-OH 11.3           66.4 -8  S 
    405 Goldsboro, NC 11.2           41.7 -48  S 
    406 Wichita Falls, TX 10.7           57.5 -15  S 
    407 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ 10.3           34.5 11  S 
    408 Michigan City-La Porte, IN 10.3           41.3 3  S 
    409 Fairbanks, AK 10.2           36.1 -14  S 
    410 Williamsport, PA 10.2           53.3 -27  S 
    411 Bloomington, IL 9.6           93.0 -9  S 
    412 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 9.5         180.1 -9  M 
    413 Springfield, OH 9.3           49.6 -7  S 
    414 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV 9.1           40.8 0  S 
    415 Danville, IL 8.7           28.6 -48  S 
    416 Elmira, NY 8.6           37.7 -7  S 
    417 Peoria, IL 7.2         173.0 -31  M 
    418 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH 6.8           41.0 -21  S 
    419 Charleston, WV 6.0         118.9 -3  S 
    420 Johnstown, PA 4.3           55.6 1  S 
    421 Beckley, WV 3.5           44.7 -9  S 

     

  • Large Cities Rankings – 2017 Best Cities for Job Growth

    Read about how we selected the 2017 Best Cities for Job Growth

    2017 Large MSA Ranking Area 2017
    Weighted INDEX    		 2016 Nonfarm Employment (1000s) Size Movement 2016-2017
    1 Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metro Div 96.4        2,554.6 4
    2 San Francisco-Redwood City-South San Francisco, CA Metro Div 96.2        1,108.6 -1
    3 Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN 95.5           968.8 1
    4 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC 93.2        1,170.0 4
    5 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL 93.1        1,233.2 -2
    6 Salt Lake City, UT 92.6           713.6 9
    7 Austin-Round Rock, TX 92.6        1,015.4 -1
    8 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 92.1        1,084.7 -6
    9 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metro Div 90.4        1,664.4 2
    10 Raleigh, NC 89.7           610.1 -1
    11 Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO 87.1        1,442.3 -4
    12 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX 85.8        1,027.9 0
    13 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA 84.4        2,721.2 0
    14 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 82.7        1,436.3 0
    15 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach, FL Metro Div 81.6           623.6 4
    16 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA 80.5        1,153.4 -6
    17 Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 79.7           551.2 10
    18 Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metro Div 78.7        1,180.1 4
    19 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 78.5        1,321.1 6
    20 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN 78.4           670.8 6
    21 Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV 77.5           964.6 0
    22 Jacksonville, FL 76.9           677.5 -4
    23 Oakland-Hayward-Berkeley, CA Metro Div 76.8        1,150.1 9
    24 Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN 76.5        1,056.9 7
    25 New York City, NY 75.6        4,388.9 -9
    26 Columbus, OH 75.6        1,077.8 4
    27 Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 74.8        2,015.6 -10
    28 Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Div 74.0        1,023.6 0
    29 San Diego-Carlsbad, CA 72.8        1,439.0 0
    30 Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metro Div 71.8           836.9 -7
    31 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA NECTA Division 71.8        1,831.6 4
    32 Kansas City, MO 71.6           608.6 11
    33 Sacramento–Roseville–Arden-Arcade, CA 69.3           958.1 5
    34 Philadelphia City, PA 65.6           714.0 17
    35 Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metro Div 64.4        1,236.6 1
    36 Middlesex-Monmouth-Ocean, NJ 62.4           895.9 4
    37 Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine, CA Metro Div 61.7        1,592.2 -4
    38 Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX 61.7        3,017.5 -14
    39 Northern Virginia, VA 60.5        1,449.9 5
    40 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metro Div 60.5        4,442.2 2
    41 Kansas City, KS 59.4           469.2 -7
    42 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Div 59.1        2,653.9 -3
    43 Richmond, VA 56.8           666.4 -23
    44 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN 55.6        1,087.6 6
    45 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 54.9        1,964.8 -4
    46 Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 53.3           500.1 -1
    47 Nassau County-Suffolk County, NY Metro Div 52.6        1,337.8 6
    48 Urban Honolulu, HI 50.9           481.1 -2
    49 Camden, NJ Metro Div 50.1           540.4 8
    50 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 47.0           466.5 13
    51 Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights, IL Metro Div 46.7        3,717.2 -4
    52 Montgomery County-Bucks County-Chester County, PA Metro Div 45.5        1,058.2 3
    53 Oklahoma City, OK 45.0           628.3 -16
    54 Orange-Rockland-Westchester, NY 44.9           712.1 -5
    55 Bergen-Hudson-Passaic, NJ 42.6           928.9 1
    56 New Orleans-Metairie, LA 41.2           577.0 -8
    57 Memphis, TN-MS-AR 40.7           646.2 -3
    58 St. Louis, MO-IL 40.6        1,368.7 0
    59 Silver Spring-Frederick-Rockville, MD Metro Div 40.5           598.0 -7
    60 Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY 38.1           565.7 9
    61 Detroit-Dearborn-Livonia, MI Metro Div 36.1           753.3 1
    62 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA NECTA 34.3           582.6 -3
    63 Birmingham-Hoover, AL 31.4           522.9 2
    64 Rochester, NY 28.8           532.9 6
    65 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 27.9           768.4 -1
    66 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 27.7           857.0 -5
    67 Cleveland-Elyria, OH 27.7        1,051.8 -1
    68 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT NECTA 27.6           571.5 -8
    69 Pittsburgh, PA 26.4        1,165.0 -1
    70 Newark, NJ-PA Metro Div 23.2        1,193.8 -3

     

  • Mid Sized Cities Rankings – 2017 Best Cities for Job Growth

    Read about how we selected the 2017 Best Cities for Job Growth

     

    2017 Midsized MSA Rankings Area Weighted INDEX 2016 Nonfarm Employment (1000s) Size Movement 2016-2017
    1 Provo-Orem, UT 99.0         243.4 0
    2 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 95.6         249.5 0
    3 Fort Collins, CO 94.3         162.6 0
    4 Charleston-North Charleston, SC 92.6         350.5 3
    5 Boise City, ID 92.0         311.0 3
    6 Ogden-Clearfield, UT 90.7         249.8 -2
    7 Savannah, GA 86.6         177.9 -2
    8 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 84.6         262.6 -2
    9 Tacoma-Lakewood, WA Metro Div 84.2         309.8 11
    10 Boulder, CO 83.6         188.2 7
    11 North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL 83.4         301.9 4
    12 Fresno, CA 78.7         339.1 0
    13 Asheville, NC 78.2         188.7 5
    14 Trenton, NJ 78.0         269.6 0
    15 Stockton-Lodi, CA 76.4         227.9 -5
    16 Modesto, CA 76.3         173.5 11
    17 Salem, OR 76.1         162.1 2
    18 El Paso, TX 75.7         315.1 7
    19 Colorado Springs, CO 75.6         281.6 3
    20 Reno, NV 74.5         225.1 10
    21 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 74.0         360.1 16
    22 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 73.5         199.3 13
    23 Sioux Falls, SD 72.8         153.4 -12
    24 Lexington-Fayette, KY 72.1         281.2 0
    25 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC 71.4         307.1 14
    26 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL 71.3         219.6 10
    27 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC 71.0         154.1 -18
    28 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 70.8         256.4 -2
    29 Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC 69.9         412.4 -16
    30 Santa Rosa, CA 69.4         202.0 -14
    31 Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH NECTA Div 67.6         155.0 18
    32 Huntsville, AL 66.0         228.8 17
    33 Madison, WI 65.0         399.4 5
    34 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 64.8         237.3 27
    35 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 64.4         174.3 12
    36 Springfield, MO 64.4         212.6 -5
    37 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA 61.3         242.3 11
    38 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 59.8         213.4 24
    39 Columbia, SC 59.4         395.4 -18
    40 Lincoln, NE 59.4         189.9 5
    41 Chattanooga, TN-GA 58.9         255.5 -1
    42 Ann Arbor, MI 58.7         220.3 -1
    43 Knoxville, TN 58.6         395.7 -15
    44 Eugene, OR 58.5         158.4 -1
    45 Lansing-East Lansing, MI 57.7         235.5 31
    46 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA 57.6         182.9 -14
    47 Tallahassee, FL 55.9         181.7 34
    48 Lancaster, PA 54.8         250.3 -2
    49 Calvert-Charles-Prince George’s, MD 54.5         404.3 3
    50 Baton Rouge, LA 51.7         405.2 -27
    51 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 49.3         305.9 28
    52 Springfield, MA-CT NECTA 47.5         334.8 22
    53 Toledo, OH 46.8         313.5 10
    54 Fort Wayne, IN 46.7         221.0 -10
    55 Portland-South Portland, ME NECTA 46.7         200.9 25
    56 Delaware County, PA 45.9         235.9 14
    57 Framingham, MA NECTA Div 45.5         173.9 -1
    58 Worcester, MA-CT NECTA 45.2         284.1 13
    59 Bakersfield, CA 43.5         258.1 -30
    60 Jackson, MS 42.6         280.2 9
    61 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 39.2         339.0 3
    62 Winston-Salem, NC 39.0         262.3 4
    63 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 38.9         151.9 31
    64 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 38.5         361.6 -9
    65 Reading, PA 37.6         178.5 -14
    66 Gary, IN Metro Div 37.1         280.2 23
    67 Corpus Christi, TX 36.4         191.0 -34
    68 Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metro Div 36.3         359.8 -26
    69 Albuquerque, NM 36.1         390.1 16
    70 Baltimore City, MD 35.8         367.5 18
    71 York-Hanover, PA 35.8         184.5 -14
    72 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR 35.8         354.8 -12
    73 Greensboro-High Point, NC 35.4         361.6 -6
    74 Montgomery, AL 34.0         173.4 12
    75 Roanoke, VA 32.3         163.5 2
    76 Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metro Div 32.2         404.0 -18
    77 Green Bay, WI 32.0         173.9 -2
    78 Akron, OH 31.2         340.8 -28
    79 Tulsa, OK 31.1         444.4 -26
    80 Dayton, OH 30.7         385.4 -7
    81 Evansville, IN-KY 30.4         159.0 6
    82 Tucson, AZ 28.5         377.8 -23
    83 Mobile, AL 27.5         179.0 8
    84 New Haven, CT NECTA 26.0         281.7 -1
    85 Canton-Massillon, OH 25.7         171.7 -1
    86 Syracuse, NY 25.6         317.6 8
    87 Elgin, IL Metro Div 25.1         253.1 -22
    88 Wichita, KS 24.0         296.9 -10
    89 Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS 23.1         154.0 3
    90 Anchorage, AK 22.0         173.7 -18
    91 Scranton–Wilkes-Barre–Hazleton, PA 21.8         261.1 2
    92 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT NECTA 21.4         407.9 -10
    93 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 19.1         182.9 5
    94 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 15.7         163.7 -40
    95 Lafayette, LA 14.0         198.5 -5
    96 Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 12.5         223.7 0
    97 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 9.5         180.1 0
    98 Peoria, IL 7.2         173.0 -3

     

  • Small Cities Rankings – 2017 Best Cities for Job Growth

    Read about how we selected the 2017 Best Cities for Job Growth

    2017 Small MSA Ranking Area Weighted INDEX 2016 Nonfarm Employment (1000s) Size Movement 2016 to 2017
    1 Lake Charles, LA 97.1          111.3 5
    2 St. George, UT 96.5            61.8 -1
    3 The Villages, FL 94.1            27.9 4
    4 Gainesville, GA 93.8            88.4 -2
    5 Olympia-Tumwater, WA 89.7          114.7 32
    6 Wenatchee, WA 89.5            44.1 4
    7 Auburn-Opelika, AL 89.3            63.8 14
    8 Bend-Redmond, OR 88.0            78.5 -3
    9 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL 86.1            71.4 -1
    10 Coeur d’Alene, ID 85.6            60.6 5
    11 Killeen-Temple, TX 83.4          146.5 20
    12 Elkhart-Goshen, IN 83.1          132.7 14
    13 Punta Gorda, FL 80.8            48.9 17
    14 Portsmouth, NH-ME NECTA 80.6            90.6 0
    15 Bowling Green, KY 80.2            76.3 31
    16 Port St. Lucie, FL 79.9          146.4 1
    17 Merced, CA 79.4            65.7 25
    18 Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL 79.3          145.2 0
    19 Spartanburg, SC 79.2          149.4 13
    20 Wilmington, NC 77.7          123.5 35
    21 Cleveland, TN 77.7            51.7 39
    22 Jonesboro, AR 77.6            56.5 -9
    23 Visalia-Porterville, CA 77.3          125.6 0
    24 College Station-Bryan, TX 76.8          116.5 -13
    25 Idaho Falls, ID 76.7            63.9 10
    26 Bellingham, WA 76.5            92.0 57
    27 Columbus, IN 75.1            52.9 -24
    28 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 74.9          101.4 36
    29 Chico, CA 74.8            81.7 41
    30 Kennewick-Richland, WA 74.3          110.6 18
    31 Haverhill-Newburyport-Amesbury Town, MA-NH NECTA Div 73.9            66.2 -19
    32 Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL 73.3            52.1 26
    33 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA 72.3          114.5 -13
    34 Gainesville, FL 72.2          143.3 47
    35 Logan, UT-ID 72.1            60.9 -8
    36 Madera, CA 72.1            37.3 18
    37 Dover-Durham, NH-ME NECTA 71.6            54.6 90
    38 Fargo, ND-MN 71.5          142.2 -13
    39 San Rafael, CA Metropolitan Div 71.4          115.9 8
    40 Laredo, TX 71.2          104.2 -18
    41 Napa, CA 71.2            70.9 -37
    42 Lubbock, TX 71.0          146.9 -1
    43 Yakima, WA 71.0            84.5 24
    44 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX 70.9          143.0 17
    45 Charlottesville, VA 70.8          115.5 -17
    46 Waco, TX 70.2          119.8 52
    47 Iowa City, IA 70.1          101.9 33
    48 Yuba City, CA 69.9            43.4 11
    49 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL 69.6          109.8 50
    50 Greeley, CO 68.9          100.3 -41
    51 Salinas, CA 68.8          137.9 0
    52 Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 68.7          137.2 -12
    53 Tyler, TX 68.5          106.0 -4
    54 Medford, OR 68.3            86.2 19
    55 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, SC 67.9            75.5 -36
    56 Kokomo, IN 67.7            42.4 64
    57 Albany, OR 67.6            44.0 68
    58 Lewiston, ID-WA 66.9            28.7 61
    59 Grants Pass, OR 66.3            25.8 23
    60 Ocala, FL 65.4          103.5 51
    61 Sebring, FL 64.9            27.1 60
    62 Redding, CA 64.0            66.1 39
    63 Walla Walla, WA 63.4            28.2 72
    64 Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, KY 62.5            57.2 -25
    65 Prescott, AZ 62.5            62.6 -31
    66 Harrisonburg, VA 62.0            68.4 93
    67 Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI 61.8            75.2 -29
    68 Winchester, VA-WV 61.7            62.5 -44
    69 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA 61.3            49.1 22
    70 Ames, IA 61.0            54.0 -41
    71 Jackson, TN 60.6            68.8 37
    72 Sherman-Denison, TX 60.3            46.7 15
    73 Ithaca, NY 59.7            64.9 57
    74 New Bedford, MA NECTA 59.3            68.2 12
    75 Lawrence-Methuen Town-Salem, MA-NH NECTA Div 58.9            82.6 -59
    76 Panama City, FL 58.5            82.6 13
    77 Barnstable Town, MA NECTA 58.5          100.6 8
    78 Corvallis, OR 58.0            42.2 12
    79 Grand Forks, ND-MN 57.5            59.0 64
    80 Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, MA NECTA Div 57.4            81.6 -24
    81 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN 57.4          104.8 -16
    82 Clarksville, TN-KY 57.0            89.8 -49
    83 Brunswick, GA 57.0            43.5 14
    84 Tuscaloosa, AL 55.7          105.9 -40
    85 Athens-Clarke County, GA 55.5            94.4 -35
    86 Flagstaff, AZ 55.3            66.2 9
    87 Pueblo, CO 54.3            62.2 -15
    88 Appleton, WI 54.0          125.9 19
    89 El Centro, CA 53.8            53.0 -11
    90 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI 53.5          148.2 24
    91 Missoula, MT 53.2            59.8 3
    92 Billings, MT 52.5            84.9 -39
    93 Salisbury, MD-DE 52.3          149.7 -36
    94 Manchester, NH NECTA 51.8          110.9 -18
    95 Hattiesburg, MS 51.5            64.4 -16
    96 Manhattan, KS 51.4            44.6 -60
    97 Morristown, TN 51.3            46.2 8
    98 Columbia, MO 50.5            99.9 -55
    99 Yuma, AZ 49.8            55.9 18
    100 St. Cloud, MN 49.4          108.4 -32
    101 Florence, SC 48.9            88.2 3
    102 Las Cruces, NM 48.5            73.2 89
    103 Rochester, MN 48.4          118.5 10
    104 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN 48.3            79.0 41
    105 Rapid City, SD 48.0            65.8 61
    106 Hinesville, GA 47.2            20.3 79
    107 Warner Robins, GA 46.7            73.3 81
    108 Mankato-North Mankato, MN 46.6            57.7 10
    109 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV 46.4          108.9 55
    110 Amarillo, TX 46.3          121.4 -8
    111 Dover, DE 45.9            69.3 5
    112 Burlington, NC 45.9            61.7 63
    113 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 45.9            96.8 39
    114 Bismarck, ND 45.8            73.5 -69
    115 Topeka, KS 45.7          113.4 99
    116 Pocatello, ID 45.6            35.8 -24
    117 Lawrence, KS 44.9            54.7 25
    118 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ 44.8            48.5 49
    119 Gadsden, AL 44.5            38.6 7
    120 Sheboygan, WI 44.5            61.8 56
    121 Lewiston-Auburn, ME NECTA 44.2            51.7 30
    122 Janesville-Beloit, WI 43.7            67.6 -53
    123 Midland, TX 43.2            87.5 -61
    124 Fond du Lac, WI 42.9            48.4 33
    125 Staunton-Waynesboro, VA 42.7            50.8 73
    126 Lynn-Saugus-Marblehead, MA NECTA Div 42.7            45.2 -3
    127 Lebanon, PA 42.7            52.0 53
    128 Macon, GA 42.6          103.5 -22
    129 Hanford-Corcoran, CA 42.2            38.5 -52
    130 Rome, GA 42.0            41.3 43
    131 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 41.8          142.9 -16
    132 Gettysburg, PA 41.5            34.8 65
    133 Hammond, LA 41.5            45.1 56
    134 Glens Falls, NY 41.4            54.9 38
    135 State College, PA 41.2            78.0 49
    136 Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 40.9            89.1 -40
    137 Nashua, NH-MA NECTA Div 40.7          129.3 46
    138 Morgantown, WV 40.6            70.9 -50
    139 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA 40.6            77.5 -30
    140 Vineland-Bridgeton, NJ 40.5            60.1 85
    141 Burlington-South Burlington, VT NECTA 40.5          124.9 -75
    142 Springfield, IL 40.4          115.7 23
    143 Battle Creek, MI 40.1            59.4 -2
    144 Peabody-Salem-Beverly, MA NECTA Div 40.0            97.1 26
    145 Longview, WA 39.9            39.1 -82
    146 Ocean City, NJ 39.6            35.9 -72
    147 Owensboro, KY 39.3            53.5 -47
    148 St. Joseph, MO-KS 39.2            63.9 10
    149 Greenville, NC 39.1            79.3 -18
    150 Grand Island, NE 38.8            42.5 54
    151 Valdosta, GA 38.8            56.5 -3
    152 Leominster-Gardner, MA NECTA 38.4            51.8 -14
    153 San Angelo, TX 37.6            48.8 -82
    154 Dubuque, IA 36.8            60.2 -70
    155 Danbury, CT NECTA 36.7            79.5 -6
    156 Wausau, WI 36.7            73.0 -34
    157 Dalton, GA 36.7            69.8 -23
    158 East Stroudsburg, PA 35.9            57.7 41
    159 Sumter, SC 34.8            39.2 -22
    160 California-Lexington Park, MD 34.6            45.2 -16
    161 Kankakee, IL 34.4            44.9 -6
    162 Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA 33.7            42.4 19
    163 Monroe, MI 33.5            42.1 -88
    164 Albany, GA 33.5            63.2 49
    165 New Bern, NC 33.3            44.9 -12
    166 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 33.2            87.8 -54
    167 Jackson, MI 33.0            57.4 68
    168 Chambersburg-Waynesboro, PA 32.5            60.1 -111
    169 Kingston, NY 32.4            62.0 21
    170 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL 31.4            57.2 24
    171 Johnson City, TN 30.9            80.0 -10
    172 Fayetteville, NC 30.5          130.6 24
    173 Taunton-Middleborough-Norton, MA NECTA Div 30.3            59.5 14
    174 Cheyenne, WY 30.1            46.0 -64
    175 Jacksonville, NC 30.1            49.0 -12
    176 Odessa, TX 29.9            69.7 -83
    177 Carson City, NV 29.6            28.6 65
    178 Niles-Benton Harbor, MI 28.9            61.1 -31
    179 Eau Claire, WI 28.9            85.2 -40
    180 Duluth, MN-WI 28.8          135.3 31
    181 Jefferson City, MO 28.6            77.3 47
    182 Cedar Rapids, IA 28.4          143.9 -20
    183 Monroe, LA 28.3            79.5 10
    184 Champaign-Urbana, IL 28.1          109.8 -7
    185 Muncie, IN 28.1            52.0 -52
    186 Victoria, TX 27.9            42.2 -134
    187 Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA 27.5          122.4 -33
    188 Abilene, TX 27.4            68.3 -19
    189 Midland, MI 27.3            37.4 -60
    190 Bloomington, IN 26.5            77.5 33
    191 Norwich-New London-Westerly, CT-RI NECTA 26.4          129.0 18
    192 Santa Fe, NM 26.0            63.5 -36
    193 Hot Springs, AR 24.9            37.5 2
    194 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY 24.8            42.0 -12
    195 Saginaw, MI 24.8            89.1 -63
    196 Lawton, OK 24.8            45.9 -17
    197 Terre Haute, IN 24.6            71.6 25
    198 Great Falls, MT 24.5            35.9 -6
    199 Texarkana, TX-AR 23.8            60.6 -59
    200 Homosassa Springs, FL 23.8            33.3 -14
    201 Flint, MI 23.4          140.7 15
    202 Lima, OH 23.1            52.9 -34
    203 Grand Junction, CO 22.7            60.9 -57
    204 Columbus, GA-AL 22.7          121.5 3
    205 Dothan, AL 22.4            57.8 28
    206 Lynchburg, VA 22.0          104.5 -1
    207 Muskegon, MI 21.2            62.7 -71
    208 Casper, WY 21.1            37.1 -58
    209 Joplin, MO 20.6            80.9 -38
    210 Fort Smith, AR-OK 20.6          113.9 7
    211 Utica-Rome, NY 20.5          126.5 16
    212 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 20.4            91.1 0
    213 Cumberland, MD-WV 20.3            39.2 32
    214 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL 20.1            44.5 -6
    215 Racine, WI 20.0            76.9 5
    216 Bangor, ME NECTA 20.0            66.4 -15
    217 Carbondale-Marion, IL 19.8            57.2 -93
    218 Longview, TX 19.1            96.8 -44
    219 Rocky Mount, NC 19.0            58.0 13
    220 Bay City, MI 18.9            36.4 14
    221 Altoona, PA 17.7            60.7 -19
    222 Houma-Thibodaux, LA 17.6            86.5 -44
    223 Mansfield, OH 17.3            52.6 17
    224 Rockford, IL 17.0          150.0 -156
    225 Binghamton, NY 16.6          104.3 24
    226 Pittsfield, MA NECTA 16.1            41.4 -98
    227 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ 15.8          128.3 24
    228 Decatur, IL 15.5            51.4 -13
    229 Dutchess County-Putnam County, NY Metropolitan Div 15.4          143.5 -19
    230 Alexandria, LA 15.0            63.2 -27
    231 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 14.8          138.8 8
    232 Waterbury, CT NECTA 14.4            67.0 -8
    233 Pine Bluff, AR 14.0            33.5 19
    234 Farmington, NM 14.0            48.4 -74
    235 Decatur, AL 13.0            53.6 2
    236 Erie, PA 11.7          127.8 -15
    237 Anniston-Oxford-Jacksonville, AL 11.6            45.8 10
    238 Wheeling, WV-OH 11.3            66.4 -8
    239 Goldsboro, NC 11.2            41.7 -39
    240 Wichita Falls, TX 10.7            57.5 -14
    241 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ 10.3            34.5 9
    242 Michigan City-La Porte, IN 10.3            41.3 1
    243 Fairbanks, AK 10.2            36.1 -14
    244 Williamsport, PA 10.2            53.3 -25
    245 Bloomington, IL 9.6            93.0 -9
    246 Springfield, OH 9.3            49.6 -8
    247 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV 9.1            40.8 -1
    248 Danville, IL 8.7            28.6 -42
    249 Elmira, NY 8.6            37.7 -8
    250 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH 6.8            41.0 -19
    251 Charleston, WV 6.0          118.9 -3
    252 Johnstown, PA 4.3            55.6 1
    253 Beckley, WV 3.5            44.7 -9

     

  • Best Cities for Jobs 2016

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  • 2017 How We Pick the Best Cities for Job Growth

    The methodology for our 2017 ranking, which seeks to measure the robustness of metro areas’ growth both recently and over time, largely corresponds to that used in previous years. The ranking is based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics “state and area” unadjusted employment data reported from November 2005 to January 2017.

    The data reflect the North American Industry Classification System categories, including total nonfarm employment, manufacturing, financial services, business and professional services, educational and health services, information, retail and wholesale trade, transportation and utilities, leisure and hospitality, and government.

    We used five measures of growth to rank MSAs over the past 10 years. “Large” areas include those with a current nonfarm employment base of at least 450,000 jobs. “Midsize” areas range from 150,000 to 450,000 jobs. “Small” areas have as many as 150,000 jobs. The total number of MSAs included in this year’s rankings is 421.

    The index is calculated from a normalized, weighted summary of: 1) recent growth trend: the current and prior year’s employment growth rates, with the current year emphasized (two points); 2) mid-term growth: the average annual 2011-2016 growth rate (two points); 3) long-term momentum: the sum of the 2011-2016 and 2005-2010 employment growth rates multiplied by the ratio of the 2005-2010 growth rate over the 2011-2016 growth rate (one point); 4) current year growth (one point); and 5) the average of each year’s growth rate, normalized annually, for the last 10 years (two points).  The goal of our methodology is to capture a snapshot of the present and prospective employment outlook in each MSA, and these revisions allow the reader to have a better sense of the employment climate in each.