Austin Listed as One of 25 Best Towns for Jobs
25 Best Towns For Jobs
Written by David Gee
After our “where to put your next branch office” post attracted lots of readers this week, including at least one from Mongolia as we found out in the comments, we thought we would follow with the 25 best cities in the U.S. when it comes to jobs.
Okay, let’s get one thing established right away. No area of the country is experiencing explosive growth at the moment. And even those that are doing better than most, are cautious in their optimism.
Things are better than they were though. Between 2009 and 2010, only 13 of 397 metropolitan areas experienced any growth at all.
Now, many areas are reporting actual employment increases — even if they are modest.
NewGeography.com is a site devoted to analyzing and discussing the places where we live and work. In a recent piece on best cities for jobs they ranked all 398 current metropolitan statistical areas, based on employment data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported from November 1999 to January 2011.
They also also broke down rankings by size — small, medium and large — since regional economies differ markedly due to their scale.
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