These are the 10 best cities for finding a job in the US in 2024
The outlook for those looking to find a job or switch up is looking bright in 2024 across the US. Here are the metro areas that are the most promising.
Despite doomsayers predictions that the United States would enter a recession last year, data on the economy continues to show the contrary. In fact, for months now analysts are calling the current situation a ‘Goldilocks Economy’, inflation is down but economic growth is strong and unemployment remaining below four percent.
This is good news for all, but especially those looking to enter the job market or desiring to switch jobs to get better conditions, whether pay or flexibility, perhaps both. According to Monster’s 2024 Work Watch Report “64% of recruiters will continue to hire/fill roles as expected, with only 2% anticipating layoffs and/or furloughs in 2024.” Just over half have plans to boost funds dedicated to recruitment.
But for job seekers, some metro areas will provide more opportunities than others to snag that dream job.
These are the 10 best cities for finding a job in the US in 2024
The best opportunities when taking into consideration job openings per job seeker and median annual incomes won’t be found necessarily on the East or West Coasts in 2024. A recent analysis of the best places to find a job by WalletHub, a personal finance company, ranked 180 cities in the United States. Here are their picks for the top ten:
- Scottsdale, Arizona
- Tampa, Florida
- Salt Lake City, Utah
- Columbia, Maryland
- Austin, Texas
- Atlanta, Georgia
- Seattle, Washington
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Plano, Texas
- Boston, Massachusetts
Highlights from the best cities for finding a job in the US in 2024
The leader of the pack, Scottsdale, Arizona, earned its spot “in large part because it boasts the highest job growth in the nation, at nearly 12%,” says WalletHub. Additionally, the city is top of the class for internship opportunities.
Second on the list, Tampa was sixth on the list for employment growth running slightly over 10%. However, more importantly for many job seekers in 2024, based on findings in Glassdoor’s 2024 Best Places to Work report, was stability after a tumultuous last year that saw mass layoffs in the tech industry. The Floridian city “has the fifth-highest number of full-time job opportunities at companies rated 4.5+ stars on Glassdoor relative to the size of its labor force.”
Rounding out the top three is Salt Lake City, Utah which has one of the lowest unemployment rates, just 3%, in the nation. The net employment outlook is the best in the country to boot.
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