It’s every goal for a job seeker to look for a better higher paying job and now it may be your time to wipe the dust of your resume and start packing in 2020. A recent Wallethub study, recent grads and those in need of of a job are really more likely to find their job opportunities in certain areas over others. A website known as personal finance compared and evaluated 184 cities U.S. cities across 32 key indicators of the current job market reports. A lot of indicators found job opportunities, employment strength and starting salaries and higher income in these markets that included commute time and real estate prices.
Here is the top 10:
1: Scottsdale, Arizona
- Offers the second best rated job market in America
- Population. 255, 312
- Average income $ 83,306
- The unemployment rate 3.0 percent that is lower than 3.3 percent of the national average.
- Average cost of living is 23 percent higher than national average and 24 percent higher than Arizona’s average.
- Average monthly rental cost is $ 2,203 per month.
- Home average cost is $ 550,000
2: Columbia, MD
* Job market rank: Columbia offers the fourth best job market.
* Population: 103,453
* Household average income $ 103,709
* Unemployment rate is 4 percent
* Living cost 3o percent higher then national average
* Monthly rental rate $ 1,988.00
* Average home price $ 361,567.
3: Orlando, Florida
* Number one job market in the country
* Population 285,715
* Household income $ 45,512
* Unemployment rate 5.8 percent
* Cost of living Two percent lower then national average
* Monthly rental rate $ 1,595 a month
* Average home price $ 276,345
4: San Francisco, California
* Third best job market in USA
* Population: 883,307
* Average household income $ 96,278
* Unemployment rate is 4.2 percent
* Living cost is 102 percent higher the national average
* Monthly rental rate is $ 4,515 a month
* Home prices is $ 1,498,000
5: Colorado Springs, Colorado
* Ranks sixth best job market
* Population: 473,688
* Household income $ 58,203
* Unemployment rate is: 4.7 percent
* Cost of living is average to national Colorado Average 8%
* Monthly Rental rate $ 1,702.00
* Average home price $ 336, 456
6: Portland, Maine
* 8th best job market rank
* Population: 66,423
* Household income $ 51,425
* Unemployment rate is 4 percent
* Cost of living is 14 percent higher then national average
* Monthly rental rate is $ 1,722 a month
* Average house prices $ 381,987
7. Plano, Texas
* Plano offers fifth best job market in America
* City ranks 55th for socio-economic factors
* Population: 288,073
* Average household income $ 89,578
* Unemployment rate is 3.2 percent
* Cost of living 11 percent higher then national average
* Monthly average rental $ 2,193.00
* Average home prices $ 372,876
Curious where else to find an wealth of job opportunities? Here are some others of WalletHub’s cities for job seekers.
8: South Burlington, VT
9: Minneapolis, MN
10: Denver, Colorado
11: Tempe, Arizona
12: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
13: Austin, Texas
14: Portland, Oregon
