Forbes has put together a list of the best and worst job markets in America. So if you are on the job hunt, perhaps this list will help you find the right place to start your search.
Top 10 best job markets:
10. Hartford, Connecticut: insurance industry hub
9. New York, NY: jobs from health care to finance
8. Salt Lake City, Utah: young, educated, low business costs, growing populations, and transportation hub
7. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: health care and education
6. Baltimore, Maryland: military base and research hub.
5. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: retail and leisure, energy and government related jobs
4. Minneapolis-St.Paul, Minnesota: manufacturing and professional services, accounting, retail and tourist destination
3. Austin, Texas: technology hub
2. Boston, Massachusetts: tech and financial hub
1. Washington, D.C.: government and government related jobs
Top 10 worst job markets:
10. Orlando, Florida: "Live by the sword of tourism, die by the sword of tourism"
9. Jacksonville, Florida: slowdown in manufacturing and packaging
8. Providence, Rhode Island: high energy costs and low income/cost of living ratio
7. San Diego, California: defense industry reduction
6. Los Angeles, California: high foreclosures and sluggish economic growth for film and tourism
5. Sacramento, California: budget crisis, pay cuts, and sharp decline in construction
4. Detroit, Michigan: auto industry problems
3. Miami, Florida: real estate bust
2. Riverside, California: real estate bust
1. Las Vegas, Nevada: economy built on tourism and was hit hard be recession with a decline in home prices and construction jobs
Follow this link to find an interactive map of unemployment rates across the nation. You can find your state and city to see whether or not it has been hit hard by the recession.
http://www.forbes.com/2011/01/04/interactive-unemployment-map-counties-economy-graphs.html
Follow this link to read the whole article: http://www.forbes.com/2011/01/06/best-and-worst-places-for-jobs-business-beltway.html?boxes=businesschannellighttop
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