Some cities and states offer more than a place to work. They offer high job growth rate and long-term career security. What are the top states and cities?
Studies from the Arizona State University W. P. Carey School of Business give interesting information that helps us find answers to those questions.
Maps based on Arizona State University W. P. Carey School of Business studies.
Job Opportunity City of The Week: Houston, TX
Houston Area Employment — October 2013, Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics Report
“Total nonfarm employment in the Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown Metropolitan Statistical Area stood at 2,812,500 in October 2013, up 79,600 from one year earlier, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. From October 2012 to October 2013, local nonfarm employment rose 2.9 percent, above the national increase of 1.7 percent. Regional Commissioner Stanley W. Suchman noted that among the 12 largest metropolitan areas in the country, Houston ranked second in the rate of job growth. (See chart 1 and table 1; Technical Note at end of release contains metropolitan area definitions. All data in this release are not seasonally adjusted; accordingly, over-the-year analysis is used throughout.)”
Source: http://www.bls.gov/regions/southwest/news-release/AreaEmployment_Houston.htm#tab1
Source: http://www.bls.gov/regions/southwest/news-release/AreaEmployment_Houston.htm#tab1
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX
| Data Series | Oct 2013 |
Nov 2013 |
Dec 2013 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Civilian Labor Force | 3,102.5 | 3,127.7 | 3,131.6 |
| Employment | 2,920.5 | 2,951.0 | 2,960.5 |
| Unemployment | 182.0 | 176.7 | 171.1 |
| Unemployment Rate | 5.9 | 5.6 | 5.5 |
According to the Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Kansas City, MO-KS, ranks 115th out of 372 metropolitan areas in the United States. The Kansas City, MO-KS Metropolitan Statistical Area unemployment dropped from 5.4% to a seasonally adjusted rate of 4.9%.
Kansas City is setting a good pace for the rest of the nation by moving up from an unemployment rate of 5.9% in July 2013, and has risen at a steady pace since August 2013.
Bureau of Labor, Economy at Glance (2)
Kansas City, MO-KS
|
Data Dates |
Oct 2013 |
Nov 2013 |
Dec 2013 |
|
Civilian Labor Force |
1,487.9 | 1,487.7 | 1,487.4 |
|
Employment |
1,405.2 | 1,411.4 | 1,414.8 |
|
Unemployment |
82.8 | 76.3 | 72.6 |
|
Unemployment Rate |
5.6 | 5.1 | 4.9 |
United States Department of Labor – Bureau of Labor Statistics
DOL/BLS Economy at a Glance(1)
New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ
| Data Series | Oct 2013 |
Nov 2013 |
Dec 2013 |
| Civilian Labor Force | 5,787.0 | 5,779.1 | 5,742.4 |
| Employment | 5,301.2 | 5,345.7 | 5,334.7 |
| Unemployment | 485.8 | 433.3 | 407.6 |
| Unemployment Rate | 8.4 | 7.5 | 7.1 |
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United States Department of Labor – Bureau of Labor Statistics
| Data Series | July 2013 |
Aug 2013 |
Sept 2013 |
Oct 2013 |
Nov 2013 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Civilian Labor Force | 1,446.5 | 1,450.9 | 1,446.1 | 1,437.4 | 1,432.9 |
| Employment | 1,349.0 | 1,356.5 | 1,353.4 | 1,350.6 | 1,349.1 |
| Unemployment | 97.5 | 94.4 | 92.7 | 86.7 | 83.8 |
| Unemployment Rate | 6.7 | 6.5 | 6.4 | 6.0 | 5.8 |
Find Jobs in Riverside, San Bernardino, Ontario.
Census Bureau Quick Facts
San Bernardino County
Population 2,081,313
Per capita income $21,932<br< p=””> </br<>
Riverside County
County Population 2,268,783 Per capita income $24,516 Median household income $58,365 Largest Cities-Wikipedia.org
Riverside (303,871)
San Bernardino (209,924)
Fontana (196,069)
Moreno Valley (193,365)
Rancho Cucamonga (165,269)
Ontario (163,924)
Corona (152,374)
Victorville (115,903)
Murrieta (103,466)
Temecula (100,096)
Department of Labor
The Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area (the Inland Empire) has an unemployment rate of 9.6%.
Find jobs in the Chicago-Joliet-Naperville Metropolitan Area.
Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, reported, “Total nonfarm employment for the Chicago-Joliet-Naperville Metropolitan Statistical Area stood at 4,316,500 in February 2013, up 55,400 or 1.3 percent, over the year.”
Job Opportunity City of the Week: Oklahoma City, OK
The Department of Labor rates the unemployment in Oklahoma City as the lowest in the nation for metropolitan areas with a 2000 census of over 2,000,000 people. The unemployment rate for the Oklahoma City Statistical Metropolitan area is 4.2%.
“Bureau of Labor Statistics: Total national non-farm payroll employment rose by 165,000 in April, and the national unemployment rate was little changed at 7.5 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment increased in professional and business services, food services and drinking places, retail trade, and health care.”
The leading newspaper online for Oklahoma City is NewsOk.
Photo Attribution: The Central Business District of downtown Oklahoma City. Author Urbanative, Creative Commons Wikipedia.org
Find jobs in Minneapolis and surrounding communities now.
CONSUMER PRODUCTS JOBS
For the consumer goods industry, the greater Minneapolis area is one of the most important cities in the country. General Mills, Hormel, Target, SuperValu, BestBuy, 3M Co., Nash-Finch,and other top companies have headquarters in the greater Minneapolis area.
Department of Labor/Census Bureau
The unemployment rate in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metropolitan area is the third lowest in the nation.
Monthly Rankings
Not Seasonally Adjusted
Mar. 2013p
Rank Metropolitan Area Rate
1. Oklahoma City, OK 4.6
2. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 5.2
3. Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX 5.3
3. Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 5.
In 2012, the mean hourly income in the greater Minneapolis area rose to $24.19, up 10% over 2011. The figure compares to a national hourly mean of $22.01.
The leading online newspaper for Minneapolis is The StarTribune.
The Future Looks Bright
Minneapolis is the ninth best job opportunity growth market in the country. (ASU W.P. Carey School)
Photo attribution: Jdkoenig – WikiCommons.
Find jobs in Washington, DC and surrounding communities today.
Jobs are available today in merchandising, sales, advertising, technology, and marketing in the greater DC, Virginia, Maryland market.
Washington-Arlington-Alexandra is the fourth best job opportunity growth market in the country. (ASU W.P. Carey School)
The two leading newspapers for the District of Columbia area are Washington Post and Washington Examiner
For facts at a glance on Washington DC, see The United States Department of Labor, District of Columbia. According to the Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics, DC has the second lowest unemployment rate in the country.
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