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The 25 Best U.S. Cities for Finding a Job In 2016


Finding a job can be a struggle, but it always helps to look in the right places. These are the best cities to try and land a job this year, according to Glassdoor.

Each city’s ranking is based on its Glassdoor Job Score, which is determined by weighing four major factors: how easy it is to a job there, how affordable the area is, job satisfaction, and general work-life balance. Glassdoor also includes each city’s median pay, median home value, and the number of current job openings. They also mention some of the jobs with the highest demand in each area. Here are the top 10:

  1. San Jose, CA

  2. San Francisco, CA

  3. Seattle, WA

  4. Boston, MA

  5. Washington, D.C.

  6. Austin, TX

  7. Salt Lake City, UT

  8. Raleigh-Durham, NC

  9. Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN

  10. Oklahoma City, OK

Last year’s top city, Raleigh, has been bumped down to eighth place and replaced by San Jose, where the median base salary is $112,000. No other city on the list comes anywhere close to that. To see the last 15 of the best cities for finding a job, and learn more about each city’s median base salaries, home values, and number of job openings, check out the link below.

Glassdoor’s 25 Best Cities for Jobs | Glassdoor

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