--- title: These Are the 25 Best Cities in the U.S. for Job Seekers Now description: Indeed's report ranks the best cities for job seekers in the United States, for jobs, salary, and work-life balance. authors: - name: Kristen Bahler role: Managing Editor url: https://money.com/author/kristen-bahler/ bio: Kristen Bahler has spent more than a decade turning culture, work and consumer spending trends into conversation-driving stories. Today, she leads Money's sponsored content channel and reader-favorite franchises like Best Places to Live and Best Places to Travel. education: Northeastern University, MA Journalism at_money_since: 2016 articles: 52 covers: - Career Advice - Banking - Business - Credit - Credit Cards - Economy and Politics - Education - Health and Wellness - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Lifestyle - Loans - Mortgages - Personal Finance - Pets - Professional Services - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes - Technology social: - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristen-bahler/ published: '2018-04-12T13:00:01.000Z' modified: '2024-05-16T13:06:47.000Z' section: Career Advice tags: - best cities - Best Places - Employment - Finding a job - Job market - Jobs word_count: 362 canonical: https://money.com/top-cities-jobs/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![180412-cities-job-seekers](https://img.money.com/2018/04/180412-cities-job-seekers.jpg) *Downtown San Jose CA with Adobe headquarters in the blue buildings.* You know that old cliche about leaving New York for the hustle and bustle of ... Minnesota? OK, so that’s not a thing. But it could be soon. Indeed’s latest report ranks the 25 best places in the U.S. for job seekers, based on labor market favorability, average salary (adjusted for cost of living), work-life balance, and job security. Midwestern cities like Minneapolis and Milwaukee scored high on all counts -- as did several California cities and millennial favorites in the South, like Miami and New Orleans. In fact, four out of the top five cities on Indeed’s list are in California, with tech hub San Jose clocking in at No. 1. New York, on the other hand, didn’t even make the cut. The Big Apple isn't the only city to get the shaft. In the Northeast, for instance, Boston and Hartford, Conn., were the only cities to make Indeed's top 25. And many Rust Belt cities like Pittsburgh and Detroit are also missing, largely due to a slow recovery from debilitating job declines, Indeed says. ## Where the Jobs Are Out in greater San Jose, computer- and math-oriented gigs make up 12% of the jobs, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics; that's four times the sector's national average. But there are also opportunities outside of the tech industry: As a whole, the Bay Area job market will outperform the rest of the country in 2018, [experts say](https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/03/12/bay-area-job-market-defies-gravity-economists-say/). And Indeed finds the region's professional and work-life advantages are enough to put San Jose on top even when its high costs get factored in. Trendy, sun-soaked cities like [Austin](https://www.austinchamber.com/blog/12-28-2017-job-growth-unemployment) (No. 12) and [Atlanta](https://www.bls.gov/regions/southeast/news-release/areaemployment_atlanta.htm) (No. 22) both made Indeed’s list; both added tens of thousands of jobs last year alone. Faced with booming job markets, rising salaries, and [record openings](http://fortune.com/2018/01/18/job-market-interview-hiring-tips/) in other parts of the country, will New Yorkers start to seek greener (and cheaper) pastures? Many already have. Census data shows that more than a million people have [moved out of greater New York](https://nypost.com/2017/04/01/people-are-fleeing-new-york-at-an-alarming-rate/) since 2010—an exodus that experts [peg to](https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/04/why-is-everyone-leaving-the-city/521844/) the lure of lower costs of living in other states. By contrast, experts estimate, about 150 people [move to Austin every single day](https://www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/2017/03/22/how-many-people-moved-to-austin-in-2016.html). ![](https://img.money.com/2018/04/blog-_best-cities_-table.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://money.com/top-cities-jobs/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://money.com" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Career Advice", "item": "https://money.com/career-advice/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Job Listings", "item": "https://money.com/job-listings/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "These Are the 25 Best Cities in the U.S. for Job Seekers Now" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://money.com/#website", "url": "https://money.com", "name": "Money", "publisher": { "@id": "https://money.com/#organization" } }, { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://money.com/top-cities-jobs/#webpage", "url": "https://money.com/top-cities-jobs/", "name": "These Are the 25 Best Cities in the U.S. for Job Seekers Now", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://money.com/#website" }, "datePublished": "2018-04-12T13:00:01.000Z", "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://money.com/top-cities-jobs/" }, "inLanguage": "en-US", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://money.com/top-cities-jobs/#breadcrumb" }, "dateModified": "2024-05-16T13:06:47.000Z" }, { "@type": "Article", "headline": "These Are the 25 Best Cities in the U.S. for Job Seekers Now", "articleSection": "Career Advice", "image": [ { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://img.money.com/2018/04/180412-cities-job-seekers.jpg", "width": 2800, "height": 1862, "caption": "180412-cities-job-seekers" }, { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://img.money.com/2018/04/blog-_best-cities_-table.png", "width": 800, "height": 1051 } ], "author": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kristen Bahler", "url": "https://money.com/author/kristen-bahler/", "@id": "https://money.com/author/kristen-bahler/#author", "description": "Kristen Bahler has spent more than a decade turning culture, work and consumer spending trends into conversation-driving stories. 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