The 10 Cities With The Most Job Postings: Indeed.com

Terrible as the job crisis might be, not all job markets are created equal. And certain cities have seen particularly notable improvement.

The number of available job listings in the 50 most populous cities in America widely varies, according to indeed.com, a job search site that aggregates job listings from over 10,000 sources worldwide, including sites like Monster.com.

Competition for jobs remains fierce. In the first quarter of this year, the average number of job listings for the 50 most populated cities was 67.42 per 1000 people. New Orleans currently has the worst ratio at 29 jobs per 1000 people.

But despite recent reports that job recovery is slowing, indeed.com CEO Paul Forster believes things are getting better. "Of the 10 cities with the most population per job posting, there are 62 percent more jobs on average than a year ago," he told U.S. News & World Report. Miami, in particular, has seen significant improvement, with the ratio of unemployed people to job postings falling from 6:1 in January, to 4:1 in March.

Still, jobless rates remain high and the Bureau Of Labor Statistics recently reported that 74 metropolitan areas still had unemployment rates over 10 percent in April. El Centro, California holds the unfortunate title of highest unemployment rate. 27.9 percent of people in that city are currently unemployed.

Below are the ten cities with the most job postings according to indeed.com with additional data provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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10. Austin, TX

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Job postings per 1000 people: 87
Unemployment rate: 6.5 percent
Civilian labor force in thousands: 918.6

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[pooquimeyer]

01:35 PM on 07/02/2011

Find it hard to believe Austin is on this list...know many UT college grads that would like to stay in Austin, but say its next to impossible to get a job there...maybe minimum wage jobs are easy to find??

[Gary Neal]

01:03 PM on 06/30/2011

Hup, hup Seattle. Well done my beautiful city. Does anyone know of any speech therapy classes in Seattle. I found a site that does great work, but they're in Rochester. http://speechlanguageliteracy.com Any ideas? Anyone?

[Adrianne Lukas]

08:49 AM on 06/30/2011

I hope these job postings about medical professions would include in their qualities that they're looking for people who can provide patient satisfaction bec that is what's lacking today. http://www.patientsatisfactionmarketing.com

[Dennis Engish]

10:16 PM on 06/29/2011

Well, there you have it.. Best Pack up the Car and Head to these Towns to get a Job..
If you want to stay were your at? Then Suffer the Consequences. It's apparent that these Cities are Better at Business and Creating jobs than the others are..
I moved 3 x in my life for Better Jobs and better Life for my Family..
You do what you have to do..
And you also Move to where Housing is The Lower when you Retire.. You won't be able to afford to stay in that Nice and Higher Cost Home anymore, unless You Made and saved enough or Going to Keep working after retirement age..

Another Reality Check? You're going to spend The SAME In Retirement Not Less..
The Medical Profession Will Make Sure of that one..

[juicybrisket]

12:14 AM on 06/11/2011

relocating is a nice idea and all, but if you've been unemployed as long as i have, moving is just not financially feasible.

[juicybrisket]

12:12 AM on 06/11/2011

american companies sending jobs to other countries is unamerican and they should be penalized for it.

i was enraged when i found out that hershey was sending jobs to mexico several years ago.

[dhmccall]

08:14 PM on 06/09/2011

Information like this can assist individuals in targeting their efforts if they are unemployed or underemployed. However, job postings do not always equate to hires. For more information on recovering from job loss:
http://ragstorichesbook.wordpress.com/2011/06/09/unemployed-youre-the-answer/

[DavidSmooke]

05:56 PM on 06/08/2011

A cool list! But if you a business this list is a mere rule of thumb. Method can move your location up and down the list. Consider this: "I’ve always believed that posting job openings shouldn’t be expensive or difficult and with a little effort, research, and gumption posting your jobs to free sites like social networking platforms and other free communities and job boards can lower your cost per hire." http://www.smartrecruiters.com/static/blog/recruiting-with-free-job-postings/

[Boomerwoman]

12:00 AM on 06/08/2011

Here in Seattle, most of my clients are hiring. The rest are pushing their existing staff to work longer and harder...but they will have to give in eventually and begin hiring too.

[J R M]

01:33 AM on 06/08/2011

Hiring is going on, but you typically have to have the right skill set and experience. I left Microsoft 4 months ago to join a security consultancy. We are now looking to add another employee or two. Since I left I have been contacted by Yahoo, Google, and Amazon - all looking for experienced security experts. And I know of a lot of other people from Microsoft going to startups and other companies. This is leaving a number of openings for new grads.

[Boomerwoman]

11:03 AM on 06/08/2011

Many of my manufacturing clients, especially the Boeing sub contractors are hiring, too. And those jobs are a combination of blue collar and support.

Good luck to you.

[juicybrisket]

12:14 AM on 06/11/2011

i dont have those skills but im always willing to learn.

[tcnsrq]

12:32 PM on 06/07/2011

gee....I wonder why no city in Florida or Wisconsin made the list?

[lecturenotes2]

10:56 AM on 06/07/2011

Every city is the same. It consist of the stress and routine of daily life. ugh. . ugh . .

[REDSTATEREFUGEE]

01:17 PM on 06/28/2011

Agreed, LN2, but perhaps you have not lived in a rural area, like the Central Valley of California, where unemployment in one of the areas has reached as high as Depression levels. Because of financial difficulties, many of my students are stressed to the max....

[Tyler-Durden]

10:46 AM on 06/07/2011

job postings does not equate to hiring. this article is fluff.

[Herkybird]

01:29 AM on 06/08/2011

I agree. How many of the jobs available pay worth a dam. Most cities have a high number of fast food joints that need help all the time because of the high turnover. Another is call takers. There is not a commercial on tv or radio that does not have an 800 number attached to it. There has to me millions out there somewhere answering those calls 24X7. Same think with job fairs. Companies want to make it look good and show up at job fairs not intending to hire but to get the media coverage.

[dlbramsey]

10:30 AM on 06/09/2011

The millions answering those phones are making five bucks a day in some sweat shop in India.

[deCruz]

04:24 PM on 06/10/2011

@dlbramsey: 'The millions answering those phones are making five bucks a day in some sweat shop in India.'

They probably make about $10-20 bucks day, but cost of living in significantly lower in India than here. Those jobs are not "sweatshop" jobs; in fact, such jobs are among the nicest jobs people without professional/advanced degrees (such as engineering and medical degrees) can find in India.

It may also interest you to know that
1. the Philippines has now overtaken India as a destination for business process and call center outsourcing.
2. India and US have a small and relatively balanced trade relationship in goods and services, i.e. India imports things from the US roughly to the same tune as it exports.

[LivingDebtFree]

08:49 AM on 06/07/2011

Follow the people, find the jobs:

http://www.truckinginfo.com/news/news-detail.asp?news_id=72596

[hglu]

06:52 AM on 06/07/2011

I don't believe it. The jobs are not here in the US. Every week I read where American companies are giving or selling their intellectual knowledge to China so they can do business there. Most jobs here are low paying temporary jobs. With this trend the US will continue to produce these types of jobs. It is a matter of time before we see Americans leaving this country for a better future in a foreign country.

[NCScientist]

01:41 PM on 06/07/2011

Many already are- even moving to Russia if they are skilled tradespeople.

[oilfield]

09:36 PM on 06/06/2011

the trend will continue...there are lots of openings for qualified applicants. folks with limited skills will be unemployed for some time or those with skills not willing to move.

[dlbramsey]

10:31 AM on 06/09/2011

Many with skills are perfectly willing to relocate...except their house is now worth nothing, or, worse, underwater.

[oilfield]

02:43 PM on 06/09/2011

rent it out, or default and move on.....standing still while shoveling deeper wont accomplish anything.