Top 10 Big Cities For Jobs: Report

Are you seeking employment? You might want to consider relocating.

Forbes Magazine recently ranked the top big cities for jobs. The list calculated employment potential by taking into account this year's employment growth rate, the most recent year-on-year job growth, the average yearly growth rate from 2006 to 2011 and the last five years' growth measured against the previous five years.

Here are the top 10 big cities for jobs, according to Forbes:

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• 10. Oklahoma, Oklahoma City

• 9. Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin, Tennessee

• 8. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• 7. Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina

• 6. Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas

• 5. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California

• 4. Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas

• 3. Salt Lake City, Utah

• 2. Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas

• 1. Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas

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Comments

[SuperMoncho]

01:59 AM on 05/11/2012

I dont care what this report says, id rather lose my right toe than live in Texas

[GJP2011]

11:24 PM on 05/08/2012

Yeah, but who wants to live in Texas, Utah, North Carolina, Oklahoma or Tennesee? No thanks.

[cchristi42]

12:37 PM on 05/08/2012

So big cities, in low education states, have lots of job openings. This is a shock how?

[cahye123]

11:55 AM on 05/08/2012

the states that lean to the right have a lower cost of living and more opportunity for jobs! t

[bigr]

11:41 AM on 05/08/2012

The real question is......who runs these cities? Republicans or Democrats? I think I already know the answer by seeing photos of Detroit.

[PC Contrarian]

11:52 AM on 05/08/2012

I didn't realize Detroit was a mecca for jobs, pun intended.

[cahye123]

11:54 AM on 05/08/2012

texas texas texas! pretty clear

[Drama Llama]

12:43 PM on 05/08/2012

Dallas Democratic Mayor
Austin Democratic Mayor
Houston Democratic Mayor

[OuweLul]

11:31 AM on 05/08/2012

I tripled my income overnight in 1989 when I got an overseas job tax free.

Screw the USA.

[shp]

03:42 PM on 05/08/2012

Hell, you can become a hooker here and do the same thing.

[Honey Hirsch]

10:44 AM on 05/08/2012

OK, this is the truth, stop moving to Austin, we just have a good PR person. I have lived here 34 years and raised six kids here. Most work in Austin is in the service industry that pays nothing, nothing !! Everyone that has lived here longer then yesterday knows that in Austin we have low wages. Wanna work at a coffee shop or bar move here, otherwise do your research.

[BlacknProud310]

10:28 AM on 05/08/2012

All Republican centers of the universe where no one wants to live. Yet of course they would make the list.

[relee2012]

10:47 AM on 05/08/2012

From the looks of all of those buildings plenty of people want to live there but I understand you don't.

[shp]

10:49 AM on 05/08/2012

If you don't need a job, don't move there.

Simple enough?

[BlacknProud310]

01:59 AM on 05/09/2012

I don't but if you're in the Southern California area, look me up as I am hiring to fill 3 posts.

[Hoodoo X]

09:48 AM on 05/08/2012

I live in Salt Lake City. We are getting quite a few tech jobs from companies fleeing California. I don't wish Californians (I love visiting the state) hardships, but keep up the good work!

[centsable]

11:20 AM on 05/08/2012

You did notice California made the list. Those cities listed are the headquarters of the biggest tech companies, so not everyone is fleeing California. San Jose, Sunnyvale and Santa Clara, the major hub for Yahoo, Apple Intel, the list goes on and on. No major tech company has left California in years. That's why it's called Silcon Valley, not because of breast implants ;-)

[wxw101]

11:50 AM on 05/08/2012

California used to be the goto state for jobs. Now it has really nice beaches.

[Cacey]

09:42 AM on 05/08/2012

The big point is to find a city that meets your needs and excites you in some way when you are there then move, find a job, any job, and if you are half way good at it, you will suceed.

[JoeTheProgrammer]

09:39 AM on 05/08/2012

Appears Texas is the big winner. No surprise. Low taxes. Right to work.

[JDolla2323]

09:51 AM on 05/08/2012

It's not all champagne baths and caviar in Texas, though. The "right to work" has been one of the major factors in the debasement of our education, and the low taxes mean low revenue, which again affects every part of the public sector (most districts are laying off teachers even though their schools are growing, for instance). There is industry here, but the Republican government has resulted in serious environmental concerns. If you look at the numbers, Texas ranks near the bottom or at the very bottom in health care & education - we have very high gun violence, pollution, & cancer rates. Another important caveat to mention is that many of the jobs here are low paying ones - this has been one of the big lies of Rick Perry - he has boasted about his job record but always fails to disclose that much of his job record is the "Walmart job."

Basically, this is a Republican state run almost 100% by Republicans, and what you see matches their ethos. You have a lot of wealth being created for the executive class, a gaping hole in the middle getting wider and wider by the year, and a growing lower class.

[shp]

09:59 AM on 05/08/2012

Yep, those low-paying jobs are a fact.

And yet, somehow Texas has turned itself into the enviable position of that held by many blue states. As a donor to the federal dole.

Wheras you have some posters on here, especially one from Ohio, who degrade their effort. Even though the high wage state of Ohio is now a welfare state. Receiving more federal dollars then it pays in.

Give Texas and the rest of those emerging states a chance to put their soon-to-be-found new wealth a chance to work, and hopefully they will raise their educational, environmental and health standards.

Consider them as emerging third world nations and I'm sure you wouldn't have a problem with them.

[wxw101]

11:54 AM on 05/08/2012

You must be really mad at Obama for all those low paying national jobs. Or does the koolaid mirror only see one reality.

With growth comes problems and with high density comes other problems. With immigration, comes another.

Out of all the states, Texas has had one of the most unique ways of dealing with a tremendous amount of adversity and opportunity, and has done amazingly well despite your comments. Is it Utopia? no.

[historian1960]

10:45 AM on 05/08/2012

Right to work.

I'm glad I live in a right to union state.

[PC Contrarian]

12:00 PM on 05/08/2012

All states have a right to form unions and recruit union members;
it's just that "Right to work" states don't make belonging to a union a requirement to work in a company with a union.

There's something UnAmerican about forcing people to belong to a union,
in order to work; and something free about having a choice.
You are Pro-Choice aren't you?

[JoeTheProgrammer]

02:09 PM on 05/08/2012

I'm glad you do to.

[shp]

09:34 AM on 05/08/2012

The difference between a Republican and a Democrat is a Republican views a low-wage job as a way to get their foot in the door and an opportunity to possibly move up. Wheras a Democrat views a low-wage job as beneath them and would rather collect a check and occupy.

[JDolla2323]

09:53 AM on 05/08/2012

The difference between a Republican and a Democrat is that a Republican makes up his own "facts" and then beats Democrats over the head with them.

[shp]

10:01 AM on 05/08/2012

LOL

I've been listening to Democrats manipulation of facts my whole life (grew up in Jersey) and really can't tell the difference between either party.

[PC Contrarian]

12:01 PM on 05/08/2012

Bingo.

[mjeffn]

09:31 AM on 05/08/2012

It looks like a lot of blue cities are going to turn red states blue in the near future.

[justwunderbar]

09:01 AM on 05/08/2012

If Austin was on the ocean I would move there in a heartbeat,

[Cacey]

09:39 AM on 05/08/2012

There's a bunch of great man made lakes near by and Hippie Hollow which is clothing optional.

[JDolla2323]

09:55 AM on 05/08/2012

Well everyone from California has already moved here, so you might as well. One thing the story doesn't mention is how overcrowded Austin has become in the last decade. In another 10 years it will be nigh unliveable. Also, thanks to the California migration, we not only have a huge population of California hipster dooshers running around, but we also now have California housing prices. Thanks!

[PigOnScene]

07:23 AM on 05/08/2012

I saw an article on Yahoo! recently. #5, San Jose, has 9.8% unemployment and the median home price is almost $550k.

Sounds great.