Best Cities for Information Jobs
The methodology for the 2013 rankings for best cities for information jobs parallels that used for our 2013 Best Cities for Job Growth rankings (link to that page here or “above” if on the same page). Instead of using Total Nonfarm Employment, the information rankings use employment in the information sector (supersector 50) in the BLS MSA employment data. The information rankings include the 317 MSAs for which there are sectoral employment data for all 12 years used in our analysis.
| 2013 MSA Info Ranking - LARGE MSAs | Area | Weighted INDEX | 2012 Info Emplymnt | 2012 Info Ranking - Large MSAs | 2013 Change from 2012 - Large MSAs |
| 1 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 96.2 | 51.6 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Mtr Div | 88.5 | 47.1 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA | 87.2 | 8.2 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Division | 81.8 | 59.9 | 9 | 5 |
| 5 | Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | 81.7 | 22.2 | 10 | 5 |
| 6 | Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA | 80.2 | 85.0 | 14 | 8 |
| 7 | San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | 79.4 | 20.3 | 37 | 30 |
| 8 | Raleigh-Cary, NC | 78.4 | 17.9 | 4 | (4) |
| 9 | Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ | 77.1 | 29.8 | 13 | 4 |
| 10 | Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | 75.0 | 20.2 | 20 | 10 |
| 11 | Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC | 74.5 | 22.2 | 8 | (3) |
| 12 | Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Mtr Div | 74.2 | 18.1 | 35 | 23 |
| 13 | New York City, NY | 73.9 | 174.2 | 6 | (7) |
| 14 | Indianapolis-Carmel, IN | 73.5 | 15.4 | 46 | 32 |
| 15 | Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Mtr Div | 71.3 | 85.8 | 7 | (8) |
| 16 | Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Mtr Div | 71.2 | 19.4 | 17 | 1 |
| 17 | Salt Lake City, UT | 69.7 | 16.8 | 30 | 13 |
| 18 | Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA | 67.4 | 11.4 | 39 | 21 |
| 19 | Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN | 67.4 | 9.5 | 34 | 15 |
| 20 | Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL Mtr Div | 66.9 | 74.9 | 27 | 7 |
| 21 | Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 66.5 | 39.0 | 22 | 1 |
| 22 | Las Vegas-Paradise, NV | 66.1 | 9.5 | 19 | (3) |
| 23 | Philadelphia City, PA | 66.0 | 11.9 | 29 | 6 |
| 24 | Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX | 65.3 | 31.9 | 38 | 14 |
| 25 | St. Louis, MO-IL | 65.1 | 30.2 | 42 | 17 |
| 26 | Pittsburgh, PA | 64.9 | 18.5 | 51 | 25 |
| 27 | Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | 64.5 | 22.6 | 23 | (4) |
| 28 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Mtr Div | 64.1 | 190.5 | 12 | (16) |
| 29 | Columbus, OH | 63.4 | 16.5 | 15 | (14) |
| 30 | Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Mtr Div | 61.2 | 64.1 | 16 | (14) |
| 31 | Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Mtr Div | 60.7 | 17.7 | 24 | (7) |
| 32 | Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY | 60.3 | 7.5 | 44 | 12 |
| 33 | Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO | 60.3 | 42.5 | 31 | (2) |
| 34 | Edison-New Brunswick, NJ Mtr Div | 60.3 | 24.6 | 45 | 11 |
| 35 | Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN | 60.1 | 13.7 | 28 | (7) |
| 36 | San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA | 59.8 | 24.9 | 58 | 22 |
| 37 | Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA Mtr Div | 59.1 | 24.3 | 47 | 10 |
| 38 | Newark-Union, NJ-PA Mtr Div | 58.6 | 19.7 | 63 | 25 |
| 39 | Nassau-Suffolk, NY Mtr Div | 58.5 | 24.0 | 50 | 11 |
| 40 | West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Mtr Div | 57.5 | 9.0 | 21 | (19) |
| 41 | Rochester, NY | 57.1 | 8.9 | 53 | 12 |
| 42 | Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | 56.5 | 23.3 | 18 | (24) |
| 43 | Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, MD Mtr Div | 56.0 | 14.4 | 41 | (2) |
| 44 | Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 55.8 | 6.0 | 52 | 8 |
| 45 | Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT NECTA | 55.7 | 10.9 | 11 | (34) |
| 46 | Honolulu, HI | 55.4 | 7.2 | 66 | 20 |
| 47 | Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH | 54.9 | 15.2 | 48 | 1 |
| 48 | Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | 54.6 | 25.4 | 26 | (22) |
| 49 | Northern Virginia, VA | 54.4 | 39.6 | 43 | (6) |
| 50 | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Mtr Div | 52.2 | 62.3 | 25 | (25) |
| 51 | Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI | 52.1 | 14.7 | 36 | (15) |
| 52 | Jacksonville, FL | 51.4 | 9.0 | 33 | (19) |
| 53 | Putnam-Rockland-Westchester, NY | 50.4 | 13.1 | 49 | (4) |
| 54 | Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Mtr Div | 50.2 | 13.4 | 40 | (14) |
| 55 | Bergen-Hudson-Passaic, NJ | 49.7 | 18.3 | 56 | 1 |
| 56 | Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA NECTA | 48.1 | 10.6 | 5 | (51) |
| 57 | Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC | 47.8 | 11.4 | 64 | 7 |
| 58 | Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA Mtr Div | 45.8 | 21.6 | 54 | (4) |
| 59 | Birmingham-Hoover, AL | 45.4 | 8.7 | 60 | 1 |
| 60 | Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI Mtr Div | 42.7 | 7.1 | 65 | 5 |
| 61 | Kansas City, MO | 40.2 | 14.2 | 59 | (2) |
| 62 | Oklahoma City, OK | 37.7 | 8.7 | 61 | (1) |
| 63 | Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA | 36.3 | 14.9 | 57 | (6) |
| 64 | Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 34.0 | 11.5 | 32 | (32) |
| 65 | Richmond, VA | 25.3 | 7.8 | 55 | (10) |
| 66 | Camden, NJ Mtr Div | 11.5 | 6.3 | 62 | (4) |
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