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| 2016 MSA Prof & Bus Svcs Ranking among Large MSAs | Area | 2016 Prof & Bus Svcs Weighted INDEX | 2015 Prof and Business Services Emplmt (1000s) | Total Prof and Business Services Emplmt Growth Rate 2014-2015 | 2015 MSA Prof & Bus Svcs Ranking among Small MSAs | Overall Rank Change 2014-2015 |
| 1 | Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | 96.9 | 152.7 | 47.2% | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | San Francisco-Redwood City-South San Francisco, CA Metro Div | 93.1 | 270.5 | 45.7% | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | Austin-Round Rock, TX | 91.1 | 165.6 | 42.3% | 5 | 2 |
| 4 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 88.5 | 223.0 | 36.4% | 1 | (3) |
| 5 | Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metro Div | 82.8 | 458.2 | 28.9% | 6 | 1 |
| 6 | Raleigh, NC | 81.2 | 113.5 | 27.9% | 3 | (3) |
| 7 | Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | 80.3 | 201.2 | 26.8% | 35 | 28 |
| 8 | Richmond, VA | 80.1 | 112.3 | 18.9% | 59 | 51 |
| 9 | Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | 79.8 | 188.2 | 25.3% | 9 | 0 |
| 10 | Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | 79.4 | 172.9 | 24.9% | 15 | 5 |
| 11 | Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | 77.9 | 226.3 | 26.3% | 40 | 29 |
| 12 | Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | 77.7 | 88.4 | 21.9% | 16 | 4 |
| 13 | Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | 76.2 | 485.1 | 23.9% | 10 | (3) |
| 14 | New York City, NY | 76.0 | 714.0 | 22.0% | 29 | 15 |
| 15 | Kansas City, MO | 73.9 | 90.4 | 18.3% | 50 | 35 |
| 16 | Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO | 73.3 | 254.1 | 23.4% | 37 | 21 |
| 17 | Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV | 72.9 | 126.1 | 25.0% | 20 | 3 |
| 18 | Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metro Div | 72.2 | 244.4 | 22.1% | 31 | 13 |
| 19 | Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 71.6 | 99.9 | 25.5% | 14 | (5) |
| 20 | Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metro Div | 71.3 | 144.0 | 21.6% | 25 | 5 |
| 21 | Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN | 69.8 | 162.5 | 26.2% | 23 | 2 |
| 22 | West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach, FL Metro Div | 69.2 | 108.3 | 28.2% | 7 | (15) |
| 23 | Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT NECTA | 67.6 | 73.1 | 19.2% | 18 | (5) |
| 24 | Salt Lake City, UT | 66.8 | 118.5 | 23.8% | 22 | (2) |
| 25 | San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | 64.7 | 125.3 | 20.4% | 28 | 3 |
| 26 | Jacksonville, FL | 64.6 | 102.8 | 19.9% | 19 | (7) |
| 27 | Middlesex-Monmouth-Ocean, NJ | 64.3 | 152.0 | 16.6% | 57 | 30 |
| 28 | Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ | 64.1 | 336.7 | 21.9% | 39 | 11 |
| 29 | Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metro Div | 63.1 | 162.5 | 24.4% | 12 | (17) |
| 30 | Oakland-Hayward-Berkeley, CA Metro Div | 62.6 | 182.9 | 18.6% | 24 | (6) |
| 31 | Providence-Warwick, RI-MA NECTA | 62.0 | 70.1 | 19.3% | 26 | (5) |
| 32 | Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA NECTA Division | 60.1 | 340.4 | 16.7% | 45 | 13 |
| 33 | Columbus, OH | 59.6 | 178.8 | 20.1% | 17 | (16) |
| 34 | Camden, NJ Metro Div | 58.9 | 78.8 | 11.0% | 33 | (1) |
| 35 | Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metro Div | 58.3 | 267.4 | 24.7% | 34 | (1) |
| 36 | Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX | 58.3 | 465.4 | 21.7% | 21 | (15) |
| 37 | Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA | 58.3 | 74.6 | 15.6% | 53 | 16 |
| 38 | Kansas City, KS | 56.4 | 93.5 | 19.6% | 13 | (25) |
| 39 | Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine, CA Metro Div | 50.8 | 288.3 | 16.1% | 30 | (9) |
| 40 | Pittsburgh, PA | 49.8 | 178.1 | 10.6% | 62 | 22 |
| 41 | Montgomery Cnty-Bucks Cnty-Chester Cnty, PA Metro Div | 49.7 | 198.7 | 10.1% | 60 | 19 |
| 42 | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Div | 49.5 | 604.6 | 7.7% | 65 | 23 |
| 43 | Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights, IL Metro Div | 47.8 | 672.7 | 14.9% | 42 | (1) |
| 44 | Urban Honolulu, HI | 47.8 | 67.9 | 15.1% | 46 | 2 |
| 45 | San Diego-Carlsbad, CA | 47.5 | 234.4 | 12.7% | 41 | (4) |
| 46 | Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA | 46.9 | 120.0 | 17.5% | 27 | (19) |
| 47 | Northern Virginia, VA | 46.5 | 387.2 | 4.5% | 67 | 20 |
| 48 | Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 46.1 | 303.7 | 12.0% | 43 | (5) |
| 49 | Philadelphia City, PA | 46.0 | 91.2 | 9.9% | 55 | 6 |
| 50 | St. Louis, MO-IL | 45.1 | 206.8 | 9.9% | 49 | (1) |
| 51 | New Orleans-Metairie, LA | 44.9 | 74.7 | 9.6% | 56 | 5 |
| 52 | Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 44.1 | 145.2 | 14.9% | 8 | (44) |
| 53 | Orange-Rockland-Westchester, NY | 43.5 | 87.7 | 11.6% | 54 | 1 |
| 54 | Detroit-Dearborn-Livonia, MI Metro Div | 43.4 | 126.4 | 14.8% | 48 | (6) |
| 55 | Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Div | 42.8 | 111.0 | 13.8% | 32 | (23) |
| 56 | Newark, NJ-PA Metro Div | 41.6 | 221.2 | 6.7% | 66 | 10 |
| 57 | Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI | 41.4 | 125.2 | 10.3% | 52 | (5) |
| 58 | Nassau County-Suffolk County, NY Metro Div | 40.3 | 171.1 | 11.0% | 58 | 0 |
| 59 | Oklahoma City, OK | 39.4 | 80.6 | 7.2% | 36 | (23) |
| 60 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metro Div | 38.5 | 609.6 | 13.8% | 44 | (16) |
| 61 | Birmingham-Hoover, AL | 38.2 | 64.9 | 9.6% | 47 | (14) |
| 62 | Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | 37.2 | 167.0 | 11.1% | 38 | (24) |
| 63 | Bergen-Hudson-Passaic, NJ | 36.1 | 142.3 | 8.2% | 63 | 0 |
| 64 | Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI | 34.0 | 74.2 | 9.9% | 11 | (53) |
| 65 | Cleveland-Elyria, OH | 31.6 | 147.2 | 10.1% | 51 | (14) |
| 66 | Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC | 31.6 | 103.9 | 5.9% | 61 | (5) |
| 67 | Rochester, NY | 30.4 | 66.0 | 6.5% | 64 | (3) |
| 68 | Silver Spring-Frederick-Rockville, MD Metro Div | 27.0 | 124.3 | -0.5% | 70 | 2 |
| 69 | Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 26.7 | 52.3 | 3.2% | 69 | 0 |
| 70 | Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY | 17.9 | 69.0 | -2.8% | 68 | (2) |
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