Large Cities Rankings - 2017 Best Cities for Job Growth
Read about how we selected the 2017 Best Cities for Job Growth
| 2017 Large MSA Ranking | Area | 2017 Weighted INDEX |
2016 Nonfarm Employment (1000s) | Size Movement 2016-2017 |
| 1 | Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metro Div | 96.4 | 2,554.6 | 4 |
| 2 | San Francisco-Redwood City-South San Francisco, CA Metro Div | 96.2 | 1,108.6 | -1 |
| 3 | Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | 95.5 | 968.8 | 1 |
| 4 | Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | 93.2 | 1,170.0 | 4 |
| 5 | Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | 93.1 | 1,233.2 | -2 |
| 6 | Salt Lake City, UT | 92.6 | 713.6 | 9 |
| 7 | Austin-Round Rock, TX | 92.6 | 1,015.4 | -1 |
| 8 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 92.1 | 1,084.7 | -6 |
| 9 | Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metro Div | 90.4 | 1,664.4 | 2 |
| 10 | Raleigh, NC | 89.7 | 610.1 | -1 |
| 11 | Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO | 87.1 | 1,442.3 | -4 |
| 12 | San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | 85.8 | 1,027.9 | 0 |
| 13 | Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | 84.4 | 2,721.2 | 0 |
| 14 | Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 82.7 | 1,436.3 | 0 |
| 15 | West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach, FL Metro Div | 81.6 | 623.6 | 4 |
| 16 | Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | 80.5 | 1,153.4 | -6 |
| 17 | Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI | 79.7 | 551.2 | 10 |
| 18 | Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metro Div | 78.7 | 1,180.1 | 4 |
| 19 | Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | 78.5 | 1,321.1 | 6 |
| 20 | Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | 78.4 | 670.8 | 6 |
| 21 | Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV | 77.5 | 964.6 | 0 |
| 22 | Jacksonville, FL | 76.9 | 677.5 | -4 |
| 23 | Oakland-Hayward-Berkeley, CA Metro Div | 76.8 | 1,150.1 | 9 |
| 24 | Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN | 76.5 | 1,056.9 | 7 |
| 25 | New York City, NY | 75.6 | 4,388.9 | -9 |
| 26 | Columbus, OH | 75.6 | 1,077.8 | 4 |
| 27 | Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ | 74.8 | 2,015.6 | -10 |
| 28 | Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Div | 74.0 | 1,023.6 | 0 |
| 29 | San Diego-Carlsbad, CA | 72.8 | 1,439.0 | 0 |
| 30 | Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metro Div | 71.8 | 836.9 | -7 |
| 31 | Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA NECTA Division | 71.8 | 1,831.6 | 4 |
| 32 | Kansas City, MO | 71.6 | 608.6 | 11 |
| 33 | Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA | 69.3 | 958.1 | 5 |
| 34 | Philadelphia City, PA | 65.6 | 714.0 | 17 |
| 35 | Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metro Div | 64.4 | 1,236.6 | 1 |
| 36 | Middlesex-Monmouth-Ocean, NJ | 62.4 | 895.9 | 4 |
| 37 | Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine, CA Metro Div | 61.7 | 1,592.2 | -4 |
| 38 | Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX | 61.7 | 3,017.5 | -14 |
| 39 | Northern Virginia, VA | 60.5 | 1,449.9 | 5 |
| 40 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metro Div | 60.5 | 4,442.2 | 2 |
| 41 | Kansas City, KS | 59.4 | 469.2 | -7 |
| 42 | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Div | 59.1 | 2,653.9 | -3 |
| 43 | Richmond, VA | 56.8 | 666.4 | -23 |
| 44 | Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | 55.6 | 1,087.6 | 6 |
| 45 | Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 54.9 | 1,964.8 | -4 |
| 46 | Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA | 53.3 | 500.1 | -1 |
| 47 | Nassau County-Suffolk County, NY Metro Div | 52.6 | 1,337.8 | 6 |
| 48 | Urban Honolulu, HI | 50.9 | 481.1 | -2 |
| 49 | Camden, NJ Metro Div | 50.1 | 540.4 | 8 |
| 50 | Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 47.0 | 466.5 | 13 |
| 51 | Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights, IL Metro Div | 46.7 | 3,717.2 | -4 |
| 52 | Montgomery County-Bucks County-Chester County, PA Metro Div | 45.5 | 1,058.2 | 3 |
| 53 | Oklahoma City, OK | 45.0 | 628.3 | -16 |
| 54 | Orange-Rockland-Westchester, NY | 44.9 | 712.1 | -5 |
| 55 | Bergen-Hudson-Passaic, NJ | 42.6 | 928.9 | 1 |
| 56 | New Orleans-Metairie, LA | 41.2 | 577.0 | -8 |
| 57 | Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 40.7 | 646.2 | -3 |
| 58 | St. Louis, MO-IL | 40.6 | 1,368.7 | 0 |
| 59 | Silver Spring-Frederick-Rockville, MD Metro Div | 40.5 | 598.0 | -7 |
| 60 | Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY | 38.1 | 565.7 | 9 |
| 61 | Detroit-Dearborn-Livonia, MI Metro Div | 36.1 | 753.3 | 1 |
| 62 | Providence-Warwick, RI-MA NECTA | 34.3 | 582.6 | -3 |
| 63 | Birmingham-Hoover, AL | 31.4 | 522.9 | 2 |
| 64 | Rochester, NY | 28.8 | 532.9 | 6 |
| 65 | Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC | 27.9 | 768.4 | -1 |
| 66 | Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI | 27.7 | 857.0 | -5 |
| 67 | Cleveland-Elyria, OH | 27.7 | 1,051.8 | -1 |
| 68 | Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT NECTA | 27.6 | 571.5 | -8 |
| 69 | Pittsburgh, PA | 26.4 | 1,165.0 | -1 |
| 70 | Newark, NJ-PA Metro Div | 23.2 | 1,193.8 | -3 |
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