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| 2017 MSA Prof & Bus Svcs Ranking among Large MSAs | Area | Weighted INDEX | 2016 Prof & Bus Svcs Emplmt (1000s) | Total Prof & Bus Svcs Emplmt Growth Rate 2015-2016 |
Overall Rank Change 2016 to 2017 |
| 1 | Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | 89.7 | 160.3 | 5.2% | 0 |
| 2 | Kansas City, MO | 85.3 | 99.6 | 9.0% | 13 |
| 3 | Austin-Round Rock, TX | 81.7 | 171.1 | 3.7% | 0 |
| 4 | San Francisco-Redwood City-South San Francisco, CA Metro Div | 79.5 | 274.4 | 2.8% | (2) |
| 5 | Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metro Div | 79.3 | 482.8 | 5.5% | 0 |
| 6 | San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | 79.2 | 134.0 | 5.5% | 19 |
| 7 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 79.0 | 227.5 | 2.6% | (3) |
| 8 | Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | 76.3 | 198.9 | 4.8% | 1 |
| 9 | Salt Lake City, UT | 76.2 | 126.1 | 4.4% | 15 |
| 10 | Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | 75.6 | 209.6 | 4.8% | (3) |
| 11 | Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | 75.2 | 236.6 | 5.2% | 0 |
| 12 | Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | 75.1 | 503.7 | 4.6% | 1 |
| 13 | Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | 74.8 | 91.8 | 5.2% | (1) |
| 14 | Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metro Div | 74.3 | 151.2 | 4.1% | 6 |
| 15 | Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV | 73.8 | 136.8 | 4.6% | 2 |
| 16 | Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA | 71.9 | 131.3 | 6.7% | 30 |
| 17 | Raleigh, NC | 71.5 | 115.2 | 4.7% | (11) |
| 18 | Philadelphia City, PA | 69.9 | 97.6 | 4.9% | 31 |
| 19 | Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | 69.6 | 176.6 | 1.8% | (9) |
| 20 | New York City, NY | 68.9 | 735.3 | 3.1% | (6) |
| 21 | Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metro Div | 67.2 | 250.9 | 2.6% | (3) |
| 22 | Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metro Div | 66.5 | 170.8 | 2.6% | 7 |
| 23 | West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach, FL Metro Div | 64.2 | 111.1 | 3.3% | (1) |
| 24 | Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA NECTA Div | 64.2 | 354.4 | 2.7% | 8 |
| 25 | Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ | 63.8 | 348.7 | 3.3% | 3 |
| 26 | Middlesex-Monmouth-Ocean, NJ | 62.8 | 155.7 | 1.9% | 1 |
| 27 | Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN | 62.4 | 169.9 | 0.8% | (6) |
| 28 | Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO | 61.0 | 257.1 | 1.7% | (12) |
| 29 | Oakland-Hayward-Berkeley, CA Metro Div | 60.7 | 182.4 | 2.4% | 1 |
| 30 | Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT NECTA | 60.6 | 73.7 | 2.1% | (7) |
| 31 | Orange-Rockland-Westchester, NY | 58.3 | 92.2 | 4.2% | 22 |
| 32 | Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine, CA Metro Div | 57.0 | 299.2 | 2.2% | 7 |
| 33 | Providence-Warwick, RI-MA NECTA | 56.7 | 71.0 | 1.0% | (2) |
| 34 | Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metro Div | 55.3 | 269.7 | 1.9% | 1 |
| 35 | Columbus, OH | 54.4 | 182.3 | 1.6% | (2) |
| 36 | Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA | 52.5 | 74.5 | 1.3% | 1 |
| 37 | Nassau County-Suffolk County, NY Metro Div | 52.3 | 176.5 | 3.2% | 21 |
| 38 | St. Louis, MO-IL | 52.3 | 211.1 | 1.4% | 12 |
| 39 | Camden, NJ Metro Div | 51.4 | 78.6 | -0.1% | (5) |
| 40 | Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights, IL Metro Div | 51.2 | 689.7 | 0.5% | 3 |
| 41 | Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI | 51.1 | 79.1 | 1.8% | 23 |
| 42 | Richmond, VA | 50.4 | 110.7 | -4.5% | (34) |
| 43 | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Div | 50.1 | 615.4 | 2.4% | (1) |
| 44 | Northern Virginia, VA | 49.5 | 398.9 | 2.6% | 3 |
| 45 | Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 49.3 | 321.9 | 1.9% | 3 |
| 46 | Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX | 48.6 | 470.6 | 0.0% | (10) |
| 47 | Montgomery County-Bucks County-Chester County, PA Metro Div | 48.6 | 202.4 | 1.7% | (6) |
| 48 | Jacksonville, FL | 48.0 | 102.3 | 1.2% | (22) |
| 49 | San Diego-Carlsbad, CA | 47.5 | 234.8 | 0.2% | (4) |
| 50 | Pittsburgh, PA | 47.4 | 183.2 | 1.0% | (10) |
| 51 | Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 47.3 | 55.4 | 2.8% | 18 |
| 52 | Bergen-Hudson-Passaic, NJ | 45.5 | 145.8 | 2.3% | 11 |
| 53 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metro Div | 45.0 | 610.7 | 1.1% | 7 |
| 54 | Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 44.8 | 98.3 | -3.2% | (35) |
| 55 | Urban Honolulu, HI | 44.5 | 67.9 | 0.7% | (11) |
| 56 | Kansas City, KS | 43.8 | 92.9 | -0.6% | (18) |
| 57 | Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | 43.7 | 170.4 | 1.6% | 5 |
| 58 | Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Div | 43.6 | 112.4 | 0.7% | (3) |
| 59 | Detroit-Dearborn-Livonia, MI Metro Div | 42.2 | 125.5 | 2.2% | (5) |
| 60 | Silver Spring-Frederick-Rockville, MD Metro Div | 41.6 | 128.1 | 2.0% | 8 |
| 61 | New Orleans-Metairie, LA | 40.0 | 74.8 | 0.6% | (10) |
| 62 | Birmingham-Hoover, AL | 38.4 | 65.9 | 0.4% | (1) |
| 63 | Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY | 38.2 | 72.4 | 2.3% | 7 |
| 64 | Cleveland-Elyria, OH | 37.7 | 148.7 | 0.9% | 1 |
| 65 | Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI | 37.3 | 124.1 | -1.6% | (8) |
| 66 | Rochester, NY | 37.0 | 68.2 | -1.4% | 1 |
| 67 | Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 36.5 | 146.8 | -6.9% | (15) |
| 68 | Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC | 34.6 | 103.7 | -0.6% | (2) |
| 69 | Newark, NJ-PA Metro Div | 32.7 | 216.2 | -0.8% | (13) |
| 70 | Oklahoma City, OK | 31.6 | 78.7 | -1.7% | (11) |
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