Job Competition by Metro Area* Unemployed/Job Seeker Per Unique Job // September 2009
Top 15 Best Metro Areas for Job Seekers 1 job Metro Area
1 unique job
per # of job seekers / unemployed
1
Burlington-Plattsburgh 1
Paducah-Cape Girardeau-Harrisburg 1
El Paso (Las Cruces) 1
Washington, DC (Hagerstown) 1
Omaha
#
3 3 4 4 5
1
Des Moines-Ames 1
Portland-Auburn 1
Salt Lake City 1
Cedar Rapids-Waterloo-Iowa City & Dubuque 1
Baltimore 1
Denver 1
Pittsburgh 1
West Palm Beach-Fort Pierce 1
Albany-Schenectady-Troy 1
Boston
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Job Competition by Metro Area* Unemployed/Job Seeker Per Unique Job // September 2009
Top 15 Worst Metro Areas for Job Seekers 1 job Metro Area
1 unique job
per # of job seekers / unemployed
1
54
Fresno-Visalia 1
45
Detroit 1
43
Harlingen-Weslaco-Brownsville-McAllen 1
33
Miami-Fort Lauderdale 1
31
Flint-Saginaw-Bay City 1
31
Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo-Battle Creek 1
30
Fort Myers-Naples 1
30
Toledo 1
29
Las Vegas 1
29
Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto 1
Greenville-Spartanburg-Asheville-Anderson 1
Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne 1
South Bend-Elkhart 1
Providence-New Bedford 1
Los Angeles
#
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