| competition rank |
change | metropolitan area |
unemployed : job openings |
| 1 |
+1 | Las Vegas, NV |
|
| 2 |
-1 | Sacramento, CA |
|
| 3 |
+1 | Miami & Fort Lauderdale, FL |
|
| 4 |
-1 | Los Angeles, CA |
|
| 5 |
| New York, NY |
|
| 6 |
+3 | Orlando, FL |
|
| 7 |
| Greensboro & Winston-Salem, NC |
|
| 8 |
| San Diego, CA |
|
| 9 |
-3 | Grand Rapids, MI |
|
| 10 |
+1 | Chicago, IL |
|
| 11 |
-1 | Detroit, MI |
|
| 12 |
| Greenville, SC |
|
| 13 |
+1 | Philadelphia, PA |
|
| 14 |
+2 | Jacksonville, FL |
|
| 15 |
| Tampa & St. Petersburg, FL |
|
| 16 |
+1 | Portland, OR |
|
| 17 |
-4 | St. Louis, MO |
|
| 18 |
+4 | Atlanta, GA |
|
| 19 |
| Cleveland & Akron, OH |
|
| 20 |
+5 | Memphis, TN |
|
| 21 |
| Hartford & New Haven, CT |
|
| 22 |
-4 | Cincinnati, OH |
|
| 23 |
+3 | Charlotte, NC |
|
| 24 |
| Birmingham, AL |
|
| 25 |
-5 | Phoenix, AZ |
|
| 26 |
+1 | Indianapolis, IN |
|
| 27 |
+2 | San Antonio, TX |
|
| 28 |
-5 | Louisville, KY |
|
| 29 |
-1 | Harrisburg, PA |
|
| 30 |
+1 | Houston, TX |
|
| 31 |
+2 | Denver, CO |
|
| 32 |
+3 | Raleigh & Durham, NC |
|
| 33 |
-3 | Pittsburgh, PA |
|
| 34 |
-2 | Kansas City, MO |
|
| 35 |
+2 | Norfolk & Newport News, VA |
|
| 36 |
-2 | San Francisco Bay Area, CA |
|
| 37 |
+1 | Salt Lake City, UT |
|
| 38 |
-2 | Seattle & Tacoma, WA |
|
| 39 |
+2 | Nashville, TN |
|
| 40 |
-1 | Dallas & Fort Worth, TX |
|
| 41 |
-1 | Columbus, OH |
|
| 42 |
+2 | Milwaukee, WI |
|
| 43 |
+2 | Austin, TX |
|
| 44 |
+2 | Baltimore, MD |
|
| 45 |
-2 | Minneapolis, MN |
|
| 46 |
-4 | Albuquerque & Santa Fe, NM |
|
| 47 |
| Boston, MA |
|
| 48 |
+1 | Washington, DC |
|
| 49 |
-1 | Oklahoma City, OK |
|
| 50 |
| West Palm Beach, FL |
|
*Trends subject to refinement as further data becomes available
