Best Cities for Jobs in Finance Industries
The methodology for the 2013 rankings for best cities for financial activities jobs parallels that used for our 2013 Best Cities for Job Growth rankings. Instead of using Total Nonfarm Employment, the financial activities rankings use employment in the financial activities sector (supersector 55) in the BLS MSA employment data. The Financial Activities rankings include the 323 MSAs for which there are sectoral employment data for all 12 years used in our analysis.
| 2013 MSA Fin Activities Ranking - Large MSAs |
Area | Weighted INDEX | 2012 Emplymnt - Fin Activ (1000s) |
2012 MSA Fin Activ Ranking - Large MSAs |
Fin Activ 2013 Change from 2012 - Large MSAs |
| 1 | Richmond, VA | 84.6 | 47.5 | 5 | 4 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh, PA | 84.2 | 72.5 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Mtr Div | 81.6 | 55.4 | 1 | (2) |
| 4 | San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | 76.3 | 72.3 | 6 | 2 |
| 5 | Jacksonville, FL | 76.3 | 61.3 | 11 | 6 |
| 6 | Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Mtr Div | 75.6 | 191.5 | 8 | 2 |
| 7 | Northern Virginia, VA | 72.6 | 67.9 | 7 | 0 |
| 8 | St. Louis, MO-IL | 72.0 | 85.0 | 17 | 9 |
| 9 | Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ | 71.6 | 150.1 | 23 | 14 |
| 10 | Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO | 70.6 | 95.7 | 39 | 29 |
| 11 | Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | 70.6 | 45.6 | 3 | (8) |
| 12 | Salt Lake City, UT | 69.7 | 50.3 | 14 | 2 |
| 13 | Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Mtr Div | 68.5 | 72.0 | 58 | 45 |
| 14 | Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA Mtr Div | 68.2 | 111.3 | 54 | 40 |
| 15 | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Mtr Div | 68.1 | 110.7 | 18 | 3 |
| 16 | Columbus, OH | 67.5 | 72.2 | 15 | (1) |
| 17 | Kansas City, MO | 66.5 | 40.7 | 45 | 28 |
| 18 | Camden, NJ Mtr Div | 65.6 | 31.0 | 48 | 30 |
| 19 | Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC | 65.0 | 38.1 | 22 | 3 |
| 20 | Oklahoma City, OK | 64.3 | 33.7 | 32 | 12 |
| 21 | Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI Mtr Div | 63.5 | 32.0 | 24 | 3 |
| 22 | Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | 62.8 | 95.6 | 27 | 5 |
| 23 | Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA | 61.0 | 41.6 | 20 | (3) |
| 24 | Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 60.8 | 140.3 | 21 | (3) |
| 25 | New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA | 60.6 | 26.9 | 40 | 15 |
| 26 | Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA | 60.1 | 156.2 | 59 | 33 |
| 27 | Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA NECTA | 59.9 | 34.6 | 47 | 20 |
| 28 | Newark-Union, NJ-PA Mtr Div | 59.3 | 69.4 | 36 | 8 |
| 29 | Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | 59.3 | 47.7 | 9 | (20) |
| 30 | Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX | 58.4 | 140.1 | 12 | (18) |
| 31 | Birmingham-Hoover, AL | 58.1 | 40.7 | 44 | 13 |
| 32 | Nassau-Suffolk, NY Mtr Div | 57.9 | 73.1 | 38 | 6 |
| 33 | Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN | 57.7 | 41.6 | 30 | (3) |
| 34 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 57.5 | 33.6 | 29 | (5) |
| 35 | Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY | 57.1 | 32.0 | 16 | (19) |
| 36 | Rochester, NY | 57.1 | 20.9 | 4 | (32) |
| 37 | San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Mtr Div | 55.4 | 79.4 | 33 | (4) |
| 38 | Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | 54.3 | 66.9 | 19 | (19) |
| 39 | Las Vegas-Paradise, NV | 52.9 | 42.0 | 62 | 23 |
| 40 | Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 51.5 | 41.6 | 64 | 24 |
| 41 | San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA | 48.8 | 69.4 | 51 | 10 |
| 42 | Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH | 46.9 | 64.0 | 56 | 14 |
| 43 | Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Mtr Div | 46.9 | 67.8 | 31 | (12) |
| 44 | Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Division | 46.7 | 143.2 | 53 | 9 |
| 45 | Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN | 46.5 | 63.1 | 42 | (3) |
| 46 | Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC | 45.5 | 71.9 | 26 | (20) |
| 47 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Mtr Div | 45.0 | 212.8 | 37 | (10) |
| 48 | West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Mtr Div | 44.9 | 36.4 | 25 | (23) |
| 49 | Raleigh-Cary, NC | 43.0 | 26.0 | 28 | (21) |
| 50 | Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Mtr Div | 42.1 | 54.4 | 46 | (4) |
| 51 | Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA | 41.9 | 48.0 | 57 | 6 |
| 52 | New York City, NY | 41.8 | 436.1 | 10 | (42) |
| 53 | Edison-New Brunswick, NJ Mtr Div | 40.7 | 56.3 | 49 | (4) |
| 54 | Honolulu, HI | 40.1 | 20.6 | 25 | (29) |
| 55 | Indianapolis-Carmel, IN | 39.5 | 58.2 | 50 | (5) |
| 56 | Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | 38.2 | 61.8 | 41 | (15) |
| 57 | Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL Mtr Div | 38.1 | 259.1 | 63 | 6 |
| 58 | Philadelphia City, PA | 36.8 | 41.1 | 61 | 3 |
| 59 | Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA Mtr Div | 35.7 | 48.0 | 52 | (7) |
| 60 | Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI | 33.0 | 54.3 | 35 | (25) |
| 61 | Putnam-Rockland-Westchester, NY | 32.7 | 32.7 | 13 | (48) |
| 62 | Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, MD Mtr Div | 32.5 | 39.4 | 55 | (7) |
| 63 | Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT NECTA | 31.8 | 59.8 | 43 | (20) |
| 64 | Bergen-Hudson-Passaic, NJ | 30.7 | 69.1 | 34 | (30) |
| 65 | Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Mtr Div | 24.2 | 79.3 | 60 | (5) |
| 66 | Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 9.5 | 26.9 | 65 | (1) |
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