Large Cities Rankings - 2016 Best Cities for Job Growth

Read about how we selected the 2015 Best Cities for Job Growth

2016 Size Ranking - Large MSAs	Area	2016 Weighted INDEX	2015 Nonfarm Emplymt (1000s)	2016 Rank Change
1	San Francisco-Redwood City-South San Francisco, CA Metro Div	98.3	1,072.8	0
2	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	96.8	1,063.1	0
3	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	95.5	1,184.4	5
4	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	95.2	931.6	1
5	Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metro Div	95.2	2,459.2	-2
6	Austin-Round Rock, TX	94.8	980.5	-2
7	Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO	91.5	1,407.2	0
8	Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	91.3	1,122.4	1
9	Raleigh, NC	90.5	593.6	6
10	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	86.8	1,128.6	12
11	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metro Div	86.7	1,614.4	3
12	San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	85.5	992.3	-2
13	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	85.2	2,628.8	-1
14	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	83.8	1,381.2	-3
15	Salt Lake City, UT	83.1	685.6	4
16	New York City, NY	83.1	4,287.0	1
17	Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ	82.6	1,970.2	10
18	Jacksonville, FL	80.5	662.1	16
19	West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach, FL Metro Div	79.8	600.9	-1
20	Richmond, VA	79.4	667.7	20
21	Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV	76.0	926.7	9
22	Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metro Div	75.6	1,141.8	-6
23	Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metro Div	75.3	817.2	-3
24	Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX	74.8	3,003.4	-18
25	Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	74.3	1,274.2	7
26	Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN	74.2	654.9	-5
27	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI	73.8	534.4	-3
28	Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Div	71.7	1,001.2	-15
29	San Diego-Carlsbad, CA	71.2	1,406.7	-1
30	Columbus, OH	70.9	1,052.3	-5
31	Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN	70.6	1,027.8	0
32	Oakland-Hayward-Berkeley, CA Metro Div	70.0	1,110.2	-3
33	Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine, CA Metro Div	69.0	1,567.9	-7
34	Kansas City, KS	65.8	463.1	-11
35	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA NECTA Division	62.8	1,781.9	2
36	Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metro Div	62.3	1,212.3	3
37	Oklahoma City, OK	61.8	633.7	-4
38	Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA	61.8	926.6	-2
39	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Div	57.2	2,613.8	8
40	Middlesex-Monmouth-Ocean, NJ	57.0	877.5	11
41	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	53.7	1,936.4	-3
42	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metro Div	53.1	4,337.3	-7
43	Kansas City, MO	52.5	583.9	3
44	Northern Virginia, VA	52.1	1,415.6	6
45	Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA	51.0	494.4	-3
46	Urban Honolulu, HI	48.6	474.1	-1
47	Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights, IL Metro Div	48.4	3,670.5	-3
48	New Orleans-Metairie, LA	47.5	573.8	-5
49	Orange-Rockland-Westchester, NY	45.9	707.1	11
50	Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	45.1	1,062.5	-9
51	Philadelphia City, PA	42.7	693.8	-3
52	Silver Spring-Frederick-Rockville, MD Metro Div	40.4	590.6	12
53	Nassau County-Suffolk County, NY Metro Div	39.4	1,309.4	-4
54	Memphis, TN-MS-AR	38.1	634.3	7
55	Montgomery County-Bucks County-Chester County, PA Metro Div	37.7	1,040.2	2
56	Bergen-Hudson-Passaic, NJ	37.3	917.6	12
57	Camden, NJ Metro Div	36.8	525.3	13
58	St. Louis, MO-IL	36.7	1,347.4	7
59	Providence-Warwick, RI-MA NECTA	36.0	577.9	-3
60	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT NECTA	32.2	572.7	-8
61	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI	31.9	855.5	-7
62	Detroit-Dearborn-Livonia, MI Metro Div	31.6	741.3	-3
63	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	31.5	457.6	-10
64	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC	29.8	765.9	3
65	Birmingham-Hoover, AL	29.0	518.1	-10
66	Cleveland-Elyria, OH	27.7	1,048.2	0
67	Newark, NJ-PA Metro Div	27.2	1,196.5	2
68	Pittsburgh, PA	23.5	1,160.4	-10
69	Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY	22.7	555.8	-7
70	Rochester, NY	19.4	524.9	-7