Large Cities Financial Services Jobs - 2016 Best Cities Rankings

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2016  Financial Activities Ranking - Large MSAs Area 2016 Fin Activities Weighted INDEX 2015 Financial Activities   Emplmt (1000s) Total Financial Activities Emplmt Growth Rate 2014-2015 2015  Financial Activities Ranking - Large MSAs 2016 FA Ranking Change from 2015 -

Large MSAs
1 Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin, TN 96.2     60.9 4.88% 3 2
2 Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metro Div 94.8   226.1 5.28% 5 3
3 Salt Lake City, UT 92.2     55.2 6.22% 14 11
4 Austin-Round Rock, TX 89.9     54.3 3.17% 4 0
5 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC 87.9     86.1 5.00% 10 5
6 Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 87.8   171.2 4.50% 6 0
7 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX 87.6     84.5 2.63% 1 (6)
8 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN 86.1     47.3 3.50% 8 0
9 Richmond, VA 81.8     51.3 3.57% 18 9
10 Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metro Div 80.7     79.5 2.85% 2 (8)
11 Columbus, OH 80.2     80.7 3.42% 43 32
12 Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO 78.7   104.4 4.30% 22 10
13 Raleigh, NC 77.7     29.5 4.36% 59 46
14 Kansas City, KS 76.0     35.3 2.42% 19 5
15 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 75.2   106.2 3.38% 9 (6)
16 Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX 72.4   152.4 1.65% 28 12
17 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN 70.1     69.4 2.51% 21 4
18 Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metro Div 68.3     74.9 3.98% 24 6
19 Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 66.8     25.2 1.34% 15 (4)
20 Detroit-Dearborn-Livonia, MI Metro Div 66.3     34.6 5.49% 23 3
21 San Francisco-Redwood City-South San Francisco, CA Metro Div 66.2     74.1 3.30% 17 (4)
22 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach, FL Metro Div 64.9     40.1 2.56% 12 (10)
23 Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY 64.8     34.1 2.71% 31 8
24 Northern Virginia, VA 63.7     71.0 2.85% 39 15
25 Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metro Div 63.5     58.5 4.22% 32 7
26 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA 63.4     67.3 3.54% 34 8
27 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL 62.1     71.9 0.47% 13 (14)
28 Jacksonville, FL 61.2     62.6 2.57% 27 (1)
29 Oklahoma City, OK 60.9     33.5 -0.30% 30 1
30 New York City, NY 60.5   461.5 1.73% 33 3
31 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA 60.4   163.6 2.14% 11 (20)
32 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 60.3     26.2 2.88% 47 15
33 St. Louis, MO-IL 59.4     86.1 0.98% 38 5
34 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 59.1     35.3 1.44% 7 (27)
35 Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN 58.9     63.4 2.59% 25 (10)
36 Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 58.6     42.7 2.15% 41 5
37 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Div 58.5   115.7 1.88% 45 8
38 Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine, CA Metro Div 58.3   117.6 2.35% 16 (22)
39 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA NECTA Div 56.9   152.2 2.79% 55 16
40 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA NECTA 55.8     35.8 2.38% 42 2
41 Sacramento-Roseville-Arden-Arcade, CA 55.7     51.5 3.55% 57 16
42 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 54.8   148.1 2.07% 48 6
43 Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Div 53.1     56.3 0.78% 36 (7)
44 San Diego-Carlsbad, CA 52.9     72.5 3.97% 56 12
45 New Orleans-Metairie, LA 51.6     28.2 -1.40% 35 (10)
46 Urban Honolulu, HI 50.8     21.4 2.07% 40 (6)
47 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 50.7     43.4 1.64% 29 (18)
48 Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV 50.7     44.6 0.15% 37 (11)
49 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metro Div 48.1     83.2 2.63% 20 (29)
50 Montgomery County-Bucks County-Chester County, PA Metro Div 46.9     78.5 1.55% 53 3
51 Kansas City, MO 46.5     40.0 0.76% 52 1
52 Birmingham-Hoover, AL 45.7     42.2 0.08% 26 (26)
53 Philadelphia City, PA 43.4     42.7 1.67% 46 (7)
54 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 42.9     37.7 0.09% 51 (3)
55 Nassau County-Suffolk County, NY Metro Div 41.2     73.6 0.09% 62 7
56 Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights, IL Metro Div 39.9   253.4 1.23% 61 5
57 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metro Div 39.6   215.9 1.55% 60 3
58 Memphis, TN-MS-AR 38.6     28.0 2.07% 63 5
59 Bergen-Hudson-Passaic, NJ 37.2     68.6 2.95% 69 10
60 Pittsburgh, PA 35.9     69.1 -1.05% 65 5
61 Cleveland-Elyria, OH 35.5     65.1 0.72% 44 (17)
62 Camden, NJ Metro Div 35.2     28.8 2.13% 68 6
63 Rochester, NY 34.0     21.0 -3.38% 49 (14)
64 Middlesex-Monmouth-Ocean, NJ 31.6     41.5 0.00% 66 2
65 Newark, NJ-PA Metro Div 30.3     80.6 1.81% 54 (11)
66 Orange-Rockland-Westchester, NY 29.7     37.1 -0.54% 64 (2)
67 Silver Spring-Frederick-Rockville, MD Metro Div 29.7     39.0 0.69% 70 3
68 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT NECTA 28.8     57.4 1.18% 67 (1)
69 Oakland-Hayward-Berkeley, CA Metro Div 27.0     48.9 -1.08% 58 (11)
70 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 20.2     50.6 -2.51% 50 (20)
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