Mid-Sized Cities Business Services Jobs - 2015 Best Cities Rankings

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

We used five measures of growth to rank MSAs over the past 10 years. “Large” areas include those with a current nonfarm employment base of at least 450,000 jobs. “Midsize” areas range from 150,000 to 450,000 jobs. “Small” areas have as many as 150,000 jobs. This year’s rankings reflect the new Office of Management and Budget definitions of MSAs for all series released after March 2015. As a result, the MSA listed in this year’s rankings do not necessary correspond directly to those listed in prior years. In some instances, MSAs were consolidated with others — for example Pascagoula, MS, was combined with the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS, MSA to form the new Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS, MSA. Others were separated from previously consolidated MSAs and in still other instances individual counties were shifted from one MSA to another. The bottom line is that this year’s rankings are based on good time series for the newly defined MSAs but may not be precisely comparable to those listed in prior years. The total number of MSAs included in this year’s rankings has risen from 398 to 421. This year’s rankings reflect the current size of each MSA’s employment.







2015 MSA Prof & Bus Svcs Midsized MSA Ranking Area 2015 Prof & Bus Svcs Weighted INDEX 2014 Prof & Bus Svcs Emplmt (1000s) Total Prof & Bus Svcs Emplmt Growth Rate 2013-2014 Total Prof & Bus Svcs Emplmt Cum Growth

2009-2014
2015 MSA Prof & Bus Svcs Overall Ranking
1 Provo-Orem, UT 67.3     29.6 11.5% 46.5% 9
2 North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL 64.7     40.0 8.3% 32.6% 17
3 Reading, PA 62.6     23.5 7.6% 26.6% 21
4 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 61.8     45.7 6.8% 36.6% 26
5 Fresno, CA 61.3     33.5 12.1% 24.9% 27
6 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 59.9     21.5 9.1% 24.3% 35
7 Ogden-Clearfield, UT 59.8     28.6 5.2% 35.6% 36
8 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 58.5     15.7 13.5% 21.8% 40
9 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 58.5     30.5 5.7% 26.4% 41
10 Springfield, MO 55.8     25.5 6.0% 37.2% 49
11 Lancaster, PA 55.7     23.9 7.0% 26.1% 50
12 Lexington-Fayette, KY 53.7     39.1 -4.2% 30.2% 55
13 Greensboro-High Point, NC 53.3     51.8 8.3% 22.5% 57
14 Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC 52.0     68.5 3.9% 31.3% 65
15 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 51.0     45.7 4.5% 23.5% 69
16 Modesto, CA 51.0     14.8 8.8% 13.0% 70
17 Knoxville, TN 50.2     61.1 6.0% 20.9% 79
18 Rockford, IL 49.8     16.7 8.9% 16.3% 83
19 Savannah, GA 49.7     20.2 6.1% 19.8% 85
20 York-Hanover, PA 48.3     20.8 3.1% 31.6% 98
21 Wichita, KS 45.6     33.6 3.9% 18.4% 113
22 Charleston-North Charleston, SC 45.5     49.2 5.0% 22.4% 114
23 Gary, IN Metro Div 43.7     23.4 2.3% 20.0% 126
24 Madison, WI 42.4     48.5 2.1% 21.7% 136
25 Elgin, IL Metro Div 42.0     35.5 -3.5% 32.0% 138
26 Baton Rouge, LA 41.5     47.7 6.0% 13.8% 142
27 Winston-Salem, NC 41.2     34.8 5.2% 23.1% 146
28 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 40.7     22.0 4.3% 16.6% 149
29 Asheville, NC 39.9     17.4 0.4% 21.3% 152
30 Baltimore City, MD 39.8     47.2 0.5% 23.0% 155
31 Springfield, MA-CT NECTA 39.1     25.7 3.6% 16.8% 161
32 Ann Arbor, MI 38.8     27.7 5.7% 9.8% 165
33 Canton-Massillon, OH 38.5     15.0 5.6% 11.7% 168
34 Montgomery, AL 38.3     21.9 6.0% 11.5% 169
35 New Haven, CT NECTA 38.2     30.3 2.4% 19.8% 172
36 Chattanooga, TN-GA 38.0     27.7 3.5% 27.8% 173
37 Salem, OR 37.7     12.6 2.2% 9.3% 177
38 Evansville, IN-KY 37.5     19.0 4.0% 13.6% 179
39 Jackson, MS 37.5     32.8 2.5% 20.1% 180
40 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL 37.4     28.2 8.3% 5.6% 182
41 Tacoma-Lakewood, WA Metro Div 37.1     25.6 3.9% 8.5% 186
42 Santa Rosa, CA 36.8     20.1 1.2% 11.2% 188
43 Stockton-Lodi, CA 36.0     18.2 2.6% 12.6% 194
44 Tallahassee, FL 36.0     19.7 5.3% 9.4% 195
45 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA 35.7     24.1 4.8% 15.5% 199
46 Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metro Div 35.2     68.3 -1.2% 24.8% 202
47 Boulder, CO 35.0     32.5 0.4% 18.3% 205
48 Delaware County, PA 34.8     31.9 2.6% 16.0% 209
49 Dayton, OH 34.3     49.6 3.7% 11.3% 213
50 Framingham, MA NECTA Div 33.9     35.1 3.2% 11.4% 215
51 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 33.3     33.0 3.9% 8.7% 218
52 Tulsa, OK 33.2     59.7 3.9% 9.9% 219
53 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA 32.7     23.3 0.6% 14.8% 222
54 Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metro Div 31.7     54.6 1.3% 11.2% 228
55 Columbia, SC 31.4     47.4 -3.3% 23.3% 231
56 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 30.5     44.9 0.4% 17.0% 236
57 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 28.9     48.2 -2.4% 14.8% 245
58 Reno, NV 28.9     27.6 1.2% 9.1% 246
59 Calvert-Charles-Prince George's, MD 28.9     47.8 5.3% 2.1% 247
60 Worcester, MA-CT NECTA 28.7     26.8 4.4% 4.4% 249
61 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA 27.8     28.3 -1.6% 14.3% 252
62 Fort Wayne, IN 27.4     20.9 3.5% 6.3% 254
63 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 27.2     17.8 1.9% 5.7% 257
64 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 26.9     15.6 -1.5% 11.5% 258
65 Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 26.8     23.3 -0.3% 15.5% 259
66 Toledo, OH 26.2     34.4 -4.5% 12.1% 263
67 Trenton, NJ 25.7     38.4 1.5% 10.1% 269
68 Portland-South Portland, ME NECTA 25.6     26.5 -0.7% 13.4% 270
69 Lansing-East Lansing, MI 25.6     21.5 0.5% 8.8% 273
70 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 25.1     23.2 -1.4% 13.2% 274
71 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 24.3     29.9 4.7% -6.9% 280
72 Lafayette, LA 23.8     22.9 -2.3% 15.6% 283
73 Akron, OH 23.6     50.2 0.2% 8.4% 285
74 Colorado Springs, CO 23.3     41.7 1.2% 1.1% 289
75 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC 23.0     36.9 0.6% 5.7% 290
76 Tucson, AZ 22.8     50.4 0.3% 7.2% 292
77 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT NECTA 22.5     65.4 0.6% 7.4% 294
78 Bakersfield, CA 21.4     25.7 0.4% 9.7% 299
79 Roanoke, VA 21.3     21.2 0.8% 4.4% 301
80 Boise City, ID 19.6     40.1 -2.4% 5.4% 308
81 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 19.5     36.0 -1.0% 4.7% 309
82 Huntsville, AL 19.2     49.7 0.5% 0.3% 311
83 Albuquerque, NM 19.2     57.7 1.1% -1.7% 312
84 Lincoln, NE 18.8     18.3 -2.8% 7.2% 316
85 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR 18.2     43.9 -2.2% 4.4% 319
86 Green Bay, WI 18.1     20.1 -2.0% 3.4% 320
87 Syracuse, NY 17.6     33.1 -0.2% 1.2% 322
88 El Paso, TX 17.5     31.2 -1.9% -1.4% 323
89 Corpus Christi, TX 17.4     15.7 0.9% 0.6% 324
90 Mobile, AL 15.9     21.2 -2.0% 3.4% 335
91 Anchorage, AK 13.7     20.6 -4.9% 4.6% 340
92 Peoria, IL 10.6     20.5 -1.6% -2.2% 351
93 Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS 7.4     15.3 -6.9% -5.4% 359
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