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| 2017 MSA Prof & Bus Svcs Ranking among Midsized MSAs | Area | Weighted INDEX | 2016 Prof & Bus Svcs Emplmt (1000s) | Total Prof & Bus Svc Emplmt Growth Rate 2011-2016 | Overall Rank Change 2016 to 2017 |
| 1 | Provo-Orem, UT | 89.0 | 32.9 | 40.1% | 3 |
| 2 | Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO | 85.5 | 51.1 | 33.7% | 1 |
| 3 | Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL | 81.5 | 23.9 | 34.3% | 3 |
| 4 | Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | 81.3 | 38.4 | 25.1% | 52 |
| 5 | Boise City, ID | 79.9 | 46.7 | 21.7% | 72 |
| 6 | North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL | 78.9 | 45.8 | 48.1% | 12 |
| 7 | Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC | 78.2 | 14.5 | 33.4% | 38 |
| 8 | Sioux Falls, SD | 74.9 | 15.2 | 22.9% | (7) |
| 9 | Ann Arbor, MI | 73.8 | 30.8 | 24.7% | 12 |
| 10 | Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 73.3 | 54.1 | 20.8% | 22 |
| 11 | Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL | 71.8 | 34.9 | 34.4% | (6) |
| 12 | Savannah, GA | 70.5 | 20.9 | 16.1% | 19 |
| 13 | Tacoma-Lakewood, WA Metro Div | 70.4 | 29.2 | 25.7% | 13 |
| 14 | Durham-Chapel Hill, NC | 70.2 | 42.5 | 17.4% | 34 |
| 15 | Eugene, OR | 69.6 | 18.1 | 24.0% | 23 |
| 16 | Santa Rosa, CA | 68.7 | 21.8 | 24.9% | 14 |
| 17 | Tallahassee, FL | 68.3 | 21.0 | 17.1% | 58 |
| 18 | Boulder, CO | 67.8 | 36.1 | 17.7% | 39 |
| 19 | Reno, NV | 67.6 | 31.6 | 23.8% | 5 |
| 20 | Ogden-Clearfield, UT | 67.5 | 29.1 | 26.3% | (8) |
| 21 | Madison, WI | 67.4 | 52.4 | 18.8% | 6 |
| 22 | Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | 66.1 | 48.1 | 20.9% | (13) |
| 23 | Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH NECTA Div | 66.1 | 23.9 | 14.7% | 62 |
| 24 | Gary, IN Metro Div | 65.1 | 24.3 | 17.6% | 55 |
| 25 | Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC | 64.8 | 14.7 | 12.2% | 61 |
| 26 | Asheville, NC | 64.7 | 18.5 | 16.6% | (13) |
| 27 | Lincoln, NE | 64.3 | 19.8 | 14.6% | 19 |
| 28 | Modesto, CA | 63.6 | 15.1 | 20.2% | 15 |
| 29 | Salem, OR | 63.0 | 13.6 | 25.8% | (4) |
| 30 | El Paso, TX | 62.5 | 34.9 | 16.0% | 24 |
| 31 | Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL | 62.0 | 29.9 | 20.6% | 5 |
| 32 | Lexington-Fayette, KY | 61.9 | 42.6 | 28.2% | (3) |
| 33 | Montgomery, AL | 61.0 | 22.5 | 10.9% | 52 |
| 34 | York-Hanover, PA | 59.7 | 21.9 | 15.1% | 10 |
| 35 | Jackson, MS | 59.3 | 34.8 | 18.4% | 14 |
| 36 | Fort Collins, CO | 59.2 | 20.3 | 16.9% | 25 |
| 37 | Toledo, OH | 59.2 | 38.9 | 17.5% | 28 |
| 38 | Wichita, KS | 58.8 | 34.3 | 16.5% | (1) |
| 39 | Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA | 58.8 | 26.2 | 15.4% | (22) |
| 40 | Springfield, MO | 58.2 | 25.1 | 21.4% | (21) |
| 41 | Huntsville, AL | 57.7 | 55.0 | 14.4% | (1) |
| 42 | Trenton, NJ | 57.6 | 43.6 | 18.7% | (40) |
| 43 | Reading, PA | 55.0 | 23.8 | 17.5% | (27) |
| 44 | Chattanooga, TN-GA | 54.9 | 29.3 | 13.1% | (30) |
| 45 | Baton Rouge, LA | 53.3 | 48.8 | 14.1% | (25) |
| 46 | Framingham, MA NECTA Div | 52.5 | 36.4 | 13.8% | (24) |
| 47 | Akron, OH | 52.5 | 54.0 | 10.7% | 20 |
| 48 | Fresno, CA | 52.3 | 31.9 | 21.0% | 16 |
| 49 | McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX | 50.5 | 16.4 | 8.6% | 10 |
| 50 | Springfield, MA-CT NECTA | 49.2 | 26.7 | 9.9% | (11) |
| 51 | Fort Wayne, IN | 47.8 | 21.7 | 6.9% | 15 |
| 52 | Calvert-Charles-Prince George's, MD | 47.5 | 49.2 | 7.1% | 0 |
| 53 | Baltimore City, MD | 47.1 | 47.7 | 15.5% | 20 |
| 54 | Peoria, IL | 46.8 | 23.9 | 2.9% | 6 |
| 55 | Knoxville, TN | 46.8 | 61.9 | 10.9% | (40) |
| 56 | New Haven, CT NECTA | 46.6 | 30.3 | 10.2% | (9) |
| 57 | Delaware County, PA | 45.9 | 32.1 | 8.0% | (23) |
| 58 | Colorado Springs, CO | 45.9 | 43.3 | 10.8% | (3) |
| 59 | Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA | 45.6 | 30.6 | 13.2% | (26) |
| 60 | Stockton-Lodi, CA | 45.6 | 19.2 | 22.1% | (53) |
| 61 | Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR | 45.1 | 47.0 | 10.2% | 7 |
| 62 | Winston-Salem, NC | 44.6 | 35.1 | 9.4% | (39) |
| 63 | Portland-South Portland, ME NECTA | 44.1 | 27.4 | 5.9% | (10) |
| 64 | Canton-Massillon, OH | 43.9 | 14.6 | 7.9% | 24 |
| 65 | Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | 43.8 | 47.1 | 12.2% | (37) |
| 66 | Dayton, OH | 43.4 | 51.4 | 8.7% | (4) |
| 67 | Rockford, IL | 43.4 | 16.5 | 6.2% | (32) |
| 68 | Lansing-East Lansing, MI | 42.5 | 22.3 | 7.7% | 1 |
| 69 | Mobile, AL | 42.3 | 22.8 | 5.1% | 7 |
| 70 | Lancaster, PA | 41.7 | 23.9 | 13.8% | 1 |
| 71 | Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL | 41.1 | 30.6 | 3.1% | 15 |
| 72 | Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC | 40.4 | 68.1 | 10.2% | (62) |
| 73 | Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | 40.0 | 36.6 | 6.6% | 21 |
| 74 | Syracuse, NY | 39.6 | 34.0 | 2.7% | 24 |
| 75 | Roanoke, VA | 38.9 | 21.8 | 6.7% | (33) |
| 76 | Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metro Div | 38.8 | 69.2 | 8.1% | (2) |
| 77 | Evansville, IN-KY | 37.5 | 18.8 | -0.2% | 4 |
| 78 | Greensboro-High Point, NC | 37.4 | 50.2 | 6.6% | (67) |
| 79 | Bakersfield, CA | 37.4 | 26.4 | 2.7% | 5 |
| 80 | Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL | 36.6 | 22.1 | 2.9% | (39) |
| 81 | Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL | 35.6 | 24.5 | 8.7% | (11) |
| 82 | Albuquerque, NM | 34.7 | 58.1 | 3.0% | 5 |
| 83 | Corpus Christi, TX | 32.8 | 16.6 | 8.8% | (32) |
| 84 | Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA | 32.4 | 22.1 | 0.9% | (2) |
| 85 | Worcester, MA-CT NECTA | 31.5 | 26.7 | -0.6% | 10 |
| 86 | Tulsa, OK | 31.1 | 57.8 | 6.0% | 4 |
| 87 | Columbia, SC | 30.1 | 47.2 | 8.8% | (37) |
| 88 | Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metro Div | 27.0 | 54.0 | 5.5% | (16) |
| 89 | Tucson, AZ | 26.0 | 49.9 | 2.2% | (31) |
| 90 | Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | 25.9 | 47.6 | 2.5% | (7) |
| 91 | Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX | 25.6 | 14.5 | -1.4% | (28) |
| 92 | Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA | 25.1 | 21.7 | -3.1% | 1 |
| 93 | Shreveport-Bossier City, LA | 23.2 | 16.7 | -6.7% | 3 |
| 94 | Elgin, IL Metro Div | 21.2 | 33.5 | 2.4% | (14) |
| 95 | Lafayette, LA | 17.3 | 19.9 | -6.9% | (17) |
| 96 | Anchorage, AK | 17.1 | 18.8 | -9.5% | (7) |
| 97 | Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS | 16.8 | 14.8 | -10.5% | 0 |
| 98 | Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT NECTA | 16.7 | 63.5 | -4.7% | (7) |
| 99 | Green Bay, WI | 16.2 | 18.6 | -7.0% | (7) |
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