Job Competition by Metro Area*

Unemployed/Job Seeker Per Unique Job // August 2009

Top 15 Best Metro Areas for Job Seekers

1 job
#
Metro Area 1 unique job per # of job seekers / unemployed

1
Burlington-Plattsburgh
3

1
3
El Paso (Las Cruces)
1
3
Paducah-Cape Girardeau-Harrisburg
1
5
Omaha
1
Washington, DC
5

1
6
Des Moines-Ames
1
6
Portland-Auburn
1
7
Salt Lake City
1
West Palm Beach-Fort Pierce
7

1
8
Baltimore
1
8
Cedar Rapids-Waterloo-Iowa City & Dubuque
1
9
Albany-Schenectady-Troy
1
9
Albuquerque-Santa Fe
1
9
Boston
1
9
Denver

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 Job Competition by Metro Area*
Unemployed/Job Seeker Per Unique Job // August 2009

Top 15 Worst Metro Areas for Job Seekers

1 job
#
Metro Area 1 unique job per # of job seekers / unemployed

1
52
Youngstown
1
51
Fresno-Visalia
1
Detroit
40

1
40
Harlingen-Weslaco-Brownsville-McAllen
1
Miami-Fort Lauderdale
30

1
30
South Bend-Elkhart
1
Flint-Saginaw-Bay City
29

1
28
Chattanooga
1
Fort Myers-Naples
28

1
28
Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto
1
Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo-Battle Creek
27

1
27
Las Vegas
1
27
Toledo
1
25
Greenville-Spartanburg-Asheville-Anderson
1
25
Providence-New Bedford

*R e s u lt s b a s e d o n st ati stic a l a p p r ox i m atio n s // © 20 0 9 S imp l y Hi re d, In c. S imp l y Hi re d i s a re gi s te re d t r a d e m a r k of S imp l y Hi re d, In c. // www.SimplyHired.com