Job Competition by Metro Area*

Unemployed/Job Seeker Per Unique Job // October 2009

Top 15 Best Metro Areas for Job Seekers

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

1
Burlington-Plattsburgh
2

1
2
Paducah-Cape Girardeau-Harrisburg
1
3
El Paso (Las Cruces)
1
4
Omaha
1
Portland-Auburn
5

1
5
Washington, DC (Hagerstown)
1
6
Des Moines-Ames
1
7
Albany-Schenectady-Troy
1
Pittsburgh
7

1
7
West Palm Beach-Fort Pierce
1
8
Baltimore
1
8
Boston (Manchester, NH)
1
8
Cedar Rapids-Waterloo-Iowa City & Dubuque
1
8
Denver
1
8
Milwaukee

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

Top 15 Worst Metro Areas for Job Seekers

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

1
59
Fresno-Visalia
1
47
Youngstown
1
Detroit
38

1
38
Harlingen-Weslaco-Brownsville-McAllen
1
Miami-Fort Lauderdale
32

1
31
Fort Myers-Naples
1
Greenville-Spartanburg-Asheville-Anderson
28

Flint-Saginaw-Bay City 27

1
South Bend-Elkhart 27

Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo-Battle Creek

26

1
Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto 26

1
25
Los Angeles
1
25
Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne
1
22
Las Vegas
1
22
Toledo

*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