Job Market Competition

Unemployed per Job Posting

How hard is it to find a job in your city? Here's the number of unemployed per job posting
for the 50 most populous metropolitan areas in the U.S.

September 2009

Rank	Change	Metropolitian Area	Job Postings vs. Unemployed Persons		Ratio
1		Washington, DC			1:1
2		Baltimore, MD			1:1
3		Salt Lake City, UT			1:2
4		San Jose, CA			1:2
5		New York, NY			1:2
6	1	Boston, MA			1:2
7	1	Hartford, CT			1:3
8	-2	Oklahoma City, OK			1:3
9		Seattle, WA			1:3
10	1	Denver, CO			1:3
11	1	San Francisco, CA			1:3
12	-2	Austin, TX			1:3
13	5	Milwaukee, WI			1:3
14	-1	San Antonio, TX			1:3
15	5	Cleveland, OH			1:4
16	-1	Virginia Beach, VA			1:4
17	-1	Richmond, VA			1:4
18	-4	New Orleans, LA			1:4
19	2	Columbus, OH			1:4
20	4	Atlanta, GA			1:4
21	-4	Pittsburgh, PA			1:4
22	-3	Dallas, TX			1:4
23	3	Philadelphia, PA			1:4
24	4	St. Paul, MN			1:4
25	-2	Indianapolis, IN			1:4
26	-4	Houston, TX			1:4
27	-2	Charlotte, NC			1:4
28	2	Cincinnati, OH			1:5
29	-2	Phoenix, AZ			1:5
30	1	Providence, RI			1:5
31	-2	Kansas City, MO			1:5
32		Nashville, TN			1:5
33		Chicago, IL			1:5
34	2	Louisville, KY			1:6
35	-1	San Diego, CA			1:6
36	-1	Birmingham, AL			1:6
37	1	Buffalo, NY			1:6
38	-1	Tampa, FL			1:6
39	1	Memphis, TN			1:6
40	6	Los Angeles, CA			1:6
41	-2	Jacksonville, FL			1:7
42		Portland, OR			1:7
43	-2	Orlando, FL			1:7
44	-1	St. Louis, MO			1:7
45	2	Sacramento, CA			1:7
46	-1	Rochester, NY			1:7
47	-3	Las Vegas, NV			1:8
48		Riverside, CA			1:9
49		Miami, FL			1:12
50		Detroit, MI			1:18

Employment data provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is preliminary and subject to change.

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