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.

Updated January 2012

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

Based on preliminary November 2011 employment data provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and subject to change.