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January 2010: The 10 Best and Worst Cities to Find a Job

capitol building By CareerCast.com/JobSerf Employment Index

Looking at U.S. cities with the most available job openings, for the seventh month in a row Washington, D.C., remained the best city to find a job, although it's overall Index score fell slightly, to 131. There was little movement below the nation's capital, as the next three cities on the list – Boston, San Francisco and Seattle – all remained unchanged in January. Baltimore, however, showed a notable improvement, gaining 6 points to finish as the fifth-best city to find a job, surging ahead of both Atlanta and Chicago in the process. On the other end of the spectrum, Riverside, Calif., also marked its seventh straight month at the bottom of list, managing a job availability score of just 13. In addition, Los Angeles' employment market continued to contract, as the city again fell two places in January, finishing as the eighth-worst U.S. city to find a job.

Are you looking to relocate, but can't decide where to go? These 10 cities offered job seekers the best chance of finding employment in January.

  • Washington, D.C.

    Overall Index Rank: 1st
    Ranking Change From Last Month: +/- 0
    City Fact:

    Washington, D.C., has led all cities with the most job openings per capita for seven straight months.
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  • Boston, MA

    Overall Index Rank: 2nd
    Ranking Change From Last Month: +/- 0
    City Fact:

    Per capita job availability in Boston fell by 9 points in January, but the city still managed to hold 2nd place, also for the seventh month in a row.
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  • San Francisco, CA

    Overall Index Rank: 3rd
    Ranking Change From Last Month: +/- 0
    City Fact:

    San Francisco's volume of job openings increased by 6 points in January. At this rate, the city could overtake Boston in two months.
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  • Seattle, WA

    Overall Index Rank: 4th
    Ranking Change From Last Month: +/- 0
    City Fact:

    Seattle saw little to no change in the volume of available jobs per capita between December and January.
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  • Baltimore, MD

    Overall Index Rank: 5th
    Ranking Change From Last Month: +3
    City Fact:

    Baltimore gained 6 points in January, jumping ahead of Atlanta and Chicago into 5th place.
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  • Atlanta, GA

    Overall Index Rank: 6th
    Ranking Change From Last Month: -1
    City Fact:

    This is the 1st time Atlanta has dropped outside the top five since October, when the city fell to 8th place.
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  • Chicago, IL

    Overall Index Rank: 7th
    Ranking Change From Last Month: -1
    City Fact:

    Chicago's per capita job availability only fell by one point in January, but the increase in open positions in Baltimore helped push the city into 7th place.
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  • New York, NY

    Overall Index Rank: 8th
    Ranking Change From Last Month: -1
    City Fact:

    Job availability in New York fell by 5 points in January, the 2nd straight month of declines.
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  • Denver, CO

    Overall Index Rank: 9th
    Ranking Change From Last Month: +1
    City Fact:

    Denver's job availability score remained unchanged between December and January, but the decline of other cities helped push it into 9th place.
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  • San Diego, CA

    Overall Index Rank: 10th
    Ranking Change From Last Month: +2
    City Fact:

    This is San Diego's 1st appearance in the list of the top 10 U.S. cities to find a job.
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