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February 2010: The 8 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 eighth month in a row Washington, D.C., finished as the best city to find a job, and its overall Index score continued to grow, rising 7 points to 138. In fact, February's list of the 10 best cities to find a job remained virtually unchanged from previous months, with the exception of Philadelphia, which enjoyed an 8-point gain in job availability to take over 10th place from San Diego. Apart from this, however, all other cities in the top 10 retained their position, and nearly all enjoyed a slight increase in job availability. In fact, February's hiring surge was felt outside the nation's top 10 metro areas as well, as even the Index's bottom two cities, Detroit and Riverside, California, enjoyed gains of 4 and 1 points, respectively.

  • 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 eight straight months, and continues to gain ground as job availability in the city rose by 7 points in February.
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  • Boston, MA

    Overall Index Rank: 2nd
    Ranking Change From Last Month: +/- 0
    City Fact: Boston also enjoyed a strong performance in February, boasting an increase of 4 points.
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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 4 points in January. However, unless job growth in Boston begins to slow the city by the bay is likely to remain in 3rd place.
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  • Seattle, WA

    Overall Index Rank: 4th
    Ranking Change From Last Month: +/- 0
    City Fact: While remaining in 4th place, Seattle was the only city in the top 10 to see negative job growth in February, as availability dropped by 1 point.
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  • Baltimore, MD

    Overall Index Rank: 5th
    Ranking Change From Last Month: +/- 0
    City Fact: After jumping ahead of Atlanta and Chicago in January, Baltimore managed to hold onto 5th place last month by gaining an additional 4 points.
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  • Atlanta, GA

    Overall Index Rank: 6th
    Ranking Change From Last Month: +/- 0
    City Fact: After dropping outside the top five for the 1st time since October, the city once again remained in 6th place. Though it also boasted a strong performance with a 6-point gain, this was not enough to overtake Baltimore.
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  • Chicago, IL

    Overall Index Rank: 7th
    Ranking Change From Last Month: +/- 0
    City Fact: Among the top cities for job seekers, Chicago enjoyed the 2nd-largest gain in job availability in February, gaining seven points for the month. This was still not enough to move ahead of Atlanta, however, which leads the windy city by one point.
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  • New York, NY

    Overall Index Rank: 8th
    Ranking Change From Last Month: +/- 0
    City Fact: While remaining in 8th place, New York 10-point gain in February was the largest of any city within the top 10.
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