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| Place | Job growth | As of | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Baton Rouge | 3.2% | 2026-08 |
| 2nd | Salt Lake City | 2.5% | 2026-08 |
| 3rd | Wichita | 2.3% | 2026-08 |
| 4th | Fayetteville, Arkansas | 2.2% | 2026-08 |
| 5th | Raleigh | 2.2% | 2026-08 |
| 6th | Worcester | 1.9% | 2026-08 |
| 7th | Greenville, SC | 1.9% | 2026-08 |
| 8th | Huntsville, AL | 1.8% | 2026-08 |
| 9th | San Jose, California | 1.6% | 2026-08 |
| 10th | Charlotte, NC | 1.5% | 2026-08 |
| 11th | Las Vegas | 1.5% | 2026-08 |
| 12th | Charleston | 1.4% | 2026-08 |
| 13th | Minneapolis | 1.4% | 2026-08 |
| 14th | Houston, Texas | 1.3% | 2026-08 |
| 15th | Lakeland | 1.3% | 2026-08 |
| 16th | Allentown | 1.3% | 2026-08 |
| 17th | Winston-Salem | 1.3% | 2026-08 |
| 18th | Omaha | 1.2% | 2026-08 |
| 19th | Bridgeport | 1.2% | 2026-08 |
| 20th | Austin | 1.2% | 2026-08 |
| 21st | Boise, Idaho | 1.1% | 2026-08 |
| 22nd | Little Rock | 1.1% | 2026-08 |
| 23rd | Sarasota | 1% | 2026-08 |
| 24th | New Haven | 1% | 2026-08 |
| 25th | Provo | 1% | 2026-08 |
| 26th | Dallas, Texas | 1% | 2026-08 |
| 27th | McAllen | 1% | 2026-08 |
| 28th | Greensboro | 0.9% | 2026-08 |
| 29th | Tampa | 0.9% | 2026-08 |
| 30th | Hartford | 0.9% | 2026-08 |
| 31st | Birmingham | 0.9% | 2026-08 |
| 32nd | Phoenix | 0.9% | 2026-08 |
| 33rd | Columbia, South Carolina | 0.9% | 2026-08 |
| 34th | El Paso | 0.9% | 2026-08 |
| 35th | Seattle | 0.9% | 2026-08 |
| 36th | Daytona Beach | 0.9% | 2026-08 |
| 37th | Reno | 0.8% | 2026-08 |
| 38th | Philadelphia | 0.8% | 2026-08 |
| 39th | Harrisburg | 0.8% | 2026-08 |
| 40th | Orlando, Florida | 0.8% | 2026-08 |
| 41st | Savannah | 0.8% | 2026-08 |
| 42nd | Fresno | 0.8% | 2026-08 |
| 43rd | Sacramento | 0.8% | 2026-08 |
| 44th | Riverside | 0.7% | 2026-08 |
| 45th | Oklahoma City | 0.7% | 2026-08 |
| 46th | Kansas City | 0.7% | 2026-08 |
| 47th | San Diego | 0.7% | 2026-08 |
| 48th | Asheville | 0.7% | 2026-08 |
| 49th | Portland, Maine | 0.7% | 2026-08 |
| 50th | St. Louis | 0.7% | 2026-08 |
| 51st | Grand Rapids | 0.7% | 2026-08 |
| 52nd | Nashville | 0.7% | 2026-08 |
| 53rd | Los Angeles, California | 0.6% | 2026-08 |
| 54th | San Francisco | 0.6% | 2026-08 |
| 55th | San Antonio, Texas | 0.5% | 2026-08 |
| 56th | Melbourne | 0.5% | 2026-08 |
| 57th | New York | 0.5% | 2026-08 |
| 58th | Cape Coral | 0.5% | 2026-08 |
| 59th | Durham | 0.5% | 2026-08 |
| 60th | Colorado Springs | 0.4% | 2026-08 |
| 61st | Albany | 0.4% | 2026-08 |
| 62nd | Tucson | 0.4% | 2026-08 |
| 63rd | Cleveland | 0.4% | 2026-08 |
| 64th | Chattanooga | 0.4% | 2026-08 |
| 65th | Miami | 0.4% | 2026-08 |
| 66th | Dayton | 0.3% | 2026-08 |
| 67th | Knoxville | 0.3% | 2026-08 |
| 68th | Cincinnati | 0.3% | 2026-08 |
| 69th | Tulsa | 0.3% | 2026-08 |
| 70th | New Orleans | 0.3% | 2026-08 |
| 71st | Providence | 0.2% | 2026-08 |
| 72nd | Chicago | 0.2% | 2026-08 |
| 73rd | Boston | 0.2% | 2026-08 |
| 74th | Denver | 0.1% | 2026-08 |
| 75th | Jackson, Mississippi | 0.1% | 2026-08 |
| 76th | Jacksonville, Florida | 0.1% | 2026-08 |
| 77th | Columbus | 0.1% | 2026-08 |
| 78th | Buffalo | 0% | 2026-08 |
| 79th | Pittsburgh | 0% | 2026-08 |
| 80th | Bakersfield | -0.1% | 2026-08 |
| 81st | Akron | -0.1% | 2026-08 |
| 82nd | Honolulu | -0.1% | 2026-08 |
| 83rd | Louisville | -0.1% | 2026-08 |
| 84th | Augusta, Georgia | -0.2% | 2026-08 |
| 85th | Detroit | -0.2% | 2026-08 |
| 86th | Milwaukee | -0.3% | 2026-08 |
| 87th | Ogden | -0.3% | 2026-08 |
| 88th | Stockton | -0.4% | 2026-08 |
| 89th | Atlanta, Georgia | -0.5% | 2026-08 |
| 90th | Des Moines | -0.5% | 2026-08 |
| 91st | Baltimore | -0.5% | 2026-08 |
| 92nd | Oxnard | -0.5% | 2026-08 |
| 93rd | Memphis | -0.5% | 2026-08 |
| 94th | Syracuse | -0.5% | 2026-08 |
| 95th | Albuquerque | -0.5% | 2026-08 |
| 96th | Virginia Beach | -0.6% | 2026-08 |
| 97th | Spokane | -0.6% | 2026-08 |
| 98th | Toledo | -0.7% | 2026-08 |
| 99th | Poughkeepsie | -0.8% | 2026-08 |
| 100th | Richmond | -0.8% | 2026-08 |
| 101st | Madison | -0.9% | 2026-08 |
| 102nd | Indianapolis | -1.1% | 2026-08 |
| 103rd | Rochester, New York | -1.3% | 2026-08 |
| 104th | Vancouver, Washington | -1.5% | 2026-08 |
| 104th | Portland | -1.5% | 2026-08 |
| 106th | Washington DC | -2% | 2026-08 |
The Honest Local, Job growth across America, every city and state, October 2026, https://thehonestlocal.com/map/job_growth
Free to reuse with attribution (CC BY 4.0). Data last moved October 5, 2026. Each number's source and period sit on its ranking page, one click from its rank.
The map reads the same tables as every ranking on this site: the live tape (Zillow, realtor.com by way of FRED, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, AAA, AirNow, MERIC, the Census Bureau, the FBI, the EIA, the BEA), and The Honest Local's own scores (Sunshine, Heat, Cold, Snow, Clean Air, Bad Air, Disaster, Safety, Affordability), each a blend of at least two public sources. Cities and states rank on separate lists. A place with no reading is left grey rather than estimated.