Fastest Job Growth by City, Baton Rouge, Louisiana Leads (2026)

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Baton Rouge, Louisiana has the fastest job growth of the 106 US cities we rank, with jobs up 3.2% in a year (BLS, August 2026). Salt Lake City, Utah is next, with jobs up 2.5% in a year.

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3.2%Baton Rouge, Louisiana leads on the list, the highest reading of 106 cities

life in louisiana, living in louisiana, moving to louisiana — **Baton Rouge, Louisiana**, No. 1 of 106.

The top five cities job growth in a year

No. 1Baton Rouge, Louisiana3.2%job growth in a year
No. 2Salt Lake City, Utah2.5%job growth in a year
No. 3Wichita, Kansas2.3%job growth in a year
No. 4Fayetteville, Arkansas2.2%job growth in a year
No. 5Raleigh, North Carolina2.2%job growth in a year

Fastest Job Growth by City on the map

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Total nonfarm jobs, the latest month against the same month a year earlier, from the BLS Current Employment Statistics; fastest growth first.

Fastest Job Growth by City, all 106

The full ranking job growth in a year

	Place	job growth in a year
1	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	3.2%
2	Salt Lake City, Utah	2.5%
3	Wichita, Kansasbig city	2.3%
4	Fayetteville, Arkansas	2.2%
5	Raleigh, North Carolinabig city	2.2%
6	Worcester, Massachusetts	1.9%
7	Greenville, South Carolina	1.9%
8	Huntsville, Alabama	1.8%
9	San Jose, Californiabig city	1.6%
10	Charlotte, North Carolinabig city	1.5%
11	Las Vegas, Nevadabig city	1.5%
12	Charleston, South Carolina	1.4%
13	Minneapolis, Minnesotabig city	1.4%
14	Houston, Texasbig city	1.3%
15	Lakeland, Florida	1.3%
16	Allentown, Pennsylvania	1.3%
17	Winston-Salem, North Carolinabig city	1.3%
18	Omaha, Nebraskabig city	1.2%
19	Bridgeport, Connecticut	1.2%
20	Austin, Texasbig city	1.2%
21	Boise, Idaho	1.1%
22	Little Rock, Arkansas	1.1%
23	Sarasota, Florida	1.0%
24	New Haven, Connecticut	1.0%
25	Provo, Utah	1.0%
26	Dallas, Texasbig city	1.0%
27	McAllen, Texas	1.0%
28	Greensboro, North Carolinabig city	0.9%
29	Tampa, Floridabig city	0.9%
30	Hartford, Connecticut	0.9%
31	Birmingham, Alabama	0.9%
32	Phoenix, Arizonabig city	0.9%
33	Columbia, South Carolina	0.9%
34	El Paso, Texasbig city	0.9%
35	Seattle, Washingtonbig city	0.9%
36	Daytona Beach, Florida	0.9%
37	Reno, Nevadabig city	0.8%
38	Philadelphia, Pennsylvaniabig city	0.8%
39	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania	0.8%
40	Orlando, Floridabig city	0.8%
41	Savannah, Georgia	0.8%
42	Fresno, Californiabig city	0.8%
43	Sacramento, Californiabig city	0.8%
44	Riverside, Californiabig city	0.7%
45	Oklahoma City, Oklahomabig city	0.7%
46	Kansas City, Missouribig city	0.7%
47	San Diego, Californiabig city	0.7%
48	Asheville, North Carolina	0.7%
49	Portland, Maine	0.7%
50	St. Louis, Missouribig city	0.7%
51	Grand Rapids, Michigan	0.7%
52	Nashville, Tennesseebig city	0.7%
53	Los Angeles, Californiabig city	0.6%
54	San Francisco, Californiabig city	0.6%
55	San Antonio, Texasbig city	0.5%
56	Melbourne, Florida	0.5%
57	New York, New Yorkbig city	0.5%
58	Cape Coral, Florida	0.5%
59	Durham, North Carolinabig city	0.5%
60	Colorado Springs, Coloradobig city	0.4%
61	Albany, New York	0.4%
62	Tucson, Arizonabig city	0.4%
63	Cleveland, Ohiobig city	0.4%
64	Chattanooga, Tennessee	0.4%
65	Miami, Floridabig city	0.4%
66	Dayton, Ohio	0.3%
67	Knoxville, Tennessee	0.3%
68	Cincinnati, Ohiobig city	0.3%
69	Tulsa, Oklahomabig city	0.3%
70	New Orleans, Louisianabig city	0.3%
71	Providence, Rhode Island	0.2%
72	Chicago, Illinoisbig city	0.2%
73	Boston, Massachusettsbig city	0.2%
74	Denver, Coloradobig city	0.1%
75	Jackson, Mississippi	0.1%
76	Jacksonville, Floridabig city	0.1%
77	Columbus, Ohiobig city	0.1%
78	Buffalo, New Yorkbig city	0.0%
79	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvaniabig city	-0.0%
80	Bakersfield, Californiabig city	-0.1%
81	Akron, Ohio	-0.1%
82	Honolulu, Hawaiibig city	-0.1%
83	Louisville, Kentuckybig city	-0.1%
84	Augusta, Georgia	-0.2%
85	Detroit, Michiganbig city	-0.2%
86	Milwaukee, Wisconsinbig city	-0.3%
87	Ogden, Utah	-0.3%
88	Stockton, Californiabig city	-0.4%
89	Atlanta, Georgiabig city	-0.5%
90	Des Moines, Iowa	-0.5%
91	Baltimore, Marylandbig city	-0.5%
92	Oxnard, California	-0.5%
93	Memphis, Tennesseebig city	-0.5%
94	Syracuse, New York	-0.5%
95	Albuquerque, New Mexicobig city	-0.5%
96	Virginia Beach, Virginiabig city	-0.6%
97	Spokane, Washington	-0.6%
98	Toledo, Ohiobig city	-0.7%
99	Poughkeepsie, New York	-0.8%
100	Richmond, Virginia	-0.8%
101	Madison, Wisconsinbig city	-0.9%
102	Indianapolis, Indianabig city	-1.1%
103	Rochester, New York	-1.3%
104	Portland, Oregonbig city	-1.5%
104	Vancouver, Washington	-1.5%
106	Washington, DCbig city	-2.0%

Sources and method

BLS Current Employment Statistics (via tape_readings) · 2026-08

How we got this. Job growth comes from tape_readings, which src/tape/job-growth.ts refreshes monthly from the BLS Current Employment Statistics: total nonfarm employment, not seasonally adjusted, the latest month against the same month a year earlier, in percent. A metro reads its own CES series (Vancouver, Washington shares Portland's, the way BLS publishes it); a state reads its statewide series. Cities and states each rank on their own list, fastest growth first. It refreshes monthly.

Rankings by The Honest Local from public data, one page per list, refreshed on each source’s own cycle. Places with no reading are left out rather than estimated. Every value on this page carries its source in the page’s structured data.

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