Graduation season is around the corner, which means it’s time to put that degree to work.
Many graduates have little to tie them to any particular place, so they can choose to start their careers where jobs are available. But which cities have the most jobs?
Data provided by Monster, the employment website, show the best and worst cities for job seekers, based on the number of openings. Monster used the CEB TalentNeuron tool to analyze all entry-level job ads posted online from January 1 to March 22, 2017 that require a bachelor’s, master’s or doctorate degree.
Where to Look for Work
Monster also released data on the occupations with the most openings (physical therapist was tops), and that offered the highest entry-level pay (software developers). Those first paychecks are increasingly important for new graduates, who face a growing mountain of student loan debt. (Wondering how student loan debt is affecting your credit? Check out a free snapshot of your credit report on Credit.com.)
Check out the 10 best cities for new graduates to find work and the five worst. Locations on the list are all in metropolitan statistical areas with populations of at least 200,000 or counties with populations of at least 15,000.
10th Best: Philadelphia
8,304 job postings
9th Best: Houston
10,021 job postings
8th Best: Seattle
10,512 job postings
7th Best: Atlanta
10,937 job postings
6th Best: Washington, D.C.
11,132 job postings
5th Best: San Francisco
11,244 job postings
4th Best: Boston
11,498 job postings
3rd Best: Los Angeles
11,933 job postings
2nd Best: Chicago
15,503 job postings
Best: New York
31,682 job postings
10th Worst: Prescott, Arizona
178 job postings
9th Worst: Lynchburg, Virginia
169 job postings
8th Worst: Yakima, Washington
161 job postings
7th Worst: Chico, California
156 job postings
6th Worst: Tyler, Texas
140 job postings
5th Worst: Merced, California
134 job postings
4th Worst: Longview, Texas
128 job postings
3rd Worst: Bellingham, Washington
122 job postings
2nd Worst: Bayou Cane, Louisiana
121 job postings
Worst: Laredo, Texas
114 job postings
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