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NewGeography.com has compiled their annual listing of best American cities for jobs, and Columbus ranks in 22nd place on the list of large cities, down 3 spots from last year’s ranking. The scoring system used in the study has a methodology that weighs employment growth trends both long term and short term from data collected from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Other regional and competitive cities on the list include Austin (#1), Pittsburgh (#8), Charlotte (#19), Portland (#28), Indianapolis (#32), Chicago (#48), Cincinnati (#40) and Cleveland (#61).
More information about the rankings and what it all means can be found at www.newgeography.com.
Not quite sure how i feel about Columbus being #22. I’m happy in a way that we beat Philly and Chicago, but also kinda bummed that we’re 22……
Yea I’m bummed to. How does Ohio add the most jobs, but Columbus, Cincinnati, and Cleveland are ranked so low?
data from bureau of labor statistics?lmao.
my girlfriend has been looking for 2 years for a job even close to what she was making
there aren’t shit for jobs in this town,unless you want to make $8 an hour.
i started my own thing,and cater to the rich guy hot rod crowd.i have to kiss their ass every now and then,but i got their money.
Sorry to hear that your girlfriend can’t find anything. Certain industries seem to struggle more than others, so I’m sure the job hunting experience varies from person to person.
That being said, I know at least 50 people who have taken new higher paying positions in the past 2 years. We’ve provided two of them through our own business during that time. So to say that there’s no available jobs in Columbus over $8 per hour is completely and utterly false.
^ I work for Limited Brands and we’ve been hiring like crazy. Our last 4-5 Orientation classes (one every Monday) have been 15-20 people easy.
That ranking sounds about right… Columbus is a much better place to be to get good jobs than a lot of places, but I don’t think we are keeping pace with other cities that Columbus would like to consider it’s peers (Hello all those who would talk about how much Columbus is like Austin, we just aren’t despite what some want to think).
To those who say ‘this can’t be because X or Y places are hiring like crazy’ understand that while that may be true, there are other cities where there is even more hiring going on. I know that a lot of the larger companies in Columbus are hiring a lot of people but most of those jobs are lower paying or less skilled customer service, call center or non-knowledgeworker paper pushing stuff. Jobs are good, but excellent jobs are even better.
I still think Columbus has a lot going for it and is a great place to live. This is just a good healthy reminder that there is still a lot of room to improve.
fensterbme: Hello all those who would talk about how much Columbus is like Austin, we just aren’t despite what some want to think.
In terms of job growth, no. I’m sure there are other metrics that we surpass Austin in. ;)
Well, to be fair, a big chunk of Texas’ job growth and economic prosperity is from oil.
50 people in 2 years?
wow
That’s just people that I personally know. I thought you loved anecdotes?