Best & Worst Markets for Job Seekers

In his August 18, 2009 Orlando Sentinel blog entry "Site ranks Orlando as one of the worst markets for job seekers" Etan Horowitz reports:

A new study from Indeed.com, a site that aggregates job listings from around the Web, lists Orlando as one of the worst markets to be unemployed and looking for a job these days.

The study compared the number of unemployed people to the number of job postings in each of the 50 top metropolitan areas during June. The more job postings there are per unemployed person, the better the market is for job seekers.

In Orlando, for every one job posting, there are six unemployed people, landing Orlando as No. 42 on the list. With the exception of Jacksonville, which came in at No. 2 with a ratio of three jobs for every unemployed person, most of the Florida cities ranked near the bottom.

Florida markets

Jacksonville - Ranked #2 - 3 jobs to every 1 unemployed persons
Tampa: Ranked #36 - 1 job to every 5 unemployed persons
Orlando: Ranked #42: 1 job to every 6 unemployed persons
Miami: Ranked #49: 1 job to every 10 unemployed persons

The top ten best cities for finding jobs (and the ratios of job postings to unemployed):

1. Washington, DC (6:1)
2. Jacksonville, FL (3:1)
3. Baltimore, MD (1:1)
4. Salt Lake City, UT (1:2)
5. New York, NY (1:2)
6. San Jose, CA (1:2)
7. Hartford, CT (1:2)
8. Oklahoma City, OK (1:3)
9. Austin, TX (1:3)
10. Boston, MA (1:3)

The worst ten cities for job searches:

41. Buffalo, NY (1:6)
42. Orlando, FL (1:6)
43. Sacramento, CA (1:6)
44. Rochester, NY (1:6)
45. Chicago, IL (1:7)
46. Portland, OR (1:7)
47. Los Angeles, CA (1:8)
48. Riverside, CA (1:9)
49. Miami, FL (1:10)
50. Detroit, MI (1:18)